Sigma AU - Timeline Summary

2033, early – Taylor Wolfe volunteers for a UK government experiment.
2034, late – Taylor Wolfe finishes her transformation.
2035 – China launches the first non-nuclear bombs against itself, and then blames NATO. This is considered the key event that starts WWIII. Taylor Wolfe is sealed in cryogenic storage.
2035–2040 – Tensions rise. Despite proving it was a false flag attack, propaganda radicalizes much of China and its allies.
2040 – Fourth Reich officially recognized by NATO as a threat, and a new leader forms a coup and takes over Germany.
2041 – Etrius is sent home from the Middle East, and is captured by Russia instead.
2044 – Fourth Reich begins working on Zoey Lavender, starting with red fox DNA.
2045 – Zoey is born, work on Etrius wraps up, and his DNA is also used in Ravenna’s creation. This is also the beginning of Zoey’s story arc.
2055 – North Korea launches nukes at China and the US, striking California and Shenzhen. Zoey is still being experimented on.
2055–2060 – Sigma City started as a settlement.
2060, early – Treaty is called to deal with the oil crisis, most countries agree, and those that don’t are quickly quelled.
2060, late – Etrius and Ravenna are put into cryosleep.
2065, early – Ilia’s development begins.
2065 – Americans and British SAS launch an attack against Germany, freeing Zoey from the Fourth Reich’s facility.
June 6, 2066 – China and Russia agree to a “Scorched earth” pact:

• New York (US)

• Washington, DC (US)

• Miami (US)

• Sydney (AU)

• Iraq and Iran

• The entire West and East coasts (US)

• Western Canada

• Westminster and London (UK)

• Various micronations and other small countries

June 7, 2066 – The US and allied nations retaliate:

• Tver (RU)

• Chelyabinsk (RU)

• Moscow (RU)

• St. Petersburg (RU)

• Beijing (CN)

• Hong Kong (TW)

• Shanghai (CN)

• Shenzhen (CN)

• Wuhan (CN)

June 8, 2066 – Zoey escapes containment in the US and starts her adventure.
2070 – Ravenna escapes containment, Ilia is born.
2072 – Taylor Wolfe is released from cryosleep.
2073 – Ilia is found by Chinese survivors.
2073–2077 – Not much is known about this time, but the war is popularly thought to have ended by 2077. Sigma City’s population begins to spike.
2077 – Zoey finds the Vulpes Titan suit in Manhattan.
2080 – Zoey arrives in Sigma City. Etrius is released from cryosleep following a power failure.
2081 – Etrius fights Ravenna for the first time.
2085 – Etrius fights Ravenna for the third time. Wildfire cultists take Ravenna’s body and bring it to Petrovich’s lab in Tver.
2087 – After two years of wandering, Etrius hears about Sigma City and makes his way there.
2088 – Etrius arrives in Sigma City and meets Zoey.
2080–2090 – Zoey’s Sigma City years. Her mercenary career, mutations, addictions, Taylor, Zola’s introduction, and the events of Reprisal all take place during this decade. By 2090 Zoey and Etrius are firmly established together.
2090–2095 – Zoey’s main arc (Ch. 1–24). She is drawn into the conflict with Queen Zayara. By 2095, Zayara is captured and sealed in psionics-proof containment. Zoey’s role in the central conflict concludes with her epilogue.
2095–2100 – Aftermath. Zoey and Etrius stabilize. Red emerges and her arc begins to take shape. In early 2100 Etrius suffers his race accident.
2100–2105 – Voss’s arc. Voss leaves Russia, discovers Etrius’s existence, and joins the Sigma City cast. Her journey with Etrius against Rallus unfolds and concludes by 2105.