Timeline

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

1960s CE

1969 CE

• August 15-18:
  • Woodstock, a pivot point for United States counterculture, occurs. Future UEO members Nathan Bridger, William Noyce and Andrea Dre meet here (DSV: "The Last Lap of Luxury").

1970s CE

1971

• August 8:
  • Marilyn Stark born.

1980s CE

1983 CE

• Nathan Bridger and William Noyce become friends.

1988 CE

• William Noyce's Naval career begins.

2000s CE

2001-2003 CE

• The "dark age" of genetics, which lead to the creation of the GELFs (DSV: "Daggers").
• Approximate conception date for Model-K nicknamed "Dagwood."

2002 CE

• December 23:
  • Lucas Wolenczak born (2032: "Brave New World").

2010s CE

2011 CE

• United Nations dissolved, various economic confederations rise to take advantage of undersea resources, akin to a "gold rush" (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
• Nor-Pac, a military confederation with heavy United States of America involvement, created out of wake of NATO (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").

2011―2015 CE

• seaQuest DSV 4600 undergoes development and initial construction under Captain Nathan Bridger.
• Bridger develops war games program called NSC-2012 (DSV: "The Sincerest Form of Flattery").
• Bridger undergoes neurological scan for potential use in creating an artificial intelligence for military advisement (DSV: "The Sincerest Form of Flattery").
• Robert Bridger reported as killed in action, resulting in Nathan Bridger's resignation from the military. Nathan Bridger is reported as "going native," having relocated to his own island either during or following the death of his wife, Carol (DSV: "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 (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be")

2015 CE

• Jonathan Ford assigned to seaQuest as part of an activation crew; seaQuest DSV 4600 formally launched (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").

2016 CE

• Various confederations establish undersea mining claims in the Livingston Trench (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").

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 (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").

2017 CE

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

2018 CE

• March
  • Marilyn Stark given command of Delta 4 by industrialist George Le Chein to neutralize seaQuest (DSV: "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 (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").

2019 CE

• March:
  • seaQuest 2018-2019 tour ends (DSV: "Higher Power").
  • World Power goes online, with devastating results (DSV: "Higher Power").
  • seaQuest DSV 4600 destroyed to close undersea fissure (DSV: "Higher Power").

2020s CE

2022

• Disappearance of seaQuest in the Tonga Trench (DSV: "Splashdown").
• Miguel Ortiz and Wendy Smith killed in action on Hyperion (2032: "Brave New World").

2026

• UEO lifts ban on colonization deregulation, resulting in 100,000 square miles of underdevelop basins being made available. Numerous underesa colonies and installations arose (2032: "Brave New World").

2030s CE

2032 CE

• September 18:
  • seaQuest DSV 4600-II returned to Earth along with surviving crew members (2032: "Brave New World").