History of Heaven Will Be Mine

Heaven Will Be Mine takes place in an alternate version of the 1980s. While the entirety of the game takes place at an unknown date and time, there are several points in the game where historical information is presented to the player, in the form of intercepted correspondance to and from members of the different factions.

The following section is a timeline of these events. Note that, while the events are presented in chronological order on this page, they are presented to the player out of order when playing the game.

1950s

• July 29, 1958: An Existential Threat is detected in outer space. As a result, the Memorial Foundation International Executive Committee is granted international authority. "Unified human peace" is established, and the space program begins.

1960s

• September 12, 1963: Lagrange Point 5 is colonized. The facility is used to train the first generations of Ship-Self pilots. No other artificial colonies are successfully created.

1970s

• August 31, 1978: The artificial colonies on Ares are declared a failure, due to being unable to sustain their terraforming engines and gravity furnaces.
• January 1, 1979: The International Space Program is decommissioned.

1980s

• January 1, 1980: The Memorial Foundation Native Sphere Existential Safety Divison issues the Return Resolution, stating their goal of returning all humans to Earth, citing a lack of future for humanity in space. Cradle's Graces declares its independence from the Memorial Foundation, stating its intent to colonize the stars.
• January 2, 1980: The colony at Lagrange Point 5 is destroyed by the Memorial Foundation, with the support of Earth.
• January 25, 1981: Amid rising tensions between Cradle's Graces and the Memorial Foundation, Earth designate all humans still in space as an Existential Threat in order to justify their execution.