Federation Commander

That's what I was afraid of.

Is there at least a timeline available to give an overview of events between and within the empires?

I was looking through the product list and noticed that while there is a nicely compiled collection of all of the rules for Federation Commander in the Reference Rulebook, there doesn't seem to be any such item for the background material.

I am guessing that all of the background is spread ...

That's very nice.
How often are new editions released?
When was the current edition, I believe it is currently 6, released?

Kang wrote: it has the advantage that you always have the most up-to-date version to hand.

So, if I get the PDF I get to download the updates to the ruleset as the amendments are made?

Has anyone tried the Reference Rulebook PDF on the Kindle?

I gave the First Missions PDF a go, and the formatting made it just too small to be comfortable reading on the Kindle's screen.

Thanks