Timeline

This is a chronological timeline of events related to the history of Prey and Prey: Mooncrash.

1955
The Space Race begins when both the United States and the Soviet Union make rival announcements about their intent to launch the first satellite.

1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the world's first satellite.

1958
The United States launches Explorer 1, the first American satellite. Later that year, the Soviets secretly launch a deep space probe named Vorona I to secure their lead in the Space Race. The Vorona I entered stable orbit around Earth-Moon Lagrange Point-2 and began transmitting deep-space telemetry back to Earth.

1960
After communication ceased with Vorona I, a manned mission is sent to investigate. The Soviet repair crew make first contact with non-terrestrial organisms and are subsequently killed by it. The incident was classified as a state secret by the Soviet leadership, which became known as the Vorona I incident.

1962
The Soviet Union secretly approaches the United States for assistance with containing the Typhon threat. President John F. Kennedy agreed to their request while publicly, the two countries announce a joint mission to the moon.

1963
The Americans and the Soviets launch the Kletka program, a permanent installation to contain and study the Typhon. This program lays down the foundation for what would later become Talos I.

Wavering relationships between the two superpowers led to a failed assassination attempt on President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. These put a halt to the U.S./Soviet joint space program.

1964
After wresting control of the Kletka from the Soviets, the U.S. initiates Project Axiom in an attempt to generate new technology based on researching the Typhon organisms. A moonbase is established to provide raw materials to support the construction of the project's primary research platform.

1965
The first Weaver is observed inside the station.

1978
Primary construction of the Project Axiom research platform is completed. Operations of the moonbase are scaled back, and the mines go dark.

1980
Faulty containment procedures result in the Pobeg Incident, which leaves numerous scientists aboard the station dead at the hand of the Typhon.

1984
Shifting national priorities, staff fatalities, and a lack of concrete applications lead to the shuttering of Project Axiom. The Kletka goes dormant, the station decommissioned by its administrators. Moonbase personnel are recalled and the base is shuttered shortly after.

1994
The government hold on Project Axiom is lifted.

2005
Morgan Yu is born, child of a German tech entrepreneur and a distinguished Chinese neuroscientist.

2018
Morgan Yu wins a robotics tournament.

Thai entrepreneur, Kasma Singhapat - known in some circles as Grandma Wolf - founds KASMA Corp, which gains immediate notoriety by snatching top talent from the jaws of various governments bent on indicting those individuals for various crimes.

2024
KASMA Corp. makes an unsuccessful bid for the US government's Kletka and moonbase stations amid industry rumors that a new, more powerful corporation may soon seek to acquire the old government installations.

TranStar Kitchen is established.

2025
The TranStar board of directors, a cabal of international investors, is established. They privatize the Kletka and buy, upgrade and modernize the moonbase, dubbed "Pytheas", to supply the construction of the new Talos I station.

Alex Yu is appointed CEO of TranStar and Director of Research aboard the new Talos I space station.

2029
32 people are killed in the 2029 Red Square attacks perpetuated by four members of the Menshevik movement. The perpetrators are transferred to the TranStar Volunteer Initiative to serve their sentence in stead of their execution.

2030
The construction of Talos I is achieved while mining operations at Pytheas are dramatically scaled back. The base is converted into a research annex for Talos, and the dome over the Crater is built.

The first successful Neuromod technology is derived from research aboard Talos I. Human learning is revolutionized.

2031
John F. Kennedy dies at the old age of 114 years old.

2032
Morgan Yu is recruited as co-director of research and development aboard Talos I. Riley Yu is appointed as Director of Pytheas to operate the base as Typhon research facility and Helium-3 refinery.

On March 15th, Morgan Yu leave their apartment in Echelon to the TranStar Testing Facility, San Francisco, in preparation of their trip to Talos I.

2034
Morgan Yu volunteers to be the subject of their own experiments to test new Typhon-based Neuromods. Meanwhile, KASMA Corp. succeeds in infiltrating TranStar at various levels, kicking off an ever escalating war of corporate espionage between the two rivals.

2035
On February 2nd, Alex Yu starts forcing his sibling through a loop of Neuromod testing simulations.

Prey and Mooncrash begin - On February 22nd, the first Typhon breaks containment from Psychotronics and disturb Morgan's simulation, killing the Neuromod Division director, Dr. Bellamy. The next day, the Typhon spread aboard Talos I, wiping out most of the station's employees. Morgan Yu breaks out of the loop of simulations.

At some point that is still being debated, another outbreak starts on Pytheas and wipes out nearly all employees.

2036 or 2046
On December 3rd, Peter starts using a looking glass headset and data from a data vault operator to run simulations of what may have transpired on Pytheas during its outbreak.