The Continuum
Terra has one timeline. Events, institutions, and technological change all sit on the same line. What changes is how that timeline is shown—not the history itself.
The world is currently shown in two ways: Terra: Evolved and Terra: Ascended. Both draw from the same timeline but focus on different parts of it. They are two ways of presenting the same world, not two different worlds.
Evolved and Ascended differ in what they focus on and how the material is organised. They do not differ in when things happen.
Terra: Evolved
Historical Position
Set in a time when technology and institutions are advanced but still clearly linked to what came before. Systems have changed gradually. Nothing has been overturned in a single break.
Power Structure
Power sits in institutions that have grown over time. It is spread across rules and procedures. It is not handed over in one big event.
Technological Condition
Technology is everywhere and taken for granted. It shapes daily life and how things are run. The focus is on how systems work now, not on the point when they changed.
Narrative Form
Most of the material is documents and official records. The tone is matter-of-fact, like reports. Any fiction fits how things already work in this period.
Terra: Ascended
Historical Position
Set in a time defined by a major change. What came before and what came after are clearly separate. The break is the reference point.
Power Structure
Power has been rebuilt around that change. Who holds it and how is seen in terms of the break. Institutions are either results of the change or part of running what came after.
Technological Condition
Technology is where the change is most visible. The material is set after the change. The focus is on what changed and how the new order is kept running.
Narrative Form
The tone is clearly shaped by the change. Records and fiction often treat it as a turning point. The material is written from the standpoint of after.
The Architect
Peter Hansen
Architect of Terra
Terra is designed and maintained by Peter Hansen as architect and steward. Phitscraft records how it is built: the decisions, the structure, and the method.