2150-2199 SFC

This page details the years 2150-2199 according to the timeline presented in the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology.

(to 2100-2149 SFC)

2150
The old Marshall-class destroyers must remain our first line of defense. Starfleet engineers and mechanics see that they do.

2151
A new threat to galactic peace makes itself evident when we confront a warship from the Klingon Empire.

2152
The Federation's largest propulsion and weaponry firing facility, the Arcturus Test Range, begins operations.

2153
The USS Valiant, in the final year of a five-year mission to explore new worlds, is lost in the vicinity of the Vendikar star system.

2154
One of the most intensive efforts in Federation history results in the Mann-class: the first starship to surpass warp 4.

2155
s'' becomes the first probe to successfully transmit data as it descends into a black hole.

2156
The impregnable "Flying Fortress" enters service. These huge ships will carry the Federation's most valuable cargo in the safest way ever devised.

2157
A back-to-Earth movement is proclaimed involving people of Earth descent who claim space exploration and expansion has gone far enough.

2158
Because of the failure of the Tritium-class, concern for our defense capability results in the building of an advanced prototype battlecruiser. This ship doesn't become part of the fleet, but many of its improvements do.

2160
A "Flying Fortress" becomes victim of the largest space-jacking to date. A cunning plan by the Klingons is initially successful, but soon fails because of this ship's automatic distress alarm.

2161
Billion ton super-convoys begin plying trade routes, saving industry trillions of credits and years in travel time.

2162
Prototype of Starfleet's first military carrier, the largest ship to date, is built. Over the next several years many changes are made before it enters service.

2163
The surprising strength of the "Back-to-Earth" movement creates heated debate on both sides of the issue.

2164
Very expensive civilian interstellar pleasure craft become available; if you have to ask the price, you can't afford one.

2165
Largest spacelift in history evacuates ten million inhabitants from Bayard's Planet. The planet is in the path of the expanding Phi Puma stellar explosion whose shock wave will destroy it.

2166
Theta VII becomes 500th member of the UFP. The Federation is becoming so large only major grievances can be dealt with properly, a source of concern among some members.

2167
The beautiful, exotic water world is discovered by the USS Poseidon. It is the first and last time the planet is not inundated with Federation personnel on R&R.

===2168]] : To celebrate 50 years in business, the Cultural Exchange Project puts on a Federation-wide fair that will long be remembered.
 * 2169 : The huge CR-594 construction rig permits a small fleet of star-ships to be constructed at one time. This efficient building method will save millions of credits.
 * 2170 : The fastest ship to date, the Baton Rouge-class, becomes part of Starfleet. Maximum cruising velocity is warp 4.8.
 * 2171 : Physicist Richard Daystrom revolutionizes computer theory with duotronics, a way of processing information concerning every atom in the galaxy.
 * 2172 : Disapproval with the inner workings of the Federation hierarchy causes more and more members to voice objections to the present structure.
 * 2174 : The transporter becomes a reality as the first experiment using a human subject is successful.
 * 2175 : Continued discord with UFP policy is crippling the Federation's economic strength and threatens its ability to provide the highest level of security to all members.
 * 2176 : At the Rigel XII Mining complex, an obscure crystal called dilithium is found to contain properties that will revolutionize warp mechanics.
 * 2177 : The UFP's most difficult stardates occur at the Babel Conference when a resolution is introduced to dissolve the Federation, cooler heads prevail and the crisis is resolved.
 * 2178 : The introduction of an advanced space trawler class makes it much easier for remote bases and outposts to receive needed raw materials.
 * 2179 : R&D improvements in subspace radio enable transmissions to reach the velocity of warp 20.
 * 2181 : Recent great strides in science and technology are an important reason why many planets now have an optimistic outlook on the future.
 * 2182 : Construction begins on the largest class of ships to date, the Constitution-class.
 * 2183 : The M-1 computer, using the advanced technology of duotronics, is designed; its many flaws result in this prototype being extensively revised.
 * 2184 : Largest space rescue ever recovers 600 passengers and crew from unexplored sector.
 * 2186 : Dilithium crystals are integrated into a new generation of engines capable of greater velocity, range and thrust. The Sawyer-class scouts are the first ships to incorporate these engines.
 * 2187 : In recent years, many of the problems that have plagued the UFP have been solved. The Federation enters its second century stronger than ever.
 * 2188 : The heavy cruiser Constitution-class is the largest, most powerful series ever built, it will be the Federation's major series into the 23rd century.

(to 2200-2249 SFC)