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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 649180" data-attributes="member: 4144">The Modern NorthwestThe Northwest of 2060 is very different from the one you all know.  For starters, the Seattle metropolitan area is a massive "colony" of the United Canadian and American States (UCAS).Major Historical Events:2002-2008: The Resource Rush, in which the last reserves of natural resources held on national parkland or Native American reservations are purchased by private corporations.2009: The Sovereign American Indian Movement (SAIM) captures a Shiloh launch facility and intitiates the "Lone Eagle" missile attack.  In response, the United States signs the Re-education and Relocation Act and Canada signs the similar Nepean Act.  Both these laws inter thousands of Native Americans in the following year.2011: A phenomenal number of unusual births (giving rise to the dwarves and elves) this year sweep the globe.  On December 24, Daniel Howling Coyote, an apparent adept, leads a rebellion in the Abilene Re-education Camp.  2014: Howling Coyote declares the formation of both the Native American Nations (NAN) and the Sovereign Tribal Council (STC).  He also claims responsibility for a series of volcanic eruptions across the country, which he says were caused in the Great Ghost Dance.2014-2018: The Ghost Dance War.2018: Finally admitting defeat, the US and Canada sign the Treaty of Denver, in which the NAN lays claim to much of western North America.  The NAN nations are comprised of the Athabaskan Council, Algonkian-Manitou Council, Pueblo Corporate Council, Salish-Shidhe Council, Sioux Nation, Trans-Polar Aleut, Tsimshian, and Ute.2021: "Goblinization" creates orks and trolls.  First recorded case of HMHVV infection.2029: The Great Crash.  The world’s computer networks are disabled.2030: The US and the remainder of Canada unite into the United Canadian and American States (UCAS).2034: Another round of secession.  This time, several Southern states secede, forming the Confederated American States (CAS).  Southern Florida further secedes and joins the Caribbean League.2035: The southern Sinsearach elves of the northwest form Tir Tairngire, and secede from the NAN.2037: Tsimshian secedes from both the STC and NAN.2039, February 27: The Night of Rage.  Anti-metahuman riots flare across the globe.2057: The great dragon Dunkelzahn, who had interfaced quite often with the media, is elected president of the UCAS. On the night of his inauguration, he is killed by an unknown assassin. A magical rift appears where he died.  My campaign is taking place in Seattle, and here’s what that area is like in 2060.  The city itself is huge, the majority of what are currently suburbs being gobbled up by the urban sprawl.  The city is a "colony" - although seperated by the NAN countries from the rest of the nation, it officially belongs to the UCAS.  The current governor of the Seattle Metroplex is Ivar Lindstrom.  Several corporations maintain a presence in Seattle.- Ares: The pre-eminent arms corporation and maker of the legendary Predator handgun, Ares does quite a bit of business with the UCAS government. Their security branch, Knight Errant, has been steadily on the rise since cleaning up an infestation of insect spirits in Chicago problem (for the most part).- Aztechnology: The big baddie of the corps. Aztechnology, for the most part is synonymous with the Mexican (actually, Aztlaner) government - or rather, the other way around. Nobody much likes Aztechnology, although their jobs tend to pay well. Their compound in Seattle is a huge building resembling an Aztec pyramid.- Cross Applied Technologies: A newcomer onto the scene, Cross was a local corporation in Quebéc for years. After President Dunkelzahn died, Cross made out like bandits in his will. Competitor to Ares.- Mitsuhama: A computer corporation, Mitsuhama is known as one you really don’t want to mess with: they’re rumored to be involved (practically controlled by) the yakuza.- Novatech: Another computer corp. Previously Fuchi, but I’m kinda fuzzy on how it became Novatech.- Renraku: Yet another computer corp.  Renraku is best known for the Renraku Arcology, a massive construction project it was undertaking in downtown Seattle.  In a massive PR letdown for the corp, the Arcology went into a complete lockdown state in late 2059, trapping hundreds of people (including former Seattle governor Marilyn Schultz) inside.- Wuxing: Owned by the Chinese and based in Hong Kong, Wuxing is involved in magical research (IIRC).  Rumored to be allied with the Chinese Triads.- Yamatetsu: The biotech corp.There’s tons of others (Lone Star, Gaeatronics, Shiawase, Universal Omnitech) but these are the big ones.Seattle is enveloped on all sides by the lands of the Salish-Shidhe Council. Here’s the major players there, and the lands they control: Cascade Crow (NE of Seattle), Cascade Ork (E of Seattle), Nootka (far north, bordering on Tsimshian), Makah (N Olympic Peninsula), Salish (S Olympic Peninsula), Sinsearach (S of Seattle).  Once again, there’s tons of minor tribes not listed here.  South of Seattle (present-day Oregon) is the xenophobic elven nation of Tir Tairngire, ruled by the reclusive Lugh Surehand.</blockquote>

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