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Antiquity, book zero:the story of tomorrow

By Ken Walters

Back Cover

Welcome to tomorrow.

In an interestin blen! of fiction an! s"eculation,Antiquity, book zero: the story of tomorrowis atimeline of what if# What if enetics make shortwork of the molecule of life, but quantum "hysicscannot quite !o the same for the basis of theuniverse$ What if the !evelo"in worl!!evelo"e!$ What if cor"oration marrie!

overnment$ What if this, or somethin like this istomorrow.

Back story to a "lanne! series of futuristic novels,the timeline stan!s aloneas an intriuine%tra"olation of science,"olitics an! economy.&he "lot stems from our

yester!ays' the actionrumbles from our to!ay'an! the charactersevolve from ourtomorrows.

As always, for my wife (oyce,

I love you

I am the sole author of the followin work, an! by)* law, it is automatically co"yrihte!. As state!

in the +orwar! that follows, one basic motive of thiswork is to serve as back story for future novels. If

wor!s in this timeline ins"ire your short stories, Iam flattere!. our works are not official back story,

but I woul! love to rea! them. Co"yriht -//.

+orwar! -0--1 --20-13 -20-41-420-33 -/0-/-1 -/-20-/13 Afterwar!


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ou are browsin throuh an! "erha"s about to rea! a work of fiction. I !o not forecast these events,but rather make the i!eas available. &his timeline is a ste" that has taken consi!erable time in my"re"aration for a series of novels. &hat "ath bean with a true historic timeline, an! now with a futureone.

I am a fan of science fiction. I even en5oy it when it is ba!. +or me, the fiction can be ba! for manyreasons, characters I care little about, "lot l ines that a!here only by coinci!ence, unreasonable turnstaken by writers that !o not a""ear to have rea! their own work. &he science can fail for the same orother reasons. I have often won!ere! why aliens whose only "ur"ose in life is to consume violentlyhave !evelo"e! technoloy ca"able of breakin laws of relativity. &he science fiction that makes me

think hol!s me for all of the riht reasons. I want my fiction to make you think.

6arly in this timeline, early so that I will not s"oil it ba!ly, eneticists com"lete the ma""in of 78A an!learn how to clone oranisms. &hey almost have reache! the former an! can "erform the latter.9easonably, ne%t ability in the sequence woul! be the creation of unnatural oranisms, an! likely this

!iscovery woul! first turn to microbes. enetic enineerin coul! instill !esire!enetic traits. 8atural microbes are reasonable for !ecay an! com"ostin. Ifeneticists coul! "ro!uce more effective !ecay, they coul! accelerate !ecay. 7ecaywas the first ste" in the formation of certain ty"es of fossils, namely oil. ;il is basic in

our current lifestyle, an! su""lies are becomin e%hauste!. 6ffective funi miht lea!to ra"i! fossilization. &hat i!ea is a stretch. +ossilization took millennia, but if thefuni are effective enouh, "erha"s#

&he science an! "olitics I reveal are items of fiction, but I have trie! to make mostreasonable, while "lannin out the backroun! to my actual novels. I think they are

interestin enouh that you may en5oy. I want your comments about anythin relate!. *ometimes, myscience "asses reasonability.


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novels, an! sim"ly a""reciate your interest' or, "erha"s the error comes from my lack of e%"ertise an! alittle chanin can correct it. =lease, comment, whether you en5oy this work or not. =lease, check myother sites, inclu!in sam"les from the actual first novel. &he e takes you to the novel>s blo. Click?&he =ast@ for my historical timeline of ?&he 8ovel@ for the first few cha"ters of the novel. ?&he +uture@returns you to this site.


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-0--1 --20-13 -20-41 -420-33 -/0-/-1 -/-20-/13 +orwar! Afterwar!

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.. Before the onset of the reat 7e"ression in /3-3, with "henomenal rowth !urin the /3-s, the

8ew ork *tock 6%chane, the larest market in the worl!, reache! its historic hih of ."oints. &he reat fall that s"elle! the reat 7e"ression sent the . "oint value !own to 1-.1by /3, almost a 3 !ro" in four years. &he "oint value almost imme!iately s"ran back u" to/4./4 by /34. 7es"ite some lare rises an! falls over the ne%t few years, the market enerallyremaine! level throuh the /31s, 5ust less than -. By /322, it reaine! the "re07e"ression levelof near 1 "oints. By /3D2, it reache! /, rouhly !oublin in value. +rom /3D202, a /"oint ceilin seeme! to have !evelo"e!. When the national !ebt for the )* bean incre!iblerowth !urin the /3s, the stock market reveale! incre!ible rowth. Between /320/33, the

market !ouble! in value from /- to -2 "oints. +rom /33032, it nearly !ouble! aain to 12.+rom /3320-, it reache! about . By Auust -, it has climbe! to near /-,, "avin theway for many investors to amass reat wealth. 6ven thouh relatively lare !ownturns occur in thenew millennium, for instance a loss from the /-, back to by -, it consistently correctsthe fall, achievin /1, by - before another lare !ro" back to . While many factorscontribute to "ersonal wealth an! the overall economy, e%traor!inary wealth rows for some, but the)* overnment "ays the cost in !ebt. &he national !ebt remaine! 5ust un!er - trillion !ollars from/3120. By /3, the !ebt>s rowth, at trillion, mimicke! the stock value rowth' /32, 1 trillion'/33, 2 trillion' /332, D trillion. In -, because of balance! bu!ets, it remains at D trillion, but by

-2 it oes to 4 trillion. As for "ersonal income, wealth for the wealthy followe! the "reviouse%am"les. In /3D, a!5uste! for inflation, the rich in the )* earne! a""ro%imately 1 times morethan the averae em"loyee. &he averae wae in /3D was E1 "er year, an! the rich earne!about E/D,. By /33, the rich earne! / times more than the averae wae earner, an! by/33-, - times more. By /332, the rich earne! times more than wae earners, an! by -,2-2 times more. In -, the averae wae is E-, com"are! to E/4,, for the wealthy.A""ro%imately of wealth is controlle! by - of the "o"ulation with the new millennium.


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&he )nite! 8ations F)8G *ecurity Council authorize! the !e"loyment of military "ersonnel in the7emocratic 9e"ublic of the Cono for "eacekee"in efforts. &hese efforts are !isru"te! many timeswith a !isa""ointin lack of success an! allee! miscon!uct of the "eacekee"ers. &he *econ!Cono War officially en!s in -, but hostilities continue for fifteen years. By -/2, / million have!ie! from violence, !isease an! starvation.&he ?7ot0Com Bubble@ fractures. While the formation of the Internet has trans"ire! throuh several!eca!es of innovation an! !evelo"ment, !urin the latter staes of the -th Century manybusinesses became almost com"letely base! on the Internet. &hese businesses see reat stockmarket ains, but in Harch many o bankru"t in hue *tock Harket losses. +rom the rumble,several su"er com"anies e%"an!With the election of Chen *hui0bian, =resi!ent, the 9e"ublic of China F9;CG en!s Kuomintan>s!omination of &aiwan.

&he uman enome =ro5ect, beun ten years earlier, "ublishes its initial ma" of human 78A. &he"ro5ect>s oal is to un!erstan! the sequencin of enes in humans an! other oranisms.

-../ &he aur, an animal in the Bovinae family on the en!anere! s"ecies list, is clone!, markin the

first time clonin is use! successively to re"licate an oranism near e%tinction. &wo !ays later, theaur !ies of !ysentery, unrelate! to clonin.A coalition of )* an! British forces attack Iraqi air !efense sites that violate arms re!uctionsman!ate! by the )8 at the close of the +irst Iraqi War. Iraq is also sus"ecte! to be in violation of aban on the "ro!uction wea"ons of mass !estruction an! seems to be com"licatin )8investiations.

&he first artificial heart requirin no outsi!e equi"ment is trans"lante! into 9obert &ools. &he valveassembly !u"licates heart functions for almost half a year before &ools !ie! of a stroke.Al0Jae!a terrorists hi5ack four )nite! *tates F)*G airliners. ;ne airliner crashes in =ennsylvaniaafter "asseners overcome the terrorists. ;ne airliner !estroys "art of the =entaon in Washinton7.C. &he two other airliners colli!e into each of the &win &owers in 8ew ork City, 8, causinimmense !evastation an! over !eaths. &he metho! of suici!e bombin has often been use!by smaller "olitical bo!ies aainst larer entities, but this series of attacks is the larest to !ate, by


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far. 7irectly an! in!irectly, the e"iso!e becomes the focal "oint for several relate! wars an!confrontations.&he 7oha 7evelo"ment Aen!a F77AG beins as an initiative of the Worl! &ra!e ;ranizationFW&;G to restructure tra!e barriers with less !evelo"e! nations. 8ations within the W&; reaches astalemate on many issues.

-..- &he International Criminal Court FICCG forms to "rosecute crimes aainst humanity. Within ten years

over / nations e%ten! at least "artial re"resentation in the tribunal.In res"onse to the four "oint attack, now calle! ?3//@ for its !ate *e"tember //, the )* attacksAfhanistan, where Al0Jae!a is sus"ecte! to be le!. )sin a multi"le force an! a coo"erative effortby the )K , s"ecial intellience, arme! an! air strikes are carrie! out. &he War in Afhanistancontinues for more than a !eca!e. *e"arately, the )* *tate 7e"artment names seven nations,inclu!in Iraq, as s"onsors of terrorism. Iraq continues to block )8 oversiht of "otential wea"ons

of mass !estruction. &he )* calls for a overnment chane in Iraq, threatenin military action an!receivin mi%e! rece"tion from ty"ical )* allies.&he ;ranisation of African )nity F;A)G was forme! in /3D an! !e!icate! to eliminatecolonization within the continent an! to foster unity amon its members. In --, the ;A) !isban!sto form the African )nion FA)G. &he new oranization re!uces attention to colonization an! toincrease socio0economic stability. Almost all nations of the A) are either members or receivebenefits !es"ite !isareement with some A) "olicies.&he 6nron Cor"oration, a multi0facete! com"any base! in ouston, &, )*, which ha! re"orte!stron ains re"eate!ly for many years, !eclare! bankru"tcy. &he bankru"tcy case reveale!

assorte! financial frau! in mislea!in accountin, share0hol!ers losses an! e%ecutive win!falls.&he case in!uces the )* to form new laws an! stan!ar!s in financial recor!s kee"in.&he fifth floor of the 7oubloon, a small hotel0casino in


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-..A s !ictatorshi",an! to re!uce the worl!>s threat of terrorism. Within months, the ussein overnment oes intohi!in an! the inva!in troo"s overcame tra!itional military, facin "ockets of uerilla fihters. After

a successful invasion, the forces fin! it more !ifficult to leave. By the en! of the year, ussein isca"ture!, trie! an! e%ecute!, but lare numbers of the "o"ulation !o not want forein intervention.Wea"ons of mass !estruction, with only a few e%ce"tions, cannot be foun!. &he occu"ationcontinues for almost a !eca!e.&he ?Color 9evolutions@ continue by nations formerly controlle! un!er the )nion of *oviet *ocialist9e"ublics F)**9G, althouh these revolutions remain mostly non0violent.&he +irst s rule, but le! to the equally!ictatorial Charles &aylor. A *econ!


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-..1 Hany 6uro"ean nations F-4G loosely unite alon economic an! "olitical unionization. &he 6uro"ean

)nion F6)G refrains from !eman!in a unifie! front in international issues an! refrains from !ictatinits membersM national affairs, but creates a common financial market, a!o"ts a common currencyNthe euro F/D of the nationsG, an! allows free movement of oo!s an! "eo"le.

=rofessor Woo *uk wan, a veterinarian, at *eoul 8ational )niversity in *outh Korea successfullyclones embryos. As with the clonin of the shee" 7olly in /33D, somatic, non0re"ro!uctive, cellsare use! with e cells to "ro!uce a new fertilize! cell embryo. )nlike 7olly, the embryos are notestate! to row full bo!ie! humans. Instea!, the new embryotic cell can be use! to row stemcells or any "articular cell ty"e to be use! for trans"lantation. In -D, accusations of =rofessorwan inventin many of the !etails of his e%"eriments are allee!, which he later confirms fakin.e also is in!icte! on embezzlement an! unethical "ractices in -Dirar! reo"ens the 7oubloon, e%"an!in the hotel, the casino an! a lare entertainment arena. Its

re"utation quickly rows an! the "atronae blossoms for affluent users. *ur"risinly, irar! sellsthe business for / times his investment. e !ivests, "urchasin several acres near


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Hatt 8ale, a former star hih school athlete who became "aralyze! by a stabbin in5ury in -/,"artici"ates in the Brainate 8eural Interface *ystem by Cyberkinetics Cor"oration. &he !eviceim"lante! in his brain ives him neural control of multi"le items, inclu!in a "ersonal com"uter,althouh cursor action is im"recise, an! a robotic han!.

&he 8inten!o Wii remote, central to the Wii amin console, is reveale!. &he remote controller>ssensors motion0!etect the user>s bo!y movement an! translates them into a ame as an interactive"art. With the remote, 8inten!o markets the Wii in -D with several ames. Hicrosoft an! *ony"ro!uce com"arable consoles within the year.

-..D A s "robe Hars9econnaissance ;rbiter, with an e%tensive camera array, enters Hars> orbit' 6*A>s Lenus 6%"ressenters Lenus> orbit' Kazakhstan launches its first satellite, usin 9ussian launch facilities, &heInternational Astronomical )nion FIA)G re!efines nomenclature for "lanets an! other celestialbo!ies, !emotin =luto to a ?!warf0"lanet@ an! a!!in four other ?!warf "lanets,@ one from the

asteroi! belt between 6arth an! Hars, two from the Ku"ier belt near =luto, an! one name! 6ris,larer than =luto, beyon! its orbit. *e"arately, Australia tests the y*hot III, a 5et !esine! to travel4 times the s"ee! of soun!.8orth Korea con!ucts its first nuclear testin. By -3, it tests a nuclear wea"on.


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*ince -D, foo! "rices have increase! more !rastically than the eneral inflation rate, an! by-, a "eak in "ricin has cause! a ma5or crisis. *everal factors have contribute!. With socio0"olitical emerencies an! wars in the Hi!!le 6ast an! Afhanistan, oil "rices have ma!e stea!yains, increasin "re0 an! "ost0"ro!uction costs of foo!s, from "etroleum0base! fertilizers to

shi""in. ih "o"ulations in non0in!ustrial nations have increase! !eman!s. &he use of somecro"s, "rimarily corn an! soybean, for biofuels has re!uce! su""ly. Commo!ity investin in foo!"ro!ucts has re!uce! cash reserves. &ra!e chanes an! the rise of national tra!in blocks haveturne! nations who once sustaine! subsistence farmin into im"orters.

-..4 Base! u"on an allee! 6ast &urkistan Islamic terroristic movement in its western "rovince of

in5ian, the =9C launches an attack, killin or ca"turin about 1 sus"ects. &he site, near thebor!er of Afhanistan an! =akistan, reveals minimal armament. &he )yhur "eo"le who arein!ienous to in5ian claim the =9C offensive was inten!e! to secure a hol! on the "rovince.

;il is iven to 8orth Korea in return for its "romise to close its nuclear facilities in onbyon an! toallow ins"ection by the International Atomic 6nery Aency FIA6AG. &he IA6A confirme! theshut!own, an! in - the water tower is !estroye!. 8orth Korea refuses a secon! ins"ection in-. By -3, it is confirme! that the reactor has reo"ene!.Intel Cor"oration, an electronics com"any, announces throuh the use of the element afnium an!a metal alloy a!vance microsco"ic transformers are "ossible. Hany com"anies use this an! similartechnoloy to a!vance nano0technoloy reatly.

-..B (a"anese chemists "ro!uce the first artificial 78A almost entirely constructe! of artificial "arts. &he

synthetic 78A molecule is closer than any "reviously create! mo!els, but can be !istinuishe! from

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"roram in the lineu", but when they use their monies for housin, their rankin !ro"s consi!erablyan! they are cancelle!. +;


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-./. *ince the Korean Conflict continue! !is"utes interfere with "eace in the reion. After multi"le

bombins by 8orth Korea throuhout the /3Ds0s, a make0shift "eace accor! calle! the?*unshine =olicy@ allowe! inter0relations between the Korean nations. In -D, 8orth Korea teste!an! announce! its "ossession of nuclear wea"onry. In 8ovember, 8orth Korea launches shells into

a *outh Korean islan!, killin four. Host in!ustrialize! nations, other than those who have receive!ai! on their own nuclear research, s"eak out aainst the attack, inclu!in its former ally the=eo"le>s 9e"ublic of China F=9CG. *outh Korea, in!ivi!ually an! with the )*, bein con!uctinmilitary tests for "ossible war "re"aration.A series of unrelate! earthquakes an! volcanic eru"tions shake !ifferent "arts of the worl!. In(anuary, a 4. manitu!e earthquake in aiti becomes the seventh mostly !ea!ly in recor!e!history with an estimate! !eath toll of over -,. About a month later, an earthquake in Chile,althouh less costly of live with about 2 casualties, is estimate! to have an . manitu!e, tyin it

as the si%th most severe quake in recor!e! history. Beinnin in Harch with a relatively smalleru"tion in Icelan!, 6y5af5alla5okull beins a series of eru"tions, which !urin A"ril escalates an!!is"erses enouh smoke an! ash throuhout 6uro"e to !isru"t air traffic. In Harch, a D./manitu!e earthquake in &urkey kills 24. In A"ril, a D.3 manitu!e earthquake kills - in the=9C. *tatistically, -/ !oes not "ro!uce an inor!inately hih averae of earthquakes. While theChilean quake was slihtly larer at ., for the "ast ten year "erio!, at least one O earthquakeoccurrin each year e%ce"t -- an! -, with four occurrin in -4. 7urin -/, -/earthquakes between 404.3 manitu!e occur, rouhly twice the averae of // throuh the !eca!e.Between D0D.3, -/>s /2 quakes are only slihtly above the /4 averae. With /3-1

earthquakes, aain -/ e%cee!s the /14D averae. Huch of the worl!>s "o"ulation affi%es thehih !eath tolls, severity an! quantity to "eo"le>s rowin fear of a forecaste! a"ocaly"se in -/-.Crai Lenter creates the first artificial cell ca"able of re"ro!uction. &he bacteria, Hyco"lasmamycoi!es, "roves livin cells with uniquely co!e! 78A can survive an! re"licate. &he "rocess usesenetic sequencin via yeast, so it is not com"letely artificial.


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7aniel 8ocera of the Hassachusetts Institute of &echnoloy buil!s a artificial leaf. &he leaf, whilenot enetic, is ma!e of silicon, electronics an! catalysts of nickel an! cobalt. It is ca"able of"hotosynthesis an! can su""ly electrical enery, with ten times the efficiency of a natural leaf.&he IBH Cor"oration, an electronics com"any, markets a )*B !evice that can "artially rea! 78A

into a "ersonal com"uter F=CG. ;nly / 78A sequence markers can be scanne! by the a""aratus,but it re"resents a lea" in i!entity "rotection.6nrique irar! submits blue"rints an! "ro"osals for the larest hotel an! casino in the worl! on his"ro"erty 5ust outsi!e


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!amae!, with two +ukushima "lants emittin ra!iation. 6fforts to contain the leak continue formonths, with minimal fallout e%ten!in to the Asian continent. &he northeastern coast of (a"anremains contaminate! for - years.Beinnin with &unisia an! Aleria in 7ecember -/, a series of "rotests bein in northern African

an! Hi!!le 6ast nations. ;nline Internet mass social rou"s become interal in the oranization ofthe "rotest rou"s, as !oes the lack of a clear0cut "rotest lea!ershi". &he "rotestors remain hihlyaware of me!ia coverae an! use international interest to ain su""ort. *ome of the "rotests arerelatively minor, chanin "articular "olicies. ;ther "rotests "reci"itate the tra!itional lea!ershi" toannounce they will not seek another term after their terms in office, to !ismiss a "art or the entiretyof their cabinets, or to ab!icate their lea!ershi" role imme!iately. Hany of the "rotests remain non0violent, while others bein the violent overthrow of the "olitic or are met with the overnment>s useof military to quell the u"risins in acts of war. &he first lare0scale war occurs in


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seein the creation of a new su"er0"ower an! the loss of an o""ortunity to incor"orate new!emocratic overnments. &he Cali"h has ma!e the "lea with no military su""ort. et, to therowin sur"rise of the western nations, one0by0one, the Islamic nations aree. By 7ecember, theCali"h has control of most Islamic countries, inclu!in &urkey, Afhanistan, =akistan an! In!onesia.

-./- &he Cali"h wiel!s e%traor!inary "ower. e arrests many lea!ers who knowinly a!ministere!

without rear!s to human rihts, but he insists their trials will be within the Ahma!iyya Cali"hate,an! not throuh non0Huslim courts. Alon with the lea!ers, many of the military are arreste! an!trie! for torture. As Cali"h, he selects national lea!ers with s"ecifie! terms until elections un!erIslamic law can be hel!. =rotestors are warne! about their use of the inclusion of western su""ort.&he Cali"hate tem"orarily seizes control of the Arab


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to !e"loy them. In -/-, 8orth Korea announces it has renewe! !evelo"ment, an! in 7ecember,tests a warhea! un!er re"roach of the )8. &he )8 "asses a 9esolution for the !isarmament of8orth Korea with a /10 vote in the *ecurity Council, with the =9C abstainin, but not vetoin themotion. A )8 Commission is forme! to ins"ect 8orth Korea the followin year.

u (intao retires as =resi!ent of the =9C, an! i (in"in succee!s him. )"on his succession, ia!!resses the =9C an! the worl! on "olicies. ;n the sub5ect of &aiwan, i continues the re5ectionof its sovereinty an! its bi! for a seat in the )8. ;n the sub5ect of In!ia, i reverses anyacce"tance of In!ia>s bi! for "ermanent *ecurity Council status, or bi!s from any other nation. ;nthe sub5ect of 8orth Korea, i states the =9C will neither ai! nor block its !evelo"ment of newwea"onry, an! that it will neither ai! nor block its attem"ts to reunify with *outh Korea. &he =9C>shar!0line stances are viewe! as setbacks.&he Hesoamerican


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&he *ony electronics com"any intro!uces a microsco"ic camera ca"able of bein in5ecte! into thebloo! su""ly to search for "otential clots, aneurisms an! weaknesses in vessel wall linin. By theen! of the year, similar ?micro0cams@ can be use! for other me!ical "ractices. Hore efficient thatcyani!e !ye, a nano0camera is !esine! that can travel throuh the vascular system fin!in

"otential blockaes.6nrique irar! o"ens &he =latinum 7une Casino in


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?e"ta0? for ?seven,@ marke! a new technoloy consi!ere! by Intel to be the seventh eneration an!"ro!uce! a C=) that !ouble! the =D "rocessin ability. &he 6"tium Ha% is release! in -/4, but inactuality increase! the "rocessin to 6, or eihth eneration, levels.&he 8amibia 9oun! of neotiations of the Worl! &ra!e ;ranization FW&;G bein where the 7oha

roun! en!e!, with an e%"resse! !esire to enhance "artici"ation of "oorer nations but in effect ivinan e!e to affluent nations. *everal "oints quickly reach stanation, but a 7utch move to sim"lifythe "atent "rocess in the 6) fin!s momentum.

-./2 )8 or!ers &urkey to vacate its occu"ation of northern Cy"rus. &he resolution is one of many since

/341 &urkey attem"te! to takeover Cy"rus. )8 "eacekee"in troo"s are assine!. ;fficially,&urkey recants its reconition of &he &urkish 9e"ublic of 8orthern Cy"rus, a nation only itreconize!, an! announces an o"en !oor "olicy for refuees.&he W&; arees to allow the International =atent Commission FI=CG to s"linter from the W&;.

&he Lo!afone 6lectronics Cor"oration launches the first com"letely commercial rocket withoutovernment involvement in the launch. &he vehicle !esin came from Bristol *"ace=lanes, whichLo!afone bouht in -/1. =rior to the Lo!afone s"ace venture, satellites ha! been launche! byovernment aencies or consortia, or by aeronautical in!ustries with overnmental ties. &heLo!afone launch site at Ascension Islan! was com"letely fun!e! an! maintaine! by the cor"orationto control the cost of satellite !is"ersal. ;ther electronics com"anies construct their own sites withinthe ne%t five years.In!ian enineer &ahir Halik a""lies for a "atent for a "rocess he calls ?9a"i! +ossilization.@ *ince-2, Halik ha! researche! ?Anaerobic Com"ostin.@ &y"ically, com"ostin, a natural "rocess

involvin the !ecay of oranic materials, requires aerobic !ecom"osition an! creates a fertile an!natural a!!itive for soil. Halik>s hy"othesize! that ai!e! by a catalyst a structure! anaerobic!ecom"osition coul! be achieve!. +urther, with the correct catalyst, the matter com"oste! coul!inclu!e "etroleum0base! waste "ro!ucts, such as use! oil, "lastics an! enhance! rubber. A naturalfunal strain !iscovere! in -/- serve! as the catalyst. Halik !iscovere! anaerobic com"ostine%"e!ite! the com"ostin remarkably well. In the anaerobic vats he built, com"ostin that woul!normally take a year was accom"lishe! in !ays. &hat !ecay is the first stae of the much loner


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"rocess calle! ?fossilization.@ If he e%ten!e! the time frame, he felt miht cause ra"i! fossilization.&he artificial fossils then coul! be "rocesse! into new an! unlimite! fossil fuels' however, the funiavailable coul! not cause the ra"i! reaction. Without the catalyzin aent known, he a""lies for a"atent for ?9a"i! +ossilization@ "rocess. =atent server =a!ma 7as becomes imme!iately

intereste!, but rather than "ermittin the "atent, she contacts her su"ervisors, who contact theovernment. &hey think that the "ublication of Halik>s work woul! alert "etroleum manufacturerswho miht interfere. &he In!ian overnment communicates with Halik that his research "otentiallycoul! be enormously !amain to oil manufacturers an! to the overall lobal economy. &he In!ianovernment offers to s"onsor the research if he !oes it in secretly.9esearchers at the


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*witzerlan! have o"te! out. +or the most "art only a few 6uro"ean countries !o not belon to the6urozone, an! all nations use some of the 6uro"ean )nion>s benefits. With the 6urozone>s rossnational "ro!uct rouhly equal to the )*, it has become the richest union in the worl!. &he )*retains a lea! over the =9C an! (a"an to be the wealthiest in!e"en!ent nation.

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&he Hoh &un, a secret renea!e unit in &aiwan, infiltrates 8orth Korea an! steals one of theirthree neutron warhea!s. 8orth Korea !iscovers the theft but !o not learn who took it. &heywithhol! information about the theft so the worl! thinks they still "ossess it.6lectronics com"any, (LC, markets the alo, a com"uter ame console usin the 6 C=) an! the

AH7 =), with five associate! ames. &he ma5or !ifference between the alo an! e%istinconsoles is the true holora"hic imaery, rather than the 7 effect usin lasses to ive the illusionof 7. &he "rocess they call 7ynamic Lolumetric *catterin F7L*G "ro!uces true holora"hythrouh co!in liht wavelenths an! re0castin them in a liht broa!cast from a s"ecial -!imensional "latform. &he ame console inclu!es a square yar! "latform that is "lace! on a flooror table. &ens of thousan!s sell within the first month, !es"ite a E/, )*7 "rice. By -/, fourother manufacturers release similar technoloy at re!uce! costs.In a sur"rise selection, (akarta, In!onesia, is selecte! to host the --1 *ummer ;lym"ics. &he city

file! its "ro"osal relatively late in the "rocess.

-./B &he 6yl Castle in northern *omalia is !estroye! by a suici!e bomber, an! the nation of 6ritrea is

blame!. Within !ays, the *omali military is "oise! at the bor!er an! unfire is e%chane!. ;ver2 6ritreans are kille!. &he Combine! &ask +orce /2, a multi0nation naval continency aainst"irates, !iscovers 6yl "irates committe! the bombin, an! the )8 calls for the militaries to stan!!own but requires no retribution to 6ritrea.In 6ast &imor, after the selection of Chahaya =ereria as =rime Hinister, an! attem"te!assassination an! cou" !>etat beins. eneral


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7r. &heta 8oonan, of ;%for! )niversity, intro!uces the i!ea of ?enetic Lariety@ in embryo clonin.After the embryo s"lits, low intensity amma ra!iation chanes a few of the enes of the embryoslihtly. &he resultant 78A is no loner i!entical to the oriinal. &en en!anere! s"ecies aresuccessfully clone!. An animal calle! the 7hole, whose wil! "o"ulation ha! shrunk to as few as

- in the year -/, increases to /, by --. ;ther sub5ects are equally successful.*everal anti0clonin rou"s fearin the "ossible re"ercussions of clonin technoloy feel clonine%cee!s human rihts over nature, an! if unchecke!, eneticists will attem"t to clone humans.*everal of these rou"s unite an! form the 8atural


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-./3 A terrorist "ollutes the !rinkin water of Chicao, Is challene. &he )8, the ICC, Inter"ol an! in!e"en!entovernments catch a few of the terrorists, but most of them allu!e !etection, "erformin a sinle actwithout trace an! leavin no trail. Within the first month after the Chicao inci!ent, ten acts ofran!om terrorism occur aroun! the worl!. &he manitu!e ranes from /3 !eaths an! 4 in5ure!by "oisonin while aboar! a =rincess Cruise shi" 11 kille! at the 6iffel &ower in =aris, +rance.After all ten acts, the "er"etrators "ublish anonymous web "aes, attributin arol! Blackstone asins"iration. 6very terrorist claims that no "olitical stance was involve! an! that no a!!itional act willbe ma!e. Host nations bein emerency "lans, with a!!e! security at airlines, but unlike earlierterroristic activity, the terrorist is from the nation where the crime occurs. Han!atory 78A testin ofall citizens is beun in 12 nations, an! 78A !atabases are starte!. Host of the crimes are nottraceable.In liht of the interest with holora"hy, ACC; Bran!s Cor"oration, who ha! acquire! +orte&echnoloies some years before, re!esins +orte>s L0/ ea!ear, an early attem"t at 7 virtualreality. &he at console !oes not "ro!uce holora"hic imaery, but rather "resents an enhance!

-7 mo!el that enulfs the wearer an! allows seemin 7 interaction.

-.-. &he )* requires 78A testin for its new !atabase for new a""licants for social security numbers.

In /- nations, 78A screenin becomes "art of the "roce!ure to acquire !river>s licenses, an! in /Dnations, the screenin is attache! to "ass"orts. A total of 2D nations bein requirin 78A testin onbirth certificates.*abal *arin, who works for An!rews &ravel 6nter"rises in *ri


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the blo, *arin is virtually inore!. Base! on a similar !esin of &imothy HcLeih>s ammoniumnitrate !evice, *arin equi"s ten trucks bomb an! "laces them strateically throuhout Colombo, *ris tri0wheel, yrosco"ic !esin simulates a ravitational"ull. With a -0room hotel, three casinos, theaters, health s"a facilities, an! zero0ravity theme"ark, 8iht *ky is a hue un!ertakin, which requires four years to com"lete. &he vehicle !esininclu!es a hih 0factor rotor, which coul! be use! as a "ower source. =hysicists estimate Hach/ "otential or more F/ times soun! s"ee!G coul! be "ossible usin the "ower source in e%istinenine !esins. Cisco an! other "rivate satellite launch sites bein offerin their facilities foreneral use.

-.-/ &he lobal &em"erature Analysis 9e"ort F&A9G is release!. An ease of lobal warmin seems to

have continue!. After a marke! rise from /3 throuh -2 when the combine! mean surfacetem"erature increase! from 24.2+ to 23.+, the followin /2 years, from -2 throuh --, the

tem"erature seems to have levele! at 23.1+.&elevision, "ersonal film "layers an! movie theaters bein to o holora"hic' however, unlike thera"i! chanes in com"uter, amin an! cell "hones, the shift for theaters an! &L is slower. In--/, 4 of the larest urban areas of the worl! o"en holora"hic theaters, initially for live !rama,but later use! for holora"hic films. Both -7 an! holora"hic movie "ro!uction com"anies "ro!ucenew releases, inclu!in 6nrique irar!>s newly name! *tar *tu!io in


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holora"hic requires com"letely new equi"ment, as well as newly "ro!uce! content. olora"hictelevision will require another -2 years to become !ominant.Cryobioloist 7r. Alice 8ewhouse of ;%for! )niversity, the )K, successfully "reserves white micean! later s"i!er monkeys in cryonic sus"ension. &he sub5ects are frozen for two months, an! later

resuscitate! without ma5or si!e effects. ;ne sub5ect in the e%"eriment suffers e%tensive cell!amae. By --2, the 8ewhouse "roce!ure allows cryonics to become an alternative for many"atients of incurable !iseases to be store! an! to await cures for their ailments.9an!om &errorism accounts for 11 acts of violence an! about one an! a half million lost lives. Allof the terrorists cre!it Blackstone with their ins"iration.

-.-- &he =) e%"an!s its economic basis an! becomes a "artial "olitical bloc. &he Australian !ollar,

calle! ?the Aussie,@ is name! the common currency. e%"erimentation fails to "rove boson strins, an! sets into serious !oubt current theories of

quantum ravity. *everal schools of "hysics move from the strin mo!el, an! some away fromquantum theory as hol!in the answer to the !uality of s"ecial an! eneral relativity.Bristol Hyer, an )* cor"oration, markets Bloo! &est 2. &he finer0"rick bloo! tester checks 2items, inclu!in lucose an! cholesterol levels. *everal "otential mala!ies are new to sim"le bloo!testin, such as re! an! white cell count. &est 2 uses the bloo! "ro"erties to !etermine circulatorysource an! a!5usts some rea!ins for a hih "robable accuracy. In --, Bristol0Hyer alsoreleases *aliva &est , which checks saliva for some of the same rea!ins an! a few a!!itional


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ones. In the "atent neotiations, the )* offers the first 20year "atent to Bristol0Hyer.9an!om &errorism accounts for 2/4 acts of violence an! over - million lives lost. All of the terroristscre!it Blackstone with their ins"iration.

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-A With /-D nations alrea!y com"lyin with 78A testin worl!wi!e, the )8 calls for com"lete

com"liance. A""ro%imately, 3 of all humans have been entere! into the Internal 78A BankFI7BG, a !atabase, which is ma!e available to all law enforcement an! me!ical services. os"italsroutinely a!! new births to the !atabase. Hany rou"s ob5ect to the !atabase as an invasion of"rivacy. &he !ebate intensifies late in -- when the I7B associates with =* observation. Withina -20mile rane, the satellite cameras can "in"oint any "erson on file. Inter"ol attem"ts to "lotarol! Blackstone, usin a small amount of 78A recovere! at the Chicao &rae!y, but fin!sirreularities in the 78A sam"le that it blames on a sam"lin error.8ewel *tark, born in *usse%, the )K, but raise! from ae eiht in Istanbul, with his father the

Ambassa!or to &urkey, move! 8ew ork at -/. e works as "ersonal translator for Ka!ir =olat,&urkish )8 re"resentative. Blackstone>s action an! im"lie! arroance bothers 8ewel, but almostas bothersome is the lack of substantial success by the )8. e leaves the assembly sa!!ene!.e an! =olat converse. =olat is im"resse! by the youn man>s i!eoloy an! hears his e%tremefrustration. 8ewel e%"resses a !esire that the entire )8 shoul! be utte! for a real worl!overnment. =olat is still thinkin about the conversation when he atten!s a !inner "arty, an!relates the i!eas to his frien!s. ;ver the ne%t several months, "rivate !iscussions ensue about amore "ro0active alliance aainst terrorism.&he )* American Broa!cast Cor"oration FABCG cancels the "rimetime "roram MedCop, starrin

7akota +annin an! (ustin Beber, after a three0year run, leavin )* television without anynihttime fictional "rorammin, e%ce"t for syn!icate! reruns an! movies. All "rorammin is insome way is reality base!, inclu!in self0hel", ame an! talk shows, news maazines, cameraaccom"anyin workers, such as the "olice, fire fihters an! ta%i !rivers, etc. &he hihest ranke!"roram in the )* is 8BC>s Cabby, where a hi!!en camera observes "asseners. &he finalfictional series, worl!0wi!e, will en! in --2 when the )K cancels Coronation Street.&he A) ;"tronics of &aiwan manufactures the first truly microsco"ic "ro"ulsion unit FH=)G. Its size


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is slihtly larer than a "rotozoa, an! it uses an electrical im"ulse enine, which consumes about3 of its total size. Hicrosco"ic cameras become the "rinci"al attachment, an! are allowe! to fly.Initially, the H=) is ca"able of less than / m"h, an! the unit is !urable for less than one month. Bythe close of the year im"rovements allow s"ee!s of -2 m"h, an! unit !urability of u" to three years.

In 8ovember, A) markets ?&he 6ye@ as a surveillance tool, an un!etectable camera.&he Hilwaukee Brewers suffer the worse season in Ha5or s rulin an!en!s the series. 7es"ite the cost of E-, "er 6ye, millions of in!ivi!uals "urchase the "ro!uctfor "ersonal use, resultin in a rash of voyeurism.*wiss cor"oration 8ovartis releases the ome 7octor. &he keyboar!0size! machine collects awi!e0rane of information for the user. A sterilizible finer "a! can take a finer "rick to ather 4D


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tests, or a slihtly more invasive finer nu!e to test /2D cateories. *aliva swabs can be rea!, ascan bloo! "ressure, heart rate an! stress level. A small screen can not only check vision, but alsocan rea! eyes for laucoma an! cataracts. &he keyboar! an! screen allow interactive questioninfrom the user. &he oriinal "rice for the ome 7octor is quite hih, limitin sales. When other

manufacturers market similar items over the ne%t two years, "rices !ro" marke!ly. It is laterestimate! that usin such equi"ment accounts for the early !iscovery of /, cases ofcar!iovascular !iseases, alone, allowin early !ianosis. By --3, almost every family of the worl!owns some bran! of ome 7octor. By -, Car!iovascular, Ischaemic an! Cerebrovascular!iseases move from amon the to" ten causes of !eath lobally to the to" -2th. Cancers will remainthe most common cause.I9obot Cor"oration, base! in *y!ney, Australia, intro!uces the A&B, Anti0&errorism 9obot. It stan!sabout four feet tall, at 42 "oun!s, an! can emit an unlimite! number of remote taser lines. Horeim"ortantly, it is controlle! by the most so"histicate! Artificial Intellience FAIG to !ate. An u"startelectronics com"any, At our *ervice Inc. FA*G, steals the AI !esin for a series of "ersonalservice robots. &he A* !esin moves away from wheel or track0tire mobility to true bi"e! mo!els.&hey stan! five feet tall an! weih "oun!s. &hree of the five mo!els "erform house carefunctions, while other two "erform basic factory functions. I9obot an! A* bein lenthy court"rocee!ins about the theft.(akarta, In!onesia, creates an im"ressive site for the --1 *ummer ;lym"ics. +or the ames, arecor! /2,3 athletes arrive from -1 8ational ;lym"ic committees for 2- events. I9obotCor"oration uses a nostalic "romotional throwback by constructin the I9obot Blim" to cover the

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marquee. &hey then !ro" the nuclear !evices. ;ver one million "eo"le in (akarta are kille!. &he9eynol!s are a""rehen!e! when the blim" lan!s, but ar!wicke esca"es. 6lsewhere, ran!om&errorism accounts for D- acts of violence an! almost million lives lost. All of the terrorists cre!itBlackstone with their ins"iration.


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-0--1 --20-13 -20-41 -420-33 -/0-/-1 -/-20-/13 +orwar! Afterwar!

-.-2 &urkey, &aiwan, 6ritrea, *ri s inability to

resolve ran!om terrorism, as well as other "rivate issues with the )8. &hey aban!on their )8

seats. &he five meet in Istanbul an! form the initial "lans for the Coalition of Allie! 8ations FCA8G.Ka!ir =olat, minister of &urkey, !onates the small islan! of Imrali, where a "rison an! military basestan!, callin for the "risoners to be move! to other facilities an! the base to be turne! over to CA8use, renamin the islan! CA8 City. &he five nations commit military troo"s, with the larest,-2,, committe! by minister uan i of &aiwan, an! intellience aencies to the coalition,namin the service CA8 Arme! +orces, CA8A+ with eneral untur of *ri s initial constitution. &hey acknowle!e the nee! imme!iate results for their war. *antoso,the In!onesian minister, informs the rou" +rank ar!wicke has been foun! in (akarta but no wor!on the ca"ture has been release!. &hey !eci!e on a somewhat elaborate scam to make astatement on their "olicies. By stran!in ar!wicke near 7arwin, Australia, a CA8A+ unit willa""rehen! ar!wicke in "ublic, forcibly, an! without bein iven e%tra!ition from Australia, CA8A+will trans"ort him back to (akarta. &he ruse will sen! a stron messae to terrorists an! the worl!of a stalwart CA8 initiative. )"on ar!wicke>s return to (akarta, a s"ee!y CA8 tribunal willsentence him to e%ecution, the secon! tenet of their constitution. &he rou" also outlines a formal"lan to establish a workin coalition, base! in Istanbul until CA8 City can be built. &hey im"lementthe ?ar!wicke =lan@ over then ne%t few hours. Hany nations ob5ect fervently chastise the

encroachment in Australia an! lack of !ue "rocess with the military tribunal, but "o"ulations of mostnations a""lau! their strike on terrorism. 9an!om &errorism accounts for D44 acts of violence an!over 1 million lives lost. All of the terrorists cre!it Blackstone with their ins"iration.Workin in a secret facility "rovi!e! by the In!ian overnment near the city of &iru"ati, &ahir Halikan! 7r. 6lena 7rivas0Halik have worke! on 9a"i! +ossilization for five years. In --, 7rivas!esine! the four artificial funi F=+/-104G that toether serve as catalysts for !ecom"osition. In--/, Halik constructe! one thousan! 2, barrel anaerobic vats, submere! throuh much of


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the ;rissa !istrict in In!ia. &he "rocess require! four years. A by0"ro!uct he calls =roto0as has tobe constantly vente!. =roto0as is virtually i!entical to natural as, an! the In!ian overnmentassists in quietly intro!ucin it into the market. +inally, in *e"tember --2, In!ia s"onsors a 33year "atent for ?9a"i! +ossilization@ un!er Halik>s name an! calls a lobal "ress conference. &hey

reveal 2 million barrels of =roto0Cru!e ;il, has been artificially ma!e an! a virtually unlimite! su""lycan be available in four years to "artici"atin nations. *tock markets "lune as oil "rices o intosevere !e"ression. &he Arab Bank suffers the most. In!ia is or!ere! to relinquish its observerstatus in the AC.At the International Automobile 6%hibition in +rankfurt, ermany, Lolkswaen rou" unveils &hes followers thanin!e"en!ent an! mutual nations have in five years, but their reckless breach of national bor!ers.Host nations label CA8 not as a coalition of nations, but rather as a terrorist rou". et, CA8 ainsa lare "o"ular su""ort !ue to its success. By the en! of the year, ten African nations relinquish

their )8 seats an! 5oin CA8, with the A) e%"ressin neutrality in the soverein !ecisions of itsmembers. By 7ecember, CA8A+ has seize! -3 terrorists, e%tensively usin &aiwanese builtsurveillance 6yes.7ozens of nations bein 9a"i! +ossilization facilities, some nationalize! an! others "rivate an! sol!to investors. 6conomies, after the initial loss of hih0"rice! oil, recover as "etroleum "ro!ucers!ivest into the new technoloy. While a!vocates aainst lobal warnin still caution the worl! thatuse of =roto0;il will continue to !amae the environment, they a!mit the recyclin of "reviously un0


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recyclable materials will hel" in other areas. &he worl!, they say, continues to nee! non0fossil fuel.&o their !ismay, chea" fuel !eflects movements towar! reater fuel efficiency. +ossil fuel is use!massively. &he )8 beins a new stu!y of the ra"i! fossilization "roce!ure that will create a re"ortin - for consi!eration as a treaty some time later.

7r. reor =etrov at the Kiev Conservatory, in the )kraine, !esins the first artificial microbe, ratherthan a sub0celle! oranism like a virus, with a com"letely artificial nucleus. =reviously, the onlykin!om un!er the +acticia bio0!omain was the ;rmiskos, inclu!in "roto0nuclei oranisms,nickname! =roto0+acticius F=+sG. A new kin!om is name!, the Qoion, which inclu!es all artificialanimal0like or "lant0like oranisms that !o not e%ist in nature. 8ew oranisms continue to benumbere! =+0.By 8iht *ky>s o"enin !ay in (une, ma5or airlines have neotiate! with commercial s"ace launchsites for reular trans"ortation lines to the casino. irar! sells the =latinum 7une to !evote hisentire effort to the venture. =o"ularity soars, an! other hos"itality cor"orations bein "lans fororbitin commercial ventures. Althouh a consistently honest amblin establishment, 8iht *kybecomes known as a "lace for rowin self0in!ulence for the wealthy.Base! on the "ro!uction of "roto0;il an! !erivatives, the In!ian economy soars to nearly equal the=9C>s an! (a"an>s. Both the =9C an! (a"an quickly embrace the technoloy an! bein 9a"i!+ossilization "lants. &he &okyo *tock 6%chane "rocesses more business than the 8ew ork*tock 6%chane, becomin the larest market in the worl!. ;il "rices continue to lose value to E/)*7 "er barrel. 8ot only !o oil com"anies s"ecializin in asoline suffer an! colla"se, but a lareassortment of com"anies, such as "lastics, falter' however, these !erivative com"anies move to

utilizin "roto0;il. *till, as "rices fall many com"anies fail with them.9an!om &errorism accounts for 4/ acts of violence an! almost 1 million lives lost. All of theterrorists cre!it Blackstone with their ins"iration. *even years have ela"se! since Blackstone>soriinal act of ran!om terrorism an! since his announcement of a secon! act in seven years.CA8A+ 6ye researchers !iscover him near Kiev, 9ussia as he attem"ts his secon! terrorist action.In the strule to a""rehen! Blackstone, he is kille! in an incen!iary blast, with few remainscollectable.


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-.-4 &he "o"ularity of CA8, who have cauht an! trie! /1 terrorists, is enhance!. With Blackstone>s

!eath in --D, the total number of 9an!om &errorist actions re!uces from 4/ to 2- in --4, thefirst re!uction since the Chicao &rae!y. In --4, CA8A+ a""rehen!s 1- terrorists, while otherinternational "olice fin! /1 throuh tra!itional investiations. In 8ovember, /1,-4 "eo"le are

kille! in a bombin of a Buenos Aires, Arentina, hih0rise. In !ays after the inci!ent, CA8A+tracks (ore Chivez, a""rehen!s an! tries him, e%ecutin him in member nation =arauay. &wo!ays later, a secon! Buenos Aires hih0rise is tarete!, with the terrorist (ulio 7iaz surren!erin toArentinean "olice. 7iaz claims cre!it for both acts an! no affiliation with Chivez. 8o associationbetween the two can be foun!. It becomes evi!ent that CA8A+ e%ecute! an innocent man. &heAssociate! =ress FA=G reveals information of twenty other innocent "eo"le e%ecute! by CA8A+(u!iciary. +our nations recant their CA8 membershi" an! re0a""ly for )nite! 8ations seats. &he)8 !elays in !eci!in.Another attem"t is ma!e to !ismantle the I=C. *au!i Arabia claims the "ro!uct of "roto0;il is sonearly i!entical to cru!e "etroleum that it !oes not constitute a sinificant chane from the oriinalto warrant a "atent, !es"ite its creation. &o a !eree, the court system arees, but since no "atentha! been issue! for cru!e "etroleum it is not an infrinement. &he I=C offers In!ia a "atent for both"roto an! cru!e oil. Aain, a movement beins to unseat !e


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&he A* Cor"oration markets u"!ate! robot mo!els. &his secon! eneration robot is built from aseries of mo!els ranin from 20D feet, /0- "oun!s, an! is human0lookin. *kins can make themachines virtually custom or!ere!. In a!!ition to the oriinal five mo!el functions, two securitystructures, an automobile !river, an! two "leasure mo!els are sol!. 6nrique irar! or!ers many

mo!els as car! !ealers an! "leasure units at 8iht *ky.In an attem"t to leitimize itself as an alternative to the )8, CA8 re"resentatives bein theconstruction of a site for an eventual central overnment. &he CA8 com"le%, alon with a housinan! retail area calle! CA8 City, is "lanne!. 8ewel *tark, now chief assistant for Ka!ir =olat,becomes author for the initial CA8 Charter.&he olonet, a mammoth network of holora"h enable! com"uter servers, oes online. 0Hail an!Lisit, essentially u"!ate 60Hail an! Chat. Huch of the olonet remains backwar!ly com"atible,able to carry Internet content, but cannot convert holora"hic content to earlier equi"ment.

-.-B Can City is com"lete! ahea! of sche!ule. &he CA8 com"le% remains a relatively sim"le

au!itorium. 8ewel *tark outlines the Charter, which is far more e%"ansive than a stron0armmilitary force. )sin the oriinal 9oman 9e"ublic as a base mo!el, the CA8 overnment willconsist of five main "arts: A +orum of non0electe! "o"ulace who will outline "olicies for theovernment to consi!er, A *enate to vote on those =olicies, A (u!iciary to oversee criminal, civilan! constitutional obe!ience, CA8A+ to "rotect CA8, an! An A!ministration of *cience, CA8A*, touse technoloy to "rotect the worl!. &he *tark Charter becomes a core for the early creation of afair an! com"lete worl! overnment. Hembers also !iscuss an enlarement of the official CA8Com"le%. Buil!in A will consist of an au!itorium that can seat 2 Hinisters, more seats than

nations in the worl!, an! /2, offices for staff. Buil!ins B0+ consists of livin accommo!ationsfor 2,. un!re!s of stores an! services facilities are available. *tan!in at members,CA8 Hinisters an! their staffs arrive. &he initial Assembly is set for (anuary 2, --3 to write acom"lete Constitution. eneral untur is name! CA8A+ initial 7irector. uan i is name! initialCA8A* 7irector an! asks 7r. &an !ecision it voices concernswith the eneral structure of the )8 an! the failure of how the )8 has reacte! to 9an!om


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&errorism. +orty0four of its 2- members vote to aban!on the )8, inclu!in the seven who arealrea!y members an! the four who ha! recante! their seats. &he seven members of the ACchoose to retain their )8 "osition, alon with *outh Africa. CA8 totals 1 members.&he AC, sufferin severe economic setbacks with the "rofit loss of oil, !eman! retribution from the

In!ian overnment. In!ian =resi!ent &anaya Halhan offers infra0structural assistance in settin u""roto0;il fiel!s, but no monetary ai!. An AC fleet of / shi"s meet a -2 shi"0fleet from In!ia in theArabian *ea, with / uncommitte! 8A&; shi"s. &he fifth larest ty"hoon ever recor!e!, &y"hoonChebi, with win!s of /3 m"h an! /- Hbar rea!in, moves u" from the Hal!ives. A total of 4naval shi"s from the continencies are !amae! an! /12 lives lost, !es"ite not a sinle wea"onbein use!.


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9an!om &errorism continues to re!uce, accountin for -/2 new acts of violence an! almost42, lives lost.

-.A. &he first CA8 +orum meets, but mostly involves scientists seekin su""ort throuh CA8A*, rather

than eneral "ublics seekin a worl!0wi!e a""roach to overnment. +un!s are limite!, but a few

"ro5ects route throuh the *enate to CA8A*. *everal members contem"late reinvestin with the)8. In!onesian an! &aiwanese financial su""ort increases, base! on revenues !erive! from "roto0;il "rocessin. +ive Asian nations that were formerly "art of the )**9 5oin CA8, as well as Chile.CA8 beins "lacin embassies. +or "artial members who have not vacate! their )8 seats an!whose CA8 *enators lack votin ability, Custo!ian 6mbassies offer an ambassa!or, a CA8A+international crime task force, a me!ical facility, an! a sanctuary for citizens who feel "ersecute! bytheir overnment. +or full members, 6nvoy 6mbassies also offer a collaborative CA8A+ =olice+orce will ai! local "olice in case work an! a CA8A* &eacher +orce will assist the "oor. *tewar!6mbassies are forme! at the request of the hea! of state an! offer a wi!e array of services,inclu!in enineers traine! in establishin lon0term farms, factories, markets an! other businessesthat hel" citizens "ro!uctive an! healthier lives. *tewar! embassies fall un!er three facets of theCA8 a!ministration: (u!icial for the Ambassa!or, CA8A+ for the "rotective services, an! CA8A*for the e%ten!e! services. *tewar!shi"s are "lace! in eiht nations with ross 8ational =ro!uctionF8=G in the lowest / of the worl!. In two years, all eiht nations> 8= rise to the lowest -2.CA8>s core membershi" !raws from the "oorest nations of the worl!, an! those nations> wealthrows consi!erably un!er CA8A* =ro5ect *tewar!.8ear Qomba, Halawi, /D0year0ol! Cassim Hutharika, quickly works throuh years of lackin

e!ucation an! is consi!ere! a "ro!iy in the sciences. e learns botany an! !evelo"s a uniquehybri! rain calle! ?5ot,@ a hih yiel! wheat. A sinle "lant "ro!uces ten times more rain thantra!itional wheat an! !oes so in less than i!eal soil an! con!itions. With the ai! of CA8, 5otbecomes a ma5or worl!0wi!e rain source, rown mostly in southern Africa.I9obot Cor"oration "ro!uces the =ortable =acemaker. &he !evice attaches to the chest when auser "re"ares for a heavy "hysical stress activity an! rea!s heart rate an! bloo! "ressure. Whenthe rea!ins reach hih "oints, a bee" warns the user. When the heart becomes !anerously


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stresse!, a lou!er bee" occurs. When the heart>s electrical con!uction system is im"aire!, a mil!shock can be a""lie!. &he Australian *occer


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coast. A neutral current e%ten!s across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. A warm current calle! theulf *tream travels u" the 8orth American eastern coast an! across the 8orth Atlantic 7rift to6uro"e, com"letin a loo" at the Canary Current. *imilar currents e%ist in the *outh Atlantic, the8orth an! *outh =acific an! In!ian ;ceans. As the "olar reions melt, fresh water !ilutes the

salinity of the oceans, shuttin !own the "um" that kee"s the current in motion. *o, warmer tro"ictem"eratures are stalle! from warmin non0&ro"ic areas. &he tem"erature s"ike a!!s sinificantfresh water to the north Atlantic an! beins a casca!in loss of salinity. &he north =acific s "ath. Because the amounts

of salt are so lare, it will take a lare number of see!in o"erations over several years. &he firstfreihter subs will be com"lete! in Hay, an! new ones will be constructe!. +inally, stationary Wuconvectors will be "lace! near the =oles to re!uce meltin new fresh waters into the oceans. &hecost of the o"erations is "rohibitively larer than CA8>s bu!et, so CA8A* beins withouta""ro"riate fun!in.International interest in CA8 an! CA8A* increases, as the )8 fails to take imme!iate action.CA8>s membershi" at 21 beins to rise to D, mostly *outh American an! central Asian countries


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even thouh non0CA8 countries of the 8orth Atlantic an! 8orth =acific will receive the reatestbenefits from =ro5ect *alinity. Ha5or in!ustrial nations, however, continue su""ort of the )8.9an!om &errorism continues to re!uce, accountin for 22 new acts of violence an! /, liveslost.

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CA8 membershi" has increase! to D, with other nations takin "artial membershi". &he economyof CA8 has im"rove!, even thouh it abi!es by the CCC recommen!ation aainst su""ortin "roto0;il. CA8A* re"orts ains in solar an! win! enery, an! is researchin eothermic an! yrosco"icas enery alternatives.=ro5ect *alinity com"letes its weather class shi"s on sche!ule, but the lack of fun!in "lauesconstruction of the submarine freihters an! "olar stations. &he -- winter is not as severe asantici"ate!, "ressin some "eo"le to think CA8A* is "rovokin an unnecessary "anic. =ro5ect*alinity cannot quickly re"air the 8orth Atlantic Current, since resee!in the salt in the Current>strench is a slow "rocess that must then be followe! by the Current retracin its oriinal "ath overmulti"le years. ;n the surface, the weather class shi"s, equi""e! with Wu Convectors, serve asweather mo!erators, but the northern continents have another severe an! lon winter.It is !iscovere! that a covert a )* force, overseen by the CIA, ha! aitate! the =yonyan =rotestan! the bombin of the *u"reme =eo"le>s Assembly.)sin a *ynthetic 7iamon! Areate F*7AG an! "olyvinyl acetate, &he Asmara =roto0;il =lant in6ritrea !evelo"s a "lastic0like substance as stron as steel. &he "ro!uct, commonly calle!7iamon! Bars are not the first man0ma!e steel imitator, but 7iamon! Bars are the first ma5orim"lementation of synthetic !iamon!s for construction "ur"oses, rather than for cuttin tools or

semi0con!uctin "ro"erties. 6ritrea>s s"onsor of the "atent names CA8 as its beneficiary, "rovi!inlare fun!in.=roto0;il fiel!s have been lai! in - )8 aline! nations. &he use of "etroleum "ro!ucts becomeshiher than it has ever been !ue to the e%tremely col! weather. &he "rices of fuel remain e%tremelylow an! =roto0;il !eman! remains hih. A""ro%imately 42 of all carbon0base! waste is cycle!into the vats, but !amae to the ;zone layer reaches monumental levels. Almost all scientists !raw!irect res"onsibility for the severe weather to ;zone !e"letion.


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;fficially, 9an!om &errorism is name! as minor worl! threat.

-.AA Winter continues in eastern Cana!a an! 6uro"e. =arty rule! in a relative one0"arty state. 7es"ite the chane, most "olicies remain the same.A* Cor". "ro!uces a fourth eneration of robots, "ro"erly calle! An!roi!s. &he AI has beenenhance! to be able to carryin on inventive an! creative conversation with humans, an! thean!roi!Ms "hysical form inclu!es a cellular level of skin. *everal "rotective measures are"roramme! to avoi! free0thinkin an! to ensure human safety, but the level of AI is so com"le%,an!roi!s who are allowe! e%ist without reular re"rorammin !o !evelo" some free0thouht an!emotions.

-.A1 &hrouhout the calen!ar year, only southern Juebec rises above freezin in Cana!a. 8orway,

*we!en an! +inlan! never rise above freezin. &he *iberian reion of 9ussia evacuates west.

Hassive evacuations also occur in Alaska, )*, reenlan!, Icelan! an! Cana!a. &he *can!inavian"eo"le survive by virtually never leavin their homes. Hany !o not survive. A new winter seems tobein in (uly when tem"eratures are -01+ below normal. &he warmest weather of the yearoccurs for the 8orth Atlantic in Auust, with above freezin tem"eratures only as far north as Hilan,Italy, for 6uro"e an! 7uluth, H8, )* for 8orth America by ;ctober. A mini0Ice Ae seemsimminent. 8A&; commits naval shi"s to assist =ro5ect *alinity.Cana!a forives the He%ican !ebt in return for sanctuary in 8ovember.


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After years of !ebate, the formal first CA8 Constitution is aree! on. In -2, Han!ates, =oliciesthat affect the core "ur"oses of CA8 an! 7irectives, "ractices that form the "roce!ure of CA8 willbe a!!e!.&he first hihly in!ustrialize! nations, the )K, ermany an! Cana!a, aban!on their )8 seats an!

5oin CA8 to assure its stron efforts in its =ro5ect *alinity of the 8orth Atlantic Current. &hese threenations re"resent the first ty"ically ?western@ nations to 5oin CA8, an! brin with them much nee!infun!s. &he Coalition now boasts a DD nation membershi".

-.A2 &he -102 winter is harsh. An estimate! / million "eo"le !ie. &he term Arctic +lare is iven to a

new "henomenon, when torna!o0like funnels e%ten! from stratos"heric clou!s. 9ather than win!,the funnels !is"lace ?col! blasts@ that lower the tem"eratures by 2+ or more. With the northernhemis"here alrea!y at or below zero, the blasts can flash freeze a small area. *can!inaviannations rent lare reions of


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e!ucational system that !oes not favor one social class' Access to an equal me!ical system that!oes not favor one social class.&he )8 makes the most fun!amental chanes to its Charter since its oriinal formation in /312.In!ia an! (a"an become "ermanent members of the *ecurity Council. &wo aencies are forme! by

the )8>s merer with non0)8 bo!ies. &he )nite! 8ations 7efense +orce F)87+G is forme! withthe amalamation of 8A&; an! Inter"ol into the )8' an! the )8>s 6conomic an! *ocial CouncilF6C;*;CG anne%es the Worl! &ra!e ;ranization FW&;G, formin the )8&;. *everal of the"olicies a!ministere! by the new )8&; are !irectly inten!e! to interfere with CA8>s ability to fun!itself. &he I=C refuses merer.

-.AD &he "ara!o% of ;zone layer !e"letion, the main cause of the "olar melt!own, is that the ;zone

layer of the stratos"here is !e"lete! by freons an! halons, causin a loss of ozone, or ;, in thestratos"here, causin an ;zone hole an! allowin solar ra!iation to raise the 6arth>s surfacetem"erature. &he freons an! halons are cause! by the burnin of fossil fuels, amon other causes.Another result of the burnin of these fuels is the "ro!uction of ;' however, this ozone remains nearthe surface of the "lanet as a form of air "ollution, es"ecially near urban areas an! above theoceans> surface. 7r. 8aaman &assi, a stu!ent of 7r. 7r. Aaryn Wu, uses an a!a"te! mo!el of theWu weather convector to reintro!uce ozone molecules into the !e"lete! "ortions of thestratos"here. ;ver the ne%t two years, most of the worl!>s ozone layer is restore!. &assi, a "ro!iy,"resents his "ro5ect as "art of his !issertation at the ae of -, an! at -- becomes the younest"erson to win the 8obel =rize in -2, alon with Wu in a share! "rize. =ro5ect 9estore beins tore"air the ;zone s +orum an! call for the CA8A* assistance in correctin theclimatic con!ition of nations unwillin to 5oin CA8. A *enate vote of 1D01 moves to continue theai!. &he same votin line !evelo"s in other =olicies.&he British Islan!s, northern 6uro"ean nations, Honolia, &aiwan, (a"an an! the northern states ofthe )* are evacuate! south as the mini0Ice Ae encroaches. *ome nations rent lan!s in Africa an!*outh America. &he weather class shi"s kee" most areas south of the 1thlatitu!e north habitable,while the &assi Convector beins to resurrect the ;zone layer.


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-.A4 &he !ea!liest two years of the mini0Ice Ae occur in -D04, when 1 million !ie of climate0relate!

causes. &he mini0Ice Ae reaches south to the 1thlatitu!e north, but the *alinity an! the 9estore=ro5ects bein to re"air the 6arth. By (uly, areas uninhabitable months before can be more easilyresearch to see the !amae. By *e"tember, the ice beins to rece!e slihtly.


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&he ice line retracts back to the 2 thlatitu!e north. Host of 6uro"e south of the British Islan!s, ofAsia south of Honolia, an! of 8orth American continent south of the ;ntario =rovince are safe.Host evacuate! countries retake their bor!ers. CA8A* calls for the arcia0Hen!ez eneticstimulation "rocess, cosmosis, to be use! to refoliate the reions. &he mini0Ice Ae has affecte!

the "lanet in numerous ways. A""ro%imately / of human "o"ulation, about D2 million "eo"le, has!ie! !urin the "revious five years of the mini0Ice Ae, makin it the larest "ercentae loss sincethe bubonic "laue. &he eora"hy of the affecte! area is com"letely chane! an! many areasnee!e! e%tensive re"air to be habitable. &he economic cost is incalculable. +or almost ten years,most scientific investiation is !irectly aime! at the "roblem, much "revious scientifice%"erimentation is !estroye! with the reions, an! much of the worl! antici"ates a new ?!ark ae,@as followe! the bubonic "laue. &he social !ynamic of the worl! has shifte!. &he northhemis"heric, in!ustrialize! nations en!ure the brunt of the !evastation, an! they remaine! loyal tothe )8. &he equatorial an! southern hemis"here nations that lent ai! remain loyal to CA8. ;ne of

the first actions by many of the nations returnin to their homelan! is to reo"en their =roto0;ilfacilities, in or!er to "ower the rebuil!in an! riskin the newly forme! ;zone layer. &he nations ofCA8 write the )nite! 6arth =olicy F)6=G, charin the *enate to create a lobal overnment that itis willin to !efen!. &he )8 sees the )6= as a contract for a worl! em"ire controlle! by CA8. &he6ye is use! e%tensively by both si!es as a new Col! War ensues. 6conomic an! scientificembaroes are "lace!. =ro5ect 9efoliate en!s in nations that are not CA8 members.&he Arctic Circle returns as the ma5or northern ice line. &he mini0Ice Ae officially has en!e!.=ro5ect 9estore has re"aire! 3 of the ;zone


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&en nations, inclu!in the )K, ermany an! Cana!a relinquish their CA8 seats an! are re0a!mitte! to the )8. &he )8 reconizes an! a!!s as members: Kosovo, Abkhazia, an! *outh;ssetia. CA8 reconizes an! a!!s: *ahrawi Arab 7emocratic 9e"ublic. Alon with &aiwan, anoriinal member of CA8, these nations are not reconize! by the other central overnment. CA8

has 44 members to the )8>s //3, althouh both central overnments !o not reconize severalsovereinties.&he Australian com"any A* markets a fifth eneration an!roi!. &he (a"anese com"any *onymarkets a secon! eneration holora"h technoloy that ives minimal real interaction. &he )*com"anies ilton, yatt an! hos"itality newcomer the +lastaff rou" launch orbital hotels, stillbase! on 8iht *ky>s yrosco"ic !esin. ;ther entertainment coo"eratives !o the same over thene%t few years.

-.A3 CA8 5oins the I=C, much to the !isareement many I=C members. &hey arue that "atent

s"onsorshi" is a national en!eavor, an! a coalition, such as CA8 or the 6) are not eliible. &he

I=C allows the entry an! invites the )8.Host !is"lace! an! evacuate! nations have returne! to their homes. Wu an! &assi Convectorscontinue to stimulate "ositive weather con!itions, but current Chair"erson of =ro5ect Climate, 7r.6mil !e Carte, announces their use will be en!e! in (une. While no !irect si!e0effects of weathercontrol have been !iscovere!, it remains unknown if a continuin use of control will be !amain tothe overall climate.


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nations, raise foo! tariffs before new rain cro"s can be rown in the northern hemis"here. CA8(u!iciary accuse the )8 an! its members of es"ionae, even thouh both si!es are uilty of s"yin.

-.1. In!onesia an! the =hili""ines convince the Association of *outheast Asian 8ations FA*6A8G to 5oin

CA8, a!!in eiht members. Chile convinces most of the )nion of *outh American 8ations

F)*A8G, e%ce"t for Arentina, a!!in ten more CA8 members. *witzerlan!, Belium an! =olan!5oin CA8. &he a!!itional -/ members ive CA8 34 members, com"are! to / in the )8.&wo se"arate summer ;lym"ics are hel!. &he )8 ;lym"ics in *y!ney, Australia are boycotte! byall CA8 nations. &he CA8 ;lym"ics in Cairo, 6y"t, are boycotte! by all )8 nations.CA8A* announces =ro5ect Cosmos a yron s"ace station. &hrouh the use of a craft "owere! byyrosco"ic rotor, several inter"lanetary missions are sche!ule!. Before the en! of the year, the=ro5ect is shelve! !ue to fun!in.&he )8 forms the )nite! 8ations Atmos"here an! Climate Control ;ranization F)8ACC;G. Itfun!s the construction of Ionos"heric La"or Con!ucer FILCG, base! on oshito>s mo!el. &he ILCoffers several !istinctions from the Wu or &assi Convector. &ransferrin the warm ionic va"ors fromthe u""er atmos"here, an artificial hih barometric isobar forms near the surface. &heoretically, theisobar ushers warm an! !ry weather "atterns to a reion. &he ILC can mo!ulate the transferenceto form entle rains. Cana!a an! 9ussia are chosen as test nations, where ILC units succee! incontrollin the weather. Commissioner of )8ACC; wants to accentuate the benefits of the ILC,an! when &y"hoon ;ho reaches cateory three seems to be !irecte! towar! on Kon, the =9C,an ILC is loa!e! aboar! a submarine to re!uce the low "ressure an! to !iffuse the ty"hoon.Instea!, ;ho intensifies an! chanes course towar! &okyo, (a"an. 9eachin level five at /4 m"h

win!s at lan!fall, ;ho wreaks havoc throuh !ensely "o"ulate! cities of (a"an, causin over2, lives lost.

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occurrence ha""ens at 8iht *ky in -1/, when a black5ack !ealer sus"ects a "atron>s cheatin.&he an!roi! AI malfunctions, an! it kills five uests. *erious questions rise about the use ofan!roi!s.6ntertainment "rorammin in!ustries to""le as "eo"le move even farther into the "rivate use of

the 6ye an! away from establishe! networke! "rorammin. &he 6ye use is strictly an invasion of"rivacy, but fails the new stan!ar! since the user !oes not "rofit beyon! !irect entertainment. &hatis, "ersonal "rivacy has become non0e%istent unless the voyeur "rofits financially from the s"yin.Host nations either have "roto0;il refineries or invest in lare "ro!uction nations, or both. Althouhmany oil com"anies never recovere! economically, most move! into "roto0;il. While "rices arelow, volume of use is hih.

-.1- An 6ye manufacture! in -1 travele! 42 m"h an! laste! a ma%imum of three year. &he

Hicrosco"ic =ro"ulsion )nit FH=)G is a microsco"ic enine "owere! by ravity inversion, like ahovercraft. &he A* Cor"oration an! =ro5ect 6nery arrive at similar !esins at nearly the sametime. A 5oint =atent is awar!e!. *imilarly ?&he 6ye@ is reinvente!, an! the "ower an! !urability arereatly enhance!. &he new 6ye, calle! the ?*cout,@ travels u" to m"h, with sensors to avoi!collisions. &hey can work for u" to ten years. CA8A+ "ro!uces millions of *couts. CA8 attem"ts torescin! soft "atent contracts with non0CA8 nations, but the I=C forces them to honor their 10yearcontracts. )8 nations can use the 6ye or !evelo" a sinificantly new technoloy until -D-.7r. 8oel Wilkerson outlines his enery theory for retchen Bakke. Hanufacture! microbes, one"lant an! one animal are enetically create! to satisfy all nee!s of its counter"art. &he ?Animus@F=+-3G fee!s off the waste "ro!ucts of the ?+lorus@ F=+-1G, while "ro!ucin its ultraviolet liht,

heat, moisture an! nutrient by"ro!uct' the ?+lorus@ fee!s from the ?Animus@ waste "ro!ucts an!!raws enery for "hotosynthesis from the RAnimusR ra!iance, while "ro!ucin its heat, moisture an!nutrient by"ro!ucts. &heir symbiotic relationshi" is com"lete an! "erfect, an! com"letely enetically"lanne!. &he "rocess also "ro!uces an e%traor!inary metabolic enery by"ro!uct throuh theirre"ro!uctive cycle, which can be transferre! into an electrical "ulse. A one square inch=hotosynthetic battery cell Fthe = cellG "ro!uces enouh electrical enery in one hour to satisfy thenee!s of a 8ew ork City block for si% months. )ntil this "oint, the "otentially most "owerful enery


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source ha! been consi!ere! nuclear base!, followe! by the hih 0force yrosco"ic rotor. &he =cell has limitless "ower, e%ce"t throuh "hysics itself. =ro5ect = cell beins with CA8A* assistance,who s"onsors the 330year "atent. Initially, it offers soft "atent contracts only with aline! nations.At 4, 6nrique irar! !ies at the 8iht *ky Casino. is final "oker han! is a full house. e leaves

three heirs, son Charles F1G, an! !auhter Camille F1G an! son +re!erick F4G. 6ach receive oneof irar!>s three ma5or en!eavors. Charles becomes hea! of 8iht *ky' Camille becomes eneralowner of the


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!ro""in to 1, makin CA8 the larer number by members. &he )K, ermany an! +rance,currently the stronest 6uro"ean nations, remain "art of the 6) an! the )8.

&he = cell has a similar effect to the 6arth>s enery concerns as "roto0;il ha! on tra!itional fossilfuels. &he = cell is safer an! more "owerful, requirin no refinement "lants to "ro!uce fuel. Hostly)8 aline! economies fail when "etroleum when the = cell becomes the "referre! "ower source.CA8 offers the technoloy to all nations, stimulatin those economic failures. As =roto0;il becomesa minor source for fuels, most of the ra"i! fossilization equi"ment turns towar! their oriinal intent,com"ostin. In the vats, com"ost !evelo"s in less than a week an! massive amounts of lan! "oorlysuite! for farmin can be ma!e arable. =roto0;il "lants continue to "ro!uce "ro!ucts other than

fuel, such as "lastics an! imitation rubber. 8ew funi are !evelo"e! that can ra"i!ly fossilize refusein a month, an! all of the "lastics ma!e can be recycle!.&he 8iht *ky, now controlle! by Charles irar!, has e%"erience! fallin "rofits. &he weakenineconomies of )80relate!, in!ustrialize! nations account for most of the re!uctions, since CA8members have ten!e! not to use the facility with as must vior. +eelin CA8 miht take a reaterinterest if the club>s connection to the )* is eliminate!, he !eclares sovereinty an! !eclares the8iht *ky an in!e"en!ent nation. &he constitutional overnment works much like a business an!forms the first cor"orate overnment format, with a C6; as the national lea!er. &he )* beins"lans to reclaim the hol!in by military action, but chooses not to.

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sequence, transfectin the new 78A into a cell, an! selectin the successful cells. While this"rocess varie! since the first attem"ts of clonin, Hailer re0investiates the "rocess of 78As"littin. Instea! of vectorin it into manaeable "arts, his 98A restriction enzyme kee"s the 78Ahalf com"lete for liation, allowin more stable cell re0entry. CA8A* embraces the new 78A

clonin for en!anere! wil!life, !es"ite some ob5ections. By the en! of the year, oran cloninbeins on a lare scale. =ros"ective life e%"ectancy worl!0wi!e rises from 3 to 3- for women an!4 to 3 for men.With the continuin =ro5ect Laccine, 7r. +anya oni, eneticist, "ro!uces the first universal anti0bacterial microbe F=+ /22G. It !estroys harmful bacteria, while retainin beneficial ones. All viral!iseases virtually ha! been eliminate! by me!ical in5ections in --. 8ow, bacterial !isease iseffectively era!icate!. oo! health e%ten!s to 3 of the worl! "o"ulation, with artificial oransca"able of e%ten!in life farther. &he averae human life0s"an stretches to almost / years.&he =hila!el"hia =act unifies the )*, the =9C, (a"an, In!ia an! the )K un!er an economic treaty.

ermany an! *"ain, while atten!in the =hila!el"hia *ummit, o"t not to sin, but "le!e not to 5oinCA8 for a minimum of the ne%t ten years.

-.12 Abraham Kolo of 6ritrea "urchases a "roto0;il "lant in Asmara. e !e!icates a "ortion of the "lant

to the "ro!uction of 7iamon! Bars an! 7iamon! Boar!s, an areate sheet. With CA8s"onsorshi" he "atents an emulsifier that can re!uce the *7A to a thick liqui! for trans"ort to besoli!ifie! on site. is "ortable buil!ers "ro!uce /-%/- foot sheets, an! have robotic arms toconstruct mo!ular cubes in about /2 minutes. Kolo Cor"oration beins fleets of his buil!ers. Inabout an hour, a com"lete square foot home can be built. An accom"anyin truck cuts !oors,

an! win!ows, an! a!!s amenities. Kolo Cor" !emonstrates the roun!work for a new ae ofmo!ular construction. *oon, sliht, "re"roramme! a!a"tations of the 7iamon! boar! allowseamless win!ows an! air0"resse! lifts between multi0storie! rooms. 7iamon! Boar! is a oo!electrical con!uctor, but its veneer insulates acci!ental electrocution. Instea! of usin wires, the =Ccell chares the house, creatin a thermostatically controlle! environment of heat an! coolin.&ransmitters can be attache! to the walls to convert the electricity for the use of a""liances,eliminatin the use of wires. 6lectrical fires are im"ossible, but since the 7iamon! Boar! is


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uninflammable, any fire cannot travel far. *ome ty"es of e%"losions can !estroy thin 7C forwin!ows an! !oors. =lumbin is accom"lishe! throuh the 7iamon! Bar reinforcements. A"lumber must cut into the bars to install the fi%tures. &he 7iamon! Boar! can be sha"e! into"lumbin basins an! some furniture. Kolo>s ho"e was to buil! homes for the rowin "o"ulation of

the worl! in a quick an! efficient manner. Kolo !e!icates one0half of "rofits from Kolo Cor". an! all"atents hel! to CA8. With !e!icate! income from = cells, 5ot, !iamon! boar! an! Kolo constructionCA8 becomes a ma5or worl!0wi!e economy.After a four year investiation, the I=C fin!s an A* technician has committe! in!ustrial es"ionaeaainst CA8A*. CA8 an! A* enters a "rivate areement. In e%chane for en!in furtherinvestiation an! a "otentially !evastatin court trial aainst A*, the A* Cor"oration will ceasefurther !evelo"ment of an!roi! technoloy an! will focus on robotic alternatives. A* is iven acollaborative "atent with Kolo Cor". for the use of robotics in the construction "rocess. Australiaarees to 5oin CA8, an! with them the /4 members of the =) move to CA8, ivin CA8 /

members to the )8>s D4.

-.1D CA8A+ announces im"en!in war ames. ;n an uns"ecifie! !ate, CA8A+ will be notifie! of a

ran!om CA8 member usin force aainst another nation. &he test will be the s"ee! CA8A+commits force aainst an aressor. ;n +ebruary /-, -1D, CA8 chooses &urkey as atransressor aainst non0CA8 member Cy"rus. Air su"remacy is achieve! before the en! of+ebruary /-' a fleet of 1 warshi"s a""roach &urkey>s coast by early +ebruary /' 2, roun!forces "arachute into &urkey by late +ebruary /. &he reaction is alarmin both to CA8 an! )8members. 8orth Korea stan!s from on a *outh Korean attack "lanne! for Hay.

)sin a quanta reversal enine an! a = cell "ower source, the 6i""er Aircraft Cor"oration F6ACG ofthe ermany reveals the Juicksilver line of enine, ca"able of .42 liht s"ee!, the fastest enineever time!. At .42 liht s"ee!, the enine beins to convert mass to enery an! becomes unstable'however, at the s"ee!, both travel an! communication, which matches the s"ee!, is virtuallyunhin!ere!. &ravel throuhout the solar system is easily "ossible, althouh inter0stellar !istanceswoul! still take consi!erable time. &he Centauri system at slihtly less that five liht years woul!take seven years to transverse. ermany !enies CA8 nations use of the technoloy.


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7es"ite military show by CA8A+, thirty nations 5oin the =hila!el"hia =act, inclu!in Cana!a an!9ussia. &he )8 "le!es full su""ort of the =act in the event of a CA8 reaction. &he CA8 *enateoverwhelminly commit not to attack a non0CA8 member unless it attacks a CA8 member.&he Kolo0A* coo"erative "roves hihly successful in re0inventin the nature of buil!in

construction. +rom "rivate homes to skyscra"ers, construction takes a tenth of the time. In -12, aty"hoon !estroye! much of o Chi Hinh City, Lietnam, a CA8 member. It becomes the "rototy"eof the new techniques, inclu!in the Cu Chi &owers, each -P a mile tall at floors. In*e"tember another ty"hoon blasts the city with minimal "ro"erty !amae.eneticists were able to fin! a universal cure to viruses !ue to the sim"le nature of their 78A in"re0cellular form. &hrouh broa!cast vaccination, the 78A coul! be broken !own. With broa!castvaccines that kill all viruses "resent in a host, fin!in in!ivi!ual vaccines became unnecessary, butall viruses woul! be !estroye! unless the broa!cast aent was co!e! to omit certain !esire!viruses. Curin bacterial an! funal !iseases was more !ifficult with the broa!cast vaccine

technique, since many bacteria an! funi, more com"le% than viruses, are !esirable. A thir! level ofmicrobiotic infectious !iseases is less common than viral !iseases. =rions, like viruses, are "re0cellular, but unlike viruses, they lack 78A. s neurons, causin their "rotein to fol! an! leavin a"s. 7r. =hanita Hahathat, of &hailan!,!iscovers the "rions !irectly cause or contribute for far more con!itions that "reviously sus"ecte!,inclu!in e"ile"sy, cerebral "alsy, multi"le sclerosis, Alzheimer>s !isease, an! other neuralcon!itions. *he fin!s that some "sychotic !iseases stem from "rion !isor!ers. Without 78A,curin "rion0relate! !iseases confoun!s eneticists.

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&urkish Aeros"ace In!ustries F&AIG announce the Hass ;scillator 6nine. Com"letely !ifferentfrom the Juicksilver, the Blue *treak can attain . liht s"ee! without mass !era!ation. *"onsorCA8 !enies the technoloy to )8 members.A stae! riot at a *outh African "enitentiary !isuises a "rison break. +ifty an!roi! uar!s are!e"loye! to brin the riot un!er control. ;ne of the an!roi!s, calle! ;mea, has minimal AI. enotices evi!ence of the break, follows, an! !iscovers two of the twelve esca"in "risoners havinalmost succee!e!. e follows. =sycho"athic killer 7unston all !amaes ;mea a few miles out


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of the "rison, !estroyin a lare "ortion of ;mea>s memory unit. &hinkin he is human, ;meamakes it to (ohannesbur where he lives for months, thinkin he is an amnesia victim. At asho""in center, ;mea sees an! reconizes all, an imae from his earliest memory. A confuse!an! automatic res"onse casca!es, an! ;mea attem"ts a""rehension of all. all an! ;mea

steal arms from a s"ortin oo!s store. unfire ensues. all is taken, but 4 bystan!ers havebeen kille!. =ublic outcry aainst a!vance! AI in an!roi! units eru"ts, an! many units even withlow0level AI are !estroye!. CA8 a!heres to "lea an! bans a!vance! AI in all human0a""earinan!roi!s in "er"etuity, a ban they will continue even when a!vance! AI is ma!e totally safe. 8iht*ky em"loys many enineers from A* in its technical !ivision. )ntouchable by CA8, since 8iht*ky remains in!e"en!ent, the enineers oversee a small "ro!uction "lant in a 8iht *ky satellite,"ro!ucin an!roi!s with mo!erate levels of AI to be use! at the casino.+ili"ino 9estituto An!ra!a !evelo"s a microsco"ic Blue *treak enine, ivin CA8 *couts nearlyinstantaneous worl!0wi!e ca"abilities.

-.1B &he Kashiwazaki0Kariwa 8uclear =ower =lant in (a"an closes, re"lace! by the use of = cells.

CA8A* an! the CCC bein =ro5ect Waste, !evelo"in "roce!ures for the elimination of nuclearwaste.8ew robotics cor"oration of the )K, 6!e &ech, markets the ?*tick Han.@ uely less functionalthan in!ustrial or service robots, the *tick Han is ma!e of fibero"tic wires !esine! for holora"hicimaery. =rorammin !irects the wires into wire0frames. =revious holora"hic entertainmentcreate! a "urely sensory array Fimae, soun!, an! scentG, thereby forfeitin total interaction by theuser who coul! not touch or affect the scene. &he *tick Han ives the imaes a full0bo!ie! an!

tactile a""earance. 8ow, an interactin user has an equally material bo!y ?to "lay@ with, so anavatar is not nee!e!. &rue interaction requires too lare a "layin fiel!. &he )K !enies thetechnoloy to CA8 members.=ro5ect Cosmos is re0intro!uce!. Cosmos *tation will be of a yrosco"ic !esin, like orbitincommercial facilities. At Cosmos *tation, mo!ular shuttles an! camera0scanner "robes, usin =cell batteries, will be constructe! for the e%"loration of the *olar *ystem. &he station is com"lete!near the en! of the year, an! the first shuttle0"robe envoy is labele! =ro5ect Hars.


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*ecretly, several former 6urozone members meet with )8 members, su""lyin sensitive CA8information. 7iscovere! by CA8A+ usin *couts, Italy, Belium an!


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&hrouh the first half of the -/stcentury, Ca"italism "rove! itself to be a stron i!eoloy. In -,the five richest economiesNthe )*, the =9C, the 6urozone, (a"an an! the )KNha! create! acaste system base! on wealth. &hose rich nations, all belonin to the northern hemis"here, werenearly !evastate! by the mini0Ice Ae, an! were save! by a coalition ma!e u" of the "oorest

nations. While many of the "eo"le an! most of the "ro"erty was !estroye!, the Ca"italistic i!eoloyremaine! un!amae!. &he rich nations reaine! their lan!s, rebuilt their e!ifices, an! restore!their "o"ulations. 9a"i! +ossilization an! =roto0;il !estroye! com"anies, but new com"aniesforme!. &he =0cell !estroye! com"anies, but new com"anies forme!, aain. &hat u"start coalitionthat ha! save! them once, now was makin those "overty0stricken countries viable, an! it stretche!its newly forme! muscles aainst the i!ea of wealth they ha! invente!. ;therwise, at the century>smi!0"oint, holorams "o"ulate most entertainment mo!es, alon with the rowin number of"ersonal, holora"hic micro0cams, calle! 6yes an! *couts. Loyeurism is the most common form ofentertainment, with fiction quickly wanin. Juantum "hysics is 5ust as quickly becomin a minor

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-0--1 --20-13 -20-41 -420-33 -/0-/-1 -/-20-/13 +orwar! Afterwar!

-.2. &he worl! "o"ulation rate of rowth remaine! rouhly flat from the en! of the bubonic "laue !eficit

at circa / C6 until the beinnin of the In!ustrial Ae in /4 C6, movin from .-2 to .2 billion

lobally. By / C6, it ha! !ouble! to I billion. *oon after /3 C6, it !ouble! aain to - billion.By - C6, "o"ulation e%cee!e! 2 billion. 6very nation, whether in!ustrialize! or not, rose'however, the rate in non0in!ustrial nations was larely offset by starvation an! !isease. By -C6, two nations contribute! most to the total "o"ulation. &he =9C contribute! /.-2 billion to thetotal, an! In!ia a!!e! / billion, rouhly half of the total earth "o"ulation. 9ankin thir!, the )*contribute! slihtly over .-2 billion. &he =9C, In!ia, the )*, an! many nations attem"te! tostabilize their rowth rates, with mo!erate success. &hree main factors cause "o"ulation rowth.;bviously, birth rate is im"ortant an! became the focus of "o"ulation control measures. *im"lystate!, if two "arents "ro!uce three chil!ren, "o"ulation rows. (ust as im"ortant as birth rate,

!eath rate affects "o"ulation rowth. 6ven if those two "arents "ro!uce only two chil!ren,accom"lishin zero rowth, if the "arents !o not !ie at a relatively early ae, a reater number of"ersons over"o"ulates the "lanet !es"ite a low birth rate. &he curin of !isease, the easin ofviolent !eath throuh war an! a!!in of safety from acci!ent allow humans to e%ten! their lifee%"ectancy' however, those lon lives also contributes to over"o"ulation. &heoretically,trans"lantation coul! kee" humans alive for very centuries. &he work of CA8A* has "rotecte! thelives in nations that "reviously lost reat life throuh starvation an! !isease an! it has taken time toa!5ust those birth rates. As

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