Timeline

2028- The Break occurs as an unknown group undertook a risky initiative after discovering that magic exists. Reality shatters in cracks across the entire planet and into space. Rifts into a magical dimension, taking anything that might fall into them.

2029 to 2070- World War III rages across the planet now as the cracks spread and nations resort to drastic means to maintain control. All national governments collapse in the struggle, supply lines break and massive tectonic shifts change the landscape of the earth, large swaths of the population die out.The next 40 years are a dark age on the planet as people struggle to survive.

2071- Cerberus Reality Anchors are created in sanctuaries run by Megacorps. These anchors stop and in some cases revert the damage done by the cracks in reality. Portable versions start development but for a time progress to regain control of the earth is slow.

2083- With the help of Cerberus Reality Anchors and the Megacorps that control them several cities are now established across the planet as powerful City-states. While the idea of a country continues to exist in a limited sense among survivors these cities become the new focal points of authority on Earth.

2096- A break in at Signet Holdings results in the acquisition of several Reality Anchors which quickly find their way into the hands of a number of rogue nations, who seek to use them as a way of stabilizing their power. One such nation, Libertalia, establishes itself as a free city in the Caribbean.

2092- Minor struggles across the world break out as these free cities are beset by corporate interference ranging from violent riots to infiltration of local governments by corporate agents. Over the next few decades these free states cede control to the Megacorps.

2100- Mass retreat into digital space. Cyberspace finally reached its peak in allowing instant communication between opposite points across the planet.

2102- Start of the second space race between megacorps as the rare metals of earth begin to dwindle, inhibiting progress. While methods vary between the corporations, most fixate upon asteroid mining and extraplanetary bases.

2107- Cherkyam Industries makes its first attempt to establish a space elevator with the intent to transport minerals and other materials to and from the surface for its mining operations. It quickly results in a catastrophic failure. For a century onward it is expected that debris from this incident will make space flight impossible until cleanup attempts make returns.

2108- As communication breaks apart White Lotus declares war on Cherkyam Industries after the failure of their space elevator destroys both corporations' access to orbital stations. Several other corporations soon join in, resulting in four years of open warfare between megacorps.

2112- End of the First Corporate War. The Conclave is established as an unsteady alliance of corporations. Its members are White Lotus, Cherkyam Industries, Signet Holdings, Symbiode Cybernetics, and Habaki Manufacturing. Libertalia is decided upon as where the corporations will convene, the city is renamed to Project 6 to better represent this change.

2113- The Conclave, after much debate, establishes the Nova (₦) as the new global currency, phasing out each city-state’s local currency over the next few years to be replaced by the new standard.

2115- Libertalia rebrands itself as Project 6 as more corporate elements begin to find their way into the ruling council. Corruption slowly overtakes the once free land as isolationist elements diminish in authority.

2119- Creation of the Charon Portable Reality Tether by Signet Holdings. With this leap in technology the real pushback of the rifts is within reach. Areas of the world once though unsalvageable are reached. Tribes, cities, and even whole countries are reunited with the world, some more violently so than others.

2145-Nosos Incident. Where a program that had gained self-awareness had reconnected to the slowly recovering global comm-net. Large segments of the net had to be quarantined to prevent its spread until the unit containing it could be safely destroyed. This incident further slowed the recovery efforts of the net as the Conclave set in protocols for adding new pieces to the net in hopes of preventing a similar event, as well as restrictions on AI research.

2157- Modern Day