Everything We Learnt From Starfield's Massive Lore Drop

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We are just days away fromStarfield’s release and Bethesda has set the stage for players with a massive lore drop. If you want to head into the game with a little bit of context about what is happening all around you, Bethesda has laid out a timeline revealing the arrival of humans on Mars and the events that lead up toStarfield’s timeline.

Note: The following content is based solely on Bethesda’s pre-release lore drop. We have not included any information from leaks or the review copy of the game.

InStarfield’s universe, Humans first arrived on Mars in 2050 and started living in space by the year 2100. The reasons behind humans choosing to leave Earth are currently unknown and it could be due to the planet becoming uninhabitable.

Humans first arrived on Alpha Centauri in the year 2156. Alpha Centauri a.k.a Proxima Centauri is a triple star system. The oldest historical records we have of Alpha Centauri are from Ptolemy’s 2nd century star catalog and it’s exciting to see that Starfield will turn it into an explorable area. It has two confirmed planets and while other planets have been claimed to exist, we do not have proof of their existence just yet.

The United Colonies (UC) were established in space in 2159 which is a fictional country with New Atlantis as its official capital. New Atlantis was founded in 2160 and it became the official capital of the United Colonies in 2161.

Solomon Coe is one of the first NPCs we are introduced to in the lore. He found Cheyenne and established Akila City as Cheyenne’s first establishment. He invites Volii to form an alliance in Cheyenne and creates The Freestar Collective in 2189.

The United Colonies positioned the star nation called the Clinic in orbit around Deepala in the Narion system.