Starfield
Starfield has revealed how humanity gets to the year 2330, with wars, space detectives, and more
With Starfield rapidly approaching its release, Bethesda has gone ahead and revealed a complete timeline of events that lead to the story of the game.
“The story so far”, is what the section on the official Starfield website is called, in which you can now read about the exact future that leads to the journey that Bethesda is about to offer players around the world. Because visiting more than a thousand planets with total freedom is not the result of a fantastic vision of the present, but of a very distant future that will take place in 207 years, specifically in 2330.
Starfield launches on September 6 -one week before for buyers of the Premium and Constellation editions– on Xbox Series X|S and PC (included in Xbox Game Pass since launch) and as in series like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, players will have the opportunity to live endless adventures. But while the long-awaited moment arrives, we are going to review everything there is to know about the story of the game.
The arrival of humans to Mars in 2050
That is just the starting point of the events that occurred in the history of Starfield before you take control and begin the journey. In the year 2050, Humanity managed to set foot on Mars, fulfilling one of the great objectives of the space race and one of humanity’s obsessions for a long time. From there, we will go step by step.
- 2050: Humans first arrive on Mars. By 2100, humans are living in space.
- 2156: Humans arrive in Alpha Centauri (4.37 light years away from Earth).
- 2159: The United Colonies are established.
- 2160: New Atlantis is founded and becomes the official capital city of the United Colonies in 2161.
- 2167: Cheyenne is settled by Solomon Coe, who founds its first settlement, Akila City.
- 2188: Coe invites Volii to join Cheyenne in a new alliance – The Freestar Collective. The Freestar Collective is officially formed in 2189.
- 2194: The United Colonies positions the star station called the Clinic in orbit around Deepala in the Narion system. The unaffiliated peoples of the Narion system see this as a UC attempt to expand their borders and demand the UC remove the Clinic. When the UC refuses, the people of Narion vote to join the Freestar Collective, who mobilize to protect the system in 2195.
- 2196: In response to Freestar mobilization, the UC moves a fleet into the Narion system and Freestar responds in kind. The Narion War begins.
- 2216: The Narion War drags on as public sentiment sours. Finally, the Treaty of Narion is signed by the UC and Freestar Collective in 2216, ending the conflict. The term “Settled Systems” is formalized in the treaty.
- 2221: The Freestar Rangers are founded as an elite protective and investigative force dedicated to serving all citizens of the Freestar Collective.
- 2275: Constellation is formed by Sebastian Banks. Original members include Chloe Bao, accomplished physicist; Aja Mamasa, the youngest member and Sebastian’s protégé; Darius Andris, botanist and specialist in xeno-flora; Bernadette Laurent, wealthy heiress and adventurer; Everado Gil, former smuggler; and Kadri Toma, biologist and physician. The Lodge is built in New Atlantis to serve the needs and people of Constellation for generations to come.
- 2305: Barrett joins Constellation.
- 2307: The Freestar Collective begins farming on the planet of Vesta in the Lunara system. By 2308 the United Colonies claims that by establishing a colony in a fourth star system, the Freestar Collective has violated the Treaty of Narion. Diplomatic talks break down and the UC lays siege to Vesta, killing anyone who stayed behind (or was brought in) to defend it. The Colony War officially begins.
- 2310: Constellation comes into possession of their first Artifact and tucks it away in the Constellation archives.
- 2311: After several years of conflict, the Colony War effectively comes to an end with the Battle of Cheyenne as a flotilla of civilian and military Freestar Collective ships takes down the major ships of the UC Navy using hit-and-run tactics.
- 2315: The UC Vanguard is founded as part of a UC response to the Freestar Collective’s use of civilian ships during the Colony War. The Vanguard is the UC’s own civilian navy, relying on civilians using their own ships, who pledged to protect the United Colonies and its interests. The ultimate reward for this service: citizenship in the United Colonies.
- 2319: Sarah Morgan becomes the youngest head of the UC Navigator Corps, though it’s a short-lived position as the division is shut down in 2320. Cast adrift, but still eager to put her training to good use, Morgan joins Constellation.
- 2321: Walter Stroud – co-owner of Stroud-Ecklund, one of the Settled Systems’ premier starship manufacturers – joins Constellation and becomes its primary financial backer.
- 2322: Former Crimson Fleet pirate Vladimir Sall joins Constellation.
- 2325: Sarah Morgan becomes acting Chair of Constellation.
- 2325: Theologian Matteo Khatri joins Constellation.
- 2326: Barrett finds the original Artifact in the Constellation archives and knows it must be special.
- 2326: After months of correspondence with Sarah Morgan, graduate student and gifted scientist Noel is invited to join Constellation.
- 2327: Freestar Ranger Sam Coe and his daughter Cora join Constellation.
- 2328: Andreja joins Constellation.
2328: Barrett convinces Constellation to purchase Starstation L-868 and modify it to become a deep space scanner, nicknamed “The Eye.”