CHRONOLOGY OF APPLESEED

1988

*U.S.-Soviet detente. INF Treaty signed. Peace among the "advanced nations". (As part of the defense strategy, the steadily weakening sign a treaty eliminating four percent of all medium range nuclear missiles. The irony of superpower collapse = peace. General Henry Christo goes all out to build up conventional forces.

*In Asia, North and South Korea are peacefully united.

*The Soviet Unoin's policies of peace diplomacy and perestroika continue (while ethnic and economic problems snowball).

*The war between Iran and Iraq finally ends, for economic reasons. This fierce battle between Arabs and Persians lasted eight years.

*U.S.S.R. and U.S. = foundation laid for imperial Americana = U.S. - Soviet Alliance.

*Publication of volume 4 of Applseed is delayed. Author apologizes.

1989

*China - Tiananmen Square massacre. Japan - democratization movement begins. Both trends reveal how backward Asia is, and disappoint and anger the rest of the world.

1990

*Alsace summit held in France. First E.C. newspaper - THE EUROPEAN - formed.

 1991

*Soviet Union returns the disputed four northern islands to Japan. Huge gap between standard of living and politics revealed. (Development of Siberia begins, just as the U.S. and Japan had once made a deal on Hawaii and Okinawa. On two of the northern islands, an agreement is made regarding Soviet bases. Locals are angered. Problems remain).

*Autonav system "Chaorn" introduced and put into operation in twelve nations around the world.

1992

*E.C. unification occurs. World enters era of four huge economic blocks. Asia bashing and "peace" (or what some call quasi-war) continue.

*Nuclear rocket "Centaurus" announced. 

*True production of master-slave armor begins. Prosthetic technology advances.

*Olympics held in Barcelona Spain. Seville Adventure Fair.

*Advances made in muscle power with actuators of advanced molecular gel. Which yield ample speed and power while requiring only low voltage for operation.

1993

*East and West Germany are reunified.

1994

*April: the three Baltic states, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary join the E.C.

1995

*September: War breaks out between Israel and its Arab neighbors (the 5th Middle East War). November: Israel uses nuclear weapons. Southern Syria disappears. Cracks appear in the Nexus Alliance. World trembles in fear. Ebit Co. & Tadilan Co. are the instigators.

*Iran takes advantage of the situation and invades Iraq. Internal split in Iran causes hard-liners to take power. Islamic world is thrown into confusion.

*Galileo 2000 project fails.

*U.S. - Soviet alliance unravels. Intervening militarily, the Soviet Union sends troops to the Middle East. It suppresses Israel and moves into the Mediterranean, where it clashes with E.C. forces. Headquarters set up in Rome.

*Japan - HDTV viewing fees are reduced to 250,000 yen, but the Ministry of Posts and Communication asks for 300,000.

1996

*February: World War III turns nuclear. Nuclear winter and "black rain" result. Demoralization sets in. U.S. retaliates. Soviet Union incurs huge damage. Heavy use of nuclear weapons results in victory for U.S. and E.C. Inflated missile counts, improper maintenance, and other unexplainable factors result in a high percentage of misfires and mislaunches. The planet survives, but the damage is greater than before experienced from war. Finally the war ends.

*Around this time the West Umeda area of Osaka is turned into a super-skyscraper zone.

*Bangladesh suffers massive flooding.

1997

*Munma Holy Republic founded. Bloody incidents take place around the world with those involved.

*England - Terrorist use of botulinus bacteria causes massive deaths.

*Hong Kong reverts to Chinese rule. Demands for democratization begin again.

*General Henry Christo becomes Chairman of the E.C.

*Appleseed volume 5 is still not out. A young man addicted to Appleseed becomes impatient and cries softly.

1999

*Friction between EC and Asia. General Henry, taking a hard-line approach, takes repressive actions around the world. Asia (China, Japan, Korea,) is distressed. Friction results between Asia and the rest of the world because of the contrast between war damage and Asia's wealth. Orion Group and some representatives of the EC, U.S., and U.S.S.R. visit Japan in August. (First Urban Planning Group Conference held - ends in failure.)

*The Fourth World WAR. The nations of Asia go to war with the E.C.-U.S. Alliance (Henry). (By this time there are almost no nuclear weapons in existence so it's a drawn out bloody, dirty old war with conventional weapons - nuclear weapons began and ended in Japan)

*Macao is returned to China. A giant meteor falls on Beijing (and is mistaken for a nuclear detonation).

*A revolution occurs in computer brain technology. Bio-computers put onto clinical operation. The Second Urban Planning Group Conference is held and a deal is made for a radiation filter and the Appleseed plan.

*Democratization takes place in China. (Return of the true messiah)

2000

*Construction of Olympus begins (unofficially - destruction of information network).

*Critical shortage of food binds Japan and the rest of Asia together - Seoul Summit.

2001

*America's NASA begins operating its space-station-based plant/vegetable factory. Orion Group gives all-out assistance.

*Data from Voyager 1 stops arriving.

2002

*Construction of Poseidon floating city begins (starting with the spaceport).

*Japan launches construction of its nuclear winter power plant. Nanotech robots, with nesting instinct and capability to reproduce, remove radioactive dust.

2003

*Ultra SQuID sensors make possible practical application of magnetic field anti-personnel sensors.

*February: Cancer completely conquered.

*August: First computer brain weapons (tanks) used in combat. They prove unpopular because of frequent breakdowns.

*The war bogs down. Mankind advances into outer space to obtain resources. (Science has the power to both destroy and save mankind.)

2005

*The "Velnu" superconductor rail guns (solenoid qeunch system) are constructed in three places on earth. Optical camouflage deployed in combat. Use continues until 2040. (The only thing mankind has over nature is knowledge.)

*The Asia Alliance formed. Asia unified under slogan of "learn from the E.C."

2007

*India begins experiments with ramjet space plane.

2015

*Chairman Henry Christo's death and the Japanese miracle. Movement to end the war starts.

*Pakistan builds a filtration plant in Mongolia.

*Advances the place in solar energy technology. Results in development in lower latitudes of the world. Japan makes more money again.

*The mechanism of "memory" is discovered.

*England drops out of fighting.

2024

*Experiments with molecular engineering take place at the Aristo Luna city. Dome No.1 is built moon base starts operation with thirty people.

*Arguments ensue over the Computer Brain Pollution Report.

*Laser weapons and large numbers of cyborgs introduced in combat.

2026

*War ends, Asia wins. Earth becomes a unified block.

2027

*Japanese politics computerized. Baby boom occurs. True Silicon Age begins.

2029

*Manned flight from moon to Mars. Departure for Phobos.

*Armored shell exoskeleton unit created by Poseiden.

*Silk Road Rally inaugurated.

*Orion Group starts resource reclamation and removal of radioactive contaminants.

2030

*Mars manned exploration team returns to moon (stays one week).

*Appleseed Plan begins (construction of Olympus nearly completed). First generation of bioroids appear. Reconstruction work of all preserved animals begins.

 *Leningrad Olympics.

2048

*Hecatonchires system. Incidents of sudden insanity erupt (fourteen out of fifteen cases) (Solution appears possible for the North-South problem)

2049

*Hermes developed.

2051

*Martian polar caps destroyed with mass driver. Seas appear on Mars.

2061

*Haley's comet returns. Masamune Shirow's 100th birthday.

2062

*Dr. Matthew born.

2074

*Hitomi (late generation 3rd type) born.

*Molecular-engineering robots introduced to Mars.

2076

*Cyborg Association formed. Shows advanced cyborg technology, parts, maintenance, etc, are no longer regarded as top-secret. Poseidon's Cyborg Corporation starts functioning. Standards unified, common parts are employed, and a War Victims' Association begins charitable work. Black market dealings in cyborgs become rampant.

2082

 *Manned scouting mission leaves Mars for Titan.

2089

*Three- hundredth anniversary of the French Declaration of Rights. Reconstruction gets underway in all nations (finally). Advances made using ocean technology as a shield.

2096

*"Bri" (Briaeos Hecatonchires) is born. Parentage unclear. (Poseidon mission to Mars' great northern sea.)

2100

* The Organization to Supervise International Agreements - "Central Management Bureau" - starts operation. Trade starts. Bri scouted by Soviet Union's KGB.

2102

*Amazon reconstructed. Japan's filtration plant shuts down. "Greenification" continues. July 7 declared "Earth Resurrection Day." Earth summit held under sponsorship of the United Nations.

2105

*Duenan Knute born. Blue sky returns.

2106

*Bri's first paying work. Undersea cables, communications satellites installed; networks restored (progress slow).

2108

*Bri kills his commanding officer and flees. Thereafter works freelance.

2115

*Deunan's mother murdered. Father and children go south.

2116

*Deunan meets Briareos. "Bri" retires, joins Carl Knutes team.

2122

*Deunan enters the Police Academy. (By this time Deunan has already had her anti-terrorist training (knowledge manipulation techniques/active style) and her mindset training.

*Bri has an "accident" and becomes a cyborg (apparently this something to do with his life prior to retiring).

2123

*Deunan transfers to Special Training Center. Starts work after seven months of training. No real on the job training.

*Bri enters rehab center. Newly developed Hecatonchires system introduced.

2125

*Appleseed Plan introduced at general meeting of United Nations (not revealed to general public yet, however). Armed struggles erupt around the world. The information network becomes even more disrupted than before. Medium scale multiple ethnic conflicts and urban riots are also a problem. Biological and chemical weapons used. Historians refer to this as WW V.

*First Hermes lifting system completed. Becomes a multi-legged gun platform.

2127

*Appleseed revealed to the public for the first time. Reconstruction proceeds around the world. Plans for legislature formed.

*September: Deunan and Briareos move to Olympus. Attack on Gaia occurs.

*Ancient ruins discovered on Mars. Possibility exists of a prehistoric civilization. Theory of the Daimos colony.

*November: Multi-legged gun platform ceremony. Becomes the Gaia incident.

2128

*June: Benandanti operation.

*July: Artemis taken away.

*August: Artemis goes to Hitomi's house.

*September: Bezekric incident occurs. Israel maneuvers in secret and Munma hard-liners lose strength. Imperial Americana and U.S.- Soviet Alliance return to detente. Archeological expedition leaves Earth to explore ruins on Mars.

*The OAS hijack incident occurs. Aegis plan introduced everywhere.

2129

*Deunan and Bri leave for Poseidon. "Deep cover" (also called "sleep").

*Japan rocked by arguments over turning socialist.

2130

*Olympus and Poseidon jointly announce a plan for thousand-year "monarchy". (No king exists this is a figure of speech.)

*Formal diplomatic relations established with the Orion Group. Molecular robots introduced into the development of Venus. Corporate activities start on both Ishtar and Aphrodia.

(In the Appleseed Databook the timeline does not end here but for gaming purposes I have decided to omit the rest of the timeline. The timeline that is here is word for word written by Masamune Shirow.)

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