Night City Timeline

  • 1990 CE


    Night International is founded
    Financial Event

    Later renamed NightCorp, the corporation will coordinate the construction of Coronado City.

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  • 1992 CE


    Coronado City funded
    Financial Event
  • 1994 CE

    May

    Coronado City construction begins
    Construction beginning/end

    Location
    Night City
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  • 1998 CE

    20 September

    Richard Night is killed
    Life, Death

    After years of fighting mob influence on the Coronado City project, Night is killed with no perpetrator caught.

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  • 1998 CE

    October

    Coronado City is renamed Night City
    Political event

    Following the murder of Richard Night, what has already been the colloquial name for the city he envisioned is made official.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 1998 CE

    December
    2008 CE


    Construction of the Continental Railway
    Construction beginning/end

    The railway is meant to run high-speed trains coast-to-coast. Night City is chosen as the western point due to its seeming stability compared to most of the region.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2005 CE

    2009 CE


    Night City is effectively run by the Mob
    Criminal Activity
    Location
    Night City
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  • 2009 CE

    2011 CE


    Night City Mob Wars
    Military action

    Tired of the criminality, corporate forces take control of Night Cityin a brutal sweep. Anyone found to be part of the mob rule is "accidentally" killed. Corporations will henceforth be part of the city's government.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2010 CE


    Night City Psycho-Squad is formed

    The squad is tasked with handling cyberpsycho attacks.

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  • 2013 CE

    15 April

    Alt Cunningham is abducted
    Life, Death

    Alt 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.

  • 2023 CE

    20 August

    Night City Holocaust
    Disaster / Destruction

    A nuclear device is detonated in Arasaka Tower in Night City. It starts the period known as the Time of the Red and makes the center of the city unlivable for decades. 15,000 die in the blast with upwards another 100,000 more from complications such as radiation.

    Location
    Night City
  • 2023 CE

    21 August

    Kei Arasaka dies
    Life, Death

    He is convinced by Spider Murphy to commit Suppuku after the attack on Arasaka Tower in Night City.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2030 CE

    2035 CE


    Resettlement of Suburban Night City
    Population Migration / Travel

    People slowly return to the city after its holocaust. Cheap labor and land makes it attractive to invest in cleanup and establising new industry and housing.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2044 CE

    May

    School Shooting in Laguna Bend
    Life, Trauma/ Loss
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  • 2051 CE


    Bird Flu Ravages Night City
    Plague / Epidemic

    An estimated 7,000 die from the epidemic in Night City alone.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2052 CE


    Corporate Plaza Reconstruction Begins
    Construction beginning/end

    Along with it, much of Night City Center.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2059 CE


    Second Major Bird Flu in Night City
    Plague / Epidemic

    This epdemic kill 10,000 in the city, leading to major outbreaks of panic.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2061 CE


    Third Major Bird Flu Outbreak in Night City
    Plague / Epidemic

    An additional 12,000 people die in the outbreak. Calls for action are wide and suggestions are increasingly radical.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2062 CE


    Haiti Completely Devastated
    Disaster / Destruction

    In a series of extreme storms, the entire population of the nation is evacuated. Several end up settling in the quickly expanding Night City's Pacifica district which needs labor for its ambitious blans as a tourist trap.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2062 CE

    17 July
    2063 CE


    NC Dam Ltd. Constructs a Reservoir for Night City
    Construction beginning/end

    The dam completely submerges the small town of Laguna Bend. Locals try to protest but are forcibly evicted.

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  • 2063 CE


    Night City's Avian Extermination Act
    Political event

    Any birds that aren't confined and monitored are killed within the area aorund NIght City. This is to protect it from more bird flu epidemics like the ones that killed many in the past decade. The act is eventually expanded to include all birts, including chickens and other domesticated ones.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2067 CE

    13 May
    2067 CE

    21 May

    The Moxes are Formed
    Life, Organisation Association

    Lizzie Borden killed a couple of yger Claw member who has raped and murdered one of the strippers who worked for her. In return, the Tygers killed her. The result ws a week of riots by various sex workers and outcasts. By the end, Lizzie's friends formed The Moxes.

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  • 2069 CE

    January
    2070 CE

    June

    Unification War
    Military: War

    The NUSA, following through on President Myers' campaign promises, set out to put all states back under complete federal control for the first time in nearly a century. In the end, the war results in the Arvin Accords giving both sides a way to save face. Texas remains fully independent and Night City is given special independence status. More: Unification War

  • 2070 CE

    June

    Arasaka returns to Night City
    Construction beginning/end

    With 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
    Night City
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  • 2071 CE


    Night City Criminalizes Bird Sales
    Civil action

    Sale of any bird, including newly slaughtered ones, is made illegal to prevent spread of pathogens. This includes fowl, such as chicken.

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2072 CE


    Brick Becomes the Leader of Maelstrom
    Life, Career
    Location
    Night City
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  • 2072 CE


    Outbreak of Rat Fever in Night City
    Plague / Epidemic

    Location
    Night City
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  • 2074 CE

    October

    Night City is offered MIlitech Security
    Political event

    NUSA President Myers offers o provide Militech forces to provide security in Night City. The offer is thrown out and the NCPD gives a very angry and public response.

    Location
    Night City
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