Timeline

1943 Discovery of K-Fields
Establishment of project Phlegethon

1955 First successful flight to the moon
using K-field technology
NASA established as a cover

2040 US acknowledges existence of K-fields
privatizes development

2042 Hatsuyo Kuaki creates theoretical
framework for managing K-fields

2043-2160 Japanese and various international
corporations lead great human diaspora

2207 First known human contacat with Loons

2208 Establishment of Chrysanthemum Throne

2980 Last known contact with Earth

3480 American Renaissance, first
US dynasty controls throne

3903-3927 Empire wins great slave war
but begins military and culteral decline

4007 Stuart II recalls Admiral Ethan Kharg
to capital