Timeline

The timeline documents important dates and events in the universe of INSOMNIA: The Ark. The term A.E is short for After Exile, and is based on the year mankind used Object 6 leave their planet.

4020s

 * The Independent North Regions Party (INRP), which will later lead SORG, first comes together.

4204

 * After generations of war, the last resistance forces of the United Hierarchy of Nomah, located in the Zelady agglomeration, fall.

0 A.E

 * The people of Teina Nui leave their planet after destroying it and turning it into a snowy desert scarred by bombardment. They use a space station that was damaged during the war, and start a centuries-long journey towards a new, habitable planet.

20 A.E

 * General Azar proclaims the Nomah Autonomy as an autocratic state.

30 A.E

 * Azar creates the Ordinate based on the command center of the 4th army of the Hierarchy and includes two divisions--"Dar-Khala", which enforces law in Urb, and "Tyrang" which protects the frontiers of the Near Range.

34 A.E

 * Because Urb's resources were severely depleted when the food assistance program failed, General Azar introduces a birth limit. Soon after, a birth prohibition law is passed. Urb's new citizens now start their lives in the Incubator.

38 A.E

 * For two decades, Azar gradually moves away from management techniques typical for wartime, and in this year he establishes the Autonomy Council--an elective body that includes representatives of all professional castes.

42 A.E

 * The Nomah Autonomy gets an established republican form of government to replace its previous autocracy.
 * To solve the issue regarding lacking resources, Limb is created. There, every Urb citizen will have to go into delta sleep, a multiyear stasis, every five years. Shortly afterwards, Azar announces his indefinite immersion in the Big Sleep.

204 A.E

 * Gralem HQ is sealed due to an order issued by the Ordinate.
 * Amarkord Casino is sealed due to an order issued by the Ordinate.

350 A.E

 * After nearly three centuries dominating the political scene, the principle of the separation of powers was implemented unto the Ordinate.

382 A.E

 * Citizen KZ0012 is born, being the 12th baby born in this particular year.

399 A.E

 * KZ0012 experieces his first Big Sleep procedure at age 17.

401 A.E

 * The events of Burn Fast take place.

404 A.E

 * Hastir gets caught in a trap on the tunnels. The incident leaves him severely injured and with a broken back.
 * KZ0012 wakes up from the Big Sleep after 5 years.

410 A.E

 * KZ0012 starts hibernation for the second time.

412 A.E

 * INSOMNIA: The Ark takes place.
 * Thyper gets a job to transport a certain package. This turns out to be a bomb that detonates in Limb.
 * KZ0012 is prematurely woken up the third day of the fourth month at 02:47.