2058

Historical Events

• In cooperation with Zefram Cochrane at "Earth Station Bozeman", the O'Neil colonies participated in a test to generate a stable subspace field. However, due to an unknown error during the test, all six colonies vanished and were presumed destroyed.

In fact, Vanguard colony was not destroyed but flung some 200 light years from Earth, with nearly 827 survivors (nearly 98%). About a month after the accident Vanguard was boarded by Nausicaan raiders. The "tuskers" killed 252 before they were driven off. This would eventually shape the Neyel into the survival concept of 'kill or be killed' when facing threats from outsiders.

• The US begins construction of the Liberty class system defense cruiser, their first post-war transorbital warship.

New Technology

• Type II Hull Plating

References

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