41 A.S - The wreck of sleeper ship Hispania enters orbit around Malta.
41-57 A.S - Many survivors succumb to the harsh environment of acidic oceans and vast plains covered in a species of tall, razor-sharp, orange grass.
257 A.S - After a difficult arrival, survivors adapt to the planet and take longer expeditions to explore neighboring systems. Prolonged absence from the planet sends explorers' metabolisms into shock, resulting in deaths.
261 A.S - Scientists discover that the orange grass produces a substance called Cardamine, which alters DNA to become dependent on it. Maltesians are for ever bound to their planet.
274 A.S - Methods to extract Cardamine from the gras and produce a concentrated drug are developed. Concentrated use of the drug causes euphoria and induces a trance-like dream in which the user has the impression to be in contact with beings from a higher plane of existence, which they say created Cardamine. Side-effects of prolonged use are slower aging, immunity to disease, and lower fertility.
310 A.S - Pockets of minerals are found in Omicron Beta asteroid fields. Ruiz base is founded to extract them.
300-400 A.S - Strange alien beings appear and disappear from an intense radiation source in the heart of the Siniestre Cloud. Over time the location called "Source of Spirits" becomes a traditional burial ground.
400-500 A.S - The minerals from Omicron Beta asteroid fields allow for production of new ship lines adapted to the environment. The Cardamine drug trance is found to enhance design and invention abilities. Alien organisms harvested in Omicron Beta boost food and Cardamine production on Malta.
550 A.S - Sigma 19 first surveyed by GMG. The Outcasts, how Maltesians now call themselves, learn of the survival of the other sleeper ships and believe they sabotaged the Hispania to gain an advantage in the competition for resources. They vow to make outsiders dependent on Cardamine and rule Sirius by controlling the drug.
560 A.S - GMG tries to harvest alien organism to sell them to Cryer Pharmaceuticals and Planetform Incorporated. Outcast wage war to stop them, and start smuggling Cardamine to the houses instead.
570 A.S - The junker base Yanagi becomes an important turning point for smuggle and trade. Outcasts use junker bases to spread their influence, acquire components, and protect their interests.
600 A.S - The Cardamine trade brings wealth and power to plantation owners called "Dons". A council of Dons is formed to establish a unified foreign policy of otherwise independent oligarchies.
701 A.S - First sightings of Outcasts in Bretonia.
734 A.S - Cali Base is constructed in Tau 23 to secure new trade routes and piracy grounds against the IMG.
760 A.S - Zoners found Freeport 10 in Tau 37.
761 A.S – A passage from Omicron Xi to Omicron Beta is discovered. Corsairs gain direct access into Outcast territory.
