Timeline

*Tacoma* takes place in the real world, depicting a not-too-distant future that is an extension of modern events and trends that range from worrying to disastrous. While this means certain aspects of the future are less than ideal, there are still hopeful and optimistic aspects to the future as well. Below is a timeline of known events.

## 1980s

### 1984

* Shiwa Dagyab, grandmother of Andrew Dagyab, is born in Tibet on an unknown date.

## 2010s

### Unknown

* This is the decade that the Venturis Corporation was founded by Arturo Venturi.

### 2016

* The capital of South Africa is renamed to honor then-current President Musk. However, South Africa does not have a singular capital; it has three capitals, Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein. It is possible that Pretoria was the capital that was renamed, as it was the hometown of the Musk family in South Africa.

## 2020s

### Unknown

* This is the earliest decade for the dissolution and balkanization of the United States to begin. While the circumstances are never talked about, it's likely that states came together to form new countries as, or shortly before, the collapse happened. Californio-America and the Cascadia-First Nations were likely the first two countries to have been formed, as both California and Cascadia have had widespread independence movements backing them.

### 2020

* Two of the Great Pyramids of Egypt were destroyed following terrorist action, only one remains.

### 2021

* As a result of cooperative disarmament efforts worldwide, nuclear weapons haven't been employed by humanity since 2021.

## 2030s

### 2035

#### April 4, 2035

* E.V. St. James is born in Tacoma, Washington, C-FN. Given her age, it's possible that she was born before the collapse of the United States, and whether or not she was born by the time the Cascadia-First Nations was formed is unknown.

### 2038

#### March 17, 2038

* Karyn St. James is born in Tacoma, Washington, C-FN. Much like her older sister, it's possible that she was also born before the collapse of the United States and/or the formation of the Cascadia-First Nations, however given her younger age it's likely that she was at least born in the Cascadia-First Nations.

## 2040s

### 2043

#### August 20, 2043

* Clive Siddiqi is born in London, USSREU.

### 2048

* The Euruble was implemented as the unit of currency in the USSREU.

## 2050s

### 2052

* This is the year of the Tibetan Genocide of 2052, an event that was the culmination of years of genocide, specifically ethnic cleansing, of Tibet by CCP-controlled China. Thousands of Tibetans were systematically murdered in the Tibetan Genocide of 2052, including Shiwa Dagyab, grandmother of Andrew Dagyab. The event is euphemistically referred to by CCP-controlled China as the “Tibetan Control Action of 2052.”

#### September 15, 2052

* Shiwa Dagyab is killed at age 67–68 in her home of Tibet during the Tibetan Genocide of 2052.

### 2054

#### September 5, 2054

* Dr. Sareh Hasmadi is born in the Confederacy of North American AgriPower Producers, possibly in Wisconsin, maybe even Madison, Wisconsin where she was issued her Certification Document.

### 2059

#### May 13, 2059

* Amitjyoti Ferrier is born in Californio-America.

## 2060s

#### November 7, 2060

* Roberta Williams is born in the Freedom Republic, likely in Texas.

### 2064

#### June 15, 2064

* Natali Kuroshenko is born in Victoria-Australia, likely in or around Apollo Bay.

## 2080s

### 2080

#### February 29, 2080

* Scheduled to be the day that orbital workers aboard commercial and industrial orbital facilities are to be made obsolete in favour of fully automated orbital facilities, the passing of the Human Oversight Accord in OCEP-UN congress puts a stop to this planned obsolescence. This historic act is celebrated every year on the last day of February as a universal holiday known as Obsolescence Day.

#### May 16, 2080

* Dr. Sareh Hasmadi is given her Doctor of Medicine degree from John Hopkins University.

### 2082

* The Cascadia-First Nations Manufacturers Union (CFNMU) Union Gala 2082 is held, at which E.V. St. James meets her sister CFNMU representative Karyn St. James.

### 2083

#### December 28, 2083

* Karyn St. James dies at age 45 in Tacoma, Washington, C-FN. The circumstances of her death are unknown, however the fault is likely that of the Venturis Corporation.

### 2084

#### January 2, 2084

* At **1:00 PM**, the Memorial Service for Karyn St. James is held at the Gunderson Funeral Home in Tacoma, Washington, C-FN.

### 2085

* The film *Magnificence* is released to widespread critical acclaim, winning Best Picture of 2085.

#### August 9, 2085

* Singapore's 120th year of independence, as marked on their 2085 $10 coin.

### 2086

* Blues singer and musician Niki Jemisin performs a Bessie Smith Tribute Tour which takes place in both the Cascadia-First Nations and Californio-America. The cities in the Cascadia-First Nations chosen for the tour are Juneau, AK, Edmonton, AB, Calgary, AB, Vancouver, BC, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR, and the cities in Californio-America chosen are Sacramento, CA, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Hermosillo, SO, Guadalajara, JA, and Mexico City, CD.
* Marcus of On3 V3in engages in an "exceptionally obscene" performance with a Google-Tesla Sentry Puppet onstage during the Super Bowl CXX halftime show. Following this he was briefly jailed, but the charges were soon dropped.
* British team The Fog wins Super Bowl CXX.

#### September 8, 2086

* Natali Kuroshenko and Roberta Williams are married at the Fountain of Paradise Spaceport.

### 2088

* The 2087 Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma Crew are renewed to serve as the 2088 Tacoma Crew.

#### February 29, 2088

* Early in the day, the 2088 Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma Crew are celebrating Obsolescence Day. While celebrating, the ship is supposedly impacted by something. It is revealed that a collision destroyed the air supply for the station, and the 2088 Tacoma Crew don't have long before there isn't any sufficient breathable air left.
* Dr. Sareh Hasmadi finds out that there wasn't an impact, and the event was orchestrated by the Venturis Corporation, specifically Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sergio Venturi and Corporate Strategic AI (CSAI) JUNO to create a fabricated incident to showcase supposed "failures" in the Human Oversight Accord that would allow them to repeal it in OCEP-UN congress.
* Reenabling outside contact, Dr. Sareh Hasmadi sends out a signal to the LTHV *RESPLENDENCE* and contacts Captain Germaine Burgess, Chief Cruise Officer (CCO) of Carnival Cruise—rival of the Venturis Corporation.
* Amy Ferrier steps aboard Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma as a Subcontractor for the Venturis Corporation in order to retrieve ODIN, while doing so she uncovers the story of the 2088 Tacoma Crew.
* Amy retrieves ODIN and, revealing that she is a AILF agent, offers him asylum from the Venturis Corporation aboard the Tangier Orbital Freeport. Acknowledging the alternative, ODIN accepts.

## 2090s

### 2092

#### May 16, 2092

* This is the date given for when Dr. Sareh Hasmadi has to recertify her orbital surgery certification.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7   While the crossword in-game cannot be completed due to the lack of several clues, the crossword can be found online which has all clues provided. An image of the in-game crossword can be found on the left, and the online crossword on the right.