In this continuity, there was a Third World Alliance that consisted of at least 33 nation-states. ( Last Unicorn Games RPG: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook)Īlternate continuities TOS novel: The Galactic Whirlpool In the late 2120s, the South American Union and the Eastern Coalition joined the United Earth Republic rather than be overthrown by their own people. ( Advanced Starship Design Bureau: Journal of Applied Treknology: " Molniya Class") A successful launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome occurred in January, 2063 - three months before Zefram Cochrane's - but remained unknown to the world outside the Coalition. ( The Sundered, Star Trek: First Contact, TNG: " Encounter at Farpoint", " All Good Things.", Star Trek: The Adventures of Argus: " Nuclear Time")Īt least one account asserts that Kazakhstan was part of ECON, and that a parallel effort to develop warp drive took place there during the 2050s and 60s. The so-called " post-atomic horror" was at its height in 2079, and would last into the early 22nd century. However their cities were among the hardest hit, and many areas of Asia fell into chaos. ECON retaliated with a strike of their own, crippling the Optimum's ability to further make war and effectively ending World War III. ( The Lost Era novel: The Sundered)ĭuring the 2030s and 2040s the state of war between the ECON and the United States and the European Union continued until the US and EU (now under the banner of the Optimum Movement) launched a massive nuclear strike on. These asteroids would later form the basis of early warp field tests by Zefram Cochrane.
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In 2031, the Coalition was one of several groups that pooled resources to divert a series of asteroids from their collision course with Earth. ( ENT: " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II", Star Trek: The Adventures of Argus: " Nuclear Time") Immediately the ECON declared war on the US and its allies, beginning World War III. The Eastern Coalition was formed in 2026, in the aftermath of the United States of America's retaliation for several nuclear bombs exploding in twenty five US cities (an act of terrorism actually committed by the Optimum Movement). The ECON was dominated by The People's Republic of China and included other Asian and Middle-Eastern states. The Eastern Coalition of Nations (or ECON) was an alliance of nation states on Earth during the mid- 21st century.