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The National Republic of Poland (NRP) is a country in East Europe.

History[]

  • 2010s - 2020s - Poland and Russia begin their own small Cold War in contest for control of the borderlands: Belarus, Ukraine, and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), recently re-occupied by Russia.
  • 2010 - The Suwałki Underlake Mine collapses poisoning the Mazurian Lakes.[1]
  • 2011 - In Oświęcim (Auschwitz), the dead of Auschwitz-Birkenau rise up as ghosts. Most of the living inhabitants of Oświęcim flee for their lives and the city quickly becomes a ghost town.[2]
  • 2012 - Polish troops enter Belarus to protect refugees and bring order to destabilized country, occupying Grodno (Hrodna) and Brześć (Brest).
  • 2023 - In Częstochowa, visitors to Jasna Góra Monastery report seeing visions of the Apostles. The area soon becomes flooded with pilgrims hoping to have their own visions. The apparitions continue to appear annually and the area becomes known as a holy site.[3]
  • 2030 - 2033 - EuroWar I sees Russia facing some European countries between 2030 and 2033. Russia, already in control of Belarus and the Baltic states, invades Poland. The Kaliningrad Incident, a Russian-staged "false flag" provocation, allows Russia to state Poland attacked first.[4]
  • 2031 - Russia invades Poland.[5] The main Polish army is defeated near Olsztyn, as Russian destroy dikes and dams in Suwałki in the Mazury region, killing 200,000 civilians and forcing Polish forces there into disorganized retreat and turning the region into a toxic wasteland. The remnants of the Polish army retreat west and continue fighting alongside the other European forces. The Russian army eventually bogs down around Berlin, Germany, facing various European forces.[6]
  • 2032 - Polish General Michał "Daddy" Marszalik transforms Army Division West into the Husaria mercenaries.[7]
  • 2034 - Russia leaves Poland. The war toll is 1 million dead, 3 millions refugees, and a devastated country.[8]
  • 2035 - In Oświęcim, the monks of the Order of Saint Sylvester construct a network of astral wards called the "Soul Barrier" to contain the ghosts of the Nazi-era concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.[9]
  • 2039 - In response to the Night of Rage, President Wojciech Rybiński asks Russia to step in and stop the violence. With the assistance of the Russian military, he declares martial law and names himself President of the new National Republic of Poland (NRP). Some see the hand of Saeder-Krupp in this event.[10]
  • 2040s - General Kruk of Polish Intelligence founds the Armia Krajowa (AK, Polish: "Home" or "Domestic Army") to fight the Russian occupation (AK is formed in 2039). At an unspecified date, the Polish government-in-exile is established in Paris, France.[11]
  • 2040 - Military forces surround the Awakened forest of Białowieski and the Mazury toxic zone and set up the Mazury-Białowieża Containment Area to keep the toxic creatures (from the swamp) and Awakened animals (from the forest) that have been terrorizing the area from spreading. The major local town of Białystok and nearby areas are evacuated.[12]
  • 2044 - AK assassinates a prominent Russian diplomat in Poland. Russians and Polish-Russian collaborators face increasing hostility.[13]
  • 2047 - The region of Małopolska (Lesser Poland) is declared a Free Trade Zone, with its capital in Kraków (Cracow) and its government subcontracted to Saeder-Krupp.[14]
  • 2051 - In Częstochowa, the Providence Corporation (Polish: Korporacja Opatrzności Bożej) takes over all city administrative functions.[15]
  • 2051 - Most of Saeder-Krupp's Polish-based companies merge to form the Mining-Industrial Conglomerate (Polish: Konglomerat Przemysłowo-Wydobywczy, KP-W).[16]
  • 2053 - 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.[17]
  • 2058 - The patriarch of the Wisner family, leader of the Katowice Syndykat, dies.[18]
  • 2061 - The Warsaw-Łódź Syndykat crime lord Rudy is murdered in the city, allegedly by Sergei Lukin of the Russian Red Vory. Fearing an all-out war, the AK brokers an arrangement between Zbychu, Rudy's son and heir, and Jacek Wisner, boss of the Katowice Syndykat. In the following month, the two mobs ruthlessly murder anyone who gets in their way as they absorb the smaller mobs, and support AK by waging war on the Red Vory and its allies in the Russian army.[19]
  • 2061 - After Halley's Comet's passing, the ghosts in Oświęcim become stronger and are able to bypass the spirit barrier. Breakouts become more and more common.[20]
  • 2062 - In Małopolska, a small town is destroyed by a previously unknown, gray-and-gold dragon. The Polish Army as well as Russian special forces are called in but are wiped out by the dragon, which the locals name Całożerca after a dragon from Polish mythology. The dragon swiftly vanishes into the Tatra Mountains, where he sets up a domain called the "Carpathian Enclave". Groups of fanatics flock to the Enclave, claiming Całożerca is the legendary Polish Dragon of Wawel reborn.[21][22]
  • 2062, Nov 2 - At 9:30, the AK broadcasts the following message on the Polish Matrix: "Today starts a new chapter of Polish history: the National Liberation War. If you love your nation, stand up, take your weapon and fight. If you are an enemy, leave our country, or prepare to die." The AK cells then proceed to attack Matrix nodes, police stations, and military bases throughout Poland. Deckers from the Polish Cybernetic Institute in Paris launch Operation Cruise to cripple the Polish Matrix, bringing business to a halt and sending the wealthy elite into a panic. The Russians are caught completely by surprise. At the same time, the Husaria mercenaries - renamed the Liberation Army (Polish: Armia Wyzwoleńcza, AW) - cross the Czech border in small assault groups, massing at the Sudety Mountains in preparation for an invasion. Within hours, the Polish people hit the streets. Over the next few days, the authorities loose several cities while the AW continues to advance as far as Wrocław. Russian Chief Advisor General Mikhail Suchov responds by throwing President Rybiński aside, taking control of the Polish Army, and ruthlessly retaliating with massive air strikes. The AW offensive, which becomes known as the Martyrs' Uprising, grinds to a halt. Lower Silesia becomes known as the Free Republic of Poland (FRP).[23]
  • 2062, Nov - Tricity declares independence.[24]
  • 2062 - The Warsaw-Łódź Syndykat moves into some of the abandoned buildings in the city's Pustynia zone and set up operations. The Red Vory, who have been using the area for BTL factories and drug labs, strike back and Pustynia erupts into open warfare.[25]
  • 2062 - ... - A state of war exists between Russia and the Polish-resistance-controlled territories like the FRP. Both sides are exhausted and, preparing for a new stage the in war, low-level fighting takes place all along the border, with Russians controlling most airspace and launching air raids - up to carpet bombing - at Polish-held targets.[26]

Politics[]

  • The National Republic of Poland (NRP) remains the official government in control of most Polish territory, but it has little support from the common people, and even its Russian "allies" (led by Chief Advisor General Mikhail Suchov, the Republic's de facto Russian ruler) treat it increasingly like a sorry excuse of a puppet state that doesn't even live up to its name, assuming more and more responsibilities and moving the few remaining rybokrats (government officials from de jure president Wojciech Rybiński's administration) away from crucial positions, replacing them with Russian personnel.
  • The Free Republic of Poland (FRP) is the newly-formed Polish state, currently in control of Silesia, with its provisional capital in Wrocław. Officially a democracy but, as of 2062, wartime conditions did not allow for proper elections to be carried out, and it is de facto a military dictatorship. The current FRP leaders are the National Liberation Army (NLA, based around former Husaria mercenaries headed by General Marszalik), the Armia Krajowa (AK, headed by the elusive General Kruk), General Wysocki (an NRP defector with ties to the AK), and the pre-NRP government (currently in exile in Paris).
  • The Małopolska Free Trade Zone is under Saeder-Krupp control through its subsidiary Konglomerat Przemysłowo-Wydobywczy.
  • Tricity (Polish: Trójmiasto) calls itself a Free City but in fact contains three: Sopot, Gdynia, and Gdańsk (Danzig). It is run by the Tricity Corporation, a power base of the Kapers (an underworld outfit of pirates/smugglers).
  • The Carpathian Enclave of the Western Dragon Całożerca in the Tatry Mountains.
  • The Roman Catholic Church, through Cardinal Wojtowicz and the Providence Corporation (ranked AA, nominally still under NRP control), has its unofficial capital in Częstochowa.
  • The Polish Mafia, composed of the Warsaw-Łódź Syndykat and the Katowice Syndykat.

Foreign Relations[]

Geography[]

  • Pomorze (Pomerania)
    • Tricity (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot)
    • Szczecin (Settin)
    • Kołobrzeg
  • Mazury (Masuria)
    • Olsztyn
  • Podlesie - Puszcza Białowieska (Białowieża Forest)
    • Białystok (abandoned)
  • Wielkopolska (Greater Poland)
    • Poznań
  • Mazowsze (Masovia)
    • Warszawa (Warsaw)
    • Łódź
    • Dżungla (the Jungle)
    • Pustynia (the Desert)
  • Góry Świętokrzyskie (Świętokrzyskie Mountains)
    • Kielce
    • Łysa Góra
  • Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia)
  • Górny Śląsk (Upper Silesia)
    • Katowice
  • Tatry Mountains (part of the Carpathian Mounatains)
  • Karpacka Enklawa Smoka Całożercy (the Carpathian Enclave of the Dragon of Wawel)[33]

Awakened Biota[]

Economy[]

Corporate Presence[]

References[]

  1. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  2. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  3. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  4. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  5. ↑ o35702881Shadowrun Third Edition p. 29
  6. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  7. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  8. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  9. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  10. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  11. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  12. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  13. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  14. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  15. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  16. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  17. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  18. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  19. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  20. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  21. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  22. ↑ o45457298Dragons of the Sixth World p. ?
  23. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  24. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  25. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  26. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. ?
  27. ↑ o84296706Germany Sourcebook p. 43
  28. ↑ o84296706Germany Sourcebook p. 94
  29. ↑ o66933837London Sourcebook p. 41
  30. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 112, 118
  31. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 114, 115
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 114
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 119
  34. ↑ o26451121Paranormal Animals of Europe p. 11
  35. ↑ o26451121Paranormal Animals of Europe p. 142
  36. ↑ o26451121Paranormal Animals of Europe p. 65
  37. ↑ o26451121Paranormal Animals of Europe p. 75
  38. ↑ o26451121Paranormal Animals of Europe p. 81
  39. ↑ o26451121Paranormal Animals of Europe p. 108
  40. ↑ o26451121Paranormal Animals of Europe p. 113
  41. ↑ o45457298Dragons of the Sixth World p. 159
  42. ↑ o79645619Corporate Download p. 84
  43. ↑ 43.00 43.01 43.02 43.03 43.04 43.05 43.06 43.07 43.08 43.09 o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 115
  44. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 115, 117
  45. ↑ o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 117

Index[]

  • o45457298Dragons of the Sixth World p. 159 (on the dragon Całożerca)
  • o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 107 - 119, 111 (map), 228 - 229 (passing references in chapter on European history, most details in chapter on Poland and "Gamemaster Info")

External Links[]

  • This page forked from Wordman's The Sixth World: A geographical index to the world of Shadowrun
  • Archive: Shadowrun Polska, a former effort by Polish Shadowrun gamers to develop a localized setting in synch with FASA/WizKids/FanPro material.
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