The Inquisition is different in Afterlight than your history books. In Afterlight, the witches were real.
The Inquisition is different in Afterlight than your history books. In Afterlight, the witches were real.
The first successful gene editing trials take place at GeneTek, allowing scientists to edit the human genome with greater precision than ever before.
The African Security Crisis was a decade-long conflict between Western nations and China, fought primarily through private security forces hired by corporations. The conflict was centered around control of vital resources in the region and was marked by low-intensity engagements, sabotage, and guerrilla-style tactics.
A breakthrough in quantum computing at MacroTech leads to the development of a supercomputer capable of performing calculations at an unprecedented speed.
The first fully autonomous vehicles hit the market, developed by Tesla. This vastly disrupts the transportation industry causing ripples throughout the world economy.
Genetically modified crops developed by AgriCorp become the norm in agriculture, leading to higher yields and increased food production.
The Battle of Nairobi was a key conflict in the African Security Crisis, in which a small but highly advanced force of corporate cyborg soldiers managed to hold off and defeat a much larger conventional military force, forcing a ceasefire and bringing an end to the long-running conflict.
Cybernetic implants become increasingly popular, allowing users to enhance their physical abilities beyond human limitations.
The development of nanotechnology allows for the creation of microscopic machines capable of repairing and manipulating cells at the molecular level. A new era of medical technology begins with the establishment of nanomedical companies such as NanotechHealth.
Discovery of Aurorium in the Arctic regions of Canada, sparking a global corporate arms race to control the resource.
Global economic collapse—government-backed currency becomes worthless, and corporate-backed cryptocurrency replaces it. Traditional nation-states become irrelevant as megacorporations take control.
Miniaturized "Cold Fusion" reactors are created by the company NovaGen. Providing cheap green energy for the world.
An offshore earthquake caused a Tsunami, devastating Northern Boston and other Massachusetts Coastal Communities. This event uncovered an offshore Aurorium deposit which contaminated the area leading to a quarantine zone.
During the Second Chinese Civil War, the exodus of some of the most successful corporations to the West results in a net loss of wealth, fueling economic shifts and a wave of corporate relocations to Neo-Boston, contributing to the rise of the Jade District.
"All of the wrong planets will be in the right place at the wrong time." Hypolite KropotkinA great conjunction is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, when the two planets appear closest together in the sky.
Mount St. Helens erupts after 80 years of dormancy.