Starholder

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In 1999 Starholder is an exact copy of our world, but that will change. It will drift from ours, slowly at first, but picking up speed until our two worlds diverge wildly. Each one pursuing their own destinies as they confront an accelerating networked future on the brink of ecological collapse.

The stories and events of the Starholder timeline are presented below in chronological order.

The End of History (1999 - 2016)

The timeline begins with the founding of the Starholder Institute in 1999. Early stories are focused in California, where the divergence begins, and expand outwards to include the larger world. The period ends with the first major break between base reality and Starholder when in 2016 Ron Zirpowski, The Zero Interest Rate President is elected instead of Donald Trump.

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Networked Life Intensifies (2017 - 2033)

A hivemind begins to emerge as all the networks experience major upgrades and then converge into a fully interoperable protocol. Within this soup, the long awaited promise of AI comes to pass, opening humanity's eyes to the possibility of world that exceeds them. We stand on the cusp of transformation, a divided, attention-starved mess of competing interests quite unfit for any notions of a singularity.

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

2031

2032

2033

The Great Disruption (2034 - 2049)

As AI and automation takes a firm grip on the physical world, we are all carried along for the ride whether we like it or not. Humanity is forced to grapple with the great questions as we find ourselves spending more and more time in the world of the machines, a world of our own creation.

2034

2035

2036

2037

2038

2039

2040

2041

2042

2043

2044

2045

2046

2047

2048

2049

Headlong into the Hyperreal (2050 - 2069)

As we experience an explosion of worlds, pocket realities and simulations, the nature of reality itself takes on new meaning, calling into question our own identity or rather identities.

2050

2051

2052

2053

2054

2055

2056

2057

2058

2059

2060

2061

2062

2063

2064

2065

2066

2067

2068

2069

The Second Moon Event (2070 - 2079)

World governments sound the alarm over the sudden presence of a massive alien object dubbed the Second Moon, but is anyone buying it? The effects of hyperreality become apparent as citizens consider it a desperate psyop to regain control over a population now spending all their time in a multitude of alternate realities.

2070

2071

2072

2073

2074

2075

2076

2077

2078

2079

The Impending Collapse (2080 - 2099)

The final era in Starholder grapples with its own pending disintegration.

2080

2081

2082

2083

2084

2085

2086

2087

2088

2089

2090

2091

2092

2093

2094

2095

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2098

2099

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