Russian History
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2020
Lupold Korpino joins the Soviet Army
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2021
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Blue Ocean Event
Geological / environmental event
Marking the last days of changeable regional weather systems, and condemning the future of all humanity on Earth to increasingly radical and dramatic weather events locally all around the globe, the critical threshold of Arctic ice is breached, changing reflective white planet surface into heat-absorbing dark waters. As weather systems depend upon a circulation of air and water due to the difference in temperature between the equator and the poles, the Jet Stream ceases to operate. The northern latitudes of Atlantic nations, such as the UK, along with much of the northern United States, experiences near-constant rain and flooding from this point forth, and temperatures range from frigid ice storms in the winter to rain forest levels of humidity depending upon the time of year. Overall, by 2120, sea levels rise by 6 meters and are continuing to rise. -
2023
#Bunkerlife
Cultural event
#Bunkerlife was first coined by wealthy preppers who had purchased and maintained hyper-secure, super-luxurious apocalypse bunkers and retreats over the course of the previous 50 or more years to express their discomforts and lament their hardships since putting them to use during the violence in the US during the 2020s. Very quickly, however, the hashtag was turned against its originators as a putdown from the less privileged whenever the wealthy attempted to complain about any aspect of their lives. Over time, its application became more and more ruthless until it utterly characterised the contempt and loathing such people held for the wealthy elites whom they held responsible for all of their own ills. -
2024
First unmanned colonisation cargos deployed successfully to Mars by SpaceX
Technological achievement -
2029
SpaceX deploy first humans to Mars
Technological achievement -
2030
Death tolls from food shortages mount
Life, Death
As of around this date, actual numbers for death tolls due to starvation can no longer be tracked in any country in the world. It is known to be breathtaking, and in the next 90 years some five billion or more human lives are assumed to have been lost to this cause. As disease often claims a victim of starvation before their actual lack of nutrition does, much of this death toll can be attributed to starvation-induced disease as well. -
2031
Biotechnica Develops CHOOH2
Discovery, Scientific
Biotechnica created Triticum vulgaris megasuavis, the essential wheat used to create CHOOH2, through genetic engineering. Because Biotechnica was a relatively small corporation, it could not farm its own wheat in quantities large enough to make CHOOH2 profitable. Instead, Biotechnica licensed the rights to use its genetically modified plants to petrochemical companies like SovOil and Petrochem. -
2032
Russia builds space elevator and Europe a massdriver
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2032
Vertical farming is refined and rolled out industrially worldwide as demands increase for the crops to make CHOOH2
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2032
The Euromarket and Eurodollar are established.
Financial EventThe European Currency Unit (more commonly known as the Eurodollar or "eddies" for short, though also referred to by some as Ebucks or Smuggies) is the primary currency of the European Economic Community, formed by the ECU treaty of 2032.
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2033
AV4 enters production
Technological achievement -
2033
Emergence of first Nomad families
Cultural eventThe First Nomad families appear on the west coast of the US.
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2034
World Stock Market Collapse occurs
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2034
10 /4 02:00
Russia invades UK
Military actionIn contrast to the destructive rampage that the US perpetrated against the UK only eleven yearsa previously, damage that the nation had yet to recover from, when Russia invaded the UK it was an entirely more civilised process. Russian forces systematically eliminated pockets of what little military resistance that was mounted against them and advanced swiftly upon the Capital. It was whilst laying siege at the very gates of victory, as it were, that Russian command and government suddenly unanimously resolved and publicly announced its withdrawal from the action. Reasons cited were that it was concluded to be too expensive to establish a new Russian territory in the UK. Subsequent commentators have realised that the usefulness of the UK as a staging point to invade Europe declined abruptly as starvation and disease was quickly rendering even Europe a less and less appealing prize. Commentators have also postulated that the Russian invasion was even in direct opposions to the UKs insistance on being uninvadeable, propoganda being used to remind Britons of the Norman invasion almost 1000 years previous.
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2036
The Collapse begins
Disaster / Destruction -
2036
Anatoly Novikovo is named head of the USSR Oil subcommittee
Life, Career -
2036
The first Boostergangs appear
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2036
3 /11 05:00
Strip™ invented
Discovery, ScientificInvented in Finland in 2036 by an independent researcher and in response to advances in implanted neural technologies, one such 'Strip™' will interface with one smart device wirelessly.
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2037
KGB Rebellion occurs in the USSR
RevolutionThe KGB Rebellion occurs in the USSR. The event is known as the Nights of Fire.
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2037
A Toxic spill occurs in the pacific northwest and wipes out the fishing industries
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2037
Tycho is founded
Construction beginning/end -
2038
The formation of the Soviet state oil industries is completed and is known as SovOil
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2038
Intercontinental Maglev System is begun
Construction beginning/endConstruction begins on the Intercontinental Maglev system in Night City
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2039
Exploitation of Asteroid belt begins
Technological achievement
Innumerable missions went to the asteroid belts, with formats ranging from subsidised individuals all the way up to operations involving hundreds of people under the umbrella of a corporation, almost exclusively for the purpose of recovering and capitalising minerals and rare metals there. 60% of asteroid operations and projects led to fatalities and to this date represents an almost suicidal commitment to earning a living. -
2040
Orbital Air begin construction on a spaceport in Cape York Australia
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2040
Siberian Plagues kill millions in Russia
Plague / EpidemicAs permafrosts in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf thaw and dissolve into the Siberian water table, diseases long-frozen are renewed and sweep as one southward over the course of the next few decades. What begins as Russia's problem very quickly becomes the problem of all other populated places on the globe as air and water, and animal vectors variously spread the contagions to wherever there are people. In Russia, however, a sharp decline in population begins which has not ceased to this day. This population has since concentrated on the coasts and mountains of Russia, and much of Russia's ingenuity and manpower goes into the oceans in the form of Aquacorps, beginning a new contest over underwater assets.
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2040
The first Posergangs emerge.
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2040
Crystal Palace Space Station begins construction
Construction beginning/end -
2041
The World Sat Network is constructed
Construction beginning/end
The World Sat Network is constructed, built on the basis of SpaceX's Starlink of the '20s. The Framework for the Net is set up. -
2042
Copernicus, the second Luna Colony is founded
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2042
Lupold Korepino is promoted to General of the Soviet Army
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2042
SovOil declares itself independent of the USSR
Diplomatic actionSovOil declares itself independent of the USSR government. As a result. Gorborev resigns in disgrace. Igor Starobin is named president of the USSR.
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2042
Valentin Domanevka joins SovOil
Life, Career
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2042
21 /11 03:00
Fireworks Night
Disaster / Destruction
A disastrous series of human errors led to a catastrophic orbital collision of satellites that led to the loss of 45% of functioning satellites and manned stations by means of a cascading wave of debris that effectively wiped the slate clean in terms of what was lost and what remained. Widely referred to as Fireworks Night in various languages across the globe, it was marked by 6 weeks of spectacular light shows in the skies all over the world. What followed this crisis was a rush by corporations and governments alike to refill these niches in near orbit and meet both their own demands and those of the populations at large whilst also offering an opportunity to make installations in space of a more covert, and in some cases illegal, nature. -
2044
Cloned tissue is developed
Discovery, Scientific -
2044
2045
The First Corporate War
Military action -
2045
Cybermodem functionality is integrated into personal computing
Discovery, Scientific -
2045
Peter Van Rijen joins SovOil
Life, Career -
2046
SovOil is granted a licence to produce CHOOH2
Technological achievement -
2046
First human clone is grown
Discovery, ScientificThe first human clone is grown, this leads to the development of artificial organs and replicants.
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2047
Lupold Korepino is named commander of the SovOil armed forces
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2047
The Second Corporate War
Military action -
2047
Emergence of slingshot racers navigating the solar system
Sporting Event / Competition
When asteroid miners acquire excess wealth and find themselves with time on their hands, occasionally they indulge in the emerging pursuit of navigating the solar system faster and faster by means of specially-designed space vehicles optimised to maximise the speed gained by slingshotting around a celestial body. Thus participants attempt to beat times set by other pilots for faster and faster transitions, often using unforeseen alignments of planets to push the human pilot to their limits in gravitational maneuvres prohibited under regulated conditions. These activities are invariably recorded and bradcast for fame and recognition, with mixed results. -
2048
The Orbital War
Military actionThe Orbital War begins. United States forces attack a soviet space installation, the EuroSpace Agency joins the conflict on the side of the soviets. The conflict lasts only a few weeks, and ends after intervention by the Luna Colony.
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2048
Intercontinental MagLev is completed
Construction beginning/end
The Intercontinental MagLev project in Night City is completed. -
2048
Tycho massdriver discharges
Military action
Colorado Springs is destroyed by a meteor shot by the Tycho Massdriver on Luna. Alice Springs, in Australia's Northern territory, is also hit by the Tycho Massdriver. 25,000 people are killed. -
2049
First Euro-Soviet mission to Mars
Technological achievementJoint Euro-Soviet mission to Mars begins. Mission is to utilise the very successful equipment provided by SpaceX.
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2049
Anatoly Novikovo is assassinated by Petrochem
Life, Death -
2049
Yarno Kurgasyn assumes control of SovOil
Life, Career -
2050
Construction of the O'Neill One space colony begins
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2050
Death tolls from natural disaster mount
Geological / environmental eventWith fatalities impossible to count under the prevailing environments, be it politically or in terms of further threat to life, naturally-occurring phenomena known to be agitated and brought about by man-made climate catastrophe, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, etc, are by this point increasing in frequency and severity. Whilst peoples capacity to mount a meaningful defence against these events is declining rapidly, the devastation and loss of human life associated with them is no longer surprising to anyone and is taken to be a fact of life that children grow up aware of. A natural callousing and hardening to the realities of the lives lost is inevitable, and whilst every disaster is a terrible loss for many, little to no sympathy is expected or given as time goes by. As of this time, this only ever gets worse as time goes on, with no sign of one year ever going to be better than the last ever again.
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2051
Joint Euro-Soviet mission to mars is a success
Technological achievement -
2051
The Crystal Palace space station is completed by the EuroSpace Agency
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2051
13 /7
Poseidon Fluid Breathing Suit sets record
Discovery, ScientificBryan LeShawn sets record for deepest independent suit dive, utilizing the Poseidon Fluid Breathing Suit.
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2052
Yarno Kurgasyn retires from SovOil
Life, Career -
2052
Arkady Cherminino assumes control of SovOil
Life, Career
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2053
The Neo-Catholic Church begins reformation
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2053
The first self aware artificial intelligence is developed by Microtech
Scientific achievement -
2053
морская выдра, Morskaya Vydra, or the Sea Otters, are formed in coastal Russia
Foundingморская выдра, Morskaya Vydra, or the Sea Otters, are formed in coastal Russia under the auspices of SovOil and the emergence of the oceanic theatre. The Sea Otters are among the first nomad gangs to achieve a presence in the oceans, mainly the northwest Pacific.
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2053
Netwatch established by joint U.S. and Eurotheatre Treaty
Civil action -
2054
I-G Transform Redesign the Net
Technological achievement -
2054
Cape York spaceport completes construction
Construction beginning/end -
2055
Nanotechnology becomes commercially available
Technological achievement -
2056
O'Neill One space colony completes construction
Construction beginning/end -
2056
The Third Corporate War begins
Military action -
2057
O'Neill Two Space colony is completed and named Galileo Cylinder
Construction beginning/end -
2057
The Seven Nomad Nations are formed
Founding -
2057
The first self-aware human clone is created
Scientific achievementThis individual is dubbed 'replicant' by the popular media and the term sticks. Legislation quickly has to follow.
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2058
EuroSpace Agency launch a mission to Jupiter
Technological achievement -
2058
The EuroSpace Agency send another joint mission to mars with SovOil
Technological achievement -
2058
O'Neill Three space colony is completed and named Paradise Station
Construction beginning/end -
2058
Human cloning laws are passed in Europe
Civil action -
2059
L-5 Space colonies revolt and declare independence
Revolution -
2059
Orbital colony revolt at L-3
Revolution -
2059
NASA Mars mission is successful
Technological achievement -
2060
The Second Joint SovOil ESA Mars mission is successful
Technological achievement -
2060
2120
Orbital junkyard
Miscellaneous91.2% of all functioning equipment ever deployed into space had been rendered inoperable or utterly destroyed. The amount of debris now in orbit around the Earth has become the greatest obstacle, besides cost, to orbital maneuvers.
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2061
Euro Aquacorp CINO attempts to acquire bankrupt Aquacorp IHAG
Financial EventMilitech and Arasaka go head to head in support of opposing sides of the conflict, leading to the Fourth Corporate War. Russian aquacorps and their giant Russian coastal submarine facilities become heavily involved very quickly and serve as the stages for most open engagements.
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2061
NASA builds a base on Mars, it is called Chryse Base
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2062
The Seven Hour War begins when O'Neill Two, Galileo Cylinder, declares independence
Revolution -
2062
Industrial factories appear in orbit around Mars
Construction beginning/end -
2062
The ESA and SovOil build a base on Mars, called Isidis Base, and creates a colonial government
Construction beginning/end -
2062
DataKrash virus infests 78.2% of the NET
Disaster / DestructionRache Bartmoss is killed in a Corporate raid, dead man switch unleashes DataKrash virus two weeks later.
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2062
The Fourth Corporate War begins in the world's oceans
Military action -
2063
International trade breaks down
Financial Event -
2063
NASA launches a mission to Jupiter
Technological achievement -
2065
NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Bureau launch a joint mission to Saturn
Technological achievement -
2065
NET shuts down
Disaster / Destruction -
2065
Fourth Corporate War ends
Military action -
2065
NASA Jupiter mission is successful
Technological achievement -
2066
2070
Limited VPNs with corporate parks
Construction beginning/end -
2070
2075
Start of CitiNets, local VPNs established in some Reclaimed Cities
Construction beginning/end -
2075
2089
Establishment of first Data Pools
Construction beginning/end -
2075
2089
Netwatch attempts to clear out the R.A.B.I.D.S. fail, all major nodes into the old NET shut down
Disaster / Destruction -
2109
2120
US Unification War
Military action -
2120
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Present Day
MiscellaneousToday is the beginning of the rest of your life... [Also, events of Cyberpunk 2077 immediately preceed gametime]
