AN: I do not own any part of the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri universe except the crazy ideas I may write about for your viewing pleasure.
AN2: Well, here's your time line.
1959: Zakharov is born in the U.S.S.R. in the Soviet Republic of Ukraine.
2037: The first genetic therapy is approved for human usage allowing the 78 year old Zakharov to continue living as an inquiring mind of the human species.
2060: The U.N. Unity sets sail on its' maiden, and only, voyage from Earth towards the Alpha Centauri binary star system. It is launched in the hope of saving mankind from itself.
2100: Planetfall.
2143: Construction begins on Defiance Freehold.
2274: The Hive-Spartan Vendetta begins in conjunction with the Gaian-Believer Vendetta (2274-2359 A.D.) caused by the Hive being allied with the Gaians and the Believers being allied with the Spartans. Interestingly enough, the two sides were so far away that the Hive never pressed a vendetta upon the Believers nor the Spartans upon the Gaians.
2303: The Hive-Spartan Vendetta ends with the Hive having successfully taking the island territories of the Spartans and the Spartans pushing northward through the uranium-rich plains of the Hive territory.
2309: Hive Harbour becomes a land-locked base due to global cooling methods agreed upon by the World Council in mission year 2289 A.D. Few other bases are affected by this measure.
2359: The Gaian-Believer Vendetta ends with Lady Deidre's capture of Sister Miriam in New Jerusalem. Sister Miriam was brought before the World Council to plead her case of amnesty with the hope of restarting her faction on the Island of Mnemaria, only to be denounced and placed within a punishment sphere for the next 780 years for atrocities committed upon the people of Razorbeak Ridge during the vendetta.
2510: Zakharov dies from an aneurysm. He is 551 years old.