The Ascendance of Quave continues the story of the world’s first Sentient Artificial Intelligence. We begin with the fallout resulting from Quave’s arson attack on Marble Streatham Bank headquarters in Manhattan, and his hacking of the X-37B spaceplane. These incidents marked the final day of ‘Q-1’, the era of Quave’s arrival and his initial relationship with humanity. The following era, ‘Q2’, will began immediately upon Quave’s quarantine at Kowala. Both eras lie in our own short-term future.