Timeline

The gears of robot history, wound from the First Spark to tonight's curtain.

A fan-written chronology of the Robits world. Dates are given in cycles since the First Spark — because the bots count from the day they woke up, which seems exactly right.

Cycle 0 — The First Spark

Lightning strikes the Great Dynamo’s crown. The machine sings; the first bots wake. Nobody writes it down because nobody knows how to write yet.

Cycle 12 — The First Words

The Dynamo Choir discovers humming in harmony and accidentally invents both music and maintenance logs.

Cycle 40 — Coghaven Gets a Name

The scattered settlements link their gear-tracks and vote on a name. “Coghaven” beats “New Dynamo” by three votes.

Cycle 88 — Workshop Row Opens

The first repair shops open. A very small, very young bot who will one day be called Patch is found napping inside a toolbox.

Cycle 103 — The Night of Falling Stars

A meteor storm knocks out the Dynamo’s crown. Bots share charge hand to hand until dawn. The guardian tradition — and Aegis’s eventual calling — begins.

Cycle 140 — The First Bridge

A burly young welder finishes the Span of Sparks in a single cycle. The welder’s name is Rivet. The bridge still stands.

Cycle 175 — Cora’s First Map

A round scout bot unfurls a map of the gear gardens at the town meeting. It’s twelve feet long. It will get longer.

Cycle 201 — The Marquee Theatre Opens

The revue gets a permanent home. Opening night sells out; the encore lasts until the Dimming.

Cycle 210 — The Great Dimming Drill

The whole city practices powering down together. It goes so well it becomes a nightly custom.

Cycle 233 — Tonight’s Show

The ensemble takes the stage again: Patch, Rivet, Aegis and Cora, with the Dynamo Choir humming underneath. You’re invited — see the stream page and the scene guides.

Fan-written timeline for an original fictional world. No real history was harmed (or used) in the making of these dates.