what year does starfield take place

Starfield takes place in the year 2330. The game's story begins at this point in a region of space known as the Settled Systems, about 50 light-years from the Sol System. This future setting features humanity having colonized multiple star systems after Earth's magnetosphere destabilized, rendering Earth largely uninhabitable. The timeline leading up to 2330 includes key events such as the invention of faster-than-light travel (Grav Drive), the formation of major factions like the United Colonies and the Freestar Collective, and conflicts such as the Colony War which ended around 2311