... and so it came to pass ...
Shadowrun Timeline
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1999: the Seretech Decision
o a 3-month truckers' strike causes food riots in New York.
o when a mob attacks a Seretech truck hauling infectious medical wastes in the
mistaken belief that it carries food, Seretech security forces use lethal force to
protect it. 20 Seretech employees and 200 rioters are killed.
o the Supreme Court upholds Seretech's actions as responsible for saving
thousands of lives, rather than costing hundreds.
2001: the Shiawase Decision
o The shiawase court decision establishes extraterritoriality for megacorps.
o Aug-Oct: NASA Mars probes photograph pyramids and a skeleton on the
surface of Mars. The information is given the highest classification (Top
Secret:Veil).
2004: Libya attacks Israel with chemical weapons.
o Nuclear meltdown at Dungeness in Kent (England) creates a localized
irradiated zone.
2005: New York quake
o Israel nukes Libya.
o a major earthquake hits New York City on 12 August, killing 200,000 and
causing 200 billion in damage. It will take 40 years to rebuild.
o United Nations moves to Geneva.
o East Coast Stock Exchange moves to Boston.
o Conservative government in Great Britain establishes regional parliaments in
Scotland and Wales.
2005-6: Korean War
o Japanacorps push the ROK (Republic of Korea, aka. South Korea) into a war
with the DPRK (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea, aka. communist
North Korea).
o Early 2006: DPRK launches nukes at Japan, but they do not reach their targets.
o Late 2006: DPRK is overrun. Japan proclaims Japanese Imperial State.
2009: Lone Eagle incident
o the resource rush
o May 5: United Oil receives rights to 25% of national parklands and 10% of
Indian lands.
o Sovereign American Indian Movement (SAIM) seizes the Shiloh launch
facility in Montana. Delta Team retakes the site, but not before the terrorists
launch a Lone Eagle ICBM at Russia. The missile never hits. No one knows
why.
o Re-Education and Relocation Act (Nepean Act in Canada) round up Native
Americans into "reeducation centers".
 Native Americans are spared the worst of VITAS because of this
internment, ironically.
o King Charles III is crowned in Westminster Abbbey.
2010: VITAS 1
o Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome (VITAS) kills off a quarter of the
world's population.
o The Yakuza of Seattle is given official recognition as the Dungeness Crabs of
the 87th Prefecture by the oyabun of the Watada-rengo in Chiba, Japan. This
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approval of and support for their activities allows the Seattle Yakuza to grow
rapidly and expand its operations.
2011: the Year of Chaos
o Unexplained Genetic Expression (UGE) -- elven and dwarven babies are born
to human parents.
o Pope John Paul IV denounces metahumans as abominations in the eyes of God.
o England's Sizewell B nuclear power station suffers critical meltdown, resulting
in a total death count of 17,000.
o a nuclear power plant in Dounreay, Scotland suffers a meltdown, creating the
Scottish Irradiated Zone.
o Jul: Operation Discovery, an 8-man Mars Mission, makes planetfall and begins
its survey.
o Dec 24: the Awakening
 Ryumyo appears on Mt. Fuji
 Daniel "Howling Coyote" Coleman leaves Abilene DC.
 The operations module of Operation Discovery crashes on Mars, killing
5 of the 8 astronauts.
o Dec 26: ley-lines and standing stones re-emerge all over Great Britain. First
sighting of the Great Welsh Dragon, Celedyr, in Caerleon.
2012: the Big D
o Jan 27: Dunkelzahn's first appearance
 12-hour interview with Holly Brighton
o Lofwyr appears in Germany and becomes a corporate player
o England's King Charles III abdicates in favor of his only surviving son,
George.
o formation of Hildebrandt-Kleinfort-Bernal (HKB) megacorporation in
England, an increasingly major power in world financial affairs.
2013: first televised Combat Biker match (Baton Rouge, LA)
2014: NAN
o Daniel Howling Coyote announces formation of the NAN
o Following magically enhanced terrorist activity, the governments of the U.K.
and Eire sign the Treaty of Galway establishing the United Free Republic of
Ireland.
2015: Aztlan
o May 5: Francisco Pavón of the Azatlán party becomes first directly elected
president of Mexico.
o Mexico becomes Aztlan, backed by ORO corporation (Aztechnology)
o Hong Kong breaks free from mainland China and proclaims independence.
The British government uses its influence to protect Hong Kong, but is duped
by megacorporations and loses face over the incident.
o Schism splits the Irish Republican Army (IRA) into two factions: the
Provisional IRA (led by Liam O'Connor, a "spike baby" elf) and the Official
IRA.
 The Provisional IRA is incorporated into the state security apparatus,
where it counters Protestant paramilitaries. It would grow into the core
of the Tir Republican Corps (TRC).
2016: the Indian War
o Howling Coyote declares war.
o Redondo peak erupts and buries Los Alamos, New Mexico.
o President Garrety assassinated by William Springer (never captured). Also
assassinated:
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Russian President Nikolai Chelenko
Prime Minister Lena Rodale of Great Britain
Minister Chaim Schon of Israel
o VP William Jarman passes Executive Order 17-321, the extermination of the
Native American tribes.
o Ares buys NASA.
o a major oil spill in the North Sea creates the Scottish Fringe Toxic Zone.
2017: the Great Ghost Dance
o Aug 17, 10:32 am: Mts. Hood, Ranier, St. Helens, and Adams erupt.
2018: Treaty of Denver
o Aztlan invited to join the new Sovereign Tribal Council (STC) of the Native
American Nations (NAN). As a member nation, it participates in the Treaty of
Denver.
o The Treaty Of Denver resolves the dispute between the United States and the
Native American Nations.
 Denver is divided between the US and four members of the NAN:
Aztlan, Pueblo, Sioux, and Ute.
 Denver and the surrounding territory becomes the Front Range Free
Zone, a technically sovereign state goverened by the Council of
Denver.
o 1st-generation ASIST developed by Dr Hosato Hikita, ESP systems, Chicago.
o civil war in China results in yet another fractured nation: Manchuria, Xinjiang,
Guangxi, the Canton Confederation
o the spaceplane America disintegrates in orbit, crashing in Longreach, Australia
and killing 200.
2019: first successful cyberlimb -- Leonora Bartoli, violinist
2020: Aden destroys Tehran in response to the Ayatollah's declaration of jihad against
the metahuman races.
o Ares launches Apollo space program.
2021: Goblinization
o Shiela Blatavska establishes the Atlantean Foundation
o Apr 30: Goblinization strikes 10% of the world population
 martial law, concentration camps in the US
 Yomi Island (Philippines) in the Japanese Empire
 England's King George VII is declared dead, rumors persist that he was
killed when he began changing into a troll.
2022: VITAS 2
o Race riots occur around the world
o electronic news mag Data coins the term "Awakened"
o VITAS 2 claims another 10%
o Cuba, Jamaica, Grenada, Bermuda and the Virgin Islands join together to form
the Caribbean League
o Los Angeles is rocked by gang warfare, eventually suppressed by National
Guardsmen. The city's worst slums are walled off, soon renamed "El Infierno"
by local residents.
2023: Metahuman rights
o Humanis policlub founded
o US Supreme Court grants equal rights to metahumans
o Riots over hoarded VITAS 2 serum level the LA neighborhood of Watts.
2024: first commercial simsense
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After a prolonged succession dispute, George Edward Richard WindsorHanover becomes King George VIII in England.
2025: Lone Star Seattle
o UCLA establishes first undergraduate program in occult studies
 followed by Texas AMM (Agriculture, Medicine, and Magic) and
MITT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Thaumaturgy).
o cyberware enters professional sports (NFL)
o Lone Star takes over law enforcement in Seattle.
o Pope John XXV issues In Imago Dei encyclical:
 Metahumans have souls and are capable of salvation.
 Magical abilities are not inherently evil
 Spirits are manifestations of nature (gray area).
o The United Kingdom Constitution Act is passed in Great Britain, creating the
office of Lord Protector.
2026: NERPS!
o The Mafia Commissione appoints Brian O'Malley from Milwaukee as the head
of the Finnigan family and Don of Seattle, and assigns him to deal with the
problem of the Yakuza in the metroplex.
o Oxford and Edinburgh Universities establish Batchelor of Science degrees in
occult studies.
o World Combat Cyclists Leage (WCCL) founded. Combat Biker becomes a
major sport.
2027: Fusion power.
o Desperate to alleviate water shortages, the Los Angeles Power and Water
Company pioneers the first use of cold fusion technology, which produces
fresh water from salt water as a by-product.
o The Lord Protector's office (England) drafts the Magical Practitioners
Registration Bill, which Parliament passes into law.
2028: a major earthquake hits L.A., destroying LAX.
o Cambridge institutes a magical studies program.
o Britain withdraws from the European Economic Community (EEC)
2029: the big Computer Crash
o Sony Cybersystems, Fuchi Industrial Electronics, and RCA-Unisys develop
prototype cyberterminals
o CIA, FBI, and NSA begin Echo Mirage project.
o the Salish-Sidhe Council (SSC) opens its borders to all metahumans (not just
Native Americans). The Sinsearach elf tribe is founded in the southern region.
o Feb 8: the Crash of '29
 Aug: presidential emergency order drafts hotshot corp and university
hackers into Echo Mirage. 32 graduate training. First-generation
cyberterminals are room-sized and require a sensory deprivation tank.
 Eighteen minutes after engaging the virus, four members of Echo
Mirage were dead. When the data logs were analyzed, two things
became apparent: First, the virus program could induce lethal
biofeedback in humans accessing the Matrix. Second, no existing
computer security could even slow down someone using a
cyberterminal.
2030: UCAS
o Ghoul nation of Asamando founded in Africa
o Oct 15: Act of Union signed in Washington D.C., Canada and the US merge
into the UCAS.
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Awakened forces in Russia seize Siberia
Brian O'Malley is shot and killed in his home by Yakuza assassins. A
retaliatory hit the next day kills the Yakuza oyabun responsible, along with his
lieutenants. Losses on both sides of the Mafia/Yakuza conflict result in a truce.
Patrick Finnigan becomes capo of his family and the Don of Seattle.
2031: Euro-War
o beginning of the Euro-Wars
o Late: Echo Mirage finishes off the virus (7 survivors)
 second-generation cyberterminals are desk-sized.
o James O'Malley, capo of Milwaukee and Brian's older brother, becomes
obsessed with revenge against the Yakuza. He neglects his city's operations so
dramatically that the Commissione strips him of his position and forces him to
retire.
2033: Nightwraith strikes, Nanosecond Buyout
o Jan 23: Nightwraith airstrike. Fighter-bombers attack key C&C centers on all
sides of the Euro-Wars, bringing the fighting to a screeching halt. Whodunit?
Swedish air surveillance implies that the aircraft were of U.K. origin, but this
is denied by the government.
o Nanosecond Buyout: Damien Knight takes control of Ares
o To rebuild gumis nearly crippled in the conflicts with the Mafia, the Japanese
Yakuza send a new upper echelon of Koreans to Seattle. These Korean leaders
begin aggressively reclaiming lost territory.
2034: Amazonia, CAS, Tir Na nOg, Fuchi rising
o Amazonia founded.
o CAS secede from the UCAS.
o Aztlan withdraws from the STC and the NAN.
o South Florida joins the Caribbean League.
o Richard Villiers becomes one-third of Fuchi Industrial Elec.
 May: Matrix Systems, Boston, releases first gray-market cyberterminal.
 Jun: Matrix Systems suffers a computer crash and its two primary
shareholders die in "unrelated accidents"
 Jul: Richard Villiers, the remaining majority shareholder, buys into
Fuchi with the Matrix Systems technology.
o Dec 25: formation of Tir Na nOg announced.
2035: Tir Tairngire
o Mar: Liam O'Connor becomes State President of Tir Na nOg.
o the Ceneste branch of the Sinsearach elves establish the elven nation of Tir
Tairngire (TT)
o TT secedes from the NAN
o Lugh Surehand appointed High Prince of TT.
o Tsimshian secedes from the NAN.
o Aztlan invades Texas, capturing the cities of Austin and San Antonio. The
CAS refuses to support Texan resistance, causing Texas to secede (briefly,
they were re-admitted 4 months later).
2036: California Free State
o UCAS Pres. McAlister withdraws all federal support from CA after they
threaten secession. Seeya!
o Tir Tairngire invades south to Redding
o Aztlan invades north to San Diego
o Japan takes control of San Francisco
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Alamos 20,000 claims responsibility for the firebombing of a town in rural
Ohio, their first public atrocity. 20 people (mostly metahuman) die.
o 14th Amendment to the UCAS Constitution: SINs
o Fuchi markets 3rd-generation cyberdeck, desktop CDT-1000.
o Akiko Kano and Arthur White-Eagle earn the Nobel Prize for the "Kano-White
Eagle Theory of Metaphysical Phenomena".
o Regeneration and transformation of regional forests begins in Scotland.
2037: Denver Data Haven
o emotive simsense. Hello, BTL!
o Denver Data Haven shows up in the shadows. (Physical location: the old
USAF Academy in Colorado Springs)
o DocWagon founded
o Lofwyr announces 63% ownership of Saeder-Krupp, votes himself chairman
of the board, president, and CEO.
o Guerilla warfare in northern California pushes Tir Tairngire back north as far
as Yreka. The territory between Redding and Yreka becomes neutral ground,
claimed by both sides.
o wolves and bears are restored to the Scottish Wild Lands.
o first North American Urban Brawl championship, "Super Brawl"
2039: Night of Rage
o Feb 7: thousands of metas, friends & family, and wannabes die in global riots.
 New York City: 836 dead.
 Seattle: "Hands of Five" terrorist group firebombs the metahuman
detention centier on the Tacoma docks.
o Feb 10: Alamos 20K destroys the Sears Tower in Chicago.
o St. Patricks Day: Boston, Knights of the Red Branch bomb an elven restaurant
on the parade route, killing 24 and inciting a race riot that claimed hundreds
more.
o Nadja Daviar becomes the Big D's third interpreter.
o Charleston, SC: serial killer caught and convicted on evidence obtained from a
ghost.
o Fuchi sponsors the Universal Matrix Specifications (UMS) conference, Tokyo.
o A massive chemical spill kills 70,000 people in Teeside, England.
2040: Azania
o Southern Africa unites into Azanian Alliance, composed of the Cape Republic,
Oranje-Vrystaat, Trans-Swazi Federation, and Zulu Nation.
o Renraku Arcology in Seattle begins construction
o The Universal Brotherhood opens shop (CFS in '42, Seattle in '45)
2041: EuroAir Flight 329 from London to Atlanta destroyed by Sirrurg
o Yamatetsu elbows its way into the Big Seven, becoming the Eigth major
megacorp.
o policlubs appear in Europe.
2042: Dunkelzahn begins semi-annual "Wyrm Talk".
o Akira Watada, oyabun of the Watada-rengo, issues an ultimatum to the Korean
oyabuns of Seattle. They must pledge their loyalty to the Watada rengo or
suffer the consequences.
o Ares project: Cydonia discovers Operation Discovery crash, Veil agents
engineer a hoax to cover it: The cheesy UFO photo made public 15 years later
by Dunkelzahn's Will.
o Liam O'Connor (President of Tir Na nOg) disappears from public life.
o first biannual international Urban Brawl World Cup
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2043: Seoulpa Rings
o Jan: Watada-rengo assassins invade Seattle and kill the vast majority of the
Seattle Yakuza's Korean leadership. The survivors are forced to pledge loyalty
to the Japanese rengo or be executed. New Japanese managers are put in place,
and within a few weeks the Japanese once again control the Seattle Yakuza.
o Former Korean Yakuza oyabun Park Jai Kyu begins organizing the Seoulpa
Rings in Seattle with the help of his remaining contacts and followers. The
concept catches fire and begins to spread through the metroplex and the rest of
North America.
o Rhiannon Glendower becomes Countess of Snowdon.
o Gwynedd elves make major advances in Welsh regional parliament
2044: the oyabun
o Hanzo Shotozumi is appointed the oyabun of the 87th Prefecture in Seattle. He
re-institutes and enforces traditional Yakuza ways and values, and begins an
aggressive campaign to expand Yakuza operations in the Pacific Northwest.
2045: German Alliance founded.
o Don Patrick Finnigan is failing to hold the line against Yakuza encroachment
in the Seattle metroplex, and so the Commissione calls Don James O'Malley
out of enforced retirement to resume control of Seattle operations. O'Malley is
appointed Don of Seattle specifically to slow Yakuza growth in the metroplex.
He, his wife, and his 15-year-old daughter Rowena move to Seattle.
o The Seoulpa Rings start making a name for themselves in the Seattle
underworld as their operations expand; they begin to encroach on the markets
of the other syndicates.
o 2045-2047: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua are
accepted into the Aztlaner republic.
2046: the Lost Election
o a team of rogue deckers erases the results of California's gubernatorial election,
allegedly aided by a Los Angeles street gang. The so-called Lost Election
prompts the goveernment to declare ware on the "criminal element" in Los
Angeles, sending army and corporate mercenary troops to raze El Infierno.
After fighting a losing battle, California's central government declares Los
Angeles a Free City.
Para-VITAS outbreak in Tynesprawl (England) kills 120,000. Believed to be the work
of unidentified eco-terrorists.
2048: Operation Reciprocity
o Panama admitted into Aztlan.
o Aztlan (Aztechnology) nationalizes all foreign businesses. Corp Court
authorizes a joint corporate military strike, "Operation Reciprocity", against
Aztechnology
o Veracruz Settlement: Aztechnology pays reparations.
o Panama canal becomes a Pan-Corporate Zone under the Corp Court
o Colbert Group CEO Alan Adams is elected president of the UCAS.
2049: Renraku develops first Semi-Autonomous Knowbot (SK)
o Aztlan and Amazonia squabble over Colombia and Venezuela
2050: seventh-gen cyberdeck (keyboard size)
2052: technology curve
o 2XS, BTL with a kick.
o Bioware hits the public market
o Seattle-Tir Tairngire trade agreement, by which Seattle becomes the Tir's
major port.
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Chair.
2053: a new Great Dragon
o Hestaby takes possession of Shasta Dam and surrounding territory in Northern
California, repelling a Tir attack.
o publication of Anchoring theorems
o Proteus corp completes two arkoblocks (offshore Arcologies) in Japan
2054: Atlantis
o tentative discovery of Atlantis (Thera) 150 miles off Crete.
o Tir Tairngire locks down Crater Lake.
2055: The UB
o 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.
o Other nations take similar steps, and the UB is completely shut down by '56.
o widespread incidents of "unmotivated terrorist violence" against UB.
o Aug 22: A Knight Errant Firewatch team detonates a subtactical nuclear
warhead in what may have been 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.
o 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.
2056: Year of the Bug (Bug City)
o The UCAS Congress formally recognizes the great dragon Dunkelzahn as a
legal citizen of the UCAS. Famous "handshake" between Dunkelzahn and
President Thomas Steele sends the Technocrat ticket to the top of the polls.
o Nov: President Thomas Steele and Vice Pres James Booth overwhelmingly reelected to office in "the dullest election of the 21st century".
o Dec-Jan: Election results of 2056 found to be rigged; House Speaker Betty Jo
Pritchard declares the election null and void and announces new elections.
Congress approves short campaign season of under eight months, with Election
Day re-scheduled to Tuesday, 7 Aug 2057.
2057: Year of the Dragon (Super Tuesday, Dunkelzahn's Secrets)
o Jan-Feb: Assorted people declare themselves as candidates for president. Five
of them are widely regarded as viable contenders:
 Arthur Vogel, a dwarf eco-lawyer
 Dr Rozilyn Hernandez, a noted academic and mage
 James Booth, former VP fighting for a political comeback
 Gen. Franklin Yeats, a retired soldier with staunch pro-military views
 Kenneth Brackhaven, Seattle businessman with ties to humansupremacist groups.
o Feb 1: Keneth Brackhaven formally announces his candidacy at a rally in
Seattle.
o Feb 28: Booth and Yeats face off in a "town-meeting" debate in New
Hampshire. Booth loses.
o Mar 15: Dunkelzahn announces his intention to run for President on a historic
broadcast of "Wyrm Talk!"
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Mar-Jul: Campaign season rocks the UCAS. Five top contenders jockey back
and forth for the winning position, with Booth running a consistent dead-last
(well behind Undecided).
Election campaigns:
 Arthur Vogel & Gary Gray, Democratic Party, "Save the Earth"
 Dr Rozilyn Hernandez & Ramsay McMulkin, New Century Party, "Our
Magical Future"
 James Booth & Brandon Ekimatsu, Technocratic Party, "The Status
Quo"
 Gen. Franklin Yeats & Anne Penchyk, Republican, "Rebuild America"
 Kenneth Brackhaven & William Ager, Archconservative Party, "A
Holy War for the Soul of the Nation"
 Dunkelzahn & Kyle Haeffner, Independent, "A New Golden Age"
Jul 10: Gen. Franklin Yeats assassinated in a Seattle hotel room by a FBI agent
possessed by a wasp spirit.
Jul 18: Yeats' running mate, Anne Penchyk, declares that she will honor Yeats'
memory by fighting on as a presidential candidate.
Aug 1: Deadline for receipt of absentee ballots. Any absentee ballots received
by the UCAS Election Board after this date are considered invalid.
Aug 7: Election Day. Dunkelzahn is declared the winner by a narrow margin at
11:23:34 pm EST.
Aug 8: Metahumans and other pro-Awakened citizens celebrate Dunkelzahn's
victory in cities across the UCAS.
Aug 9: President Dunkelzahn and Vice-President Kyle Haeffner are formally
sworn into office in Washington, FDC. Inauguration parties galore are held
throughout the Washington, FDC sprawl.
 10:23:08 pm EST: Dunkelzahn is assassinated in the Presidential limo
as he leaves the Watergate Hotel.
 10:24:57 pm EST: An astral rift appears above the site of Dunkelzahn's
death.
 10:28:01 pm EST: FBI headquarters receives the first of more than 500
claims of responsibility for the killing of Dunkelzahn, from the terrorist
group Red Dawn. FBI authorities label their claim a hoax because the
caller refers to having "fired the fatal bullet". This claim sets the
pattern; most subsequent claims are equally obvious falsehoods.
 11:14:46 pm EST: Tanya Reilly, a UCAS military mage, becomes the
first casualty of the strange magical phenomenon over the death site
when her astral body is sucked into it during her investigation of the
area from astral space.
 11:31:20 pm EST: A section of "public" astral space near the site is
blocked off as a hazard to anything in the astral plane. Government
mages post astral "warning signs".
Aug 10: the morning after
 02:32:37 am EST: Kyle Haeffner is sworn in as President of the United
Canadian and American States.
 07:35:12 am EST: President Kyle Haeffner meets with Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court Richard Scott to form the Scott Commission on the
Assassination of President Dunkelzahn.
Aug 10-11: Riots begin and gather momentum in most major UCAS cities.
Rumors of a second Night of Rage are quickly squelched as the UCAS
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military, local police and rumored support from Ares Macrotechnology
Security Forces quell the heavy violence. The riots show no signs of ending.
Aug 12: President Haeffner goes before Congress to nominate Nadja Daviar to
the Vice-Presidential position. This announcement comes as a shock to the
Congress and to most UCAS citizens, but the announcement does begin to
slow the violence in the streets. The President declares, "Daviar was the voice
of Dunkelzahn, and now must serve to speak to us of his heart and soul." A
vote to confirm this appointment is delayed until the Scott Commission can
begin its hearings.
Aug 15: Portfolio of a Dragon
 09:31:00 am EST: Nadja Daviar reads Dunkelzahn's will at the
Watergate Hotel in Washington, FDC. Certain items are distributed
immediately to those in attendance, but the bulk of the bequests will be
disbursed beginning in September.
 09:31:07 am EST: The will appears in various on-line user groups,
including the Neo-Anarchist's Shadowland node. No indication exists
to even hint at where this text version came from or who sent it.
 04:53:34 pm EST: Nadja Daviar releases her first press release as
Chairman of the Board of the Draco Foundation.
Aug 15: Miles Lanier (Fuchi chief of security) leaves Fuchi to join the board of
directors of Renraku Computer Systems.
Aug 18: President Haeffner, in another surprising move, proposes a complete
list of names to fill his Cabinet positions, a radical departure from the
traditional system of proposing one candidate at a time. Again, Congress
chooses to wait until the Scott Commission can interview Haeffner and Daviar.
Aug 20: Art Vogel becomes president of Sierra, Inc.
Aug 22: The first "shadow information" on the will is uploaded onto the
Shadowland BBS by system operator Captain Chaos.
Aug 22: Nadja Daviar grants Damien Knight voting control over Gavilan
Ventures (Ares stock portfolio) for 2 years
Aug 25: The names of the Scott Commission are released. They will start
hearings beginning with President Haeffner on Sep 5.
Aug 31, 02:55:23 EST: The Players (of the Awakened World) is uploaded to
the Shadowland BBS by system administrator Captain Chaos.
Sep 1: Chairman Daviar releases the names of the Board of Directors for the
Draco Foundation. Most are individuals who previously held no public
position.
Sep 3-Nov 10: The Draco Foundation begins operations at its newly christened
headquarters. The movers and shakers of the world converge on Washington,
FDC to receive their inheritances.
Sep 5: The Scott Commission begins its hearings with President Haeffner.
Chief Justice Scott announces that the Commission will release transcripts of
the hearings after each witness is interviewed and the Commission reaches a
majority decision.
Sep 12: Wu Lung-Wai announces dramatic expansion plans for Wuxing, Inc.
Oct 2: Captain Chaos begins to upload a series of investigations into the items
bequeathed by Dunkelzahn's will.
Oct: The dons of the Bigio and Ciarniello families in Seattle begin meeting
covertly with Sergei Malenkin, a representative of a group of super-killers
known as Chimera.
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Nov 8: The Scott Commission publishes its first official statement, labeled
Alpha Interview #1, which clears President Haeffner of any involvement in the
assassination of President Dunkelzahn.
o Nov 11: The Draco Foundation closes its doors until Dec 3rd. On the 3rd of
each month, the Foundation will open for exactly 7 days to deal with
inheritance claims and other public business.
o Nov 12: The Scott Commission begins questioning Nadja Daviar.
o Nov 14: Congress begins its approval process on President Haeffner's Cabinet
appointees.
2058: Year of the Mob (Mob War)
o Jan 1: Don James O'Malley is shot and killed by a Chimera assassin at his
home in Seattle.
o Jan 4: O'Malley's funeral is held in Seattle, with all the major Mafia figures of
the metroplex in attendance. Hanzo Shotozumi appears with a Yakuza honor
guard to pay his respects to his fallen rival and inform the remaining Mafia
bosses of Seattle that the Yakuza is not responsible for O'Malley's death. He
also delivers a veiled threat implying that the Yakuza plans to retake all the
territory it has lost to the Mafia to date.
o Jan 4: Following her father's funeral, Rowena O'Malley informs the Finnigan
family's leaders and advisors that she intends to claim leadership of the Family
and of the Seattle Mafia as her father's sole heir. The announcement creates a
considerable stir among the Mafiosi gathered at the meeting, but Rowena
quickly gains the support of the Finnigan family with the help of her father's
consiglieri, Al Cavalieri.
o Jan 5: Inspired by Don O'Malley's death and the brewing potential for Mob
War in Seattle, the first of the Underworld collection of files is posted on
Shadowland. Shadowrunners begin to take notice of the Seattle syndicates.
o Jan 5: Rowena O'Malley delivers word of her intentions to become capa of
Seattle to the heads of the other Seattle Families as well as to Don McCaskill
and the Commissione. The Inner Circle of the Commissione places
responsibility for the Seattle situation in McCaskill's hands.
o Jan 5: word goes out among Seattle's gangs that the Yakuza is recruiting
gangers as soldiers in its aggressive expansion plan. Some gangs join up;
others are wary of the offer.
o Jan 7: Yakuza soldiers start muscling in on Mafia-run gambling operations and
businesses in the metroplex. Sporadic fights break out between the Yaks and
Mafia enforcers.
o Jan 8: An assassination attempt against Rowena O'Malley is narrowly averted.
The attempt only strengthens her determination to gain control over the Seattle
Mafia and put an end to the conflict.
o Feb 22: Ares implements "Operation Extermination," a large-scale physical
and magical assault on the insect spirits infesting the Chicago Containment
Zone. The Chicago quarantine is officially lifted in President Haeffner's State
of the Union address.
 Ares uses FAB Strain III, an astrally active bacteria, to target Bug
Spirits in the Zone. Unfortunately, strain III does not restrict its
depradation to insect spirits -- it affects any astral object or being.
Chicago's ghoul community is devastated.
2059: Year of the Corp (Blood in the Boardroom)
o ??: The Commissione has made its decision, and the big winner is Maurice
"the Butcher" Bigio as the new Don of Seattle, chosen over Rowena O'Malley.
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The Mafia bigwigs were forced to step in and make the choice before the
newly united Yakuza clans ate up what holdings the mafioso had left. But the
yaks have worries of their own now, having claimed independence from the
oyabun in Japan...
o Jan 7: Tadamako Shibanokuji, chairmain of Yamatetsu's board of directors,
suffers a debilitating stroke. Control of his stock shares goes to Yamatetsu
CEO Saru Iwano.
o Feb 22: Tadamako Shibanokuji dies in a Yamatetsu hospital in Kyoto. Control
of his stock reverts to his son, Yuri Shibanokuji (an ork).
o May 5: Yamatetsu announces relocation of its corporate headquarters to
Vladivostok, Russia.
o May 16: Dosan Aburakoji, one of Mitsuhama's Corporate Court
representatives, commits suicide in his Kyoto home.
o Jun 6: Fuchi brings suit against Renraku in the Corporate Court, accusing them
of using Miles Lanier's inside knowledge to steal Fuchi trade secrets. Within
24 hours, the charges are dropped. Lanier leaves Renraku, selling his four
million shares of Renraku stock to the Zurich-Orbital Gemeinschaft Bank.
o Jun 16: Navroz Chandaria of Renraku is named to the Corporate Court seat left
vacant by Aburakoji's death.
o Jul 8: Pacific Prosperity Group officially forms.
o Jul 11: Flight 1118 from Tokyo crashes into Seattle's Redmond Barrens, on the
Salish-Shidhe border. Nearly 200 people are killed in the plane and on the
ground, hundreds more are injured and fires rage out of control throughout the
district for more than 24 hours.
o Jul 19: David Hague, one of Fuchi's Corporate Court representatives, is found
dead in Redmond, Seattle.
o Aug 15: Li Feng of Wuxing, Inc. is named to the CC seat left vacant by
Hague's death.
o Aug 22: Nadja Daviar regains control of the Ares stock owned by Gavilan
Ventures
o Sep 29: "White Monday" The Tokyo Stock Exchange suffers its largest singleday drop in 70 years.
o Oct 6: Richard Villiers of Fuchi announces the formation of Novatech, Inc.,
which continues Villiers' strategy of acquiring large portions of Fuchi. Miles
Lanier is appointed Novatech's director of security.
o Oct 20: Leonard Aurelius sells all of his Ares stock to Arthur Vogel. Vogel
steps down as president of Sierra, Inc., and is replaced by Gary Grey.
o Oct 27: Leonard Aurelius joins the board of directors of Cross Applied
Technologies.
o Dec 15: Anna Villalobos replaces Domingo Chavez as Aztechnology's
representative on the corporate court.
o Dec 19: The Renraku arcology is closed to visitors for an indefinite period due
to problems with its computer systems.
2060: Year of the AI (Renraku Arcology Shutdown)
o Feb 3: Renraku CEO Inazo Aneki begins an indefinite leave of absence.
Haruhiko Nakada takes over as Interim CEO.
o Mar 19: A virus of unknown origin attacks Seattle's Matrix RTG. People
accessing the RTG suffer memory loss, psychotic episodes or brain death. The
attack lasts for nearly ten minutes, then ends with no explanation or
aftereffects.
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Mar 26: Navroz Chandaria, one of Renraku's Corp Court reps, dies in a
terrorist bombing in New Delhi.
o Apr 5: Shikei Nakatomi of Fuchi purchases four million shares of stock in
Renraku from the Zurich-Orbital Gemeinschaft Bank. Renraku begins
acquiring large portions of Fuchi.
o Apr 15: Yves Aquillon of Cross Applied Technologies gains the Corp Court
seat left vacant by Chandaria's death.
o Jun 7: Korin Yamana of Fuchi announces his marriage to Mitsuko Shiawase of
Shiawase Envirotech.
o Jun 14: Shiawase Corporation purchases all remaining assets of Fuchi
Industrial Electronics. Korin Yamana accepts a position on Shiawase's board
of directors.
o Jun 15: Neil Benson replaces Francesco Napoli as Renraku's rep on the Corp
Court
o Jul 28: Fuchi Industrial Electronics is officially dissolved.
2061: Year of the Comet
o May 7: Inazo Aneki returns from his convalescence in Tibet.
o May: Cooperating with an otaku alliance called Overwatch, Aneki enters the
Renraku Arcology and uses hard-wired "kill codes" to disable the rogue
artificial intelligence that has kept the arcology locked down for the past
sixteen months. Deus is apparently destroyed. Aneki commits suicide. Public
credit for ending the shutdown goes to Sherman Huang, despite the crucial role
played by anonymous shadowrunners.
o Late May: Inazo Aneki's death is announced publicly. Details are vague. Hot
contenders for the now-vacant position of Renraku CEO are Sherman Huang
and current acting CEO Haruhiko Nakada.