Noon Universe Chronology

This chronology describes events in the fictional Noon Universe.

Chronology

Year

Event

Novel

2110s

- Foundation of Institute of Space Physics (Kotlin Island, Gulf of Finland)

N22C

2114

- Foundation of Freelance Search Group (FSG). Beginning of the third wave of expansion

2119

- Return of the spaceship "Taimyr"

N22C

- Initiation of "Venus Project"

N22C

- Professor P. Karpenko announces the discovery of a "bacterium of life" on Pandora. The word "bioblockade" receives a new meaning

N22C

2120

- Launch of the Collector of Dispersed Data (CODD)

N22C

2121

- "The Great encoding" - the first attempt to transfer a human's identity onto an electronic medium. Partially succeeded

N22C

- Discovery of artificial satellites of Vladislava

N22C

2122

- Contact with Tagora

2124

- Decoding of Tagorian language (professor Sugimoto). Establishment of diplomatic relationship

EA

2133

- Contact with Leonida

N22C

2134

- Discovery of EN-2097 (Arkanar)

HtBG

2135

- "Yormala Project" (submersion into a black hole EN-200056)

BiA

2135-36

- "Mirror Project" (tactical exercise)

BiA

2136

- Discovery of Giganga

2137

- Foundation of COMCON-2

- Discovery of the "Sarcophagus" (Boris Fokin's group). Initiation of the "Stepchildren Case"

BiA

2138

- Galactical political crisis. All dimplomatic relationships between Tagora and Earth are cancelled

2141

- Discovery of Saula and traces of Wanderers' activity

EA

- Reactivation of Institute of Experimental History

2142

- Foundation of Galactical Security Council

BiA

2148

- Disappearance of FSG-spaceship "Pilgrim"

SM

- Discovery of Saraksh

2152

- Rudolf Sikorski's first progressor activities on Saraksh

2156

- The catastrophe on Rainbow

FR

- "Arkanar Massacre". Outbreak of "R-phobia"

HtBG

2157

- "Kammerer Crisis" on Saraksh

II

2160

- Official contact with the Golovans

2161

- "Ark Project". An attempt of Gennady Komov's expedition to contact the closed civilization of Ark

SM

2162

- Earth begins to gradually abolish FSG

- Discovery of Hope

2163

- Operation "Dead World" (Hope)

BiA

2175

- Schyokn-Itrch's promotion to the Head of the Golovan Embassy on Earth

BiA

2177

- Korney Yashmaa's progressor activity on Giganda

KfH

2178

- Assassination of Lev Abalkin, Rudolf Sikorski's retirement

BiA

2184

- "Penguin Syndrome". Outbreak of new phobias

2185

- Bioblockade law passed

2193

- Events on Tissa. FSG completely abolished

TW

2194

- Aizek Bromberg's Memorandum

TW

2199

- Great Revelation

TW

This chronology only covers the XXII century of the Noon Universe created by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky.

Legend

The abbreviations in "Novel" column are following:

N22C

Noon: 22nd Century

EA

Escape Attempt

FR

Far Rainbow

HtBG

Hard to Be a God

Disq

Disquiet

II

Inhabited Island

SM

Space Mowgli

KfH

The Kid from Hell

BiA

Beetle in the Anthill

TW

The Time Wanderers

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