Altered Carbon
From silvesti
- TIME LINE of the Altered Carbon Universe
- (Revision 140207)
- Compiled by I. Marc Carlson
Includes material from Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies by Richard K. Morgan
| AD | Kovacs’ age | Kovacs’ Subjective Age | Kovacs2’s Subjective Age | Harlan’s World Calendar (1E=.9H?) | — |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2076 | – | – | – | – | Mars Expo 2076 |
| 2087 | – | – | – | – | The Hotel Hendrix established in Bay City/San Francisco.(AC) |
| 2098 | – | – | – | – | Bradbury dig on Mars reveals the Martian ruins and the Martian archives.(BA) Bradbury is in Syrtis Minor, East Quarter (“3rd Expedition?”).(AC) Martian archives contain their astrogation charts meaning that humans know which stars to send their ships to.(Interview with Morgan) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | Corporate wars got nasty and the Hotel Hendrix was outfitted with some heavy firepower.(AC) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | Massive Economic crash. The Hendrix Hotel upgrades to AI and buys out its owners.(AC) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | Early colonization failure on Mars.(BA) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | Early colonization failure on Adoracion.(BA) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | Settled Worlds colonized under the UN Protectorate.(date not specifically noted in any book) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | Sleeving technology is developed.(date not specifically noted in any book) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | The ship Free Trade Enforcer runs aground in Northern California.(AC) |
| 21?? | – | – | – | – | Laurens and Miriam Laurens are over 300 years old.(AC) |
| 2203 | – | – | – | – | Larking and Green become Armorers in Bay City.(AC) |
| – | – | – | – | 1? | Konrad Harlan leads an expedition to colonize Harlan’s World.(BA,WF) |
| – | – | – | – | – | Quellcrist Faloner leads a rebellion against the Protectorate on Harlan’s World.(AC,BA) The “Unsettlement”.(AC) |
| 250 pre AC | – | – | – | – | Laurens Bancroft marries Miriam about this time.(AC) |
| – | – | – | – | c.177 | Harlan’s World bans erasure as punishment.(AC) |
| – | 0 | 0 | 187 May 35 | Kovacs born in Newpest on Harlan’s World.(AC,BA) | |
| – | 8 | 8/9E | 195 | The last time Kovacs saw his father.(BA) | |
| – | 15 | 15/16.8E | 202 | Kovacs is first arrested for minor organic damage on a Newpest police officer.(AC) | |
| – | 16/18 | 16/18E | 203 | Kovacs kills his first man as a member of gang (Shonagon’s Eleven).(BA) | |
| – | 17/19.? | 17/19E | 204 Sep 11 | Kovacs joins the UN Protectorate forces.(AC,BA) | |
| – | 18/21.6 | 18/21.6E | 211 Jun 31 | Selected for Envoy enhancement. Kovacs is taught by Virginia Vidaura.(AC,BA) Kovacs’ first resleeving.(BA) | |
| – | 22 | 22/24.7E | 215 | Kovacs learns to shop.(AC) | |
| – | 50 | – | – | 217 Sharya? | Envoy actions at Sharya.(AC) |
| – | – | – | – | – | Envoy Kovacs stack is copied.(WF) |
| – | – | – | – | – | Envoy actions at Adoracion, Loyko.(AC,BA,WF) |
| – | 120 | – | – | – | Leila Begin is a prostitute working for Bancroft.(AC) |
| – | – | – | – | – | The disaster at the Innenin beachhead due to a Rawlings Virus strike.(AC,BA,WF) |
| – | – | – | – | – | A year after Innenin, the commander of the Envoy troops, General MacIntyre is found gutted and decapitated.(AC) |
| – | – | – | – | – | After Innenin, Kovacs leaves the Envoys.(AC,BA) |
| – | – | 28/31E | – | – | Kovacs meets Virgina Vidaura in the New Kanagawa Justice facility going down for 80-100 for Organic Damage and Robbery.(AC) |
| – | 162 | 34/38E | – | – | Kovacs works for Reileen Kawahara on New Beijing.(AC) |
| 24?? | 170/141 | 41/46E | – | – | Altered Carbon: Kovacs is needlecast to Earth to work for Laurens Bancroft and locate his murderer (resleeved 2 October) Kovacs has 117 years, 4 months from the end of his sentence. [Objective age is based on age given in BA In Altered Carbon, he says he’s had over a century in the tank, plus his subjective age of 41 to be 141] |
| – | 198/169 | 46/51.7E | – | – | Kovacs is hired by Quellists to convert Kemps faction on Sanction IV, and he is needlecast there.(BA) |
| – | 200+/171 | 48/54E | – | – | Broken Angels: Kovacs is involved in a war on Sanction IV. he is involved in discovering a Martian Starship.(BA) |
| – | 211+/181 | 49/55E | – | – | Kovacs and his team reach Latimer.(BA) |
| – | – | – | – | – | Hun Home?.(WF) |
| – | 222E? | – | – | 417 ? | Kovacs2 is woken on Harlan’s world.(WF) |
