2060
Lavinius V is attacked by the flying parasites. All the inhabitants are
used for slave labor and killed [OA].

The Industrial Space Ark concept is proposed as a potential boom to the
space economy [SFC].

The "Saratoga" class cargo carriers end their service lives [SFC].

This is roughly the era during which the Gray Scale Gorns of Gihdahr
(Ghdar III) give up warfare after the discovery of fusion power ends the
struggle for scarce resources [SFB].

01 August
In an alternate timeline: The galactic survey cruiser S.S. "Bonaventure"
(NCC-S1100), the first starship with warp drive, departs Sol system with
Zefram Cochrane for Alpha Centauri B II. This historic, first faster than
light journey will last only 243 days round trip [GN 18, EOM, STM, Tr/a].

In the R-and-D section of a chain of simulator theaters, the inertial
damping breakthrough is made. This development allows the solar system to
be crossed in hours via impulse drives operating at multi-g accelerations
[GN 18].

The "Long" class, 9-man barges with advanced fusion drives, enter service.
Used to carry bulk goods, later variants will feature dual warp drive
engines and 47 of these vessels will be licensed to various commercial
ventures [SFC, STD2].

November
In an alternate timeline: Zefram Cochrane makes it to Earth's nearest
star system aboard the "Bonaventure." He is the first man to walk on
Alpha Centauri B II, an uninhabited world which will eventually become his
home [GN 18, EOM, STM, Tr/a].

2061, 19 March
In an alternate timeline: Cochrane returns to Sol system aboard the
"Bonaventure" where he is honored at Christopher's Landing on Titan in
orbit of Saturn. Colonel Adrik Thorsen leads a mission against the WED
Research Platform in geostationary orbit around Earth, destroying the
platform and his troopers with a particle cannon. Thorsen escapes with a
fighter, guided via a flight plan beamed from an Optimum listening post
on the moon, and heads for Titan to intercept Zefram Cochrane. The
concept of a warp bomb is Thorsen's driving obsession. Micah Brack
(a.k.a. Flint the Immortal) urges Cochrane to leave the solar system
aboard the "Bonaventure" after a layover at Brack's manufacturing setup on
asteroid RG-1522. Brack transmits all of Cochrane's design theories,
blueprints, and manufacturing logs system-wide. This allows anyone with
a few hundred thousand Eurodollars to retrofit existing space vessels into
faster-than-light starships, ensuring Humanity's spread to the stars
despite impending war approaching on Earth. The first continuum
distortion propulsion (CDP) engines (only informally dubbed warp engines
at this time) are developed and incorporated into existing spacecraft
designs. Eventually Cochrane's team of engineers also relocate to the
Alpha Centauri colonies (a 4-year CDP-powered voyage) to continue to
pioneer warp physics. The S.S. "Bonaventure" mysteriously disappears on
her third voyage (not known until 2264 to have vanished into the parallel
universe of Elysia in the Delta Triangle region of space) [GN 18, NTM,
STM, Tr/a].

Solar Spacelines has special tourist flights to view Halley's Comet
close-up [SFC].

2062, January [reference stardate 0/6201]
The Fundamental Declaration of the Martian Colonies establishes indepen-
dent government for all Terran colonies. It is used as a precedent-
setting document for worlds wanting to declare governmental autonomy and
signed by John Hammerlich, governor of the Martian Colonies. Matthew
Turnbull Knox is one of the authors of the Fundamental Declaration and
eventually will become one of the Martian governors in the early 22nd
Century. It gives form to Humankinds first government independent of
Terran control [Cml, TCT #4, SFC, FASA, FRS].

In the "Mirror" universe, the Alliance Code of the Martian Colonies
is drafted by dictator Joachim, placing all inhabited regions in
the Sol system under his rule [TBoT #14].

04 February [reference stardate 0/6202.04]
Chandley Works, Ltd. is founded in Caravalla, Mars by Rear Admiral Thomas
Chandley before the U.F.P.'s formation, the company will be a major sup-
plier and producer of efficient combat vessel designs [FASA].

John Burke, the Chief Astronomer at the Royal Academy of Great Britain,
maps the UFC 24187 (Sherman's Planet) region [TT, STM].

The "Great Awakening" occurs on Argelius II [WF].

A major earthquake strikes Oldtown San Francisco, Earth. It will take
20 years to rebuild the city [GN 5, TOS #54].

Sergei is born [GN 18].

The Venus Flyer comes to the end of its service life on Venus [SFC].

Lily Sloane hides a gun from Dr. Zefram Cochrane during one of his
depressions. Almost a year later she will empty it into Lt. Commander
Data of the "Enterprise" [ST VIII].

2063
In an alternate timeline, Alpha Centauri and Terra begin cultural
exchanges. Their ties of friendship and cooperation continue to
strengthen [FASA].

04-05 April
From 2373, the Borg timeship sphere arrives and attempts to destroy
future Earth history by destroying Zefram Cochrane in central
Montana. The "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-E) intercepts the Borg vessel
and destroys it, but not before Borg crewmen beam over to the
"Enterprise's" lower decks. An away team beams down to ensure
Zefram Cochrane's launch of the first warp vessel, the "Phoenix,"
built from an old nuclear missile. Meanwhile the Borg begin to
assimilate the "Enterprise," converting over the lower levels into
a hive and crew members into Borg soldiers. Lt. Commander Data is
captured by the Borg "Queen" who attempts to seduce the android
into releasing the ship's computer encryption codes. She and her
Borg are destroyed before completion of an emergency auto-destruct
sequence. Commanders Riker and La Forge ride with Cochrane aboard
the "Phoenix's" historic launch and witness a Vulcan survey
vessel's detection of the craft's warp signature, their subsequent
landing on Earth, and first contact. The "Enterprise" successfully
departs the 21st Century for the 24th. By the 24th Century a
statue of Zefram Cochrane will stand by the "Phoenix's" launch
site, and the "Phoenix" herself will be on display in the
Smithsonian. The causality loop presented is a prime example of the
Pogo Paradox [ST VIII, V 218].

Ensign Kim in 2374 will use the "Phoenix" and this incident in a trivia
question aimed at Lt. Torres. Seven of Nine will know the answer,
her memories from the Borg collective still intact [V 176].

Dulmer and Lucsly from 2373 conduct a PVR (post-temporal violation
reconaissance) of the "Phoenix" launch site [SNW II].

Note that the "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-E) does not directly return to her
own place in space and time. Enroute, Captain Picard and the "Enterprise"
officers have their first encounter with a group of mutants known as the
X-Men from a parallel Earth. A villain named Kang the Conquerer is
defeated [GN 31].

In an alternate timeline, the "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-E) is either
unsuccessful in stopping the Borg or else fails to travel back in
time to this year. Dr. Zefram Cochrane is prevented from launching
the "Phoenix" and consequently the Vulcans disregard Earth. No
United Federation of Planets is formed and by 2373 the Earth is
home to 9 billion Borg, its atmosphere a poisonous mixture of methane,
carbone monoxide, and fluorine [ST VIII].

According to Intendant Spock's theory in 2374, the "Mirror" universe is
born during this period when events after First Contact begin to diverge
[GN 32].

August
The U.N.S.S. "Icarus" is the first Human vessel to reach Barnard's Star
(despite the earlier, perhaps aborted attempt by the "Adameve") [STD2].

A Romulan underground group is formed. Their purpose is to force the
Romulan government to peacefully co-exist with other interstellar
neighbors [TOS #27].