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2080s: The War of the South China Sea breaks out, cascading into a global war and environmental collapse
2090s: First Lunar seed vaults and greenhouses established
2132: ERA founded
2140s: Korea reunified (sort of), Lenape protest-occupation of New York City becomes legitimate government
2170s: World's first space elevator is completed in Gabon, swiftly turning Lagos into the world's largest city
2183: New Svalbard Relay founded
2194: Lunar Federation secedes from ERA control, becoming an independent polity
Across the 2200s: Space elevators built in Borneo and Colombia, turning Kuala Lumpur and Bogotá into the world's second- and third-largest cities, respectively
2200s: AIs re-emerge in public life
2226: Malang confirmed to have a biosphere, mission planning begins
2230s: Alexandria Systems launches Alexandria as a consumer product
Unknown point between the 2230s and 2299: A sapient Alexandria is created for the Malang mission
2260s: Oblast Strike Tactics launched
2272: Arjun Khalsa-Bajracharya born
2274: Emmanuel Olukolade born
2277: Phạm Kuiper born
2278: Yang Eun Sol born
2284: Oblast Strike Tactics becomes abandonware
2287: Emmanuel visits the Gabon elevator
2288: Arjun Khalsa-Bajracharya visits Lenape City
2290s: Aryabhata Singh elected as Prime Minister of the Lunar Federation
2295: Eun Sol travels to Busan for college
2296: Kuiper takes an ill-advised trip to Mars
2298: Opey marries Luis, becoming a stepfather to Xiomara
2299: Human crew for the Malang mission is selected, training begins
2303: Gabon elevator renovated, Aryabhata Singh narrowly re-elected as Prime Minister of the Lunar Federation
2304: Launch of the Malang mission
2313: Crew arrives on Malang