Corporate World Events
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1859 CE
Sasai Arasaka is born
Life, Birth -
1915 CE
Arasaka Corporation is founded
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1919 CE
Saburo Arasaka is born
Life, Birth -
1935 CE
Antonio Lucessi is born
Life, Birth -
1942 CE
Saburo Arasaka is Wounded
Life, Trauma/ LossAs a result, despite managing to return to Japan, Saburo is given an honorable discharge.
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1948 CE
Donald Lundee is born
Life, Birth -
1954 CE
Richard Night is born
Life, Birth -
1960 CE
Sasai Arasaka dies, Saburo Arasaka becomes CEO
Life, Death -
1980 CE
Kei Arasaka is born
Life, Birth -
1990 CE
Night International is founded
Financial EventLater renamed NightCorp, the corporation will coordinate the construction of Coronado City.
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1991 CE
Biotechnica develops CHOOH²
Technological achievementCHOOH2 will soon replace all petrolium-based fuels.
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1992 CE
Coronado City funded
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1994 CE
Stock Market Crash of -94
Financial EventAfter years of financial manipulation by The Gang of Four to make the US economy seem stronger than it was, the market finally collapses. The world-wide recession hits North America and Europe the hardest. The American manipulation is revealed and retaliatory sanctions permanently cripples the US dollar.
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1996 CE
November
Armatech-Luccessi is founded
Founding -
1998 CE
Soviet oil industries are consolidated as SovOil
Financial Event -
1998 CE
Tsunami Defense Systems is founded
Financial Event -
1999 CE
Petrochem gains licence for CHOOH²
Financial EventPetrochem, still called Parker Petrochemicals, obtains a CHOOH2licence from Biotechnica.
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1999 CE
2 March
Hanako Arasaka is born
Life, Birth -
1999 CE
December
Night International becomes NightCorp
Financial Event -
2000 CE
Donald Lundee joins Armatech-Luccessi as CEO
Life, Career -
2001 CE
Armatech-Luccessi is renamed Militech International Armaments
Financial Event -
2005 CE
EBM declares Hamburg independent
Political eventAfter buying almost all of the land, EBM declares it separate from Germany.
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2006 CE
SovOil acquires CHOOH2 licence from Biotechnica
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2008 CE
April2010 CE
August
Second Corporate War
Military: War -
2010 CE
Italy confiscates land to sell to corporations
Political eventFarmland is deemed a "national interest" that can be resold by the government.
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2010 CE
N54 controls a majority of broadcasts in the US
Cultural event -
2013 CE
NetWatch is Granted Authority
Diplomatic actionThe corporation is nor regulated by a US and EuroTheatre treaty on NET security. Over time, the treaty is ratified by almost all nations.
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2013 CE
15 April
Alt Cunningham is abducted
Life, DeathAlt is kidnapped by Arasaka after a Samurai concert in order to steal the secrets of Soulkiller. Johnny Silverhand gathers a team to free her, but she has fled into the subnet and being disconnected kills her biological body. Having killed the head of Arasaka America, Silverhand goes into hiding with the Aldecaldos.
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2014 CE
The Association of Southeastern Asian Nations is reformed
Diplomatic actionOn the surface, this is an international cooeration in enterprise between most nations in south-east Asia that happens to no include Japan. In practice, it's an attempt to handle, possibly curb, the influence of Arasaka.
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2014 CE
Kizamasu Inc. buys the rights to Huston
Construction beginning/endKizamasu is contracted to rebuild Huston, Texas, after it suffered greatly in the past couple of decades. They proceed to buy up enough land to remake the city in their corporate image.
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2016 CE
February2016 CE
November
Third Corporate War
Military: WarA mostly NET-based conflict.
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2021 CE
2022 CE
22 February
CINO attempts to acquire IHAG
Financial EventThe aquacorp CINO attempts a complete takeover of the bankrupt IHAG corporation's assets. They are thwarted by OTEC who vie for the same assets. The conflict escalates, partially by accident and OTEC hires Militech for security. In response, CINO hires Arasaka.
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2022 CE
2025 CE
Fourth Corporate War
Military: WarAfter being hired by the CINO and OTEC corporations, Arasaka and Militech espectively made the conflict personal. After the original corporatios made a deal, the megasorps escalated the war to world wide atrocities.
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2022 CE
9 June
Release of DataKrash
Disaster / DestructionAfter the death of Rache Bartmoss, the DataKrash virus is triggered. As a result, nearly 80% of the NET becomes actively hostile. This combined with the spread of R.A.B.I.D.S will eventually bring down the first NET.
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2023 CE
21 August
Kei Arasaka dies
Life, DeathHe is convinced by Spider Murphy to commit Suppuku after the attack on Arasaka Tower in Night City.
Location
Night City -
2023 CE
October
Arasaka expelled from the NUSA
Financial EventPresident Ellizabeth Kress blamed Arasaka for the nuclear attack on Night City and retalliated by declaring Arasaka a terrorist organisation and placed warrants on all members of its board (with the exeption of Michiko Arasaka).
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2024 CE
Militech is nationalized
Financial EventTo reign in CEO Donald Lundee and end the Fourth Corporate War, NUSA President Elizabeth Kress nationalizes Militech and reinstates Lundee as an officer in the army, answering to her.
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2025 CE
2035 CE
Arasaka confined to Japan
Financial EventWith the formal end of the Fourth Corporate War, Japan saves face by admonoshing the Arasaka corporation and limiting it to Japan only for a decade. It will take more than another decade for the sorporation to recover.
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2030 CE
Ziggurat is Founded
Financial EventZiggurat is founded in Night City and provides the first CitiNet as a mostly safe alternative to the old NET for simpler tasks.
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2050 CE
Kang Tao Shifts Focus to Smart Weapons
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2064 CE
8 November
Rosalind Myers is Elected President of the NUSA
Political eventMyers is the first president to replace Elizabeth Kress in half a century. As the former CEO of Militech, she brings with her discipline and poise.
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2067 CE
Arasaka Security Saves the Emperor of Japan
Criminal Activity -
2070 CE
June
Arasaka returns to Night City
Construction beginning/endWith the end of the Unification War, Arasaka rebuild their tower in Night City, get a seat on the concil thre again, and sart expandng intoAmerica with the city as its base.
Location
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2071 CE
Arasaka Forces Stop Riots in San Francisco
Military: Skirmish
