Timeline: revised 5/29/96
(year'month'day)
2049: Richard Azami born.
2052: Masami Yshida born.
2058: Space Station (non-gravitational) is constructed and placed in orbit for continued maintenance of solar satellites (that microwave energy back to Earth).
2067: Base on Moon established for construction of a gravitational space station, and research for potential Mars base.
2071: Neil born.
2077: Ken Mendi born.
2080: Richard Azami & Masami Yshida marry.
2081: Gravitational Space Station (rotational) is constructed.
2085: Oil reaches critical usage. Supplies low, kept as emergency usage only. Majority of energy sources now dependent on hydro, solar satellites, and geothermal taps.
2088: Ethan David Ryo and Eric Richard Hoshi Azami born (identical twins).
2090: James Nathan Toshi Azami born.
2091: Island City constructed. First of the new cities to be based completely on solar and alternate energies, with no previous reliance on oil-based inventions. (See ‘Island City Timeline’ for more details.)
2093’04’20: Tethys Marien Hatsu and Arcas Martin Kuma Azami born (fraternal twins).
2093’12’21: Rhiannon Alanna Shea born.
2098: Miranda Lancaster born.
2098: Pentagon experiments with test-tube genetics trying to create "the perfect soldier". Results in the Craig series. (See ‘Craig Series Timeline’ for more details.)
2098: In early research on the Youth Drug, Professor Valdoon (m) experiments with human fetuses. One lives, is adopted by Dr. Valdoon (f) who named her Tamlynn.
2099'09: Rhin & Azami meet at school.
2102'12: Neil returns from the Station for a leave on Earth.
2103'04: Meteor spotted, heading on a line for Earth. Emergency measures taken across the nations. "Cataclysms" (tbw) begins.
2103'09: Neil introduces Ken Mendi to Shelly Lancaster, head scientist of the AI Research Institute, and her daughter Miranda.
2104'03: Shelly leaves the Institute, she and Ken continue to work in private.
2105'04: Oracle is created. First thing he does is warn them to move.
2105'07: Nations attempt to divert meteor with Nuclear Strike. Meteor breaks up into multiple pieces, most of which crash on Earth. Results in massive human life loss in specific areas of crashes, which have the more extensive effect of plagues, Wastelands, mild Global Warming, Bio-diversity loss, etc. Destruction of one of the space stations.
‘Just Another Day’ (tbw).
2106: O-Storms start up. (Side effect of meteor crash.)
2107: Force Shields invented.
2107'03: Neil meets Tisha. ?? (date may be changed)
2109: Force Shield erected over Island City.
2109: Azami and Rhin meet Billy Bear.
2113: 23 and Tamlynn enter Hawking Institute in IC, meet and become friends.
2115: Cooperative Nations completes rough world demographic poll. (Details separate page.) [sometime ~]
2117: Gating Technology invented by a team of International Scientists. Initially distributed throughout World Trade centers. Progression to other cities is slow. (Construction of base units complicated, though usage easy.)
2117: 23 and Tamlynn graduate from Hawking (advanced degrees). Tamlynn goes directly into Med school, having completed pre-med at Hawking.
2118’07’16: Tethys Azami and William (Billy Bear) Shea marry.
2119'11: Rodney is born to Tisha and Neil.
2121: Youth Drug invented by Prof. Valdoon. Is distributed worldwide. Changes majority of recipients into Recessives. Society generally collapses.
2122'05: Tisha goes Rec. "Cataclysms" ends.
2122'07: Shelly is killed.
2122'08: James and Martin Azami go Rec.
2125: Miranda and Ken are married.
2127: High Council is last (and most successful) of the political squabblers to finally take up responsibility and try and reunite the shattered nations of North America. (separate page: ‘Military Units, Change and Adaptation’ timeline) [tobedone] *Nacocs: Derived from ‘North American Conglomeration of City States’ (When the High Council had the people vote on the new Constitution of 2127, everyone agreed that the ‘United States of America’ was an outdated and no longer valid name for the unity of citizens.)
2128: Island City finally kicks the last of its Recessives out into the Wastelands. Starts rebuilding. People, from other areas still threatened by Recs, hear of its safety and start migrating there.
2129'11’xx: Rhin, Azami, Billy Bear, and some Shea cousins go to a city in northern Washington.
2130: Azami gets jobs in Hydroponics and Dojo. Rhin works in ___________ and Dojo. Billy Bear works as a ___________.
2132: Jonathan Mendi born.
2135: "Western Terror" (ip) begins.
2136: Wes born.
2137: Miranda Mendi gets 'lost' in the Wastelands.
2138’06’01: Azami, Rhin, and Billy Bear enter the RCF Academy.
2139'05'25: Michael Mendi born.
2139'09'xx: Miranda returns to IC. Finds no welcome there for a half-recessive child. Flees to the Wastelands with four friends (Kei, Carlos, Mirabel, Richard), and the aid of others (Cecilia Mede, Andre). "Decisions" (ip).
2140: Azami’s dad dies, age 91 (never took YD).
2140'06'04: Jacine Mendi born.
2142’06’10: Azami, Rhin, and Billy Bear graduate RCF Academy. Azami assigned to Corps of Engineers/Demolitions. Rhin and Billy Bear assigned to Special Forces.
2146: Azami’s mother dies, age 94 (never took YD).
2148’05’xx: "Dragon’s Blood". Jacine gets hurt. Kei & Carlos take Jacine & Michael back to the city to live.
2148’08’xx: Wes’ mother dies. End of "Western Terror". Wes is taken to a rehabilitation center in Minneapolis.
2148’12’xx: ‘Bear And Raven’ (tbw). Billy Bear dies.
2154: Wes is brought to Island City.
2157’06’01: Michael joins the RCF Academy.
2157'07'12: Jacine and Wes are engaged to be married.
2158'04: Wes starts losing cognition.
2158'11: Wes suicides.
2159’10: Jacine moves to Picadarcel. "Home Hunting" (ip).
2161’02’xx: Jacine and Tamlynn meet to work on solution to a plague. "De-Bugger" (tbw).
2161: Michael is assigned to a RCF unit (not in IC).
2166: Jacine goes to Morocco for a project. "The Tangier Adventure" (tbw).
2167’06: TV Episode. "The Movie" (ip).
2167'12'22: Jacine returns from Morocco.
2168'01'08: "First Encounters" (ip). [Michael gets hurt, etc.] (Rhin & Azami in temporary quarters.)
2168’01’17: Rhin and 23 start ‘going out’.
2168'01'23: "Something Happened in the Mall…"
2168’02’08: Rhin and Azami move to ‘Permanent Quarters’.
2168'02'14: ‘Courtyard Lullaby’.
2168'02'28: "An Insect is Born". [Skeeters are invented.]
2168'03'02: "Work & Families" (ip). [Jonathan enters the picture.]
2168’04’xx: ‘Turn and Turn About’. [Rhin is hurt in action.]
2168'05’xx: "Flashback". [Jacine has an encounter with one of Tam's cats.]
2168’05’12: "Anybody Got Some Gum?" [Short vignette dealing with 23’s pockets.]
2168'08'03: "Festival Weekend" (ip). [The Gang visits Picadarcel for the first time.]
2168’08’07: "Paranoia Incident" (tbw). [Michael blows up at Tamlynn for "studying" him.]
2168’09’xx: Michael and Tamlynn get together.
2168'09'xx: 23 and Rhin stop ‘dating’ but remain good friends.
2168'10'02: "Somitor’s" (ip). [The Gang in a group VR ‘game’.]
2169’02’xx: "Gifts" (ip). [Jacine buys a synthesizer for Rhin, and a few assorted other items.] Jacine gets frustrated at the slow pace of Skeeter development and pours money into the project.
2169'04'21: "Day in the Life". [Showing what Jas' home is like.]
2169'04'23: Michael and Jacine tell the Gang about their mother, the fact that she's still alive, and about the Caves. (Not about Oracle and Wren.)
2169'04'28: ‘Caves’ (ip).
2169’05’xx: Experimental Skeeter are deployed in the field (Pie grouping ‘A’).
2169'05'25: ‘Birthday Presents’. [Michael’s Birthday, 30th.]
2169'06'01: Ty enters the RCF Academy.
2169'06'15: Jacine goes to Austria to work on a project there.
2169’06’xx: "The Music of the Gates".
2169'07'29: ‘Taiko Dance’.
2169’08’xx: "What’s in a Name?" (ip). [Rhin meets 39.]
2169'11'12: Jas shows up in IC for a funeral. After, one of her norm friends decides to take the YD. Start of "Black Days, Mournful Nights" (ip).
2169’12’xx: Skeeters are approved. Full project underway. Deployment expanded to half Pie ‘B’.
2170’01’xx: Wren introduces herself to Rhin, Azami, and Tamlynn.
2170’02’xx: Michael and Tamlynn decide to be ‘just friends’.
2170'05'06: Gates all over the world shut down for three days. Unexplained.
2170’04’21: "Sanctuary" / "Just Another Night". (ip) (both part of BD,MN).
2170’05’03: 23 takes a vacation and joins Jacine in Austria (two weeks).
2170’06’16: ‘Flip of a Coin’ / "Hazards". (ip) (part of BD,MN). "Black Days, Mournful Nights" ends.
2170’09’23: First successful launch of a space orbital from Earth since the Cataclysms.
2170’09’24: ‘Quartz & Obsidian (ip)’. [Michael and Azami get together, finally.]
2171’01’xx: Jacine comes home from Austria.
2171’03’xx: "Different Paths" (ip). [Jacine’s illegal activities cause a rift between her and 23.]
2171'04'xx: ‘Winter Plague’ (ip). [A plague out of the Wastelands claims Rhin as one of its first victims.]
2171’08’02: ‘Storms’.
2171’12’xx: A member of the High Council dies. Cecilia Mede is elected to replace him.
2172’03’19: "Sabotage Derailed" (ip). [
2172’03’20: Tamlynn works on figuring out the DNA Scanner. The RCF attempts to find the Saboteur. Only Tamlynn is successful. "Back on Track". (tbw)
2172'05'06: Gates all over the world shut down for three days. Unexplained.
2172’05’15: ‘Water Under the Moon’.
2172’05’18: Jacine and 23 are married. 23 resigns from the RCF, goes to work at the ECC.
2172’05’25: An attempt is made on High Council Member Cecilia Mede’s life. The perpetrator is not captured.
2172’05’28: "Explosion" (ip). [The ECC blows up with 23 over there.]
2172’06’10: While Jacine is attempting to gain some information about the Explosion, her computers are gone through with a fine-tooth comb and wiped. They barely have enough warning for Wren to get out.
2172’06’14: The Orbital Colonies (the space station and the Moon Base) establish a base on Mars.
2172’06’20: Jacine goes to Nepal to talk with her father about Shelly Lancaster.
2172’09’15: Gerald Lancaster is killed.
2172’09’26: "Tunnel Danger" (ip).
2172’10’xx: "After Danger" (tbw).
2172’11’xx: After Jacine recovers from her injuries, she leaves with 23 and Chester. First to Hawaii, then on an extended ‘camping trip’ up the California coast.
2174’05’xx: "Coastal Reflections" (ip).
2174’07’xx: 23 discovers that Jacine is pregnant. They go back to Island City where Tamlynn can take care of her during the gestation.
2175’02’04: Triplets are born to Jacine and 23. Kiyatha Rose, Arawin Silivia, Isabelle Yoshiki. ‘Mendi’ is chosen for their last name.
2175’03’18: ‘Silver Circles’ (tbw). [Michael and Azami get married.]
2177: Skeeters reach full deployment around Island City.