1997, 18 April [reference stardate -1/9704.18]
Terra's United States of America and Japan jointly fund the establishment
of the first permanent base on Terra's moon. The Terran people rededicate
themselves to space exploration [FASA].

The Second Dark Ages begins on post-Eugenics Wars Earth. It will be
at its worst over the next three years [MRM].

1998
The Goddard Moonbase, the first large-scale Terran international space
project, will provide accomodations for 70 in the fields of space
research and industry. Consisting of three double-skinned geodesic
domes built with the combined efforts of American, European and
Soviet engineers, the Moonbase provides generous living quarters
for up to 70 persons, and features a comprehensive research and
astronautics area, and a dome used for space industries. Secretary
General Sevron dedicates the base [SFC].

On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years) [OG].

31 October
Harmon Buck "Buckaroo" Gin Bokai is born in Marina Del Rey, California on
Earth [DSN 416].

1999
The Asteroid Belt Lander reveals asteroids to be rich in important raw
materials for further space industrialization by Earth [SFC].

Sometime during the 1990s, Chris Brinner has an elaborate Malory tribal
pattern tattoo job done on his arm while in high school [DSN 457].

Stalik is born on Vulcan [TOS #27].

In the late 20th and early 21st Centuries, Earth has a serious drug
problem. Its problem will be solved by the development of a virus that
short-circuits the effects of cocaine and heroin, blocking its
ability to attach itself to the receptor sites in the brain. But
it will take 50 years [TOS #80].

Shannon O'Donnel sleeps through the millennium eve. The world doesn't
end, the flying saucers don't land, and the Y2K Bug doesn't turn off a
single light bulb [V 217].

2000, 01 January [reference stardate 0/0001.01]
January 1, 2000, becomes the base date for the Reference Stardate system.
On this date, the Science Council of Luna declares itself independent of
the governments of the United States of America and Japan and requests
status as a United Nations protectorate. Such status is granted, forming
the first interplanetary Human government [FASA].

The Second Dark Ages ends and the Second Renaissance begins as Earth
continues to rebuild. Medical sciences regrows. Emphasis is on
controlling population and improving the quality of life [MRM].

January [reference stardate 0/0001]
At this point, the Romulan Empire numbers 216 colonies and planets [FASA].

30 January [reference stardate 0/0001.30]
The Romulan scoutship "L'Sattak" returns for the second Romulan survey
of Delta Khinah II, and discovers the Klingon presence there. The
scoutship is destroyed, but not before transmitting its log tapes to a
colonization convoy trailing it by 20 solar days [FASA].

01 February [reference stardate 0/0002.01]
With days to prepare, the large Romulan force obliterates the small
Klingon garrison at Delta Khinah II, starting the first Klingon/Romulan
War [FASA].

Construction of the DY-200 series begins. The "Brenton" class sleeper
vessel becomes the first successful American-designed interplanetary
vessel. Constructed for extensive use as planetary survey and mining
vessels, ten ships will be built [DYC].

Alex Charon, the son of Adam Charon and one of the first of the "super-
babies" bred through his father's experiments, graduates from Harvard at
the age of 16. He stands 6'2" and weighs 200 pounds. He was first in
his class and played quarterback on the first nationally rated Harvard
team in many years. Thoroughly convinced of his superiority over the
rest of Mankind, he decides the quickest way to obtain power is by
entering politics. Thanks to the extent of his father's experiments, he
has over 10,000 superbaby contemporaries, with more being born every
day. Many people consider him to be a monster [TBoT #2].

The "Green Death," Vegan Choriomeningitus, ravages Vega IX. The Vegan
Tyranny begins to decline [MRM, STM].

Morse code goes out of use, although the Beta Prometheans will use it to
contact the "Excelsior" (NCC-2000) in 2292 [ST 2, TOS #74].

Old-fashoned fireworks are banned sometime in this 21st Century [TNG #38].

Also early in the 21st Century, the Acts of Cumberland are passed
[TNG 135].

In the "Mirror" universe, most of the Olympians have managed to exterm-
inate each other. Earth is now ruled equally by Khan and Green [TBoT #14,
GN 15].

27 December
Passing through Indiana on her way to Florida in a stationwagon,
Shannon O'Donnel (an ancestor of Kathryn Janeway) meets Henry Janeway
at Alexandria Books [V 217].

31 December
Shannon O'Donnel convinces Henry Janeway, the last holdout, to allow the
Millennium Gate project to commence. A self-sustaining city and
experimental biosphere, it will serve as a model for the Mars colony.
O'Donnel becomes a consulting engineer on the project and will inspire
Kathryn Janeway. She will marry Henry Janeway [V 217].

2001
The Mercury Rover sends back the first soil sample information from its
location at the terminator. The data obtained is from both the dark side
and the light side of the planet [SFC].

At about this time astronomers on Earth, using ground-based adaptive
optic telescopes, resolve at least two additional bodies in the Alpha
Centauri system: two large planets caught up in a complex, oscillating
orbital pattern around the A and B stars [GN 18].

2002, 07 January [reference stardate 0/0201.7]
Bio/Genetic Research, Inc. is founded in London, Terra. Beginning
business by conducting research into radiation sickness, the company will
develop Hydronilen, a genetically engineered compound used to retard the
effects of high-level radiation [FASA].

07 February [reference stardate 0/0202.7]
The Loraxial Corporation is founded on Andor, initially to design acceler-
ator cannons. Near the end of the Four Years War, Priscilla Feddic will
create an efficient antimatter containment system which will lead to the
first operational photon torpedo. In the 2240s, this torpedo system will
be installed on front-line ships and wreak havoc on Klingon ships before
the war's end. Loraxial will be responsible for several of these photon
system designs [FASA].

The great Metropolitan Opera Riot occurs during a production of the
'Ring' when holographic special effects malfunction. A critic from the
'Times' is tracked down and spray-painted after reviewing it. In 2367,
Commander Riker and Lt. Worf will re-create this riot in a holodeck
aboard the "Enterprise" [GN 15].

August
Jackson Roykirk's interstellar probe "Nomad" (Mk-15c) is launched from
Earth to seek out new forms of life. It will later be reported damaged
by a meteor and lost in space, in the vicinity of Zeta Reticuli [Cg, STM].

September [reference stardate 0/0209]
Terra's United Nations Scientific Council releases a 15-year projection
estimating offworld and space-oriented industry to grow at an exponential
rate [FASA, SFC].

An Advanced Comet Probe is launched [SFC].

Jeremy Grayson, the great-great-great-grandfather of Amanda Grayson,
marries Dora [GN 2].

Construction begins on the first Terran city in space. This is by far
Man's largest undertaking off the Earth [SFC].

In the "Mirror" universe, Green has a fatal "accident" while enroute
to his plush Virginia ranch. His private jet explodes, killing him
and his entire staff. Not surprisingly, Khan immediately grasps
the reins left dangling, making himself the sole dictator of Earth
[TBoT #14].