Timeline (Lore)

Date	Event	Source
1947	Cold War Begins	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
October 04, 1957	Sputnik 1 Launched
July 21, 1969	The Moon Landing
1969	ARPANET Established
January 19, 1986	Brain (computer virus) Released	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
1988	Hacker Martin Mitnick apprehended	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
1990	ARPANET Closed
June 1990	Boston Games & Publishing targeted in cyberattack	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
1991	Cold War Ends
1991	Yankee Doodle (computer virus)	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
October 2002	The United Nations subsystem, WNC, is implemented.	AI buster 2 Homepage Timeline
January 2003	WNC Winter Meeting	New Testament Novel 「.hack」Homepage Timeline
2003	Hello, WNC (virus) launched after WNC Winter meeting
April 2003	Outbreak of the new type of virus, "Hello WNC," occurs. The M Company's e-mail program, which held 70% of the market share at the time, is targeted. In the end, there were over several million reports of damage.	Homepage Timeline
July 2003	WNC Summer General Meeting is held. The main agenda on the table is the counter-measure against "Hello WNC." International public opinion opposing this necessity quickly rises as WNC is unable to reach any decision or take any drastic or landmark measures.	Homepage Timeline
December 2003	Deadly Flash (virus)
December 2003	The Japanese Youth who created the Deadly Flash virus is sentenced to death.	AI buster 2
April 2004	WNC Spring General Meeting is held. The Japanese, German, and Italian delegations propose the concept of "New Generation Hyper Net," but it is vetoed by the objections from the United States and China. As a result, only agendas such as the "Advancement of Research and Investigation of New Type of Viruses," "Support for New Development of Security Techniques," and "Stronger Punishment for Cyber Crimes such as Hacking and Computer Virus Creations" are voted upon.	Homepage Timeline
August 2004	Emma Weilant dies. The net poem Epitaph of Twilight is lost before it can be completed. The Swiss Bank's main computer gets hacked, losing more than $84 million.	AI buster 2
August 2004	The host computer of the Swiss Banks is hacked. Losses are reported to be over 80 billion dollars. A terrorist organization active in the 20th century claims responsibility, but the culprit is yet to be apprehended.	Homepage Timeline
2004~2006年	fragment in development
January 2005	Hacking causes the New York Stock market's prices to hike.	AI buster 2
January 2005	Stock prices in the New York Stock Exchange repeatedly show high surges and drops. From a manifesto issued by the culprit, it becomes clear that the main computers in the Stock Exchange on Wall Street and major securities companies have been hacked. The culprit is yet to be caught.	Homepage Timeline
Spring - Fall 2005 (April-October)	With the surge in cyber crime, the existence of the WNC, which only displays the slogan of "Support for Security Development" and "Elimination of Cyber Crimes," becomes questionable.	Homepage Timeline
December 24, 2005	Pluto's Kiss (virus)
December 2005	"Pluto's Kiss" outbreak occurs. All networks on the globe crash on December 24th. Almost all computers and communication control systems connected to the network experience malfunctions, wreaking havoc and chaos over the world. This day the network that has spread to the far reaches of the globe, "meets death." The network recovers 77 minutes after the incident, but inherent dangers such as the triggering of the United States' nuclear defense systems and automated counter-strike program, still loom. The culprit is a 10-year-old grade school student. The "Democratization of Cyber Crimes" results as a consequence of the "Democratization of Information."	Homepage Timeline
January 2006	ALTIMIT OS adopted as international standard CC Corp. formed
January 2006	America's 44th President, Jim Stonecold, resigns.	AI buster 2
January 2006	Jim Stonecold, the 44th President of the United states of America, resigns, taking responsibility for the "Pluto's Kiss" incident. WNC Winter General Meeting is held. The proposal of "New Generation Hyper Net" from 2005 resurfaces and the only OS that evaded the "Pluto's Kiss," ALTIMIT is designated as the universal basic operating system.	Homepage Timeline
2006	"fragment" ver. α-01	Liminality Easter Eggs
Summer 2006 (July-September	The business OS, "ALTIMIT," becomes available to the general public. Also around this time, the core members of the ALTIMIT developing team depart from the company and establish CyberConnect Corporation. A German programmer named Harald Hörwick brings the network game, "Fragment," to CC Corporation.	Homepage Timeline
2006 Summer	CyberConnect Corporation (CC Corp.) takes over and becomes the foundation for The World. Harald Hoerwick sells Fragment to CC Corp.	AI buster 2
August 2006	Harald travels to San Diego to pitch his game prototype to CC Corp	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
September 2006	Harald has become integrated with the team at CC Corp	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
October 2006	The game prototype is officially named fragment.	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
Winter 2006	Harald's health declines	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
January 2007	The next generation network system using ALTIMIT spreads across the world. A communication network volume before the "Pluto's Kiss" is completed. ALTIMIT Co. (headquartered in San Francisco), establishes local subsidiaries in 12 different locations throughout the globe.	Homepage Timeline
January 2007	The ALTIMIT OS Corporation (head office in San Francisco) establishes 12 overseas affiliation firms	AI buster 2
May 2007	Testing of the ALTIMIT network game, "Fragment," begins. After the "Pluto's Kiss" incident, all forms of network entertainment are restricted, but this project is granted special permission from the WNC to be conducted to "invigorate the currently dead network entertainment markets."	Homepage Timeline
May 2007	Balmung, Albireo, and Helba first start playing Fragment, and eventually The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
May 2007	Watarai and Junichiro Tokuoka begin work on the Japanese Version of Fragment, which later becomes The World. ALTIMIT OS' Fragment begins its test play.	AI buster 2
January 2007–Summer 2007	Harald's health improves slightly, but one day he never returns to work	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
2007	The events of .hack//Epitaph of Twilight Novels occur. Lara and her father visit Harald in Germany. Lara becomes trapped in fragment.	.hack//Epitaph of Twilight Novels
July 2007	fragment beta is launched despite Harald's disappearance	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
July 2007 2008?	Orca starts playing Fragment, and eventually The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2007	"fragment" ver. β-02	Liminality Easter Eggs
	.hack//Epitaph of Twilight Novels Take place	Bandai Timeline
	1024 people were selected by lottery to participate in the beta.
	Balmung and Albireo participate in the beta test
July 2007	Fragment becomes the most popular topic among network game users.	AI buster 2
July 2007	"Fragment" dominates the board for network users. Rumors spread that "Fragment" is based upon the network epic, "Epitaph of Twilight," which is famous among certain groups of users. CC Corporation joins the international stock market.	Homepage Timeline
October 2007	fragment beta test ends prematurely	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
October 2007	WNC makes an official announcement that as of October 31st, nearly 100% of all network servers in the world have been ported to ALTIMIT OS. It is also announced that all network restrictions will be lifted as of midnight December 24th (Network Peace Proclamation). The United Nations votes to make this day an international holiday known as "Virgin's Kiss." CC Corporation issues a press release and officially announces the release of the Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game, "The World," which is laso the official title of the game known as "Fragment." The release date is almost universal throughout the globe, with download available beginning at midnight on December 24th, as "Virgin's Kiss" holiday begins.	Homepage Timeline
October 2007	WNC announces that all computers switch to ALITIMIT OS. On December 24th, the United Nations names The Mother Mary's Kiss an international holiday. CC Corp. announces the release of Fragment	AI buster 2
First half of November 2007	Reservation for "The World" begins. 1 million users log in the first hour. CC Corporation's total stock value surpasses ALTIMIT Co.	Homepage Timeline
Early November 2007	Within the beginning of the first hour, The World receives more than 100,000 orders.	AI buster 2
Second half of November 2007	Rumors of "The World" not being released spreads among the network community. CC Corporation denies the rumor.	Homepage Timeline
Late November 2007	CC Corp. denies the rumors of discontinuing The World.	AI buster 2
December 2007	The World is launched
2007(end)	"The World" ver. 1.00	Liminality Easter Eggs
	beta test cut short, "The World" launched
December 24, 2007	"Virgin's Kiss" arrives. President Alex Coleman announces the "Network Peace Proclamation" to the world. Download of "The World" commences.	Homepage Timeline
December 24, 2007	The World's Network Security Declaration, President Alex Coleman, is informed of the start of The World's download sale.	AI buster 2
	Harald travels to Nuremberg to visit Emma's grave
2008	Hokuto starts playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2008	Lycoris appears in The world	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2008	"The World" ver. 1.40	Liminality Easter Eggs
Unknown update before SIGN	Crystallization status removed	Intermezzo
Late 2008	Crim and Silver Knight start playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2008-2009	"Lycoris Erasure Incident" Era	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2009	CC Corp. establishes the Cobalt Knights.	Archives 03 Timeline
	Orca and Balmung clear the “The One Sin” event.
	Krim and Subaru form the Crimson Knights.
2009	"The World" ver. 1.81	Liminality Easter Eggs
2009	.hack//AI buster	Bandai Timeline
2009	2nd Character (Retelling of AI buster events)
2009	Wotan's Spear (Happens after AI buster but befoew the inciting incident of SIGN.) Watarai falls unconscious.	Note: Listed as 2010 in AI buster 2, but that doesn't line up with other timelines, which put SIGN in 2009. Thus, this would have occurred in 2009.
2009-2010	"Key of Twilight Incident" Era	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2009	The character Tsukasa registers in “The World”.	Archives 03 Timeline
Early 2009	Tsukasa and Subaru start playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
	Mimiru, Bear, BT start playing The World.
	Sora starts playing The World.
	Aura and Mia appear in The world
2009	Krim and Subaru form the Crimson Knights.	Archives 03 Timeline
Late 2009	Sieg starts playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2009	.hack//SIGN	Bandai Timeline
2009	Tsukasa becomes unable to log out. Tsukasa's player is found unconscious and is hospitalized.	.hack//SIGN
2009	The player behind Silver Knight loses consciousness after encountering Tsukasa's Guardian. He wakes shortly afterwards, but suffers mild amnesia.	.hack//SIGN
2009	Tsukasa's player regains consciousness after 6 month-long coma.	.hack//SIGN
2009	SIGN SKT
2009	.hack//G.U. Begins: .hack//SIGN Chapters
2009	Aura awakens. Tsukasa achieves logout.	Archives 03 Timeline
2009 Autumn	Around a year before Kite's final encounter with Skeith, Sora is data drained	.hack//G.U. Begins: .hack//SIGN Chapter 4: Catasrophe .hack//G.U. Begins: .hack// chapters
2009	"Intermezzo"
2009	.hack//ZERO	Bandai Timeline
2010 Spring–2010.10	"Aura On the Run" Era (.hack//ZERO)	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
Spring 2010	Wiseman, Curl, and Alph start playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2010 Spring–2010.10 (Late Summer or Early Autumn?)	Kazu starts playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2010	While debugging, Watarai meets with the Vagrant AI (Story#1, 2nd Character) Watarai investigates the cat PC (Story #2, Wotan's Spear based on .hack//Sign) The second Internet Crash, Pluto Again, occurs. (Based on the PS2 game)	AI buster 2 Timeline Note: Listed as 2010 in AI buster 2 Timeline, but that doesn't line up with other timelines. This would have occurred in 2009.
2010	"The World" ver. 2.01	Liminality Easter Eggs, .hack Infection (Japan)
	Kazu is data drained by Skeith, the player falls into a coma.	.hack//G.U. Begins: .hack// – Chapter 1: Infection
2010	WNC Chairman and American President Alex Coleman announces the “Network Layoff Day” concept.	Archives 03 Timeline
	Cumulative sales of “The World” surpass 20 million units.
	ALTIMIT Corporation announces plans for a major version upgrade of “ALTIMIT OS”. This move responds to the growing prevalence of constant connections exceeding 100Mbps in urban households, driven by the spread of next-generation fiber-optic networks.
	The next-generation “ALTIMIT OS” focuses on improving communication quality and stability,and is said to be “nearly perfect in terms of security” (CC Corp Press Release).
	SONES releases the new interface “NeuroGoggle FMD,” fully compatible with “The World.”
2010.10-2011 Spring	Cursed Wave Incident	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2010 October	The events in .hack//Infection, and Liminality Vol. 1: In the Case of Minase Mai occur.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2010 October	Kite, Sanjuro, Mistral, Piroshi, Gardenia, Elk, Moonstone, Marlow, Rachel, Nuke Usagimaru, and Lios begin playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
Slightly later than above	BlackRose, Natsume, and Terajima Ryoko begin playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2010 Autumn	The .hack//Games Tetralogy, .hack//Another Birth, .hack//XXXX, The Kite Novels, .hack//G.U. Begins: .hack// – Chapter 1: Infection, and other retellings begin.	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
2010	The events in .hack//Infection, and Liminality Vol. 1: In the Case of Minase Mai, Vol.1 LGT occur.
	Sora witnesses Kite and Orca's first encounter with Skeith. Orca is data drained by Skeith, the player falls into a coma.	.hack//G.U. Begins: .hack// – Chapter 1: Infection
2010	New Transportation System Operational	.hack//Infection News
	"The World" Tops 20 Million
	Neuro Goggle FMD
	0.49% Error Rate
	WNC Official Statement
	"The World" for Idiots
	New Weapon in Online Retail
	Public Phone Network Completion
	"WonderHawk" Announcement
	Cat Toilet
	ALTIMIT Information
	Neuro Goggle Sales
	Induced Coma with Online Game?
	Comatose: Reason Unknown
	Network Safety Law Reform
	Success in Cultivation of Apples
	Bigfoot Investigation
	Nearly a year after being data drained, Sora witnesses Kite's final encounter with Skeith. Despite being freed from Skeith, he finds that he is still unable to log out.	.hack//G.U. Begins: .hack// – Chapter 1: Infection
2010	"The World" ver. 2.75	.hack//Infection (North America, PAL and Korean releases) .hack//Mutation (Japan)
2010	The events in .hack//Mutation, and Liminality Vol. 2: In the Case of Yuki Aihara occur.
	SOL-NET Dominates Network
	Game Coma Impossible, Says Professor
	"International Geographic" Discontinued
2010	"The World" ver. 2.90	.hack//Mutation (North America, PAL and Korean releases) .hack//Oubreak (Japan)
2010	The events in .hack//Outbreak, and Liminality Vol. 3: In the Case of Kyoko Tohno occur.
2010	"The World" ver. 3.02	.hack//Outbreak (North America, PAL and Korean releases) .hack//Quarantine (Japan)
2010	The events of .hack//Quarantine occur.
2010	"The World" ver. 3.65	.hack//Quarantine(North America, PAL and Korean releases)
2010	Mistral's player gives birth to a daughter.	.hack//Quarantine, .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet
December 24, 2010	Kite and Party defeat Corbenik.	.hack//Quarantine
December 24, 2010	The events of Liminality Vol. 4: Trismegistus occur.	Liminality Vol. 4: Trismegistus
December 24, 2010	Aura is successfully born.
December 24, 2010	Network Problems resolve thanks to Kite's actions in-game	New Testament Novel 「.hack」
2010	.hack//fragment (PS2)
2010	.hack//GIFT
2010	.hack//Another Birth, .hack//XXXX, The Kite Novels, .hack//G.U. Begins: Games chapters, and other adaptations of the Games Tetralogy take place.
2011	Unison
Spring 2011	.hack//Legacy	.hack//Legacy Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
Spring 2011	Kite stops playing The World	.hack//Present: From Mother to Daughter Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2011	Watarai leaves CC Corp.	AI buster 2 (this conflicts with other timelines)
???	Knucklemaster class added
2011-2014 (after Spring 2011?)	"Legend of Twilight Bracelet" Era	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2011 (after Spring?)	Kamui, Magi, Reki begin playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2011 (after Spring?)	Mireille, Ouka begin playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2011	Mirei struggles to fit in at preschool due to her advanced intellect. Her mother, Mayumi, worries about her. Sakura, a college student, tutors Mirei when Mayumi leaves to work a part time job.	.hack//Present: From Mother to Daughter
2011	.hack//Present: From Mother to Daughter. Mistral's player acquires the rare item "Whisper of Myulin," which allows her to change her PC's name before gifting the character to her daughter.	.hack//Present: From Mother to Daughter
2013	Shibayama, Saki takes over as official debugger. (Story #3, Kamui) Kunisaki, Rena purchases The World. (Story #4, Rumor)	AI buster 2 (slight conflict for Rumor)
2014	Shugo, Rena, Hokuto, Komiyan III begin playing The World.	Archives 03 "Login Time of Each Character" Timeline
2014	.hackers Official Limited Edition Character Exhibition. (Story #5, Firefly, based on .hack//Legend of the Twilight)	AI buster 2
2014	Legend of the Twilight Bracelet
???	A year after they started playing The World, Shugo, Rena, and the rest of their party meet offline to view Cherry Blossoms. During the reunion, they speak to Zefie using a laptop. The twins reveal that their characters have been frozen and that they are turning the data over to CC Corp, as per the agreement they made with Kamui. Reki's player checks on them from a distance because Balmung asked him to. Meanwhile, the players behind Kamui and Magi are shopping together while on break from work. Balmung and Piroshi are working at CC Corp, planning an upcoming event for The World. Piroshi invites Balmung out to drink as comrades rather than as coworkers. Balmung brings up the fact that Wiseman's player might become their junior. The players behind Hokuto and Albireo meet in a net cafe to go dungeon crawling in The World. Zefie encounters the remaining fragment of Lycoris before she fades away. Shugo, Rena, and the rest of their party see a commercial for The World on a digital billboard as Zefie reflects that there's no need to feel lonely, since a new version of the game is in development.	.hack//Logout: Graduation
???	The player behind Wiseman is hired on at CC Corp.	.hack//Logout: Graduation
???	.hack//ChupChopCase
2015	The World R:1 service abruptly ended due to the failure of the RA Project.
2015	The World R:2 is released?
2016	The World R:2 launched. There are approximately 12 million users.
2016	First Login
2016	.hack//Roots
2016	.hack//G.U. Begins: Roots Chapters
2016	.hack//Alcor
2017	.hack//GnU
2017	.hack//Cell
2017	.hack//G.U. Games vo.1-3
2017	Online Jack
2017	The Journal of the Dark and Wicked
2017	.hack//G.U. Trilogy
2017	.hack//G.U. novels
2017	.hack//G.U.+
2017	.hack//4koma Peaco's Story
2017	.hack//G.U. Returner
2017	The Duplicate Phenomenon	The Duplicate Phenomenon Cover
2018	.hack//G.U. RAGTIME
2018	.hack//G.U. Innocent Call
2018	.hack//G.U. Last Recode: .hack//G.U. vol.4 Reconnection
2018 December	"The World R:2" ver. 4.20	.hack//G.U. vol.4 Reconnection
December 31, 2018	The World R:2 discontinued.	.hack//G.U. vol.4 Reconnection
	The World R:X launched. (6 month waitlist due to popular demand.)
2020	The events of .hack//Link game and manga occur.
2022	.hack//Quantum i(Introduction)
2022	The events of .hack//Quantum OVA occur.
2022	.hack//Quantum Novel
2022	.hack//Quantum+
2023	.hack//Bullet
2023?	.hack//bullet: Versus Magician
	The World FORCE:ERA
2024	.hack//Beyond The World
2024	Beyond The World: SORA
	VS The World
2025	.hack//Versus
2025	.hack//Versus: Thanatos Report
	The World: Armed Conflict
2030	Guilty Dragon
2030	GuilDra G: A Gag Concept
	The World: Re-vice age
2032	New World