Talk:Trigedasleng/@comment-142.1.29.163-20170517225536/@comment-27794543-20170518020818

Nuclear apocalypse was in 2052, so 35 years in the future. Add 97 years in space, so this series starts 132 years from today.

English is not extinct. Some of it naturally changed, especially with low literacy, lack of formal education, and isolated groups. To add to that, Grounders intentionally used code. Trigedasleng is basically English slang with some code substitutions. I went into more detail on Thread:67588.

Why technology disappeared is a big question. Perhaps the Second Dawn cult killed Becca after getting the Nightblood. Or maybe the nuclear bombs caused a electromagnetic pulse destroying most of the tech. Or people were too worried about getting food to care about using a computer.