A prenatal genetic screening reveals Sequence Q-41B10 for the first time. This sequence will prove to be one of the better early determinants of DRIVE ability.
A prenatal genetic screening reveals Sequence Q-41B10 for the first time. This sequence will prove to be one of the better early determinants of DRIVE ability.
Three people killed in a mysterious incident in Camden, NV, by what is now accepted be a DRIVE pair.
First officially recorded DRIVE is observed at a school in the small French town of Beaune.
The girls from the Beaune incident are placed in protective custody and observation after the event. The most likely culprit is believed to be some form of drug or similar hallucination.
Unconfirmed reports emerge of a DRIVE incident in Buffalo, NY. By this point such ephemeral reports are perennial, but this one is unique in that at least one of those involved, Melanie Meyers, was *already* associated with a previous report.
Fifty seven people killed by DRIVEr, police bring down perpetrator after heavy gunfire.
The terrorist group known as the Blood Brides first posts their manifesto to the internet. They are a radical group of DRIVEr intent on using their power to advance the cause of queer persons worldwide. As their power is not yet generally accepted to exist, this is met with derision.
The People's Republic of China, sensing the potential of the DRIVE phenomenon, especially after it just ripped through one of their towns, invests in a secret group dedicated to covering up all outside knowledge of the phenomenon, as well as conducting its own research and acquisition.
Prompted by the Patient Zero initiative, Interpol and other world scientific and health organizations set out to analyze the reported DRIVE events.
A large mob gathered by a group of radical preachers later associated with the Caliphate begins a riot in the city of Akaba, Jordan; killing suspected LGBT individuals and justifying the act by referring to recent reports of 'witchcraft'.
A conservative anti-gay politician is found brutally murdered in his home. The DRIVEr group Blood Brides takes credit for the killing.
'MistyRose', a small scale YouTube vlogger, posts of video of what she claims to be herself and several others engaging in DRIVEs. The video is removed by YouTube's content filter within the hour, but not before acruing 500k hits and being downloaded across the web.
COLDSCOPE catalogues the 100th DRIVE event recorded by official sources, a scant five months after the first. At least 800 other unconfirmed reports are known.
The United States Department of Defense creates its own top-secret team to research the military applications of the DRIVE phenomenon. Their first directive is to locate and enlist (voluntarily or otherwise) a number of DRIVEr.
In response to the Seward assassination, the United States joins the COLDSCOPE project.
Ugandan police raid a suspected LGBT gathering. A mob gathers outside. Unbeknownst to them several DRIVEr, some local but most apparently foreign, were present. The result is an absolute massacre, with over 500 dead. The Blood Brides take credit for the event.
Widespread protests surround the Parliament of the European union in Strassbourg, demanding unspecified action on the DRIVE subject.
COLDSCOPE receives authorization to begin in-depth trials, including biopsies and short-term quarantine of those afflicted. This too fails to reveal much, and is met with increasing public disdain.
Ugandan retaliation for the Mbale 'Massacre' leads to an escalation from the Blood Brides, which in turn leads the PRC to intervene - with its own DRIVEr from Committee 2-1-12. The result is spectacular and catastrophic. The war ends with the Ugandan government deposed, and the UN enforcing a tenuous cease-fire. Approximately 40 'Blood Brides' are believed to have been involved in the conflict.
An unofficial group of scientists, activists, and philanthropists meet in Portland to discuss the 'Arma phenomenon'
A cadre of skeptical scientists invites a 'debate' on the phenomenon in the same Portland conference center as the first meeting. Though it probably made sense at the time, history will remember the event as a farce.
With COLDSCOPE failling to bring results, the covert project LONGDRIVE is created. Studying existing occurances has yielded nothing, so this initiative will attempt to replicate the events in controlled conditions. Select specimens will transported to remote 'medical facilities', where scientists have orders to find out what is happening, by any means necessary.
COLDSCOPE logs the 1000th official drive incident within its purview. Eight months have now passed since the first.
Radical forces are pushed out of the ruined city of Palmyra by seperatist insurgents, allegedly operating with DRIVEr support, but - despite widespread fears - this never escalated.
LONGDRIVE is initiated, and, with a bit of prodding, manages to observe a DRIVE under controlled conditions. It does not do those involved any favors.
Without warning, North Korea explodes into a whirlwind of violence - the culprit an internal DRIVEr uprising. Despite offers to negotiate, US and Chinese forces respond with unbridled fury, and push the 'Zone-22 group' to a small pocket around Nampo.
LONGDRIVE discovers the association of Sequence Q-41B10 with DRIVEr abilities. While this test is not entirely reliable (with a 60% false positive rate and 30% false negative rate), it is the only means of prior discernment available.
A special committee of the United Nations meet in Busan, officially to resolve the Second Korean Crisis, but unofficially to discuss the emerging results of LONGDRIVE, and determine a response.
In an internationally broadcast press conference, members of various United Nations research bodies, LONGDRIVE scientists, and assorted politicians reveal most of their findings. This is the first official admission of the existence of the DRIVE phenomenon - and for that matter, the first usage of the term DRIVE.
Councilman Brian Jacques of the Council of Europe officially declares the Blood Brides a terrorist organization, and announces the creation of a special anti-driver task force.
Members of the Blood Brides attack a United Nations meeting, killing several prominent members of the Assembly, as well as several hundred civilians, and destroying large portions of the UN Building. International animosity reaches a fever pitch.
Members of 20 leading nations meet in secret to discuss a long-term solution to the 'DRIVEr Problem'. The solution they decide upon will eventually become the Academy System. This proposal commissions the trusted UN agency UNICEF with vastly expanded authority, granting them the remit to identify, research, and contain DRIVErs worldwide. After some debate, the process of identifying and remanding DRIVEr is given to the individual nations. The proposal is brought before the General Assembly, and is unanimously accepted by a bewildered and exhausted world.
After much debate, the Portugese island of Isla Flores is selected as the site of the first 'Isolation Academy'. The entire territory is 'purchased' by UNICEF at great expense, the population evacuated, and construction begun on the Academy buildings, under the guise of military exercises.
On this date, the Academy System was officially introduced, an announcement met with no small degree of relief. At least, for most people.
A union of military and medical robotics, the HFRM can be installed on industrial vehicles or equipment to enable real-time remote monitoring and control of a given process.
UNICEF issues an open call for technologists to bring their best technology for use in Flores Academy, carefully framing the development as an act of compassion. Some accepted applicants include 'self-healing' solar panels, autonomous desalinators, micro-farms, and 3d-printed buildings.
The People's Republic of China officially institutes mandatory prenatal genetic screening for DRIVE potential, scanning all unborn children for Sequence Q-41B10, as well as widespread testing of those already born. Those with positive results become wards of the state, and are raised in government compounds until age 13, whereupon they are remanded to the Academy System.
DARPA engineers develop the world's first successful plasma screen, projecting a protective barrier between two pylons.
The AISRU unit was invented, and soon found itself in use in the Academies.
Following the completion of China's <???> Academy, not wanting to be outdone, several Oceanic and East Asian nations propose the creation of a new DRIVEr Academy to serve the region, to be located in Polynesia. Unfortunately, the agreement falls apart, as there are simply too many vastly different nations involved.
Following the failure of the Pacific Academy, a number of Japanese executives band together, proposing the development of a privately funded Academy. This Academy would be more advanced than any created so far, and demonstrate Japan's wealth to the world.
UNICEF modifies the Academy charter to officially allow fighting, and indeed, approves the development of a combat tournament operated by the Student Administrators.
Another Repeat, Alas
Japan initiates a genetic screening program, testing all newborn girls for Sequence Q-41B10. However, not all children currently born are covered.
Yeah, I know it's there already...
Very roughly similar to Drive Sense, D-Scanners allow DRIVErs to be identified without having to wait for them to actually... you know, engage in a DRIVE.
Japan is among the first to implement universal use of new NOISE D-scan devices to screen children for DRIVEr abilities. Unfortunately, this only works on post-pubescent girls, leaving a somewhat limited window of effectiveness. While many nations have used D-scanning to verify Q-41B10 positive individuals, the NOISE device allows it be cheaply implemented on a massive scale.
Hayashi Kaede meets Hinata Saitou at the prestigious <???> Highschool during afterschool soccer club. They get along exceeding well, united by their energetic and competitive nature. Despite being a bit younger, Hinata offers to teach Hayashi kendo and other martial arts. Their relationship grows increasingly close...
During a weekend practice session, Hinata propositions Hayashi, which results in a DRIVE. Hinata immediately reports this to her parents... who are pleased.
Hayashi works alongside Hinata as the private DRIVEr agents of the massive Velvet Sun Zaibatsu, partially owned by the Saitou family, and they prove to be a powerful combination.
A routine screening reveals Choi Min-Seo as a DRIVEr - much to her shock -, and she is promplty dispatched to Okinashima Island.
After a mission goes badly wrong, Hayashi and Hinata are arrested by GATE, who do not take particularly kindly to the illicit use of DRIVE. Hinata's parents intervene on her behalf, but Hayashi is sent to Okinashima Academy...