Human Colonial Expansion Era

The Human Colonial Expansion Era (2380 - 2530) was a period marked by rapid discovery of jump points and planetary systems and outward expansion from the [Human](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) home system Sol. Historians believe that a drop in the price of spacecraft made exploration vessels more freely available to civilians, which led to an upward spike in the discovery of [jump points](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0rqzJPaMpY-jump-point). In 2380, the formation of the first pan-Human government, the [United Nations of Earth (UNE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/R4ZQpY83oO-united-nations-of-earth), allowed mass proliferation of resources formerly available to a few. [Bremen](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/02kd45eyxe-bremen-system) and [Oretani](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/bo1eNYWqqN-oretani-system) were among the many systems discovered during this time. The rate of colonization fell after Humans made [first contact](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/R4ZQpYEEvx-xian-human-first-contact) with the [Xi'an](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/ReJwN9KJEj-xian) in 2530.