Greater Europe Timeline: Future Past

The timeline of the Cyberpunk Series has gone through many iterations, with new sourcebooks and games continually expanding on its world. This article covers the canonical timeline following events from Cyberpunk 2013 and 2020, as established by Mike Pondsmith and CD Projekt RED in Cyberpunk Red and Cyberpunk 2077. This timeline focuses on the Greater Europe timeline and all the countries involved with it.

1990

 * 1990
 * The US-EEC "Quiet War" runs 1990-94. East and West Germany reunited. Breakup of the old USSR.
 * 1991
 * ESA launches Hermes Spaceplane. Gorborev, Gorbachev's successor, purges last of old hardliners.
 * 1992
 * EEC formed. Eurodollar established. DEA/Euro drug war; this is subsumed by the First Central American War.
 * EEC votes to uniform the currencies of the still-separate countries into the ecu (European Currency Unit), commonly known as the Eurodollar. During these councils the frame for individual currency's inflation, deflation etc, are set. The consequences is that only four nations are tit to join the ECU-union. They are Danmark, Sweden, Austria and Germany.
 * The core nations of the ecu decide, against the resistance of the other European nations, to bring the ecu into existence. A period of economic turbulence follows in Europe, especially in France and GB. This results in labor uprisings and general rioting.
 * The four core countries set up a prototype Fortress Europe in violation of the EEC-treaty. Closing their borders to European laborers looking for work, they initiate a mass of illegal immigration. Most of these workers are quickly found and expelled.
 * High energy laser-lift array used in the USSR. Prototype Massdriver established on the moon by the ESA.
 * 1993
 * TRC biologic interface chip developed in Munich. By now, all of the Western European nations except Italy and Portugal are ready for the ECU-Union.
 * The EC Ministry for Economics is founded, a structure to countries advance scientific progress and to set up the gov't of EEC for the confrontation with the rising megacorporations.
 * Interpo/Europol receives sanction to work outside EEC borders. They begin to recruit their future members from basic school, sending the candidates to exclusive schools and training camps.
 * 1994
 * World stock markets crash, followed quickly by the U.S. economy. The EEC is not as hard hit as the rest of the world, due to internal trade. To be exact, many EEC-companies profit from other parts of the world.
 * A new wave of immigrants hit Europe's shores. EEC uses military to enforce its borders. In consequence, many refugees are killed.
 * A movement of human rights groups rises as word leaks out of the rigorous use of weapons. Some of these groups form terrorist cells to articulate their opinion.
 * After suffering from extensive strikes, President Walesa again capable of financing itself. declares martial law in Poland.
 * 1995
 * Kilimanjaro mass-driver begun by ESA and Pan African Alliance.
 * The EEC decides to implement the Fortress Europe system Europe-wide. Therefore, the surveillance satellite program is initiated. One strategy to build up the fortress is a totalitarian id card system. The id cards are programmed with the individuals fingerprints, profession, health status and licenses. Many civil rights groups fear a "1984" scenario and react accordingly.
 * 1996
 * After years of support, Portugal and Italy finally join the EEC.
 * 1997
 * Mid-East Meltdown. In Europe, border skirmishes erupt as Greek troops try to stem the flow of Turkish refugees fleeing the spreading fallout of the nuclear exchange.
 * Hurricanes and spring tides hit Europe with unexpected force, leaving hundred thousands of people without shelter. The rising tides force the EEC to construct a system of dams that spans most of the coastal regions. The expected building time is ten years. Germany decides to abandon coastal regions.
 * A brief moment of fear strikes Europe when Germany is slow to pull its 10,000 man relief force out of flooded Gdansk.
 * 1998
 * Drought American food exports end. To stabilize the NCE Gov'ts. The EEC ships food into major East European cities.
 * Nights of Fire (KGB coup) in USSR. The Russian Mafia supported by KGB splinter-groups, increases its efforts to expand into the EEC. This is countered by Europol, which starts a "Shadow War" against organized crime in foreign The EC Ministry for Economics is founded, a structure to countries.
 * 1999
 * Tycho colony established. Full-scale mass-driver completed. BASF, a large manufacturer in chemicals, gets broken up by the European Ministry for Economics. BASF tried to dictate prices of contracting firms. Such defiance cannot go unpunished.

2000

 * 2000
 * On Jan. 1 st the world's biggest rave in Berlin is disrupted when a Millennium Cult floods the area with combat gases. The final body count may be 19,000.
 * Some followers of millennium cults establish local sects, like the Austrian Werwolf and the French Revived Templars of the Sun.
 * Wasting Plague hits U.S. and Europe; millions die. Germany is especially hard hit. Cure designed at Bioweapons Lab at Neustrelitz, Brandenburg.
 * After the first cases of wasting plague are made known, the EEC closes its borders, finalizing the Fortress Europe. Most sociologists evaluate the plague as mainly positive due to the reduction in the elderly and poor population. The social care system is again capable of financing itself.
 * The ESA starts construction of the Crystal Palace. EBM uses its political and economic power to buy up the drowning Hamburg municipal area over the next five years.
 * EBM uses its political and economic power to buy up the drowning Hamburg municipal area over the next five years.
 * 2001
 * The ID-card system comes into operation. Even the strongest opposition is defeated by vote, due to the mass of illegal immigrants in 2000. In addition, the surveillance satellite system is in working order. Still immigrants, are smuggled in through Greece and via submarines. Therefore, the council develops the plan of a killzone at their borders, akin to the former Berlin Wall. Later that year, after the destruction of an intruding nuclear submarine, the EEC Council orders the construction of several submarines capable of boarding incoming vessels.
 * 2002
 * SovOil declares privatization. The Santorin volcano in the Aegean, erupts. Many islands hit hard by tidal waves.
 * 2003
 * EEC weapons manufacturers make giant profits by selling arms to the South American Governments.
 * The European Court of law decides that individual citizens can hold back their tax payments for up to three years, if there are significant grounds for suspicion of abuse of money by the government. In case the court rules against the prosecutor, the tax payment plus interest must be paid.
 * 2004
 * First Corporate War: EBM battles Orbital Air (over a dozen Corps involved).
 * Killzone and Europe's submarine fleet is in working condition.
 * A major scandal occurs when the media documents the corruption in vast parts of the EEC structure. These reports lead to a general outcry of the populace and the refusal to pay taxes. In consequence, the council reforms the bureaucratic structure of the EEC.
 * 2005
 * EBM, after buying the final tract of Hamburg, begins to build the Hamburg Wall. Peacefully, they declare Hamburg to be an independent nation in association with the EEC. Closely supervised by Europol, they divide the economic interests of EBM Corporation from the nation, EBM Hamburg.
 * 2006
 * In preparation for the planned Euro/Soviet mission to Mars, scientist begin experimenting with human genes. The goal of Operation "Green Man" is to create a human fit to colonize the red planet. The operation uses breeding and cloning techniques with an eye towards producing hardier and more intelligent humans.
 * 2007
 * Second Corporate War: SovOil vs Petrochem. For the first time, national governments openly back the corps. Greece's government is replaced by military coup d'etat. Exile government sets up at Rhodes.
 * 2008
 * US attacks Soviet space platform MIR XIII. ESA intervenes. Orbital war breaks out between Euros and Yanks; a rock is dropped on Colorado Springs.
 * Greece military government tries to annex Cyprus and Macedonia, failing in both.
 * 2009
 * Euro-Soviet mission to Mars departs. Abortive takeover attempt at Crystal Palace by US intelligence using a terrorist group as a cover. The ESA discovers the plan and drops a twelve ton rock off DC as a warning.
 * The expansionist policy of the Greek military government fails. They attempt to annex Cyprus and Macedonia, failing in both. Most governments support the exiled government in Rhodes, impeding military actions against h Rhodes becomes a free port.

2010

 * 2010
 * Romania's south is hit by an earthquake. Bucharest is hit hard, buring 267 people under its concrete walls.
 * 2011
 * Crystal Palace is completed, ESA controls High Orbit. ESA-Soviet mission reaches Mars.
 * 2012
 * First viable nanotech developed jointly by Euro & Japanese Labs.
 * Operation "Green Man" rocked when word of a living foetus leaks to the public. Even though the original program is disbanded, Europool and ESA continue to follow the project independently.
 * The Great Drought. In Spain, Andalusia becomes a desert. Corporate war in Spain incited by conflict over rights to water supplies; conflict stopped by EC-intervention.
 * 2013
 * 2014
 * Vatican III: neo-Catholic Reformation. Celibacy is abolished and women finally get to be priests. In Poland, the Church of Poland is founded, splitting off from the Vatican. Various splinter-sects formed in response world-wide.
 * 2015
 * Rise of the cyber-mercs as Lithuania hires cyber-soldiers to repel invasions by Latvian nations.
 * The EEC abolishes all military cyberware for use by private persons. All existing cyberware weaponry must be registered and, if a psychological evaluation is failed, is removed. This does not stop the European Military Forces from creating numerous cybersoldiers.
 * After ten years of mutual sabotage and deception, Japan is kicked out of EEC.
 * 2016
 * Third Corporate War is fought entirely in the Net. As a result, Europol 3rd Directorate finally gets the money needed for taking a more aggressive stance towards netcrime.
 * Bermeo Incident: 127 eco-protesters are killed by corporate security in the Basque tourist resort of Bermeo.
 * 2017
 * Germany signs deal with Hungary, allowing the German army to train its troops in Hungary in return for the military assistance.
 * 2018
 * 2019
 * 2020
 * Two rival candidates compete for the presidency in Portugal. This breakdown of the controlling corporate alliance indicates that some changes are afoot in this country.

Reference
Eurosource Plus