New Starfield lore drop provides 280-year backstory of human space travel and main faction

Players are anxiously waiting to blast off into Starfield when the massive space-exploring RPG from Bethesda launches at the start of September. To sate those looking to learn more before takeoff, the dev team has released an extensive timeline of events leading into the start of the game, with almost three centuries worth of lore and backstory.

According to “The Story So Far” on the official Starfield website, humans first arrive on Mars in the year 2050 (within Starfield canon, not real life, maybe) and less than 50 years later by 2100, humans are “living in space.” During the 2100s, various colonies and settlements are founded across the area of space that would eventually be referred to as the Settled Systems.