1998 - 2005 (ages 0–6): Grows up in a wealthy and image-conscious household. His father is a senior Air Force officer; his mother is an early adopter of the chip and AC ideology.
~2005 (age 6): His parents separate over irreconcilable disagreements about chipping their children. Relocates with his mother and older siblings to an Autonomous Corpus enclave outside Asheville, NC.
0 AI (2006) (age ~8): The Fall. His father is killed when the bombs fall.
0 - 5 AI (2006 - 2011) (ages ~8-13): Spends five years in an Autonomous Corpus compound in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Remembers very little of this period.
5 AI (2012) (age ~13): Total implant failure. Extracted from AC compound by Domingo Flores Romero (loculus).
6 - 7 AI (2012 - 2013) (ages ~14-15): Relocated to the Dislinked compound in Saldanha Bay and placed in a foster family alongside Eli McLeod (jetting). Becomes penpals with Sefi Wijk (backdrive). Early recovery, deprogramming, and adjustment.
7 - 10 AI (2013 - 2016) (ages ~15-18): Adolescence at Saldanha Bay. Becomes fixated on becoming a pilot. Makes at least two ill-advised attempts to stow away on Dislinked ships headed for the Mnemo, including the ship of Philip de Vries (philiip).
11 - 17 AI (2017 - 2023) (ages 19-25): Pursues a degree in American history. Plays baseball. Starts a short-lived band while waiting to age into eligibility. Establishes a reputation as a serial monogamist. Bides his time.
18 AI (2024) (age 26): Cleared for operative training. Throws himself into it with tireless enthusiasm.
TIMELINE.