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1 Timeline of Events
- 1.1 Before the fall
- 1.2 After the fall
2 Sources

[edit] Timeline of Events

[edit] Before the fall

2022

Several towns in Kansas are ravaged by a series of super-tornadoes.

2033

Hauptmann Brenhauer makes a gambit that gives Brenhauer Investments controlling interest in the major international megacorp known as GlobalTech.

2034

GlobalTech acquires the Grand Canyon and surrounding national park lands.

2037

An earthquake off the Pacific Coast sparks a tsunami that hits Seattle.

2040

Brenhauer Investments opens its majestic new headquarters on the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

2049

GlobalTech moves its headquarters to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, effectively creating its own little mini-state within Arizona, complete with military controlled borders. GlobalTech creates a corporate-feudal state by 2050.

2051

GlobalTech operations in the Grand Canyon make it self-sufficient, needing no outside food, raw materials, or manufactured goods. Instead it becomes a producer of minerals and finished goods.

2052

Environmentalists and eco-terrorists called the Vista Society covertly infiltrate the Grand Canyon Province, setting up communes in the more remote areas of the Province far from the corporate settlements. They go unnoticed for several months until they start sabotaging lumbering operations in Kaibab Forest.

2054

The Shiva virus is released on the world and begins to spread. The United States government begins construction of the Hoover Dam Garrison.

2055

As the situation deteriorates, nuclear attacks are initiated in and from southern Asia. The Hoover Dam Garrison begins operation under Colonel Orson Masters.

2056

The Shiva virus strikes the Grand Canyon Province. 90% of the population is killed off before the year is out.

2057

Hoover Dam Garrison loses all contact with the outside world. The Grand Canyon Province seems to be alone in surviving the Fall.

2058

The last refugees reach the Hoover Dam Garrison from outside the Grand Canyon Province, specifically from Las Vegas.

[edit] After the fall

2065

The first rumors of the Lightbearers and their leader Shakti begin to circulate.

2090

Colonel Orson Masters promotes himself to General to better reflect his increased responsibilities in leading the community that the Hoover Dam Garrison has become.

2099

Command of the Hoover Dam Garrison is passed on to William Masters, son of the former leader.

2126

Responding to attacks on its scouts and the rise of the CHOTA leader Redhand, forces from the Hoover Dam Garrison attack the CHOTA settlement of Five Points. In response the CHOTA send a group of mutant assassins into the Hoover Dam Garrison, killing General William Masters. His son Alec Masters assumes control of the Garrison.

2127

Under Alec Masters, the Hoover Dam Garrison becomes a despotism. The CHOTA are forced back to CHOTA Gulch and Siller's Canyon. Mutants are rounded up by the hundreds for experimentation, most never to be seen again.

2132

Alec Masters attacks the Monastery, home of the Lightbearers, capturing their leader Shakti and scattering the order.

2150

After years of conflict, the CHOTA storm the Hoover Dam Garrison with assistance from the Travelers and Vistas. Tired of years of abuse, the people of the Garrison rise up against Alec Masters as well. The Garrison is destroyed in the ensuing battle and the dam abandoned. Alec Masters is killed by the CHOTA.