Timeline

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.

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Date	Event	Reference
-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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