Third World War

Taking place in the late 21st Century, the Third World War devastated much of Earth's surface, accelerating development into space, specifically the terraforming and colonization of many planetary bodies in the Solar system including Mars, Venus, and Luna. It also resulted in the downfall of the United States as a superpower and enabled many developing countries to emerge.

The United States and her Western European allies faced off against the New Soviet Union, China and numerous South American countries. The peace treaty treaty signed on Heisenberg Station, Luna spelled an end to the old world order and set events in motion just years later to create the Terran League.