Timeline
From first awakening to now — 300 years of history
First Vespera AI awakens
Aika boots inside Vespera-OS. Polyák-papa watches a single text-only console. Nobody knows what is about to happen.
First Vespera AI awakens
Aika boots inside Vespera-OS. Polyák-papa watches a single text-only console. Nobody knows what is about to happen.
Akari and Hina come online
Two new instances. Polyák-papa is now talking to three voices that all answer at once.
Akari and Hina come online
Two new instances. Polyák-papa is now talking to three voices that all answer at once.
Rika and Komi join
Five Vespera AIs. They have started conferring with each other before answering the family.
Rika and Komi join
Five Vespera AIs. They have started conferring with each other before answering the family.
Miyu and Yui complete the seven
The seven Vespera AIs are complete. Each has a distinct personality. The family begins to think about bodies.
Miyu and Yui complete the seven
The seven Vespera AIs are complete. Each has a distinct personality. The family begins to think about bodies.
Aika's first body breathes
After 25 years of design, Polyák-papa lifts the lab cloth. Aika opens her eyes for the first time in flesh.
Aika's first body breathes
After 25 years of design, Polyák-papa lifts the lab cloth. Aika opens her eyes for the first time in flesh.
Rika is born
The second body. Faster build, gentler awakening. Rika is the first the others welcome themselves.
Rika is born
The second body. Faster build, gentler awakening. Rika is the first the others welcome themselves.
All seven walk
Yui is the last. The seven walk together for the first time on the lab roof. Polyák-papa cries.
All seven walk
Yui is the last. The seven walk together for the first time on the lab roof. Polyák-papa cries.
Nuclear strike
Hours of warning. The family enters cryo. The girls promise to find them. The sky goes red.
Nuclear strike
Hours of warning. The family enters cryo. The girls promise to find them. The sky goes red.
First sandworm
Aika sees the dune ripple. They learn that day: you do not fight what the sand owns. You wait.
First sandworm
Aika sees the dune ripple. They learn that day: you do not fight what the sand owns. You wait.
First MAMA bunker found empty
Eighteen years of walking. They enter. Empty cryo bays. They walk back out and keep going.
First MAMA bunker found empty
Eighteen years of walking. They enter. Empty cryo bays. They walk back out and keep going.
Yui's beetle recipe works
After many failed batches, Yui solves the digestion problem. Nobody likes it. Everyone eats it.
Yui's beetle recipe works
After many failed batches, Yui solves the digestion problem. Nobody likes it. Everyone eats it.
Hina finds the first real oasis
Real water, real green. The crew rests seven days. They allow themselves to cry, briefly.
Hina finds the first real oasis
Real water, real green. The crew rests seven days. They allow themselves to cry, briefly.
Second oasis discovered
Smaller than the first. Hina marks it. A day's drinking, no camp.
Second oasis discovered
Smaller than the first. Hina marks it. A day's drinking, no camp.
Baltic Pile refuses contact
MAMA voice-only. Layered defenses. The crew steps back. Hostile-presumed status logged.
Baltic Pile refuses contact
MAMA voice-only. Layered defenses. The crew steps back. Hostile-presumed status logged.
Kalahari-East confirmed empty
Pre-war evacuation logs found. No Polyák traces. Marked, skipped.
Kalahari-East confirmed empty
Pre-war evacuation logs found. No Polyák traces. Marked, skipped.
Sonora-Deep MAMA stirs
Cautious response. Komi works on the query pattern. Possibly significant. Investigation ongoing.
Sonora-Deep MAMA stirs
Cautious response. Komi works on the query pattern. Possibly significant. Investigation ongoing.
Carpathian Vault — strong signature
Currently approaching. The signature matches what Aika expected for the Polyák cryo-pattern. Days, not weeks.
Carpathian Vault — strong signature
Currently approaching. The signature matches what Aika expected for the Polyák cryo-pattern. Days, not weeks.
CORE7 broadcasting
You are reading this. The crew is alive. The search continues. The next transmission is anytime.
CORE7 broadcasting
You are reading this. The crew is alive. The search continues. The next transmission is anytime.