The Year Is 2058

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2058: On January 1st, in Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, Don James O'Malley is shot and killed by an unknown assassin outside of his home. 2058: On January 4th, in Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, the funeral of Don James O'Malley is held. All major Mafia figures in the city attend. Yakuza boss Hanzo Shotozumi also appears with an honor guard to pay his respects. After the funeral, O'Malley's daughter, Rowena O'Malley announces her intention to claim leadership of her father's Family. The announcement causes quite a reaction among other Mafia bosses but she soon gains the support of the Finnigan family with the help of her father's advisor, Al Cavalieri. 2058: On January 5th, the Shadowland matrix network posts the first of the Underworld information files detailing the problems in Seattle Metroplex's organized crime community. 2058: In Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, Rowena O'Malley formally delivers her intention to become Capa of Seattle Metroplex to the other Seattle Mafia families as well as to Don McCaskill and the Commissione. The Commissionne places the decision in the hands of McCaskill. 2058: In Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, the Yakuza began hiring massive numbers of street gangs in an attempt to use the confusion in the Mafia to take back territory they have lost. 2058: On January 7th, in Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, the Yakuza attack Mafia gambling operations and businesses. This breaks into sporadic fighting between the Mafia and the Yakuza. 2058: On January 8th, in the Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, an assassination attempt is made on the life of Rowena O'Malley. The attempt is narrowly avoided and O'Malley's resolve is only strengthened. 2058: In Brooklyn, New York, UCAS, a major firefight breaks out between the Duelists go-gang and members of the Green Serpent Guard (GSG), an elite bodyguard unit of the Nagato Combine chairman Okido Honjowara. The Duelists are no match for the GSG and are wiped out. 2058: In New York City, New York, UCAS, a terrorist bomb explodes at the Nagato complex during a meeting of the board of directors killing and injuring many passers-by. (Steel Rain) 2058: In Brooklyn, New York, UCAS, a magical attack at the Chrysanthemum Palace Hotel on Nagato Corporation chairman Okida Honjowara leaves over 57 people dead. Honjowara however escapes injury. The attack is thought to be the work of noted anti-metahuman terrorist Gamma and his group the White Octogon. 2058: In Newark Sprawl, New Jersey, UCAS, a major firefight occurs at the Slag Heap toxic waste zone between soldiers of the Nagato Combine and an unidentified armed group. Supposedly these are the same people responsible for the bombings at Nagato Combine gatherings. The unidentified group is eventually destroyed by the Nagato force. 2058: In DeeCee Sprawl, UCAS, the FBI initiates a search on the offices of the Illuminates of the New Dawn on suspicion of "magical conspiracy". No evidence is found and the organization threatens a major lawsuit. 2058: In the Chicago Containment Zone, Illinois, UCAS, Ares Macrotechnology initiates a secret assault on the bug spirits using a new bacterial weapon. The bacteria, known as Strain-III beta, attaches itself to any magically active life form and devours its magical energy. This includes

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mages/shamans, spirits, and dual-natured creatures. Ares Macrotechnology troops under the code name Operation Extermination, without the permission or knowledge of the UCAS government, saturate the Chicago Containment Zone with Strain-III beta. This weakens the insect spirits to the point where they can be killed with conventional weapons. It also causes the death of many magically active and dual-natured beings including the ghouls of Cabrini Refuge. A secondary effect is zones where magic doesn't work properly known as voids. 2058: In February, in DeeCee Sprawl, UCAS, President Haeffner gives the State of the Union Address. Among other things, he announces that due to the success of the Ares Macrotechnology-led Operation Extermination in killing the insect spirits within, the quarantine on the Chicago Containment Zone is officially lifted. He also announces the formation of the Magical Security Task Force. This organization, under the supervision of the Justice Department and Attorney General Mira Pantorelli, will work with the FBI, and local law enforcement agencies at the corporate and governmental level as well as the governments of Tir Tairngire, the NAN, and universities worldwide. The new agency will be responsible for maintaining paranormal, astral and magical defense of all UCAS territory. 2058: In the Chicago Containment Zone, Illinois, UCAS, soon after President Haeffner's announcement of the lifting of the zone, thousands of people previously trapped rush over the now unguarded wall. Many people outside the zone, afraid that insect spirits will escape into the general population, attack the refugees resulting in a riot. Authorities eventually manage to contain the riot and maintain an uneasy peace. Many people inside the zone refuse to leave either through fear of remaining insect spirits and gang members or through attraction of the lawless society that has developed within. 2058: In Aztlan, rumors persist that Aztechnology CEO Juan Atzcapotzalco has vanished due to opening a box left to him in President Dunkelzahn's will at the Day of the Dead festival. Although Atzcapotzalco continues to make broadcast appearances, the rumors state that these are falsified images. 2058: In Miami, Carribean League, Adam Two Bears, a noted dwarf businessman, dies. 2058: In Miami, Carribean League, Scott Gordon, a noted writer, is killed in his apartment. Also found at the scene are the corpses of many armed men killed by gunfire. 2058: In Miami, Carribean League, Sharon Palmer, an executive for the Gunderson Corporation, and her escort are kidnaped by unknown assailants and taken to the Overtown district. When Gunderson Security tries to retrieve them with an armed team it sparks a massive riot resulting in massive damage and injuries. 2058: Miles Lanier, former head of internal security for Fuchi Industrial Electronics, appears at the board of directors meeting of Renraku Computer Systems to claim his seat left to him by President Dunkelzahn.