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* '''[[January 17]]''' AZTLAN: Fighting in Yucatán escalates to full scale civil war.<ref name="swa55">{{src|swa}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[February 13]]''' JAPAN: Fuchi begins constructing a deep space outpost at Lagrange Point 2.<ref name="swa55">{{src|swa}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[March 11]]''' UCAS: The Universal Brotherhood opens its Project Hope camps in the Redmond Barrens of Seattle.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[April 24]]''' UCAS: A group called the Compensation Army sets up camps in DeeCee, demanding compensation for land ceded to the NAN.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[May 31]]''' UCAS: Missing persons cases nationwide rise dramatically. Law enforcement agencies struggle to find a reason.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[July 9]]''' UCAS: The Project Hope camps are shut down for health reasons.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* Acting on "tips" from [[Ares]], the [[United Canadian and American States|UCAS]] FBI discovers that insect spirits control the [[Universal Brotherhood]] and shut it down, using a cover story of financial corruption. Other nations take similar steps, and the Brotherhood is completely shut down by [[2056]]. [[Ares]] assists in destructive raids against local hives, which are reported as widespread incidents of "unmotivated terrorist violence" against the Universal Brotherhood.
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* '''[[August 8]]:''' The [[Allied German States|AGS]] government declares a state of emergency over [[Berlin]] and tasks the [[Extraterritoriality|extraterritorial]] corporations with ending the anarchist rule of the city. Heavy fighting erupts.
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* '''[[August 22]]''' UCAS: In Chicago, a mega-hive of insect spirits, a previously unknown form of spirit, swarms the city. The UCAS government immediately mobilizes the military.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[August 23]]:''' An [[Ares Macrotechnology]] [[Firewatch]] team assaults the [[Universal Brotherhood]]'s chapter house in [[Chicago]]. The [[insect spirits]] escape into the city, causing mass panic. The [[United Canadian and American States|UCAS]] government demolishes buildings around the downtown core, trapping over 100,000 civilians within the "Chicago Containment Zone." The official story is of a [[VITAS]] outbreak. The [[Mafia]] loses contact with the ''Don'' of Chicago and the ''Commissione'' believes him dead; it transfers control of Chicago operations to ''Don'' [[Leo McCaskill]] of [[Milwaukee]], a former lieutenant of [[James O'Malley]].<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref><ref>Mob War! p. 15</ref>
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* '''[[August 24]]''' UCAS: FedPol troops are sent in to subdue the Compensation Army in DeeCee.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[August 26]]''' UCAS: The federal government begins making supply drops into the CCZ.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[September 16]]''' UCAS: Government officials meet with the Tír Princes and Lofwyr for advice on handling the CCZ.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[October 1]]:''' An unidentified group penetrates a massive insect hive beneath Cermak Avenue in the Chicago Containment Zone and detonates a sub-tactical nuclear weapon just after the queen spirits erect a magical barrier. Civilians and military personnel witness the huge explosion from outside the Zone. Virtually all the insect spirits in Chicago are knocked into torpor. Official sources refuse to comment.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[October 4]]''' UCAS: Construction of a line of walls around the CCZ is completed.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[November 22]]''' AGS: A joint corporate force uses bug paranoia as an excuse to “liberate” much of Berlin.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[November 24]]''' TÍR TAIRNGIRE: The cordon around Crater Lake is relaxed.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[December 13]]''' UCAS: The light carrier Wolverine and two guided missile frigates are stationed near Chicago.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[December 29]]''' UCAS: A shadow document describing the true situation in Chicago goes public.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''[[December 31]]''' GLOBAL: The first rumors of Otaku, children who access the Matrix without a cyberdeck, begin to emerge.<ref name="swa55">{{src|att}} pg. 77</ref>
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* '''Late December:''' The media receives documents compiled by residents of the Chicago Containment Zone describing the truth behind the Wall: a Hell-on-Earth scenario where petty warlords exerted control through violence, privation is the norm, and [[insect spirits]] openly preyed on the population. Chicago gains a new nickname: Bug City.
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* The band Anhedonia breaks up. Lead singer Billy "Oz-Man" Ossian focuses on their record label, Chrome Damage.<ref>{{src|att}} pg. 48</ref>
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* Doris, [[Shield Wall|Shield Wall's]] second [[sasquatch]] singer, passes away from cancer.<ref>{{src|att}} pg. 54</ref>
   
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*Acting on &ldquo;tips&rdquo; from [[Ares]], the [[UCAS]] FBI discovers that insect spirits control the [[UB]] and shut it down, but without making the reasons public. Cover story of financial corruption. Other nations take similar steps, and the [[UB]] is completely shut down by &rsquo;56. [[Ares]] assists in destructive raids against local hives, which are reported as widespread incidents of &ldquo;unmotivated terrorist violence&rdquo; against the [[Universal Brotherhood]].
  
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*Aug. 8: The [[AGS]] government declares a state of emergency over [[Berlin]] and tasks the [[extraterritorial]] corporations with ending the anarchist rule of the city. Heavy fighting errupts.
  
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*Aug. 22: A [[Knight Errant]] Firewatch team attack what may be the largest insect hive in [[North America]]. It does not have the anticipated effect. A swarm of bug spirits spills out of the hive to infest the city.
  
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*Aug. 23: The [[UCAS]] government sets up the Chicago Containment Zone, isolating most of the population of [[Chicago]] behind [[UCAS]] Army barricades. Those trapped include the [[Chicago]] Mafia, as well as the [[Chicago]] branches of the other major syndicates. The Mafia loses contact with the Don of [[Chicago]] and the Commissione believes him dead. It transfers control of [[Chicago]] operations to Don Leo McCaskill of Milwaukee, a former lieutenant of James O'Malley.
  
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*Chicago Containment Zone is explained to the public as securing against a virulent outbreak of [[Medical Services#Medical Terminology|VITAS]].
  
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*Early September or October: The remains of the [[Knight Errant]] Firewatch team inside the Chicago Containment Zone detonate a subtactical thermonuclear warhead inside the new core hive. The blast and radiation effects are much lower than expected, but knock virtually all the insect spirits in Chicago into torpor.
  
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  • January 17 AZTLAN: Fighting in Yucatán escalates to full scale civil war.[1]
  • February 13 JAPAN: Fuchi begins constructing a deep space outpost at Lagrange Point 2.[1]
  • March 11 UCAS: The Universal Brotherhood opens its Project Hope camps in the Redmond Barrens of Seattle.[1]
  • April 24 UCAS: A group called the Compensation Army sets up camps in DeeCee, demanding compensation for land ceded to the NAN.[1]
  • May 31 UCAS: Missing persons cases nationwide rise dramatically. Law enforcement agencies struggle to find a reason.[1]
  • July 9 UCAS: The Project Hope camps are shut down for health reasons.[1]
  • Acting on "tips" from Ares, the UCAS FBI discovers that insect spirits control the Universal Brotherhood and shut it down, using a cover story of financial corruption. Other nations take similar steps, and the Brotherhood is completely shut down by 2056. Ares assists in destructive raids against local hives, which are reported as widespread incidents of "unmotivated terrorist violence" against the Universal Brotherhood.
  • August 8: The AGS government declares a state of emergency over Berlin and tasks the extraterritorial corporations with ending the anarchist rule of the city. Heavy fighting erupts.
  • August 22 UCAS: In Chicago, a mega-hive of insect spirits, a previously unknown form of spirit, swarms the city. The UCAS government immediately mobilizes the military.[1]
  • August 23: An Ares Macrotechnology Firewatch team assaults the Universal Brotherhood's chapter house in Chicago. The insect spirits escape into the city, causing mass panic. The UCAS government demolishes buildings around the downtown core, trapping over 100,000 civilians within the "Chicago Containment Zone." The official story is of a VITAS outbreak. The Mafia loses contact with the Don of Chicago and the Commissione believes him dead; it transfers control of Chicago operations to Don Leo McCaskill of Milwaukee, a former lieutenant of James O'Malley.[1][2]
  • August 24 UCAS: FedPol troops are sent in to subdue the Compensation Army in DeeCee.[1]
  • August 26 UCAS: The federal government begins making supply drops into the CCZ.[1]
  • September 16 UCAS: Government officials meet with the Tír Princes and Lofwyr for advice on handling the CCZ.[1]
  • October 1: An unidentified group penetrates a massive insect hive beneath Cermak Avenue in the Chicago Containment Zone and detonates a sub-tactical nuclear weapon just after the queen spirits erect a magical barrier. Civilians and military personnel witness the huge explosion from outside the Zone. Virtually all the insect spirits in Chicago are knocked into torpor. Official sources refuse to comment.[1]
  • October 4 UCAS: Construction of a line of walls around the CCZ is completed.[1]
  • November 22 AGS: A joint corporate force uses bug paranoia as an excuse to “liberate” much of Berlin.[1]
  • November 24 TÍR TAIRNGIRE: The cordon around Crater Lake is relaxed.[1]
  • December 13 UCAS: The light carrier Wolverine and two guided missile frigates are stationed near Chicago.[1]
  • December 29 UCAS: A shadow document describing the true situation in Chicago goes public.[1]
  • December 31 GLOBAL: The first rumors of Otaku, children who access the Matrix without a cyberdeck, begin to emerge.[1]
  • Late December: The media receives documents compiled by residents of the Chicago Containment Zone describing the truth behind the Wall: a Hell-on-Earth scenario where petty warlords exerted control through violence, privation is the norm, and insect spirits openly preyed on the population. Chicago gains a new nickname: Bug City.
  • The band Anhedonia breaks up. Lead singer Billy "Oz-Man" Ossian focuses on their record label, Chrome Damage.[3]
  • Doris, Shield Wall's second sasquatch singer, passes away from cancer.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 o34954845Sixth World Almanac pg. 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "swa55" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ Mob War! p. 15
  3. ↑ o60859285Attitude pg. 48
  4. ↑ o60859285Attitude pg. 54
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