[History 101; 2017-2019] The Great Ghost Dance, Chinese Problems, The Treaty of Denver, and Seattle's Assimilation,
##2017: The Great Ghost Dance, the Lone Star rises, Triad War
On Feb. 2 of this year, four corporations in the UK banded together to form Transys NeuroNet. The reason for this merger was to combat the Japanese and American economic titans that were growing. Neuronet is probably most famous for being the corporation that has a great dragon (Celedyr in this case) as their head of R&D.
Almost two and half month later, on April 13^th, several earthquakes rocked China. These earthquakes collapsed the mountains that China had buried her nuclear arsenal under. Several of the contained nuclear warheads detonated, in turn causing more earthquakes and collapses, causing more warheads to detonate. By the end of the of it all, the Chinese government had lost almost all of it's nuclear arsenal.
May 9th brought with it the first privately owned space station, the Halo, being launched into orbit by it's parent company Harrs-3M.
During this time, millionaire playboy Clay Wilson was buying up Bartholomew Security, Inc. and Absolute Software, Inc. in Austin, Texas. These two companies merged on July 22^nd to form Lone Star Securities, Inc. While other security companies were closing their doors, Wilson was beefing up Lone Star's infrastructure, and within five years Lone Star had become one of the biggest names in the business.
In response to President Jarman's Executive Order 17-321 Daniel Howling-Coyote carries through with his threat to allow Mother Nature the chance to retaliate. On August 17th the unknown number of tribal shamans throughout the US banded together to perform the Great Ghost Dance. At 10:32 AM (local time) Mounts Hood, Ranier, St. Helens, and Adams simultaneously erupt. The US wished to respond to this by advancing troops on Howling-Coyote and the NAN, but freak weather occurrences hamper said advance at every turn for the rest of the year.
The corporate urge strikes again in the UK on Sept. 5^th, when British Imperial Chemicals merged with two other corporations to form Zeta-Imperial Chemicals.
On August 22^nd, the newly crowned King Kamehameha IV annoucned Hawaii's secession from the US and birth as the Kingdom of Hawai'i. The US, busy with the NAN situation, allows the islands to leave peaceably in return for the right to keep Pearl Harbor as an active US military installation.
In China at this time there was a shadow war being brewed by the Great Eastern Dragon Lung. He pushed his Triad assets into war with other Triad factions in attempt to control the Chinese Underworld. The fighting came to abdrupt end on October 18^th, when the headquarters of the Majectic Peacock Association burns to the ground. It's unclear if this was done by Lung's hand... or just on his order.
##2018: The Treaty of Denver, the Chinese Collapse, Seattle gets bigger, and the birth of ASIST
In the previous year, the Chinese government had lost the majority of their nuclear arsenal and were weakened because of it. The Chinese Provinces were some of the first to notice, and the first to revolt. After years of mistreatment by the Communist regime, several provinces of China began revolting and separating from China. The Canton Development Council seceded first on March 17^th and formed the Canton Confederation. The provinces of Sichaun, Shaanxi, and Henan soon became independent as well. Everything else is renamed the Republic of China.
After months of negotiations back and forth, representatives of the NAN, the US, Aztlan, and Canada met together in Denver to sign the Treaty of Denver. The document is only ten pages long, but it's quite possible they are the most important ten pages in the history of the Sixth World. The Treaty outlines the following points;
- To cede lands covering most of the western North America to the Native American Nations for purposes of forming their own independent nations.
- To establish and recognize from this point forward the legitimacy of the Native American Nations; specifically the Sioux Nation, the Pueblo Council, the Salish Council, the Ute Nation, the Trans-Polar Aleut Nation, and the Tsimshian Nation.
- To establish the Sovereign Tribal Council as the international ruling body for the Native American Nations collectively, along with the duties and responsibilities entrusted to said Council.
- To relocate and remove over the course of ten years all United States and Canadian citizens not eligible for NAN citizenship from the lands ceded to the Native American Nations.
- To establish reserved lands within the Native American Nations for the residence of those people who wish to remain in NAN territory but who are not eligible for citizenship at this time.
- To establish Seattle as an extraterritorial extension of the United States of America with the exception of Mercer Island, which is ceded from this point forward to the Salish Council and renamed Council Island, for the purpose of establishing embassies to the US from the Native American Nations.
- To establish the Council of Denver as a body designated to oversee the implementation of this treaty and to govern the city of Denver, hereafter called the Front Range Free Zone, and to divide control of the Front Range Free Zone among the signatories who share interests in that area; specifically, Aztlan, the Pueblo Council, the Sioux Nation, the United States, and the Ute Nation.
It also sets aside the city of Seattle and the California urban sprawl as the domain of the US. These two populations centers were to important for the US completely cede control of. And as such maintained their position as US cities.
The first problem that the Treaty faced was the relocation of millions of "Anglos" in NAN owned territories. Not only were these people to lose their homes, but many of they also faced discrimination from the dominant political minority, the AmerInds. Relocation efforts met with limited success, which varied from nation to nation.
On July 22^nd, a Chicago based scientist, Dr. Hosato Hikita of ESP Systems Inc. demonstrated the first ever Artificial Sensory Induction System Technology to the media. This is the very beginnings of the simsense entertainment industry, and Chicago will become an important place for this. The technology isn't realized for years yet though.
Seattle, being a part of the US still, was relatively unfazed with the Treaty of Denver and construction projects throughout the region were started. On November 9^th, Fuchi Industrial Electronics completed its Seattle Industrial Compound. This was a sign that Seattle could come out of the NAN conflict unscathed.
##2018: Seattle's refugee problem and answer, Apollo, Ute Revenge, the birth of cyberware
Throughout the spring of 2018 more than 200,000 Anglo refugees from the American Northwest descended upon Seattle. These refugees cause housing and food shortages. And, as has happened before, the response was sporadic violence and riots. The Seattle PD was swamped trying to keep the peace.
Things got better on March 8^th when the cities of Renton, Bellevue, and Kent vote to become a part of Seattle. By the end of the summer, Seattle had also incorporated all of King County and most of the neighboring Pierce and Snohomish Counties.
Not to be outdone by Harris-3M, Ares Industries launched their Apollo space station on April 12^th.
Throughout the summer in the Ute Nation, anti-"Anglo" extremism flourished. During the government push to relocate "Anglos" on Ute land violence erupts several times. For the next two years such incidents are common. Most leave, but a brave few stay.
Two telecommunications companies, Nokia and Ericsson in Finland, merged to form the Erika corporation on August 13^th.
Ten days later, the world is introduced (once again) to the famous violinst Leonora Bartolli. Her story had been in the papers a year ago describing her meteoric rise in the musical world, and the crushing defeat when she lost her left arm in an accident. On August 23^rd, she returned to the world stage to show of her Transys Neuronet created cyberlimb. Utilizing cutting edge technology, ASIST, and a lot of therapy she returns to playing in just over a year.
On September 6^th Seattle got a little bigger once again. This time the two cities of Tacoma and Everett vote to join Seattle.
On November 23^rd, the founder and patriarch of the Shiawase Corporation, Emori Shiawase, died.
##Sources!
- The Sixth World Almanac pp. 30-32
- The London Sourcebook P. 47
- The Lone Star Sourcebook pp. 16-18
- The Shadows of North America pp. 7-16
Posted Mar 17, 2014, 9:54 PM UTC · edited