Timeline
This timeline, when finished, should provide a chronological overview of the comic, regarding Plots and historical data.
Timeline
August 15, 2009- First page of Drive is published
February 15, 2011- Drive gets its own website drivecomic.com[1]
2258-
Beginning of the comic
Earth and its colonies are in a severe depression, with 7 billion unemployed
Conrado Cruz discovers the Rogue Spirit Ship, which has a Ring Drive
2273-
Humans make their first alien contact with the Veetans[2]
~2273-
Humans make their first alien contact with the Tesskans[3], which results in a three-year war
2331-
An Imperial scout ship (the Candela) drifts into Vinn-occupied space and gets boarded by the Vinn. All of the crew gets infected. War ensues.
2333-
A short-range bio-weapon specifically against the Vinn gets invented. The "Neutron Daisy Cutter" turns the war in the empire's favour.
2334- The war with the Vinn comes to a stop.
2339-
Birth of Manuel Jose Cruz, Emperador[4]
Feb 27th, 2384-
The Machito, along with two other Starwind 9000 luxury personal yachts, is being repurposed as an Armada military scout ship[5]
2401-
Prior to this date, Corps enlistment began at age 15, but there weren't enough engineers, so the age was moved to 13.[6]
2401-
Death of Manuel Jose Cruz, Emperador[7]
2401-
Beginning of the Machito Plot[8]