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Standard Earth Year ([[SEY]]): '''2943''' is best known for the impact of [[Ellis 11a]] into [[Ellis XI]]. The year maps to the real-life 2013.

* ''June 6'', [[Ellis 11a]] impacted the surface of [[Ellis XI]] sixteen degrees above its equator releasing an estimated ten billion megatons of energy, moving the planet a fraction of a degree out of its orbit.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13049-News-Update-Death-Of-A-Planet|text=News Update: Death of a Planet|accessdate=2023-04-29}}</ref>

* Reports of renewed [[Nine Tails]] activity surfaces out of [[Stanton system|Stanton]] with rumors that they now control a defunct housing exchange nestled in [[Yela|Yela's]] asteroid belt they've nicknamed [[Grim HEX]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/18768-Portfolio-Nine-Tails|text=Portfolio: Nine Tails|accessdate=2023-04-29}}</ref>

* ''April 8 - May 2'', a series of correspondence is exchanged between [[Aksha Fordhel|Dr. Fordhel]] and [[Clay Harren|Senator Harren]] discussing the evacuation needs of planets surrounding [[Ellis XI]] and the dangers that may come from [[Ellis 11a|Ellis 11a's]] inevitable crash into the planet. In this correspondence [[Clay Harren|Senator Harren]] and [[Aksha Fordhel|Dr. Fordhel]] have a disagreement over the prospect of the [[UEE]] charging scientists for the rights to study the collision event.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12985-UEE-COMM-ARCHIVE-The-Collision-Of-Ellis-XI|text=UEE COMM ARCHIVE: The Collision of Ellis XI|accessdate=2023-04-29}}</ref>

* ''May 13'', the [[Subcommittee on Expansion and Development]] holds a session in which they hear from [[Lana Stark|General Lana Stark]] who discusses a contagion infecting the indigenous population of [[Oso II]] and the applicability of the [[Fair Chance Act]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13001-News-Update-Congress-Now|text=News Update: Congress Now: UEE CONGRESS (396) – SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPANSION & DEVELOPMENT|accessdate=2023-04-29}}</ref>

* ''June 18'', the [[UEE Congress]] proceeds with a scheduled debate regarding the expansion of the budget. The [[UEE Senate|Senate]] discusses the need to shave 3% off of the overall budget.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13071-News-Update-Congress-Now|text=News Update: Congress Now: UEE CONGRESS (396.38)|accessdate=2023-04-29}}</ref>

* ''July 15'', an auto-script picks up a conversation between at least two unknown congressional members in the [[UEE Congress|UEE Congress (396)]] - [[Subcommittee for Internal Appraisal]] in which they discuss making contact with the [[Kr’Thak]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13153-News-Update-Congress-Now|text=News Update: Congress Now: UEE CONGRESS (396) – SUBCOMMITTEE FOR INTERNAL APPRAISAL|accessdate=2023-04-29}}</ref>

* ''September 23,'' the [[UEE Congress|UEE Congress (396.53)]] discuss the [[Jenk Gallen]], a freelance hauler who was arrested by the [[Xi'an]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13279-News-Update-Congress-Now|text=News Update: Congress Now: UEE CONGRESS (396.53)|accessdate=2023-04-29}}</ref>