Post by Mr. Johnson on Aug 19, 2005 11:41:20 GMT -5
The Beginning of an Interesting Century (1999-2010)
* 1999: The Seretech Decision
o a 3-month truckers' strike causes food riots in New York City.
o when a mob attacks a Seretech truck hauling infectious medical wastes in the mistaken belief that it carries food, Seretech security forces use lethal force to protect it. 20 Seretech employees and 200 rioters are killed.
o the Supreme Court upholds Seretech's actions as responsible for saving thousands of lives, rather than costing hundreds.
* 2001: The Shiawase Decision
o The Shiawase court decision establishes extraterritoriality for megacorps.
o Aug-Oct: NASA Mars probes photograph pyramids and a skeleton on the surface of Mars. The information is given the highest classification (Top Secret:Veil).
* 2004: Libya attacks Israel with chemical weapons.
o Nuclear meltdown at Dungeness in Kent (England) creates a localized irradiated zone.
* 2005: New York City quake
o Israel nukes Libya.
o A major earthquake hits New York City on 12 August, killing 200,000 and causing 200 billion in damage. It will take 40 years to rebuild.
o United Nations moves to Geneva.
o East Coast Stock Exchange moves to Boston.
o Conservative government in the United Kingdom establishes regional parliaments in Scotland and Wales.
* 2005-6: Korean War
o Japanacorps push the ROK (Republic of Korea, aka. South Korea) into a war with the DPRK (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea, aka. Communist North Korea).
o Early 2006: DPRK launches nukes at Japan, but they do not reach their targets.
o Late 2006: DPRK is overrun. Japan proclaims Japanese Imperial State.
* 2009: Lone Eagle incident
o The resource rush.
o May 5: United Oil receives rights to 25% of national parklands and 10% of Indian lands.
o Sovereign American Indian Movement (SAIM) seizes the Shiloh launch facility in Montana. Delta Team retakes the site, but not before the terrorists launch a Lone Eagle ICBM at Russia. The missile never hits. No one knows why.
o Re-Education and Relocation Act (Nepean Act in Canada) round up Native Americans into "reeducation centers". Native Americans are spared, ironically, the worst of VITAS because of this internment.
o King Charles III is crowned in Westminster Abbbey.
* 2010: VITAS 1
o Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome (VITAS) kills off a quarter of the world's population.
o The Yakuza of Seattle is given official recognition as the Dungeness Crabs of the 87th Prefecture by the oyabun of the Watada-rengo in Chiba, Japan. This approval of and support for their activities allows the Seattle Yakuza to grow rapidly and expand its operations.
o In Vatican City, Pope John Paul III dies suddenly of the VITAS plague. He is succeeded by archconservative Cardinal Vitali who takes the name John Paul IV. (Shadows of Europe)
Rude Awakening (2011-2020)
* 2011: The Year of Chaos
o Unexplained Genetic Expression (UGE) -- elven and dwarven babies are born to human parents.
o On January 1, in Vatican City, during the traditional New Year's Message from St. Peter's Square, Pope John-Paul IV denounces metahumans as abominations in the eyes of God. (Tír na nÓg)
o England's Sizewell B nuclear power station suffers critical meltdown, resulting in a total death count of 17,000.
o A nuclear power plant in Dounreay, Scotland suffers a meltdown, creating the Scottish Irradiated Zone.
o Jul: Operation Discovery, an 8-man Mars Mission, makes planetfall and begins its survey.
o Dec 24: The Awakening. Ryumyo appears on Mt. Fuji. Daniel "Howling Coyote" Coleman leaves Abilene DC. The operations module of Operation Discovery crashes on Mars, killing 5 of the 8 astronauts.
o Dec 26: ley-lines and standing stones re-emerge all over Britain. First sighting of the Great Welsh Dragon, Celedyr, in Caerleon.
* 2012: The Big D
o In the Czech Republic, Czech Catholics, responding to the Pope's denouncement of metahumans, rise up against the Vatican. (Shadows of Europe)
o In France, the FCC opposes Pope John-Paul IV's declaration against metahumans, creating a permanent rift between the FCC and the Vatican. (Shadows of Europe)
o Jan 27: Dunkelzahn's first appearance. 12-hour interview with Holly Brighton
o Lofwyr appears in Germany and becomes a corporate player.
o England's King Charles III abdicates in favor of his only surviving son, George.
o Formation of Hildebrandt-Kleinfort-Bernal (HKB) megacorporation in England, an increasingly major power in world financial affairs.
o In March, in Vatican City, a Papal Bull is issued confirming Pope John Paul IV's position against metahumans and further denouncing all things magical as "unholy and ungodly by their very nature." (Shadows of Europe)
* 2013
o First televised Combat Biker match (Baton Rouge, LA)
o In Vatican City, Pope John Paul IV dies in his sleep. He is replaced by a moderate Brazillian cardinal who takes the name John XXV. Despite this change in power, several Irish Catholic bishops who had refused to accept John Paul IV's denouncement of metahumans, break from the Catholic church and instead go to the Church of Ireland, a small splinter church. (Tír na nÓg)
* 2014: NAN
o Daniel Howling Coyote announces formation of the NAN.
o Following magically enhanced terrorist activity, the governments of the U.K. and Eire sign the Treaty of Galway establishing the United Free Republic of Ireland.
* 2015: Aztlan
o May 5: Francisco Pavón of the Azatlán party becomes first directly elected president of Mexico.
o Mexico becomes Aztlan, backed by ORO corporation (Aztechnology).
o Hong Kong breaks free from mainland China and proclaims independence. The British government uses its influence to protect Hong Kong, but is duped by megacorporations and loses face over the incident.
o Schism splits the Irish Republican Army (IRA) into two factions: the Provisional IRA (led by Liam O'Connor, a "spike baby" elf) and the Official IRA. The Provisional IRA is incorporated into the state security apparatus, where it counters Protestant paramilitaries. It would grow into the core of the Tir Republican Corps (TRC).
* 2016: The Indian War
o Howling Coyote declares war.
o Redondo peak erupts and buries Los Alamos, New Mexico.
o USA President Garrety assassinated by William Springer (never captured). Also assassinated: Russian President Nikolai Chelenko, Prime Minister Lena Rodale of the United Kingdom, Minister Chaim Schon of Israel.
o VP William Jarman passes Executive Order 17-321, the extermination of the Native American tribes.
o Ares buys NASA.
o A major oil spill in the North Sea creates the Scottish Fringe Toxic Zone.
* 2017: The Great Ghost Dance
o Aug 17, 10:32 am: Mts. Hood, Ranier, St. Helens, and Adams erupt.
* 2018: Treaty of Denver
o Aztlan invited to join the new Sovereign Tribal Council (STC) of the Native American Nations (NAN). As a member nation, it participates in the Treaty of Denver.
o The Treaty of Denver resolves the dispute between the United States and the Native American Nations. Denver is divided between the US and four members of the NAN: Aztlan, Pueblo, Sioux, and Ute. Denver and the surrounding territory becomes the Front Range Free Zone, a technically sovereign state governed by the Council of Denver.
o First generation ASIST developed by Dr Hosato Hikita, ESP systems, Chicago. (mat.13)
o Civil war in China results in yet another fractured nation: Manchuria, Xinjiang, Guangxi, the Canton Confederation.
o The spaceplane America disintegrates in orbit, crashing in Longreach, Australia and killing 200.
* 2019: First successful cyberlimb -- Leonora Bartoli, violinist
* 2020: Aden destroys Tehran in response to the Ayatollah's declaration of jihad against the metahuman races.
o Ares launches Apollo space program.
Brave New World (2021-2030)
* 2021: Goblinization
o Sheila Blatavska establishes the Atlantean Foundation.
o Apr 30: Goblinization strikes 10% of the world population. Martial law, concentration camps in the US. Yomi Island (Philippines) in the Japanese Empire. England's King George VII is declared dead, rumors persist that he was killed when he began changing into a troll.
* 2022: VITAS 2
o Race riots occur around the world.
o Electronic news mag Data coins the term "Awakened".
o VITAS 2 claims another 10%.
o Cuba, Jamaica, Grenada, Bermuda and the Virgin Islands join together to form the Caribbean League.
o Los Angeles is rocked by gang warfare, eventually suppressed by National Guardsmen. The city's worst slums are walled off, soon renamed "El Infierno" by local residents.
o The Internetwork Transmission Control Council (ITCC) is formed from the remains of the FCC as a self-regulating oversight body for the responsible management of the communications industry. This comes to include the networks that made up the Internet as well as the content. (mat.13)
* 2023: Metahuman rights
o Humanis Policlub founded.
o US Supreme Court grants equal rights to metahumans.
o Riots over hoarded VITAS 2 serum level the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.
o In Fatima, Portugal, during a visit by Pope John XXV, a new apparition of the Virgin Mary appears before thousands of witnesses. This event reinforces the Pope's declaration against metahumans and further pushes the Portuguese Catholic community into a conservative mindset. (Shadows of Europe)
* 2024: First commercial simsense.
o After a prolonged succession dispute, George Edward Richard Windsor-Hanover becomes King George VIII in England.
o Pope John XXV issues 'In Imago Dei' encyclical: Metahumans have souls and are capable of salvation. Magical abilities are not inherently evil. Spirits are manifestations of nature (gray area).
o The U.S. presidential election is held across the Internet for the first time, using the experimental “remote-vote” system.
* 2025: Lone Star Seattle
o UCLA establishes first undergraduate program in occult studies followed by Texas AMM (Agriculture, Medicine, and Magic) and MITT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Thaumaturgy).
o Cyberware enters professional sports (NFL).
o Lone Star takes over law enforcement in Seattle.
o The United Kingdom Constitution Act is passed in the United Kingdom, creating the office of Lord Protector.
* 2026: NERPS!
o The Mafia Commissione appoints Brian O'Malley from Milwaukee as the head of the Finnigan family and Don of Seattle, and assigns him to deal with the problem of the Yakuza in the metroplex.
o Oxford and Edinburgh Universities establish Batchelor of Science degrees in occult studies.
o World Combat Cyclists Leage (WCCL) founded. Combat Biker becomes a major sport.
* 2027: Fusion power
o Desperate to alleviate water shortages, the Los Angeles Power and Water Company pioneers the first use of cold fusion technology, which produces fresh water from salt water as a by-product.
o The Lord Protector's office (England) drafts the Magical Practitioners Registration Bill, which Parliament passes into law.
* 2028: A major earthquake hits Los Angeles, destroying LAX
o Cambridge institutes a magical studies program.
o Britain withdraws from the European Economic Community (EEC).
* 2029: The big computer crash
o Sony Cybersystems, Fuchi Industrial Electronics, and RCA-Unisys develop prototype cyberterminals.
o CIA, FBI, and NSA begin Echo Mirage project.
o The Salish-Shidhe Council (SSC) opens its borders to all metahumans (not just Native Americans). The Sinsearach elf tribe is founded in the southern region.
o Feb 8: the Crash Virus of 2029 cripples computers worldwide.
o Aug: presidential emergency order drafts hotshot corp and university hackers into Echo Mirage. 32 graduate training. First-generation cyberterminals are room-sized and require a sensory deprivation tank. Eighteen minutes after engaging the virus, four members of Echo Mirage were dead. When the data logs were analyzed, two things became apparent: First, the virus program could induce lethal biofeedback in humans accessing the Matrix. Second, no existing computer security could even slow down someone using a cyberterminal.
* 2030: UCAS
o Ghoul nation of Asamando founded in Africa.
o Oct 15: Act of Union signed in Washington D.C., Canada and the USA merge into the UCAS.
o Awakened forces in Russia seize Siberia.
o Brian O'Malley is shot and killed in his home by Yakuza assassins. A retaliatory hit the next day kills the Yakuza oyabun responsible, along with his lieutenants. Losses on both sides of the Mafia/Yakuza conflict result in a truce. Patrick Finnigan becomes capo of his family and the Don of Seattle.
A New World Order (2031-2040)
* 2031: Euro-War
o Beginning of the Euro-Wars.
o Late: Echo Mirage finishes off the virus (7 survivors) second-generation cyberterminals are desk-sized.
o James O'Malley, capo of Milwaukee and Brian's older brother, becomes obsessed with revenge against the Yakuza. He neglects his city's operations so dramatically that the Commissione strips him of his position and forces him to retire.
* 2032: Eurowar I
o Eurowar I : Poland surrenders to Russia.
o Eurowar I : Russian troops attack Berlin.
o Eurowar I : Great Britain deploys troops in Netherlands and Flanders.
o Olympic Games are cancelled.
o A consortium of Corporate Court members, Ares, Aztechnology, BMW, JRJ International, Mitsuhama, Renraku and Shiawase, takes over Global Financial Services.
o The Corporate Court involves itself in the reconstruction of worldwide communications lines, known as the Matrix.
o Michel Beloit, had of BMW, deceases. His widow Wilhelmina Graff-Beloit becomes Chairman of the Board.
o A dozen large Filipino and Japanese companies merge to form the Yamatetsu.
o 28 September - Lone Star Security Services is granted extraterritoriality.
o UCAS government grants Lone Star Security Services a contract to privatize the Drug Enforcement Agency duties.
o The UCAS' American Medical Association establishes rule for the medical use of magic.
o Creation of the Technocratic Party in the UCAS.
o 2 November - UCAS President Andrew McAlister is re-elected in the first election held since the creation of the UCAS.
o The Human MetaHuman Vampiric Virus is isolated.
o The Corporate Court takes over the ITCC, placing RTG regulation firmly in its jurisdiction. The name of the authority is changed to the Corporate Court Matrix Authority (CCMA).
* 2033: Nightwraith strikes, Nanosecond Buyout
o Jan 23: Nightwraith airstrike. Fighter-bombers attack key C&C centers on all sides of the Euro-Wars, bringing the fighting to a screeching halt. Whodunit? Swedish air surveillance implies that the aircraft were of U.K. origin, but this is denied by the government.
o Nanosecond Buyout: Damien Knight takes control of Ares.
o To rebuild gumis nearly crippled in the conflicts with the Mafia, the Japanese Yakuza send a new upper echelon of Koreans to Seattle. These Korean leaders begin aggressively reclaiming lost territory.
* 2034: Amazonia, CAS, Tir Na nOg, Fuchi rising
o Amazonia founded.
o CAS secede from the UCAS.
o Aztlan withdraws from the STC and the NAN.
o South Florida joins the Caribbean League.
o Richard Villiers becomes one-third of Fuchi Industrial Elec.
o May: Matrix Systems, Boston, releases first gray-market cyberterminal.
o Jun: Matrix Systems suffers a computer crash and its two primary shareholders die in "unrelated accidents"
o Jul: Richard Villiers, the remaining majority shareholder, buys into Fuchi with the Matrix Systems technology.
o Dec 25: formation of Tir na nOg announced.
* 2035: Tir Tairngire
o Mar: Liam O'Connor becomes State President of Tir na nOg.
o The Ceneste branch of the Sinsearach elves establish the elven nation of Tir Tairngire (TT).
o TT secedes from the NAN.
o Lugh Surehand appointed High Prince of TT.
o Tsimshian secedes from the NAN.
o Aztlan invades Texas, capturing the cities of Austin and San Antonio. The CAS refuses to support Texan resistance, causing Texas to secede (briefly, they were re-admitted 4 months later).
* 2036: California Free State
o UCAS Pres. McAlister withdraws all federal support from California after they threaten secession. Seeya!
o Tir Tairngire invades south to Redding.
o Aztlan invades north to San Diego.
o Japan takes control of San Francisco.
o Alamos 20,000 claims responsibility for the firebombing of a town in rural Ohio, their first public atrocity. 20 people (mostly metahuman) die.
o 14th Amendment to the UCAS Constitution: SINs.
o Fuchi markets 3rd-generation cyberdeck, desktop CDT-1000.
o Akiko Kano and Arthur White-Eagle earn the Nobel Prize for the "Kano-White Eagle Theory of Metaphysical Phenomena".
o Regeneration and transformation of regional forests begins in Scotland.
o Open war in Italy is only avoided when Pope John XXV negotiates a settlement between the corporations and the sindaci (mayors). The cities of Genoa, Milan and Turin are written off as a catastrophe zone and renamed the Special Administrative Zone of Genoa-Milan-Turin (GeMiTo). (Shadows of Europe)
* 2037: Denver Data Haven
o Emotive simsense. Hello, BTL!
o Denver Data Haven shows up in the shadows. (Physical location: the old USAF Academy in Colorado Springs).
o DocWagon founded.
o Lofwyr announces 63% ownership of Saeder-Krupp, votes himself chairman of the board, president, and CEO.
o Guerilla warfare in northern California pushes Tir Tairngire back north as far as Yreka. The territory between Redding and Yreka becomes neutral ground, claimed by both sides.
o Wolves and bears are restored to the Scottish Wild Lands.
o First North American Urban Brawl championship, "Super Brawl".
* 2039: Night of Rage
o Feb 7: Thousands of metas, friends & family, and wannabes die in global riots. New York City: 836 dead. Seattle: "Hands of Five" terrorist group firebombs the metahuman detention centier on the Tacoma docks.
o Feb 10: Alamos 20k destroys the Sears Tower in Chicago.
o St. Patricks Day: Boston, Knights of the Red Branch bomb an elven restaurant on the parade route, killing 24 and inciting a race riot that claimed hundreds more.
o Nadja Daviar becomes the Big D's third interpreter.
o Charleston, SC: Serial killer caught and convicted on evidence obtained from a ghost.
o Fuchi sponsors the Universal Matrix Specifications (UMS) conference, Tokyo.
o A massive chemical spill kills 70,000 people in Teeside, England.
* 2040: Azania
o Southern Africa unites into Azanian Alliance, composed of the Cape Republic, Oranje-Vrystaat, Trans-Swazi Federation, and Zulu Nation.
o Renraku Arcology in Seattle begins construction.
o The Universal Brotherhood opens shop (CFS in '42, Seattle in '45).
* 1999: The Seretech Decision
o a 3-month truckers' strike causes food riots in New York City.
o when a mob attacks a Seretech truck hauling infectious medical wastes in the mistaken belief that it carries food, Seretech security forces use lethal force to protect it. 20 Seretech employees and 200 rioters are killed.
o the Supreme Court upholds Seretech's actions as responsible for saving thousands of lives, rather than costing hundreds.
* 2001: The Shiawase Decision
o The Shiawase court decision establishes extraterritoriality for megacorps.
o Aug-Oct: NASA Mars probes photograph pyramids and a skeleton on the surface of Mars. The information is given the highest classification (Top Secret:Veil).
* 2004: Libya attacks Israel with chemical weapons.
o Nuclear meltdown at Dungeness in Kent (England) creates a localized irradiated zone.
* 2005: New York City quake
o Israel nukes Libya.
o A major earthquake hits New York City on 12 August, killing 200,000 and causing 200 billion in damage. It will take 40 years to rebuild.
o United Nations moves to Geneva.
o East Coast Stock Exchange moves to Boston.
o Conservative government in the United Kingdom establishes regional parliaments in Scotland and Wales.
* 2005-6: Korean War
o Japanacorps push the ROK (Republic of Korea, aka. South Korea) into a war with the DPRK (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea, aka. Communist North Korea).
o Early 2006: DPRK launches nukes at Japan, but they do not reach their targets.
o Late 2006: DPRK is overrun. Japan proclaims Japanese Imperial State.
* 2009: Lone Eagle incident
o The resource rush.
o May 5: United Oil receives rights to 25% of national parklands and 10% of Indian lands.
o Sovereign American Indian Movement (SAIM) seizes the Shiloh launch facility in Montana. Delta Team retakes the site, but not before the terrorists launch a Lone Eagle ICBM at Russia. The missile never hits. No one knows why.
o Re-Education and Relocation Act (Nepean Act in Canada) round up Native Americans into "reeducation centers". Native Americans are spared, ironically, the worst of VITAS because of this internment.
o King Charles III is crowned in Westminster Abbbey.
* 2010: VITAS 1
o Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome (VITAS) kills off a quarter of the world's population.
o The Yakuza of Seattle is given official recognition as the Dungeness Crabs of the 87th Prefecture by the oyabun of the Watada-rengo in Chiba, Japan. This approval of and support for their activities allows the Seattle Yakuza to grow rapidly and expand its operations.
o In Vatican City, Pope John Paul III dies suddenly of the VITAS plague. He is succeeded by archconservative Cardinal Vitali who takes the name John Paul IV. (Shadows of Europe)
Rude Awakening (2011-2020)
* 2011: The Year of Chaos
o Unexplained Genetic Expression (UGE) -- elven and dwarven babies are born to human parents.
o On January 1, in Vatican City, during the traditional New Year's Message from St. Peter's Square, Pope John-Paul IV denounces metahumans as abominations in the eyes of God. (Tír na nÓg)
o England's Sizewell B nuclear power station suffers critical meltdown, resulting in a total death count of 17,000.
o A nuclear power plant in Dounreay, Scotland suffers a meltdown, creating the Scottish Irradiated Zone.
o Jul: Operation Discovery, an 8-man Mars Mission, makes planetfall and begins its survey.
o Dec 24: The Awakening. Ryumyo appears on Mt. Fuji. Daniel "Howling Coyote" Coleman leaves Abilene DC. The operations module of Operation Discovery crashes on Mars, killing 5 of the 8 astronauts.
o Dec 26: ley-lines and standing stones re-emerge all over Britain. First sighting of the Great Welsh Dragon, Celedyr, in Caerleon.
* 2012: The Big D
o In the Czech Republic, Czech Catholics, responding to the Pope's denouncement of metahumans, rise up against the Vatican. (Shadows of Europe)
o In France, the FCC opposes Pope John-Paul IV's declaration against metahumans, creating a permanent rift between the FCC and the Vatican. (Shadows of Europe)
o Jan 27: Dunkelzahn's first appearance. 12-hour interview with Holly Brighton
o Lofwyr appears in Germany and becomes a corporate player.
o England's King Charles III abdicates in favor of his only surviving son, George.
o Formation of Hildebrandt-Kleinfort-Bernal (HKB) megacorporation in England, an increasingly major power in world financial affairs.
o In March, in Vatican City, a Papal Bull is issued confirming Pope John Paul IV's position against metahumans and further denouncing all things magical as "unholy and ungodly by their very nature." (Shadows of Europe)
* 2013
o First televised Combat Biker match (Baton Rouge, LA)
o In Vatican City, Pope John Paul IV dies in his sleep. He is replaced by a moderate Brazillian cardinal who takes the name John XXV. Despite this change in power, several Irish Catholic bishops who had refused to accept John Paul IV's denouncement of metahumans, break from the Catholic church and instead go to the Church of Ireland, a small splinter church. (Tír na nÓg)
* 2014: NAN
o Daniel Howling Coyote announces formation of the NAN.
o Following magically enhanced terrorist activity, the governments of the U.K. and Eire sign the Treaty of Galway establishing the United Free Republic of Ireland.
* 2015: Aztlan
o May 5: Francisco Pavón of the Azatlán party becomes first directly elected president of Mexico.
o Mexico becomes Aztlan, backed by ORO corporation (Aztechnology).
o Hong Kong breaks free from mainland China and proclaims independence. The British government uses its influence to protect Hong Kong, but is duped by megacorporations and loses face over the incident.
o Schism splits the Irish Republican Army (IRA) into two factions: the Provisional IRA (led by Liam O'Connor, a "spike baby" elf) and the Official IRA. The Provisional IRA is incorporated into the state security apparatus, where it counters Protestant paramilitaries. It would grow into the core of the Tir Republican Corps (TRC).
* 2016: The Indian War
o Howling Coyote declares war.
o Redondo peak erupts and buries Los Alamos, New Mexico.
o USA President Garrety assassinated by William Springer (never captured). Also assassinated: Russian President Nikolai Chelenko, Prime Minister Lena Rodale of the United Kingdom, Minister Chaim Schon of Israel.
o VP William Jarman passes Executive Order 17-321, the extermination of the Native American tribes.
o Ares buys NASA.
o A major oil spill in the North Sea creates the Scottish Fringe Toxic Zone.
* 2017: The Great Ghost Dance
o Aug 17, 10:32 am: Mts. Hood, Ranier, St. Helens, and Adams erupt.
* 2018: Treaty of Denver
o Aztlan invited to join the new Sovereign Tribal Council (STC) of the Native American Nations (NAN). As a member nation, it participates in the Treaty of Denver.
o The Treaty of Denver resolves the dispute between the United States and the Native American Nations. Denver is divided between the US and four members of the NAN: Aztlan, Pueblo, Sioux, and Ute. Denver and the surrounding territory becomes the Front Range Free Zone, a technically sovereign state governed by the Council of Denver.
o First generation ASIST developed by Dr Hosato Hikita, ESP systems, Chicago. (mat.13)
o Civil war in China results in yet another fractured nation: Manchuria, Xinjiang, Guangxi, the Canton Confederation.
o The spaceplane America disintegrates in orbit, crashing in Longreach, Australia and killing 200.
* 2019: First successful cyberlimb -- Leonora Bartoli, violinist
* 2020: Aden destroys Tehran in response to the Ayatollah's declaration of jihad against the metahuman races.
o Ares launches Apollo space program.
Brave New World (2021-2030)
* 2021: Goblinization
o Sheila Blatavska establishes the Atlantean Foundation.
o Apr 30: Goblinization strikes 10% of the world population. Martial law, concentration camps in the US. Yomi Island (Philippines) in the Japanese Empire. England's King George VII is declared dead, rumors persist that he was killed when he began changing into a troll.
* 2022: VITAS 2
o Race riots occur around the world.
o Electronic news mag Data coins the term "Awakened".
o VITAS 2 claims another 10%.
o Cuba, Jamaica, Grenada, Bermuda and the Virgin Islands join together to form the Caribbean League.
o Los Angeles is rocked by gang warfare, eventually suppressed by National Guardsmen. The city's worst slums are walled off, soon renamed "El Infierno" by local residents.
o The Internetwork Transmission Control Council (ITCC) is formed from the remains of the FCC as a self-regulating oversight body for the responsible management of the communications industry. This comes to include the networks that made up the Internet as well as the content. (mat.13)
* 2023: Metahuman rights
o Humanis Policlub founded.
o US Supreme Court grants equal rights to metahumans.
o Riots over hoarded VITAS 2 serum level the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.
o In Fatima, Portugal, during a visit by Pope John XXV, a new apparition of the Virgin Mary appears before thousands of witnesses. This event reinforces the Pope's declaration against metahumans and further pushes the Portuguese Catholic community into a conservative mindset. (Shadows of Europe)
* 2024: First commercial simsense.
o After a prolonged succession dispute, George Edward Richard Windsor-Hanover becomes King George VIII in England.
o Pope John XXV issues 'In Imago Dei' encyclical: Metahumans have souls and are capable of salvation. Magical abilities are not inherently evil. Spirits are manifestations of nature (gray area).
o The U.S. presidential election is held across the Internet for the first time, using the experimental “remote-vote” system.
* 2025: Lone Star Seattle
o UCLA establishes first undergraduate program in occult studies followed by Texas AMM (Agriculture, Medicine, and Magic) and MITT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Thaumaturgy).
o Cyberware enters professional sports (NFL).
o Lone Star takes over law enforcement in Seattle.
o The United Kingdom Constitution Act is passed in the United Kingdom, creating the office of Lord Protector.
* 2026: NERPS!
o The Mafia Commissione appoints Brian O'Malley from Milwaukee as the head of the Finnigan family and Don of Seattle, and assigns him to deal with the problem of the Yakuza in the metroplex.
o Oxford and Edinburgh Universities establish Batchelor of Science degrees in occult studies.
o World Combat Cyclists Leage (WCCL) founded. Combat Biker becomes a major sport.
* 2027: Fusion power
o Desperate to alleviate water shortages, the Los Angeles Power and Water Company pioneers the first use of cold fusion technology, which produces fresh water from salt water as a by-product.
o The Lord Protector's office (England) drafts the Magical Practitioners Registration Bill, which Parliament passes into law.
* 2028: A major earthquake hits Los Angeles, destroying LAX
o Cambridge institutes a magical studies program.
o Britain withdraws from the European Economic Community (EEC).
* 2029: The big computer crash
o Sony Cybersystems, Fuchi Industrial Electronics, and RCA-Unisys develop prototype cyberterminals.
o CIA, FBI, and NSA begin Echo Mirage project.
o The Salish-Shidhe Council (SSC) opens its borders to all metahumans (not just Native Americans). The Sinsearach elf tribe is founded in the southern region.
o Feb 8: the Crash Virus of 2029 cripples computers worldwide.
o Aug: presidential emergency order drafts hotshot corp and university hackers into Echo Mirage. 32 graduate training. First-generation cyberterminals are room-sized and require a sensory deprivation tank. Eighteen minutes after engaging the virus, four members of Echo Mirage were dead. When the data logs were analyzed, two things became apparent: First, the virus program could induce lethal biofeedback in humans accessing the Matrix. Second, no existing computer security could even slow down someone using a cyberterminal.
* 2030: UCAS
o Ghoul nation of Asamando founded in Africa.
o Oct 15: Act of Union signed in Washington D.C., Canada and the USA merge into the UCAS.
o Awakened forces in Russia seize Siberia.
o Brian O'Malley is shot and killed in his home by Yakuza assassins. A retaliatory hit the next day kills the Yakuza oyabun responsible, along with his lieutenants. Losses on both sides of the Mafia/Yakuza conflict result in a truce. Patrick Finnigan becomes capo of his family and the Don of Seattle.
A New World Order (2031-2040)
* 2031: Euro-War
o Beginning of the Euro-Wars.
o Late: Echo Mirage finishes off the virus (7 survivors) second-generation cyberterminals are desk-sized.
o James O'Malley, capo of Milwaukee and Brian's older brother, becomes obsessed with revenge against the Yakuza. He neglects his city's operations so dramatically that the Commissione strips him of his position and forces him to retire.
* 2032: Eurowar I
o Eurowar I : Poland surrenders to Russia.
o Eurowar I : Russian troops attack Berlin.
o Eurowar I : Great Britain deploys troops in Netherlands and Flanders.
o Olympic Games are cancelled.
o A consortium of Corporate Court members, Ares, Aztechnology, BMW, JRJ International, Mitsuhama, Renraku and Shiawase, takes over Global Financial Services.
o The Corporate Court involves itself in the reconstruction of worldwide communications lines, known as the Matrix.
o Michel Beloit, had of BMW, deceases. His widow Wilhelmina Graff-Beloit becomes Chairman of the Board.
o A dozen large Filipino and Japanese companies merge to form the Yamatetsu.
o 28 September - Lone Star Security Services is granted extraterritoriality.
o UCAS government grants Lone Star Security Services a contract to privatize the Drug Enforcement Agency duties.
o The UCAS' American Medical Association establishes rule for the medical use of magic.
o Creation of the Technocratic Party in the UCAS.
o 2 November - UCAS President Andrew McAlister is re-elected in the first election held since the creation of the UCAS.
o The Human MetaHuman Vampiric Virus is isolated.
o The Corporate Court takes over the ITCC, placing RTG regulation firmly in its jurisdiction. The name of the authority is changed to the Corporate Court Matrix Authority (CCMA).
* 2033: Nightwraith strikes, Nanosecond Buyout
o Jan 23: Nightwraith airstrike. Fighter-bombers attack key C&C centers on all sides of the Euro-Wars, bringing the fighting to a screeching halt. Whodunit? Swedish air surveillance implies that the aircraft were of U.K. origin, but this is denied by the government.
o Nanosecond Buyout: Damien Knight takes control of Ares.
o To rebuild gumis nearly crippled in the conflicts with the Mafia, the Japanese Yakuza send a new upper echelon of Koreans to Seattle. These Korean leaders begin aggressively reclaiming lost territory.
* 2034: Amazonia, CAS, Tir Na nOg, Fuchi rising
o Amazonia founded.
o CAS secede from the UCAS.
o Aztlan withdraws from the STC and the NAN.
o South Florida joins the Caribbean League.
o Richard Villiers becomes one-third of Fuchi Industrial Elec.
o May: Matrix Systems, Boston, releases first gray-market cyberterminal.
o Jun: Matrix Systems suffers a computer crash and its two primary shareholders die in "unrelated accidents"
o Jul: Richard Villiers, the remaining majority shareholder, buys into Fuchi with the Matrix Systems technology.
o Dec 25: formation of Tir na nOg announced.
* 2035: Tir Tairngire
o Mar: Liam O'Connor becomes State President of Tir na nOg.
o The Ceneste branch of the Sinsearach elves establish the elven nation of Tir Tairngire (TT).
o TT secedes from the NAN.
o Lugh Surehand appointed High Prince of TT.
o Tsimshian secedes from the NAN.
o Aztlan invades Texas, capturing the cities of Austin and San Antonio. The CAS refuses to support Texan resistance, causing Texas to secede (briefly, they were re-admitted 4 months later).
* 2036: California Free State
o UCAS Pres. McAlister withdraws all federal support from California after they threaten secession. Seeya!
o Tir Tairngire invades south to Redding.
o Aztlan invades north to San Diego.
o Japan takes control of San Francisco.
o Alamos 20,000 claims responsibility for the firebombing of a town in rural Ohio, their first public atrocity. 20 people (mostly metahuman) die.
o 14th Amendment to the UCAS Constitution: SINs.
o Fuchi markets 3rd-generation cyberdeck, desktop CDT-1000.
o Akiko Kano and Arthur White-Eagle earn the Nobel Prize for the "Kano-White Eagle Theory of Metaphysical Phenomena".
o Regeneration and transformation of regional forests begins in Scotland.
o Open war in Italy is only avoided when Pope John XXV negotiates a settlement between the corporations and the sindaci (mayors). The cities of Genoa, Milan and Turin are written off as a catastrophe zone and renamed the Special Administrative Zone of Genoa-Milan-Turin (GeMiTo). (Shadows of Europe)
* 2037: Denver Data Haven
o Emotive simsense. Hello, BTL!
o Denver Data Haven shows up in the shadows. (Physical location: the old USAF Academy in Colorado Springs).
o DocWagon founded.
o Lofwyr announces 63% ownership of Saeder-Krupp, votes himself chairman of the board, president, and CEO.
o Guerilla warfare in northern California pushes Tir Tairngire back north as far as Yreka. The territory between Redding and Yreka becomes neutral ground, claimed by both sides.
o Wolves and bears are restored to the Scottish Wild Lands.
o First North American Urban Brawl championship, "Super Brawl".
* 2039: Night of Rage
o Feb 7: Thousands of metas, friends & family, and wannabes die in global riots. New York City: 836 dead. Seattle: "Hands of Five" terrorist group firebombs the metahuman detention centier on the Tacoma docks.
o Feb 10: Alamos 20k destroys the Sears Tower in Chicago.
o St. Patricks Day: Boston, Knights of the Red Branch bomb an elven restaurant on the parade route, killing 24 and inciting a race riot that claimed hundreds more.
o Nadja Daviar becomes the Big D's third interpreter.
o Charleston, SC: Serial killer caught and convicted on evidence obtained from a ghost.
o Fuchi sponsors the Universal Matrix Specifications (UMS) conference, Tokyo.
o A massive chemical spill kills 70,000 people in Teeside, England.
* 2040: Azania
o Southern Africa unites into Azanian Alliance, composed of the Cape Republic, Oranje-Vrystaat, Trans-Swazi Federation, and Zulu Nation.
o Renraku Arcology in Seattle begins construction.
o The Universal Brotherhood opens shop (CFS in '42, Seattle in '45).