2209, Year OTT Union Time Line

2209



2208<<<<<<>>>>>>>>2210

   
 * BP and ALEYASKA claim Saturn. A heated discussion erupts at the UE Congress. Previous laws allowed anyone taking posession of a unclaimed or unoccupied planet, moon or other Celestial Real Estate. The claiming of Jupiter was done quietly and other news buried the fact, but when Saturn was claimed it became headline news. Some argued new laws were needed to prevent private corporations or other private entities to take possession of planets like Saturn.
 * While Congress could not agree on how this should be phrased or put in law. It was agreed that the Sol sytem as a whole belonged to (Terran) Humanity. The United Earth Congress agreed on Resolution of March 2209 making the Sol System as a whole Human Terran. It did not go as far as calling previous claims unlawful, but it concluded in the  Treasure of Humanity Act. This act declared several unique features of the Sol System as “Treasures of Humanity”. Among them were the ring systems of Jupiter and Uranus and the Sun. Mining Companies wanting to scoop the rings argued that space salvage law made anything floating in space free for the taking.However scooping the rings became a punishable offense. ( That was not really enforced at first)
 * Nilfeheim Pirates capture two Poodles in space (using their armed Poodle) forcing the the two other ships to land on a nearby planet. They also conduct a raid against a well established Saran Colony. The people of that Colony were totally unprepared for the suddenly appearing Vikings landing not at the space port but near a small city. Killing several local security officers and taking temple treasures, food and a cache of weapons ( several crates of Battle armor and weapons)
 * They steal an old Saran Scout Ship. It is a big step up from the Contact Ship and Armed Poodle. The scout ship has two military grade Saran Plasma Canons.
 * The Ult introduce the Vantax to United Earth.





