Cyberpunk Red Lore

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By the _____, the wealthy secret society was running the USA known as the _____.

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Late 80’s, Gang of Four

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1990-1994 First Central American War

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First Central American War: ensure US control of Panama Canal

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1992 European Economic Community and Eurodollar

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European Economic Community (ECC) is established and a “Quiet War” with USA ensues (reformed Soviet Union joins, NATO dissolves, lots of tariffs against US, US didn’t like them helping Russia)

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1992 DEA releases global bioweapons

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DEA, (Drug Enforcement Agency), Worldwide, Coca and Opium plants. Collapsed Chile and Ecuador governments.

Drug war breaks out between DEA and European corpo backed drug lords.

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1992 who dreams up the utopic Coronado City in California with which 3 corporations?

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Businessman Richard Night and Arasaka and Petrochem and EBM

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1993 Nuclear Detonation New York City by Columbia

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Nuclear Detonation in NYC from Columbia. 15,000 people died.

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What was 1994 Collapse?

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World Stock Market Crash, 1 in 4 homeless, chaos, hundreds of thousands riot, hundreds of criminal defense attorneys are lynched. Midwest towns are abandoned. Military tries to control streets. Meltdown of nuclear reactor in Pittsburg now called the “Pitt”. Creation of term “Nomad” (very Mad Max), Boostergangs.

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1996 who is assassinated and by who?

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President and VP by Gang of Four. Government declares martial law and tries to fight against Gang of Four while controlling chaos.

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1997 Mideast Meltdown

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The Middle East “Mideast Meltdown”. Half world’s oil gone. Nuclear Armageddon.

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1998 what string of awfulness happen in America?

(2 natural disasters and 2 criminal disasters)

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Neo-Luddite terrorists starts bombing airports, freeways, etc. Drought caused mass famine. Massive earthquake in LA.

Richard Night murdered by Mob and Coronado City renamed Night City.

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1999 Free States begin

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Martial Law ends and Texas secedes, declaring itself the first “Free State” when the new US tries to pass gun control.

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2000: why is America super weakened?

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States are seceding, so much lack of control of interior, part of NYC is rubble, not much control of own government with Gang of 4 still scheming, and they had to pull out of most of military around the world to try and hold down the fort at home.

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What happened to the Soviet Union?

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Soviet Union is not dissolved, rather is a free trade zone for Soviet Republics. KGB launches failed coup. Soviet State Oil Company has a military.

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What is the European Community?

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The European Union never forms, instead the European Community does. Everyone but Spain, Greece, and Italy. Soviet Union is strongest member. UK is the worse-off member because of anarchy and and economic devastation due to surplus of immigration and “technological antiquation.” UK is the America of the EC.

ECC has a Euro Space Agency.

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What’s up with Africa?

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South Africa collapses. African states become valuable and have good economies because of space industries.

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Pre-2000’s China, Korea, Japan?

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Japan is US’ closest trading partner and is military super power. Arasaka dominates country and is most powerful corpo in world.

People’s Republic of China has a 1995 Civil War. Taiwan asserts independence.

Mid 2000’s unites the Koreas because they have another war.

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2000 US and Europe Disasters

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Wasting Plague in USA and Europe and a Chemical Attack in Berlin

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What was invented in 2001?

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Worldwide Satellite Network, the foundations of the Net

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2002 what did the Soviet Union Oil Supply do?

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Asserted its independence from Soviet Union and became its own Megacorporation called SovOil

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2002 Food Crash

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Food Crash: virus wipes out crops in Canada and Soviet Union but spares US

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2003-2010 Second Central American War:

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Second Central American War: US invades more regions

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2003 what organization crumbles?

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Gang of Four

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2004-2006 First Corporate War

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First Corporate War: EBM vs Orbital Air, who will buy “Trans World Airlines?” had cyberterrorism and ended with EBM CEO kidnapped, creating a new standard for corpo.

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2005: Operation Big Stick

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a President is imported but what happens? Assassinated by a corpo so the government launched “Operation Big Stick”, gave corpo 4 hours to evacuate before leveling every single building of theirs. Was warning to all companies.

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2005: who controls Night City?

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Mob. Night City is autonomous so no one does anything.

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2007-2010: Second Corporate War?

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SovOil vs Petrochem. Oil fields in South China Sea. Petrochem accuses other of exploding their stuff, they retaliate, so they both destroy their stuff, and assassins each other’s people. SovOil comes out. Was accident btw.

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2008 Orbital War2008

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US tries to seize Soviet Union space stuff. Taiko Lunar Colony drops a rock on Colorado Springs.

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What year is US government reformed and elections come back after 10 years?

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2008

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Who goes to Mars in 2009?

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ESA and Soviet Union

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In 2009, where did the US abandon over a million Nomad contractors?

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Central America where they finally pull out (except Panama) only 10% survive the way home.

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2009-2011 Mob Wars in Night City

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Megacorps decide Mob Control is bad in Night City so they send Arasaka security in to secure the city and and install corpo puppets into local politics. Evicted everyone poor. Hundreds were displaced.

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2000 decade brought what cyberware?

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Cyberlimbs become common military features, the Net, Neuro Links.

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What year did Night City become part of the Free Northern State of California?

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2012 when CA was split in two

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2023 First AI and the founding of NetWatch, what’s that?

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Organization patrolling net for illegal activity

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2015 Japan removed from ECC why, and what did they do? 2016: Third

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Tried to limit influence of international European corps? Established the nuyen currency.

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2016: Third Corporate War

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Cyberware, Investment Firms. Originally just turned stuff into LA District Attorney, then cyber attacks, mercenaries, etc.

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By 2020, what does Night City look like?

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Corporations have made it relatively peaceful. They’re in charge of a city council. Basic services like police, fire department. Arasaka establishes a corporate center. Body armor still recommended because gangs are still a thing. Cyberpunks still have to make a living to not be evicted.