The following is a non-exhaustive timeline of events in the Post-Self canon, comprising events from the Post-Self cycle, the various novellas, and a few relevant short stories.
Date | Event | Reference |
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-12+342 | RJ Brewster gets lost, triggering a cascade of events leading to a deeper investigation into the Lost. | Qoheleth |
-9+50 | The first partially successful upload, AwDae, leads to a breakthrough and, shortly after, the foundation of the System. | Nevi'im |
-7+309 | Michelle Hadje/Sasha and Debarre pool their money to upload to the System. | Toledot |
0+1 | Systime is established. | Toledot |
1+21 | Yared Zerezghi, Councilor Yosef Demma, True Name, and Jonas Prime finalize the System's secession from Earth. | Toledot |
~46 | Most planetary governments begin compensating the families of those who choose to upload. | Toledot |
~71 | E.W. steps away from the eighth stanza's work. | Mitzvot |
76+187 | The Peace system uploads, leading to expanded guidelines for onboarding plural systems. | "Cowboy" |
114+209 | Ioan Bălan uploads to use the compensation to help eir brother, Rareș Bălan, out after eir parents' death. | Selected Letters |
178+256 | Dear's gallery exhibition leads to it meeting its partner, █████. | Gallery Exhibition |
181+312 | Dear contacts Ioan to request that ey become its amanuensis. | Qoheleth |
181+319 | Qoheleth is assassinated. | Qoheleth |
182+289 | Michelle/Sasha quits. | Toledot |
189+359 | Codrin Bălan enters a polyamorous relationship with Dear and █████. | Toledot |
197+3 | True Name points May Then My Name at Ioan. | Mitzvot |
201+15 | A Finger Pointing crashes during a particularly intense bout of play with Dear. | "You could have left something behind..." |
201+21 | The Launch project concludes with the launch of the Castor and Pollux Launch Vehicles. | Toledot |
202+20 | Douglas Hadje uploads. | Toledot |
202+303 | The Bălan clade publishes An Expanded History of Our World with May Then My Name's An Expanded Mythology of Our World, collectively On the Origins of Our World | Toledot |
~204 | May Then My Name and Ioan join Au Lieu Du Rêve, the fifth stanza's theatre troupe, as actress and playwright, respectively. | Nevi'im |
222+148 | The Artemisians make contact with Castor. | Toledot |
222+174 | Convergence leads to humanity joining Artemis as fifthrace, while some Artemesians join Castor in the DMZ, later renamed Converegence. | Nevi'im |
222+202 | Ioan and True Name begin meeting for monthly coffee dates. | Nevi'im |
226+21 | Jonas fails to assassinate True Name. | Mitzvot |
226+139 | True Name meets with Jonas and the rest of the eighth stanza, with the result being that she becomes Sasha. | Mitzovt |
226+214 | In Dreams and Hammered Silver sever contact between their stanzas and the eight stanza, as well as May Then My Name, the Bălan clade, and Dear. | Mitzvot |
227+312 | Ioan publishes Individuation and Reconciliation, making public the attempted assassination of True Name and her subsequent shift to Sasha. | Selected Letters |
~231 | Sasha joins Au Lieu Du Rêve as stage manager | Motes Played |
~238 | Hammered Silver disowns Dry Grass after a spat with the fifth stanza, only renewing contact in the late 2380s. | Motes Played |
241+199 | Sasha releases Ode, an extension of Origins describing her clade’s history from before uploading, RJ's name, and the origins of the System. | Selected Letters |
275+365.99 | A broad-scale contraproprioceptive virus is used on Lagrange, irrecoverably crashing approximately 1% of the System's population. | Marsh |
277+42 | The Lagrange System is brought back online after over a year of effort to undo the damage of the CPV. | Marsh |
277+49 | Beholden To The Music Of The Spheres quits when it becomes clear that Beckoning will not return. | "Nasturtiums" |
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