Timeline

This is the timeline of events relating to the Wipeout series.

NOTE: The official background story to the games is not exactly prevalent in the games themselves. Rather, they are most commonly found in the game manuals and websites. This page is an attempt to link all official backstory together.

Prologue

The events before Wipeout 2048 take place at this time.

• 2004 (January 17th): Anti-gravity technology pioneer Pierre Belmondo is born in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.
• 2021: Pierre Belmondo drops out of university to join the Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research full-time.
• 2024: Pierre Belmondo is named the Director of the Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research.
  • (November 24th): The World Technology Symposium discontinues the World Anti-Gravity Research Congress, of which the Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research was a member at the time. Belmondo and his research team continue regardless.
• 2035 (April 14th): Pierre Belmondo completes the first anti-gravity flight in history in the Nevada desert, piloting the Nx1000 prototype craft.
• 2036: Federal European Industrial Science and Research is founded by the European Federation.
• 2040: Anti-Gravity Systems, the commercial arm of the the Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research, is founded. Belmondo is named the Director.
• 2042: The Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research folds. As a result, AG Systems is acquired by a Japanese consortium, and FEISAR becomes Europe's main anti-gravity technology research organization.
• 2044:
  • Brazilian companies Pir and Hana merge to form Pir-hana.
  • The Anti-Gravity Federation is founded by Pir-hana, which in turn conjures the idea of the Anti-Gravity Racing Championships at Belmondo's suggestion. The Anti-Gravity Race Commission is founded with datacast celebrity Dirk Breakwater as its first Chief Executive.
• c.2045: AG Systems employees Delia Flaubert and Holst McQueen are dismissed as a result of their feud with each other over the proposed direction of the company. The two go on to form their own AG racing teams in two different locations.
• 2045: Holst McQueen moves to Russia and joins Qirex Industries, where he founds the Anti-Gravity division of the company.
• 2046: Auricom Research Industries is founded by Delia Flaubert in the United States of America.

AGRC/F3600 era (2048-2084)

The events of Wipeout 2048 and the original Wipeout take place at this time.

• 2048: The inaugural Anti-Gravity Racing Championship season commences in Nova State City.
• c.2050:
  • Auricom debuts the first dual-hulled craft in the history of AG racing, albeit as an experimental prototype ship.
  • Belmondo calls for standardisation of AG racing. This leads to the formation of the F3600 League.
• 2052:
  • The inaugural F3600 Anti-Gravity Racing League season commences.
  • Pir-hana is bought out under Chinese ownership and mysteriously pulls out of AG racing. They become the suppliers of their patented airbrake technology to AG Systems and Auricom.
• 2056: AG Systems pilot Daniel Chang becomes the first fatality in anti-gravity racing history. The 2056 F3600 season is suspended as investigations into the safety of the craft begin. The League is restarted two years later. It was highly likely that this incident was fabricated by the Chinese government due to Chang's retaliation.
• 2060: Pir-hana is renamed Piranha Advancements, and later reinstates craft development programs.
• 2062: Dirk Breakwater dies. American AG pioneer Chuck Hoffman replaces him as the Executive Director.
• 2080: Chuck Hoffman is assassinated during the opening of the 2080 season at Altima VII, Canada. The season is subsequently cancelled. Rumours come from fans that datacast company Overtel Corporation has conspired to kill Hoffman to wrestle control of the Commission away from Belmondo's ideals. Pierre Belmondo later becomes the acting Executive Director and isolates every party linked to the murder. Belmondo is then named the new Executive Director and announces plans to upgrade the league to F5000, allowing for weapons capable of destroying craft.

F5000 era (2085-2115)

The events of Wipeout 2097 and Wipeout 64 take place at this time.

• 2085: The inaugural F5000 Anti-Gravity Racing League season commences.
• 2095: Goteki 45 is founded in Makana, an artificial island in the Pacific Ocean.
• 2097: Piranha make their appearance in the F5000 League with their P.666 v.Prototype experimental craft.
• 2098: The Race Commission green-lights the use of team-specific "super weapons", and the F5000 race calendar is expanded.
  • Piranha releases the successor to the P.666 v.Prototype, known simply as "Piranha II", now with weapon capabilities.
• c.2100s: Pierre Belmondo resigns as the Executive Director of the Commission. He then founds the Belmondo Foundation to enforce the purity of AG racing as well as his vision of using AG technology to benefit mankind.
• 2109: Icaras is founded by Burnston Burns.
• 2113: Assegai Developments is founded by the United African Nations (founded in 2100), with headquarters in Durban, South Africa.
• c.2115:
  • Qirex Industries is renamed Qirex Research and Development.
  • Piranha relocates to Brazil.

F7200 era (2116-2155)

The events of Wipeout 3 take place at this time.

• 2116 (March 19th): The inaugural F7200 Anti-Gravity Racing League season begins. For the first time since the AGRC, the whole League is held in a single location, Mega City.
• 2127 (June 8th): Pierre Belmondo dies (aged 123), hours after witnessing the birth of his great-great-granddaughter, Natasha.
• c.2128: The Classic League is added to the F7200, with races held on fan-favourite tracks of the previous F3600 and F5000 Leagues picked by popular vote.
• 2132:
  • Overtel Corporation gains full control of the F7200 Commission. In doing so, Qirex is reorganised as an independent entity.
  • Advanced Targeting Systems Ltd., Kramer Ordnance, and Incendiary Projectile Supplies Inc. merge to form Triakis Industries.
• 2137:
  • The Goteki 45 headquarters at Makana is mysteriously carpet-bombed. Goteki 45 folds as a result.
  • Xios International is founded in Finland.
• 2140: Icaras folds following the death of Burnston Burns. Most of their resources and assets are sold off, and the rest are later taken over by an unknown party, later confirmed to be FEISAR.
• 2143: Van-Über Racing Developments is founded in Germany by former AG racing champion Wolfgang Van-Über.
• 2149: Qirex is taken over by Tigron Enterprises, the commercial arm of an underworld criminal syndicate which has overthrown the Russian government. This is the result of years of financial trouble for Qirex following the departure of Overtel as parent company and the recent depression in the Russian industrial sector.
• 2150:
  • Assegai is acquired by Piranha.
  • The F7200 Commission announces plans to upgrade the league again to F9000. This approach sees dramatic changes to AG racing, most notably the emphasis on vehicular combat. Race tracks are chosen by popular vote over the next few years.
• 2155: AG Systems goes bankrupt, and the company's AG racing team assets are sold off to G-Tech Systems.
• c.2155: EG-R Technologies is founded in China.

F9000 era (2156-2170)

The events of Wipeout Fusion take place at this time.

• 2156: The inaugural F9000 Anti-Gravity Racing League season commences. The former F7200 Commission is renamed the F9000 International Federation of Anti-Gravity Racing.
  • The 2156 season is won by Auricom, with Natasha Belmondo winning the pilots' championship.
• 2158: Within two years of competition, EG-R were found to be under scrutiny by the F9000's Race Commission due to their inability to provide their team history, as well as suspicions surrounding the physical appearance of their pilots, Paul Cheung and Alex Reece. Despite their efforts to obtain any information from the team, none have succeeded so far, and both pilots were legally allowed to race regardless of their histories.
• 2159: Natasha Belmondo makes a sudden transfer from Auricom to Xios.
  • Both Belmondo and Xios win the Pilots' and Teams' championship of the 2159 season later on.
• 2162: The Anti-Gravity Purity Coalition is formed by hardcore AG Racing fans as a resistance organisation with the purpose of undermining the League, claiming it's been spoilt by the excessive use of weapons and elaborate track designs.
• 2164:
  • Temtesh Bay Disaster – The recently introduced explosive missiles cause the collapse of the mine section at Temtesh Bay's medium course during the first lap of the race, killing six pilots and entombing many others for days. Three pilots later withdraw from the F9000 League. It is highly likely that FEISAR are the ones behind the disaster, as the aforementioned missiles are in fact their "Super Missiles" superweapon, with their lead pilot Daniel Johnson likely the one responsible for triggering the disaster, since the missiles themselves are deployed from none other than his ship.
  • The 2164 season of the F9000 League is won by FEISAR, with their lead pilot Daniel Johnson, who has retired following the Temtesh Bay disaster, also winning the pilots' championship.
• 2168: Auricom withdraw from the F9000 League in protest of the League policies, shortly after they win the 2168 season with their lead pilot, Pascale Rouser.
• 2169: Piranha withdraw from the F9000 League during the 2169 season.
• c.2169-2170: Xios and Van-Über withdraw from the F9000 League during the offseason, before the 2170 season.

Downfall and Rebirth (2171-2196)

The events between Wipeout Fusion and Wipeout Pure take place at this time.

• 2170 (October): The Fall of the F9000 – The Anti-Gravity Purity Coalition releases documents that expose allegations of corruption and illegal practices between the F9000 Federation, Overtel, and numerous other parties and crime syndicates. As a result, the F9000 League is suspended indefinitely pending further investigations. The Overtel headquarters in New York City is besieged by U.S. Marshals and members of the board are arrested. At the same time, a chain reaction of accusations leads to the termination of many associated parties. The economic shock, fallout and rioting results in a worldwide economic depression that lasts for the decade.
  • Tigron folds, and the syndicate-backed government is deposed not long after.
  • G-Tech folds after being exposed to a series of financial scandals.
• 2171: AG Systems is re-established and reorganised as an anti-gravity research enterprise.
• 2172:
  • EG-R and Xios merge to form EG-X Technologies.
  • Russian businessman Feliks Levovich purchases a former Tigron factory and starts restoring old AG craft.
• 2177: Harimau International is founded in Malaysia as a humanitarian organisation that aids the recovery of Asian regions from the great depression of the 2170s.
• 2179: Qirex is re-established after an announcement from Feliks Levovich, who is later named the Director.
• 2181: Assegai is re-established after being released and returned to the UAN from Piranha at the UAN's request.
• 2182: First signs of the global amateur scene emerge, consisting of restored craft on makeshift circuits.
• 2185: The Anti-Gravity Rebirth Festival is held as an amateur racing event in Nevada to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Pierre Belmondo's historic flight.
  • The Belmondo Foundation (now headed by Executive Director Natasha Belmondo) announces the FX150 Amateur League. Various companies participating in the festival, including AG racing teams such as AG Systems, Qirex and Van-Über, become the replacement part suppliers for the competitors' ships.
• 2195:
  • After 10 successful years of the FX150, the professional FX300 Anti-Gravity Racing League is announced. This is influenced by major teams, such as AG Systems, Piranha, Assegai, and newcomers Triakis, wanting to run works teams.
  • The reconstruction of Makana ends successfully.
  • Former Triakis pilot Kelvin Sheena is dismissed from the team and mysteriously disappears from the public eye.

FX era (2197-present)

The events of Wipeout Pure, Pulse, and HD/Fury take place at this time.

• 2197: The inaugural FX300 Anti-Gravity Racing League season commences. This is the third time in the history where an entire AG racing competition is held in a single location, this time the artificial island of Makana. It is the first professional AG racing league in almost 30 years.
  • The AG Racing Commission is established, consisting of representatives of the Belmondo Foundation and the competing teams.
• 2199: Icaras is re-established by the grandson of Burnston Burns, Connor Burns. He is named the Director.
• 2200: Because of traffic problems to the small island, the AG Racing Commission begins the construction of tracks outside Makana to be included into the League, also in preparation for the FX400 League.
• 2202:
  • Mirage is co-founded by Sheikh Mani Zayed and Mirage Anti-Gravity Excellence Centre in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. This is the professional AG racing division of the company.
  • Goteki 45 is re-established and later take part in the FX300 League as the host team.
• 2206:
  • The final season of FX300 AG Racing League is won by Triakis. However, because of their reverse-inertia deceleration system, they are disqualified. The title is later awarded to AG Systems.
  • The FX350 Anti-Gravity Racing League commences. This is the developmental ground for pilots transitioning from the FX300 to the FX400 League. It is also a proving ground for the teams' prototype ships.
• 2207: The inaugural FX400 Anti-Gravity Racing League season commences.