AC 0 Vannhausen announces the creation of a device to exit the atmosphere. Her announcement comes just as the Anthegalian mass exodus to the outer system begins. While the technology is shared only with the closest anthegalian allies, it is soon in the hands of all people and a space race begins in full. Within a year the first research colony on Kakos is founded, and the “After Colony” timeline begins use. Within years it is the ubiquitous timeline.