| From: | Bruce <gyro@********.CO.ZA> |
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| Subject: | RESUBMIT: AFRICA (with modifications and comments.) |
| Date: | Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:53:29 +0200 |
software agent. We will be examining several world and African situations.
The emphasis will of course be on a better understanding of the African
gestalt. Please make yourself comfortable and engage the commence command
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HISTORY
2002 - 2009 Resource Rush.
The sentiments of the US government regarding the exploitation of natural
resources found an echo in Africa. Still firmly kept in the Third World
(with too few exceptions) by First World thug style economics, Africa was
ripe for pillage. Rich in most desperately needed resources (eg. gold,
copper, uranium, diamonds, fine soils, plant and animal extracts and
products) Africa attracted pillagers like flies. Despite the objections of
their people, African leaders threw open the doors to foreign investments of
the worst kind. Allowing extraterritoriality for corporations was a big
mistake, effectively putting up the "For Sale" signs.
No-one was slow in picking up the hint and massive investment followed.
Whole regions were sold and millions virtually enslaved by bond contract to
the megas. All of the Big Eight and many smaller corps built factories and
other facilities. Using cheap (read semi-slave) labour, the corps prospered
and plotted. Among the most lucrative markets are those under loose control
in the corporate dominated governments. Factories producing controversial
arms products, biotech research and other underhanded dealings went on
unopposed. Many people find work in legitimate industries such as
manufacturing and food supply and these are represented as the "good work"
the foreign investors are doing.
2004 : Libyan Attacks
Responding to a Libyan chemical weapons attack on Qaddafi Day, Israel nukes
Tripoli and several smaller cities, permanently destroying the nation's
economic and political power base. With tens of thousands killed and
millions suffering from radiation sickness, aid pours in from across the
globe. While secretly in total sympathy, the international community has no
choice but to condemn the retaliatory attack. Israel is placed under harsh
sanction by the UN from 1st January 2005.
2008 : Much of the trauma to Lybian soil is settled and various power groups
from neighbouring states emerge from the dust-cloud. The UN does not
recognise any government of the area. Sanctions against the Israeli state
are lifted by the end of November.
2009 : Rebel Uprisings
In Nigeria, a large group of southern Yoruba tribesmen rise up in revolt
against the Shell corporation. Well supplied and equipped ,mostly with
locally produced arms the Yorubas capture all Shell assets and declare the
company's assets in Africa the property of the Free African Alliance. By
late 2010, most of Western Africa is in the hands of the FAA. The
organisation bans all foreign companies from its soil and defends itself
successfully from Shell sponsored mercenary attacks on three separate
occasions. The region returns to relative stability and elections held on 16
December 2010. Rumours of various eco-consciousness groups havung helped to
fund the campaign go unproven.
The alliance of Southern African States welcomes investment and cuts massive
tax break deals with several corporations.
2011 : The year of Chaos
Africa weathers the changes to the world better than expected. The people
accept the changes better than anywhere else in the world. Numerous Dragons
and other paranormal critters appear and are catalogued by curious
scientific observers.
>>>[My folks were in Africa on safari in late 2011 and let me tell you,
when they returned they weren't the same. Some really strange mojo must
have happened to them, but they never told me. Guess they hoped it was
only a local phenomenon and I'd never have to deal with it. Guess they
were wrong.]<<<
-----Clyde (09/11/60-12:45:25)
All contact with the island of Madagascar is lost.
The "Dark Heart" of continent begins to spawn great growth of fauna and
flora. People begin leaving the area in droves and in all directions. Talk
of a nation of "little ones" taking power in the area is dismissed as
nonsense. No investigators return from the area.
In Egypt, the government begins erecting massive enclosures around the Gizeh
valley, site of the pyramids. Security and secrecy are absolute.
Entry for 2014 : White Government collapse in South Africa. This happened 30
years before in 1994. We are already united and at peace (except maybe with
ourselves :|)
2011-2021 : African Isolation.
With VITAS tearing up both hemispheres, vast amounts of money leave the
continent as investments are withdrawn. This leads to numerous brush fire
wars as the balance of power settles. The FAA and South Africa are majors
players. The rest of Africa is in flames and very little news comes out of
continent. Some 750 million Africans are feared dead.
2021 : Goblinisation.
Again, the Africans accept their new brethren with open arms. Incidents of
massacre and other hate crimes occur, but most African are divided along
tribal lines and view the Orks and Trolls as assets in the fighting.
2022 : VITAS ; Second Wave
Probably the hardest hit of the continents, VITAS ravages the population of
Africa and mass burial becomes a problem. Millions are feared lost to the
syndrome but no accurate head count ever emerges. Tens of thousands more die
due to poor hygiene and inadequate medical care. Africa south of the equator
enters a period of almost total isolation.
2025 : Wildlife
In Africa, the African Rhino becomes extinct in the wild. The only survivors
are specimens in zoos.
>>>[Not entirely true, if you count the Awakened rhino, which still exists
but due to it's powers is hard to find.]<<<
-----Clyde(09/11/60-12:48:55)
>>>[Awakened Crocodiles are common in all rivers. They have the habit
of looking like trees in the water even at the second glance... wonder
where I got my nickname?]<<<
-----One-Leg(09/13/61-16:07:12)
2029 : The Crash
The outbreak of a computer virus almost topples the worlds economy and
cements Africa's place as a permanent backwater. Azania is hard hit, being
one of the few economic powers in the region. A rebellion by several army
units develops into a major crisis, but all calls for foreign assistance go
unheeded. The war drags on for two years before the government manages to
crush the rebels. All rebel leaders are publicly executed.
>>>[Of course the calls for foreign assistance went unheeded. You tried
to call the President of France and end up trying to understand the
Chinese man asking you if you want any egg-woo-yong with that. The Crash
was hard on everyone, although the more 'wired' nations got the brunt of
it.]<<<
-----Clyde(9/11/60-12:52:06)
2034 : Reinvestment
Corporate money begins to trickle back into Africa. Companies searching for
freedom from constraints and cheap labour once again begin the process of
exploitation. Several governments close their economies but most do not, but
watch the corporations carefully for signs of betrayal.
2039 : South Africa absorbs Swaziland and Lesotho. The Nation of Azania is
born on the 1st of February 2039.
2042 : The ZetaImpChem Scandal
Typical of corporate attitudes towards the people of Africa Zeta's dumping
practices are exposed in the Polydopa scandal. The damage is immense and
thousands of lives are forever altered. This is not the first or the last
such incident. The corporations tighten security and pressurise local
government for tighter controls on the media. Mnay governments, afraid of
losing the corporate money that is slowing dragging them out of the
quagmire, comply.
2045 : Madagsacar
In the first public broadcast from the island in over 30 years, Queen
Marogarada II announces that the Island of Madagascar is a sovereign power.
She demands readmission to the UN and that a delegation of the ICC be sent
to the island immediately. Later the same year, Fuchi IE, Ares Macrotech,
and several conservation groups announce plans to set up facilities on the
island.
2047 : Rumours from the desert.
Rumours of weird science begin pouring out of the Sudanese desert, along
with thousands of refugees. An investigative team from the FAA discovers
abandoned solar energy gathering stations and half built factories. The
entire site is devastated as if by a huge clawed beast. Some 690 bodies are
found.
2051 : Mozambique channel incident.
An Ares convoy out of Madagascar in the Mozambique channel strays into
Azanian territorial waters and is fired upon by Azanian corvettes. Two
corporate freighters are sunk and in the exchange, the Azanian force is
obliterated. A heated war of words takes place between the Azanian
government and Ares Headquaters in the UCAS. The war is settled by Azania's
signing of a deal to buy a fleet of "Harrower" class corvettes from Ares.
2054 : Starvation
Stories begin to come out of Somalia and Eritria of massive starvation and
drought. Some 50 million people are in immediate danger. Aztechnology races
to be the first corporation to get aid to the hungry. Over the next 3 years
more than 200 billion yen in support and investment floods into the
sub-region.
>>>[Still we don't understand why Aztech did this. Knowing all we know
today they hadn't any real interest in that region. Today, Somalia and
Eritrea are not a big market for Aztech, and no information indicates
that this will change or that Aztech plans any developments there.
Other's suggested that with this direct help Aztech tried to either
polish their public image or keep the people there helpless and
dependant, but nothing could be proven.]<<<
-----M.Foster, Federer Development Fund Intl.(09/13/60-10:18:27)
BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za>
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