> It should be noted that Enterprise finally confirmed that Colonel
> Green was American and operated in the aftermath of WWIII.
>
>
> World War III
>
> October 5,2059- The Optimum movement,a neo-fascist organization in
> the
> tradition of Nazi Germany and the Great Khanate,forms the Optimal
> Republics of Earth to replace the "so called New United Nations".The
> movement continues to build support in Europe and Oceania.
>
>
> March 16 ,2060 -The government of Australia becomes Optimal under the
> leadership of Colonel Patrick Green who puts the Australian Prime
> Minister under house arrest.New Zealand follows the same course on
> March 27.
>
>
> May 2,2060 - The Stockholm Massacre occurs.Colonel Adrick Thorsen,a
> leading member of Colonel Green's cadre,quells a ration demonstration
> in Stockholm Sweden by deploying battlefield pulse emitters against
> unarmed civilians.Nearly 700 were killed and over 2000 injured in
> that
> brutal assault.
>
>
> March 19,2061 - Colonel Adrik Thorsen unsuccessfully attempts to
> obtain faster than light technology from American scientist Zefram
> Cochrane.
>
>
> June 2,2071- US President Christine Thomas,Secretary of State John F
> Kennedy III and 11 others are killed in a hover copter explosion over
> Paris ,France.Evidence,that is withheld from the American public to
> avert a war,suggests Optimum involvement.
>
>
> August 26 ,2075- To the shock and horror of the United States and the
> remaining democracies in the world, The Optimum is victorious in
> Great
> Britain's parliamentary elections.
>
>
> September 17, 2075- Queen Mary III is imprisoned for opposing Optimum
> policies.
>
>
> October 6,2075 - The Cambridge Riots occur.The Optimum government
> sends in Fourth World Mercenaries to close down Cambridge
> University.They use shredder bombs to disperse protesting faculty and
> students-nearly 1000 are killed,hundreds wounded.
>
>
> June 8,2078- Optimum forces invaded Belarus,Ukraine and Moldavia.The
> next day they move into Venezuela,Ecuador,Columbia and Peru.The New
> United Nations condemns these invasions.The United
> States,Russia,Mexico and several other Central American,African and
> Asian nations declare war on the Optimum over the next few days.
>
>
> July 13,2078 -Colonel Green starts a nuclear exchange between the
> Optimal Republics of Earth and the New United Nations.37 million are
> killed in the initial exchange.Millions die eventually.
>
>
> April 19,2079 President Littlehawk,former presidents Chang and Hogan
> and 72 others are killed in an explosion at the Powell Institute
> while
> planning the defeat of remaining Optimum forces.It is later
> discovered
> that Vice President Tricia Brown was an Optimum operative
> instrumental
> in causing this tragedy.This date is considered the end of the old
> United States government as no more presidential elections were held
> and what was the remaining United States government lead the recovery
> movement with the New United Nations and Earth colonies which
> eventually formed the United Earth government in the 22nd century.
>
>
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