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* '''Late November:''' Within weeks of going operational, the Shiawase reactor is attacked by a special assault team sent by the radical eco-terrorist group ''TerraFirst!'' Armed with military weapons, the group penetrates the plant's security perimeter and clashes with Shiawase security forces. The Shiawase security team kills every member of the TerraFirst! team. They discover that the terrorists carry enough explosives to crack open the containment building and reactor vessel spreading nuclear material throughout the surrounding area.
* '''December 14:''' The NRC re-indicts the Shiawase Corporation on the grounds that the attack by TerraFirst! members proves that Shiawase cannot adequately protect the reactor. Shiawase, on the other hand, complains that American law restricts the powers of the security forces too much.
* '''December 14:''' The NRC re-indicts the Shiawase Corporation on the grounds that the attack by TerraFirst! members proves that Shiawase cannot adequately protect the reactor. Shiawase, on the other hand, complains that American law restricts the powers of the security forces too much.
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* '''Late November:''' Within weeks of going operational, the Shiawase reactor is attacked by a special assault team sent by the radical eco-terrorist group ''TerraFirst!'' ''[=TerraFirst=]!'' Armed with military weapons, the group penetrates the plant's security perimeter and clashes with Shiawase security forces. The Shiawase security team kills every member of the TerraFirst! [=TerraFirst=]! team. They discover that the terrorists carry enough explosives to crack open the containment building and reactor vessel spreading nuclear material throughout the surrounding area.
* '''December 14:''' The NRC re-indicts the Shiawase Corporation on the grounds that the attack byTerraFirst! [=TerraFirst=]! members proves that Shiawase cannot adequately protect the reactor. Shiawase, on the other hand, complains that American law restricts the powers of the security forces too much.
* '''December 14:''' The NRC re-indicts the Shiawase Corporation on the grounds that the attack by
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* '''August 3:''' In a very emotional ''Time'' magazine article, acclaimed journalist McBean recounts the experiences of his goblinized childhood friend.
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* '''August 3:''' In a very emotional ''Time'' magazine article, acclaimed journalist McBean [=McBean=] recounts the experiences of his goblinized childhood friend.
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* '''November 7:''' Andrew McAlister is named the new President of the United States.
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* '''November 7:''' Andrew McAlister [=McAlister=] is named the new President of the United States.
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* '''April 9:''' Despite major security measures, the computer virus infects the national air traffic-control network. As a result of inaccurate signals and scrambled communications, 27 air accidents occur within 2 hours, with a death toll in the thousands. Non-essential air traffic remains grounded for almost a week following the disaster, until a new control network can be put together. Among the dead is Keruba International CEO Kerpan Ubavie, killed over DeeCee International. His death severely destabilizes Keruba Group.
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* '''April 9:''' Despite major security measures, the computer virus infects the national air traffic-control network. As a result of inaccurate signals and scrambled communications, 27 air accidents occur within 2 hours, with a death toll in the thousands. Non-essential air traffic remains grounded for almost a week following the disaster, until a new control network can be put together. Among the dead is Keruba International CEO Kerpan Ubavie, killed over DeeCee [=DeeCee=] International. His death severely destabilizes Keruba Group.
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* '''October 15:''' Hit hard by the Crash, the United States and Canada both teeter on the verge of political and economic collapse, with riots and worsening supply shortages. In an attempt to pool their important industrial and natural resource centers together, American President Andrew MacAlister and Canadian Prime Minister Harold Frazier sign the Act of Union, an accord merging the remaining territories of the U.S. and Canada into a single nation: The United Canadian and American States, or UCAS.
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* '''October 15:''' Hit hard by the Crash, the United States and Canada both teeter on the verge of political and economic collapse, with riots and worsening supply shortages. In an attempt to pool their important industrial and natural resource centers together, American President Andrew MacAlister [=MacAlister=] and Canadian Prime Minister Harold Frazier sign the Act of Union, an accord merging the remaining territories of the U.S. and Canada into a single nation: The United Canadian and American States, or UCAS.
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* '''November 2:''' Andrew MacAlister is elected the first President of the United Canadian and American States.
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* '''November 2:''' Andrew MacAlister [=MacAlister=] is elected the first President of the United Canadian and American States.
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* '''September 4:''' In the UCAS, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. This amendment establishes the System Identification Number (SIN), requiring the registration of every UCAS citizen. Individuals without SINs are defined as "probationary citizens," and have sharply limited rights. Probationary citizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections. Species other than Homo Sapiens are eligible for probationary citizenship in the UCAS, but full citizenship to a non-human/metahuman may be granted only by act of Congress.
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* '''September 4:''' In the UCAS, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. This amendment establishes the System Identification Number (SIN), requiring the registration of every UCAS citizen. Individuals without SINs [=SINs=] are defined as "probationary citizens," and have sharply limited rights. Probationary citizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections. Species other than Homo Sapiens are eligible for probationary citizenship in the UCAS, but full citizenship to a non-human/metahuman may be granted only by act of Congress.
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** Corporate and Mercenary forces supported by Ares, Fuchi PanEuropa and Renraku deploy armed forces to hold key positions to ensure the peace. This leads to friction between the corporate forces and the local military who have sworn to support new local powers. Open war 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). The area becomes completely lawless and its more than ten million inhabitants are left to their fate. Thousands die in the first few years of its existence. Several corporations, including AGChemie, Olgitech and Renraku, fortify their holdings in GeMiTo to keep the masses out.
** 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). The area becomes completely lawless and its more than ten million inhabitants are left to their fate. Thousands die in the first few years of its existence. Several corporations, including AGChemie, Olgitech and Renraku, fortify their holdings in GeMiTo to keep the masses out.
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** Corporate and Mercenary forces supported by Ares, Fuchi PanEuropa [=PanEuropa=] and Renraku deploy armed forces to hold key positions to ensure the peace. This leads to friction between the corporate forces and the local military who have sworn to support new local powers. Open war 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).([=GeMiTo=]). The area becomes completely lawless and its more than ten million inhabitants are left to their fate. Thousands die in the first few years of its existence. Several corporations, including AGChemie, [=AGChemie=], Olgitech and Renraku, fortify their holdings in GeMiTo [=GeMiTo=] to keep the masses out.
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* '''June 10:''' In Atlanta, Georgia, DocWagon has become the city's de facto official on-site healthcare provider.
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* '''June 10:''' In Atlanta, Georgia, DocWagon [=DocWagon=] has become the city's de facto official on-site healthcare provider.
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* '''September 23:''' EuroAir Flight 329, enr oute from London to Atlanta, is destroyed over the Atlantic with no survivors. Though garbled, the flight recorder indicates that the plane is attacked by a dragon (later identified tentatively as Sirrug). The recorder also states that one passenger holds the dragon off with magic for several minutes before the plane is destroyed. Strangely enough, the passenger in question was travelling under an assumed name, and when the authorities look for his next of kin, they discover that no such person exists. Many believe the plane is destroyed in retaliation for the Night of Rage.
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* '''September 23:''' EuroAir [=EuroAir=] Flight 329, enr oute from London to Atlanta, is destroyed over the Atlantic with no survivors. Though garbled, the flight recorder indicates that the plane is attacked by a dragon (later identified tentatively as Sirrug). The recorder also states that one passenger holds the dragon off with magic for several minutes before the plane is destroyed. Strangely enough, the passenger in question was travelling under an assumed name, and when the authorities look for his next of kin, they discover that no such person exists. Many believe the plane is destroyed in retaliation for the Night of Rage.
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* '''June 7:''' Ares Macrotechnology’s space exploration division AresSpace, implements Project Cydonia. This project launches a probe that flies to Mars and performs detailed scans of the planet.
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* '''June 7:''' Ares Macrotechnology’s space exploration division AresSpace, [=AresSpace=], implements Project Cydonia. This project launches a probe that flies to Mars and performs detailed scans of the planet.
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* '''October 21:''' Portland's Tír Tairngire Museum of Science and Industry adds a SimSinn theme park to its complex.
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* '''October 21:''' Portland's Tír Tairngire Museum of Science and Industry adds a SimSinn [=SimSinn=] theme park to its complex.
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* '''June 18:''' In the Athabaskan Council, the Trans-AthabaskanPipeline (T-AP), formerly the Alaskan Pipeline, is reopened after more than a year of repairs. Other pipelines follow.
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* '''June 18:''' In the Athabaskan Council, the Trans-AthabaskanPipeline Trans-[=AthabaskanPipeline=] (T-AP), formerly the Alaskan Pipeline, is reopened after more than a year of repairs. Other pipelines follow.
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* '''February 12:''' The Treaty of Karlsruhe is signed. Control of the SOX is handed over to a corporate-led Control Council, which leases the SOX from Germany and France for 100 years. The MET2000 is also tasked with securing the area.
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* '''February 12:''' The Treaty of Karlsruhe is signed. Control of the SOX is handed over to a corporate-led Control Council, which leases the SOX from Germany and France for 100 years. The MET2000 [=MET2000=] is also tasked with securing the area.
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* In Babenhausen, AGS, an EBM2 mage is killed fighting a wraith at the Babenhausen railroad yards.
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* '''November:''' After the rain disaster, the Gera-Bautech group announces an ambitious plan to make the flooded areas habitable again: the so-called "cloud city", which would consist of three raised platforms in the South Elbe region. It was to rest on pillars made of solid BetonaPlast™ and be 40 to 60 meters above the flooded area.
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* '''November:''' After the rain disaster, the Gera-Bautech group announces an ambitious plan to make the flooded areas habitable again: the so-called "cloud city", which would consist of three raised platforms in the South Elbe region. It was to rest on pillars made of solid BetonaPlast™ [=BetonaPlast=]™ and be 40 to 60 meters above the flooded area.
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* '''February 2:''' The Wuxing cargo-freighter ''Jade Petal'' sinks 150 kilometres due east of Western Samoa with all hands aboard lost. The suspected cause of the sinking is a hull breach of unknown cause. The ship was carrying a load of light mining equipment on behalf of DeBeers-Omnitech. Wuxing asks the Corporate Court to investigate claiming that a flight of Aztechnology Aguilar attack copters were spotted in the vicinity.
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* '''February 2:''' The Wuxing cargo-freighter ''Jade Petal'' sinks 150 kilometres due east of Western Samoa with all hands aboard lost. The suspected cause of the sinking is a hull breach of unknown cause. The ship was carrying a load of light mining equipment on behalf of DeBeers-Omnitech.[=DeBeers=]-Omnitech. Wuxing asks the Corporate Court to investigate claiming that a flight of Aztechnology Aguilar attack copters were spotted in the vicinity.
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** In the UCAS sector, FRFZ, Vice President Nadia Daviar, SilveryK of the Nexus, Aina Dupree of the Draco Foundation, and Ryan Mercury of Assets Inc. are spotted at the Brown Palace Hotel. Rumors have them secretly meeting with Ghostwalker. Aztlan accuses the UCAS of being responsible for Ghostwalker's attack on their territory.
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** In the UCAS sector, FRFZ, Vice President Nadia Daviar, SilveryK [=SilveryK=] of the Nexus, Aina Dupree of the Draco Foundation, and Ryan Mercury of Assets Inc. are spotted at the Brown Palace Hotel. Rumors have them secretly meeting with Ghostwalker. Aztlan accuses the UCAS of being responsible for Ghostwalker's attack on their territory.
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* '''June:''' In Ireland, State President Charles McGoldrick is impeached for vidphone- tapping, illegal surveillance of political opponents, and corruption on a grand scale. Power is passed to acting State President Eamonn McCarthy.
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* '''June:''' In Ireland, State President Charles McGoldrick is impeached for vidphone- tapping, illegal surveillance of political opponents, and corruption on a grand scale. Power is passed to acting State President Eamonn McCarthy.[=McCarthy=].
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* '''December 11:''' President of the United Free Republic of Ireland, McCarthy, demands that Liam O'Connor declare a state of emergency over the government crisis while the legislature is to make constitutional changes.
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* '''December 11:''' President of the United Free Republic of Ireland, McCarthy, [=McCarthy=], demands that Liam O'Connor declare a state of emergency over the government crisis while the legislature is to make constitutional changes.
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** The Don of Chicago, believed dead in the Chicago Containment Zone, is replaced by Don Leo McCaskill of Milwaukee.
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** The Don of Chicago, believed dead in the Chicago Containment Zone, is replaced by Don Leo McCaskill [=McCaskill=] of Milwaukee.
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* '''March 8:''' Two major earthquakes from the San Andreas and San Pedro Shelf fault lines hit the West Coast. Centered in Los Angeles, the quakes rock the entire planet; people as far away as Africa report seeing well water rippling. Parts of Southern California and Central Valley fall below sea level, and after being hit by a tsunami, Los Angeles and many other coastal cities are flooded, effectively becoming islands. Some of the parts of the region that were 100 meters above sea level nevertheless end up underwater. Though whole parts of the city are submerged or swallowed by sinkholes, the arcologies still stand and so do the freeways; magic is suspected to be behind the geological discrepancies. Nevertheless, much of L.A. is a disaster zone, over 100,000 are dead from the earthquakes and tsunami, and the entire NAN pitches in for rescue and recovery operations.
** Mount Rainier erupts as a result of the earthquakes, blanketing Seattle in ash.
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* '''July 2:''' In Tokyo, Japan wins the bid for the Olympics of 2056. They immediately announce that, in keeping with the Yamato ideal, metahumans will not be permitted to compete with humans in the 2056 Olympics in Tokyo, but will be scheduled in special "exhibition" contests. Tir Tairngire and Tir nanÓg respond furiously with UN resolutions
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* '''July 2:''' In Tokyo, Japan wins the bid for the Olympics of 2056. They immediately announce that, in keeping with the Yamato ideal, metahumans will not be permitted to compete with humans in the 2056 Olympics in Tokyo, Tokyo Olympics, but will be scheduled in special "exhibition" contests. Tir Tairngire and Tir nanÓg respond furiously with UN resolutions
* '''October 21:''' Hamburg is struck by severe rainstorms, resulting in a massive, heavily polluted flood. Large areas of the city are rendered uninhabitable and evacuated as a result.
* '''November:''' After the rain disaster, the Gera-Bautech group announces an ambitious plan to make the flooded areas habitable again: the so-called "cloud city", which would consist of three raised platforms in the South Elbe region. It was to rest on pillars made of solid BetonaPlast™ and be 40 to 60 meters above the flooded area.
* '''November:''' After the rain disaster, the Gera-Bautech group announces an ambitious plan to make the flooded areas habitable again: the so-called "cloud city", which would consist of three raised platforms in the South Elbe region. It was to rest on pillars made of solid BetonaPlast™ and be 40 to 60 meters above the flooded area.
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* '''January 12:''' In the UCAS, Dr. Michael Nickson founds the Aleph Society. This group claims that Dr. Nickson has discovered an "artefact of Atlantis" called "the Book of Gaf" which has inspired him to create several theories concerning "the innate magical potential inherent in every person”. The Aleph Society is his vehicle for bringing this knowledge to everyone.
* '''Early April:''' In Hamburg, the first platform of Cloud City is inaugurated two months ahead of schedule.
* '''April 28:''' In the AGS, AG Chemie Europa attempts a hostile takeover of Proteus AG. Brief hostilities erupt into all-out war at Proteus’ Helgoland facility. The conflict climaxes when the great dragon Nachtmeister sides with Proteus, leading to their victory.
* '''May 5:''' The dragon Chong Chao attacks the Proteus HQ on Heligoland together with AG Chemie . The Great Dragon Nightmaster intervenes in the conflict and repels the attack, killing Chong Chao. Both AG Chemie and Proteus then try to de-escalate.
* In Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Yakuza Oyabun Ekei Tokudaiji is assassinated by a radical faction of Na Kama'aina and ALOHA in an attempt to purge Hawaii of corporate interests.
* In Corporate Sector, Hawaii, riots break out in protest to corporate influence over Hawaiian sovereignty. Corporate security fires on the protesters killing many of them. In retaliation the protesters detonate explosive devices in the Renraku and Monobe facilities resulting in massive fatalities. The riots eventually spread to the royal palace and protesters call out against Ali'i Kamehameha V.
** Using the riots as a catalyst, the Na Kama'aina party and A.L.O.H.A. stage a coup against Ali'i Kamehameha V. They install his distant cousin in his place.
* '''Early June:''' Rumors circulate that Cloud City would only be a home for the rich. From the ranks of the extreme left, neo-communist circles and Neo-Anarachists initiate protests, demonstrations and acts of sabotage at the construction site.
* '''June 8:''' In India, insect spirits break out from hives in several cities. Brahmin mages and Kshatriya authorities lead a gruelling fight to clear out the hives, reinforcing their varnas’ (caste) status.
* In Hawaii, the corporate council, responding to the growing violence against corporate interests, fires a group of Thor projectiles into the ocean as a warning. The Hawaiian dissidents respond by shooting down a Saeder-Krupp helicopter. Open violence rages throughout the Islands. Witnesses claim that in the midst of the violence, massive storms and aurora-like lights can be seen on Mt. Haleakala.
* '''June 22:''' In the UCAS, Dunkelzahn is awarded UCAS citizenship by a special Congressional act. At his swearing-in ceremony, President Steele personally shakes his hand. This famous "handshake" sends the Technocrat ticket to the top of the polls. His official home is changed from Lake Louise to Prince Edward Island.
* A month after the Na Kama'aina/ALOHA coup, Ali'i Kamehameha V stages a countercoup. Na Kama'aina is put back in their place and A.L.O.H.A. is almost destroyed as a group.
* '''July 3:''' Truman Technologies moves its headquarters from bug-ridden Chicago to Los Angeles
* '''July 5:''' Yucatán rebels accidentally destroy a ferry running from Cancun to Cozumel carrying more than 200 passengers.
* '''July 9:''' The neo-communist movement takes hold in Malaysia’s urban centers, including Kuala Lumpur. The movement begins gaining ground, especially amongst the poorest sections of the population. Official investigation of these groups reveals insect spirits at the root of the movement, sparking a panic and causing riot in the most heavily affected neighborhoods.
* '''July 19:''' Ares supplements its own forces with Kurdish mercenaries to clean out a second smaller hive in Constantinople.
* '''July 24:''' In Japan, Renraku launches Locus Elementum, an interdisciplinary magical organization.
* '''August 9:''' In Tokyo, Japan, the Olympic Games are held. Due to the Japanese government’s refusal to allow metahumans to compete with humans, 60% of the nations invited refuse to attend. Furthermore, no nation boycotting the games televise them. In response, the IOC forms a “World” team for athletes from the boycotting nations to compete in as independents. Still, the 2056 Olympics have the lowest attendance record in Olympic history. To deal with this problem the IOC cancels the 2060 Olympics until the metahuman question is dealt with.
* In Portland, Tir Tairngire, a forensic mage is killed by a specter while investigating a murder.
* In Tir Tairngire, three youths undergoing the Rite of Passage are mauled by an unknown paranormal animal in the wilderness. Their bodies are found partially eaten.
* In the CFS, a shipping boycott is enacted against Tir Tairngire.
* '''September 13:''' UCAS Army SAD, under the control of Brigadier General Lucius Harding, tracks down eight of Winternight's smuggled nuclear weapons covered with magical inscriptions lined with orichalcum. They are neutralised in a deep blow to Winternight’s assets, but Winternight manages to remain relatively unknown.
* '''September 18:''' A Fuchi internal document for dealing with shadowrunners, written by William T. Ager, is released as part of a Shadow File of Captain Chaos in the Shadow Matrix.
* '''October 25:''' In San Francisco, CFS, a bomb goes off during the Liberation Day parade killing fifteen Fuchi executives and Imperial marines.
* '''October 28:''' A strange aurora appears over Crater Lake in Tír Tairngire. Then magical phenomena occur all over the country.
* '''November 7:''' In the UCAS, President Thomas Steele and Vice President James Booth are re-elected in an uninspiring campaign.
** Oliver Jackson becomes the new President of the Confederation of American States.
* '''December 17:''' In the AGS, Proteus AG announces plans for a fully submerged arkoblock near Romo Island.
* '''January 12:''' In the UCAS, Dr. Michael Nickson founds the Aleph Society. This group claims that Dr. Nickson has discovered an "artefact of Atlantis" called "the Book of Gaf" which has inspired him to create several theories concerning "the innate magical potential inherent in every person”. The Aleph Society is his vehicle for bringing this knowledge to everyone.
* '''Early April:''' In Hamburg, the first platform of Cloud City is inaugurated two months ahead of schedule.
* '''April 28:''' In the AGS, AG Chemie Europa attempts a hostile takeover of Proteus AG. Brief hostilities erupt into all-out war at Proteus’ Helgoland facility. The conflict climaxes when the great dragon Nachtmeister sides with Proteus, leading to their victory.
* '''May 5:''' The dragon Chong Chao attacks the Proteus HQ on Heligoland together with AG Chemie . The Great Dragon Nightmaster intervenes in the conflict and repels the attack, killing Chong Chao. Both AG Chemie and Proteus then try to de-escalate.
* In Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Yakuza Oyabun Ekei Tokudaiji is assassinated by a radical faction of Na Kama'aina and ALOHA in an attempt to purge Hawaii of corporate interests.
* In Corporate Sector, Hawaii, riots break out in protest to corporate influence over Hawaiian sovereignty. Corporate security fires on the protesters killing many of them. In retaliation the protesters detonate explosive devices in the Renraku and Monobe facilities resulting in massive fatalities. The riots eventually spread to the royal palace and protesters call out against Ali'i Kamehameha V.
** Using the riots as a catalyst, the Na Kama'aina party and A.L.O.H.A. stage a coup against Ali'i Kamehameha V. They install his distant cousin in his place.
* '''Early June:''' Rumors circulate that Cloud City would only be a home for the rich. From the ranks of the extreme left, neo-communist circles and Neo-Anarachists initiate protests, demonstrations and acts of sabotage at the construction site.
* '''June 8:''' In India, insect spirits break out from hives in several cities. Brahmin mages and Kshatriya authorities lead a gruelling fight to clear out the hives, reinforcing their varnas’ (caste) status.
* In Hawaii, the corporate council, responding to the growing violence against corporate interests, fires a group of Thor projectiles into the ocean as a warning. The Hawaiian dissidents respond by shooting down a Saeder-Krupp helicopter. Open violence rages throughout the Islands. Witnesses claim that in the midst of the violence, massive storms and aurora-like lights can be seen on Mt. Haleakala.
* '''June 22:''' In the UCAS, Dunkelzahn is awarded UCAS citizenship by a special Congressional act. At his swearing-in ceremony, President Steele personally shakes his hand. This famous "handshake" sends the Technocrat ticket to the top of the polls. His official home is changed from Lake Louise to Prince Edward Island.
* A month after the Na Kama'aina/ALOHA coup, Ali'i Kamehameha V stages a countercoup. Na Kama'aina is put back in their place and A.L.O.H.A. is almost destroyed as a group.
* '''July 3:''' Truman Technologies moves its headquarters from bug-ridden Chicago to Los Angeles
* '''July 5:''' Yucatán rebels accidentally destroy a ferry running from Cancun to Cozumel carrying more than 200 passengers.
* '''July 9:''' The neo-communist movement takes hold in Malaysia’s urban centers, including Kuala Lumpur. The movement begins gaining ground, especially amongst the poorest sections of the population. Official investigation of these groups reveals insect spirits at the root of the movement, sparking a panic and causing riot in the most heavily affected neighborhoods.
* '''July 19:''' Ares supplements its own forces with Kurdish mercenaries to clean out a second smaller hive in Constantinople.
* '''July 24:''' In Japan, Renraku launches Locus Elementum, an interdisciplinary magical organization.
* '''August 9:''' In Tokyo, Japan, the Olympic Games are held. Due to the Japanese government’s refusal to allow metahumans to compete with humans, 60% of the nations invited refuse to attend. Furthermore, no nation boycotting the games televise them. In response, the IOC forms a “World” team for athletes from the boycotting nations to compete in as independents. Still, the 2056 Olympics have the lowest attendance record in Olympic history. To deal with this problem the IOC cancels the 2060 Olympics until the metahuman question is dealt with.
* In Portland, Tir Tairngire, a forensic mage is killed by a specter while investigating a murder.
* In Tir Tairngire, three youths undergoing the Rite of Passage are mauled by an unknown paranormal animal in the wilderness. Their bodies are found partially eaten.
* In the CFS, a shipping boycott is enacted against Tir Tairngire.
* '''September 13:''' UCAS Army SAD, under the control of Brigadier General Lucius Harding, tracks down eight of Winternight's smuggled nuclear weapons covered with magical inscriptions lined with orichalcum. They are neutralised in a deep blow to Winternight’s assets, but Winternight manages to remain relatively unknown.
* '''September 18:''' A Fuchi internal document for dealing with shadowrunners, written by William T. Ager, is released as part of a Shadow File of Captain Chaos in the Shadow Matrix.
* '''October 25:''' In San Francisco, CFS, a bomb goes off during the Liberation Day parade killing fifteen Fuchi executives and Imperial marines.
* '''October 28:''' A strange aurora appears over Crater Lake in Tír Tairngire. Then magical phenomena occur all over the country.
* '''November 7:''' In the UCAS, President Thomas Steele and Vice President James Booth are re-elected in an uninspiring campaign.
** Oliver Jackson becomes the new President of the Confederation of American States.
* '''December 17:''' In the AGS, Proteus AG announces plans for a fully submerged arkoblock near Romo Island.
* '''January 9:''' After an extremely bitter election campaign, reminiscent of the Weimar Republic with its marches and street battles, many voters in the federal election in the ADL opted for the radical ends of the party spectrum:
(the ASU achieved 10.9%, the USPD 22 .8 %, the ESP 12.2%, the LDFP 9.1%, the CVP 26.7%, the DNP 8.1% and the even further right PNE 5.2%). The turnout was relatively high at 71% and the CVP-LDFP-ESP coalition was on the votes of the delegates from West Rhine-Luxembourg instructed to continue governing.
* '''January 15:''' The damage to Proteus' arcology on Helgoland, which was caused in the course of the military attack by AG Chemie troops, is repaired, and the arcology is completed.
* '''January 19:''' The UCAS 2056 Election Scandal occurs as Thomas Steele is accused of rigging the 2056 election. Speaker of the House Betty Jo Pritchard declares the election invalid and a new election is to be scheduled.
* '''January 26:''' President Steele and Vice President Booth are impeached, and Pritchard becomes President by default, ironically making her the first woman to hold office in the UCAS.
* '''January 29:''' The UCAS Congress announces a new election on August 7. Soon after, Democratic "One World" party member Arthur Vogel, New Century Party member Dr. Rozilyn Hernandez, Technocratic Party member and former Vice-President James Booth and Republican Party member General Franklin Yeats declare their candidacies.
* '''February 1:''' Archconservative Party member Kenneth Brackhaven, a Seattle businessman with ties to the Humanis Policlub, declares his candidacy for the 2057 election.
* In Illinois, the diaries of Tamir Grey, an influential ghoul trapped within the Chicago Containment Zone, are smuggled out and distributed to the outside world. They portray the life of the refuge worker who became a ghoul as a noble creature who has suffered great hardship in his life . These diaries spark nationwide public sympathy for ghouls as a race.
* '''February 28:''' In Claremont, New Hampshire, presidential candidates James Booth and Franklin Yeats hold a nationally televised debate.
* '''March 15:''' On his show ''Wyrm Talk,''' Dunkelzahn stuns the world by announcing his intention to run for UCAS President as an Independent.
* '''April 10:''' In Venice, Italian Confederation, using a secret technique, the Doge of Venice purifies the canals. The government announces that, due to an ongoing project, the amount of toxins in the surrounding water has decreased dramatically.
* '''April 20/21:''' At 00:00 JST, the immortal elf Leonardo simultaneously invades the mainframes of the Great Eight and disables them for 15 seconds. Exactly two hours later, the process is repeated. Leonardo demands 20 billion nuyen and otherwise threatens to destroy the corporate systems.
* '''May 2:''' Worldwide, four executives among the eight major megacorporations suffer heart attacks at midnight.
* '''May 21:''' President-General Liang Hong of Sichuan prepares his forces for an invasion of the Canton Confederation. Just before he is ready to attack however, he falls violently ill and has to be taken back to Chengdu where he is bedridden for two weeks. All plans for invasion are halted.
* '''July 10:''' In Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, Republican Presidential candidate General Franklin Yeats, later found to be a “good merge” by examination of his diaries, is murdered by a wasp spirit who possessed one of his FBI guards.
* '''July 12:''' In Switzerland, the federal district of the capital of the [=SEg=]- Bern -experiences a veritable invasion of devil rats, which leads to a large police action, the interruption of the session of the Council of States and considerable damage to property and people. Some suspect the work of toxic shamans behind it .
* '''July 18:''' In the UCAS, Franklin Yeats’ running mate, Anne Penchyk, declares her intention to run for president in Yeats’ place.
* '''July 22:''' An attack destroys two pillars of the Cloud City under construction and severely damages five others, causing parts of the construction to sag. The damage amounts to ECU 2.5 million. In the days that follow, around 300 squatters occupied the damaged platforms, and Hanse Security and security forces from Gera-Bautech are unable to drive them away, even with massive violence. Finally, the group gives up the Cloud City project. The Hamburg Senate tries- unsuccessfully- to sue Gera-Bautech for "breach of contract".
* '''July 23:''' In the UK, Parliament establishes the Northern Habitable Zone after several uninspired detoxification programs fail.
* '''August 1:''' In the UCAS, the deadline for receipt of absentee election ballots is reached.
* In Australia, the nation suffers through its worst period of drought ever, severely draining the country's water supplies. Although the rainfall does eventually resume, water levels still remain far below average. Much of the nation faces severe water shortages and the government institutes strict water control laws in all major cities, limiting the amount each household can use. Water smuggling becomes a major enterprise in Australia.
(the ASU achieved 10.9%, the USPD 22 .8 %, the ESP 12.2%, the LDFP 9.1%, the CVP 26.7%, the DNP 8.1% and the even further right PNE 5.2%). The turnout was relatively high at 71% and the CVP-LDFP-ESP coalition was on the votes of the delegates from West Rhine-Luxembourg instructed to continue governing.
* '''January 15:''' The damage to Proteus' arcology on Helgoland, which was caused in the course of the military attack by AG Chemie troops, is repaired, and the arcology is completed.
* '''January 19:''' The UCAS 2056 Election Scandal occurs as Thomas Steele is accused of rigging the 2056 election. Speaker of the House Betty Jo Pritchard declares the election invalid and a new election is to be scheduled.
* '''January 26:''' President Steele and Vice President Booth are impeached, and Pritchard becomes President by default, ironically making her the first woman to hold office in the UCAS.
* '''January 29:''' The UCAS Congress announces a new election on August 7. Soon after, Democratic "One World" party member Arthur Vogel, New Century Party member Dr. Rozilyn Hernandez, Technocratic Party member and former Vice-President James Booth and Republican Party member General Franklin Yeats declare their candidacies.
* '''February 1:''' Archconservative Party member Kenneth Brackhaven, a Seattle businessman with ties to the Humanis Policlub, declares his candidacy for the 2057 election.
* In Illinois, the diaries of Tamir Grey, an influential ghoul trapped within the Chicago Containment Zone, are smuggled out and distributed to the outside world. They portray the life of the refuge worker who became a ghoul as a noble creature who has suffered great hardship in his life . These diaries spark nationwide public sympathy for ghouls as a race.
* '''February 28:''' In Claremont, New Hampshire, presidential candidates James Booth and Franklin Yeats hold a nationally televised debate.
* '''March 15:''' On his show ''Wyrm Talk,''' Dunkelzahn stuns the world by announcing his intention to run for UCAS President as an Independent.
* '''April 10:''' In Venice, Italian Confederation, using a secret technique, the Doge of Venice purifies the canals. The government announces that, due to an ongoing project, the amount of toxins in the surrounding water has decreased dramatically.
* '''April 20/21:''' At 00:00 JST, the immortal elf Leonardo simultaneously invades the mainframes of the Great Eight and disables them for 15 seconds. Exactly two hours later, the process is repeated. Leonardo demands 20 billion nuyen and otherwise threatens to destroy the corporate systems.
* '''May 2:''' Worldwide, four executives among the eight major megacorporations suffer heart attacks at midnight.
* '''May 21:''' President-General Liang Hong of Sichuan prepares his forces for an invasion of the Canton Confederation. Just before he is ready to attack however, he falls violently ill and has to be taken back to Chengdu where he is bedridden for two weeks. All plans for invasion are halted.
* '''July 10:''' In Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, Republican Presidential candidate General Franklin Yeats, later found to be a “good merge” by examination of his diaries, is murdered by a wasp spirit who possessed one of his FBI guards.
* '''July 12:''' In Switzerland, the federal district of the capital of the [=SEg=]- Bern -experiences a veritable invasion of devil rats, which leads to a large police action, the interruption of the session of the Council of States and considerable damage to property and people. Some suspect the work of toxic shamans behind it .
* '''July 18:''' In the UCAS, Franklin Yeats’ running mate, Anne Penchyk, declares her intention to run for president in Yeats’ place.
* '''July 22:''' An attack destroys two pillars of the Cloud City under construction and severely damages five others, causing parts of the construction to sag. The damage amounts to ECU 2.5 million. In the days that follow, around 300 squatters occupied the damaged platforms, and Hanse Security and security forces from Gera-Bautech are unable to drive them away, even with massive violence. Finally, the group gives up the Cloud City project. The Hamburg Senate tries- unsuccessfully- to sue Gera-Bautech for "breach of contract".
* '''July 23:''' In the UK, Parliament establishes the Northern Habitable Zone after several uninspired detoxification programs fail.
* '''August 1:''' In the UCAS, the deadline for receipt of absentee election ballots is reached.
* In Australia, the nation suffers through its worst period of drought ever, severely draining the country's water supplies. Although the rainfall does eventually resume, water levels still remain far below average. Much of the nation faces severe water shortages and the government institutes strict water control laws in all major cities, limiting the amount each household can use. Water smuggling becomes a major enterprise in Australia.
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* '''August 25:''' Nadja Daviar reads former President Dunkelzahn’s will at the Watergate Hotel. The 12-page document bequeaths inheritances to 216 different parties; some are specific people of varying social classes, while others are entire groups. The will indicates that former President Dunkelzahn’s financial holdings reached trillions of nuyen and only covers a portion of what he owned. In the will Daviar herself is named as the executor of former President Dunkelzahn’s estate and head of the Draco Foundation, an organisation to be established to help oversee the last wishes of former President Dunkelzahn and to finance exploration in the fields of technology, science, magic, and social enterprises for the betterment of all races. Although some parties receive their inheritances immediately, the majority will receive their bequests beginning in September.
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* At Lake Louise, Athabaskan Council, President Dunkelzahn’s funeral is held. Hundreds of people of all types attend. Each person is given a chance to speak about President Dunkelzahn and what he meant to them. Holly Brighton sings “Ave Maria” while Nadja Daviar plays the harp. The pinnacle event is when a group of centaurs, long thought to be non-sentient, sings a beautiful version of “Amazing Grace”.
* '''August 12:''' UCAS President Haeffner goes before Congress and names Nadja Daviar as his Vice Presidential nominee. This is a great shock to the nation due to Daviar’s status as former President Dunkelzahn’s interpreter. President Haeffner responds by saying, “Daviar was the voice of Dunkelzahn, and now must serve to speak to us of his heart and soul". Congress decides to delay the vote on Daviar’s appointment until the Scott Commission can begin hearings.
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* '''August 15:''' Nadja Daviar reads former President Dunkelzahn’s will at the Watergate Hotel. The 12-page document bequeaths inheritances to 216 different parties; some are specific people of varying social classes, while others are entire groups. The will indicates that former President Dunkelzahn’s financial holdings reached trillions of nuyen and only covers a portion of what he owned. In the will Daviar herself is named as the executor of former President Dunkelzahn’s estate and head of the Draco Foundation, an organisation to be established to help oversee the last wishes of former President Dunkelzahn and to finance exploration in the fields of technology, science, magic, and social enterprises for the betterment of all races. Although some parties receive their inheritances immediately, the majority will receive their bequests beginning in September.
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* '''April:''' An anarcho-syndicalist group called "Liberty of Body and Soul" (LBS) formed an alliance with anti-anarchist groups in Berlin. The group is actually a tool of AG Chemie, a AA corporation seeking to end Berlin's status as an anarchic free city. The Berlin Council responds with a temporary alliance of the Autonomous Front to quash the threat to their way of life.
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* '''September 16:''' In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, UCAS, unconfirmed reports state that a joint delegation from Tir Tairngire, led by Prince Ehran the Scribe, and Tir na nÓg, led by Caoimhe O'Dunn, daughter of the High Steward, meets with Lofwyr and President Steele at the White House. Supposedly, the six-hour meeting concerns the events in the Chicago Containment Zone.
* In Atlanta, Georgia, CAS, a minor insect spirit outbreak occurs in Ted Turner Stadium, though the outbreak never spreads into the rest of the city.
* In FRFZ, the Universal Brotherhood's Denver chapterhouse is shut down and destroyed with a fuel-air explosive device. The explosion destroys over a third of the Aurora Warrens slums due to collateral damage.
* '''September 29:''' In the AGS, in the Rhein-Ruhr-Megaplex, Operation Zebra begins- a large-scale, nation-wide police action by state and corporate police forces against the Universal Brotherhood and the insect spirits.
* '''October 1:''' Ares Firewatch teams identify Chicago as host to the largest multispecies insect hive on the North American continent. After an initial raid to destroy the Hive fails and spills insect spirits into the surrounding city, a small tactical nuclear weapon is detonated within the Hive complex at the Chicago power plant at Cermak and Racine, just after a powerful magical ward/barrier was finished being erected over the Hive by the shamans and/or Queen Spirits within to contain the radiation. Roughly a thousand new insect spirits were being invested within the Hive when the nuke is detonated. A mana warp is created at the site of the blast.
* In the Sioux Nation, NAN, a large number of insect spirit hives are uncovered and destroyed. As a result, bug paranoia skyrockets and several people are shot accidentally.
* '''October 4:''' Construction of a line of walls around the Chicago Containment Zone is completed.
* Insect spirits in Chicago are noted to be using more "good merges," and perhaps having developed a power to influence people's thoughts, described as a buzzing in the head. Rumours of insect spirits mutated by contact with radiation after the bombing likewise abound.
* In Tir Tairngire, Ehran the Scribe is officially granted a seat on the Council of Princes. thought he has secretly held one for years.
* Under the guidance of the Islamic Unity Movement, led by spiritual leader Badr al Din Ibn Eisa, the nations of Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates band together as the country of Arabia. Badr al Din Ibn Eisa names King Kalim Sa'ud as the nation's first Caliph.
* '''November 24:''' In Tir Tairngire, the government relaxes the cordon around Crater Lake and allows a small number of tourists in the area.
* '''December 13:''' In Lake Michigan, the Bennet-class light aircraft carrier ''Wolverine'' and two Richard A. Dean-class guided missile frigates– the ''Lucan'' and the ''Voight''–are stationed offshore of the Chicago Containment Zone.
* '''December 29:''' In the FRFZ, a file is downloaded into the Nexus concerning the Chicago Containment Zone. The information in the file states that the Zone is not suffering from a VITAS plague. The real disaster is that the zone has been infested by huge insect spirits that use humans and metahumans for food and reproduction. The Zone has actually been constructed to keep the insect spirits from escaping into the rest of the world. After verifying the contents, the Nexus sysops broadcast the file to all Shadowland computer nodes. The information is distributed to the general public.
* '''December 31:''' Worldwide reports of children calling themselves "otaku" abound. These children talk of an experience in the matrix they call the Deep Resonance. Apparently, the otaku are capable of using the Matrix without the need of a cyberdeck.
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** In the Redmond Barrens , the Universal Brotherhood opens their " Project Hope " camps.
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* '''May 31:''' The number of missing persons worldwide increases dramatically. The security forces are desperately looking for a cause. The truth is that these are the work of Hayek's Nosferatu Luther; all abductees have the RA-17 allele for a specific gene.
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* '''May 31:''' The number of missing persons worldwide increases dramatically. The security forces are desperately looking for a cause. cause.
* '''July 9:''' Thetruth Universal Brotherhood's "Project Hope" camps in the Redmond Barrens are closed due to health reasons.
* In the UCAS, the Universal Brotherhood comes under investigation by the federal government under charges of illegal medical experiments on homeless people. As a result, all Universal Brotherhood chapterhouses are closed down.
* In Chicago, Illinois, UCAS, terrorist attacks on a former Universal Brotherhood chapterhouse leave hundreds dead, both Eagle Security and civilians.
* '''August 14:''' In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, two new bills are introduced to the House of Representatives. On is a bill apportioning voting areas in the former North Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria. The second is a bill granting immediate repayment to all people displaced by the Treaty of Denver.
* '''August 15:''' A coalition of megacorporations including Telestrian Industries, Saeder-Krupp, and Renraku announces thatthese are all of their formerly public facilities in the work [=DeeCee=] Sprawl will be restricted to corp personnel only for the duration of Hayek's Nosferatu Luther; the Compensation Army crisis.
* The senate pledges to support allabductees political groups in the UCAS and Caribbean League that have coincidental interests in the RA-17 allele Confederation.
* In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, UCAS, a new group appears within the encampments of the Compensation Army, now in its third month. This group, calling itself the Conscience of the Country, is seen wearing blue berets. They travel within the camps giving aid wherever necessary, although Compensation Army leader Christian Randolph claims that they are not part of the group. They also protest alongside the Compensation Army, although their stand seems more militant. As a result, tensions within the camps rise and fights break out between the protestors and the police.
* '''August 21:''' North Virginia State Senator Wendell North introduces a bill calling for aspecific gene.
referendum concerning the secession of North Virginia from the UCAS.
* '''August 22:''' In Chicago, Eagle Security offices are flooded with reports of "giant insects" attacking people, as a mega-hive of insect spirits, a previously unknown form of spirit, swarms the city. The UCAS government immediately establishes a quarantine area on the city from Lake Michigan to the Des Plaines River. All houses along that line are destroyed and formed into a wall. Along this wall, now called the Chicago Containment Zone, are stationed soldiers from Eagle Security, the Illinois National Guard, and the UCAS Army. Nobody is allowed in or out of the Zone.
* '''August 23:''' Official reports state that the Chicago Containment Zone is to contain a new strain of VITAS and the entire area is under military quarantine. Intelligence Agents shut down all communication to the city, destroying Matrix hubs and censoring news stories. Establishment of the Zone is protested by Ares Macrotechnology, Federated Boeing, Fuchi America, and Truman Technologies. Later that evening, rioting breaks out in the entire zone. The UCAS troops fire upon the rioters and kill 50 of them. Construction of a real wall begins in earnest.
* '''August 24:''' In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, tensions between the Compensation Army and the federal government escalate when fedpol troops are sent in to contain the violence. The Compensation Army takes over the Metro stations in Metro Centre, Gallery Place, Smithsonian, L'Enfant Plaza, Federal Triangle, Waterfront, and Rosslyn. As a result, the government sends in the remaining battalions not currently in Chicago of the Army’s 101st Air Insertion Division under the title Task Force Kemper to control the violence. However instead of ending the violence, it escalates into other districts. Firefighters are prevented from entering the city, supposedly to protect them. Rumors begin to spread about army execution squads killing any Compensation Army members whether they surrender or not. Further rumors spread that the Conscience of the Country is in actuality a group funded by the CAS to destabilize North Virginia enough to allow it to secede from the UCAS.
** The violence ends when it is discovered that General Trahn, the officer in charge of the federal troops, has been plotting against the government in an attempt to initiate a coup. His plan is discovered when his transmission to his fellow conspirators is monitored on a presidential frequency. He is killed by his hostage, Captain Rita Furlann of the Army's Thaumaturgical Corps. Once this revelation is discovered most of the fighting dies down and the army returns to more conventional means of ending it. None of Trahn's other conspirators are discovered.
* The UCAS FBI and Ares' Firewatch teams begin cleaning out and closing down the insect hives hidden within Universal Brotherhood chapters.
* In Europe, Euro Force troops, combined with corporate military units, Sylvestrine priests and Orthodox exorcists, go on a major offensive against the insect spirits. Major hives are wiped out in Constantinople, Athens, [=GeMITo=], Merseysprawl and London.
* '''August 25:''' Fredericksburg, North Virginia, UCAS, Governor Jefferson, on his way to high-level meetings involving the status of North Virginia, is killed when his plane crashes and explodes.
* '''August 26:''' The UCAS government begins dropping supply packages over Chicago.
** Irregularities are noticed in the stories about the Chicago Containment Zone. This leads many to believe that the stories of a VITAS plague are some sort of cover-up for a much larger problem.
** The Don of Chicago, believed dead in the Chicago Containment Zone, is replaced by Don Leo McCaskill of Milwaukee.
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* '''July 9:''' The
* In the UCAS, the Universal Brotherhood comes under investigation by the federal government under charges of illegal medical experiments on homeless people. As a result, all Universal Brotherhood chapterhouses are closed down.
* In Chicago, Illinois, UCAS, terrorist attacks on a former Universal Brotherhood chapterhouse leave hundreds dead, both Eagle Security and civilians.
* '''August 14:''' In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, two new bills are introduced to the House of Representatives. On is a bill apportioning voting areas in the former North Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria. The second is a bill granting immediate repayment to all people displaced by the Treaty of Denver.
* '''August 15:''' A coalition of megacorporations including Telestrian Industries, Saeder-Krupp, and Renraku announces that
* The senate pledges to support all
* In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, UCAS, a new group appears within the encampments of the Compensation Army, now in its third month. This group, calling itself the Conscience of the Country, is seen wearing blue berets. They travel within the camps giving aid wherever necessary, although Compensation Army leader Christian Randolph claims that they are not part of the group. They also protest alongside the Compensation Army, although their stand seems more militant. As a result, tensions within the camps rise and fights break out between the protestors and the police.
* '''August 21:''' North Virginia State Senator Wendell North introduces a bill calling for a
* '''August 22:''' In Chicago, Eagle Security offices are flooded with reports of "giant insects" attacking people, as a mega-hive of insect spirits, a previously unknown form of spirit, swarms the city. The UCAS government immediately establishes a quarantine area on the city from Lake Michigan to the Des Plaines River. All houses along that line are destroyed and formed into a wall. Along this wall, now called the Chicago Containment Zone, are stationed soldiers from Eagle Security, the Illinois National Guard, and the UCAS Army. Nobody is allowed in or out of the Zone.
* '''August 23:''' Official reports state that the Chicago Containment Zone is to contain a new strain of VITAS and the entire area is under military quarantine. Intelligence Agents shut down all communication to the city, destroying Matrix hubs and censoring news stories. Establishment of the Zone is protested by Ares Macrotechnology, Federated Boeing, Fuchi America, and Truman Technologies. Later that evening, rioting breaks out in the entire zone. The UCAS troops fire upon the rioters and kill 50 of them. Construction of a real wall begins in earnest.
* '''August 24:''' In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, tensions between the Compensation Army and the federal government escalate when fedpol troops are sent in to contain the violence. The Compensation Army takes over the Metro stations in Metro Centre, Gallery Place, Smithsonian, L'Enfant Plaza, Federal Triangle, Waterfront, and Rosslyn. As a result, the government sends in the remaining battalions not currently in Chicago of the Army’s 101st Air Insertion Division under the title Task Force Kemper to control the violence. However instead of ending the violence, it escalates into other districts. Firefighters are prevented from entering the city, supposedly to protect them. Rumors begin to spread about army execution squads killing any Compensation Army members whether they surrender or not. Further rumors spread that the Conscience of the Country is in actuality a group funded by the CAS to destabilize North Virginia enough to allow it to secede from the UCAS.
** The violence ends when it is discovered that General Trahn, the officer in charge of the federal troops, has been plotting against the government in an attempt to initiate a coup. His plan is discovered when his transmission to his fellow conspirators is monitored on a presidential frequency. He is killed by his hostage, Captain Rita Furlann of the Army's Thaumaturgical Corps. Once this revelation is discovered most of the fighting dies down and the army returns to more conventional means of ending it. None of Trahn's other conspirators are discovered.
* The UCAS FBI and Ares' Firewatch teams begin cleaning out and closing down the insect hives hidden within Universal Brotherhood chapters.
* In Europe, Euro Force troops, combined with corporate military units, Sylvestrine priests and Orthodox exorcists, go on a major offensive against the insect spirits. Major hives are wiped out in Constantinople, Athens, [=GeMITo=], Merseysprawl and London.
* '''August 25:''' Fredericksburg, North Virginia, UCAS, Governor Jefferson, on his way to high-level meetings involving the status of North Virginia, is killed when his plane crashes and explodes.
* '''August 26:''' The UCAS government begins dropping supply packages over Chicago.
** Irregularities are noticed in the stories about the Chicago Containment Zone. This leads many to believe that the stories of a VITAS plague are some sort of cover-up for a much larger problem.
** The Don of Chicago, believed dead in the Chicago Containment Zone, is replaced by Don Leo McCaskill of Milwaukee.
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* In Seattle Metroplex Carlos Rivera, Vice President of Northern Hemisphere Operations for Aztechnology is killed in a chopper crash.
* In Hawaii, the military cemetery in Punchbowl crater is converted to a national park. The bodies buried there are exhumed and returned to the UCAS.
* '''February 13:''' The Japanese corporation Fuchi begins constructing Darkside Junction at Lagrange Point 2 on the far side of the moon as a deep space outpost.
* In Babenhausen, AGS, an EBM2 mage is killed fighting a wraith at the Babenhausen railroad yards.
* In Chicago, Gery Alexander, a lawyer disbarred and convicted of taking bribes from Humanis Policlub to add Article 16 to Special Order 162, commits suicide.
* In the United Netherlands, construction of Proteus AG's Groningen arkoblock is completed.
* In Korea, the Church of Unification (the Moonies) is banned by the government after being exposed as a bug spirit front. Many high-ranking officers who backed the group are purged from the military.
* '''March 11:''' Project Hope is founded in Seattle, a joint venture between the Universal Brotherhood and Renraku.
** In the Redmond Barrens , the Universal Brotherhood opens their " Project Hope " camps.
* '''April 24:''' In [=DeeCee=] Sprawl, UCAS, a group calling itself the Compensation Expedition Force or Compensation Army sets up squatter camps all across the city. The group states that they are people promised compensation for land lost to the NAN through the Treaty of Denver. They immediately begin picketing most major government offices.
* '''May 31:''' The number of missing persons worldwide increases dramatically. The security forces are desperately looking for a cause. The truth is that these are the work of Hayek's Nosferatu Luther; all abductees have the RA-17 allele for a specific gene.
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Complex”. According to Doc's theories, elves are possessed of a specific gene sequence that prevents the decay of cells, rendering Elves effectively ageless.
Complex”. According to Doc's theories, elves are possessed of a specific gene sequence that prevents the decay of cells, rendering Elves effectively ageless.
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* '''December 16:''' In the Matrix, theories of a scientist known as Doc are posted concerning the "Stopwatch
"Stopwatch Complex”. According to Doc's theories, elves are possessed of a specific gene sequence that prevents the decay of cells, rendering Elves effectively ageless.
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* '''October 20:''' In Poland, unrest over the Russian occupation increases. Strikes and riots leave the economy in shambles. As a result, President Rybiński's grip on power begins to weaken.
* '''October 23:''' The Plymouth embezzlement Scandal occurs. The exposure of the Plymouth embezzlement breaks the neck of the British Socialist Labor Party politically. Some SAP idealists, untainted by this scandal, later found the People's Party.
* '''November 10:''' In Cape Town, Azanian Confederation, the crime rate soars to unmanageable levels. Police presence becomes non-existent in much of the city and inter-tribal violence reaches an all-time high.
* '''November 11:''' "Special Ordinance 162" grants legal protection to ghouls in Chicago and leads to the establishment of the Cabrini Refuge.
* '''December 4:''' Less than a month after its opening, a group of Humanis Policlub members attack the Cabrini Refuge with automatic weapons. The ghouls, apparently having prepared for such an event, move underground. When the Humanis soldiers step onto Cabrini Refuge territory, the Ghouls attack in force. 100 Humanis members are killed and eaten. Lawyers for the Cabrini Refuge point out that under Article 16 of Special Order 162, Cabrini Refuge inhabitants have the right to eat anyone found on their property. This as well as rumours of a government plan to exterminate the ghouls of Cabrini Refuge bring tensions between the ghouls and humans to an all-time high.
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* '''January:''' In London, England, UK, a rash of murders break out. The victims are all women with names identical to the victims of the 1888 "Jack the Ripper" slayings. All are prostitutes and all are found horribly mutilated. The media all but ignores these killings.
* '''January 1:''' The New Years Eve Accident occurs near Magdeburg, AGS, supposedly when an oil pipeline is hit by a firecracker and ignites. This results in significant environmental damage and enormous monetary losses for the oil industry. Rumors have it that patriotic residents of the former Saxony-Anhalt actually made a rather interesting "firecracker" to express their displeasure at the dissolution of the federal state.
* '''January 3:''' In Chicago, Knight-Errant, hired to provide security to Cabrini Refuge, fulfils its contract but refuses to renew it. The day of the end of Knight-Errant's contract, Humanis Policlub tries to frame the ghouls for a massacre by attaching nerve gas canisters to ghoul children. A riot breaks out and many people and ghouls are killed. As a result the UCAS government repeals Special Order 162 and contains the entire Cabrini Refuge in a prefab wall.
* In Tir Tairngire, a molecular biologist flees the country supposedly because he was ordered to create a weapon using HMHVV virus strains that affect only humans. The Tir Tairngire authorities claim that he is wanted on seventeen counts of murder. Because of the resulting tensions between Tir Tairngire and neighboring countries due to the rumours of the weapon, the Tir Tairngire Peace Force goes on full alert.
* '''February 16:''' In Chicago, the Chancellor of Germany is assassinated at O'Hare Airport.
* '''April 28:''' Lacrima, a self-styled "mage-historian", declares that the exact date of the volcanic eruption that formed Crater Lake in Tir Tairngire is 3454 B.C., July 22, 09:35 hours. The scientific community, known for denouncing Lacrima's theories, responds with total silence.
* '''May 2:''' In Tir Tairngire, the military seals off Crater Lake for unrevealed reasons. Access is completely restricted and secured by land vehicles, combat drones, jet patrols, and magical security.
* '''May 8:''' A Sioux military scout is shot down and killed after passing too close to Crater Lake.
* '''May 11:''' In London, England, after the fourth London Ripper murder, the killer is revealed by Lord Geraint of Wales to be a BTL addict who used a “Jack the Ripper” personafix chip. Transys Neuronet is connected to the killings and their stock plummets as a result. Hildebrandt-Kleinfort-Bernal (HKB) is able to take advantage of the stock drop to buy a majority share of the company, taking control of the board.
* '''May 12:''' In the Yucatan, Aztlan, Rebel forces blow up an oil refinery killing 127 technicians. The government promises swift and brutal retribution.
* '''May 17:''' In Africa, Reverend Jack Bayone establishes the Seventh Church of the Guiding Hand
* '''May 24:''' In Japan, a semi-ballistic flight to Tokyo crashes just short of Narita Airport. All 109 passengers plus a flight and cabin crew of ten are killed. Among the passengers are Martha S. Grimes, chairman of the Board of the Highstar Corporation, and seventeen members of her personal security party.
* '''June 4:''' In Seattle Metroplex, radical ork activist Preacher holds a rally attended by seven thousand orks and trolls. Preacher encourages all listeners to "take up the torch" and fight back against metahuman racism "at all times, and with due force”. Soon after the rally, supporters of Preacher begin a policy of active resistance against Lone Star Security.
* '''June 10:''' In Boston, a team of scholars and archaeologists report a major archaeological find 130 miles off the coast of Crete, Greece. The expedition, funded by the Atlantean Foundation, discovers a major treasure trove of artefacts in an area reported by historical records to be the former location of an island called Thera, known as a possible location of the legendary lost city of Atlantis.
* '''June 24:''' In the AGS, Proteus AG announces that construction on its Emden arkoblock has been completed.
* '''July 1:''' The Dunkelzahn-affiliated shadowrunner group known as the D-Team makes its first appearance.
* '''August:''' The experimental mega freighter ''Pluto'' sinks off the Norwegian coast. The ship, which is operated with a fusion reactor, causes- according to company information- only a minimal environmental impact, but the event temporarily puts a damper on the use of nuclear fusion as a drive for mega freighters.
* Tensions begin to die down in the Indochinese region after decades of conflict. Over the next decade, rebuilding on a massive scale gains momentum whilst relying heavily on corporate support.
* '''August 30:''' rumors begin to spread of a new matrix utility called Black Hammer. This program is alleged to mimic the lethal properties of black IC.
* '''September 7:''' In the UCAS, the Endangered Species Act is passed. This act declares several species, including the Blackberry Cat, threatened.
* '''October 26:''' Numerous Latin American media and telecommunications companies are bought out by Spain's Sol Media Group.
* '''December 16:''' In the Matrix, theories of a scientist known as Doc are posted concerning the "Stopwatch
Complex”. According to Doc's theories, elves are possessed of a specific gene sequence that prevents the decay of cells, rendering Elves effectively ageless.
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* '''April 23:''' In Australia, the first reported sighting, and subsequent attack, of the Carnivorous Koala, or Drop Bear, occurs when one attacks Wildlife Ranger Patrick Stone of Sydney.
* '''May 3:''' In Québec City, rioters burn down the Latin Quarter in Old Town.
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* '''July 16:''' In the UCAS, University of Michigan researchers publish new magical theorems detailing a new skill; anchoring. This ability allows one to cast a spell but not have it go off until a specific circumstance triggers it.
* '''August 15:''' The Proteus arcology off the coast of Osaka is completed.
* '''August 24:''' In the Tsimshian Nation, the borders are opened to international corporations. MCT purchases exclusive rights to mining lands in exchange for aid, business and investments.
** The Moolah Temple in St. Louis, home to a Universal Brotherhood soup kitchen, burns down. An explosion also levels a portion of the University of Seattle's science building.
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* '''May 28:''' In CFS, a Tir Tairngire strike team attempts to take over Shasta Dam. Before they can establish themselves however, a previously unknown great dragon appears and chases them off. The dragon, later identified as Hestaby, takes control of the dam and a forty-mile surrounding area.
* '''May 30:''' A [=UCAStrak=] express train derailed. 157 people die and the company's stock plummets 32%. [=UCAStrak=] blames Tir Tairngire-based ecoterrorists.
* '''June 7:''' In San Francisco, the Underground issues a statement disassociating itself from a splinter group called the Burakumin.
* '''June 25:''' The redwood forest near Mount Shasta in the California Free State is expanding at an unnatural rate.
* '''June 28:''' Having achieved A status in 2052, Cross Applied Technologies now attains AA status and thus extraterritoriality.
