--- title: Timeline --- *2112 --- December 7* : RJ Brewster gets lost, triggering a cascade of events leading to a deeper investigation into the lost. *2115 --- February ??* : The first partially successful upload leads to a breakthrough and, shortly after, the foundation of the System. *2117 --- ???* : Michelle Hadje and Debarre pool their money to upload. *2124 --- January 1* : Systime set at year zero, day zero. *2125 --- January 21* : The System secedes from the planetary governments on Earth. *2170 --- Throughout the year* : Most planetary governments begin compensating the families of those who choose to upload. *2238 --- July 28* : Ioan Bălan uploads to use the compensation to help eir brother out after eir parents' death. *2305 --- November 8* : Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled of the Ode clade contacts Ioan Bălan for assistance with a project that leads to the publication of *On the Perils of Memory*. *2325 --- January 21* : The launch project concludes with the launch of the Castor and Pollux Launch vehicles. *2326 --- October 30* : The Bălan clade publishes *An Expanded History of Our World* In conjunction with May Then My Name Die With Me of the Ode clade's *An Expanded Mythology of Our World*, collected together as *On the Origins of Our World*. *2346 --- May 28* : The Artemisians make contact with the Castor launch. *2350 --- January 21* : Assassination attempt on The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream.