Players Timeline:
4.14
2002: The border war between Russia, Ukraine, Poland and the baltic states, makes the Swedish politicians nervous, and they begin to increase their armed forces. Finland has increased alertness along their borders, if Russia turns their way.
2003: Sweden and Finland secedes from the European Union. The European union is in turmoil, and dissolves more and more.
2005: The baltic sea is condemned, due to excessive pollution from unfiltered Eastern European industries and farmers. A Swedish professor at the university of Lund, finds a bacteria, that breaks down petroleum products into harmless minerals and water. Development of the bacteria culture, includes tailored bacteria for differing kinds of pollution. Norway warns about the worsening conditions of the north sea. A hole in the Ozone layer is formed over northern Scandinavia. A warning is sent out to beware of the sun.
2010: The VITAS outbreak in Germany, causes panic in all Scandinavian countries. Despite quarantine measures, is the VITAS spread even to Sweden, Norway and Finland, causing 2 million deaths.
2011: The hurricane that destroyed the Netherlands, hits the north sea cost of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Most of Denmarks west coast is engulfed in the mighty waves. All cities on the west coast are filled with sludge from the bottom of the poisonous Atlantic. Copenhagen rides out the hurricane better, but several millions died altogether in Denmark. Gothenburg and Oslo is partially drenched in the poisonous north sea waters. Due to warning from the Netherlands and Germany, only a few lost their lives, but properties for billions are destroyed. Many religious sects, declares that the Armageddon is here, causing more deaths from suicides, than the hurricane itself caused. The Lapplanders in the northern Scandinavia urgently plead for help from the government, to protect them from the hole in the ozone layer. The governments in both Sweden and Norway has their hands full, and cannot help them much.
UGE: A large number of "Dwarves" are being born in the centre of Sweden and areas along the mountain range of Scandinavia. A few "Elves" are born in the south of Sweden in Scania. A very large number of refugees from the catastrophe in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany, arrives in Sweden despite harder border control.
2012: The nuclear plant in Barsebäck in Sweden, has a meltdown accident. Radioactive dust and fumes are spread by northerly winds to Malmö in Sweden and eventually into what's left of Copenhagen. Evacuation saves most of the lives of the citizens, but a great many refugees from Denmark and Germany, find themselves immersed in the fumes and dust, when their refugee camp is forgotten by the evacuation personnel. The refugees break out of their camp and storm into Malmö to take cover. The police had put up roadblocks to keep looters out, during the evacuation, but the refugees, boosted by looters and Go-gangs, fight their way in through the barricades, and take refuge in the city. 10 thousand lives are lost or destroyed due to the fallout and the fight with the police and military. The military relocates the citizens of Malmö to other cities in Scania, and put up a force to kick out the looters and occupants. All of Denmark is now declared a disaster area.
2013: The refugees and looters establish themselves in Malmö, and erects barricades to keep the law out. Refugees from all over Europe, fill the ranks of occupants, due to promises of a home to live in with their homeless families. The government fails to find a solution to the problem, but orders the military and the police to stand by and not to attack. Go-gangs in Malmö, Hellraisers and Mutants, fights over the rights to protection money for the ferries over to Denmark and Germany. Denmark reverts into anarchy, being ruled by gangs and local Warlords. The government flees to Bornholm and sets up a expedition ministry. They receive extensive help from Sweden, and the Danish government and Royal family are offered to move to Karlskrona.
2021: A great number of mutated children are born in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Scientists believe it is the result from both the radioactive fumes over Scania and the hole in the ozone layer around the Arctic circle. Many children are born with unexplained genetic changes. Goblinzation is here with many Scandinavians changed overnight into Orcs and Trolls. Later, this fact is verified from all over the world. Malmö is declared a free city, because of the governments lack of courage to deal with the situation. Despite the worlds most effective bureaucracy, the situation is worsening. Every day, more and more refugees filter in, making it more and more difficult to throw them out. Horribly deformed creatures are found in the wastelands of Denmark.
2022: The second wave of VITAS sweeps over Scandinavia, totally disrupting, what was left of law and order. Sweden and Norway discuss a union to pool their dwindling resources. Swedish scientists develops several innovations dealing with enhancements of natural organs, Bioware. Finland strengthen their armed forces for protection from raiders from Russia. Lapplandish Shamans, claim that their magic are filling the hole in the ozone layer. Scientists from Norway dismiss these claims as delusions caused by increased UV-radiation. The Dragon Nidhogg shows itself for the first time. Denmark is dissolved as a coherent country, forming many small independent zones-of-control by warlords.
2023: Computer scientists in Linköping, develops a new transputer with a higher transfer rate, making it possible to connect the differing universities and technological schools in all of Scandinavia, as if it was just one whole computer.
2025: Clashes between the police and the "Free citizens of Malmö", causes the police and military to enforce law and order in a brutal way. Those evacuated from Malmö, fights for their rights to return to their homes or to be recompensed for their loss of property. Danish Warlords establish "Embassies" in Malmö, and a mutual agreement on military co-operation is signed. Copenhagen merges with Malmö, creating a large city on two sides of Öresund, With the damaged, but still intact bridge between the two halves. They name the city, "Örestad"
2026: The evacuees from Malmö, forms a loose organisation, to put more pressure on the government, for their claims. They call themselves Snapphanarna. GM sell out SAAB Automobile. Ford sells Volvo, and the two car manufacturers merges, forming the largest automobile production facilities in northern Europe. An arcology is built in Trondheim, Norway, by a conglomerate of Scandinavian corporations.
2027: Saami activists manages to get the Swedish government to give extended autonomy to the Lapplandish areas in northern Sweden.
2028: The virus, that crashed computer systems all over the world, knocks out the new ScandNet, destroying files and computers for both the government and the corporations. Swedish computer scientists from Linköping, co-operates with Echo mirage, examines the virus, and launches several failed programs to stop it. They are forced to connect themselves to the net, to be able to catch and destroy the virus. Many netheads die, but eventually, they start to destroy the virus.
2029: Sweden and Norway finally agrees to form a union, with Stockholm as the capitol, by marrying Queen Victoria II of Sweden with King Haakon VIII of Norway. The new country is named "the Royal Scandinavian Federation". Scandinavia secedes from NATO, due to the governments dislike for a common European defence. SAAB-Volvo develops a new fighterplane, "Nattskärran" with enhanced stealth techniques and combat electronics. Ericsson and Nokia co-operates on a project that involves the first Scandinavian DNI computer built, making it possible to control the plane via brain impulses. The co-operation sets the foundation for a possible merger. Kockums and Kongsberg starts production of the new Frigate class "Tre Kronor" based on the successful YS 2000 concept. To counter the increasing violence in Scania, Scandinavian military send hand-picked agents to study in both UCAS and CAS. They operates under the OP 5, military intelligence. Later, OP 6 is created, dealing with internal security.
2030: Euro wars: Russian troops invades central Europe in an attempt to conquer resources and modern industrial capacity. Finnish forces push against a Russian column driving for Helsinki. The column is stopped by the Finnish SISU troops, at great losses. Scandinavia put many ships into the Baltic, to stave off any attack from Russia. The navy base at Bodö is attacked by Russian Bombers. The Baltic states are overrun, despite voluntary forces from Scandinavia. These forces, along some of the baltic units, retreats to Gotland, to form the "Viking Brigade".
2031: The war escalates, when Russia declares war on England. Several skirmishes occur in both southern Finland and on the waves of the Baltic. A Russian invasion force moves put from the occupied baltic ports, Liepaja and Riga trying to get a foothold in southern Scandinavia. The Baltic sea fleet, with the newly produced Stealth frigates "Tre Kronor" and "Göta Lejon", and with the assistance of the fighter plane "Nattskärran", fights off the attempt. The remnants of the invasion force lands in Poland. The dragon Nidhogg is partly responsible for the destruction of the Russian fleet.
2033: Precision-guided missiles from a fleet of unidentified bombers shattered main and field headquarters of the Allied Forces and the Russian Army. Unidentified commandos were also murdering several hard-liner officers on both sides while the matrix grids used by the military of both factions were succumbing to attack by a virulent expert system. That shattered the command structure, and ended the major fighting in the Euro-Wars. (The commandos were former Norwegian Rangers that set out from hidden bases in Karlskrona. The fighterplanes were the battleproven "Nattskärran" fighterplanes, using SAAB-Volvo Missiles latest Smart-missiles. The government disapproved of the operation, and dismissed any mention of the Scandinavian operation, blaming the British instead.) Damien Knight, a previously unknown financier, initiates his now-famous Nanosecond Buyout of Ares Industries. Using a series of expertly programmed computers in Stockholm, Sweden, Knight executes a series of transactions so complicated that they can only be read by another computer. By the end of the minute that the transactions took, three corporations have ceased to exist, two multi-millionaires have lost their fortunes, three people have become multi-millionaires, and Damien Knight has acquired 22 percent of Ares Industries.
2034: Tension mounts between the government and the military over the problems in the south. Lapplandish chieftains, claims freedom for their ancestral lands. Their shamans have managed to patch the hole in the ozone layer, proving their power. The Snapphanarna starts to protest more violently against their unjust situation. Turkey and allies, invades Europe through the Balkans, proving the old soothsayer Nostradamus predictions. Forces from Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Hungary and the Czech republic finally stops the assault, but cannot reclaim territories. The large Turkish settlement in Scandinavia, starts to rebel, forcing the government to give the military the rights to use force, and proclaim martial law. The Turks are relocated to Scania, further angering the Snapphanarna organisation. Many Turks move into the more and more rebellious Free city of Örestad, where they are welcomed as freedom fighters. The county of Rugen is founded. New regimes in both Russia and Germany. Poland establishes Monarchy. Several new countries emerge from the wars, among them a reborn Austro-Hungarian-Czech military alliance against the Muslims. In Southern Balkans, a patchwork of Islamic city-states and christian enclaves sprang up.
2035: Scandinavian Scientists starts to co-operate with the Duchy of Pomorya in finding a way to clean up the baltic. Various benign warlords in what used to be Denmark, starts to clean up the less damaged areas, making it possible to grow crop.
2037: Swedish military forces takes over the government in an unbloody coup. They appoint a new ruling council, appointing the Crown Prince of Romania as the new King under the name of Oscar III. Several groups did not like the new order. 2 groups stood out against the rest. In the north: The Lapplanders, and in the south: The Snapphanarna. The Lapplanders are like Swedish "Indians", they are more shamanistic active than the rest of the population. They fight for a united "Lappland" formed by the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola inlet of Russia. Snapphanarna on the other hand, "only" wants to overthrow the military command. Queen Victoria and her family, is deported to Bergen, for detention.
2038: The new military command gets their hands full of trouble, when Lapplandish forces attack military installations in northern Scandinavia. Even Finland gets their share. I anything happens in Russia, nobody is telling. Swedish military forces boosted by mercenary mages, stave off the attacks. The Lapplanders pull back into the mountains. The military command noticed the need for special forces, and started the Scandinavian SuperSoldier program. The efficient bureaucracy of Scandinavia is enlisted to make any protests bog down in red tape.
2039: Finland is having trouble with their Lapplanders, and ask Scandinavia for help. Troops pour into Finland, fighting their way through the north. The Lapplanders crossed the borders into Russia, and got away, with great losses. During this time, Snapphanarna in the south, took advantage of the military campaign in Finland. They "liberated" Scania (the southernmost part of Sweden) from the Swedish forces. The warlords of Denmark promptly recognise the new country.
2041: The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into the various component states.
2042: The campaign against the Lapplanders ends when a peace treaty is signed, giving the Lapplanders some of the northern areas in Scandinavia and Finland. The new country is called Lappland. Finland, having seen the military power of Russia mobilising against "their" Lapplanders, see the need to strengthen their military force, and agree to a proposed union between Scandinavia and Finland. The first version of the AI Tage Hansson is operable. The government of Bornholm, unites with Scandinavia, in exchange for the demilitarisation of Bornholm.
2043: Having dealt with the Lapplanders, the united Scandinavian and Finnish military stages a campaign against Snapphanarna. Military units storms the defences at the northern border of Scania. Snapphanarna makes use of hit-and-run tactics. Powerful offensives forces the Snapphanarna to change to guerrilla tactics. They seek help, and gets it from the elven duchy of Pomorya. Shadowrunners starts to bolster the Snapphane units. Policlubs for or against metahumans start to make their voices heard all over Scandinavia. Compared to the rest of Europe, no violence follows in their wake, a sign of the Scandinavian way to care for outcasts.
2045: Ares Machrotech and Saeder-Krupp tries unsuccessfully to get extraterritorial rights for their installations in Scandinavia. Their forces fight it out with the armed forces, and are kicked out of the country. Their installations in Scandinavia is bought for one Scandinavian Crown.
2046: King Oscar III marries Maria Alexandra Di Trevio.
2048: In Sweden, a herd of Dakkarynes breaches the Storsjön dam complex in Östersund. Using their corrosive secretions they burn away the plascrete side-locks releasing millions of gallons of various toxic wastes into the water supplies of the city and surrounding military bases.
2050: Scandinavia and Finland agrees upon the common name of Scandinavia. Scandinavian military intelligence are forced to infiltrate cells of Snapphanar, but has not an easy job to do. The Space Centre Esrange, in the north, launches their first lunar probe. It is called Odin III. What happened to Odin I and II are classified information.
2054: Scania is a contested part of Scandinavia. The Snapphanarna are still working all over Scandinavia, doing sabotage against military installations. Businesses, nationalised when the military took over, are now sold out to private interests in Scandinavia. Foreign megacorporations are also granted permission to settle in Scandinavia. SAAB-Volvo have constructed several modules for a Scandinavian spacestation, called "the Lion of the North" after a famous Swedish warrior-king from the 17th century. Ericsson-Nokia has finished their research on the Sub-space Tachyon Matrix communication system. The first portable unit is placed on the Spaceshuttle "Hakkapelle".
2055: Diplomatic relationships are normalised with the rest of Europe. Russia issues demands of parts of northern Finland. The demands are declined, and nothing happens so far, but tension is growing. Pomorya makes apologies to Scandinavia, for their support to the Snapphanarna units. Their apologies are accepted, and close ties are made between the two realms. Pomorya also establish a consulate in Kristianstad, the "capitol" of Scania. The free city of Örestad has established ties with Berlin, and also try to get recognition from the rest of Europe.
2056: The Scandinavian Spacestation "Lion of the North" is operational, despite several sabotage attempts by Snapphanar. The Snapphanarna tactics are so refined, and their organisation so tight, that they are very hard to stop. Scandinavian military intelligence (OP5) are forced to look elsewhere for anti-Shadowrun tactics. Several operatives are trained by the UCAS SEALs and the CAS Green Berets. The Shuttle "Hakkapelle" are transferring modules and equipment to the spacestation, for later transport to an orbit around Mars.
2057: Nidhogg intensifies its struggles to infiltrate the SAP. The launch of the space shuttle ”Hakkapelle” was almost stopped by the arrival of a team of foreign employed Shadowrunners. Only the strong resolve of the defence forces averted a disaster. Dunkelzahn is assassinated on the night of his inauguration as President of the United Canadian and American States.
2058: The successful launch of the last piece of the spacestation makes the Scandinavian one step ahead for a Mars mission. A new space consortium between the SAAB-Volvo corporation, Ericsson-Nokia Communications and a holding corporation by the name of Spacetech Incorporated was introduced, and they will work towards the goal of a Scandinavian station in orbit around Mars. The Moonbase Lunar Viking is operational, and explorers have begun to colonise the base. Certain elements of the Snapphane movement has launched attacks on ScanFed military units in the area of Karlskrona. A submarine was set on fire as it was entering the Oscar II dock in Karlskrona harbour. The Submarine HMUb Gotland was of an older model and was entering dock for extensive refit. It is uncertain if the Submarine will be repaired or just scrapped. Ares implements "Operation Extermination", a large-scale physical and magical assault on the insect spirits infesting the Chicago Containment Zone. Increased activity of insect spirits is noted in certain areas in Scandinavia due to the relocation of their lairs.
2059: The first unit of the Mars Orbital Station is ready to launch from the ”Lion of the North” space station. It will be an unmanned module, and will house most of the communication and control functions of the station. The S-K launched earlier will be the command centre of the module. The trip to Mars will be 13 months on low-consumption-flight mode. The Snapphane rebel movement made a surprise attack on a commercial freighter, transporting Machine Parts. The freighter was attacked by missiles from a hidden source, and small civilian craft managed to board the damaged freighter, and got away with the goods they were after. The ScanFed military has launched a series of retaliatory attacks on known and suspected Snapphane locations. The Space consortium has announced that their Research and Development division will announce a new breakthrough in the communication field. Chief Scientist Sven Bergstrom will bring out the news at the next Space Convention to be held in Stockholm. The Renraku Arcology in Seattle is closed to visitors for an indefinite period due to problems with its computer systems.
2060: A virus of unknown origin attacks Seattle's matrix RTG. The attack pass through links to the Scandinavian RTG, but only some pirate systems are affected. Fuchi Industrial Electronics is officially dissolved.
2061: Year of the Comet. Halley's Comet brought many changes to the world, SURGE, natural Orichalcum and other strangeness. Even Scandinavia got hit, and the Saami Insurgents roll south with increased strength, capturing Kiruna, and held it for a while before likewise magically enhanced ScanFed troops managed to oust them.
2062: Storms rage across the world, even the Northsea installations outside Norway, and the already suffering Jutland wastes are hit again. This time, the defences held better, and only the worst-off residents were troubled.
2063: Scandinavian scientists manages to establish a high-speed link between Earth and the moon, eliminating the timedelay. Lunar Viking is the first RTG in outerspace.
2064: A rebellous AI (Deus) Tries to step up to Matrix Godhood at a computer event, clashes with other forces that sends a shockwave through the Matrix, destroying much of the infrastructure. The Radical Terrorist group Winternight is also involved in this. Much havoc is the result, and the Ericsson-Nokia tests on a Wireless Matrix goes into full-scale, to counter the effects.
2065: Novatech merges with Transys Neuronet and Ericsson-Nokia to form the new Mega Corporation NeoNET, with the ScanFed Government being a large shareholder.
2066: The new wireless Matrix, and the income it brings to Scandinavia, makes it possible to step up the Space Program. The plan for a Manned mission to Mars is scheduled to happen in 2070, instead of 2080 as earlier planned.
2067: A political movement, supported by a moderate section of the Military Junta, have launched a campaign to re-unite Bornholm with the rest of Denmark, and large military forces are drawn to the west coast, for the relief operation.
2068: Esrange launches the Mars Conqueror, an unmanned space rocket with deployable armed drones, and the AI controlled build/repair facility SENTINEL. The first troops of Operation Danebrog moves into northern Jutland, receiving only limited resistance, and they secure the bridgehead for the sanitation troops that will clear the area to set up Camp Future, the Operational HQ.
2069: The Mars Conqueror reaches Mars, and all contact with it, and the whole Mars mining expedition is out of control. Several armoured columns fight their ways out of Camp future, down south, and liberates the northern two thirds of Jutland.
2070: Now...
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