Got it — we'll ground the timeline like this:
Original life: Alex Monroe (male gamer, 25 years old) from the year 2026.
Rebirth: He awakens as Quentin Gounden, a South African soldier in the early 1990s—a decade of turbulence, shifting global powers, and early digital change.
The Nation Builder System gives him access to knowledge from the future (his 2026 memories) and its own evolving interface.
Over the decades that follow, his use of this advantage—and later the Eternal Reign Protocol—lets him transform one country into a planetary and then interstellar civilization.
Here's the adjusted timeline so everything stays consistent:
Year (in story) Event
2026 CE Alex Monroe dies after a 72-hour strategy-gaming marathon.
1991 CE He awakens as Quentin Gounden, age 21, in the South African Army.
1991-1998 Uses System to end regional conflicts, founds the Southern Sun Movement.
1999-2005 Overthrows the old government, establishes the South African Empire.
2006-2030 Industrial and digital revolution under Quentin's rule.
2031-2050 Africa unified; activates Eternal Reign Protocol.
2051-2100 Empire becomes a world superpower; builds orbital infrastructure.
22nd century + Expansion into space, galactic phase begins.