Ivan Kal
OLYMPUS
Timeline
December 2018 – World economy approaching collapsing point, unemployment at an all-time high.
April 2019 – Corruption and economic failing brings about the collapse of the European Union, United States struggles with ever increasing number of homeless, Europe struggles with food shortages.
July 2020 – With the collapse of the EU most countries are forced to implement population control, food and water shortages increasing, price of water skyrockets. North African countries declare bankruptcy.
February 2021 – Natural oil and gas reserves approaching depletion. United States increases their presence in the Middle East, along with Russia and China. Relations between China and India deteriorate.
November 2021 – African and South American countries reach bankruptcy points, people start rioting. Australia and Indonesian countries invest into solar, sea water, and thermal power research, they start building hydroponic and agroponic industries. Relations between Russia and United States deteriorate, China and India declare war.
January 2022 – Russian military enters Iraq and Iran, United States responds by declaring war on Russian Federation, Middle East becomes battle ground.
February 2022 – UN tries to end the conflicts peacefully, most member countries unable to divert resources from their own problems. United States, Russia, China, India and other countries involved in the conflict withdraw from UN.
May 2022 – UN and NATO dissolved, European countries approach bankruptcy points.
Jun 2022 – United Kingdom joins the Middle Eastern war on the side of United States.
March 2024 – Australia and Indonesian countries sign a pact, creating the League.
December 2024 – The League builds first hydrothermal power plant on the ocean bed in the Southern Ocean.
January 2025 – United States forms an alliance with the UK and India, European and African countries struggle with food, water and oil shortages.
March 2025 – United States soldiers bomb Iranian village due to faulty information, killing hundreds of innocent civilians. Using that as an excuse, Russian Federation arms their nuclear arsenal and points it at US major cities threatening to fire unless the US and their allies withdraw from Middle East, with the dissolvent of UN and NATO there is no world governing body to prevent them, US arms their arsenal as well.
April 2025 – Remaining nuclear capable countries involved in the conflict arm their armament.
May 2025 – Russian Federation fires their nuclear missiles, US defense network isn’t able to shot them all down, western coast totally destroyed, US fires their missiles in response, within hours both countries mayor cities are destroyed. India fires their nuclear weapons at China totally destroying most of their mayor cities. China subjected to sabotage, unable to fire all of their arsenal.
July 2025 – Death count in the billion rising each day, millions more infected with radiation sickness, China becomes a wasteland. Refugees from the US west coast move to the east and south into Mexico and Southern America, Russian refugees move to Siberia, hard conditions add to the death count, few remaining Chinese refugees are given aid and living space in the League. Radiation clouds move to India killing millions.
August 2026 – Final death count approaching three billion. Shock from loss of life forces all involved parties to sign a peace treaty, retreating from war torn Middle East.
October 2026 – Accord of Life signed all countries agree never again to use nuclear weapons on Earth soil.
January 2030 – Germany offers financial aid to other European countries, and proposes a union of all European countries into a single entity. Already desperate, all save for UK, Spain, France and Italy accept the offer.
March – September 2030 – A new country is formed, all governments abolished, elections on various matters held. English accepted as primary speaking language, former prime minister of Germany Jonas Bauer voted and appointed as President of this new state, which took the name Concordis – Latin for united. A new governing system implemented, Concordis split into three regions North – Scandinavia and the rest of former Baltic countries, Central – countries of former central Europe, and South – Balkan Peninsula. Each region elected a single representative, the council of three was created, with the power to overrule any presidential decision if all were in agreement.
February 2031 – League starts to export food and power to other countries in Asia and Europe.
August 2033 – Concordis economy stabilizes, quality of life improves. People not living in the League or Concordis suffer. Concordis starts their own hydroponic program on a large scale, most of fertile land allocated to farming. Water refining programs started. Underground lakes taped for water.
November 2035 – Radiation clouds over Asia and North America dissipate.
December 2035 – August 2039 – US, India, Russia and UK pool their remaining resources and begin to clean up the nuclear waste left by the war. Their economies slowly start to stabilize.
March 2040 – Olympus Corporation founded in Concordis southern region, primarily focuses on development of new technology.
September 2041 – League and Concordis finally able to sustain their populations and send aid to critical regions, League sends food packages to Asia, Concordis to Africa.
February 2042 – November 2046 – Olympus buys the designs for the Leagues thermal power plants. Starts research on underwater habitats and development. Olympus builds first underwater farms at the bottom of Atlantic Ocean powered by thermal plants. Olympus invests into genetic research, hoping to improve crop yields, and battle radiation sickness in refugees.
August 2047 – Olympus starts mining the Atlantic Ocean’s bed for metals and oil. League does the same in the Pacific.
January 2048 – African countries unite and jointly ask for the inclusion in Concordis, following their example Asian countries except Russia and India, do the same with the League, and are accepted. The Middle Eastern countries remain independent.
July 2048 – November 2054 – Conditions everywhere begin to improve, the League and Concordis enter a time of technological advancement, Olympus develops first brain implants intended to help people with their everyday lives.
February 2056 – January 2070 – Olympus builds first underwater city at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, it is named Nephthys. Population control is removed.
March 2074 – January 2081 – Implant technology now wide spread throughout Concordis and League. North and South American countries reach their prewar states.
Part One – The Find
Chapter One
February 2081
Michael Jorgenson reached to the panel above his head, then switched the exterior lights on, and raised the front covering so that he could see outside of the sub. He liked to do that sometimes, though he didn’t need to. The Olympus searcher submarine Merman, like the military submarines of the last century navigated mostly by sonar and other sensors that were developed in the past twenty years, but Michael liked to watch the water, its emptiness soothed him. Sometimes he swore that he could see movements out there at the edge of his vision. There were of course life forms here at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, but they tended to stay away from Olympus subs.