| Date
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Event (Tokyopop Translatiom)[1]
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End of
the 20th
Century
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The U.S. Department of Defense develops the ARPANET, which becomes
the basis of the Internet. By 1999, almost everyone across the world has access.
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Beginning
of the 21st
Century
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As the Internet increases in popularity, classified government information
becomes harder to conceal and easier to obtain. Hackers continue to attack
networks, cyber crime increases.
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| 2002.10
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The United Nations subsystem, WNC, is implemented.
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| 2003.1
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WNC Winter meeting
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| 2003. 4
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A new virus called Hello, WNC infects up to ten million users.
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| 2003.12
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The Japanese Youth who created the Deadly Flash virus is sentenced to death.
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| 2004.4
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At the WNC Spring Meeting, the following bills are passed:
Investigation and Research of New Viruses,
Technical Security Development Aid,
and Strengthening Reinforced Penal Regulations of Net Crime
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| 2004.8
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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.
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| 2005.1
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Hacking causes the New York Stock market's prices to hike.
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| 2005.12
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On December 24th, Pluto Kiss shuts down the Internet; all network computers
and communication control systems crash, only to recover 77 minutes later.
A 10-year old elementary school student caused the virus.
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| 2006.1
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America's 44th President, Jim Stonecold, resigns.
ALTIMIT OS becomes The World's most commonly used operating system.
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| 2006 Summer
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CyberConnect Corporation (CC Corp.) takes over and becomes the foundation
for The World.
Harald Hoerwick sells Fragment to CC Corp.
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| 2007.1
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The ALTIMIT OS Corporation (head office in San Francisco) establishes 12
overseas affiliation firms
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| 2007.5
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Watarai and Junichiro Tokuoka begin work on the Japanese Version of Fragment,
which later becomes The World.
ALTIMIT OS' Fragment begins its test play.
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| 2007.7
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Fragment becomes the most popular topic among network game users.
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| 2007.10
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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
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2007.11
Beginning
of the month
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Within the beginning of the first hour, The World receives more than 100,000 orders.
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2007.11
End of
the month
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CC Corp. denies the rumors of discontinuing The World.
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| 2007.12.24
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The World's Network Security Declaration, President Alex Coleman, is informed of the start of The World's download sale.
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| 2010
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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)
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| 2011
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Watarai leaves CC Corp.
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| 2013
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Shibayama, Saki takes over as official debugger. (Story #3, Kamui)
Kunisaki, Rena purchases The World. (Story #4, Rumor)
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| 2014
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.hackers Official Limited Edition Character Exhibition.
(Story #5, Firefly, based on .hack//Legend of the Twilight)
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