January 1, 1991
In
Beijing, a map showing the location of mysterious artefacts is
discovered.
January 2, 1991
The
existence of the map is reported to the Government.
January 3, 1991
The
Government orders that the artefacts be found.
January 4, 1991
An
expedition is organised to find the artefacts.
January 5, 1991
The
expedition leaves Beijing...
January 6, 1991
Controversially,
a historian at the National University of China claims that the map
discovered 5 days before is fake...
January 7, 1991
The
first of the artefacts is found in Nanjing.
January 8, 1991
The
Nanjing Artefact is returned to the university in Beijing.
January 9, 1991
Testing
begins on the Nanjing artefact....
January 10, 1991
The
Nanjing artefact activates, and blacks out the building the
laboratory is in...
January 11, 1991
Power
is restored to the lab, and careful testing of the artefact
resumes...
January 12. 1991
Another
expedition is organised to search for the next artefact.
January 13, 1991
The
Mongolian Government is informed of the Beijing Map, and the Nanjing
Artefact...
January 14, 1991
The
expedition arrives in a remote village in Sichuan Province.
January 15, 1991
The
Indian Government is informed of the Beijing Map, and the Nanjing
Artefact...
January 16, 1991
The
second artefact is found in the Sichuan village.
January 17, 1991
The
expedition returns to Beijing with the Sichuan artefact.
January 18, 1991
Examination
of the Sichuan artefact begins.
January 19, 1991
Armstrong
City is declared 'Zombie Free'. (But there are still some, somewhere,
lurking in some forgotten corner.)
January
26, 1991:
In
one of the largest environmental disasters, Offworld colonists
allegedly trigger a Hellstorm at Cobh, Ireland, killing thousands of
people; Colonial leaders including Tamara Oliverson accuse the United
Nations and corporations of lax standards and dangerous working
conditions,...
February
14, 1991
The town of Kununurra in Western Australia, leaves
for space.
February
21, 1991
Kununurra lands on the hitherto uninhabited 4 Vesta.
March
8, 1991:
Citing
the recent bursts in mystical energy, the Dalai Lama calls for
independence for Tibet, sparking tensions within the Chinese
government,....
March
14, 1991:
Eridian
Nights musical starring Sandeep Sangha and Thomas Samuel is the
first film written, produced and distributed throughout the
Offworlder community,....
March
16, 1991:
Country
singer Reba McEntire and her band are killed in a blimp crash outside
of San Diego, California, shocking the music community,...
Sino-Soviet
Border Conflict; Tensions mount between China and the Soviet Union
along the Argun River, fueling fears of a nuclear conflict between
the two super powers,....
April 6, 1991:
White
Afrikaaner settlers led by Carel Boshoff establishes the state of
Orania on Luna, openly confronting Transformed colonies,...
April 26, 1991:
Transformed
Offworlder Colonies are the subject of massive lawsuits by the
Anglo-French Union, the European Union and United States, citing
damages caused by the Cobh, Ireland Disaster; Transformed leaders
dismiss the case as a form of "frivolous, legal
harassment",.....
April
27, 1991:
Student
demonstrations erupt in Beijing, demanding major political reforms
from the government,...
20
May 1991
Star Wars Episode XXI: New Sith War is released.
May 21, 1991:
Formosan
nationalists assassinate Chinese President Wu hua-peng in Shanghai,
fueling tensions across Asia,...
May
22, 1991:
Chinese
leaders led by President Lee Teng-hui call for a military crackdown
on the rebellious Tibetan state, sparking fears of a brutal ethnic
crackdown in the region,....
June 24, 1991
The
third of the artifacts depicted in the Beijing Map is discovered near
Lhasa...
July
24, 1991:
Zombies
rise in Maputo, Mozambique, triggering civil unrest and panic across
Sub-Saharan Africa,...
August 29, 1991
The
fourth of the artefacts depicted in the Beijing Map is discovered
near Shanghai.
September 1-2, 1991:
Were-beings
(a.k.a. "Furries") clash violently with police in Chicago,
Illinois, sparking international attention to their cause,...
September
2, 1991:
Chinese
military forces announce the capture of 6 Vietnamese sailors on the
Johnson South Reef, Spratly Islands, fueling fears of a possible
naval conflict in the region,....
October
12, 1991:
Declaration
of New Armidale ; Offworlder nations led by New Armidale demand
representation from the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland,....
November 6, 1991:
Corporate
leaders including Robert Irwin announce they have "contained the
damage" around the Hellstorm, but environmental and Transformed
leaders claim that the work was mishandled,....
Chinese
military forces clash with Vietnamese forces along the
Sino-Vietnamese border, fueling concerns of a massive conflict,....
December 16, 1991:
Indian
Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi proclaims that the United States and the
Anglo-French are "corrupt, criminal bodies on the verge of
collapse" during a speech in New Delhi, heightening the
political tensions between the United States and India,....
United
Nations General Assembly passes Resolution #3379, condemning Zionism
as racism, despite pressure from the Bob Dole Administration in
Washington D.C., sparking tensions between the Anglo-French Union and
the United States,..
