Timeline

Manga Timeline
The Trigun Maximum timeline is inconsistent and inaccurate in terms of the length of time claimed to be between events by characters or by general text establishing time and date. This timeline can be used for general reference to place events in a general time frame but is not accurate in calculating exact calendar dates or character ages.

Earthdate 2405

 * May 3; Tessla is born
 * December 18; Tessla is killed as a result of experimentation
 * Ship crew enter cryogenic sleep, Rem assigned guard duty

Earthdate 2406-24XX

 * Vash and Knives are born
 * Vash and Knives celebrate their 1st birthday
 * The Big Fall is orchestrated

Stardate 0000-0104

 * Vash and Knives traverse the planet for ~80 years while human settle in
 * Knives cuts Vash's arm off, the two go their separate ways
 * Knives befriends the Sandworms
 * Vash is found unconscious by members of the Floating Colony
 * Knives finds William Conrad living in hiding as Revnant Vasquez, the two start research on plant cores
 * Knives allows Legato to join him
 * Knives begins recruiting the Gung-Ho-Guns
 * Eye of Michael is established as a plant worship cult
 * Maylene is adopted from the West December Orphanage
 * Livio is placed in the care of the West December Orphanage, befriending Wolfwood and Jasmine
 * Razlo kills Jasmine's dog and Livio disappears from the West December Orphanage
 * Wolfwood is taken from the West December Orphanage by The Eye of Michael, undergoes experimentation and training
 * Livio is taken in by the Eye of Michael "several months" after his disappearance

Stardate 0104

 * Vash leaves the Floating Colony to look for Knives after news about his activity
 * Vash and Knives reunite in the city of July, subsequently kidnapped and undergoes experimentation by Conrad
 * July 21; the July Incident
 * Knives is incapacitated and goes into hiding to heal
 * Vash has a bounty of $$60,000,000,000 DEAD OR ALIVE placed on his head

Stardate 0104-0110

 * Wolfwood escapes from the Eye of Michael
 * Wolfwood reunites with Maylene, who does not recognize him, as the priest for her wedding
 * Meryl and Milly void Vash's $$60,000,000,000 bounty by announcing that Vash is now classified as a "humanoid natural disaster"
 * Meryl, Milly and Vash unite
 * The Sand Steamer arc occurs 3 months after Meryl and Milly were assigned to monitor Vash

October

 * Vash meets Legato for the first time, Legato informs Vash of the Gung-Ho-Guns and leaves him with a coin case
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 1: Monev the Gale
 * Vash loses his first mechanical arm prosthetic
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 2: E.G. Mine
 * Legato wipes out human trafficking gang
 * Wolfwood meets Vash, Meryl, and Milly
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 3: Dominique the Cyclops
 * the Fifth Moon Incident
 * Vash is confronted by a recovered Knives, Legato, Conrad, and all remaining Gung-Ho-Guns
 * Knives recalls it having been 150 years since The Big Fall
 * Knives incapacitates Legato by crushing his entire body
 * Knives triggers Vash's angel arm, causing Vash to blow a crater in the Fifth Moon, Vash disappearing afterward, Knives placed in recovery again
 * Knives employs Wolfwood to search for Vash

Star Date 0110-0112

 * Town of Carcasses wiped out by Knives and Legato

Stardate 0112

 * Wolfwood finds Vash hiding as Ericks

February

 * Meryl's 23rd birthday and first public sighting of Vash the Stampede in two years

Stardate 0113-0114

 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 9: Rai-Dei the Blade
 * Vash returns to the Floating Colony, one of Emilio's puppets claims it has been 10 years since Vash was last there
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Guns No. 4: Leonof the Puppet Master and No. 8: Gray the Ninelives
 * Vash, Wolfwood, Meryl, and Milly reunite
 * Signal from Earth Fleet received by Floating Colony
 * Knives is recovered
 * Vash and Wolfwood depart from floating colony
 * Dragon's Nest
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 6: Hoppered the Gauntlet
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 7: Midvalley the Hornfreak
 * Skirmish with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 12: Zazie the Beast
 * Elendira the Crimsonnail revealed to be lost Gung-Ho-Gun No. 13


 * Vash and Wolfwood part from Meryl and Milly
 * Livio and Razlo are recruited as Gung-Ho-Guns No. 10 and No. 11 respectively
 * Knives orchestrates a mass murder at Nouve Town Muncipal Ship after seeing the Last Run. Vash is confronted by a bounty hunter in another town who claims The July Incident was 10 years ago at the time
 * Knives kills William Conrad and begins merging with sister plants
 * Wolfwood and Vash arrive at Knives' location
 * Wolfwood is confronted by Livio and Chapel
 * 8 Months after leaving Vash in Knives' posession, Wolfwood returns to free Vash and the two are rescued by members of the Floating Colony
 * Wolfwood travels alone to return to the West December Orphanage
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 10: Livio the Double Fang
 * Battle with Gung-Ho-Gun No. 11: Razlo the Tri-Punisher of Death
 * Chapel dies
 * Vash reunites with Wolfwood
 * Wolfwood recalls it having been six years since he left
 * Wolfwood dies
 * Livio joins Vash in the fight against Knives

July

 * Gung-Ho-Gun No. 12: Zazie the Beast is killed by Knives
 * Legato fully recovers
 * Meryl and Milly reunite with Vash and Livio
 * Livio meets Jasmine, who does not recognize him
 * High Noon at July
 * Earth Fleet arrives on No Man's Land
 * Livio and Elendira battle, Elendira falls
 * Vash battles with and is forced to kill Legato
 * Knives tries to wipe out all of humanity, unsuccessful
 * Vash is close to death and is taken by Knives into hiding
 * Knives uses the last of his physical ability to create a living tree before disintegrating

January

 * Vash recovers and resumes living a public life 6 months after High Noon at July, reunited with Meryl and Milly.