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}}{{Infobox year
| name                            = 2530
| image                           = Xian Concept - 07.jpg
| century                         = 26th Century
| regime                          = United Planets of Earth
| humanleader                     = [[Tribunal]] - [[High-Secretary Cho]], [[High-General Volder]], [[High-Advocate Machado]]
| xianera                         = Third Imperial age
| xianleader                      = Twayng Kray
| conflict                        = Xi'an-Human Cold War
| firstcontactwith                = Xi'an
| discoveries                     = [[Pallas_system|Pallas (system)]]
}}

Standard Earth Year ([[Standard Earth Year|SEY]]): '''2530''' is best known for [[Humanity|Humanity's]] first contact with the [[Xi'an]] and a misunderstanding that would lead to a 263 year-long cold war.

==Major Events==

*[[Kathryn Segovia]] discovers the [[Th.us'ūng system|Th.us'ūng system (Pallas System)]] through [[Baker system|Baker]].  Segovia auctions off the nav point to the highest bidder.  Her scans would only reveal rich mineral deposits and a potentially habitable planet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/17220-Galactic-Guide-Pallas-System-Hui-Sen-Thus-ng|text=Galactic Guide: Pallas System (Hui sen Th.us’ūng)|accessdate=2023-05-02}}</ref>
**[[Gaia Planet Services]] would go on to win the bid, racing a terraforming team to the system.  In order to cut corners to offset the price paid for the system, they would not register the system with the [[UPE]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/16270-Claiming-Space-The-Race-For-Land|text=Claiming Space: The Race For Land|accessdate=2023-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12956-Writers-Guide-Part-Two|text=Writers Guide: Part Two|accessdate=2023-05-02}}</ref>
**[[Charles Baxter|Foreman Charles Baxter]] would lead the terraforming team to [[Se'kith|Se'kith (Pallas III)]] and begin surveying locations for terraforming equipment.  They would be quickly surrounded by "strange" ships, captured, and placed under guard.  [[Humanity|Humanity's]] first interaction with the [[Xi'an]].<ref name=":0" />
**The [[Xi'an]] would release [[Charles Baxter|Baxter]] in a show of good faith, Baxter would return to the [[Baker system]] and report to his superiors, rather than the authorities who would later contact the [[UPE]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12697-2530-The-Galaxy-Gets-Bigger|text=2530: The Galaxy Gets Bigger|accessdate=2023-05-02}}</ref>
**It would take the [[UPE]] fifteen days to begin to communicate with the [[Xi'an]] and another fifty-seven days to reach a deal.<ref name=":0" />
***Two points of contention would rise; first, the [[Xi'an Empire]] demanded the [[UPE]] vacate the system - something that would quickly be agreed upon, and second, the UPE would reveal the extent of the [[United Planets of Earth|Empire]] and the location of all known systems.<ref name=":0" />
****The [[UPE]] would inevitabley agree to both these points.  All hostages would be returned unharmed.  However, the disparity between what the UPE knew of the [[Xi'an Empire]], and what they knew of us would breedfear and eventually stoke the [[Xi'an-Human Cold War]].<ref name=":0" />
*With tensions rising between the [[UPE]] and the [[Xi'an Empire]], [[High-General Volder]] would push for modernizing the military.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/17122-Portfolio-Basilisk|text=Portfolio: Basilisk|accessdate=2023-05-02}}</ref>

==See Also==

*[[Special:WhatLinksHere|What Links Here]]

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