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Here's the rough draft timeline for Aleph Null. Please note this is not to be taken as conclusive in any way. Entries will be added and edited as I continue my work, however I'm putting this up since many of you requested it to help you along in character creation.

1992: The United States enters a recession.
1995: Drought strikes the United States.
1998: Widespread food riots in the United States.
2004: Breakup of the United States.
2005: Earthquake strikes New York.
2006: First Chinese manned space mission.
2010: First Chinese manned mission to the moon.
2011: First cybernetic prosthesis becomes available.
2012: North and South Korea reunified.
2015: Riots in Los Angeles, DMZ formed.
2016: Royal Dutch develops AIDS vaccine.
2018: China launches space station.
2018: SimStim technology developed by Mitsui Industries.
2022: Mainland China and Taiwan reunite.
2023: Arab states form Islamic Caliphate.
2023: Tissue-engineers grow functional human hearts for transplant.
2024: Joint U.S.-Russian manned Mars mission launched.
2025: U.S.-Russian manned Mars mission fails.
2026: Chinese manned Mars mission launched.
2027: Chinese manned Mars mission successful.
2027: Collapse of the European Union.
2028: Three-weeks war. European & U.S. coalition halt Russian advance.
2028: Major Earthquake strikes Los Angeles.
2029: Chinese develop first orbital industrial park.
2031: Computers crash worldwide due to RedWorm virus.
2035: Joint India-Russia orbital industrial park launched.
2035: First low-sapient AI is created.
2037: Chinese found first lunar colony.
2038: India-Russian orbital industrial park destroyed by terrorism.
2038: Russian separatists attempt to secede from the motherland.
2039: Chinese aid to Russian separatists prompts the Sino-Soviet war.
2039: Quantum Supercomputers developed by UM&F.
2041: Commercial genetic engineering becomes available for parents.
2043: Islamic Caliphate attacks Israel. War ends with the Treaty of Jerusalem.
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-Mordaine, running a Changeling game
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