Editing Timeline

The '''timeline''' of events in ''seaQuest DSV'' and ''2032'' is presented below.

The epoch of this timeline is February 12, 2017, the date of the [[Livingston Trench Incident]] {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

== 1910s CE ==

=== 1913 CE ===

* '''April 1:''' [[Lillian Strathearn]] departs London with the [[Lord Deegan]] and his wife {{Ep|Knight of Shadows}}
* '''May 8:''' The passenger liner ''[[R.M.S. King George]]'' sets sail from Lisbon with Lord Deegan's family and Strathearn {{Ep|Knight of Shadows}}.
* '''May 8―13:''' ''George'' sabotaged by her commanding officer, [[Phineas Wideman]], in order to discredit its engineer [[Robert Fitzgerald]] in the eyes of his beloved, Strathearn {{Ep|Knight of Shadows}}.
* '''May 13:''' ''George'' slowly sinks due to sabotage; all but Strathearn, Fitzgerald, Widerman, and three stowaways evacuate ''George.'' Fitzgerald dies from pneumonia, contracted while attempting repairs to ''George''<nowiki/>'s engine  {{Ep|Knight of Shadows}}.
* '''May 15:''' ''George''<nowiki/>'s survivors, sans aforementioned, picked up {{Ep|Knight of Shadows}}.

=== 1914 CE ===

* August 26: [[Lillian Strathearn]] dies aboard the submerged ''George'', having taken her own life {{Ep|Knight of Shadows}}.
** Sometime thereafter, Captain [[Phineas Wideman]] commits suicide, confessing to the sabotage of ''[[R.M.S. King George]]'' and his motivations in his log journal {{Ep|Knight of Shadows}}.

== 1950s CE ==

=== 1954―1955 CE ===

* [[William Noyce]] born.
** Noyce was in 9th grade when Woodstock occurred, thus approximating his age to be between 14 to 15 {{Ep|The Last Lap of Luxury}}.
* [[Andrae Dre]] born.
** Dre picked up Noyce, who was hitchhiking to Woodstock; given their generational similarities, and the fact that she drove, she would have had to been at least 15 to 16 years of age {{Ep|The Last Lap of Luxury}}.

== 1960s CE ==

=== 1961 CE ===
* [[Nathan Bridger]] born.
** Bridger notes that he was eight years old when Woodstock took place {{Ep|The Last Lap of Luxury}}.

=== 1969 CE ===

* August 15-18:
** [[Woodstock]], a pivot point for United States counterculture, occurs. Future UEO members  [[William Noyce]] and [[Andrea Dre]] meet here {{Ep|The Last Lap of Luxury}}. 

== 1970s CE ==

=== 1971 CE ===

* August 8:
** [[Marilyn Stark]] born {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

== 1980s CE ==

=== 1983 CE ===

* [[Nathan Bridger]] and [[William Noyce]] become friends {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

=== 1988 CE ===

* William Noyce's Naval career begins {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

== 2000s CE ==

=== 2001―2003 CE ===

* The "dark age" of genetics, which lead to the creation of the [[GELF|GELFs]] {{Ep|Daggers}}.
* Approximate conception date for [[Alpha Model-K]] nicknamed "[[Dagwood]]."

=== 2002 CE ===

* December 23:
** [[Lucas Wolenczak]] born {{Ep|Brave New World|series=2032}}.

== 2010s CE ==

=== 2011 CE ===

* [[United Nations]] dissolved, various [[economic confederations]] rise to take advantage of undersea resources, akin to a "gold rush" {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.
* [[Nor-Pac]], a military confederation with heavy United States of America involvement, created out of wake of NATO {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

=== 2011―2012 CE ===

* ''seaQuest DSV 4600'' undergoes development and initial construction under Captain [[Nathan Bridger]] {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

=== 2012 CE ===
* Bridger develops war games program called [[NSC-2012]] {{Ep|The Sincerest Form of Flattery}}.
* Bridger undergoes neurological scan for potential use in creating an artificial intelligence for military advisement {{Ep|The Sincerest Form of Flattery}}.
* [[Robert Bridger]] reported as killed in action somewhere in the [[North Atlantic]], resulting in Nathan Bridger's resignation from the military {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

=== 2012―2015 CE ===
* Nathan Bridger is reported as "going native," having relocated to [[Bridger's Island|his own island]] either during or following the death of his wife, [[Carol Bridger|Carol]] {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.
* Nathan Bridger rescues [[Darwin]] from a fisherman's net, and engages in his experiments of communication between dolphins and man on his islands, settling on a form of sign language  {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}

=== 2015 CE ===
* [[Jonathan Ford]] assigned to seaQuest as part of an activation crew; ''seaQuest DSV 4600'' formally launched {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

=== 2016 CE ===

* Various confederations establish undersea mining claims in the [[Livingston Trench]] {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.
[[File:DSV - Ocean Floor Room.jpg|thumb|[[Bobby]] and [[Jenny]] in the operator room of the [[Ocean Floor Mining Corporation]]; the board indicates the epoch of this timeline (upper left corner), February 12, 2017 {{ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.]]

=== 2017 CE ===

* February 12
** [[Livingston Trench Incident]] {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.
*** Captain [[Marilyn Stark]] relieved of command {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.
* September
** [[Nor-Pac]] provides ''[[seaQuest DSV 4600]]'' and personnel to [[United Earth-Oceans Organization|United Earth/Oceans Organization]] (UEO). It begins a refit under, overseen by Commander [[Jonathan Ford]] {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

=== 2018 CE ===

* March
** [[Marilyn Stark]] given command of [[Delta 4]] by industrialist [[George Le Chein]] to neutralize ''seaQuest'' {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.
** Admiral [[William Noyce]] brings [[Nathan Bridger]] out of retirement in an unconventional way, with the hope that he would assume ''seaQuest'''s captaincy {{Ep|To Be or Not to Be}}.

=== 2019 CE ===

* March: 
** ''seaQuest'' 2018-2019 tour ends {{Ep|Higher Power}}.
** [[World Power]] goes online, with devastating results {{Ep|Higher Power}}.
** ''seaQuest DSV 4600'' destroyed to close undersea fissure {{Ep|Higher Power}}.

== 2020s CE ==

=== 2022 CE ===

* [[Disappearance of seaQuest|Disappearance of ''seaQuest'']] in the [[Tonga Trench]] {{Ep|Splashdown}}.
* [[Miguel Ortiz]] and [[Wendy Smith]] killed in action on [[Hyperion]] {{Ep|Brave New World|series=2032}}.

=== 2026 CE ===

* UEO lifts ban on Colonization deregulation, resulting in 100,000 square miles of underdeveloped basins being made available. Numerous underesa colonies and installations arose {{Ep|Brave New World|series=2032}}.

== 2030s CE ==

=== 2032 CE ===

* September 18:
** ''[[seaQuest DSV 4600-II]]'' returned to Earth along with surviving crew members {{Ep|Brave New World|series=2032}}.