Page History

A timeline of events that constitute the background to X4 including events from previous X games. More information is available in-game via the data vault entries or externally in the X Encyclopedia (included with the collectors edition of X4).

NT	EY	X-Game	Event
-128	2042

124An Earth-built Jump Gate connects to a Jump Gate already in Alpha Centauri (Brennan's Triumph) revealing 'The Ancients' Jump Gate network2046 Network -1182052 USC established- is The Jump Gate and it's -232147 The ends 1032273 The Argon Federation is established The begins expanding throughout the Jump Gate network 5142684 200 Years of Cold War ~608~2778 The Hatikvah Free League is established Xenon Gateless Jumpdrive7422912 Evolution of the Xenon Jump Gate 7422912 7422912 The Jump Gate network is reconfigured with the Teladi home-world (Ianamus Zura) cut-off7432913

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Second Xenon Conflict: The Xenon are ejected from the North-Western region of the old Jump Gate network after their M0 class superweapon was destroyed.
	The Jumpgate network is reconfigured. Notably, the Teladi homeworld Ianamus Zura is reconnected to the network.
	Rhonkar t’Ncct deposes Chin t’Thhg to become Patriarch of All Split. Family Chin's territories are annexed by the emergent Family Rhonkar. Rhonkar leads the Split Families for 40 years until the Jumpgate Shutdown.
743	2913	Black Hole Sun is destroyed by a Xenon super-weapon. The resulting emission is believed to be responsible for destroying the Kha'ak homeworld.
743	2913	Terracorp is established by Kyle Brennan and Elena Kho to finance 'Jumpdrive' research to return

to earth 7632933 massacre7632933X2The Battle of Omicron Lyrae7642934X3:R Jump Gate Network7642934 The Earth Jump Gate 7642934Relations 7642934X3:TCOperation: Final Fury7642934X3:TC

over issues of AGI development.
Operation Final Fury: The Argon Navy wipes out all known Kha'ak hives. Attacks become far less frequent.
The Xenon Hub is discovered by Bala Gi and Julian Gardna-Brennan. The device is capable of realigning jumpgates in pairs to its 6 gates.
The Terran lost colony of Aldrin (same as the Free State of Solara) is rediscovered with terraformers and humans living in harmony in the system. Aldrin's Gates are re-opened leading to colonies including Megnir and Segaris that had been razed during the First Terraformer Conflict.
770	2940

Build

build over AGI usage between the Terrans and the Community of Planets.
~770	~2940		Family Ryak is cut-off from the Jump Gate network leaving Family Zyarth bordering the Xenon. The latter's predicament allowed Family Zyarth to become self-sustaining and depose Rhonkar t’Ncct following the Jump Gate Realignment.
772	2942		Plutarch Mining Corporation (PMC) relocates from the Ore Belt to the recently discovered Albion System with the Badlands Colony serving as its de facto base. Co-operation with Jonferco (JSS) facilitates the deployment of Trans-Orbital Accelerators in Albion based on Terran designs. JSS begins developing highway technology to supplant the Accelerators.
774	2944	X3:AP*

The , The X3:AP* Destruction 7782948Jonferco ()7802950 Warp Instability7822952X3:AP**Beryll Astrotech unleashes a new AGI threat on Sol from reverse engineered Xenon fighters7822952 The Jump Gate Shutdown

~782

2952

XR*	Plutarch's Coup: PMC declares war on the Argon Federation over control over the Albion system.
780	2950	X3:FL	Warp instability occurs with increasing numbers of systems, like Albion, becoming inaccessible. Jump drives become far less reliable with ships disappearing from known space. Governments seeking to preserve the resilience of their systems deploy Trans-Orbital Accelerators.
782	2952		The Jumpgate Shutdown
~782	~2952		USC and ATF are reformed into the Terran Protectorate. The USC existed for at least 909 years and potentially for as much as 952 years
782	2952	X:R*	Plutarch

Mining Corporation (PMC) takes control of the Albion system Gates Reopen8032973X:R the remnants of an 8202990 The Gate Network Stabilises8202990 Paranid Civil war begins between the after each faction establishes their own Pontifex during The Jump Gate Shutdown8252995X4:FBoso Ta escapes Split capture and steals a Terran Science Station

because the latter established a new Pontifex during the Jumpgate Shutdown. Economies are subsequently built on war profiteering.
818	2988	X4:F (ToA)	Avarice is rejuvenated by the Northriver Company bringing Protectyon shields to protect stations from the Tide, this enables the resettlement of Avarice I and Avarice V: Dead end.
820	2990		The Gate Network Stabilises
821	2991	X4:F (ToA)	Avarice's and Windfall's gates connect and stabilise, the Vigour Syndicate begins offering the Riptide Rakers predatory loans and takes control of their food supply.
825	2995	X4:F (SV)	The remains of the Free Families Fleet is destroyed by the Zyarth Patriarchy in Fires of Defeat/Victory

8252995

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X4:F (ToA)	The Alliance of the Word relocates shipbuilding resources to Windfall to support its chapter in Tidebreak.

References

(X4) libraries/timeline.xml
(X4) t/l044.xml
(XR) t/l044.xml
(X4 CE, XR CE, X superbox) X Encyclopedia

Legend

Abbreviation	Meaning
NT	New Time (years since removing Earth from Argon history)
EY	Earth Years /AD/CE
*	Prologue
**	Epilogue / Immediately after story events of game
X:Btf	X: Beyond the Frontier (1999)
X:T	X: Tension (2000)
X2	X2: The Threat (2004)
X3:R	X3: Reunion (2005)
X3:TC	X3: Terran Conflict (2008)
X3:AP	X3: Albion Prelude (2011)
X3:FL	X3: Farnham's Legacy (2021)
X:R	X: Rebirth (2013)
(TTO)	X: Rebirth The Teladi Outpost DLC (2014)
(HoL)	X: Rebirth Home of Light DLC (2016)
X4:F	X4: Foundations (2018)
(SV)	X4: Foundations Split Vendetta DLC (2020)
(CoH)	X4: Foundations Cradle of Humanity DLC (2021)
(ToA)	X4: Foundations Tides of Avarice DLC (2022)
(KE)	X4: Foundations Kingdom End DLC (2023) (anticipated)
	Prologue/Epilogue
	Game

2043		The United Space Command (USC) is established to consolidate the Earth's science and military spacecraft under one organisation, it serves as the government of Sol until its dissolution and merger into the Terran Protectorate.
-124	2046

the Antigone Republic is named in its honour.
219	2389	The Free State of Solara is established in reaction to the effects of the First Xenon Conflict (Solara refers to the star that the planetoid Aldrin orbits).
223	2393	The Hatikvah Free League is established by Christiane Hatikvah, also in reaction to the effects of the First Xenon Conflict. The organisation promotes itself on pacifist and relaxed ideals.
241	2491

by the Argon Federation, Boron Kingdom, Split Patriarchy and the Paranid Empire in an end to the Boron Campaign.
334	2504	The Free State of Solara opts to sever its Jumpgate connection with the Argon Federation in the wake of post-Boron Campaign scarcity. The colonies early disconnection from the Federation means they are closer to the Terrans culturally than the modern Federation, this is pronounced with their re-connection to the network in 764NT.
550	2720

having been promulgated by the Teladi Company.
725	2895	The Yaki Syndicate forms.
735	2905

to Earth.
748	2918	Work begins on assembling the Torus Aeternal, the immense defence and logistics ring protecting Earth from any possible threats.
~754	~2924	Dragon Incident: The prototype Dragon explodes due to a flaw in its reactor, destroying the Family Pride shipyard. The event causes Family Tkr to be held in disrepute.
763	2933

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network begins lead by René Farnham.
-122	2048

to Sol bringing a contracted end to its mission.
-104	2066

		Terraformer Project begins, 3 fleets are launched from Sol to make planets in the Jumpgate Network appropriate for human settlement.
-71	2099

terminated.
-25	2145