1990 to 1993

The Gang of Four, The First Central American Conflict, The Breakup of Soviet State, CHOOH2.

• A secret 'coup' launched by the Gang of Four, a coalition of government agencies led by the current Vice President, effectively ends federal democracy in the U.S. Many states begin ignoring federal authority, declaring themselves "Free States."
• Start of First Central American Conflict. American Imperial ambitions, justified as part of the war on Communism, terrorism, and narcotics, kill hundreds of thousands. American veterans return home dismembered and maimed, driving the demand for cyberware.
• Breakup of Soviet state. From this point, the old USSR begins a new era of rapprochement with Western Europe; by the 2000s, the "Neo-Soviets" are the EuroTheatre's most powerful allies.
• EuroSpace agency launches the Hermes spaceplane.
• CHOOH2 developed by Biotechnica.
• First arcology built on ruins of Jersey City; 16 "arcos" begin construction over the next 5 years, until the Collapse of 1996, leaving the huge structures half-completed, filled with squatters and homeless.
• The Treaty of 1992 establishes the European Economic Community. A common currency unit (the Eurodollar) is established.
• The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) develops and spreads several designer plagues worldwide, targeting coca and opium plants. Governments of Chile, Ecuador, and Afghanistan collapse.
• A savage drug war breaks out between Eurocorp-backed dealers and DEA all over the Americas.
• First use of high-energy laser-lift arrays. Simple mass driver established in Canary Islands by EuroSpace Agency.
• First TRC biologic interface chips developed in Munich, United Germany.
• AV-4 aerodyne assault vehicle developed to deal with increasing riots in the U.S. urban zones.
• In retaliation for U.S. attacks on Bogota, Colombian drug lords detonate small tactical nuclear device in New York. 15,000 killed.