Timeline Part 15: The Rest of the Twenty-First Century(2030-2100 C.E.).

## 2030-2039 C.E.

### **2030**

**January 12:** EVA compiles a report for Gen James Solomon regarding a theoretical Second Tiberium War. This occurs in an alternate universe where the Tiberium wars were far more rampant as well (*Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun*).

**May 24:** Time traveler Alexander Hartdegen travels to this year to learn if the past can be changed. He travels to the Metropolis Public Library and meets the AI Vox 114. The AI tells him no one cane change the past(*The Time Machine (2002)*)(in the source material since as far as the AI knows time travel is impossible, here he explains how time travelling without a flux capacitor will create an alternate reality. The Time Traveller decides to travel further instead hoping another method could be found as the Flux Capacitor is incompatible with his own "Primitive" time machine).

**September 2:** Kane resurfaces. Second Tiberium War begins. This occurs in a universe where Tiberium is more rampant as well (*Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun*).

**October 23:** (Universe B) Date that the FlashForward shifts consciousness to. Second global blackout. Only selected people. people that have had an immortality treatment see the future (*FlashForward (2009)*, novel).

**October:** Anton Slavik reunites the disparate Nod factions (*Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun*).

**November 5:** Opal Winfrey(Oprah Winfrey) is elected President of the United States (*Century City*)

**Early December:** Kane is apparently killed by Michael McNeil. End of the Second Tiberium War. This occurs in a universe ravaged by Tiberium as well(*Command And Conquer: Tiberian Sun*).

**December 12:** Michael McNeil and Anton Slavik log their thoughts on the Second Tiberium War. This occurs in a universe ravaged by Tiberium (*Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun*).

Ted Mosby tells his children the story of how he met their mother (*How I Met Your Mother*).

A major earthquake hits the West Coast, destroying most of San Fransokyo(San Francisco) and dumping all of Los Santos(Los Angeles) most of Southern California south of Lompoc into the ocean. The earthquake forces the government to declare the west coast (or what was left of it) a disaster area (*Deus Ex*).

The Unicron sun collapses into a black hole that erodes the very fabric of time, space, and reality, and threatens to suck in every universe in existence. As a result, all records of Transformers are incomplete and conflicting (*Transformers Cybertron*).

Megatron clads himself in armour made from the corpse of Unicron and, with a similarly reborn Starscream, seek the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys in order to remake the universe in his own image. Meanwhile, the threat to all of reality prompts Vector Prime to re-enter linear time to aid the Autobots. Sideways and Soundwave manipulate events to their own ends (*Transformers Cybertron*).

After a long series of battles, the combined forces of Cybertron, Velocitron, Jungle Planet, Earth, and Gigantion defeat Unicron and revive Primus. Cybertron is reformatted into a new world, combining elements of all the colonised planets. A new project is undertaken, to spread life to other civilisations throughout the galaxy (*Transformers Cybertron*).

An epidemic of organ failures devastates Earth. GeneCo, founded and run by Rotti Largo, emerges to provide organ transplants for victims. Largo eventually gets approval to create Repo Men to retrieve organs from customers who fail to pay off the costs of the surgery (*Repo! The Genetic Opera*).

The Hamelin Organization's 13th Crusade unit defeats Red Eyes at Jerusalem, putting an end to the threat of an organized Legion. White Chlorination Syndrome continues to spread unabated (*NieR*).

Joshua Valienté participates in an expedition past Earth West one million in the multiverse (*The Long Earth*).

Strider Hiryu is born in a small village amidst the Siberian tundra (*Strider*).

Arian and Arial Tetsuo are born in Tokyo (*Wipeout*).

Before Marty and Doc change future history back in 2015, Marty McFly, Jr. is slated for release from the state penitentiary this year (*Back to the Future Part II*).

The legal team of Crane, Constable, McNeil, & Montero faces a range of precedent-setting cases, such as parents suing their doctor for withholding critical results of their unborn child's genetic mapping; defending a man accused of robbery for "stealing" back his identity from his ex-fiancée who has uploaded his presence and personality; protecting the rights of a woman who has been virtually raped through nanotechnology; and trying to enforce a contract for a rock star who refused to take a risky anti-aging treatment to help his band stay on top (*Century City*).

### **2031**

Start of the Northwest War (*Deus Ex*).

The Judge system is formally established by Eustace Fargo, who is appointed first Chief Judge (*Judge Dredd*).

Earth forces battle the Invid (*Robotech*).

In an alternate universe, Yuji Kaido awakened from cryogenic sleep to an Earth overrun by the insectoid Blue (*Blue Gender*). In the main timeline, the Insectoid Blue invasion is held back much more and is less devastating.

In an alternate universe, Nod's tactial AI, CABAL, goes rogue and leads a cyborg uprising, forcing GDI and Nod remnants to work together to stop him (*Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun*: Firestorm). This occurs in the main universe as well.

In an alternate universe, The USS *Admiral Peary* arrives at Tau Ceti and the Race's homeworld, Home. In its efforts to secure diplomatic relations as well as human sovereignty, it ignites a cultural upheaval among the Race only exacerbated months later with the arrival of the faster-than-light USS *Commodore Bing(Commodore Perry)*(*Worldwar*).

After a bloody series of energy wars spearheaded by the rise and defeat of neo-fascist political groups who attempt to control the world's remaining energy supplies for the benefit of a select few, humanity discovers radical new sources of power. Among them is a tachyon generator which enables humanity to travel backwards in time, which is tightly regulated and kept top secret from the public in order to prevent abuse. A group of temporal anthropologists is formed to study culturally significant historical events, including Ancient Egypt, the Middle Ages and Nazi Germany. At least, according to a murder suspect in 2013 who may or may not be crazy (*Castle*).

Esteban and Maria Aquilar are abducted by Maximum Inc. as test subjects in neurological and immunological experiments. Their son, Danny (AKA Sparks) is left an orphan (*Phantom 2040*).

*Do You Remember Love?* is released in cinemas(*Macross 7*).

As the African continent began to deteriorate due to several conflicts, the EC and the OCU attempt to help it by organizing a super-continental alliance, the Organization of African Consolidation (OAC). The OAC comprises of five regional blocs (*Front Mission Alternative*).

A Canadian Space Agency orbital maple syrup delivery goes awry, becoming the deadliest confectionery containment accident in history with 22 or more people dead. It is stated as deadlier than the 1919 Boston Molasses Flood, which killed 21 (*xkcd*).

Time Trumpet, a documentary which looks back at the events of the previous 30 years, is released (*Time Trumpet*). The Documentary is released in another universe as well albeit with a different history since 2006(Naturally the subject matter is different in this universe).

### **2032**

**September:** The *seaQuest* returns to a much less politically stable Earth (*SeaQuest 2032*).

**October 19:** The command module of the *Ares IV*, containing the mission commander John Kelly, is engulfed by a graviton ellipse in orbit of Mars. The module is later discovered by the crew of the U.S.S. *Voyager* in 2376(*Star Trek: Voyager*).

The pacifist utopia of San Angeles has been established. John Spartan is thawed out to stop his old enemy Simon Phoenix (*Demolition Man*).

Birth of Zefram Cochrane on Earth. He would become the inventor of warp drive (*Star Trek: The Original Series*).

In an alternate universe, John Connor is killed by a T-850. SkyNet sends a T-X back in time to kill John Connor as a young man (*Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines*).

Project Gestalt is revealed to the public as a solution to the spread of White Chlorination Syndrome. Wealthy citizens are the first to undergo Gestaltization and are put into stasis, while androids supervise non-sentient Replicants who are tasked with battling the remaining Legion and cleansing the world of WCS (*NieR*).

Commercial mining begins again on Mars (*Event Horizon*).

The first human colonies on Alpha Centauri A are established (*Ōban Star-Racers*).

Mia Bennett and Yuri Kerenski are born (*Doctor Who*).

Dr. Susan Calvin is called to investigate the mayoral campaign of Stephen Byerley (*I, Robot*).

Mega-City One is created out of the conurbation of cities from Metropolis(New York) to Washington (*Judge Dredd*).

The Norsefire government is finally overthrown for good at the cost of V's life(*V for Vendetta,* film).

### **2033**

**October 28:** In an alternate universe, Katherine Brewster reprograms the T-850 and sends it back in time to 2004 to save John Connor from the T-X (*Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines*).

**December 14:** Stuart Bloom goes to meet his friends outside of their old apartment building for a dinner date planned exactly twenty years before. No one else shows up (*The Big Bang Theory*).

Tank Girl takes on Water & Power (*Tank Girl* [film]).

The Grimoire Project is devised, placing Gestaltized souls into thirteen sealed books with the power to combine all the world's Gestalts with their Replicants once the Legion and WCS are eradicated (*NieR*).

The United States flag has 52 stars by this time (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*)(Britain has become a state, something which happens in *51st State, The Light of Other Days* Here it happens due to Britain's condition post Norsefire*.* The 52nd State is Sarkhan due to a US Victory here, which happened in *Watchmen*).

Damascus is destroyed by a nuclear weapon smuggled into the city by an unidentified terrorist organization (*Crosstime Traffic*).

VDNKh station faces an increase in attacks from the Dark Ones. Hunter sends Artyom to deliver a warning to Polis (*Metro 2033*).

### **2034**

Rio Insurrection: Inspired by Nod propaganda, the slums of Rio de Janeiro rise up against GDI. This happens in an alternate universe as well(*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*).

**Winter:** Kira Morrow is killed in a car accident. Ogden Morrow continues to run Halcydonia Interactive on his own (*Ready Player One*).

After thriving for the past three years, the OAC faces destabilization as diplomatic tensions arise among its five blocs, leading to the African Conflict(*Front Mission Alternative*).

Roman Groom is born (*Doctor Who*).

### **2035**

**February 16:** A Sarkov releases a memo on next-generation GDI design. This happens in an alternate universe as well (*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*),

**March:** In an alternate universe, John Bradford, former Mission Control for XCOM, rescues the organization's commander from an ADVENT facility. With the help of ADVENT defectors and resistance fighters, this new XCOM leads an insurgency to undermine the alien occupiers and rally support to take back the planet (*XCOM 2*).

**June 3:** Guy Newman's self-driving car malfunctions and tries to kill him (*Roadkill*).

**July 7:** The *Ares 3* launches on its manned mission to Mars, which is recovering from great devastation(*The Martian*).

**November 7:** The *Ares 3* lands on Mars, at Acidalia Planitia (Sol 1) (*The Martian*).

**November 12:** A dust storm forces the *Ares 3* astronauts to evacuate their landing site. Mark Watney is impaled by an antenna and flung out of sight of the other crew members, forcing them to leave without him (Sol 6) (*The Martian*).

Soma Cruz and his friend, Mina Hakuba, visit a shrine before being teleported to Castlevania. Soma traverses the castle to save his friend (*Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow*).

Several Japanese Otaku leave Earth in a starship to form their own society elsewhere in the galaxy (*Otaku no Video*).

A Chicago police detective investigates the mysterious death of a robotics scientist leading to the shutdown of a rogue AI (*I, Robot* (2004)).

Venus secedes from U.W.O.(U.N.) Second Conference of Rio (*The Psychotechnic League*).

A sharp decline in birth rate means schools are beginning to close down. The endlessly energetic and Hot-Blooded Manami "Manabi" Amamiya becomes Student Council President on her first day of transferring at Seioh High School. This is among the liveliest and funniest Student Council groups in recorded history (*Manabi Straight!*).

Temporal anthropologists working at a tachyon generator detect evidence of an unauthorised time travel journey back to 2013 and evidence of a potentially devastating alteration in history was detected. A temporal anthropologist referring to himself as "Simon Doyle" is sent back in time to protect significant people from a neo-fascist assassin and prevent major alterations to the timeline. At least, according to a murder suspect in 2013 who may or may not be crazy (*Castle*). By this point, Richard Castle has abandoned writing crime novels in favor of serious literature, ex-detective Kate Beckett is a senator, and they are married and live in New York with their three children. As above, the source isn't entirely reliable (*Castle*).

Approximate date that Cory Doctorow and Will Wheaton are first elected as president and vice-president of the *OASIS* User Council (*Ready Player One*).

In an alternate universe, James Cole is sent back in time to try and prevent the post-apocalyptic future he lives in from coming to pass. (*12 Monkeys*)

Pierre Belmondo completes the first ever anti-gravity flight in an experimental craft in Nevada (*Wipeout*).

Before Marty and Doc change future history back in 2015, Marlene McFly is slated for release from jail this year (*Back to the Future Part II*).

### **2036**

**November 4:** The 19-year-old Beth Ross is elected President of the United States due to a video of a humiliating moment at work at the House of Crondogsgoing viral. She then becomes a popular write-in candidate and the Democrat and Republican party smear campaigns against each other workng too well. Ross is horrified and does not want to become President but ultimately decides to give it a shot . She is the first teenager to hold the office(*Prez (2015)*)(Prez Rickard, who's series is a reboot of, never became President in the main timeline, running in 1972 against Monckton. Though Rickard as an elderly congressman is helping Ross as her Vice President).

Claimed home time period of John Titor, who now comes from an alternate universe from the main one(Usenet).

An evil cult recreates Dracula's castle, luring in Soma Cruz in the hopes of reviving the Count (*Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow*),

The New United Nations declares that no Earth citizen can be made to answer for the crimes of their race or forebears (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

Hovercars return to general use on Earth (*Star Trek: Voyager*)(In the source material Hovercars were invented at this time).

The first two large, space based jumpgates are being finished and tested between Earth and Mars orbit (*X-Universe*).

In an alternate universe, SERN has invented the time machine and uses it to create a dystopian society (*Steins;Gate*).

Death of Loretta Watts from tainted drugs. Wade moves in with his aunt Alice (*Ready Player One*).

FEISAR (Federal European Industrial Science and Research) is founded (*Wipeout*).

Zenon Kar is born. (*Zenon*)

### **2037**

**June 20:** Three crewmembers of the space station *Meridian* are murdered by an alien entity (*The Outer Limits (1995)*).

**July 23:** Launch of the *Charybdis*, the third manned attempt to travel beyond the solar system, under the command of Colonel Stephen Richey (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

**August 20:** Major damage to the Moon in an accidental explosion on one of the colonies causes disaster on Earth (*The Time Machine (2002)*).

**Mutant Exodus:** The Forgotten go into voluntary exile in the Red Zone. This happens in an alternate universe as well(*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*).

One of the jumpgates is launched towards Alpha Centauri, scheduled for arrival in approximately 78 years. Jump tests are periodically conducted en route (*X-Universe*).

Mike Yagoobian steals a time machine invented by Cornelius Robinson and goes back to 2007 to ruin the demonstration of Cornelius' first successful invention, the Memory Scanner. Following a plan by DOR-15, a rogue "helping hat" created by Cornelius, Yagoobian plans to pass the Memory Scanner off as his own creation to ruin Cornelius' life. Their plans are ultimately foiled by Cornelius' past self and his son Wilbur. DOR-15 is never invented and Mike Yagoobian never seeks revenge(*Meet the Robinsons*).

### **2038**

Petroleum reserves run dry (*Futurama*),

Death of the last-surviving cast member of *Cosmic Wars: A New Hope* (*xkcd*).

The hyperatomic motor is invented, paving the way for interstellar travel (*I, Robot*).

An uprising of Androids occurs in Detroit that ends in Androids gaining human rights. In an alternate universe, the uprising is defeated(*Detroit: Become Human*)(The President that makes the decision in the game is replaced by Beth Ross, who is far more conflicted on matters but less prejudice towards Androids).

### **2039**

**March 12:** Mammoth Mk II ceases production (*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*),

**April 4:** Scott Tracy is born (*Thunderbirds*),

Terry McGinnis meets an elderly and retired Bruce Wayne Jr and becomes the new Batman (*Batman Beyond*).

A brief Global nuclear war takes place (*Legend of Galactic Heroes*).

*OASIS* public school are founded. Wade Watts transfers to one (*Ready Player One*).

'Daito' and 'Shoto' meet in an *OASIS* hikikomori support group and become friends. They decide to make their avatars brothers. (*Ready Player One*)

Death of James Halliday. On the same day, his video will is released, challenging all players of *OASIS* to find an Easter Egg hidden in the game in order to win his entire fortune and a controlling share in Gregarious Simulation Systems. A global hunt ensues, which also inspires an intense interest in 1980s pop culture (*Ready Player One*).

Funeral Parlor, a group of terrorists, sought to liberate Japan's freedom and wages a civil war against GHQ. At the same time, a high school boy named Shu Ouma becomes involve and receive the power of the Void Genome, allowing the user to extract Voids, weapons of people's psyche given physical form such as a sword from Inori Yuzuriha. (*Guilty Crown*)

The Roxolani attempt to invade Earth, but find their Age of Sail technology severely outclassed as they have invented faster than light travel but never advanced weaponry ("The Road Not Taken").

Jubilation Summerfield is born (*Bernice Summerfield*).

## 2040-2049 C.E.

### **2040**

**April:** Esteban and Maria Aquilar are transferred to Cyberville to be made into Gauntlet (*Phantom 2040*).

**July 6:** Chinese explorations into the alternate universe of the Long Earth reach Earth East 20,000,000 (*The Long War*).

**July 7:** Marilyn Lee Cross is born (*The Twilight Zone (1985)*).

**Summer:** Kit Walker XIV takes on the role of the Phantom (*Phantom 2040*).

**September 8:** The Jellystone(Yellowstone supervolcano) on Datum Earth erupts after months of foreshadowing. The eruption lasts a full week (*The Long War*).

**November 6:** Bobby McCallister is elected U.S. President (*Jack & Bobby*)(Beth Ross, not wanting to be President, declined to run for reeelection)

**December 26:** Maximum Inc. begins forcefully taking over sections of Metropia, imprisoning humans and biots to be used for spare parts. The Phantom and his allies begin an all-out attack on Maximum operations(*Phantom 2040*)(First day of Kwanzaa)

**December 30:** The Phantom travels to Bangalla to learn the truth about his heritage and the previous Phantom's involvement with Maximum Inc. Maxwell Madison Sr. is revived in a robotic body (*Phantom 2040*) (Fourth day of Kwanzaa).

After his ex-wife is murdered, Jonathan Ingram returns to the Beyond Coast space station to look for her missing husband and find out who killed her(*Policenauts*).

The Starship *Event Horizon* disappears (*Event Horizon*).

Construction begins on Mega-Cities Two and Three. Regular police replaced by Judges in America (*Judge Dredd*).

By this year, the significance of television as a form of entertainment has declined enough for the medium to become a relic (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

The UN Spacy holds the Supernova Project, a competition to determine the next-generation Variable Fighter, between Shinsei Industries' YF-19 "Alpha One" and General Galaxy's YF-21 "Omega One". Both planes are rejected in favor of the automated drone fighter Ghost X-9. However, "virtual idol" Sharon Apple develops a malicious consciousness and takes over the Ghost as well as the decommissioned SDF-1 *Macross*. The YF-19 and YF-21 pilots Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman put aside their mutual animosity to defeat Apple and the Ghost (*Macross Plus*).

Ohtani-Lincoln Laboratories deploys their first automatic War Factory at the Battle of San Vincente. This occurs in an alternate universe as well (*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*).

Interest in James Halliday's fortune begins to decline due to lack of progress (*Ready Player One*).

AG Systems is founded, and Pierre Belmondo is named director (*Wipeout*).

### **2041**

**January 1:** X-COM is revived in order to fight underwater aliens that are terrorizing the world's shipping lanes and islands. The subsequent destruction of the alien city of T'leth releases toxic chemicals into the atmosphere, severely contaminating the Earth's ecosystem (*X-COM: Terror from the Deep*).

On the day that the Maximum Era is set to begin, the Madison family is sealed inside Cyberville behind an impenetrable plasma dome, and their corporate headquarters is destroyed by the Phantom. The 23rd Phantom revives from cryogenic suspension (*Phantom 2040*)(Last day of Kwanzaa).

**January 2:** The Madisons escape Cyberville and ally with Gorda in an attempt to seize control of Metropia (*Phantom 2040*).

**Early:** Vagrants begin moving into the abandoned Cyberville. Biot self-awareness spreads thanks to the actions of Heisenberg and Pavlova (*Phantom 2040*).

The future, despite modern technology comes to aesthetically resemble Earth Circa 1994. Inventor Nick Miller visits this time period in a time machine built into a plane(*Time Chasers*)(Bit of a Joke. The film had a small budget and so while they were in 2041, visually little changed).

In an alternate timeline, created by Nick Miller selling the time travel technology to GenCorp, the future is now a dystopia and a city is rundown, visually the future looks like a back alley and an abandoned warehouse(*Time Chasers*)(Once more the low budget angle is at play).

The Earth gate loses its lock on the gate headed towards Alpha Centauri. While reestablishing the lock, the scientists in charge of the project discover that the gate is randomly locking onto random locations throughout the galaxy. These locations are discovered to be jumpgates of alien origin. The Ancients take notice, and adjust their long-term plans according to their determination that humans are dangerously intelligent. They reconfigure the gate system to isolate humanity within a maze of sectors devoid of intelligent life (*X-Universe*).

In the last two seconds of a basketball game between the Metropolis(New York) Knicks and Phoenix Suns, Charles Barkley performs a Chaos Dunk, killing nearly all in attendance. The ensuing Great B-Ball Purge sees most professional basketball players hunted down and slain, and the sport itself is banned. (*Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden*)

By this time, Spiked hair and acid-washed jeans are fashionable. Most of the top-selling songs are covers of 1980s pop music. Wade Watts discovers a hidden caravan in a junkyard which he uses as a hideout (*Ready Player One*).

Rebecca Madison and Gorda attempt to seize control of Cyberville through the use of self-spreading nanobots. The attack is defeated by the Phantom, and the 23rd Phantom's memories are uploaded to the Phantom Chronicles. Thanks to the aid of Maxwell Madison sS, who is assisted in his suicide by the 24th Phantom. Rebecca Madison and Gorda are finally imprisoned, while Maxwell Madison Jr is placed in psychiatric care and Hubert Graft in rehabilitation. (*Phantom 2040*)

### **2042**

The last World Series, an annual baseball championship game, is played on Earth. Only 300 spectators attend the game, indicating the decline in the popularity of the sport has reached a critical point(likely in the face of games such as Blaseball that are similar but more spectacular visually). The history of professional baseball effectively ends this year (*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*).

RobCo Industries is founded by Robert House. With his technical genius and business acumen, it will become one of the world's most lucrative corporations (*Fallout: New Vegas*).

As a goodwill gesture to their former mutant allies, GDI sends G-330X habitat modules to the borders of the Red Zones. This happens in an alternate universe(*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*).

Earth has few international political problems anymore, and environmental issues are slowly getting under control. Unmanned probes are sent through to the alien gates; results are promising but unsatisfying, since the probes aren't intelligent enough. The United Nations agrees to send a manned probe posthaste. Construction begins on the *Winterblossom* spacecraft the next year (*X-Universe*)

The mysterious being known as "Grandmaster Meio" appears on Earth and takes advantage of the peace(In the source material, Earth was in a war torn state, which he took advantage of), takes over the Eastern side. Setting up in the capital city of St. Petersburg, he wages war in order to conquer the entire planet (*Strider* Arcade).

James A. Corry kills someone in self-defense. Nevertheless, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to 50 years solitary confinement on an asteroid (*The Twilight Zone (1959)*.

### **2043**

**February 14:** Gordon Tracy is born (*Thunderbirds*)(ITTL he is a descendant of Dick Tracy).

**May 27:** Last CABAL bunker destroyed. This happens in an alternate universe as well (*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*).

GDI shuts down 60% of their global bases (*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*)(The reason for this is different. Grandmaster Meio is able to infiltrate the bases. and hack into their information. Since most of their bases are connected by the same network. They shut them down to prevent the information from falling into Meio's hands.

In an alternate universe, The Postman dies after having helped restore Society in a post apocalyptic wasteland(*The Postman*)(In the main timeline, The Postman is John Dutton(Kevin Costner's character in Yellowstone(The Postman is stated to have been born in 1973, which would make him too young for most of Costner's other roles) Without the world being as devastated he never lost his family).

A nuclear war devastates Earth, killing 80% of the world's population. The United States launches a spacecraft containing 1,000 politicians and military figures into space(Standard protocol ITTL due to all the potential apocalyptic events). It returns to Earth in 2347. Due to the effects of Time Dilation, only five to ten years have passed for the crew (*The Twilight Zone (1985)*).

### **2044**

**March 8:** In an alternate universe, Max Paradys and Albert Starski awaken from suspended animation, 50 years later than planned, to find that all men have died and the world is entirely populated by women (*Sex Mission*).

**November 8:** U.S. President Bobby McCallister is elected to a second term due to the ongoing war with Grandmaster Meio(*Jack & Bobby*).

The *Charybdis* is destroyed by an unknown alien; Stephen Richey is the sole survivor. The aliens create an artificial environment for him, in which he lives until his death (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

Due to Meio's War, corporation continue to grow in power largely unopposed and can even force employees to be renamed, granting them the last name of the company(*Jennifer Government*).

Pir-hana is formed from the merger of Brazilian companies Pir and Hana. Pir-hana then founded the Anti-Gravity Race Commission, following Pierre Belmondo's suggestions about AG racing (*Wipeout*).

John-Caleb Bradberton creates Nuka-Cola, which becomes an overnight success, despite containing excessive amounts of caffeine and 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar. The Nuka-Cola Corporation begins an aggressive campaign to conquer the American soda market, with few rival companies, such as Sunset Sarsparilla and Vim!Pop, surviving buyout attempts and corporate sabotage (*Fallout 4 - Nuka-World*).

The Gorma unite with Grandmaster Meio. The war against the Gorma wages on as the grandchildren of the Dairanger fight and destroy a Gorma monster that vaguely resembles Baron String (*Gosei Sentai Dairanger*).

The nations of Earth form a global federation. Stephen Byerley becomes the first World Co-ordinator (*I, Robot*).

Alex Murphy is brutally gunned down by criminals and reborn as the cyborg Robocop(*Robocop*)(Placing the film was difficult but the novel provides a hint. It is mentioned that Sylvester Stallone has died at age 97 and has recently completed *Rambo 38: Old Blood.* Stallone was born in 1946. He'd be 97 in 2043 and the first part of 2044. The latter year was chosen as with Grandmaster Meio taking over and the rise of megacorporations dated as 2044 due to various sources enforcing this including *Wipeout,Fallout*, and *Ready Player One,* 2044 was the better year given how strong Omniconsumer Products is shown to be).

### **2045**

**Early January:** 'Art3mis' works out the clue to the first key to James Halliday's fortune, but is unable to beat the challenge (*Ready Player One*).

**February 11, c 23:03:** Wade Watts discovers the first key to James Halliday's fortune, sparking an upswing in interest (*Ready Player One*).

**February 12, just after midnight:** 'Art3mis' unlocks the first key to James Halliday's fortune. (*Ready Player One*)

**February 12, 04:00:** Wade Watts unlocks the first gate to James Halliday's fortune. 'Artemis' succeeds a few hours later (*Ready Player One*).

**February 14:** 'Aech' unlocks the copper key and completes the gate (*Ready Player One*).

**February 15:** 'Daito' and 'Shoto' unlock the copper key (*Ready Player One*).

**February 17:** 'Daito' and 'Shoto' clear the copper gate. Wade Watts agrees to several endorsement deals and also meets with Nolan Sorrento from IOI. IOI blows up his stack when he refuses to cooperate with them, making it look like a meth lab explosion. Fortunately, he isn't in it at the time. Sixers and gunters(slang for Egg Hunters) swarm Ludus, looking for the copper key (*Ready Player One*).

**February 19, 08:00:** Wade Watts moves from the stacks to an efficiency apartment in Columbus, Ohio under the identity of Bryce Lynch. His relationship with 'Art3mis' intensifies (*Ready Player One*).

**February:** Wade Watts obtains a set of login credentials for IOI's private intranet, thinking they might come in handy some day (*Ready Player One*).

**March 15:** Frank Wood becomes the first American to walk on Mars (the Gap's version of Mars, that is, which is in an alternate universe). He is met there by Russians who had, unbeknownst to him, reached there years earlier (*The Long Mars*).

**April:** IOI places 'Art3mis' under surveillance (*Ready Player One*).

**July:** Wade Watts and 'Art3mis' attend Ogden Morrow's birthday party in *OASIS*. The party is attacked by Sixers looking to kill the two of them, but they are repelled by Morrow. Wade confesses his true feelings for 'Art3mis', who responds by breaking all contact with him (*Ready Player One*).

**August:** 'Art3mis' locates the jade key, followed by 'Aech', Wade Watts, Nolan Sorrento, and 'Shoto'. 'Daito' is killed due to IOI agents murdering him in real life. Sixers and gunters converge on the planet housing the key, leading to a massive battle with casualties on both sides. The Sixers unlock the crystal key in short order and barricade its location when Wade also unlocks it, but they are unable to open the crystal gate (*Ready Player One*)( Wade's Max Headroom AI states it's December 30th, but Wade states this happened about five months after his trailer was blown up. Also, Max says it's a Wednesday, but December 30th in 2045 will fall on a Saturday, and won't fall on a Wednesday until 2054).

**Early September:** Wade Watts tells 'Art3mis', 'Aech', and 'Shota' how to get the crystal key, then is deliberately taken prisoner by IOI. While on the inside, he manages to hack the system and acquire incriminating evidence as well as plant a script to disable the blockade around the crystal key. He then resets his identity back to his true self and escapes (*Ready Player One*).

**September:** The Battle of Castle Anorak in the Oasis. All gunters battle the Sixer army at Castle Anorak to allow the surviving members of the High Five access to the crystal door. The prize it ultimately won by Wade Watts, who splits it with 'Art3mis', 'Aech', and 'Shoto' (*Ready Player One*)

**October 25:** Creation of the android known as Es by the Mitsurugi Agency. She would eventually go on to become the guardian of the Azure (*XBlaze*)

Gregarious Gaming Systems introduces Personal *OASIS* Vidfeed (*Ready Player One*)(ITTL the events of Ready Player Two have been butterflied away. Halliday saw first hand due to the events of *Sword Art Online* taking place in this world, the consequences of attempting something similar and chose not to do something similar).

Technological singularity predicted by Ray Kurzweil.

The Corporate War of 2045. (*Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere*)(These wars likely took place due to IOI's collapse as a result of the events of *Ready Player One*).

Earth once more begins construction of space colonies (*Mobile Suit Gundam*)(In the source material this is when construction began).

The *Macross 7* colonization fleet makes contact with the alien race known as the Protodeviln. (*Macross 7*)

Strider's vice-director Matic discovers Enterprise's ZAIN Project, and plans for world conquest start brewing in his mind (*Strider Hiryu* manga).

Delia Flaubert and Holst McQueen, two senior employees of AG Systems, are fired following their feud over the company's direction. McQueen moves to Russia to create his own racing team, Qirex Industries (*Wipeout*).

### **2046**

**March 31, 2:03 PM:** The zombie uprising cometh (*Homestar Runner*).

**November 3:** In an alternate universe, A nuclear war wipes out humanity. The only known survivor is Aidan Hunter, who was in an underground bunker (*The Outer Limits (1995)*).

The UN Starship *Lysithea* leaves Earth with its support fleet to pursue Tarsian Invaders (*Voices of a Distant Star*).

The *Macross 7* colonization fleet makes peace with the Protodeviln thanks to the efforts of rock band Fire Bomber (*Macross 7*).

The *Winterblossom* begins its manned exploration of the gate network. It returns two years later, having found dozens of alien jumpgates but no intelligent life near them. Many planets do appear suitable for colonization or terraforming, however (*X-Universe*).

Hiryu's sister Mariya goes insane and murders several trainees. Hiryu is sent to stop her rampage, and eventually is forced to kill her in self-defense. Affected by her death, Hiryu becomes temporarily suicidal and six months later, abandons the Strider organization (*Strider Hiryu* manga).

Delia Flaubert moves to the United States and founds Auricom Research Industries (*Wipeout*).

James A. Corry, who is serving a sentence for murder on an asteroid, receives a robot named Alicia from Captain Allenby in order to combat his loneliness (*The Twilight Zone (1959)*).

### **2047**

**December:** In an alternate universe, In an effort to remember his past, Gilliam Seed becomes a J.U.N.K.E.R. - a person who hunts down "Snatchers," machines that kill and replace people( This occurs five years earlier in the Japanese version which takes precedence, so its just a case of the events being delayed) (*Snatcher*).

The *Event Horizon* returns; rescue ship finds something evil aboard (*Event Horizon*).

Kane reappears and begins the Third Tiberium War with a nuclear strike on the GDSS *Philadelphia*. Despite the loss of its orbital headquarters, GDI rallies and attacks Nod's Temple Prime. The resulting massive Tiberium explosion draws the interest of the alien Scrin, prompting an invasion that forces Nod and GDI to once again unite to survive. Kane seizes one of the alien Threshold Towers, and the Scrin are driven from Earth. This happens in an altenate universe as well(*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars*).

The Hermosa Earthquake shakes the Western Coast of the United States. Parts of San Angeles(Los Santos) sink into the Pacific Ocean. The sunken areas would eventually become part of one of the world's largest coral reefs (*Star Trek: Voyager*).

The UN Spacy's 117th Large Scale Research Fleet is destroyed by the alien race later called the Vajra (*Macross Frontier*).

After five years of war, the Grandmaster Meio finally claims full control over Earth. He starts the second phase of his plan: eliminate all living beings ("sons of old gods") in order to create his own self-created life and rule as the true God of a "New World" (*Strider* Arcade).

James A. Corry is pardoned for murder (*The Twilight Zone (1959)*).

World Union Peace Officer Phoenix Wallis investigates the murder of a World Union citizen in a "Rogue State" in Russia (*Culpa Innata*).

### **2048**

**May 22:** Kazumi Amano departs Earth for her final mission (*GunBuster*).

Strider Kain is captured in the Kazakh Federation and Matic forces Hiryu out of retirement in order to find and eliminate him, as he's now a liaison to the group. Hiryu rescues his friend from captivity and discovers the ZAIN Project and Enterprise's involvement in his sister's insanity 2 years ago. The two Striders confront and eliminates all responsible, including Enterprise's top figures and the corrupt Matic (*Strider Hiryu* manga and NES video game).

The Grandmaster Meio establishes a new calendar, calling this year "Meio Year One". Hiryu is assigned the mission to eliminate him and stop his plans to kill off all life on Earth. After a world-spanning adventure, Hiryu completes his mission (*Strider* Arcade).

The first Anti-Gravity Racing Championship is held in Nova State City (*Wipeout 2048*).

A group of four mercenaries come together to stop an epidemic of a highly dangerous disease (*Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix*).

Stephen Byerley completes his first term as World Co-ordinator (*I, Robot*).

### **2049**

**July:** Soft drink manufacturer Nuka-Cola begins construction on Nuka-World, a soda-themed amusement park (*Fallout 4 - Nuka-World*).

Vectorman stops the evil Warhead (*Vectorman*).

Project Gestalt faces the possibility of "relapsed" Gestalts losing their sentience and going berserk, and begins searching for a suitable source of purified Maso to keep the Gestalts in line. A man called Nier, who undergoes Gestaltization to defend his remaining family member Yonah, is chosen to be this Original Gestalt (*NieR*).

The creature in the Moon hatches from its egg, witnessed by humanity. This leads to a new golden age of space exploration (*Doctor Who*)(In the source Material, the Moon is an egg and the creature that hatches then lays an egg that becomes the new Moon. ITTL this is slightly different. The creature was growing inside and has now grown so large that it threatens to split the moon. A group of astronauts are fearful of the devastation this would cause to the Earth given that this has occurred several times in the past such as Dr.Robotnik devastating it and the Moonfall. The Doctor believes that the creature hatching will be harmless and he is proven right).

13-year-old Zenon Kar saves her space station from a dangerous computer virus (*Zenon*).

The Nine Year War begins, killing millions of people worldwide (*Brave New World*).

## **2050-2059 C.E.**

### **2050**

**May 1:** Nuka-World opens its doors to massive success, with over 40.000 visitors in its first day of operation. Plans are made to expand the areas of the park. (*Fallout 4 - Nuka-World*)

**May 22:** The cheela invent agriculture (*Dragon's Egg*)(The Cheela have a different perception of time, 29 seconds is a year to the Cheela).

**June 3:** Indira Knight blasts off from Earth, leaving Earth's solar system (*Judge Dredd*)(In the source material they are the first to do so).

**June 14:** The cheela invent writing. (*Dragon's Egg*)

**June 20:** Over the course of this day, the cheela contact humans for the first time and develop spaceflight (*Dragon's Egg*).

**June 21:** The cheela, having developed faster-than-light travel and an interstellar civilization, bid farewell to the human race (*Dragon's Egg*).

The surviving civilizations' leaders with reigns dating back to 4000 B.C.E retire and look back on who was the most triumphant (*Civilization*).

The SimNation begins implementing nuclear fusion to power cities(SimNation).

The Vorlons begin to implement the telepathy gene into human DNA (*Babylon 5*).

The last known photograph of elderly Shannon O'Donnell-Janeway, surrounded by several of her descendants, is taken this year (*Star Trek: Voyager*).

Third Smith Syndicate forms to battle the Heaven Tears (*killer7*).

An anthropomorphic civilization, based on Earth animals, "awakes" on the planet Arras Chanka. The planet has a population of more of 2 million people, representing about 163 species, with thousands of subspecies as well (*Albedo: Erma Felna EDF*).

Human explorers make contact with sentient aliens at a trading post on Xi Boötis 2 (*Ōban Star-Racers*).

The Hing invade Earth (*The Outer Limits (1995)*).

A moonbase is established from which Earth's weather is controlled (*Doctor Who*).

### **Early 3rd Millennium**

Humanity discovers the Warp (*Warhammer 40,000*).

### **2051**

**March:** After being found in bed with the vice-chairwoman of the Commission for Legal Reform, Chief Judge Fargo attempts suicide and is placed in cryogenic suspension. Hollins Solomon is appointed Chief Judge of Mega-City One (*Judge Dredd*).

Political instability in Mexico prompts an invasion by the United States to protect American business and energy interests, as well as to ensure a steady supply of Mexican oil (*Fallout*).

The Statue of Liberty is destroyed. The Gray Death plague begins (*Deus Ex*).

U.S. President Leslie Knope is assassinated by a Silicate(*Space: Above and Beyond*)(The President is unnamed in the Source Material). She is succeeded by a man with the last name of Keith(*A Sound of Thunder*).

### **2052**

**February 8:** The entire planet of Arras Chanka found out about the "Awakening" after finding incongruences and lack of info beyond CE 2050 after trying to find info about the change of seasons, causing a planet-wide panic. They found out their memories were supressed by chemical means and someone, named "The Creators", put them in that planet previously (*Albedo: Erma Felna EDF*).

JC Denton merges with Helios (*Deus Ex*).

The Marked of Kane are activated. Nod forces successfully recapture the Tacitus. This happens in an alternate universe as well(*Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars: Kane's Wrath*)

The US government passes the Autonomy Act, dissolving the structure of the United States of America and replacing it with three largely autonomous mega-cities. Potatoes go extinct (*Judge Dredd*).

A documentary reveals the nearly-drained state of the Texan oil fields, highlighting a looming global energy crisis. Many smaller nations go bankrupt, while skyrocketing petroleum prices drive the European Commonwealth to invade the Middle East, beginning the Resource Wars. The United Nations is disbanded. (*Fallout*)

Mega City One(New York City) uses its mob ties to obtain a massive rocket, and uses it to launch all of its garbage into space (*Futurama*).

The Anti-Gravity Racing Competition is rebranded as the Anti-Gravity Racing League (or AGRL); the inaugural F3600 AGRL is held this year. Pir-hana is bought out by a Chinese company and pulls out of AG racing (*Wipeout*).

The Night Vale City Council reveal their true form, and eat half the town's population. The other half presumably go about their business as normal (*Welcome to Night Vale*).

Stephen Byerley completes his second term as World Co-ordinator, and the Machines begin to lead society into the future. (*I, Robot*)

President Keith defeats the Republican Fascist Candidate Deutscher(*A Sound of Thunder*). This event is later altered so that Republican Deutscher wins.

### **2053**

End of World War III. The War resulted in the death of 600 million people, the destruction of numerous major cities and the collapse of most of the major governments are in ruins. A "post-atomic horror" society follows for some time (*Star Trek: First Contact*, *Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

Chinese spies attempt to steal a sample of America's Limit 115 biological weapon, designed to sterilize the populations of large countries like China. The agents are killed in Denver and the virus is loosed in a crowded public area. This "New Plague" swiftly spreads across the United States, prompting closed borders and a national quarantine, and continues to circulate for over a decade (*Fallout*).

A second Chaos Dunk is performed in post-cyberpocalyptic Mega City One(Neo New York), killing millions. Charles Barkley is blamed for the crime by Michael Jordan and the B-Ball Removal Department, forcing Barkley and his allies to fight to survive and find the true perpetrator(*Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden*).

A New United Nations-established counter-terrorist organization called Shadow Sword is tasked with eliminating a mysterious terrorist group called Neo Kleit, who are strongly opposed to the UN's attempts to expand space travel capabilities (*Surveillance Kanshisha*).

### **2054**

**April 22:** Howard Marks is arrested for the murder of his wife Sarah and her lover Donald Dubin before he is able to commit the murder. (*Minority Report*)

**Late April:** The Judge's Precrime Division is ended in Washington, DC after it is proven people don’t always commit the crimes foretold and when the founder of Precrime, Lamar Burgess, is exposed for having killed Ann Lively, mother of the Precog, Agatha (*Minority Report,* Film)

**July 10:** Invading East Hun Chiu (North Korean) forces are driven out of Seoul thanks in large part to the United States Marine Corps. Six thousand Marines die in the opening hours of the operation, including Will Irons, son of Atlas CEO Jonathan Irons, splitting the nation in two once more (*Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare*).

**July:** Earth is caught in the crossfire of a war between the Samaar Federation and the Ghosts (*Xenoblade Chronicles X*).

**December 22:** The history department of Oxford University uses a time machine in an attempt to send Kirvin Engle to an English village in 1320. Something goes wrong (*Doomsday Book*).

After terrorists destroy Tel Aviv with an atomic bomb in late 2053, the Middle East is rocked by a limited nuclear exchange. In response to growing international tensions the United States announces Project Safehouse and the construction of "Vaults" to shelter citizens in the event of nuclear war (*Fallout*).

The 2054 Video Music Awards, hosted by elderly twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and featuring a special performance by Blanket Jackson, airs on MTV. By this time, the network's other programming includes *The Real World: Uranus* and *Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica: Golden Anniversary Season* (*Saturday Night Live*).

### **2055**

**March 9:** Major Jason Mercer is awakened from cryostasis (*The Outer Limits (1995)*).

**April 28:** The KVA launch attacks on nuclear reactors world wide (*Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare*).

Eckels, a big game hunter, travels back into the past on a prehistoric safari to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. While in the past, he accidentally steps on a butterfly, changing the course of history and Deutscher to win the election (*A Sound of Thunder*)

The West Tek Research Facility begins work on a virus designed to kill the New Plague, and though progress is slow the company attracts the attention of the US government, eventually becoming the nation's largest private contractor (*Fallout*).

### **2056**

**November 7:** With the Fascist President Deutscher removed from power once time travel was discovered responsible for his election. He is left unable to run and replaced with Isabel Guiterrez, albeit unofficially, Deutscher was still technically President. The United States presidential election is between Isabel Gutierrez of the Republican Party, and Lisa Simpson representing the Democratic Robot Zombie Coalition. Lisa Simpson(*The Simpsons*) , herself a former President but her consciousness was saved by machinery(something seen possible in the 2020's in the show Y*ears and Years*). A law is eventually passed preventing Lisa from running again due to her death nullifying her chances. She is replaced by the Dragon Dunkelzahn. Dunkelzahn wins(*Shadowrun*).

Rotti Largo dies from an unidentified disease after shooting "rogue" repo man Nathan Wallace, who soon dies from wounds. Shilo Wallace, Nathan's daughter, is given GeneCo as Rotti's dying wish, but she refuses to inherit the company. Instead, Amber Sweet, Rotti's daughter, takes over GeneCo (*Repo! The Genetic Opera*).

Michigan J. Frog is discovered alive in the cornerstone of the "Tregoweth Brown Building" as the building is being disintegrated to make room for new construction having been there since 1955 (*Looney Tunes*).

The L-002 White Whale crashes on Mira (*Xenoblade Chronicles X*).

### **2057**

**Early 2057:** The humans on Mira recover the Lifehold Core with just minutes to spare (*Xenoblade Chronicles X*)( In the two months between arriving on Mira and Cross being awoken from stasis, the countdown on BLADE Tower had fallen by 40%. Assuming it started at 100% and has experienced a linear degredation, this puts recovery at roughly 5 months after arrival. While the exact date of the White Whale crashing is unclear, it is likely in the second half of 2056 given that Earth was destroyed in the source material in July of 2054 and the White Whale was said to have wandered in space for 2 years. This puts the most likely date of recovery to be somewhere in the first half of 2057).

The Sun has gotten colder and the Icarus II is sent to attempt to reignite it (*Sunshine*)

First contact between the UEC and the Asurian Empire (*Terra*).

An energy crisis in Taiwan leads the government to decide to reactivate nuclear power, despite them not having a proper way to dispose of enriched nuclear waste. This leads to mass protests across the nation (*Cytus*).

'Death' of Stephen Byerley (*I, Robot*).

### **2058**

*Jupiter 2* launched; the ship is lost in space (*Lost in Space* [film])(Different family from the Robinsons ITTL, but resembling the film versions of them).

Hollins Solomon steps down as Chief Judge, and is replaced by Clarence Goodman. Council of Five and Psi Division founded. Birth of Soppi Walters and Dennis Mennis (*Judge Dredd*)(Dennis' gravestone gives his date of birth as 2058. Since he and Sabbat are in the same class, they are presumably the same age).

After the Nine Years' War and the Great Economic Collapse, the World State is founded (*Brave New World*).

Nuka-World opens Dry Rock Gulch, a western-themed area intended to promote Nuka-Cola Wild, the company's attempt at competing with Sunset Sarsparilla root beer (*Fallout 4 - Nuka-World*).

The Nine Year War ends with the founding of the totalitarian World State (*Brave New World*)\

Dr. Susan Calvin retires from U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. She is interviewed about her life and the development of robotics (*I, Robot*).

### **2059**

**June:** In an alternate universe, A nuclear war, known as the War of 2059 or the New Holocaust, kills 80% of the world's population (6.8 million people). (*The Outer Limits (1995)*)

**August 3:** Having been saved from being killed in a car accident on June 3, 1989, Lorelle Palmer is brought to the time travel for hire agency Chrononics (*The Outer Limits (1995)*).

**September 13:** Jack Mitchell and other members of Atlas track down Hades, leader of the KVA (*Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare*).

**November 21:** The Tenth Doctor arrives at Bowie Base One on Mars, just prior to its destruction. HE alters history by saving some members of the crew when all originally died(*Doctor Who*)

**December 21:** A magnitude 9.2 earthquake strikes Turtle Island of Taiwan, and also causes more than half the buildings of Taipei to collapse. These events in turn cause a hydrogen gas leak and explosion at a nuclear power plant, leading to an unspeakable number of casualties and forcing a mass evacuation. Many of the survivors flee Taiwan entirely, but others remain (*Cytus*).

In an alternate universe, The Dictatorship of Air is overthrown peacefully as the global state beings to dissolve and a Utopia begins to emerge (*The Shape of Things to Come*).

The *Macross Frontier* colonization fleet encounters the Vajra, eventually making peace with the aliens before settling on their home planet (*Macross Frontier*).

The United States develops the Anchorage Front Line, a string of defenses and bases protecting the Alaskan oil fields. Tensions rise as America pressures Canada to allow US troops on Canadian soil to protect the Alaskan oil pipeline (*Fallout*).

The first ship of the newly founded international space force, the United Space Command, is stationed in Earth orbit to protect the planet from possible dangers (alien attacks are not publicly named as not to disturb the people). Nobody really believes there's any danger, except some paranoid military minorities. (*X-Universe*)

The Nexus crosses through the Milky Way Galaxy (*Star Trek: Generations*).

### **2050s**

Andorians begin colonizing Weytahn/Paan Mokar. Vulcans, fearing they are planning an incursion into Vulcan space, declare war. (*Star Trek: Enterprise*)

Arial Tetsuo retires from racing and goes into politics, becoming very popular and influential among the younger generation. She is later assassinated. (*Wipeout*)

## **2060-2069**

### **2060**

**November 2:** Robert L. Booth is elected Vice President of the United States (*Judge Dredd*).

The first colony ships leave for Alpha Centauri (*Known Space*). The UNS *Unity* departs a war-torn, polluted, and impovershed Earth with the mission of preserving as many humans as possible on the nearby system of Alpha Centauri (*Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri*).

The Middle East's oil reserves run dry, bringing a sudden, anticlimactic end to the now-pointless Resource Wars. The European Commonwealth dissolves as its member nations fight each other for remaining resources. Traffic across the planet comes to a stop as oil becomes too precious to waste on automobiles, while industries struggle to develop fusion power. The United States narrowly avoids bankruptcy (*Fallout*).

### **2061**

**May 14:** A satellite that transmits solar power to the whole Earth is switched on, making all other power sources redundant (*The Last Question*).

**May 21:** Alexander Adell asks Multivac the Last Question for the first time (*The Last Question*).

Martian colonists revolt against their U.N.-imposed government. The revolt is unsuccessful, leading to the takeover of Mars by a consortium of Mega Corps and the founding of the Martian underground (*Red Mars Trilogy*).

Discovery of the planet Plateau in the Tau Ceti system (*Known Space*).

Farwell, DeCruz and Brooks emerge from suspended animation after 100 years in the hope that they can sell the $1 million worth of gold bullion that they stole in 1961. They discover that Erbie died when a rock broke his suspended animation chamber. Both men fight and eventually die. It turns out the gold they had would have been worthless by this time(*The Twilight Zone (1959)*).

### **2062**

While the Vaults are being advertised, Leavvit industries(*You the People*) makes a fortune selling homes in the upper atmosphere. Mankind now has flying cars, robot maids, conveyer belt floors and instant television communication. Humans now have difficulty using their legs to walk (*The Jetsons*).

The Jetsons use a time machine Elroy invented to travel back to the Stone Age. The Jetsons end up stranded in the Stone Age after The Flintstones and Rubbles are accidentally sent to the Jetsons's era in their time machine. After a series of misadventures (in both time periods), all the families are returned to their proper eras (*The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones*).

In an alternate universe, with Tiberium all but covering the planet and humanity on the brink of extinction, Kane forges an alliance with GDI (*Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight*).

Scientists and their families colonize the first man-made stations outside the Solar System (*X-Universe*).

### **2063**

**April 5:** Zefram Cochrane develops warp drive, and makes first contact with the Vulcans after his initial test of the new technology. He had some help from the crew of the time-traveling *Enterprise*-E (who followed the Borg back in time to stop them from changing history) (*Star Trek: First Contact*).

In the so-called "mirror universe", Cochrane kills the first Vulcan to set foot on Earth. The Terran Empire begins its expansion to the stars (*Star Trek: Enterprise*).

Humans begin dropping ice into the ocean to counteract global warming, a process that will continue for close to a millennium (*Futurama*).

Construction of most Vaults is now finished, and Vault-Tec begins evacuation drills in cities with completed shelters. Participation steadily decreases over time due to a "cry wolf" effect (*Fallout*).

Jordan Wilde is born. (*Ōban Star-Racers*)

The time traveler Jacob von Hogflume settles down in Mega City One(New York City), Middelburg in the Netherlands, and Brighton, UK (Satirical blue plaques).

### **2064**

Dr. Susan Calvin dies at the age of 82 (*I, Robot*).

### **2065**

Earth infested by alien Phantoms; remaining humans struggled to survive until a way to repel them was found (*Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within*).

Asteroid Belt gains independence after completion of Confinement Asteroid, a site for belter women to give birth without returning to Earth. The Belt has jurisdiction over most of the planets, but Earth gets to keep Mars due to fear of Martians (*Known Space*).

Discovery of the planet We Made It in the Procyon system (*Known Space*).

A Mega City One(New York City) nuclear reactor nearly goes supercritical due to negligence(in the source material it was enormous power demands, but due to the solar power satellite in *the Last Question.* This is caused instead due to the resource now being redundant, leading to negligence). America begins rationing electricity (*Fallout*).

RobCo CEO Robert House calculates that a global nuclear war will occur within the next fifteen years and begins planning accordingly, installing missile defense systems and other measures to ensure that his home city of Las Vegas survives the coming apocalypse. House entombs himself within an elaborate life support system linking him to his information network controlling a veritable army of private security robots (*Fallout: New Vegas*).

The Azatoth construct an embassy to the UEC on Mars (*Terra*).

Jeff Tracy, a former astronaut who amassed a huge fortune in aerodynamics, founds the humanitarian organization International Rescue (*Thunderbirds*) .This organization also merged with the Science Special Search Party (*Ultraman*).

The USN/UCS and the OCU colonize Huffman Island, a volcanic island off the coast of Mexico (*Front Mission* series).

### **2066**

**February 5:** In November 2003, Rocky Tardio tells Joan Girardi that she is statistically likely to die on this date (*Joan of Arcadia*).

Chief Judge Clarence Goodman approves human cloning to bolster the ranks of the Judges. Later that year, the first batch of clones enter the Academy of Law (*Judge Dredd*).

After a year of increasingly aggressive trade negotiations, the Sino-American War begins when China attempts to seize control of Alaska and the planet's last oil reserves after being denied access by the US to the Solar Satelite. Canada objects to the number of American military units moving through its borders, but backs down (*Fallout*).

The first terraformer fleet of six robot ships leaves Earth. Another leaves Earth every three years afterwards (*X-Universe*).

### **2067**

**January 1:** X-COM establishes its first base in the region of space known as the Frontier to protect Earth's efforts to mine Elerium-115 from alien threats (*X-COM: Interceptor*).

American T-45d power armor debuts on Alaskan battlefields to devastating effect. China rushes to create its own equivalent, but is years behind the United States (*Fallout*).

Super Bowl 100 is played. Jenny Wakeman is built (*My Life as a Teenage Robot*)(The Series is set in 2072. Jenny Wakeman, the titular robot, is 15 mentally but technically only 5. She was mentioned as being built within 5 years of Super Bowl 100).

Eva Wei is born (*Ōban Star-Racers*).

Nuka-World opens Safari Adventure, a jungle-themed area that is plagued by protests from animal rights activists over allegations of cloning experiments (*Fallout 4 - Nuka-World*).

The probe *Friendship One* is launched from Earth (*Star Trek: Voyager*).

### **2068**

The Titan War breaks out on the Moon of Titan between Mars Colonists and Earth armies(*Cowboy Bebop*).

The Draco, a genus of lizards native to Southeast Asia, goes extinct at about this year (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

A highly contagious and deadly pandemic of a strain of H5N1 bird flu known as Sumatra influenza occurs. To combat this threat, humanity engineers a virus with the intent to cull the bird population, but the virus instead causes the birds to become sentient (*Hatoful Boyfriend*).

The Naturals (regular humans) compete against animal-human hybrids, mutant creatures and bionic-enhanced athletes in Body Slam, the most popular pastime on the Cybernet (*Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam*).

### **2069**

The End of the fourth and last Earth-Kzin War. The defeated Kzinti race signs the Treaty of Sirius, obligating them to dissolve their military forces (*Star Trek: The Animated Series*).

The Klingon emperor dies heirless at about this year. The Klingon High Council assumes control of the Klingon Empire, with its Chancellor as *de facto* head of state. The position of Emperor would remain vacant to 2369 (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

The SS *Conestoga*, a colony ship intended to establish the first Human colony outside the solar system, is commissioned on Earth (*Star Trek: Enterprise*).

Soppi Walters begins practicing black magic. His first act is to kill Dennis Mennis and resurrect him as a zombie. Soppi begins identifying himself as Sabbat (*Judge Dredd*).

The United States begins seizing vast amounts of Canadian resources for its own war effort, ignoring the country's protests. Americans begin derisively referring to their neighbor as "Little America "(*Fallout*).

### **2060s**

Global warming destroys most of Florida. (*Chrononauts*)

In an Alternate Timeline in which Al Noah(Al Gore) won the 2000 US election, a circular levee is built around Orlando, with other key parts of the surrounding area enclosed in large domes. The resulting city is renamed Islando (*Chrononauts*).

## **2070-2079**

### **2070**

US President Robert Booth, elected in 1968, succeeding President Gary Callahan, is falsely reported to have launched the First Atomic War on this date, this is incorrect dating(*Judge Dredd*).

The New Enlightenment begins (*The Psychotechnic League*).

By this time, a Moonbase has been constructed which uses the Gravitron to control Earth's weather. The Cybermen try to use it to conquer Earth but with help from the Second Doctor the Cybermen are hurled into space by the Gravitron. (*Doctor Who*)

Tensions between the USN/UCS and the OCU flare up as the two superpowers claim ownership of Huffman Island, leading to the 1st Huffman Conflict. (*Front Mission*)

### **2071**

**November 11:** John James "J.J." Andreev dies (*Journey into Space*).

A group of dysfunctional bounty hunters adventure across the solar system (*Cowboy Bebop*).

### **2072**

**April 7-8:** A hacker is apprehended by Tri-Optimum corporation security forces after hacking into their corporate network in search for info about the space station Citadel (*System Shock*).

**May:** The hacker is taken to the Citadel, hacks into the governing Artificial Intelligence, SHODAN (at the request of a Tri-Op executive) and, as a reward, is given a "military-grade neural interface" implant. Per the implantation procedure, he goes into a 6-month cryogenic coma (*System Shock*).

**September-October:** SHODAN goes nuts and massacres the crew of Citadel. (*System Shock*)

**November 6:** The hacker wakes up, fights his way through the station and destroys SHODAN (*System Shock*).

Protests and riots erupt in Canadian cities due to America's increasing consumption of Canadian resources. An attempt to sabotage the Alaskan oil pipeline gives the United States military justification to formally annex Canada (*Fallout*).

Maya Wei is killed in a racing accident. (*Ōban Star-Racers*)

The 1st Huffman Conflict ends, with the USN/UCS and the OCU occupying each half of Huffman Island as a result (*Front Mission*).

Nuka-World opens its final expansion, the Galactic Zone, a high-tech space exploration-themed area which quickly became the park's most popular attraction (*Fallout 4 - Nuka-World*)

The Second and Third Captains are trapped by pirates in the Medusa system. The Second Captain sends the govorun bird to call for help (*The Voyage of Alice*).

XJ9 or "Jenny Wakeman" battles the Cluster Robot Empire's invasions of Earth(*My Life as a Teenage Robot)*.

### **2073**

In response to China's use of biological weapons, the United States government begins the Pan-Immunity Virion Project in the south California-based West Tek Research Facility (*Fallout*).

### **2074**

America opens up a second front in the Sino-American War by launching a counter-invasion of mainland China, but gets bogged down despite the presence of power-armored units. Global tensions rise further when American president Booth walks out on international energy negotiations, declaring that the Alaskan oil fields are for America's use alone (*Fallout*).

The Anti-Grav Olympics are held (*Doctor Who*, "The Bells of St John").

Justice, the first completed Gear, defects during her activation trials and, on the orders of 'That Man', fires a laser that devastates(obliterates it in the source material) Japan. This begins a one-hundred year war between Gears and humanity known as the Crusades when Justice realises that humans treat Gears as just weapons. That Man retreats into the shadows. with great remorse of having to devastate Japan to prevent it from suffering something even worse. He takes a copy of Justice's core dump, which is used to create Jack-O' Valentine (*Guilty Gear*).

### **Mid-21st Century**

The Xorda attack Earth with gene bombs. They were retaliating against humans for capturing and dissecting one of their emissaries. In the aftermath, many human survivors mutate into Overlanders, while many animal survivors mutate into Mobians (*Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)* [Archie comic]).

### **2075**

**November:** An experimental Tandem Mirror Drive is intentionally pushed to its limits in order to test its capabilities, resulting in its destruction. The explosion that follows destroys the test site, killing 324 researchers and launching enormous amounts of rocks into the Moon's atmosphere (*Planetes*).

PVP experiments continue at West Tek. The pan-immunity virion is renamed the Forced Evolutionary Virus. In other news, both the House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously vote to impeach President Robert L. Booth for jaywalking, as that is one of the few charges he hasn't protected himself against However he is stil lable to whether these attempts to remove him, consolidating his power as a dictator(*Fallout*).

### **2076**

**July 4:** Luna declares its independence from Earth (*The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress*).

**August:** Ezekiel holds the five US Supreme Court justices, the appellant Dr. Theresa Givens, her attorney Nicole Whitley and the Solicitor General Wallace Gannon hostage in the Supreme Court Building using a cold fusion device powerful enough to destroy not only Washington, D.C. but half the Eastern Seaboard. (*The Outer Limits (1995)*)

The annexation of Canada is complete, and American troops shoot Canadian protestors on sight. Footage of atrocities makes its way to America and sparks riots only intensified by food and energy shortages, resulting in martial law. T-51b power armor sees its first action in China, where the units cut a swathe through Chinese forces. Its supply lines breaking down, China is on the verge of collapse (*Fallout*).

Nuka-Cola enters a deal with the U.S government to assist with weaponizing the unique radioactive isotope used in their upcoming Nuka-Cola Quantum soft drink. (*Fallout 4 - Nuka-World*)

Benedict Summerfield II is born (*Bernice Summerfield*).

### **2077**

Domestic robot B166ER slaughters his masters when they try to junk him. The trial that follows leads to B166ER's destruction and a backlash against robots. (*The Animatrix*)

Doomfist breaks out of prison. He then launches an attack on Numbani International Airport; no casualties are suffered but several OR15 guard robots are destroyed. One of these guard robots is rebuilt by child prodigy Efi Oladele and christened "Orisa" (*Overwatch*).

**January 7:** Forced Evolutionary Virus research is transferred to the Mariposa Military Base, where the immunity aspects of the virus are discarded in favor of its applications as a super soldier serum. Scientists begin testing FEV on convicts (*Fallout*).

**January 10:** Anchorage, Alaska is retaken by American forces (*Fallout*).

**January 22:** Power armor is deployed on American soil as soldiers are transferred from the front line to enforce quarantines and quash civil unrest. American civilians are killed, food riots spread, and deserting soldiers are sent to military prisons (*Fallout*).

**February:** An unknown source leaks data about America's FEV research to the world, sparking a global panic (*Fallout*).

**March:** The Enclave, a cabal of American government officials and influential businessmen, relocate to their shelter on a Poseidon Energy oil rig 175 miles off the coast of California (*Fallout*).

**April 23:** Kaila Ward is born (*The Outer Limits (1995)*).

**August 15:** General Constantine Chase, hero of the Alaska campaign, tests a Virtual Strategic Solutions reconstruction of Operation Anchorage using sophisticated virtual reality technology. He declares that the result "doesn't feel right" and spends the next months obsessively tweaking the scenario. Technicians complain that the simulated battle now bears little resemblance to what actually happened and worry that Chase has gone insane (*Fallout 3 - Operation Anchorage*).

**October:** Capt. Roger Maxson of the Mariposa research facility's security detail discovers that the scientists have been performing FEV experiments on military "volunteers." He and his troops execute the scientists and seize control of the base. In a radio broadcast, Maxson announces his desertion from the US Army, to no response (*Fallout*).

**October 22:** The Platinum Chip, an operating system upgrade for Robert House's computer network and security measures, is processed. Delivery is scheduled for the following day (*Fallout: New Vegas*).

**October 23:** The Great War takes place. President Robert L.Booth nukes China, leading to a two-hour global thermonuclear bombardment. After years of drills and false alarms, few citizens pay heed to the air raid sirens. The death toll and environmental effects are cataclysmic. The Vaults are sealed (*Fallout*).

A young family of three from Sanctuary Hills, Massachusetts are among the few admitted to nearby Vault 111, where they are led into "decontamination chambers" and cryogenically frozen as part of a Vault-Tec experiment (*Fallout 4*).

Retired soldier and survivalist Randall Clark survives the war by pure luck, due to being on his way home from a hiking trip in Zion National Park when the war broke out. He's forced to euthanize an elderly couple who were blinded by the nuclear flash, and returns to Zion where he waits out the following months of fallout in an abandoned geological research station inside a cave (*Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts*).

The Sierra Madre Casino security protocols activates, sealing the casino and all the visiting guests inside, including singer Vera Keyes and owner Frederick Sinclair. Vera commits suicide and Sinclair dies trying to disable the booby-trapped vault underneath the casino. The Sierra Madre remains sealed for 200 years, watched over by lethal security holograms (*Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money*)

**October 27:** Capt. Maxson, his men, and their families leave the shelters of the Mariposa base and set off for a government bunker in the Lost Hills. The survivors will grow into the Brotherhood of Steel, a techno-religious military order devoted to rebuilding civilization and controlling dangerous technology (*Fallout*).

**October 30:** A black rain begins to fall, spreading fallout across the planet. The world sees widespread plant and animal extinction over the coming years, even as mutation causes new species to develop almost overnight (*Fallout*).

Robert House enters stasis(*Fallout: New Vegas*).

Several alien races including the Vulcans, attempt to save as many humans as they can. The damage is falsely stated to have come from TET, a state-of-the-art Alien space station governed by an AI. It is blamed for destroying most of the Earth's moon, killing billions of humans and stripping the Earth clean of its resources following the devastation. The TET is destroyed in orbit by human resistance fighters (*Oblivion (2013)*).

In Space, The Mining ship Red Dwarf's drive plate malfunctions, and only Lister and his pregnant cat survive the burst of Cadmium-II. Lister was in Cryostasis and his pregnant cat was safe inside the hull. Lister will awaken three million years later(*Red Dwarf*)(Clock in episode "Stasis Leak", inconsistent with other dates).

In an alternate universe, Nod separatists and GDI reactionaries attack the Tiberium Control Network, beginning the Fourth Tiberium War. The conflict ends days later with Earth cleansed of Tiberium and Kane and the majority of the Brotherhood of Nod missing. (*Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight*)

Birth of Henry Archer(most likely on the surface in an area which survived the nuking). He would become a pioneering engineer (*Star Trek: Enterprise*, deleted scene of his gravestone).

Birth of squadmate and Prothean archeologist, Liara T'Soni (*Mass Effect*).

### **2078**

Robert Booth is declared impeached by the Judges and sentenced to 100 years of cryogenic suspension followed by judgement by Hollins Solomon. Booth refuses to acknowledge this as Mega City One secedes from the US. Democracy abolished in America (*Judge Dredd*).

Unaware of the devastation back home, The SS *Conestoga*, an Earth colony ship, reaches the planet Terra Nova and establishes the a Human colony outside the solar system(*Star Trek: Enterprise*)(In the source material they are the first human colony outside the solar system).

**January:** Radiation levels drop enough for Randall Clark to venture out of the Zion caves. He finds little except a blasted wasteland and radioactive, glowing snow (*Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts*).

In Mega City One, The PS9 is released. It consists of electronic spores that directly interface with a gamer's adrenal glands, improved retinal scanning, a mind-control system, holographic movie surround vision, and telepathic personal music (PlayStation 2 ad).

### **2079**

**May 2:** Ronald Brent is born (*Return to the Planet of the Apes*).

May 17: The *Ares* receives a Distress Call from the *Vardis*. This automatically triggers the release of Jet Morgan, Lemmy Barnet, Doc Matthews and Stephen "Mitch" Mitchell (*Journey into Space*).

Judges Rico and Joe Dredd, cloned from Eustace Fargo, graduate from the Academy of Law. Rico is soon arrested by Joe for murder and sentenced to 20 years hard labour on Titan (*Judge Dredd*).

Years of "post-atomic horror" begin on Earth. In the aftermath of World War III, the New United Nations have been dissolved, lawyers have been abolished (by execution) and martial law is still in effect in certain areas of the world (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*)

## **2080-1089**

### **2080**

The Third World War is stated to begin as a conflict between Pakistan and India. In actuality, they are the two nations to declare war. and nuke each other(*Babylon 5*).

The first Slow Boat launched towards Alpha Centauri (*Known Space*).

After one and a half years of travel, *Von Braun* along with its crew reachers Jupiter(In the source material. It was the first manned flight to Jupiter)(*Planetes*).

### **2081**

Possible starting date for the Universal Century calendar (UC 0001) (*Mobile Suit Gundam*).

The Laplace Incident: terrorists use solar-powered explosives to destroy the Laplace Space Station during a ceremony marking the start of the Universal Century calendar, killing most of its inhabitants. One of the survivors, Syam Vist, discovers the Laplace Box, which contains the original charter for the space colonies, giving self-governance to the space colonies. He uses this discovery and marries into the Vist family, using this power to influence the Earth Federation (UC 0001) (*Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn*).

Terra Nova, a Human colony outside the Sol system(in the source material, the first), collides with an asteroid. Communications with Earth are severed, the fate of the colony remaining a mystery. The colonists actually survive but communications would not be re-established until 2151 (*Star Trek: Enterprise*).

A mysterious youth with powers over life and creation known as Faust suddenly appears on Earth and raises an army of artificial lifeforms of his making to wipe out humankind, eventually driving it to near extinction. When all seems lost four young warriors harnessing mysterious powers start fighting back against Faust. The Human Resistance Army uses the Moon Driver as a last-ditch effort to kill Faust but it fails(In an alternate universe, it leaves behind a huge smoking crater where America once existed). The four Moon Divers eventually defeat Faust and the army claims all credit for the victory and proclaims the human race the true masters of all life on Earth for all eternity (*Moon Diver*).

### **2082**

The Vorlons prevent a nuclear overkill on Earth by intercepting and sabotaging several nuclear missiles (*Babylon 5*)(explaining how the nuclear war didn't completely wipe out humanity).

Stephen Richey dies after spending 38 years in a recreation of the Hotel Royale on Theta VIII (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

### **2083**

**May:** Earth's biosphere is in recovery, and thriving mutant plant life is recorded in Zion by Randall Clark. With radiation levels down, Clark decides to return to Salt Lake City the following year to find out what happened to his family (*Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts*).

An American Civil War breaks out between Mega-Cities One and Three (*Judge Dredd*)(The second American Civil War in the source material but there's been several ITTL).

The survivors of Vault 12, transformed into ghouls when intense radiation flooded their improperly-sealed Vault, found the city of Necropolis (*Fallout*).

Human and Azatoth scientists construct a jumpgate in the Solar System (*Terra*).

### **2084**

**April 23:** Humanity is almost completely wiped out in the final phase of the war between the Free Alliance and the Coalition of Middle Eastern and Pacific States. The Free Alliance launches an all-out attack on the Eastern Coalition in the hope of finally bringing the long war to an end. However, they underestimate the Coalition's firepower, which is equal to their own(In an alternate universe, Earth is rendered uninhabitable) (*The Outer Limits (1995)*).

**April:** Randall Clark returns to Salt Lake City, only to discover that it was almost completely vaporized in the nuclear exchange. He finds no trace of his family, nor even the neighborhood they had lived in. Clark returns to Zion and never leaves it again (*Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts*).

X-COM establishes a base in the city of Mega-Primus to defeat a new alien threat from another dimension (*X-COM: Apocalypse*).

The Third World War ends (*Babylon 5*).

The first terraformer fleet capable of reproducing is launched. (*X-Universe*)

### **2085**

Moreau Sapien King Frederick Acorn dies and his son Maximilian Acorn is crowned. the technological embargo is lifted and relations between the Kingdom and the Republic (as well as Earth) begin to flourish (*Immortality Protocol Cy Fox*).

A space-based American nuclear deterrence system, NASDA, develops what is thought to be a systems fault and launches nuclear missiles at all the major cities around the world. The world's countries, detecting the launches, fire their own nukes at North America, and NASDA's Laser Satellite defenses fail to fire against them. In what becomes known as "the Collapse", civilization collapses further, and nuclear winter ensues (*War Zone 2100*).

The inaugural F7200 AGRL is held (*Wipeout 2097*).

### **2086**

The Terran Alliance(*BattleTech*) also known as the Earth Alliance (*Babylon 5*) if formed.

Mega-City Three secedes from America, renaming itself Texas City (*Judge Dredd*).

Two peaceful aliens journey to Earth, seeking our help (because they're being menaced by the evil Queen of the Crown and her empire). In return, they give us the plans for our first hyperdrive, allowing mankind to open the doors to the stars. Humanity responds by forming a branch of the Earth Alliance, a Space Police force called the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs, whose agents become known as the Galaxy Rangers(*Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers*).

### **2087**

Alisa along with her father Professor Seleznev and their friends Captain Green and Gromozeka the archaeologist, encounter a dead spaceship, the Black Wanderer. This ship traveled to Earth in the past and left there a purple sphere that is a weapon. It is a bomb that will explode and release a virus that will make all people hate each other and want to kill each other (*Lilac Sphere*).

According to Dale Gribble, he is a clone of the "Real" Dale Gribble from this year sent back in time to help his past self defeat a Mongolian Invasion in this year (*King of the Hill*).

Edward Raymond dies (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

### **2088**

Luna-1 City established as a joint venture between Mega-Cities One, Two, and Three (*Judge Dredd*).

Estimated birth of T'Pol of Vulcan to T'Les, an instructor at the Vulcan Science Academy, and an unnamed father. T'Pol would grow up to become first officer aboard the *Enterprise* (*Star Trek: Enterprise*).

Tommy Raymond dies (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*).

### **2089**

The Empire invades the Moon and occupies Base Nectaris. (*Nectaris*)

The Huffman Crisis occurs as skirmishes on Huffman Island that started three years prior forced the USN/UCS and the OCU to send their own peacekeeping forces there (*Front Mission 2089*).

## **2090-2100**

### **2090**

**June 3:** The Larcus Incident occurs. The USN/UCS publicly accuses the OCU of sending wanzers to attack their military factories located in the Larcus District of Huffman Island. The OCU denies any involvement and claims the USN/UCS staged the incident in order to justify a full scale occupation of Huffman. Diplomatic efforts to reconcile the two countries fail and the 2nd Huffman Conflict begins (*Front Mission* and *Front Mission 5*).

Establishment of the Orpheus Mining Colony on Luna(In the Source Material It is among the earliest Lunar colonies of humanity)(*Star Trek: Enterprise*).

Vault 8 opens, and its inhabitants use their Garden of Eden Creation Kit to revitalize the surrounding land. The settlement of Vault City is the result (*Fallout*).

The UEC begins colonizing planets outside the Solar System. Over the next decade they begin arguing with the Azatoth over humans' expansion rate and how to deal with newly discovered alien-held worlds (*Terra*).

Eastern performer Amane Nishiki forces a group of mercenaries to dance for three days straight, apparently having mistaken their 'troop' for a 'troupe'. He regards it as a funny story. The mercenaries don't(Mentioned in Bullet's *CP* Arcade Mode, where she kicks Amane's teeth in)(*BlazBlue*).

### **2091**

Wunderland in the Alpha Centauri system is colonized by the Nineteen Families (*Known Space*).

As the 2nd Huffman Conflict rages on, the Peace Mediation Organization (PMO), which is organized by the Republic of Zaftra, launches Operation Eagle Tears in order to start a truce between the two warring sides (*Front Mission Online*).

### **2092**

The solar system is invaded by the fleet of a new alien civilization, the Marduk (*Macross II*).

Survivors venture out of the Vault-Tec demonstration Vault under Los Santos(Angeles), naming their new settlement the Boneyard after the steel "skeletons" of the L.S.(L.A.) skyline and the copious human remains littering the streets (*Fallout*).

According to a time-travelling SCP Agent from 2124 arriving in 2010 (using SCP-052), the Great Zombie Plague of 2092 occurs in this year, apparently caused by SCP-008 breaching containment (*SCP Foundation*).

The Sakata Industries Incident occurs. Sakata Industries is outed as having used human test subjects in order to create a new type of wanzer with the backing of Zaftra. Zaftra concedes to some of the claims brought against them and the PMO is officially disbanded, but they are never found fully accountable and the remaining claims are eventually dismissed as the 2nd Huffman Conflict draws to a close (*Front Mission*).

### **2093**

Doctor Doom kills his future self, who brought him into the future(Marvel Comics}

A man named Argus founds a trading center around a desert oasis, which eventually grows into the Hub (*Fallout*).

A World War happens, and Minnesota cedes(World War III in the Source Material) (*Cheesecake, Jr. in the Future*).

### **2094**

Discovery of planet Home around Epsilon Indi (*Known Space*).

The People's Republic of Bahavia(Bangladesh), which is formally affiliated with the OCU, changes its name to the People's Republic of Alordesh (*Front Mission* series).

### **2095**

Puppeteers begin moving Nature Preserve Five into their star system (*Fleet of Worlds*).

Jinx in the Sirius System is colonized (*Known Space*).

Balinderry(Ireland), unable to repay its reconstruction loan, is reabsorbed by Britain and converted into a theme park (*Judge Dredd*).

An accident during a time travel experiment pulls a man from 1981 into the future. He wanders around this new world, trying to come to terms with the unfamiliar setting and the fact that he'll never return to the time he once knew (Electric Light Orchestra, *Time*).

A group of refugees, possibly from Mexico, arrives in Zion. Randall Clark keeps watch over them from afar, and covertly helps the group by leaving medicine and supplies at night (*Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts*).

Logan 3, Jessica 6, Doyle 10 and Sawyer are born (*Logan's Run*).

The Goteki 45 racing team is founded, and immediately sets out to wreak as much havoc in the F7200 League as possible (*Wipeout*).

### **2096**

Rise of the robotic nation of Zero-One; threatened by its economic success, the other nations of the world institute a trade blockade (*The Animatrix*),

Judge Thomas Silver retires from active duty and takes up a teaching post (*Judge Dredd*).

The EC Resource Crisis occurs following attacks on several German army bases and the destruction of a key resource base in Arztozka(Poland)(*Front Mission 4*).

The San Pasquale(Venezuela) Coup d'Etat occurs as Bruno Diaz, the governor of San Pasquale(Venezuela), declares the country independent of the USN/UCS (*Front Mission 4*).

A group of Vault Dwellers from the spore-infected Vault 22 arrive in Zion, killing and cannibalizing most of the refugees living there before Randall Clark can intervene. In revenge, Clark engages on a 10-month guerilla campaign against the Dwellers, wiping out all save 34 survivors. (*Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts*)

### **2097**

Nuclear bombardment of Zero-One; surviving robots build an army and wage war against their organic neighbors (*The Animatrix*).

First contact made with Tnuctipun yeast-harvesting "whitefoods", which are named "Frumious Bandersnatchi" by humanity (*World of Ptavvs*).

The Treaty of 2097 ends the Vulcan-Andorian War. Weytahn/Paan Mokar is officially ceded to Vulcan, but both Vulcans and Andorians are required to abandon it. The treaty fails to satisfy the concerns of the two cultures and the territorial dispute would endure to the 2150s (*Star Trek: Enterprise*).

Randall Clark encounters Sylvia, a non-infected survivor from Vault 22. The two eventually begin a romantic relationship (*Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts*),

Marshal Summerfield I is born (*Bernice Summerfield*).

### **2098**

**January 11:** Birth/ Creation of Kazuma Kval. He would go on to be a student of the Magister's Guild in Ishana and an associate of the Six Heroes (*Blazblue*).

**September 17:** A medical bag is accidentally sent back in time to 1971 (*Night Gallery*).

**December 22:** Nuclear war between two South American nations at midnight on the winter solstice during a planetary alignment triggers the opening of dimensional rifts across the Earth. The war and the rifts lead to the collapse of human civilization and Earth's invasion by beings from numerous alternate dimensions (*Rifts*).

Humans initiate Operation Dark Storm to defeat the machines by blotting out the sun, their primary energy source. The plan fails to stop the machines (*The Animatrix*).

The Nexus crosses through the Milky Way Galaxy (*Star Trek: Generations*).

### **2099**

Judge Alvin killed by Randolph 'Whitey' Whitely. Whitey is subsequently arrested by Joe Dredd and imprisoned in Devil's Island (*Judge Dredd*).

Renegade carpenter droid Call-Me-Kenneth starts the First Robot War in Mega-City One (*Judge Dredd*).

Rico Dredd returns to Earth and seeks revenge on Joe; he dies for his efforts. Before his death, he finds time to father a daughter, Vienna (*Judge Dredd*).

A new generation of superheroes modeled after heores of old such as Spider-Man, The Punisher, Ravage, and Doom - arise in the dystopian, corporate-ruled future in Mega City One, which has become run by Alechemax which the Heroes run afoul of along with the Judges(Marvel Comics).

The terraforming project is cancelled. Not all of the existing terraformers can be contacted; this fact is kept secret from the general public (*X-Universe*).

First appearance of Hakumen, who would soon become the leader of the Six Heroes (*Blazblue*).

Two reincarnating men, who have dueled for centuries over a forest of necromantic power, face their final battle in the ashes of a destroyed world (*Versus*).

### **2090s**

The original Superman leaves Earth for the far rim of time and space. He passes the torch to his ancestor, who becomes known as Superman Secundus(despit enot being the Second Superman. This is simply his name)(DC Comics)

Men and women in rocket ships travel to the Moon(First time in the Source Material)(*Forbidden Planet*)

In an [Alternate Universe] Nuclear weapons were never developed and the United States and the Soviet Union fight World War VI (*Crosstime Traffic*).

In the [Alternate Universe] of Earth 6, The American Revolution never happened and the British Empire rules three-quarters of the world (*Crosstime Traffic*).

In an [Alternate Universe] The Spanish Armada conquered England in 1588, the Spanish Empire stretches to the borders of Russia (*Crosstime Traffic*).

In the [Alternate Universe] of Timeline 191, a major race riot takes place in the Confederate States of America (*Crosstime Traffic*)(Unlike in Timeline 191, the Confederacy was impossible to reabsorb into the United States and it exists in a form similar to post World War II Germany).

### **20X6**

Stinkoman, widely acknowledged to be The Guy, goes looking for A Challenge. 1-Up tags along, expressing a desire to also be The Guy (*Homestar Runner*).

### **20XX**

During the Saviorite attack, the scientist Klaus, who viewed the Conduit as a divine gift he could use to create a new universe, activated it. This resulted in numerous portals to other dimensions appearing all around the planet, which caused most of the world's population to disappear, with only the Land of Morytha and half of Klaus' body remaining (*Xenoblade Chronicles 2*).

**September 18:** Dr. Light(now dead but living on as a Hologram) seals Mega Man X away so that his systems can be tested until they're proven reliable (*Mega Man X*)

In an [Alternate Universe] Doctor K accidentally releases the Venjix virus, which leads to the destruction of all but one city on Earth (*Power Rangers RPM*).

Cyborgs enslave humanity (*Futurama*)(Actually Zero One fighting back against Humanity's efforts to destroy them

In an [Alternate Universe] The Arfoire Syndicate of International Crime, a criminal syndicate hellbent on spreading software piracy throughout the world of Gamindustri and reviving the Deity of Sin, Arfoire, enslaves the four Console Patron Units, as well as one CPU Candidate (*Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2*).

The Flintstones and Rubbles are sent to the 21st century's technologically-advanced, *Jetsons*-like version of Bedrock by the Great Gazoo, to show a doubtful Fred what the future is like. They discover Slate Rock and Gravel is still in existence, run by a descendant of Fred's boss Mr. Slate. The families eventually return to the Stone Age, with Betty and Wilma's memories of the trip erased (*The Flintstones*).

Riotcorp becomes the seld proclaimed ruler of the world, and establishes the robot-on-robot fighting tournament known as the Rift Wars. Entrance is mandatory. A promising young challenger by the name of Nunu hacks into Riotcorps systems and acquires some of the AI code from one of their old video games called *League of Legends*. He programs this into his homemade combat robot, a six-foot punching droid named Willump (*League of Legends*, Nunu Bot skin).

### **20XX and 3 years later**

In an [Alternate Universe] The Power Rangers successfully defeat Venjix, but Venjix survives and is later reborn as Evox (*Power Rangers RPM*).

In an [Alternate Universe] The CPU Candidate, enslaved by ASIC, is rescued by two humans, and then leads on a journey to save the CPUs, recruit her fellow CPU Candidates, and thwart the forces of ASIC (*Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2*).

### **2100**

Joe Dredd serves a six-month stint as Judge-Marshall of Luna City. Crime drops dramatically (*Judge Dredd*).

A Plague breaks out in Mega-City Two. A convoy of Judges, led by Joe Dredd, sets out from Mega-City One to deliver the 2T(FRU)T antidote (*Judge Dredd*),

Jura Edgar appointed chief of Public Surveillance Unit (*Judge Dredd*).

The time travelling Teenage Mutant Turtles find themselves on a starbase. They make their way through, and defeat Krang again. Instead of being promptly zapped to a new time, they take a portal back to their present day of 1992 (*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time*).

Doc and Lilith 4 are born (*Logan's Run*).

### **21st century**

The Traveler arrives in the solar system and terraforms Mars(*Warhammer 40,000*), Mercury, Venus, and the moons of Jupiter. Humanity makes contact with it on Mars, and the entity imparts its vast knowledge on humans. This is the beginning of humanity's Golden Age, an era of technological prosperity and technological miracles that will last for centuries (*Destiny*).

Humanity fights a war with the reptilean Dracs. Two warriors from opposite sides crash on the planet and become allies as they work together to survive(*Enemy Mine*).

Humanity is endangered by rising sea levels. A scientist constructs an AI, named Commander Tartar, to one day pass on all of humanity's knowledge to a worthy successor species. He then places his pet cat, Judd, in cryogenic suspension, to be revived when a non Human civilization has risen(*Splatoon*).

### **Late 21st century**

The Pax Cybertronia is signed, ending the war between Autobots and Decepticons. All the Transformers upgrade to smaller, more fuel-efficient bodies; the Predacons, descended from the Decepticons, are forced to live as second-class citizens (*Beast Wars*).