Early – Late 21st Century

 

 

Space traffic control station established in Antarctica.

 

 

Android technology developed by Hyperdyne Systems.

 

 

2024

 

 

September 10 - Weyland military engineers introduce the Storm Rifle - a weapon that can determine a target's health and physique as well as track them from over 500km away.

 

 

2029

 

 

August 9 - Sir Peter Weyland makes good on his boast "There are other worlds than this one, and if there is no air to breathe, we will simply have to make it", when patent 11,280,599 is granted for the first fully-automated atmospheric processor.

 

 

2030

 

 

July 27 - Weyland Corp earns patent number 12,004,556 for Method and Apparatus for a device that can initiate, monitor and terminate hypersleep. Hypersleep chambers revolutionize space travel permitting increasingly longer, more advanced missions and enabling unprecedented discovery.

 

 

2032

 

 

May 20 - Weyland scientists discover that faster than light travel is possible, after finding an inverse relationship between velocity and the flow of time.

 

 

2o34

 

 

January 17 - The Heliades - the first FTL-capable space exploration vehicle, is introduced.

 

 

2039

 

 

May 28th - Using the Weyland Atmospheric Processor, the first functional and breathable atmosphere is produced on planet GJ 667Cc clearing the way for further terraforming activities on other planets.

 

 

2042

 

 

August 18th - Weyland Industries awarded government contract to build and maintain HD 85512 b Class E Correctional Unit. Prisoners from Earth and other facilities are successfully relocated, and many have since been rehabilitated into society.

 

 

2056

 

 

January 29th - The patent for a mechanised exo-skeleton for heavy lifting and transport is granted (15,725,924). Weyland Industries subsidiary, Caterpillar develops the Power Loader for commercial application.
 

 

2065

 

 

November 20th - As Weyland Industries expands their terraforming activities and colonial endeavors, the company is approached by the US government to begin work on the formation of a colonial peacekeeping force trained or populated by marines in the event of future conflict.

 

 

 

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