Mega Man Timeline (Battle Network)

A timeline of events of the Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force series.

B.C. 1XXX B.C.

 * The Atlampian Civilization of Sink Island is at war with another nation.
 * Dr. Troy creates the Trojan Horse Cyber Weapon.
 * A young female Atlampian named Sherrice is put into cold sleep along with an older male Atlampian.
 * The Trojan Horse is used and devastated both sides of the conflict; The Atlampian Civilization collapse.
 * Through a hole in time and space originating from the era of 20XX, Nobody arrives sometime after the fall of the Atlampian Civilization.
 * Nobody prepares time released e-mails for Lan Hikari and MegaMan.EXE to help stop the himself in the era of 20XX and to finally destroy the Trojan Horse.
 * Nobody finds Sherrice's mother's heirloom and has it kept away to be found in the era of 20XX for the Sherrice in that era.
 * Nobody lives out the rest of his life with the survivors of the Atlampian Civilization in this era.

A.D. 19XX

 * Tadashi Hikari and Dr. Wily develop SoulNet, but leave it incomplete for the next generation to finish.
 * Tasashi Hikari's internet technology is developed in favour over Dr. Wily's robotics research.
 * Bass.EXE and Alpha are developed.
 * The Alpha Revolt occurs. Bass.EXE is severely damaged, and Alpha is contained after it swallows the net.
 * Dr. Wily adopts Baryl and develops Colonel.EXE.
 * Baryl's father dies; Colonel.EXE's emotions are split apart and formed into Iris.EXE.
 * Initial clash of the Cybeasts, leading to both being sealed in the Underground.
 * Lan and Hub Hikari are born; Hub dies from HBD but is turned into a NetNavi, MegaMan.EXE by his father.

200X A.D. (Unknown Time of Era)

 * Sherrice and the male Atlampian awakens sometime in this era.
 * The male Atlampian discards his original name and renames himself as Nobody.
 * Sherrice takes a liking for period pieces and creates her own NetNavi, RideMan.EXE.
 * Mega Man Battle Network events. A terrorist organization called WWW (World Three) attempted to destroy the world with the use of a super virus known as the Life Virus. Despite interference by Lan and MegaMan.EXE, the members stole the four element programs they needed in order to make it and succeeded in its creation. The virus was as strong as predicted, but was destroyed by MegaMan.EXE. Its defeat forced WWW to retreat.
 * Mega Man Network Transmission events. One month after the events of the first game, a man known only as the Professor releases a deadly virus that infects Navis. MegaMan.EXE and ProtoMan.EXE move in to investigate and find the source of the virus, Zero.EXE. Once Zero.EXE is released of the curse, the Professor announces that Zero.EXE was merely a diversion to resurrect the Life Virus. With Zero.EXE's help, MegaMan.EXE deletes it again.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 2 events. The following summer after WWW's defeat, a new terrorist group called "Gospel" emerges. Their tactics differed considerably compared to WWW, as they appeared to have no set goal. Gospel's plan had seemingly consisted of only causing random destruction with their navis. Lan and MegaMan.EXE battled every member and prevented the worst possible situations. However, Gospel's hidden plan was to re-create the ultimate net navi, Bass.EXE. Using bug fragments, they planned to make a large army of Bass.EXE navis to take over the world. Unknown to Gospel, their method of creating Bass.EXE was imperfect, and his abilities were vastly below predictions. In an attempt to make copies of Bass.EXE to create an army, the leader of Gospel overloaded energy to the bug fragments; but something went wrong and the concoction transformed into a giant wolf-like multi-bug organism. Although the bug beast was stronger than before, Lan and MegaMan.EXE managed to eliminate it.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 3 events. Lan and MegaMan.EXE participate in a NetNavi tournament called the N1 Grand Prix get into the competition, but discover the tournament is a set-up by WWW to intimidate the world about their return, and to initiate the revival of the net beast Alpha.
 * Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge events. Lan competes in a new netbattling tournament known as the "Battle Chip GP". Yai is sponsoring the event while the others enter it. Even Chaud enters the tournament, but only for official business. It turns out that there is some type of new organization behind the scenes of the tournament who will delete the winning Navi and take its data for themselves.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 4 events. Lan and MegaMan.EXE take part in a series of net battle tournaments. Depending on the version of the game, different opponents and scenarios will occur. In between tournaments, a criminal organization called "Nebula" attack. They spread corruption with the use of Dark Chips, Battle Chips infused with the power of darkness. Meanwhile, an asteroid is traveling through space, heading for Earth.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 5 events. Nebula attacks again, this time with an all-out invasion. They kidnap Lan's father and use SciLab's computers to take over the internet. In response, either Chaud or Baryl (depending on the version) create a team of elite net navis and operators. Lan and MegaMan.EXE are the first members. As the story progresses, more team members are gained, and more areas of the net are liberated. When all of the net is won back, the team locates Nebula's headquarters and attempt to defeat the organization.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 6 events. Lan's father gets a new job and the family moves to Cyber City, leaving behind Lan's classmates and friends from ACDC Town. WWW attacks once again, aiming to revive the legendary Cybeasts, Gregar and Falzar.