Ring

TIMELINE

20 bya (billion years ago): First contact between Xeelee and photino birds. Xeelee timeships begin modification of Xeelee evolutionary history.

5 bya: Construction of Ring begins. Birth of Sol.

4 bya: Assault on Ring by photino birds begins. Life on Earth emerges.

1 bya: First infestation of Sol by photino birds.

A.D. 3000+. Opening up of Solar System with GUT and wormhole technology. First human extra-Solar expansion begins.

A.D. 3621: Birth of Michael Poole.

“The Sun-Person”

“The Logic Pool”

A.D. 3717: Launch of GUTship Cauchy.

A.D. 3829: Invasion of System by Occupation-Era Qax.

A.D. 3953: Launch of GUTship Great Northern.

“Cilia-of-Gold”

“Lieserl”

“Chiron”

“The Xeelee Flower”

A.D. 4874: Conquest of human planets by Squeem. A.D. 4925: Overthrow of Squeem.

A.D. 5000+: Second expansion begins.

“More Than Time or Distance”

A.D. 5088: Conquest of human planets by Qax.

A.D. 5274: Return to System of GUTship Cauchy.

“Blue Shift”

A.D. 5407: Overthrow of Qax. Humans acquire Spline and starbreaker technology.

A.D. 5500+: Third expansion begins.

“The Quagma Datum”

“Planck Zero”

A.D. 10,000+: Humans become dominant sub-Xeelee species. Rapid expansion and absorption of species and technologies. Launch of Xeelee timeships into deep past.

“The Gödel Sunflowers”

“Vacuum Diagrams”

A.D. 100,000+: Human assaults on Xeelee concentrations begin.

“The Tyranny of Heaven”

“Hero”

A.D. 1,000,000: Final siege of Solar System by Xeelee. Defeat of Man.

A.D. 4,000,000+: Migration of Xeelee through Ring. Sol leaves Main Sequence. Destruction of Ring by photino birds.

A.D. 5,000,000+: Last humans return to Sol in GUTship Great Northern, and travel to Ring.

A.D. 10,000,000+: Virtual extinction of baryonic life. Michael Poole is last sentient human.