2097

Feb: Stephan and Anton Gage born

2098

Dec: Sam’s father, John, born

2100

Feb: Samantha Richmond obtains special license to marry 

Aug: Miranda Richmond born

2101

Tiering and Accessions program initiated in United States; regionalized 

2111

Miranda Richmond’s father dies 

2116

“The Uprising” civil war in the United States

2120

Miranda and Stephan Gage at college together; they meet and begin collaborating on research

2122

Death of Samantha Richmond

Miranda and Stephan stop working together

2123

Stephan Gage completes his doctorate; becomes part of the Capsule Program’s founding cohort

2130

Oct: Hector Ramirez born

Nov: International Climate Convention (among other things, Storm Generators outlawed)

2132

Mar: Sam Richmond born

May: United States signs the Anti-Weather Exploitation Treaty (AWET)

Dec: Tamara Ashraf born

2133-2136

The “Big War”: Stephan and Anton Gage, Sam’s father all involved

2135

Sep: Rowen Gage born 

2137

Human Resiliency Program born

Brings together three efforts: The Mars Project, The Undersea Project, The Human Engineering Project, and several other nascent efforts, including the Capsule Program Phase I

2140

Miranda discovers Tam and Hamid Ashraf at a free health clinic 

Global Pandemic - Miranda saves the world with her genetic research to fight the prehistoric pathogen (bacterium) released with Antarctic melt 

2142

“Midgard” established as first fully-functional Capsule; becomes the program’s flagship

2145

Phase II Capsules proliferate

Disappearances begin 

2147

“Disappearances” begin to attract government notice  

2149

Miranda gets job offer to work as a doctor in a hospital: Tier IV at the time 

2153

Capsule program launches Phase III (formally)

2154

Jun – Sam Richmond goes through “The Tunnel” for the fifth time 

The remainder of the events in Part I of Midgard take place 

2155

The events in Part II of Midgard take place