Timeline

There are two calendars in use in the Hive World, "Global Common Date" and "Lottery year". Lottery year calendar is the driving force in the hive, so that is what is used for this timeline. The calendar is also based on irl "ordinal dates" or "Julian date" (non-astronomers), starting with 1 for New Years day and ending in 365/366. The hive would officially include the lottery year, but the average citizen of the hive would probably not include the year. *See also: Calendar Days* for details.

## Overview

Hive world Timeline - this will probably be only an approximation. It would be nice if everyone could contribute something as they re-read. Please review Calendar Days to make sure you understand the Hive World date system.

Don't worry about making any mistakes, any conflicts between entries, should be left but with a note indicating it is a question. We probably aren't going to figure it out to the day even after we learn how long the delay in Lottery was before the beginning of Telepath.

New Year is Day 1. Carnival starts on day 92. Valentine on day 183. Halloween on day 274.

New Years and Halloween are fixed days. Carnival may start later in the year then day 92 and Valentine will be adjusted to be exactly half way between Carnival and Halloween.

A week is 7 days, but when Amber notes something happens in a week, it may not mean 7 days exactly. In a normal year month will mean 30 / 31 days, but if Carnival is delayed, then a month could mean anything, as the time between Carnival and Valentine will be divided into 3 months and the same between Valentine and Halloween. A year is 12 months.

Bolded dates are reference point dates that are used to calculate other dates.

Years marked with a \* are approximate - if something is said to be "thirty years ago" that could mean anywhere within a year or two of thirty years; people are likely to round to the nearest five years for anything around twenty years ago or older.

For a spreadsheet version of this, please see Kha257's Google Sheet here (based on Sablob's original spreadsheet here.

## Daily timelines for each book

### Daily timeline for Perilous (Year 2531)

78 - (normally) - Starts two week before Carnival.

80? - Major power outage in Blue Zone

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Ends the first day of Lottery.

### Daily timeline for Telepath (Year 2532)

**152 - Carnival start (delayed) - APPROXIMATION. Using Janet Edwards' example of a 60 day delay.  2 June 2532-ish.**

154 - Carnival end (delayed) -

155 - Lottery start (delayed) -

157 - The short story 'Candidate' takes place on the third day of Lottery. Eli is pulled out for a special evaluation to see if he is suitable for a Strike Team Leader imprint.

158-159 - Amber moved to Hive Futura - (Day 4-5 of Lottery)

159 - Lottery end (delayed) - Lottery lasts 5 days - *Now Lottery was upon us and we were terrified. The assessment stage lasted between three and five days.*

165 - Team Leaders arrive at Hive Futura - approx +7 days

172 - Lucas' concern over 600/2600 - approx + 7 days

174 - Meeting regarding Training Phase 4

175 - Forge is Strike team + Forge dream at night

176 - Is Forge a borderline telepath?

183 - Return to the main Hive - approx +7 days

183 - Strike Team Leader interviews

189 - 6th day of training exercises, at least day 189 - *This was our sixth day of training exercises, and half of the Strike team were looking battered.*

*Calculated: 40 days pass - Amber and Strike Team train* - *The last few weeks had given me a whole new view of not just the park, but the whole Hive.*

213 - Valentine (delayed) using Lottery approximation above

*Everything above has been calculated from Lottery. Everything below here has been calculated from Halloween.*

229 - Fran fired - At least a few weeks after the event above - *The last few weeks had given me a whole new view of not just the park, but the whole Hive.*

230 - Emergency Run 1

231 - Check Run 1

252 - little Amber kidnapped in park - *Our unit had been fully operational for three weeks now, and it felt like three months or three years.*

253 - Discussions

254 - Matias gets appendicitis in the early morning

254 - Gregas runs away

255 - Swimming test

257 - Ambush in park

258 - Amber learns about kidnapping 15 years ago

258 - Amber goes Outside at night

259 - Duck, Amber's imprint activates.

262 - Amber reset, picnic table speech

263 - Structural column run - At least 24 hours after the picnic table speech.

264/265 - Amber stays Outside from midnight to past dawn

266 - Outside hunt for Elden begins - *Megan frowned at me. “You’ve only watched one sunrise and coped with a few hours of daylight, Amber.*

271 - Hunt for Elden ends - *It was our sixth day Outside...*

**274 - 1st evening of Halloween and Elden is shot - *...the first evening of Halloween, summoning us to lift 2. Elden had arrived on schedule...***

277 - Halloween Lottery begins. Michaela enters Lottery. Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement receives Elden's body - *"I don’t think Michaela went back to Teen Level to collect her possessions," said Lucas. "She went into Lottery on the day after the Halloween festival. That was the same day that our Hive gave Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement the evidence of Hive Genex’s involvement in the attempt to kidnap you."*

280 - Michaela comes out of Halloween Lottery - Day 4 of Lottery.

280 - Delegation leaves for Hive Genex - at midnight of day 280/281 - *"The urgency of the mission, and the length of the journey to Hive Genex, meant the aircraft was leaving at midnight," said Michaela. "I had less than two hours to borrow suitable clothes from my sisters, pack, and get to the aircraft hangar..."*

281 - Delegation arrives at Hive Genex, claims registered.

Day 281 - Blue Upway changes Game Commander.

**Time Jump**
*Calculated: 41 days (or 1.3 IRL months) pass. Beta Strike recruited, Eli's leg heals.*

### Daily timeline for Defender (Year 2532)

*(All dates calculated from Morton handing over the Sea Farm)*

Day 1 – Start of book

* 323 - Fran's body is found, having died the day before.
* 323 - Megan resigns (add eight hours).

Day 2 – Chapter 7

* 324 - Buzz convo 1.
* 324? - Ashton chase - *"Once you’re safely back at our unit, I’m going to have a brainstorming session with my Tactical team."*
* 324 - Tactical meeting brainstorm.

Day 3 – Chapter 13

* 325 - Buzz convo 2.

Day 4 – Chapter 14

* 326 - Fire in Security Unit - 11am.

Day 5 – Chapter 18

* 327 - Lucas's guilt - morning.
* 328 - Mercury/Martin and Spike check run - evening.
* 328 - Sapphire calls.

Day 6 – Chapter 22

* 329 - Rothan's medicine, Mercury and Soren chase.
* Amber emergency visit outside, returns after midnight

Day 7 – Chapter 27 (starts at Midnight)

* Amber calls Olivia / Jupiter
* Amber calls Sapphire
* Amber falls asleep in the park
* 330 - Team meeting on echoes - morning.
* Preparations to go to Hive Futura
* 330 - Lucas meeting with Gold Commander Melisande

Day 8 – Chapter 32

* 331 - Telepath Unit leaves for Hive Futura.
* 331 - Amber deals with echoes.

Day 9 – Chapter 36

* 333 - Gregas' birthday.
* Unit starts training for Operation Rainbow Cascade

Day 10 - 13 – Time jump “…in the last few days” Chapter 38

* 336 - Operation Rainbow Cascade

Day 16 – 19 – “Time jump “Six days later”

* 342 - Olivia's reset - six days later - *Six days later, there was a vote on whether Olivia should be reset.*

Day 17 – 20 (Next day after Olivia’s reset)

* 343 - Fran's funeral.
* Start of Emergency run at the beginning of *Hurricane*

### Daily timeline for Hurricane (Year 2532)

*(All dates calculated backwards from Morton handing over the Sea Farm)*

Day 1 (343) - Start of book

* Fran's funeral and Incident in wave machinery

Day 2 (344?)

* **Morton hands over Sea Farm - 3 weeks away from NY** - "We’re only three weeks away from the New Year festival, so it’s midwinter Outside." - "We’re already down to less than eleven thousand adults, and we’re only three weeks away from the New Year."
* Dscussion with Melisande and Admiral Tregereth.

Day 3 (345)

* Arrival at Sea Farm - *about 2 weeks before winter solstice*
* Zak poisoned.
* Lucas' speech on the sea wall.

Day 4 (346)

* Unit talks to Aster.
* Hazel's house set on fire and Massen's body found.
* Ambush set up.

Day 5 (347)

* Hurricane warning.
* Fishing fleets arrive.
* Juniper starts Lottery testing.

Day 6 (348)

* Rose caught (midnight of Day 5/6 [347/348])

Day 7 (349)

* 24 hour recovery period ends - midnight 348/349
* Interrogation of Rose.
* Gregas arrested.
* Juniper receives Lottery results.

Day 8 (350)

* Foreign fishing fleet leaves.
* Amber's unit leaves Sea Farm.
* Amber talks with Morton.

### Daily timeline for Borderline (Year 2532)

Starts between 7 - 14 days before New Years - “*Immediately after the New Year festival,” said Lucas. “We now have less than two weeks to prepare for being without Morton’s unit.*”

Day 1 (350?) – Start of book

* Blue Upway emergency run on Level 0/1
* Team Leader emergency meeting
* Mira talks to Amber
* Amber orders Gregas and Wesley to her unit

Day 2 (351) - Chapter 12

* Tobias confined
* Shopping trip
* Amber reads Gregas' mind
* Melisande orders Blue Upway shut down

Day 3 (352) - Chapter 19

* Amber reads Tobias' mind
* Tactical Team starts Halloween Game (evening)

Day 4 (353) - Chapter 22

* Forge and Beta Strike Team go undercover (afternoon)
* New bodyguards arrive
* Search for Beckett and CeCe (evening)
* Forge arrives on Teen Level
* Amber and Melisande talk
* Amber's family arrives (late evening)

Day 5 (354) – Chapter 29

* Pattern analysis complete
* Paula call 1

Day 6 (355) – Chapter 32

* Forge taken hostage
* Paula call 2 (+siblings)
* Bruce arrested (Bruce)
* Forge rescued

Day 7 (356) – Chapter 39

* Game stack retrieved
* Tobias Emergency Run

Day 8 (357) – Chapter 44

* Amber visits Eli and Caleb
* Amber vists her parents
* Discussion with Gregas 1

Day 9 (358) – Chapter 46

* Discussion with Gregas 2
* Amber calls Keith

Time Jump ??? days (probably not more than 1 to 3 days) (*See Note1 in Questions, below)*

Day ? (365) - Chapter 48

* **365/1 - New Year -**
* New Year's Eve - Amber, Lucas and several others, plus body guards go with amber to her parents park to celebrate the coming of the New Year.

### Daily timeline for Adversary (Year 2533)

Starts minutes after midnight as the New Year begins.

Day 1 (1) – Start of book

* Minutes after the beginning of the New Year
* Amber and Lucas shares an enthusiastic "Lover's Kiss"
* Reece makes an appearance
* Before going to bed for the rest of the night, Amber has to lead her smaller strike force on a check run for a potential problem on lvl 100.
* A few hours later Day 1 of the festival's activities started. (see New Year)

Day 2 (2) - Chapter 12

* New Year festival Day 2 begins
* Amber and Lucas attend the New Year Pageant.
* Amber and Lucas attend the conference call briefing by Hive Politics concerning Joint Hive Treaty and Hive Genex.
* Just before participating in the sporting events, Amber and crew receive notification that Morton had to undergo an emergency operation to save his life.
* Amber recalls her unit from celebrating New Years to active duty, where they immediately go out on a call.

Day 3 (3) - Chapter 33

* Atticus arrives at Amber's unit
* Buzz is traumatized and breaks off with Forge.

Time Jump of 6 days.

Day 9 (9) - Chapter 35

* The Prospero case comes to the foreground.
* Amber's unit goes into emergency defense protocols, anticipating an imminent attack.
* Amber and Gregas meets their g-grandfather, Wilder. Wilder suggests that Gregas be enrolled into the teen Scout training program.
* Buzz regains control of her issues and seeks Forge out.
* Amber receives her 2-day notification before being questioned by Joint Hive Treaty.

Day 10 (10) - Chapter 47

* Atticus returns to Morton's unit.
* Adversary Nalini’s briefing about the Joint Hive Treaty session.

Day 11 (11) - Chapter 48

* Amber is questioned by Chief Examinant Rune and Adversary Aura.
* Aura accuses Amber of lying about hunting for Elden by following him outside of the hive, as she believes that telepaths cannot function in the outdoors or away from their hive.
* Amber leaves the hive to prove that going outside is possible for her.
* Amber spends the night in a quarantine pod

Day 12 (12) - Chapter 51

* Amber proves that she has no problems with using her telepathy far away from the hive.
* After Aura admits defeat, Rune has a private discussion with Amber, which was his goal in allowing the demonstration.
* Amber consults with Ambassador Elliot and then returns to Hive England.

## Questions:

1. Is it mentioned how long Carnival lasts? Actually all of the Holidays', they all seem to be multiple days.
	* *Three days - "Reece is excluded until after the three days of Carnival celebrations."*
	* *Our Hive festivals always last four full days,* Note: This may count the eve as a full day?
2. Do we know the exact dates of Carnival/Lottery 2532?
3. 264/265? 265/266? - Amber stays Outside from midnight to past dawn - *The next evening, everyone else in the unit seemed to be incredibly busy...*
4. Note1: In *Borderline*, does seven days between Amber talking to Keith and New Years seem reasonable?

## See also

* Calendar Days
* Telepaths (Hive England)
* Festivals

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 407). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edwards, Janet. Hurricane (Hive Mind Book 3) (Ch. 7). Wallam-Crane Press.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (Ch. 6). Wallam-Crane Press.
4. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (Ch. 14). Wallam-Crane Press.
5. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Hurricane (Hive Mind Book 3) (Ch. 45). Wallam-Crane Press.
6. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (Ch. 43). Wallam-Crane Press.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (Ch. 25). Wallam-Crane Press.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Edwards, Janet. Borderline (Hive Mind Book 4) . Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
9. ↑ Janet Edwards site
10. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (pp. 3-4). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
11. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 101). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 106). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
13. ↑ Janet Edwards website
14. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 150). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
15. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 302). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
16. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 317). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
17. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 502). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
18. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 342). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Edwards, Janet. Defender (Hive Mind Book 2) . Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Edwards, Janet. Hurricane (Hive Mind Book 3) . Kindle Edition.
21. ↑ Janet Edwards Website
22. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Perilous: Hive Mind A Prequel Novella (p. 10). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
23. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 497). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
24. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 275). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.

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