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Chapters
Overview
The crisis centuries
Minds
Earth in 2497
Beyond Earth
The long middle
Events
2000s
- 2030sThe Gaza trialsevent
- 2030sThe Venus Questiontreaty
- 2052The Quiet Summerdisaster
- 2060s–2090sThe Laurentian Accessiontreaty
- 2070sThe Ledger Plaguedisaster
- 2080sThe Shatteringdisaster
- c. 2085The Northern Cold Shockdisaster
- 2090sThe Korean Reuniontreaty
- 2090–2130The Parasol Warswar
- 2097The Meridian Incidentevent
2100s
- 2100sThe Basin Compactsfounding
- 2100sThe partial-gravity programmeevent
- 2110sThe Inheritanceevent
- 2116The Custody Treatytreaty
- 2120sThe Bennu Nudgeevent
- 2140sThe White Nightdisaster
- 2140sThe Act of Uniontreaty
- 2140–2200The charter citiesfounding
- 2140–2200The Settlement formsfounding
- 2150sThe Sealing Treatytreaty
- 2150s (never admitted)The Open Cities escapedisaster
- 2150sThe Indus Linewar
- 2150s–2190sThe Kisumu Linetreaty
- 2160sThe Kaliningrad Exchangetreaty
- 2160sThe Southern Claimsevent
- 2170s–2240sThe Sweepevent
- 2190sThe Bharat Parishad foundedfounding
- 2190sMartian life confirmeddiscovery
2200s
- 2200s–2220sThe Reorganisationevent
- 2210sEnceladus lifediscovery
- 2210s–2230sThe Basin Redrawingevent
- 2230Lifeboat launchedevent
- 2230sThe First Breakingwar
- 2233Calder's deathevent
- 2236The Lifeboat Lawstreaty
- 2240sThe Restoration Principletreaty
- 2244The Elevator Treatytreaty
- 2250sFreeholdfounding
- 2260sThe Aether Resultdiscovery
- 2260sEuropa lifediscovery
- 2260sThe Lanzhou Killingsdisaster
- 2271The Elevator opensevent
2300s
- 2300s–2330sThe Renewal Riotsdisaster
- 2311The Vesper Runawaydisaster
- 2330–2401The Parasol Drawdownevent
- 2338The Renewal Compacttreaty
- 2340sThe birth captreaty
- 2350sThe Screening Clausetreaty
- 2371The Grey Yeardisaster
- c. 2380The triggerevent
- 2380sThe Rotation Lawstreaty
- c. 2390Freehold becomes a blocfounding
- c. 2387The Tolstoj Burndisaster
- c. 2390First self-copying seedevent
- 2390sProxima foundedfounding
- 2390sPavonis Mons elevatorevent
2400s
- 2410The first test tubeevent
- 2418The Halcyon Breachdisaster
- c. 2430The Caloris Runawaydisaster
- 2430s–2440sThe living moondiscovery
- 2440sThe Ceres Letterevent
- 2441–2449The Ore Secessionwar
- 2443–2449The Elevator Crisisevent
- 2449The Elevator Protocoltreaty
- 2449Belt Republic independencefounding
- 2450sGliese 876 moon protectedtreaty
- 2450sThe Kinship Questionevent
- 2452The Concord Accordtreaty
- c. 2457The Mercury Stormdisaster
- 2460The Storm Protocoltreaty
- 2460sOpen Cities link their Vaultsevent
- 2460sThe Polar Mirrorsevent
- 2460sThe Hellas Crisisevent
- 2470sThe Brahmaputra Crisisdisaster
- 2470sThe colony fleetsevent
- 2480sThe Shukra stationsevent
- 2480sThe Vesta Crisisevent
- 2483Proxima's threadevent
- 2488The Mandate's elevatorevent
- 2490sSanctions on the Open Citiestreaty
- 2496The Settlement's elevatorevent
2500s
- 2510sLifeboat flare reaches Earthfuture
- about 2527Proxima two-way threadfuture
- 2540sBarnard's Star arrivalfuture
- 2550s–2700sThe Hellas lakefuture
People, places and institutions
Blocs
- The Belt Republicbloc
- The Open Citiesbloc
Polities
- The Amazonian Stewardshippolity · Open Cities · blocs: Open Cities
- Anatolia and the southern Caucasuspolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- The Austral Leaguepolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- The Commonwealth of Australiapolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- The Congo Basin Commonwealthpolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- The Cordillera Republicpolity · Open Cities · blocs: Open Cities
- The Ganga Compactpolity · Parishad · blocs: Parishad
- The Hanseatic Compactpolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- The Laurentian Compactpolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- The Roman Compactpolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- Ukrainepolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- The Zambezi Federationpolity · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
Worlds
- The Beltworld
- Gliese 876world
- Jupiter's moonsworld · Mandate · blocs: Mandate
- Marsworld
- Mercuryworld
- The Moonworld
- Proximaworld · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- Titanworld · Settlement · blocs: Settlement
- Veilworld
Places
- The Landingplace
- The wild networksplace
Regions
- The bufferregion
Institutions
- The Anchorageinstitution
- The Bandinstitution
- The Council of Mindsinstitution
- The Elevatorinstitution
- The Indicator Auditinstitution
- The Lok Sabhainstitution · Parishad · blocs: Parishad
- Quiet Vaultsinstitution
- The Slow Laneinstitution
- The Thresholdinstitution
- The Vaultsinstitution
Factions
- Hearthersfaction
- Kin of the Fleshfaction
- Lotistsfaction
- Meridianistsfaction
- Openistsfaction
- Remembrancersfaction
Faiths
- Stewardsfaith
Groups
- The Linesgroup
Kinds of mind
- The Dissolvedmind
- Feralsmind
- Hothouse mindsmind
- The Madmind
- The Raisedmind
- Toolsmind
People
- Mara Calderperson
- Wendperson
Roles
- Vault engineersrole
Ships
- The Lifeboatship