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Timeline 1991 to 2000
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1991
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Indiana Jones Still guest lecturing at UCLA, pesters people in museums, age 91 | |
| Paul Reid and Mishi Kato battle Johnny Dollar a mysteriously strong, fast and resilient crime lord | ||
| Fighting in Europe between the Warsaw pact and the Soviet Union is heavy. Refugees flood across borders, with reports of atrocities and ethnic cleansing. | ||
| Meanwhile in the Middle East U.S forces Launch attacks against Iraqi positions. Iraqi forces counter attack. Although they hold Air Superiority, Coalition troops are outnumbered on the ground. U.S. commanders retreat into Israel. | ||
| Iraq drives into Jordan which falls quickly. Other Islamist nations join the fight on the Iraqi side. | ||
| Late in the year Terhan falls to Invading Indian and Iraqi troops. | ||
| There is a huge Indian Military build up in Afghanistan along the Frontier with the Soviets. Scattered violent uprisings occur in the Southern Soviet Republics. | ||
| The Vicharrian Scouting mission to Earth is officially pulled out for fear of the upcoming War. Not all Vicharrians leave however. | ||
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1992
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Indian supported guerillas and partisans attack Soviet forces in the south. Gadzhenko steps up the draft, forcibly returning former veterans to service. | |
| There are uprisings all over Africa. Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe is over thrown and publicly beheaded by MacPhearson, a talented African/English general. | ||
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George HW Bush declines to run for a anther term, after defeat at the hands of Khan. James Marshall defeats William Clinton and becomes president. |
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| President Marhall rallies American forces and begins to take steps to negotiate a peaceful withdrawl. Later it's learned that Khan does NOT want this that will give the United States time to recover and adjust to their defeat in Jordan. | ||
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1993
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Eastern European, southern Asian and Indian forces make huge inroads in Soviet Territory. It's plain that this time, The Soviet Union is going to loose. The Soviets respond by using nuclear strikes on Eastern european and Southern Asian forces. This is widely unpopular and garners public support for Jaeger, Khan and subsidiary generals. Soviet protests that Indian forces have responded with tactical nuclear attacks go largely ignored, even though this is true. There is serious damage to Central Asian infrastructure and ecology. | |
| Indian forces begin massing along the Himalayan mountains. Khan is stunningly popular in India and in other places in the world. Western people start showing up among Khan's inner circle and in his High command. | ||
| Khan assumes the title of "Prince" and publicly invites the Chinese to begin negotiating a non agression treaty. Khn opens the negotiation with harsh demands. The Chinese walk out. | ||
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1994
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Winter is exceptionally harsh this year. The Eastern Europeans dig in to wait out the bad weather. Southern Asian forces retreat south, but guerillas, bandits and terrorists remain giving the surviving, starving residents hell. | |
| Bubonic plague breaks out in Moscow. Gadzhenko publicly, angrily insists that the Plague is a bio-weapon, claiming it to be virulent, resistant and easily transmitted variant. Khan magnamiously offers a cease fire, to allow relief efforts into Moscow. | ||
| The Plague begins to turn up among Jagerist troops. A group of American and Western European adventurers prevent a nuclear weapons launch by extremely angry Jaegerists. The Jaegerists forces retreat in growing panic. | ||
| By summer the Plague has appeared in Africa and China. | ||
| Quick, Disciplined reactions by Indian forces and Zimbabwean Forces prevent the spread of the plague in any serious amount in those nations. | ||
| The United States FEMA mobilizes bio-research resources in finding a cure for the new plague. It is, in fact resistant to most antibiotic treatments. | ||
| In a surprise attack, Chinese forces, lead by Qwan Zhu come over the Himalayan mountains and deal harsh damage to Indian forces. Indian forces respond and there is massive violence along the border. As battle disrupts proceedures, the plague begins to spread. battles thought to be won turn out to be draws as troops come away and fall ill. | ||
| President James Marshall, while conducting shuttle diplomacy to create a peace and present a united front to battle the plague, is killed when Air Force One is hijacked and destroyed. | ||
| Thomas J Whitmore is sworn in. He takes a harder line stance and demands that India withdraw from the Middle east. Khan responds by laughing harshly. | ||
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1995
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World Powers stage a counter attack against Khan. Chinese and American forces work togther and challenge the power of Khan. The strain of maintaining the fighting stance weakens India's cultural resistance to the plague. With advancing plague, Khan's popularity in India starts to fall. | |
| In a meeting with Karel Jaeger, Khan and Jaeger disagree violently. They wind up coming to blows and seperating in a gun battle. Khan wanted the Jaegerist forces to return to the battlefield, and Jaeger refused. Jaeger dies of injuries sustained in the combat. Khan limps away wounded. | ||
| Summer, the new York Times leaks a classified CIA document detailing the Eugenics Program and giving Biographies of known Augmented "Supermen", and pointing out that The "Supermen" were immune to the resistant bubonic plague. | ||
| The North American and European Population conducts feaful purges of Augments and suspected Augments. Khan welcomes such people into his camp. But this damages his standing in India. | ||
| On Omega, Asian and American descended survivors discover each other and begin a generations long war each blaming the other for the destruction of "the World" | ||
| El-Aurian surviors can interbreed with the Earth Human Survivors the children inherit the long El-Aurian lifespan. | ||
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1996
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With plague ramapant, the war turning for the worst and fears of greater nuclear damage rising, Scattered Indian Military units revolt. This is quickly followed by massive civil unrest. | |
| Zimbabwean Strong Man MacPhearson flees just ahead of rebel guerillas - Rumors say that many Rebel Leaders are Augments who feel that they can rule the African nation better than he. Putative Dictators find no shortage of tribesmen, cult members and ethnic faction members willing to rise up violently. | ||
| With India and Zimbabwe in full collapse, Khan and 76 of his followers disappear. The Eugenics War is over | ||
| Vista City SIS established by retired FBI Agent Jennifer Taitler Ashby | ||
| Although he successfully brought the Eugenic war to a close, Whitmore finds the war a albatross around his neck. Josiah Bartlett becomes US President. | ||
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2000
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The people of Four Corners have successfully retained their culture and established a working town. They are largely at peace with their new world and their population begins to grow. |
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