This is a Timeline of both the events of Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.





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Canon

1972

Emma Wielant is born on August 8th.

1986

A French ecologist named Dominique de Mirabeau published a paper titled "Stoned Ape Theory." She predicted the complete extinction of all life on earth within the next 1000 years if current emission trends continued. The only solution she could find for the planet to recover was to somehow cease human activity.

1989

Mirabeau's small following of supporters formed the organization mama, dedicated to defending their Mother Earth. Their primary objective was to find and use some means to halt the activity of mankind on the planet. Since their foundation they have pursued this seemingly impossible goal. Among their membership was Emma Wielant and the founders of ALTIMIT Corporation.

1992

Masato Indou, Ovan's player, is born.

1993

Tomonari Kasumi, Sieg and Kuhn's player, is born.

Reiko Saeki, Pi's player, is born.

1994

Akira Hayami, BlackRose's player, is born

1996

Kite's player is born.

Yasuhiko, Orca's player, is born

Emma meets and befriends Harald while studying anthroposophy.

1997

Kaoru Ichinose, Elk and Endrance's player, is born.

End of the 20th Century

The U.S. Department of Defense develops ARPANET (1969-1990), which becomes the basis of the Internet. By 1999 almost everyone across the world has internet access.

2000

Ryou Misaki, Sora and Haseo's player, is born.

Takumi Hino, Wiseman and Yata's player, is born.

Beginning of the 21st Century

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.

2001

Chigusa Kusaka, Atoli's player, is born.

2002

The United Nations subsystem WNC (World Network Commission) is created.

2003

The WNC has its first meeting.

A computer virus "Hello WNC" infects over 10,000,000 users.

Deadly Flash a virus that is capable of inducing epileptic seizures is released, killing several people. The creator of the virus, a young man from Japan named Yuri Kaczynski Seto *is the first person to be sentenced to death for a cybercrime.

2004

The WNC tightens its laws regarding cybercrime.

August: Emma Wielant dies in a car accident. Her incomplete epic web poem, the Epitaph of Twilight disappears from the web.

The National Bank of Switzerland is hacked, over $84,000,000 are stolen from accounts.

2005

Aina Indou, Masato/Ovan's sister, is born.

The New York Stock Exchange is hacked, causing stock prices to hike worldwide.

December 24: Pluto's Kiss, almost all systems worldwide shut down for 77 minutes. The culprit is a 10-year-old boy named Warren Block living in Los Angeles.

Following Pluto's Kiss, all internet activity save for government or business purposes is restricted.

2006

2007

January: ALTIMIT Corporation creates twelve regional offices throughout the world.

CyberConnect Japan is founded. Junichiro Tokuoka begins work on the Japanese localization of Fragment. He is assisted by Kazushi Watarai.

May: The Beta test of Fragment begins, quickly becoming one of the most discussed topics among gamers.

May 26th: Iori Nakanishi, Sakubo's player, is born. His twin sister Sakura is born dead.

July: Harald Hoerwick goes missing.

July: The beta test of Fragment ends.

The WNC passes laws forcing all computers to run ALTIMIT OS.

December 24: Virgin's Kiss is created as an international holiday by the WNC. Network restrictions are lifted. Fragment, now renamed The World, is released worldwide getting over 100,000 downloads on the first day alone.

The period known as the "Twilight of the New Gods" ends with the release of "The World."

2008

.hack//Intermezzo (flashbacks): Mimiru meets Mimika while exploring the unbalanced dungeon in The World.

2009

2010

2011

Kazushi Watarai quits CC Corp, after being released from the hospital.

The "Golden Age" of The World begins.

.hack//Unison: Helba hosts a party in Net Slum.

.hack//Legacy: June: Kite and BlackRose join forces with Spoke, a misterious PC, in order to beat the last Data Bug in The World after the Morganna Incident.

2013

Balmung is hired by CC Corp.

.hack//Kamui: Saki Shibayama is appointed leader of the Cobalt Knights; she begins deleting the various Vagrant AIs within The World.

.hack//Rumor: Brigit joins The World and runs into a Vagrant AI named Rumor.

2014

2015

Bugs begin to appear in Altimit OS.

Winter:Jun Bansyoya assigned as the leader for Project G.U.

Jyotaro Amagi hired by CC Corp.

Project G.U. finds the data of Magus and atach it to a PC in The World.

The Epitaph User PC rejects anyone who tries to use it due to it being selective as to who could manage it.

.hack//ChupChopCase: Spring Mia is destroyed by CC Corp in order to extract her Epitaph data.

Realizing that the R.A. plan is dangerous, Basyoya steals the Epitaph User of Tarvos, but Amagi runs the program anyways using a dummy, causing something to go terribly wrong, resulting in the loss of about 80% of The World's data.

Bansyoya salvages the Epitaph User of Magus.

Jyotaro Amagi starts a fire at CC Corp headquarters.

Autumn: Jun Bansyoya resigns from CC Corp, taking responsibility for the fire.

Development for The World R:2 begins by combining the data of that survived the fire.

The Final Day of The World, players reunite in the Root Town that was salvaged: Mac Anu.

December 24:The World R:2 and ALTIMIT Mine OS are released to the public. The characters Ovan, Kuhn, Endrance, and Yata are created.

2016

2017

2018

.hack//Ragtime

.hack//G.U. Innocent Call: Masaki Ryo starts working for NAB in order to find a way to save Masato Indou, Ovan´s player.

.hack//G.U.: Last Recode : Haseo returns to the world to save Ovan, and meets the mysterious character Kusabira.

The World R:2 service suddenly ends.

2019

December 24 - The original The World R:X disc is created by Jyotaro Amagi.

2020

2021

2022

.hack//After2021: Tokio momentarily sees a shadow of Aura.

.hack//Quantum: The World R:X - Sakuya, Tobias & Mary play The World R:X. Sakuya meets Hermit. Sakuya, Tobias & Mary get a bounty placed on them. The Christmas Raid Event takes place and a virus makes all PK´d player go comatose.

Bullet: As part of his new job, Ryuuji Sogabe pays a visit to Jyotaro Amagi in a mental asylum.

Versus: The World is announced but postponed due to Yuri Kaczynski Seto spreading a virus in The World R:X.

2024

2025

.hack//Versus - VS The World beta testing started with the objective of furthering Mama´s Real Digitalization project.

Thanatos Report - David & Eleanor set out to take down the organization known as "mama".

David dies after securing The Origin, which is then taken by Tanaka.

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