2206

2206

Construction of the Centauri Gate begins, and materials are sent to Alpha Centauri to assist the Centaurus Mission in building the remaining gate, though it will be decades before this project is completed.

During this year, a few alpha and root strains undergo strange transformations. Declaring themselves to be angels, and here to answer for the deaths and prayers of those who understood that humanity has gone too far, they quickly take up positions of leadership within various 'luddite' movements, though some apparently abandon the cause without losing their newfound abilities. Almost predictably, the Consortium hunts them as well, though an established base for the refugees has made such hunts extremely difficult.

The first attempt at an FTL drone fails, due to the mobius patterns supporting it dying shortly after the drone exits the heliopause - widely considered to be the boundery of the Solar System. The drone quickly tore itself apart, and its remains are hurtling out of the galaxy at roughly 92% of the speed of light.