(A3) General Information (Timeline, Game Scale)

(A3.3) Timeline

The "SFB" timeline goes very roughly something like this:

Y4: Formation of Federation Y40-Y46: First Romulan War Y62: Federation converts cruisers to warp power Y71: Formation of Star Fleet Y110-Y111: First Klingon War Y154-Y158: Enterprise's Five Year Mission (Star Trek Original Series) Y156: Organians form treaty Y159: Klingons and Romulans start trading technology Y161: Kzintis introduce the first fighter Y166: Formation of alliances (Fed-Kzinti-Gorn,Klingon-Romulan-Lyran) Y168-Y185: General War: Most races in SFB constantly at war Y180-Y200: 1X Technology available Y186-Y187: ISC take over and control the tattered remains of all the fleets Y188-Y202: Andromedans invade the galaxy, finally defeated Y202-Y205: Organians enforce a "new order" in galaxy, all fleets reduced Y205-Y225: 2X Technology available, "Trade Wars" in wider neutral zones Y226+ 3X Technology available, Next Generation beyond scope of SFB

Now compare this to FASA Star Trek's rough outline, with Y40 as the guide:

Y21: Formation of Federation Y25: Formation of Star Fleet Y40-Y43: First Romulan War Y110: Federation converts cruisers to warp power Y128-Y131: Four Year's War between Federation and Klingons Y141-Y145: Enterprise's Five Year Mission (Star Trek Original Series) Y142: Organians form treaty Y143: Klingons and Romulans start trading technology Y151-Y156: 1X Technology available Y151: V'Ger Incident (Star Trek I) Y156: Genesis chain of events (Star Treks II,III,IV), (Star Trek V) Y156-Y237: 2X Technology ("Transwarp") available, unknown time period Y156-?: Enterprise NCC-1701-A in service Y173-Y226: Enterprise NCC-1701-B in service (for a long time!) Y227-Y234: Enterprise NCC-1701-C in service Y237-Y241: 3X Technology ("Ultrawarp") available Y237+: Enterprise NCC-1701-D in service (The Next Generation)

For sanity's sake I will be following these timelines:

Y21-Y160: FASA Star Trek Timeline Y161-Y225: Star Fleet Battles Timeline, ignoring "new order" baloney Y226+: FASA Star Trek Timeline again

This is to fill in the "gap" in Star Trek's timeline and still have everything on film represented. Events missing are kind of "fudged" in where appropriate.

(A3) General Information (Timeline, Game Scale)

(A3.4) Game Scale

A hex is 10,000 km across, a turn is 1/30 of a second but feels like a minute, a space (as in drone or cargo) is about 100 lbs and 6 cubic feet, speed 1 is the speed of light, and an energy/damage point is 10 million joules.