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Timeline

Archivist note: the chronology of the following events is unconfirmed. It has been compiled in the most sensible order, but the chronology of some events may not be entirely accurate. Some interpretation has been added, and no guarantee as to accuracy of both the interpretation and the presentation of these events can be given.

Any incidents in The Matrix Online that differ between the servers are either based on the occurences on the Linenoise / Syntax server or a note will be included to explain the differences.

UPDATE NOTE: Recent events in MxO have been very broadly summarized in order to bring the timeline up-to-date. Further details will be provided as time allows in the future. Please excuse the sporadic arrangement of details and links to live event pages in the latter portion of the timeline.

- THE SECOND RENAISSANCE -

- Humans create machines
- As technology advances, machines become more advanced
- Humans create AI
- As technology advances, AI becomes more advanced
- The machine designated B1-66ER murders its owners and their dogs
- B1-66ER is put on trial and found guilty of murder
- B1-66ER is sentanced to death and is destroyed
- Machines and humans start to riot in protest of each other's actions
- The Machines are exiled from human society
- The Machines form the city 01 in Mesopotamia
- Machine technology and AI becomes more advanced
- 01's economy competes fiercely with the rest of the world
- 01 attempts to gain entrance into the United Nations and is denied
- Blockades are formed around 01 in an attempt to disrupt its economy
- The Machines begin to fight back
- Several thermonuclear devices are detonated over 01 but do very little permanent damage
- War breaks out between the humans and the Machines
- The humans implement Operation Dark Storm to cut off the Machines from the sun
- The war continues and the Machines overwhelm the humans
- The Machines are victorious over the humans
- A thermonuclear device is detonated inside the United Nations Headquarters, destroying New York City
- Nuclear winter sets in
- Humans are captured by the Machines and used for experiments
- The Machines develop a way to extract energy from humans and combine it with fusion power

- THE EARLY MATRICES -

- In order to pacify the humans, the Architect designs the Matrix as a perfect Utopian paradise
- The first Matrix fails because of its perfection and lack of choice
- The Merovingian is set to be deleted, but refuses and returns to the Matrix to go into exile
- Persephone is exiled along with the Merovingian and is bound to him as his wife
- The Architect redesigns the Matrix as a grotesque, hellish nightmare
- The second Matrix fails because of its excessive suffering and lack of choice
- The Oracle solves the problem of choice
- The Matrix is redesigned as a late 20th Century Mega City
- 99% of the humans accept the Matrix
- A professional athlete breaks a world record and attempts to self-substantiate
- The Agents ensure that the professional athlete stays in the Matrix
- Glitches occur within the Matrix and are eliminated
- The cycle of The One is developed and implemented
- The One self-substantiates and begins freeing other humans
- The free humans hide from the Machines in an underground city that they name Zion
- Humans begin experimenting with turning Machines into allies
- The experiments with the Machines result in disaster
- The One follows his intended path and meets the Architect
- The One makes the logical choice to save humanity
- Zion is destroyed
- The One chooses a select group of individuals from the Matrix to rebuild Zion
- Other programs deviate from their parameters or are no longer necessary due to the One cycle
- Deviant and useless programs set for deletion choose to hide with the Merovingian
- The One Cycle repeats four more times

- THE SIXTH MATRIX -

- A man named Geoffrey leads a team of five people to find wheat in the Real World
- Geoffrey's team finds an abandoned university town and discovers a seed depository
- Geoffrey's team is attacked and slaughtered, though Geoffrey survives
- Geoffrey returns to Zion and presents several baked goods to the people of Zion
- A group of Zionites creates a massive wheat field on the surface using UV lights powered by the Machines' power lines
- The machines slaughter the Zionites operating the field
- Grain taken from Zion's stockpile is used twice a year for a Bread Feast
- Morpheus is freed from the Matrix
- Morpheus learns of Geoffrey's story at the Bread Feast
- Morpheus visits the Oracle who tells him that he will find The One
- Trinity hacks into the IRS database
- Morpheus becomes Captain of the HvCFT Nebuchadnezzar and frees Trinity from the Matrix
- Ghost is freed from the Matrix on the same day as Trinity
- Ghost and Trinity develop a close, brother-sister relationship
- Trinity becomes First Mate of the Nebuchadnezzar and other crewmembers join
- Trinity visits the Oracle who tells her that she will fall in love with The One
- Private Investigator Mr. Ash is hired by the Machines to track down Trinity
- Trinity kills Mr. Ash on board a train as he begins to turn into an Agent
- Morpheus finds someone who he believes could be the One
- The man Morpheus believes to be the One fights an Agent and is killed
- Morpheus finds four more people who he believes could be the One
- Each potential One fights an Agent and is killed
- Cypher begins doubting the prophecy of The One
- Morpheus gains notoriety as an international terrorist
- A hacker named Thomas A. Anderson, aka Neo, begins searching the Internet for Morpheus
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar begins monitoring Neo as a sixth potential One
- Cypher expresses his lack of faith in Neo to Trinity
- Trinity takes a shift monitoring Thomas Anderson from the Heart o' the City Hotel
- Cypher betrays Trinity's location to Agents Smith, Jones, and Brown
- Trinity escapes from the Heart o' the City Hotel
- The Agents begin their search for Neo
- Neo sells an illegal disk to his friend Choi, who invites him to a rave
- Neo and Trinity meet for the first time
- Neo goes to work at Metacortex where Agents Smith, Jones, and Brown catch up to him
- Neo is contacted by Morpheus who tries to help him out of the building
- Neo is captured and interrogated by Agent Smith
- A tracking bug is placed inside Neo's navel, and he wakes up in bed
- Neo is contacted by Morpheus again
- The bug is extracted from Neo's navel
- Neo meets Morpheus for the first time at the Hotel Lafayette
- Neo chooses the Red Pill over the Blue Pill and is extracted from the Matrix
- The Nebuchadnezzar recovers Neo from the sewer and begins the recuperation process
- Neo sees the Matrix for what it really is and is told of the Prophecy of The One
- Neo's training begins
- Cypher meets with Agent Smith to negotiate his betrayal
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar takes Neo to see the Oracle
- Cypher betrays the location of the Hotel Lafayette to the Agents
- Neo meets Spoon Boy
- Neo meets the Oracle and interprets her response to mean that he isn't the One
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar is attacked at the Hotel Lafayette and Mouse is killed
- Cypher is captured by the police
- Morpheus is captured by Agent Smith
- Cypher's paddy wagon crashes, he escapes and exits the Matrix
- Cypher critically wounds Tank and kills Dozer
- Cypher kills Apoc and Switch
- Tank recovers from the attack and kills Cypher
- The Agents begin attempting to extract the Zion access codes from Morpheus' mind
- Neo and Trinity enter the Matrix to save Morpheus
- Neo and Trinity demolish the lobby of the Government Building
- Using a B-212 helicopter, Neo and Trinity ambush the Agents and rescue Morpheus
- Morpheus, Trinity, and Neo safely land on a rooftop as the helicopter crashes into a nearby building
- Morpheus and Trinity exit the Matrix, but Neo is trapped by Agent Smith
- Neo defeats Agent Smith, but he quickly returns
- Sentinels close in on the Nebuchadnezzar
- Neo runs to the Heart o' the City hotel
- Neo is killed by Agent Smith outside of Room 303
- Trinity confesses her love to Neo
- Neo is brought back to life due to the imbalanced equation of the Matrix
- Neo destroys Agent Smith
- Neo declares his intentions to the Machines

- THE LOST SIX MONTHS -

- Smith is faced with deletion or exile, and he chooses exile
- Tank dies and his brother-in-law Link volunteers to take his place on board the Nebuchadnezzar
- The Keymaker is faced with deletion or exile, and he chooses exile
- The Keymaker is imprisoned by The Merovingian
- Sati is designed by Rama-Kandra and Kamala
- Spoon Boy is freed from the Matrix
- Simulations to guage betrayal among Zionists are implemented throughout the Zion crews
- Michael Popper begins questioning reality
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar begins monitoring Michael Popper
- Michael Popper is cornered by Agents
- Michael Popper self-substantiates by committing suicide off the roof of his high school
- Neo refers to Michael Popper as Kid, which becomes his handle
- The Machines begin mustering sentinels for the invasion of Zion
- The Machines begin digging towards Zion
- The crew of the Osiris is chased by a group of Sentinels to the surface where they find the army
- The crew of the Osiris is pursued by the army back into the Tunnels of the Real
- Thadeus records the last transmission of the Osiris
- Jue mails the transmission to P.O. box 731222 inside the Matrix
- The Osiris is destroyed by the sentinels
- The crew of the Logos is sent to retrieve the last transmission of the Osiris
- Ghost infiltrates the post office and recovers the transmission
- Ghost and Niobe are pursued by Agents Johnson and Jackson
- Ghost and Niobe escape from the Matrix and transmit the last transmission of the Osiris to Zion
- Commander Lock orders an immediate full recall
- Ghost and Niobe go to the airport to call the captains of the fleet
- Axel is captured by Agents Johnson, Jackson, and Thompson
- The crew of the Vigilant goes to the Airport to rescue him
- Ghost and Niobe agree to help the crew of the Vigilant to rescue Axel
- Niobe infiltrates the hangars and attempts to rescue Axel
- Ghost shoots the front tire off the Gulfstream that Axel is aboard as it takes off
- Ghost shoots down a helicopter piloted by an Agent
- Niobe attempts to rescue Axel as he is transferred to a cargo plane
- Niobe steals the Agents' car and drives it into the back of the plane as it takes off
- Niobe crushes the Agent against a pile of cargo boxes
- An Agent takes over the pilot's body as Niobe gives Axel a parachute
- The Agent tries to close the cargo door, but Axel manages to jump out in time
- Niobe and the Agent fight
- Niobe opens the door again and kicks the Agent out
- Ghost recovers Axel and picks up Niobe after she parachutes out of the plane
- Axel and Ghost exit the Matrix through a hardline in a subway station
- The Trainman warns Niobe that Zion only lasted 72 hours "last time"

- THE FINAL 72 HOURS -

- Neo begins having prophetic dreams about Trinity
- The captains of the fleet begin gathering for the Red Orchid meeting
- Niobe and Ghost arrive at the Red Orchid meeting
- Niobe tells the captains about the last transmission of the Osiris
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar arrives late to the Red Orchid meeting
- Morpheus asks for one ship to stay behind to wait for the Oracle and Ballard volunteers
- Agent Smith arrives at the Red Orchid meeting and delivers his earpiece to Neo
- Agents Johnson, Jackson, and Thompson attempt to ambush the Red Orchid meeting
- Corrupt and Wurm alert the captains at the meeting, and everyone flees to the hardlines in the sewers
- Neo defeats the Agents and flies to the Oracle's apartment
- The police infiltrate the sewers and several Zionists are injured and trapped
- Ghost and Niobe save the crew of the Gnosis
- Ghost saves the crew of the Caduceus
- Ghost and Niobe are ambushed by an Agent
- Ghost and Niobe are saved by the Keymaker, who takes them into the Industrial Hallway
- Cain and Abel steal the Key to the Source from the Keymaker
- Ghost and Niobe infiltrate the Merovingian's Chateau to retrieve the key
- Niobe is captured by Vlad
- Ghost kisses Persephone, who helps him find Niobe
- Ghost kills Cujo, the leader of the dobermen, on his way to rescue Niobe
- The Merovingian destroys the Key to the Source
- Ghost saves Niobe, and they are chased by the Twins
- Ghost and Niobe escape from the Twins and exit the Matrix
- The fleet returns to Zion, but the Caduceus stays behind
- The Logos returns to Zion
- Lock discusses Morpheus' actions with Niobe
- The Nebuchadnezzar returns to Zion
- Morpheus is debriefed by Commander Lock
- Link returns to his wife, Zee
- Neo is distracted by a crowd of people
- Trinity visits Ghost and fights him in his Zen Garden construct
- Councillor Hamann speaks at the Temple Gathering
- Morpheus speaks at the Temple Gathering
- The Zionists have a cave rave
- Neo avoids the rest of Zion and gets involved with Trinity
- Neo is haunted again by the image of Trinity's death
- The Oracle sends Seraph to find Ballard
- Seraph attacks Ballard, and Ballard almost kicks Seraph's ass
- The Oracle gives Ballard a message for Neo
- Ballard gives the message to Bane
- Bane and Malachi are chased by an Agent
- Malachi is shot by the Agent
- Bane gives the message to Malachi, who exits the Matrix first
- Agent Smith copies himself onto Bane
- Agent Smith exits the Matrix into Bane's body
- The Caduceus returns to Zion
- Ballard gives Neo the message from the Oracle
- The Nebuchadnezzar leaves Zion
- Neo goes to the tea house on Wu Ping Avenue and fights Seraph
- Seraph takes Neo to Debir Court through the Industrial Hallway
- Neo meets with the Oracle for the second time
- The Oracle explains what Exiles are and gives Neo the details for a meeting with The Merovingian
- The Oracle returns through the Industrial Hallway
- Neo is attacked by a large mob of Agent Smiths in Debir Court
- Neo survives the attack and flies away
- Commander Lock formulates a plan to stop the invading sentinel army
- Commander Lock tells Niobe that he loves her too much to let her get involved in the plan to stop the army
- Commander Lock presents his plan to the Council
- The Council asks for two ships to search for the Nebuchadnezzar
- Captain Soren of the Vigilant volunteers
- Captain Niobe of the Logos volunteers
- Rama-kandra visits the Merovingian at Le Vrai to negotiate transportation for Sati into the Matrix
- Rama-kandra agrees to betray the Oracle in exchange for safe passage for Sati
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar visits the Merovingian at Le Vrai
- The Merovingian refuses to give up The Keymaker
- Persephone betrays the Merovingian in exchange for a kiss from Neo
- Persephone kills Abel in the Merovingian's library
- Persephone helps free the Keymaker
- The Merovingian catches Persephone
- The Twins chase Morpheus, Trinity and the Keymaker
- Neo single-handedly defeats Cain and the rest of the Merovingian's bodyguards
- Morpheus, Trinity, and the Keymaker attempt to get to an exit along the 101 Freeway
- Neo begins flying back to the Mega City
- The Twins, the Agents, and the police all try to stop Morpheus and Trinity
- Niobe and Ghost jack in and contact Link
- Niobe and Ghost are attacked by the Agents
- Morpheus fights Agent Johnson on top of a semi trailer
- Niobe and Ghost rescue Morpheus, who jumps back onto the semi and defeats Agent Johnson
- The Agents form a head-on collision and Neo saves Morpheus and the Keymaker as the trucks explode
- Niobe and Ghost are called to help the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, and Sparks expresses his pessimism
- The fleet begins moving into position for the counterattack
- The crews of the Nebuchadnezzar, Logos, and Vigilant meet with the Keymaker at the Hotel Lafayette
- The Keymaker outlines the plan for getting The One to the Source
- Neo asks Trinity to stay out of the Matrix
- Niobe and Ghost begin infiltrating the nuclear power plant
- Soren, Vector, and Binary head for the rerouting facility
- Niobe climbs up into the reactor and places a bomb inside
- Ghost places a bomb in the control room, kills an agent, then escapes
- Sparks injects Niobe with adrenaline to help her escape from the Agents in the power plant
- Niobe and Ghost escape while the power plant explodes
- Sentinels discover the Vigilant and launch a Tow Bomb
- Axel runs across a catwalk aboard the Vigilant which collapses and kills him and Jax
- The tow bomb hits the Vigilant, killing Soren, Vector, and Binary
- Bane slaughters the crew of the Caduceus
- Bane detonates the Caduceus EMP, disabling the Icharus and the Novalis
- The Machine army discovers the entire fleet and destroys every ship except the Mjolnir
- Bane survives the attack but goes into a coma
- The Mjolnir finds Bane and takes him aboard
- Link and Trinity check on the crew of the Vigilant and find that they're dead
- The emergency rerouting systems come back online
- Neo, Morpheus, and the Keymaker enter the Industrial Hallway
- Trinity enters the Matrix to save Neo
- Neo, Morpheus, and the Keymaker are attacked by a mob of Smiths
- Trinity destroys the guard station and enters the rerouting facility
- Trinity hacks into the grid and disables the emergency rerouting system
- Neo, Morpheus, and the Keymaker arrive in the Dark Tower
- The Keymaker is terminated, Morpheus heads for an exit, and Neo reaches the Control Room
- Neo meets the Architect, who explains the One Cycle to him
- Agents attack Trinity
- Morpheus exits the Matrix
- The Architect offers Neo the choice between saving Trinity and letting humanity end, or letting her die and saving humanity
- Neo makes the illogical choice to return to the Matrix and save Trinity
- Neo flies out of the Dark Tower as it explodes
- Trinity dives out of a window, followed by Agent Johnson
- Neo's speed exceeds Mach 1
- Trinity shoots Agent Johnson with her dual Micro-UZIs
- Agent Johnson shoots Trinity
- Neo catches Trinity and Agent Johnson falls on a parked car
- Neo flies Trinity to a safe rooftop and removes the bullet from her body
- Trinity dies
- Neo repairs her RSI and brings her back to life
- Neo and Trinity jack out
- Rama-Kandra gives the Merovingian the termination code for the Oracle's shell
- The Oracle obtains a new shell
- The sentinels discover the Nebuchadnezzar and launch a tow bomb at it
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar escapes just as the tow bomb detonates and destroys the Nebuchadnezzar
- Neo discovers his connection to the Machine code and uses it to stop the sentinels
- Neo seperates his mind from his body without jacking in and goes into a coma-like state
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar is found by the Mjolnir and updated on the fate of the fleet
- Seraph contacts the Logos and asks Niobe to meet him at the tea house
- Niobe meets Seraph at the tea house and fights him
- Niobe is told about Neo's fate by the Oracle, who tells her that she must help him when she can
- Niobe is attacked by a group of Smiths as she returns through the Industrial Hallway
- Niobe enters a random door and finds herself in a partially built skyscraper
- Niobe runs from the Smiths and tries to escape through the elevator
- Niobe returns to the Industrial Hallway, dodges more Smiths, and finds herself in Chinatown
- Niobe runs through Chinatown trying to find a hardline
- Niobe jacks out through a hardline inside a church
- The Logos is found by a swarm of sentinels
- Niobe pilots the Logos deep into uncharted tunnels
- Ghost shoots down a tow bomb that was launched at the Logos
- The Logos lands in a tunnel and Ghost detonates the EMP once the sentinels are all in range
- Rama-Kandra, Kamala, and Sati go to the Mobil Avenue Train Station
- The crews of the Mjolnir and Nebuchadnezzar begin searching for Niobe and Ghost in the Matrix
- Morpheus asks AK to search the Matrix for Neo, but he is not found
- Sati finds Neo in the Mobil Avenue Train Station
- Seraph contacts the Mjolnir and asks to speak with the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar
- Trinity and Morpheus visit the Oracle who tells them about the Trainman
- Trinity, Morpheus, and Seraph try to negotiate with the Trainman, but he flees
- The Trainman finds Neo in the Mobil Avenue Train Station but refuses to let him leave
- Trinity, Morpheus, and Seraph fight their way into the Hel Club
- Trinity holds the Merovingian hostage until he agrees to let Neo out of the Train Station
- Trinity rescues Neo
- Neo visits the Oracle
- Neo exits the Matrix and Bane comes out of his coma
- The Smiths copy themselves onto Seraph and Sati as they try to hide in the Oracle's apartment building
- An Agent Smith copies himself onto the Oracle and gains the power of foresight
- Agent Smith sees that he will defeat Neo but cannot understand why
- Bane is interrogated by the crews of the Mjolnir and Nebuchadnezzar
- The crew of the Mjolnir finds the Logos
- Commander Lock asks for volunteers to aid the Infantry in defending the dock
- Zee volunteers to join the Infantry
- Kid volunteers to help support the APU corps
- The Logos is repaired
- Neo asks for a ship, and Niobe offers to let him take the Logos to 01
- Bane kills Maggie
- Bane sneaks over to the Logos and hides aboard
- Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus part ways
- The Mjolnir begins heading back to Zion
- Bane sabotages the Logos and takes Trinity hostage
- Maggie's body is discovered aboard the Mjolnir
- Neo and Bane fight, Bane blinds Neo with a broken power cable
- Neo gains the ability to see Machine programs in the Real World
- Neo kills Bane
- Neo and Trinity begin heading for 01
- The APU corps moves into position
- The Mjolnir is discovered by the sentinel army
- The Mjolnir enters a mechanical line under heavy pursuit by the sentinels
- The dock is breached and the APUs begin attacking the invading sentinels
- Zee and Charra destroy one of the legs on Digger 1
- The dock control tower is destroyed
- Zee and Charra destroy the second leg on Digger 1
- Digger 2 breaches the dock
- The radio aboard the Mjolnir is destroyed
- Charra is killed by a sentinel
- The Mjolnir appears on the Zion monitors
- The sentinels in pursuit of the Mjolnir order the sentinels in Zion to sabotage Gate 3
- The Mjolnir's systems begin to explode, injuring the crew
- Mifune's APU runs out of ammo, Kid is sent to reload
- Mifune is killed by the sentinels
- Kid uses Mifune's APU to cut the counterweights on Gate 3
- The Mjolnir crashes into the remains of the Zion control tower
- Link detonates the Mjolnir's EMP and disables the remaining sentinels and Digger 2
- The Logos exits the Tunnels of the Real and reaches the surface
- The Logos begins following the power cables leading to 01
- The dock is evacuated and the self-destruct systems in the dock elevator shaft are detonated
- Morpheus, Niobe, and Roland are debriefed by the Council
- The sentinels revive Digger 2
- The Zionists evacuate and hide in the Temple
- The Logos reaches the border of 01 and is attacked by the Armada
- Trinity flies the Logos up above the clouds to avoid the tow bombs and sentinels
- The Logos is disabled by the electrical disturbances in the clouds
- The Logos crashes into a tower in 01
- Trinity says her final goodbye to Neo
- Zion is breached by Digger 2
- Neo meets with Deus Ex Machina and negotiates the terms of the Truce
- Deus Ex Machina accepts the terms and orders the sentinels to stand down
- Neo enters the Matrix to fight Agent Smith
- A heavy rainstorm plagues the Mega City
- Neo and Smith fight a destructive battle throughout the Mega City
- Neo gives up and allows himself to be copied over by Smith
- Smith's purpose is fulfilled and the Machines link him to the Source through Neo's body
- Smith is deleted
- Neo's body appears to be killed
- Deus Ex Machina accepts the truce
- The sentinels leave Zion
- Kid declares an end to the war
- The Matrix is reset
- The humans still in the Matrix who were infected by Smith are all restored and returned to their beds
- The Assassin tries to recycle Trinity's body as part of his function
- Other Machines prevent the Assassin from recycling Trinity's body because they are working on her cranial jack
- The Architect meets with the Oracle in a park to discuss the truce
- The Architect agrees to let the humans that want to leave the Matrix do so without harassment
- Sati creates the best sunrise the Matrix has ever seen

- THE NEXT RENAISSANCE -

NOTE: Details about the beta phase of the Matrix and the Eyes of March can be found here.

- The citizens of the Mega City assess the damage caused by the rainstorm and by the fight between Neo and Smith
- Hundreds of obsolete and beligerant programs are exiled and form gangs within the Mega City
- The Machines declare the Richland district open and unrestricted for all redpills
- The Agents begin hunting down the Exiles to delete them
- The Exiles discover ways to hack into the access nodes placed throughout the city
- The Assassin is set to be deleted for his disobedience regarding the recycling of Trinity's body
- The Assassin flees to the Matrix with the help of The Merovingian
- Morpheus demands that the Machines return the body of Neo to Zion, but they refuse
- Morpheus is considered to be deceased by the citizens of the Mega City
- The framework of the HvCFT Novalis is salvaged and repaired
- Sawayaka becomes the captain of the HvCFT Novalis II
- Glitches caused by Agent Smith begin appearing in the Matrix
- Leaks in the code of the Matrix begin to appear, redpills begin to tap these data nodes for information
- Humans within the Matrix are extracted at the highest rate ever
- Massive hoverbarges are provided to house all of the new redpills
- Due to a lack of adequate training disks, redpills start trading valuable information for new abilities
- The Machines try to fix the glitches caused by Smith
- Hundreds of redpills experience déjà vu
- Thousands of humans are freed from the Matrix in a single day
- The Machines start losing power
- The Machines attempt to optimize their systems to compensate
- Morpheus encourages all redpills to strain the system so that the Machines will be inclined to return Neo's body
- The Machines consider Morpheus' actions to be in violation of the Truce
- The Machines contact Lock to request that Morpheus be stopped
- Commander Lock orders all Zionite redpills to apprehend Morpheus on sight
- The Merovingian's lieutenants begin to shadow Morpheus

- THE RACE TO FIND THE ONE -

- Weak agents with glowing red eyes begin attacking redpills
- Fighting begins to erupt between various factions within the Matrix
- A haunted house is reported
- A mysterious virus disables four hardlines in Richland
- Rumors spread about fragments of The One within the Matrix
- Imposter agents appear in large numbers throughout the Mega City
- Fragments of The One's RSI are found on some of the corpses of the imposter agents
- Morpheus asks all Zionites to recover as many of the fragments as possible and turn them in to Zionist researchers
- The three organizations fight over control of entites known as Shapers
- A mysterious fourth organization captures one of the shapers
- The red-eyed imposter agents are replaced by corrupted agents bearing the image and name of Neo
- The Oracle warns everyone of an impending battle
- Niobe orders all redpills to gather for a battle by the Mjolnir Monument
- A fierce and deadly battle rages in the Mjolnir Monument park
- New orders send all available redpills to Hammersfield Courts
- The Super Agents responsible for the imposter agents are all destroyed
- The skies in the Matrix clear as the Truce is restored

- NIGHTFALL -

- Morpheus asks a few redpills to help him escort some fragments into the International district
- Assassination attempts are reported throughout the bluepill community
- A garbageman sees a mysterious masked man standing by dumpsters and trash cans in the middle of the night
- Ookami, the leader of the Lupines, is seen visiting Dame White in the Club Masamune
- Malphas, the leader of the Blood-Drinkers, is seen in Manssen Park
- Ookami and Malphas are kidnapped by an unknown entity or group
- Lupines and Blood-Drinkers attack redpills throughout the city to get revenge for the capture of their leaders
- Niobe calls a meeting in Tabor Park to explain the situation and deny any Zionite involvement with the disappearance of Ookami and Malphas
- Niobe orders all Zionites to eliminate the attacking Lupines and Blood-Drinkers
- Agent Gray and Flood order their respective redpills to assist in killing the exiles
- Agents are sent in to assist the redpills in eliminating the exiles
- A Blood-Drinker named Invalesco appears to a crowd of redpills in the Church of the Disciples and outlines his plan for a new fourth organizatoin
- Invalesco promises to provide his followers with special powers in exchange for permanently transferring their minds into the Matrix
- Representatives of Malphas meet with redpills throughout the Mega City to discuss the reasons for their revolt against the Merovingian
- Malphas' representatives try to convince redpills to help overthrow the Merovingian and restore freedom for all Exiles
- Invalesco holds a ceremony at the Church of the Disciples to turn redpills into vampires
- Malphas' troops invade the church and Invalesco is chased across the Mega City to the International District
- Invalesco flees to the Archives to hide
- Invalesco returns
- Malphas and Ookami transmit clues to all redpills about Invalesco's location
- Groups of redpills search the Mega City to find Invalesco
- Several redpills and Exiles from Malphas and Ookami corner Invalesco
- One of the Exiles skewers Invalesco with a wooden stake
- The Merovingian recaptures Malphas and Ookami and declares his intentions to permanently delete them

- THE HUNT FOR MORPHEUS -

- Redpills are attacked by The Assassin in Sobra Shores
- Morpheus begins putting up propaganda posters in sight of bluepills
- Zion orders all redpills to remove Morpheus' posters
- Morpheus continues to endanger the truce
- The Merovingian's henchmen continue tailing Morpheus
- Imposter Agents continue to antagonize both bluepills and redpills
- Imposter Agents use their PDAs to tamper with hardlines
- Masked redpills known as Cypherites begin attacking other redpills
- Morpheus plants hidden messages in The Sentinel to announce a meeting at the Club Messiah
- A Machinist operative plants surveillance equipment inside the club
- Morpheus arrives at the Club Messiah and speaks to a large crowd of redpills
- Morpheus declares his intentions to retrieve Neo's body from the Machines by force
- Helicopters begin circling the city the next day, dropping flyers bearing the message "DO NOT TRUST THE FRENCHMAN"
- Morpheus begins detonating code bombs to infect redpills with a virus to distort their RSI, causing mass awakenings among bluepills
- Morpheus makes a public appearance and is ambushed by Cypherites, who attack the other redpills as he makes his escape
- Lock orders all operatives to cease all attempts at communicating with Morpheus
- Cyperites attack redpills throughout the city
- Ghost calls a meeting in the Parallaxis club to gather intel regarding the Cypherites
- Reports indicate that the Cypherites are comprised of high-ranking redpills from all three organizations who have joined together to reinsert humans into the Power Plant
- Morpheus makes a public appearance and is attacked by Agents, security officers, and Ookami
- Lupines attack redpills throughout the city
- Morpheus continues his campain to strain the Matrix
- Morpheus sets a code bomb in a waste treatment plant
- The Assassin attempts to kill Morpheus, but Morpheus escapes as the code bomb detonates
- As Morpheus exits the building, the Assassin squeezes out of a small window and shoots Morpheus twice
- The Assassin empties the rest of the clip into Morpheus' body as it lies on the pavement
- Niobe, Anome, and a group of Zionites confronts a group of Agents outside of Kalt Chemical Engineering
- The Agents deny any Machinist involvement with the assassination of Morpheus
- Investigations into the identity of the Assassin begin
- Agent Skinner confronts the Assassin but is forced to delete himself to prevent the spread of the Fly Virus
- Niobe and Ghost mourn with other Zionite redpills at the Camon Heights Congregational Church
- Morpheus' body is presented at First Unified Church in Sobra Shores, though it disintegrates into a cloud of flies and reforms itself every few minutes
- Agent Pace becomes the first female Agent
- Agent Pace begins engaging in social activities such as dancing and accepting signs of physical affection
- The Corrupted attack redpills throughout Mega City
- Documents are recovered from the Corrupted indicating that the Assassin is a rogue Exile who intends to destroy the Matrix
- Several of the monuments throughout the City decay to the point of showing the underlying code
- Complete Corruptors, giant entities composed of flies, appear in several of the City's parks
- Redpills from all three major organizations attack the Complete Corruptors and defeat them
- The decayed monuments return to normal
- Investigations fail to ascertain the location of Morpheus' last known broadcast point or his Real World body

- CHOICE AND CONSEQUENCE -

NOTE: The chronology of the following four entries is still unknown, but it has come to the attention of all redpills at this point in the timeline.

* The HvBRG Terra Nova is sabotaged and destroyed, killing 140 operatives, 63 operators, and 20 other crewmembers
* Two redpills report for duty aboard a Machinist hovercraft, the crew of which is later found dead
* A redpill formerly named Mr. Williams discusses reinsertion of redpills into their pods with Agent Gray at Reagan's Steak House
* Two Cypherites named Enmascarado and Gemaskeerd monitor Morpheus as he detonates his code bombs and conspire to kill him

- Neurophyte of the HvCFT Novalis II is sent alone into the Desert of the Real on a classified mission
- Neurophyte's transponder and bioelectric monitor go offline simultaneously
- Zion is unable to locate Neurophyte in the Matrix or in the Real
- Three heavily-guarded Cypherite bases inside the Matrix are attacked but are found to be locked
- Ghost meets with a group of redpills at the Club Avalon to discuss the situation
- Cypherites ambush the crowd as Ghost departs the club, but Ghost and the other Zionites defeat the attackers
- False orders are sent out by imposter Operators to Zionite and the Machinist operatives in order to get them to violate the truce
- Neurophyte's coordinates in the Matrix are confirmed
- Neurophyte is recovered in the Real and is found to be in critical condition
- Neurophyte's killcode is found, though the extraction process is determined to be at the cost of her life
- Neurophyte expresses her desire to sacrifice her life to recover the killcode
- A Cypherite named Espectro appears in Achan and Tyndall orders Zion operatives to apprehend him
- False messages are sent by Operators to send all Zionite operatives to Midian Park and Apollyon
- Tyndall orders all operatives to Sai Kung where Espectro is found and unmasked
- Espectro's crew is informed of his identity and is ordered to return to Zion
- Redpills throughout the ranks of Zion send messages to Neurophyte through Tyndall asking her to reconsider her choice to sacrifice herself
- Neurophyte's fate is decided

- DOUBLE CROSS -

- Code bombs continue to be detonated throughout the Matrix
- Entities resembling Morpheus are sighted, each with names related to dreams
- The Assassin is sighted throughout the City and is attacked by crowds of redpills
- Niobe infiltrates a building where the Merovingian and Persephone are staying
- Niobe demands to know how to kill the Assassin
- Zion redpills are sent to acquire a recipe and ingredients for an insecticide to kill the Assassin
- Gemaskeerd appears at Mara Central and leads a group of redpills into a trap
- Redpills eliminate the attacking Cypherite forces
- Redpills attempt to unmask Gemaskeerd, but he escapes
- Specific redpills throughout the city are targeted and attacked by imposter Agents
- Imposter Agents are sighted guarding the Kalt Chemical Corporation complex in Kedemoth
- The Imposter Agents at Kalt Chemical Corporation are eliminated
- Imposter Agent forces are ordered to fall back to their territory in the Historic District downtown
- The Imposter Agent forces are routed
- A Cypherite traitor aboard the Novalis II places a device on Vashuo's cranial jack
- Sawayaka sends all crewmembers of the Novalis II on seperate missions within the Matrix
- The Cypherite activates the device on Vashuo's cranial jack, and Vashuo dies instantly
- Tamarin initiates the emergency jack-out protocols and returns the entire crew to the Real
- The crew discovers Vashuo's death
- The HvCFT Sedna intercepts the Novalis II and cuts off its communications
- Niobe and Ghost arrive to interrogate the Novalis II crew
- Investigations into the identity of the traitor responsible for Vashuo's murder are taken up by all of Zion's forces
- The Assassin appears at Mara Central, followed by Niobe and Enmascarado
- Niobe and the Assassin attack Enmascarado
- The Assassin defeats Enmascarado, and his RSI's code releases a flame virus
- All redpill RSIs in the immediate vicinity are infected and quickly spread the virus across the city
- Investigations identify Toorima as Vashuo's killer
- Toorima is revealed as a high-ranking Cypherite leader using Veil as her alternate handle
- Toorima is taken into custody and handed over to the Zion Council for sentancing

- DEATH OF THE DESTROYER -

- Investigations into chemical compounds capable of killing the Assassin begin
- A successful chemical compound is found
- Development begins on a device capable of spraying the Assassin with the insecticide formula
- The three main organizations trade information and work together to create the Flit Gun
- Investigations into the location of the Assassin's hideout reveal its location on board a garbage scow
- A redpill attempts to kill the Assassin with a flit gun, but the Assassin escapes through a hardline
- Surveillance reveals visual identification of The General on a downtown helicopter pad
- Commandos working for The General meet with representatives of all three organizations
- Massive clouds of flies fill the skies
- The Assassin attacks Ookami, leaving her in critical condition
- The Merovingian agrees to fight against the Assassin
- The Oracle makes a public appearance in Debir Court to emphasize the importance of eliminating the Assassin
- The Corrupted begin attacking redpills throughout the City
- Bluepills throughout the entire City avoid going outdoors
- Flit Guns are distributed amongst all redpills
- Investigations into where the Assassin may be found next begin
- The Assassin appears several times throughout the City but escapes
- Redpills gather together and attack the Assassin, spraying him with the insecticide
- The Assassin splits into several copies
- Redpills from all organizations continue to attack the Assassin
- The Assassin is finally killed and Morpheus is avenged
- Redpills sneak into the Hel Club and celebrate all day long
- Cake is distributed at The Sanguine Room
- Smaller parties are held at clubs throughout the City
- The flies clear from the skies
- Bluepills feel safe enough to venture outside again
- The Merovingian makes a brief appearance at The Sanguine Room
- Redpills assist in the process of purging the Matrix of any remaining code left by the Assassin

- ENIGMA OF CRYPTOS -

- A street magician named Cryptos announces his plans for performing "amazements" in the City
- Vertical red boxes appear throughout the City
- Cryptos emerges from the red boxes at regular intervals and espouses Cypherite propaganda
- Niobe investigates Cryptos' boxes
- The General announces his intentions to run for President
- Toorima escapes from Zion custody and reassumes her Cypherite name, Veil
- Zionites search the Matrix in the hopes of apprehending Veil
- The Merovingain holds an informal recruitment party at Parallaxis
- The Merovingian holds a celebration for his loyal followers at Club Sphinx [link]
- Commandos threaten the Merovingian at his party
- The General publically agrees to a truce with Zion
- The General's commandos are sent on training missions with Zionites
- The Oracle makes several informal appearances at Debir Court [link]
- A case of unknown but important contents is stolen by men in large coats
- Machinist operatives are sent out to attempt to retrieve the stolen case [link]
- Machinist operatives identify one of the men involved in the theft and determine he works for the General
- Anome goes clubbing [link]
- Veil is seen prowling around the City [link]
- The General tracks Persephone's movements as she attends a meeting at the Hel Club [link]
- A Machinist liaison program known as DifferenceEngine contracts an unknown virus [link]
- DifferenceEngine is found in Debir Court
- DifferenceEngine floods Debir Court with dozens of hostile agents
- Pace apprehends and subdues DifferenceEngine
- Veil and a group of Cypherites attacks operatives at Tabor Park Plaza [link]
- The Kid proclaims his goals and his condemnation for the Cypherites and establishes the E Pluribus Neo organization
- Zion investigates the members of E Pluribus Neo, including The Kid and his controller, Shimada
- Extremist E Pluribus Neo operatives cause reckless chaos within the Matrix
- Clashes occur between E Pluribus Neo followers and Cypherites

- A PIECE OF BLUE SKY -

- Rumors spread about public concerts organized by a Metacortex executive
- Concert sites are set up in parks throughout the City
- The sky in the Matrix takes on a vivid blue color
- The noticable green tint in the appearance of the Matrix shifts to a blue color
- Masked operatives called Sleepwalkers begin attacking redpills throughout the City
- Investigations indicate harmful potential effects from the searchlights at the concert sites
- Security guards appear at the concert sites and check on the search lights [link]
- The Architect meets with redpill operatives to warn them of the danger of system instability from the searchlights [link]
- The searchlights become active and are seen emanating vivid blue bolts throughout the areas
- Rumors spread that the searchlights can weaken a redpill to the point that reinsertion is required
- Redpills from all three organizations attempt to deactivate the lights
- Massive numbers of Sleepwalkers attack redpills throughout the City
- Security guards bearing Cypherite masks attempt to reactivate the lights and fight off the redpills
- The Machines discover a feedback exploit in the searchlights
- The Architect sends out a system-wide broadcast informing all redpills of the feedback loop
- Redpills attempt to deactivate all of the searchlights simultaneously
- The feedback loop is initiated and the Sleepwalkers are forced back into becoming bluepills
- The security guards revert to their bluepill lives with no memory of the incidents surrounding the Sleepwalkers
- Concert organizers reschedule the event because of the "riots"
- Hostilities between the regular Cypherites and EPN continue

- THE STOLEN CASE -

- The General establishes a helicopter outpost on the roof of a skyscraper in Morrell
- The Cypherites attempt to escort an Exile known as The Scanner across the International District [link]
- Followers of EPN surround the building and ambush the Cypherites as they leave
- The Cypherites neglect to protect The Scanner, who is quickly killed by the EPN soldiers
- Shimada congratulates the successful EPN operatives
- The Oracle bakes cookies for some worried operatives [link]
- Cryptos and Veil sabotage Zion bluepill extraction efforts [link]
- The Effectuator plays hide and seek [link]
- Niobe and Anome meet with The General on a rooftop in Achan
- The General points out a man on a bicycle who is carrying the stolen case previously sought by the Machines
- The General informs Niobe that the case contains codes that strongly enhance a human's capabilities within the Matrix
- The General offers the key to the case to Niobe, but Anome knocks it off the roof as he tries to grab it
- The key lands on the roof of a van, which is later vandalized by the local female Exile gang, The Bells
- The Bells are attacked by the Crossbones, who steal the key
- Investigations track the key to Silver who keeps it in a private construct
- Tyndall sends out a broadcast asking Zionites to apprehend Anome by searching all of the clubs in the Matrix [link]
- Anome is found and returns to Zion, complaining that a meeting he set up with a contact was ruined as a result
- The Architect detects traces of Stage 7 code corruption in the Matrix [link]
- Veil ambushes an E Pluribus Neo group [link]
- Agent Gray states that the Machines do not support Veil's actions and seek her apprehension
- The Machines pinpoint Shimada's carrier signal and cause interference, preventing her from exiting the Matrix [link]
- E Pluribus Neo operatives defend Shimada while her crew switches her signal frequency
- Cryptos meets with Cypherites and engages Zionites in combat [link]
- E Pluribus Neo assaults Agent Pace and a group of Machinists at the Government Building downtown [link]
- Agent Pace and the Machinists fight off the EPN attackers
- Agent Pace declares EPN as a primary enemy of the system
- The Oracle meets with a group of EPN operatives to discuss their goals [link]
- Agent Taylor leads an assault against the Morrell commando helicopter pad [link]
- The Merovingian visits a large party at Club Hel [link]
- Agent Gray assaults the Morrell helicopter pad and defeats the commandos present there [link]
- Anome meets with Zionites in the Polyvinyl club and orders them to track down the messenger who carries the stolen case [link]
- Zion operatives search the Richland district and find the messenger travelling very quickly through the streets
- Zion operatives flag down the messenger and retrieve the case
- Niobe retrieves the case from the Zion operatives and liaisons and safely uploads it

- THE UENO INCIDENT -

- Niobe and Anome meet at the Bishop Imports building in Ueno to open the case and test the vials
- Niobe takes a sip from one of the vials but doesn't notice any change
- Anome and three of his followers open fire and hit Niobe
- Anome's friend removes the cranial jack from one of Niobe's guards
- Anome takes the case for himself
- The entire floor of the building vanishes from the primary Mega City construct
- Zion begins negotiating with the Merovingian for help in rescuing Niobe
- The Merovingian agrees to help, apparently out of sheer good will
- The Effectuator slows down the run-time of Niobe's partitioned construct to provide more time for the investigation
- Two of Anome's operatives consume some of the vials and engage in an enormous battle in the air above the aqueduct
- Bluepills in the vicinity of the Parallaxis club witness the incident and are shocked out of the simulation
- Operatives from all three organizations hunt down Anome's closest lieutenants and kill them
- The Effectuator acquires access to Niobe's prison construct
- Ghost leads an assault to rescue Niobe
- Niobe returns to active duty after a brief recovery period
- Anome continues to terrorize the Mega City

- THE UNLIMIT -

- Anome and those loyal to him continue to consume some of the vials and subsequently gain bizarre powers
- Anome and his followers declare themselves as the "Unlimits"
- The Unlimits terrorize bluepills and redpills throughout the City
- The Merovingian appropriates some vials and analyzes them
- The Merovingian uses the data from the vials to track down the lost fragments of the Twins
- The Effectuator helps to reconstruct the fragments of the Twins, restoring them to active functioning duty
- A killcode bullet is prepared for Anome
- Agents impersonating Anome's mother fire the killcode bullet at Anome, knocking him off a building and killing him
- The last surviving Unlimit, Beirn, finds refuge with the Merovingian
- Agents dump the remaining confiscated vials into the Mega City aqueduct

- THE ABDUCTION OF SATI -

- The General abducts Sati from the Oracle's custody
- Seraph gives chase and grabs onto the escaping helicopter but later falls into the aqueduct
- The sky in the Matrix begins to deteriorate, turning to a dull orange color
- The General sets up a base called Stalingrad in the Real world
- Zion keeps the Oracle under constant protection in Seraph's absence
- Upgraded Elite Commandos outfitted with stealth armor begin attacking redpills
- Ghost and Agent Pace stage a hug to reassert Zion / Machine relations in an attempt to hurt the General's morale
- The Merovingian begins colluding with the General in an effort to obtain a killcode for the Oracle
- Seraph returns from the aqueduct and begins removing unknown infections from redpills and bluepills
- Attempts to talk to Seraph all fail as Seraph rapidly travels across the City, performing his unknown task
- Investigations indicate all operatives attacked by Seraph had previously had a mysterious and instantaneous alteration in their behavior in the past
- Morpheus is seen very briefly throughout the City, and analysis indicates it matches the HvCFT Nabonidus, Morpheus' most recent hovercraft
- Machines develop methods of bypassing the stealth technology of the Elite Commandos so operators can track them
- Seraph attacks Cryptos, removing a bug that had been controlling his actions
- Investigations reveal the Machines had used clandestine surveillance bugs on dozens of bluepills and redpills, including Zionites
- The entire Cypherite organization is revealed as a lengthy covert operation implemented by the Machines through Cryptos
- Veil assumes command of the Cypherite organization
- Cryptos demands to be returned to the Matrix, but Agent Gray informs him that there is no procedure for reinsertion
- Morpheus continues to be seen intermittently throughout the City
- Machine Sentinels attack Stalingrad but are shot down
- The sky continues to deteriorate, turning to a blood-red color
- The Merovingian tests his Oracle killcode on Agent Pace, damaging her but not fully deleting her
- Morpheus appears, but his signal appears glitched
- Seraph continues to aid the search for Sati, which is hampered by decoys set out by the General
- Sati is retrieved and returned to the Oracle
- Machinist sentinels overrun Stalingrad, wiping out most of the General's forces in the Real
- The weather returns to normal
- Investigations into the Morpheus appearances reveal that it is a simulacrum based on Morpheus created by the General
- Internal investigations on Zion's security team reveal that a mole from the Merovingian may be involved in the plot to assassinate the Oracle with the killcode
- An Elite Commando attempts to snipe the Oracle but the Kid jumps in the bullet's path
- The kid is injured but makes a full recovery
- Most of the remaining Elite Commandos are found and eliminated
- Large-scale shipments of material and personell are detected moving out of Zion in the Real
- A distress signal from the HvCFT Pelageus is detected
- A Cypherite aboard the Pelageus slaughters the crew
- Zionite reinforcements converge on the Pelageus, chasing after a fleeing Cypherite hovercraft

- NEW ZION -

- A Cypherite hovercraft finds tunnels lined with EMPs leading up to the entrance of a new underground city
- The Cypherites panic but are cut off by an incoming hoverbarge
- The Cypherites send an emergency broadcast indicating that they have succeeded in finding New Zion
- An emergency EMP is detonated, and the Cypherite hovercraft is taken down
- Upon receiving the news of a New Zion under construction, the Architect ends the Truce
- Hostilities between Zion and the Machines are reinitiated
- Agents resume attacking redpills throughout the Matrix
- Machine attacks cripple Zion networks within the Matrix
- New Zion's defenses--EMP minefields and a static EMP field covering the final entrance--prove too strong for any Sentinel attack
- Zion steps up its transfer of mainframe data and personell from the old city to the new
- Zion enlists the help of former Zionite Danielle Wright to revise the red pill trace programs to avoid detection by the Machines
- Zionites work with Wright to fix bugs in the new red pill trace program code
- Machines infiltrate Wright's base in the Real and kill her
- The Machines use Wright's uplink into the Zion Mainframe to plant a virus
- A hijacked Zionite hovercraft detonates against the main gate into the old Zion
- A Cypherite spy infiltrates the old city and detonates a bomb inside the command center
- Roland returns the Mjolnir to old Zion to investigate
- Feedback from the virus in Zion's systems fries the Mjolnir's onboard systems
- Sentinels swarm in and attack the old Zion, slaughtering the remaining occupants
- Roland and Colt escape from the wreckage of the Mjolnir and flee to New Zion
- Mauser and Commander Lock are seen fleeing the wreckage of old Zion but disappear afterward
- The Machines retrieve RSI data from the mainframe, but the data was encrypted by Lock and Morpheus
- The Machines develop their own Morpheus simulacrum to crack the data
- The Machines try to enlist the General's rogue Morpheus simulacrum to help them bypass the encryption in case their own fails

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