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1990 Start of
first Central American conflict. US engages in
interventionist actions in Pananma, Nicaragua, Honduras, El
Slavador. Military forces are sent to secure the canal zone
from an ex-US puppet dictator.
West, East Germany reunited. Warsaw Pact breaks up into
seperate nations.
Break-up of Soviet mega-state. From this point, Russia
begins a new era of reapproachment with Western Europe; by
the 2000's, the Russians are the Eurotheatre's most powerful
allies.
Russian president Gorbachev appoints party successor, Andrei
Gorborev.
Fall of South Africa. For the next 4 years, there is little
or no communication, although terrible attrocities and
genocidal wars are rumored.
Wales seperates from England as the rise of The Awakening
brings genetic alterations in the populace, the ancient
strain of Elf and Dwarf mutation that has long been
suppressed in the human race becoming physically manifested
for the first time since the Dark Ages. The newly
independant nation is named Tir Na Nog.
Turkey gains nuclear weapons capability.
1991 Eurospace Agency
launches Hermes Spaceplane.
Gorborev regime purges last of old hardliners.
CHOOH2, an alternative fuel source, is developed by
Biotechnica.
First Arcology built on ruins of Jersey City. 16 "Arcos"
begin construction over the next 5 years, until the Collapse
of 1997, leaving the huge structures half completed, filled
with squatters and homeless.
Artificial muscle fibers developed at Stanford Research
Center.
Researchers in London scientifically document the existance
of weak psychic phenomena and discover that those who
demonstrate such powers have an enlargement of the
hypothalamus and increased cortical activity centered around
an area they name the region of Hamilton.
1992 The Treaty of
1992 establishes the European Economic Community. Zones of
control and protective tariffs regulate the activities of
member nations, France, Britain, United Germany, Italy. A
common currency unit (the Eurodollar) is established, based
on an average value in gold of all currencies combined.
Trapped in paranoid isolationism, the US declines to
enter.
The US Drug Enforcement Agency develops and spreads several
designer plagues worldwide, targeting coca and opium
plants.
Governments of Chile, Ecuador collapse.
A savage drug war breaks out between Eurocorp-backed dealers
and DEA all over the Americas. Terrorist tactics by the
Turks, hard hit by the DEAs plant plagues and the European
Economic Community success, cause the most fear.
First use of high energy laser lift arrays in Russia. Simple
massdriver established in Canary Islands by eight member
Eurospace Agency.
The University of California at San Diego begins the Noah's
Ark Project, an attempt to capture and catalog a DNA bank of
all known animal species, underwritten by the Sierra
Environmental Protection Alliance. The project is headed by
Dr. Hernando Juarez and his assistant, Dr. Torrey
O'Neal.
1993 First TRC
biologic interface chips developed in Munich, United
Germany.
AV-4 Aerodyne Assault Vehicle developed to deal with
increasing riots in US urban zones.
Columbian druglords detonate small tactical nuclear device
in New York. 15,000 killed.
The European Economic Community denounces the terrorist
activities of the Turkish government in the Americas,
setting the stage for future conflicts in the
Eurotheatre.
1994 World stock
market crash of '94. US economy teeters, then collapses.
Nuclear accident in Pittsburgh kills 257. Cancer deaths soar
over the next ten years.
Researchers at London University create the first artificial
gland by mutating the hypothalamus of a psychic to increase
the innate abilities of those who are psychic enabled. They
name the gland the espergland. Parliament instantly bans
further research in the area and all data is seized by the
British Army.
1995 Kilamanjaro
massdriver begins construction, under joint agreement
between ESA and Pan African Alliance.
Tyrell Corporation, a genetic engineering laboratory,
creates the first Replicant, a combined cybernetic and
biologic mouse that cannot be distinguished from a fully
biological mouse by external examination.
1996 The collapse of
the US. Weakened by losses in the world stock crash,
overwhelmed by unemployment, homelessness, and corruption,
many city governments collapse or go bankrupt. The US
government, snarled in a staggering deficit and the
machinations of the Gang of Four, is totally
ineffective.
Nomad riots. By now, 1 in 4 Americans are now homeless.
Hundreds of thousands riot for living space throughout the
US. Nomad Packs spring up on the West Coast and spread
rapidly through the nation.
First appearance of Boostergangs.
Lawyer purge. Irate citizens lynch hundreds of criminal
defense attorneys.
Constitution suspended. Martial law established in US.
Turkey declares war on the European Economic Community
member nations.
1997 Mideast
meltdown. Tensions in Middle East escalate to nuclear
exchange. Iran, Iraq, Libya, Chad, and the Arab Emirates
reduced to radioactive slag. World oil supply drops by
half.
Toxic spill kills off most of salmon population in Pacific
Northwest. Seattle economy crippled.
'Rockerboy' Manson killed in England. Gary
Numan releases 'Exile' which rockets him into
centerstage in the music industry.
Great Britain denies rumors of continued experimentation
with the espergland on British soldiers as recruits tell of
having to undergo psychic ability screening during military
training and sudden disappearances of fellow soldiers.
1998 Neo-Luddites
re-established in western Kentucky. Over the next ten years,
the "Luds" are responsible for bombings of airports,
factories, freeways, and mass transit terminals.
The drought of '98 reduces most ot the Midwest to parched
grasslands. Between agribusiness corps and drought, the
family farm all but disappears.
10.5 quake shatters Los Angeles, ocean innundates 35% of the
city. An estimated 65,000 are killed.
First human clone grown in vitro. Mindless, it only lives 6
hours.
1999 Federal weapons
statute established.
Millenium cults begin to appear, predicting an apocalypse on
Jan 1, 2000. Thousands migrate to isolated communes and
temples to "await the end".
Tycho Colony established. A massdriver is constructed to
provide raw materials for orbital platforms.
Tyrell Corp offers $10 million to anyone who can tell from
external examination which of 5,000 cattle is the single
Replicant. The prize goes unclaimed.
First complete body transplant using a clone.
2000 Millenium cults
run amok on Jan1st in an orgy of suicide and violence. Most
destroy themselves.
First "extended family" Posergangs established.
Massive firestorms rage over northwestern US, destroying
millions of acres of farm and grassland.
Crystal Palace Space Station begun at L-S.
Wasting Plague hits US, Europe, killing hundreds of
thousands.
First DeathGames competition held on Catalina Island off the
California coast.
2001 The framework of
the net is now firmly in place with construction of the
WorldSat Network.
Turkey bombs Downing Street, destroying Parliament. 2,567
killed.
Christian Marxist movement begins with kibbutzes popping up
all over Europe.
The Noah's Ark Project becomes Sierra Survival as sevurity
is tightened after other animal DNA repositories around the
world are raided by military and genetic research
organizations.
2002 Food Crash;
mutated plant virus wipes out Canadian, Russian crops. US
agribusiness corps survive due to new biological
counterpart. Russia accuses US of biological warfare.
EuroTurk War. Turkey, backed by China, Yugoslavia, and
Korea, invades Italy and France. Casualties in the
Turk/Chinese Army are given first true cybernetic
replacement limbs and sent back into fight with devestating
effect.
2003 Second Central
American War. US invades Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
The war is a disaster that costs thousands of American
lives. Eventually, the remainder of the Gang of Four is
swept away on the wave of reform.
WNS media star Tesla Johnanneson exposes secret NSA
transcripts of the first Central American conflict.
Research and development of mutated animals are reported to
be taking place at several different military
facilities.
2004 Microsutures,
sterilizer fields developed.
Tesla Johnanneson assassinated in Cairo.
First Corp War. 12 Multinats, (including EBM and OA) battle
for control of Trans-World Air.
Turk/Chinese Army occupation of Italy and France. Invasion
of Great Britain begins with first high cybernetic
conversion troops. British Army calms populace with promise
of a "secret weapon" that will stop the TC cybertroops.
2005 Cybermodem
invented.
EBM solos attack Tokyo office of Kenjuri Technologies,
killing 18.
End of 1st Corp War.
British Army deploys the Mindstar Battalion, who are
mysteriously able to predict TC cyborg attacks and render
the cybertroops useless. Rumors of telekinetic and
telepathic abilities of the mindstars reinforce the belief
that the espergland is involved.
2006 Turk/Chinese
Army driven out of Italy and France. Downing Street rebuilt
and Parliament moved back in.
Tyrell Corp and Biotechnica both announce the first human
Replicants. Fierce competition sparks a minor Corp war.
Introduction of mutant animals in European militaries, most
prevalent being large cats and canines with highly
aggressive behavior and superior strength.
2007 Second Corporate
War: involving a number of firms including Petrochem, the
dispure is over oilfields in the South China Sea.
Braindance developed at UC Santa Cruz.
El Fiero Incident. American forces lay seige to the small
fishing village of El Fiero, Panama, a reputed headquarters
for Panamanian guerillas. Of the 12,000 inhabitants, only
562 survive the starvation, fighting, and disease. The
survivors are rounded up and used to clear minefields by the
US troops. 520 El Fierans die in the minefields.
2008 US assault on
Russian weapons platform MIR XIII. Eurospace Agency
intervenes, and orbital war breaks out between the "Euros"
and the "Yanks", until Tycho Colony massdriver drops a rock
on Colorado Springs. An uneasy peace is reached.
With England on the verge of social collapse and crime and
unemployment at an all time high, British elections see
Parliament shift to control of the British People's
Socialist Party. The PSP suspends future elections and
creates a police state, almost immediately giving the order
to destroy the Mindstar Battalion, claiming that they are a
danger to the safety of the general populace and spreading
propoganda that causes British citizens to panic. The
Mindstars join the Free Britain Underground.
2009 Joint
Euro-Russian mission to Mars departs.
Corporations eradicate mob rule in Night City.
Abortive takeover attempt by US "terrorist group" of Crystal
Palace construction. ESA discovers Defense Intelligence
Agency plot and drops 12 ton rock off Washington as a
warning.
Britain announces the eradication of the Mindstar Battalion,
claiming to have successfully hunted down and destroyed all
280 of the mindstars. Rumors continue of mindstar encounters
but are discredited by the PSP.
2010 End of Second
Central American War.
Network 54 now cntrols 62% os al media broadcasting in
US.
British PSP Prime Minister Leopold Armstrong dies of a
mysterious cybernetic failure in his artificial heart.
Assassination rumors involve the Mindstars.
First DeathGames Ultimate Battle held. Television/Internet
audience is estimated at 4 billion as business grinds to a
halt for the coverage.
2011 Crystal Palace
is completed. ESA now has a permanent hold in High Orbit
zone.
ESA/Russian mission reaches Mars.
World governments, concerned over the potentials of the
Replicants produced by Tyrell Corp and Biotechnica, ban them
from use on the planet surface and the WorldSat Network.
Replicants are restricted to orbital and lunar colony work
and isolated networks and are programmed with a lethal
cybervirus to prevent total shutdown should they violate the
restrictions in cyberspace.
2012 Bioplague kills
1,700 in Chicago.
Concert riot in Night City kills 18, wounds 51. Old Arasaka
complex gutted.
Use of mutated animals in European military is abandoned
after years of fatal incidents involving out of control
animals and terrorist attacks of facilities used to store
the DNA for the animals from those opposed to their use.
Sierra Survival becomes the only known animal DNA repository
in the world.
2013 Netwatch
established by joint US/Eurotheatre treaty.
First true artificial intelligence developed ar Microtech's
Sunnyvale, California facility.
2014 I-G
transformations redesign the Net.
"Metal Wars" begins in Night City as gangs battle for
turf.
Disaster and riot ravaged Los Angeles is turned into a
maximum security prison facility.
DeathGames Ultimates draw record breaking audience. During
the competition, the top three seeded teams are drawn into a
firefight where five of the Gamers are killed, the only
survivor Delorean Davis
requiring extreme lifesaving measures. As the sole survivor,
he is named the Ultimates Champion.
2015 Rise of the
Cyber-Mercenaries; Lithuania hires cyber-soldiers to repel
invasion by Latvian nationals.
Sierra Survival director Dr. Hernando Juarez assassinated by
terrorists who wish to destroy any future possibility of
mutant animals being created. Two weeks later, the Sierra
Survival facility and its animal DNA repository are
completely destroyed in a fire. The dissappearance of Dr.
Torrey O'Neal two days before the fire leads many to suspect
that he made off with the DNA and is in hiding.
2016 Third Corporate
War is fought in the Net as rival corps attack each others
data fortresses.
2017 First self-aware
fully biological human clones created.
2018 Brushfire Wars
erupt in Eastern Europe.
ESA mission launched to Jupiter.
2019 Orbital Colony
revolt at L-3.
Blade Runner police units are created to deal with the
increasing problem of rogue Replicants on Earth.
2020 The
present...it's up to you now.
For the most comprehensive CP2020 timeline I've seen yet,
visit Mark Cook's Days
of Future Past.
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