Update 4 - Late 2051
News:
New technilogical breakthroughs:
Many new advances have been made in the last six months, the most prominat is the development of more powerful rockets by Canadian scientists, these are faster and more efficant that other types available and any new Canadian designs will outstrip the competions. Other breakthroughs are the 1077 Jumbo shuttle by AST&D three times larger than standard shuttles and the Wrthog, the first militry buggy armed with a light machine gun and small ammounts of armour making it a leathal addition to the Chinese armoury.
Two steps forwards, one step back:
The PMF succesfully set up a colony on Europa, a moon of Jupiter this small out post is a marvel of engineering, however this new comes after the announcement that the Russia colony on mercury's catastrophic failure, the walls of the colony broke due to the huge heat changes. But many are confident that it can be repared with minimal cost, especial when the heat shield project is completed.
War in the Sahara drags on into its second year:
The UISM forces, although starting to show a slight advantage are still fighting in the Sahara however they have begun encircle large numbers of enemy troops. Casulties on both sides are high. Many expect the war to end soon as the UISM has mobilised more men and are pusshing further south. Support for their cause is also growing further south. But the African nation have requested support from the USA and China to defend them.
Tokyo space docks opened:
The New Tokyo space docks have opened, however celerbartion were marred by protesters who demand the break up of super corperation such as AST&D. All in all though the Docks are a succes and have brought improved income to AST&D and Japan. Small clashes have happened between protester and the Japanese government forces however no people have died as of yet, but 52 have been injured.
Violence on the Moon:
A group of fighters has begun to clash with Chinese forces on the moon, these people claining to be from the Lunar Liberation Front have killed over 50 chinese troops and destroyed a shuttle. The Chinese government have declared it will crush the rebelion quickly and decicivly.
Consumer spending on the Up!
European citizens have been spending more money as of latley giving the ecconomy a well needed boost, ecconomists say that this is only a good thing with the Russian and American citizens starting to send more too. This rise is the ecomony is expected to spread over the next few months.
Atmospheric pressure of Mars could be altered within the decade:
Scietist said that with the correct messures the air pressure on mar could be brought to arround 97% of Earth's within eight years. The methods proposed included heavy industry, the use of plants and the more radical, however faster, use of nuclear weapons to melt the plar ice caps releasing huge quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere. Critics of this plan claim that the danger are too great or that nuclear explosives sould not be allowed to leave Earth as they are a danger to us all.
Events:
EU -
+1 econ level
AST&D -
+1 econ level
UISM -
+1 econ point
China -
-1 stability Level
PMF -
-1 Stability Level
Map:
OOC : I need clarification over 1 of the EU's econ points, the point will be put into this update.