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 In the aftermath of the crash [[Cross Applied Techologies]] assets were bought out buy [[Ares Macrotechnology]].  The Korean Megacorp [[Eastern Tiger Corperation]] expanded its assets to elevate itself to AAA status after taking up several new Matrix Service Provide contracts.  [[Nova Tech]] merged with [[Transys Erika]] to form the new corporation [[Evo Tech]].  Fortune also favours [[Wuxing Inc]] who manage to buy up the resources of many smaller corps affcted by the crash.
-=== Rise of [[Wi Fi]] ===
+=== Rise of [[WiFi]] ===
 The crash 2.0 as it came to be known proved the perfect opportunity for [[Evo Tech]] to launch a new Wireless matrix system based on new matrix protocols which were ratified at a conference held at Transys-Erikas Silicon Glen corporate facilities near Edinburgh by the [[Corporate Court Matrix Authority]] (CCMA) in January 2065.  During the year 2065 the system spreads across the globe, Hong Kong is one of the flagship cities for the new technology.  This new technolgy included [[Augmentent Reality]] where matrix overlayed with realty allowing anyone even not in full VR to interact with the matrix.

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 === Dragons Will ===
-In 2057, [[Wuxing INC]] and its owners received several unusual bequests from Dunkelzahn in his will. Wuxing received 200 million nuyen, which helped finance its buy-in to the [[Corporate Court]] and obtain extraterritorial status. [[Wu Lung-Wei]] received a statue called the "[[Jade Dragon Of Wind And Fire]]". His wife received the "[[Third Coin Of Luck]]". From that point on, Wuxing's growth skyrocketed, vaulting Wuxing from barely a megacorporation to a Prime [[AAA]] Megacorporation on the Corporate Court.
+In 2057, [[Wuxing Inc]] and its owners received several unusual bequests from Dunkelzahn in his will. Wuxing received 200 million nuyen, which helped finance its buy-in to the [[Corporate Court]] and obtain extraterritorial status. [[Wu Lung-Wei]] received a statue called the "[[Jade Dragon Of Wind And Fire]]". His wife received the "[[Third Coin Of Luck]]". From that point on, Wuxing's growth skyrocketed, vaulting Wuxing from barely a megacorporation to a Prime [[AAA]] Megacorporation on the Corporate Court.
 === Pacific Prosperity Group ===
-In 2059, [[Wuxing INC]] and several other Pacific Rim corporations form the [[Pacific Prosperity Group]], the culmination of years of effort to create a competitive power group outside the Japanese megas.
+In 2059, [[Wuxing Inc]] and several other Pacific Rim corporations form the [[Pacific Prosperity Group]], the culmination of years of effort to create a competitive power group outside the Japanese megas.
 === Novatech IPO ===
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 === Corporate Shuffle ===
-In the aftermath of the crash [[Cross Applied Techologies]] assets were bought out buy [[Ares Macrotechnology]].  The Korean Megacorp [[Eastern Tiger Corperation]] expanded its assets to elevate itself to AAA status after taking up several new Matrix Service Provide contracts.  [[Nova Tech]] merged with [[Transys Erika]] to form the new corporation [[Evo Tech]].  Fortune also favours [[Wuxing INC]] who manage to buy up the resources of many smaller corps affcted by the crash.
+In the aftermath of the crash [[Cross Applied Techologies]] assets were bought out buy [[Ares Macrotechnology]].  The Korean Megacorp [[Eastern Tiger Corperation]] expanded its assets to elevate itself to AAA status after taking up several new Matrix Service Provide contracts.  [[Nova Tech]] merged with [[Transys Erika]] to form the new corporation [[Evo Tech]].  Fortune also favours [[Wuxing Inc]] who manage to buy up the resources of many smaller corps affcted by the crash.
 === Rise of [[Wi Fi]] ===

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 Tung was reelected as chief executive in 2002. Although not popular, he was supported by the Chinese government, and no other candidate was nominated by the electoral committee responsible for electing the executive. In 2003, Hong Kong's economy was hurt by measures undertaken to control an outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), which spread there from China. A trade agreeement was signed with China in June; the pact gave Hong Kong businesses greater access to Chinese markets. Proposed new antisubversion laws led to significant antigovernment demonstrations the following month, and Tung subsequently withdrew the legislation. In Apr., 2004, the Chinese government ruled that Hong Kong would have to petition China in order to make any changes in its electoral laws, including increasing the number of legislators chosen by direct election. In 2004 half the legislators were directly elected, but prodemocracy forces won a total of only 25 seats in the election, which was fiercely contested and marked by heavy-handed Chinese tactics. Tung resigned in Mar., 2005, and was replaced as chief executive by Donald Tsang, who had been chief secretary.
 === Big Trouble in Big China ===
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 Fault line nukes are targeted at San Andreas ([[Cal Free]]), Red Sea (Egypt), Azores (mid-Atlantic), Andes (southern Chile), Himalayas (Kashmir).  The San Andreas, and Red Sea nukes are defuse but the others detonate causing Earth Quakes at 8.5 on the richter scale (although this is much less than expected).
 === Recovery ===
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 Back to [[Hong Kong]]

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 In 2059, [[Wuxing INC]] and several other Pacific Rim corporations form the [[Pacific Prosperity Group]], the culmination of years of effort to create a competitive power group outside the Japanese megas.
-==== Novatech IPO ====
+=== Novatech IPO ===
 In April 2064, [[Richard Villers]], CEO of the AAA Megacorp [[Nova Tech]], annouches that [[Nova Tech]] will become a public company in one of the biggest [[Initial Purchase Options]] (IPO) ever seen.  [[Nova Tech]] has been making financial losses since its formation from assets of Fuchi.
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 Shortly after the even matrix hubs around the world begin to upgrade in preparation for the huge expected levels of matrix traffic.
-==== Harsh Winter ====
+=== Harsh Winter ===
 From August 2064 a worldwide cooling of the weather starts leading to an abnormally cold winter.  The cold conditions cause major problems in northern and southern cities like Oslo and Moscow.
-==== [[Winter Night]] ====
+=== [[Winter Night]] ===
 st of November 2064.  [[Corporate Courts Crisis Coordination Committee]] (C5) forces raid a secret base code named Valhalla (a small island in the artic bay of bothnia).  The corporate forces believe the base to be a mustering point for the apocalyptic organisation Winternight, whose aim is simply to bring Ragnarok to the world.  Undercover operatives manage to capture of Winternights leaders, Wednesday and Friday.  The remaining leader, Thursday, detonates a nuclear device destroying the base and much of the corporate assault force.  Wednesday commits magical suicide before he can be questioned.  With the threat apparently neutralised, the corporate court takes a deep sigh of relief, stands down operations and begins the interrogation of Friday.
-==== Crash 2.0 ====
+=== Crash 2.0 ===
 nd November 2064
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 An illusionary head of a wolf appears over Boston appearing to devour the sun
-==== Nuclear Attacks ====
+=== Nuclear Attacks ===
 EMP devices explode over San Francisco, Kittimat, Boston, Panama City, Stockholm, Calcutta, and Kuala Lumpur. The remaining bombs are either defused (Metropole), moved over the sea (Istanbul, Hong Kong and Neo-Tokyo) or over wilderness areas (Brussels and Tecnochtitlan) where they explode to much lesser effect (outskirts of Washington).
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-==== Recovery ====
+=== Recovery ===
 Over the next months chaos and confusion slowly give way to society.  Parts of the matrix survive but many parts are severely damaged.  The sudden crash of the matrix caused tens of thousands of deaths due to crashed planes and other errors in technology.  One victim was [[Lucien Cross]] the CEO of [[Cross Applied Technolgies]].
-==== Corporate Shuffle ====
+=== Corporate Shuffle ===
 In the aftermath of the crash [[Cross Applied Techologies]] assets were bought out buy [[Ares Macrotechnology]].  The Korean Megacorp [[Eastern Tiger Corperation]] expanded its assets to elevate itself to AAA status after taking up several new Matrix Service Provide contracts.  [[Nova Tech]] merged with [[Transys Erika]] to form the new corporation [[Evo Tech]].  Fortune also favours [[Wuxing INC]] who manage to buy up the resources of many smaller corps affcted by the crash.
-==== Rise of [[Wi Fi]] ====
+=== Rise of [[Wi Fi]] ===
-The crash 2.0 as it came to be known proved the perfect opportunity for [[Evo Tech]] to launch a new Wireless matrix system based on new matrix protocols which were ratified at a conference held at Transys-Erikas Silicon Glen corporate facilities near Edinburgh by the [[Corporate Court Matrix Authority]] (CCMA) in January 2065.  During the year 2065 the system spreads across the globe, Hong Kong is one of the flagship cities for the new technology.
+The crash 2.0 as it came to be known proved the perfect opportunity for [[Evo Tech]] to launch a new Wireless matrix system based on new matrix protocols which were ratified at a conference held at Transys-Erikas Silicon Glen corporate facilities near Edinburgh by the [[Corporate Court Matrix Authority]] (CCMA) in January 2065.  During the year 2065 the system spreads across the globe, Hong Kong is one of the flagship cities for the new technology.  This new technolgy included [[Augmentent Reality]] where matrix overlayed with realty allowing anyone even not in full VR to interact with the matrix.
-==== Technomancers ====
+=== Technomancers ===
 In 2066 a scientific paper was released detailing a condition which at first was thought to be phychotropically induced schizophrenia caused by the virus.  This condition has occurred to many of the survivors who were connected to the ESCE and other systems when the virus was released.  There people of all ages and metatypes where able to manipulate the matrix in a way only seen by the Otaku before them.  But unlike the Otaku these Technomancers didnt need and hardware to interface with the matrix.  They could subconsciously perceive wireless communication.  Also there abilities seemed much more stable (where as Otaku experienced a loss of abilities after about 20 which they called the fading).  The number of these technomancers in unknown, but is thought to be in the 5-10,000 range.  No one knows how they were created
-==== 2070 ====
+=== 2070 ===
 Year of the Tiger...
 Back to [[Hong Kong]]

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	In 2059, [[Wuxing INC]] and several other Pacific Rim corporations form the [[Pacific Prosperity Group]], the culmination of years of effort to create a competitive power group outside the Japanese megas.		In 2059, [[Wuxing INC]] and several other Pacific Rim corporations form the [[Pacific Prosperity Group]], the culmination of years of effort to create a competitive power group outside the Japanese megas.

		+	==== Novatech IPO ====

		+	In April 2064, [[Richard Villers]], CEO of the AAA Megacorp [[Nova Tech]], annouches that [[Nova Tech]] will become a public company in one of the biggest [[Initial Purchase Options]] (IPO) ever seen. [[Nova Tech]] has been making financial losses since its formation from assets of Fuchi.
		+
		+	Shortly after the even matrix hubs around the world begin to upgrade in preparation for the huge expected levels of matrix traffic.
		+
		+	==== Harsh Winter ====
		+
		+	From August 2064 a worldwide cooling of the weather starts leading to an abnormally cold winter. The cold conditions cause major problems in northern and southern cities like Oslo and Moscow.
		+
		+	==== [[Winter Night]] ====
		+
		+	1st of November 2064. [[Corporate Courts Crisis Coordination Committee]] (C5) forces raid a secret base code named Valhalla (a small island in the artic bay of bothnia). The corporate forces believe the base to be a mustering point for the apocalyptic organisation Winternight, whose aim is simply to bring Ragnarok to the world. Undercover operatives manage to capture of Winternights leaders, Wednesday and Friday. The remaining leader, Thursday, detonates a nuclear device destroying the base and much of the corporate assault force. Wednesday commits magical suicide before he can be questioned. With the threat apparently neutralised, the corporate court takes a deep sigh of relief, stands down operations and begins the interrogation of Friday.
		+
		+	==== Crash 2.0 ====
		+
		+	2nd November 2064
		+
		+	8:30 am. [[Nova Tech]] IPO trading begins.
		+	9.17 am. An icon of [[Deus]] (the Artificialntelligence which caused the [[Renraku Archology Shutdown]]) begins to compile on the trading floor of the [[Eastern Coast Stock Exchange]] (ECSE). All attempted to shot the exchange fail. Deus opens new connections across the entire matrix (utilising the connections already set up by buyers on the stock market floor) and begins ton upgrade his code.
		+	9.24 am. A team of [[Otaku]] known as the [[Over Watch]] and lead by [[Ronin]] enter the exchange. They awaken the code for the AI [[Magaera]] which was trapped within [[Deus]].
		+	9.28 am. The AI known only as [[Mirage]] forces its way onto the ECSE host and [[Mirage]], [[Magaera]] and the [[Over Watch]] begin to attack [[Deus]]s code.
		+	9.31 am. All across the matrix at key junctions egg constructs hatch to release a devastating cascade virus know later as the [[Jormungand Virus]].
		+	9.32 am. A lone Otaku known as [[Puck]], approaches [[Deus]]s construct a places the icon of a egg at the codes stem. The egg hatches into a huge serpent (The [[Jormungand Virus]]) which wraps itself around [[Deus]]s code destroying it. Magaera, Mirage and the Overwatch attempted to defeat the virus but fail.
		+	9.37 am. All users logged on to the ECSE system suffer severe psychotropic attacks from the virus. Utilising the large number of system connections the virus spreads rapidly across the matrix. The virus crashes and corrupts huge numbers of systems leaving large numbers of people dead or comatose from psychotropic attacks.
		+	9.44 am. A small nuclear device detonates in Boston producing a huge EMP. Matrix infrastructure hardware is severely damaged and the ESCE is crashed.
		+	9.46 am. The [[Zurich Orbital]] station where the [[Corporate Court]] are based makes one last ditched attempt to fight the virus. It downloads all information about the virus (some of which was obtained by the interrogation of Friday) to the Denver Data Nexus. The data is uploaded onto the [[Shadow Lands]] BBS and from there distributed across the world just before the virus crashes the host. Information concerning the target of 18 more EMP strikes is confirmed as well as information about several 5 megaton devices set to explode at key geological points to cause massive Earthquakes (fault line nukes). Forces across the world scramble to intercept these threats.
		+
		+	An illusionary head of a wolf appears over Boston appearing to devour the sun
		+
		+	==== Nuclear Attacks ====
		+
		+	EMP devices explode over San Francisco, Kittimat, Boston, Panama City, Stockholm, Calcutta, and Kuala Lumpur. The remaining bombs are either defused (Metropole), moved over the sea (Istanbul, Hong Kong and Neo-Tokyo) or over wilderness areas (Brussels and Tecnochtitlan) where they explode to much lesser effect (outskirts of Washington).
		+
		+	The EMP device destined for Hong Kong was located on a transport Blimp. Security drones manged to force the Blimp to crash land into the waters west of Hong Kong where the device detonated. Although no damage was done to the city, the enivironmental damage caused by the radiation is still felt today especially in the Kowloon area.
		+
		+	Fault line nukes are targeted at San Andreas ([[Cal Free]]), Red Sea (Egypt), Azores (mid-Atlantic), Andes (southern Chile), Himalayas (Kashmir). The San Andreas, and Red Sea nukes are defuse but the others detonate causing Earth Quakes at 8.5 on the richter scale (although this is much less than expected).
		+
		+
		+	==== Recovery ====
		+
		+	Over the next months chaos and confusion slowly give way to society. Parts of the matrix survive but many parts are severely damaged. The sudden crash of the matrix caused tens of thousands of deaths due to crashed planes and other errors in technology. One victim was [[Lucien Cross]] the CEO of [[Cross Applied Technolgies]].
		+
		+	==== Corporate Shuffle ====
		+
		+	In the aftermath of the crash [[Cross Applied Techologies]] assets were bought out buy [[Ares Macrotechnology]]. The Korean Megacorp [[Eastern Tiger Corperation]] expanded its assets to elevate itself to AAA status after taking up several new Matrix Service Provide contracts. [[Nova Tech]] merged with [[Transys Erika]] to form the new corporation [[Evo Tech]]. Fortune also favours [[Wuxing INC]] who manage to buy up the resources of many smaller corps affcted by the crash.
		+
		+	==== Rise of [[Wi Fi]] ====
		+
		+	The crash 2.0 as it came to be known proved the perfect opportunity for [[Evo Tech]] to launch a new Wireless matrix system based on new matrix protocols which were ratified at a conference held at Transys-Erikas Silicon Glen corporate facilities near Edinburgh by the [[Corporate Court Matrix Authority]] (CCMA) in January 2065. During the year 2065 the system spreads across the globe, Hong Kong is one of the flagship cities for the new technology.
		+
		+	==== Technomancers ====
		+
		+	In 2066 a scientific paper was released detailing a condition which at first was thought to be phychotropically induced schizophrenia caused by the virus. This condition has occurred to many of the survivors who were connected to the ESCE and other systems when the virus was released. There people of all ages and metatypes where able to manipulate the matrix in a way only seen by the Otaku before them. But unlike the Otaku these Technomancers didnt need and hardware to interface with the matrix. They could subconsciously perceive wireless communication. Also there abilities seemed much more stable (where as Otaku experienced a loss of abilities after about 20 which they called the fading). The number of these technomancers in unknown, but is thought to be in the 5-10,000 range. No one knows how they were created
		+
		+	==== 2070 ====
		+
		+	Year of the Tiger...
	Back to [[Hong Kong]]		Back to [[Hong Kong]]

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	== [[Hong Kong]] History ==		== [[Hong Kong]] History ==
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	=== Origins of Hong Kong ===		=== Origins of Hong Kong ===

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 === Crash on 29 ===
-Hong Kong was one of the most hi-tech places in the world pre 2029 even on par with Singapore and Malaysia.  All buildings had high speed internet links and integrated systems became the norm.  When the crash hit the Hong Kong came crashing down.  thousands of people were locked in their computer controlled homes.  Some people even starved being their security systems.  The computer controlled commuting system when mad sending many to their deaths.  The main Hong Kong air port was closed after a super jumbo smashed into the runway believing it was still at 200 m on approach.  Corporate buildings were looted and many corporations went bankrupt.  A sizable  corporate army was rallied to provide martial law through out Hong Kong.  The crash would have a long term effect on the psychology of the nation as technology was no longer held in such high regard.  If fact the crash lead to a huge upsurge in trust for magic and many people turned to charms, spirits and spells in the aftermarth of the carsh to rebuild Hong Kong.
+Hong Kong was one of the most hi-tech places in the world pre 2029 even on par with Singapore and Malaysia.  All buildings had high speed internet links and integrated systems became the norm.  When the crash hit the Hong Kong came crashing down.  Thousands of people were locked in their computer controlled homes.  Some people even starved being their security systems.  The computer controlled commuting system when mad sending many to their deaths.  The main Hong Kong air port was closed after a super jumbo smashed into the runway believing it was still at 200 m on approach.  Corporate buildings were looted and many corporations went bankrupt.  A sizable corporate army was rallied to provide martial law through out Hong Kong.  The crash would have a long term effect on the psychology of the nation as technology was no longer held in such high regard.  If fact the crash lead to a huge upsurge in trust for magic and many people turned to charms, spirits and spells in the aftermarth of the carsh to rebuild Hong Kong.
 === Rebirth ===