The alternate universe timeline splits from the real world here.
Events related to the Milano Futuro campaign.
The alternate universe timeline splits from the real world here.
Şahin “Falcon” Çelik is born in Ankara, Turkey, to Barış and Enise Çelik.
Nuclear fallout and a refugee crisis force Falcon’s family to flee from Turkey.
Cheap cyberware manufacturers and street-level chop shops are now widely available, and cyberware is no longer available to only the rich and powerful.
Falcon’s family settles in Budapest, Hungary. Falcon is 6 years old.
Serafina, later to be known as Faust, is born at 23:59 to Vittorio and Emilia Corvi
Lincoln is born somewhere in the south of France to the Montagnard Clan.
Desperately in need of revenue, the Italian government legalizes the mass seizure of real estate to sell to corporations.
By the end of the year, the entire city of Milan is owned solely by a handful of corporations, pushing millions of Milanese out to the suburbs.
Corporate combat zones established in a ring around Milan several km wide.
With the establishment of the Combat Zones in Milan, the Corvis flee Corsico with others in a nomad caravan heading towards Budapest
The I-G algorithm is put into use globally, creating the virtual world called "the Net." Netrunners become a thing.
The nomad caravan to Budapest hits an IED and Serafina's parents die in the explosion.
Upon making it to Budapest, Serafina is taken in by a local gang, the Beasts of Budapest. She begins going by Faust.
Feeling driven to help others and protect his community, Falcon enrolls in Budapest's police academy directly out of high school. He graduates two years later and becomes a beat cop.
The colonies in low-earth orbit rebel against the control of land-bound nations, culminating in a series of strategic bombardments that seriously damage the landscape.
In response to the chaos and destruction of the Highrider bombardments, Milan locks down its borders and isolates itself for several years.
Lincoln begins learning cybernetic medicine from a doctor called "Firefly". Firefly becomes his mentor and he learns much.
Falcon takes a new job with Hallström Yacobe and moves to Prague, saying goodbye to his family and to Faust.
Falcon meets and befriends corporate netrunner Maksim Ostrovsky, who eventually takes on the handle Crow.
Lincoln does his first Long Ride on a motorcycle by himself, instead of inside one of the caravan cars or vans. The sense of freedom sparks something in him.
At his employer's behest, Falcon begins undergoing genetic enhancement therapy.
Lincoln meets Abdullah, a prince from a rival clan and enemy to Clan Montagnard. They butt heads but part without too much injury.
Falcon meets corporate espionage specialist Gizela Benikova, who later becomes friends with both him and Crow and takes on the handle Wren.
In what was surely a comedy of errors, Lincoln gets separated from his clan in Spain and becomes lost for 2 months. He learns basic Spanish in that time.
After thirteen years of fighting, corporate armies finally withdraw from the combat zones around Milan.
The release of the DataKrash virus completely destroys the Global Satellite Network over the course of about 10 months.
Lincoln competes in the Great Race, a nomad competition across southern Europe. Weeks into the months-long race, he has a wreck with Abdullah and both are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Despite their rivalry, they manage to work together to get back on their way, after which Abdullah decides to join Clan Montagnard.
With DataKrash taking out the corporations, the Beasts of Budapest begin to attack relentlessly - both against corporations and other gangs moving in. Faust's cybernetics count is high.
Infighting and distrust make the Beasts turn on each other to weed out traitors. Faust is forced to kill some of her former gangmates to stay alive, and goes to ground to protect herself.
Firefly, Lincoln's mentor, grows ill and begins treatment. Lincoln does what he can to help take care of him.
Lincoln meets Date Kasumi, a yakuza crime princess from Japan who is travelling around Europe. The two start a long-running "on again, off again" relationship.
With all of the death, destruction, and cybernetic implants, Faust's sanity slips to a tenuous place and she leaves Budapest. She makes it to Vienna before being captured and forced into cyberpsychosis therapy.
Faust is declared treated and released from the cyberpsychosis facility. She is left alone in Vienna with only the clothes on her back.
Firefly dies, and Lincoln does a deep-dive into his history and profession, becoming more committed to following in his mentor's footsteps. To signify this, Lincoln adopts the handle "Firefly".
In the wake of the destruction of the Net, Milan creates Il Centro, one of the first city-wide data pool networks. Other cities soon follow suit.
Athena and Faust move from Vienna to Corsico and settle down.
Jealous of his greater interest in Desi than her, Kasumi ends the relationship with Lincoln for good and returns to Japan. To add insult to injury, Desi and Abdullah enter a relationship.
To ease tension, Lincoln offers to set himself up in Corsico and be a local liaison to his clan. He moves into the empty apartment in 44 Via Armando.
Falcon comes to Corsico and runs into Faust once more. He ends up deciding to stay in town.