Update 4 - 2059
Non-Military Events
Tokyo has been chosen to host the 2060 Sumer Olympics. The vote was close, but Tokyo, with 3 votes, managed to beat Pretoria, with 2 votes , in the Olympic race. This has brought the SEA-CO into a state a nationalist fever (+1 Culture)
The Geneva Summit reached only minor amounts of success. They did identify that a multi-naitonal counter-terrorist force was needed instead of using the couter-terror forces from all different countries in the same mission. The name for this group has not been made and the source of funding has yet to be identified. The talks will need to be continued next year before it can reach any success.
The 2059 Canada Games were held in Baltimore this year. Although it was overshadowed by the return of the Olympics, it was a success: economically. The Canadians managed to scrap a decent profit from this year's games,
which should last them the year (+1 Eco Point for next turn)
German restoration programs have cleared London of the chemicals that were sent by the Celts two years ago. Although small traces of the chemicals remain the majority has been cleaned up, restoring London's prominence as an Economic Center (+London Econonmic Center)
Something big is coming...(-2 Mexican Confidence, -1 Confidence for everyone else)
Pretoria, after two years of investing, has developed into an Economic Center for the Back Continent (+Pretoria Economic Center)
Australasian security loosens which already has an effect on the economic situation of the country (+1 Economy)
Argentina loses her power in South America. Her decline was brought by the struggle with the Incans, which brought thousands of Argentinians to the grave. Her position as a power was greatly weakened and many say that if she was to enter war with Paraguay she would lose. The Paraguans militarized during the Incan War and brought the most successes with the least losses, She was the first to go and Argentina was not powerful enough to do anything. This emboldened Uruguay to do the same, another nation that had begun to strengthen itself during the war. Chile was the last due to the fact that it was also greatly weakened by the war. But these three nations all claimed their independence and Argentina was powerless to stop them (-Paraguay as an Argentine puppet, -Uruguay as an Argentine puppet, -Chile as an Argentine puppet, -1 Argentinian Confidence)
Military Events
Mexican storm units and regulars captured the Southern region of Guyana which was originally held by the pro-independence rebels. These men were squashed undr the iron fist of Mexico. In Venezuela-Colombia, Mexican forces captured all the coastline and overran Bogota swiftly and fiercely. The invasions of the two Southern countries was a devastating success, however it was somewhat marred by a conflict a home (see spotlight) (-9 Mexican Divisions, -2 Mexican Tank Divisions, -4 Mexican Air Squadrons, -2 Mexican Naval Squadrons, -Venezuela-Colombia as an independent factions, -Guyanan rebels as an independent faction)
Something big is coming...(see spotlight) (-2 Mexican Confidence, -1 Confidence for everybody else)
Overseas, a failed Celtic attack put the end to this starin of terror. Celtic fanatics (including the King Aihlbe) attempted to detonate an EMP bomb in Northern Germany. This would have effectively shut down the entire naiton which depends on electricity as it's source of power. The attack failed, GSG-9 and JTF2 members managed (after a brief fire-fight) to eliminate the Celtic threat. King Aihlbe is dead and captured Celtic terrorists confirm that one of the bodies found at hamburg after the battle is indeed, King Aihlbe (-Celtic Fundamentalists as an independant faction)
Iran continues to suffer diffuculties with the various tribesmen (-2 Iranian Divisions)
Random Events
Paraguans applaud the decision against rgentina (+1 Paraguan Confidence)
With her decline set in stone, Argentine conscripts mutiny or quit causing a military crisis (-9 Conscript Divisions, -3 Divisions)
Tensions rise in the Latin World, casuing Brazil to re-arm (+5 Conscript Divisions)
Black-outs and computer failures due to a new rise of terrorism cause Canadian Industrial out-puts to shrink (-1 Industry)
The Islamic Caliphate, Shiite Iran and the People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Accord which boosts the confidence in these leaders towards making a step into power (+1 Iranian, Caliphate Confidence)
Small amounts of Berber nationalists skirmish with Italic regulars (-1 Italic Division)
Spotlight
'These are normal black-outs.'
In the middle of January, Toronto shut down. The lights shut off and everything came to a halt. It was dark and storming out which added to the confusion. Two people were killed and eight injurd in the ensueing panic. The next day, Worldwide E-Mails were being received with only one word: Freedom.
Naturally this puzzled the international community. Freedom? Could it be pleas from the Guyanans and Venezuelans and Colombians? The Mexicans had brutally crushed these tw nations with little remorse. But these nations were poor, and so, they thought, would be their rebel groups.
Another thought was China. The Mongolians and Tibetans could be the answer to this. However, why Toronto? Black-outs were hitting Canadian cities and Mexican cities in particular but the messages were being sent World-Wide. CSIS had no answer. The Mossad had no answer. Nobody had an answer.
The World was plagued with these disabilities. Black-outs, malfunctioning stop lights, wierd E-Mails and the occasional 60 second interruption of a television program displaying the white letters of Freedom on a black screen. Freedom. What did it mean? There was nothing else, just Freedom.
The Canada Games went smoothly through July, abeit with a few minor technical difficulties and the car crash every now and then due to wrong lights. 'It was green!' and 'Bullsh*t! It was red, and you killed my son!' were common shouts at these games. It was happening World-Wide: in the British Isles, a soccer match was reportedly 656-781. But then a new match of wierd happens began.
On August 21st, 2059, Lt. Joseph Ryan was killed in his home. He was a JTF2 member on leave and responsible for the death of a Celtic terrorist in the Essen attack the previous year. He was shot, execution style, and his family went missing without being recovered since. The next happening was a literal bombshell.
On September 16th, 2059, the anniversary of Mexico's independence, three vans carrying bombs detonated in Mexico City. Over four hundred were killed and some two thousand more injured with damages reported to be over five hundred million dollars. Targeted were and damaged were La Plaza de la Constitución, El Ángel and Palacio de Bellas Artes. Also, the Mexican government building was also targeted and a car detonated in front of it, killing the Minister of Health and severely wounding six others. The Mexican President was not harmed however. The bill-boards that had once said 'Long Live Free Mexico' now said one word: Freedom.
Stats will be coming later.