Scenario: The Flood

Timeline of Events


 * 2023: The world faces arguably its greatest crisis. The Flood, a great rising of the seas brought on by a perfect storm of human created greenhouse gasses, naturally occurring cycles in the Earth's climate, and a freak accident that unleashed billions of tons of natural gas into the atmosphere from beneath the now gone Siberian permafrost.
 * 2025: As sea levels continue to rise unabated, billions are driven from their homes and left without food or clean water. Extreme weather patterns result in record low crop yields around the planet, and the desalination of the ocean kills the vast majority of the world's salt water fish, leaving the oceans barren, and the planet starving. Wars over lack of access to usable resources, land, and food, or simple desperation break out over the next few years.
 * 2026: The United Nations forms the International Flood Relief Organization, and sends peace keepers to try and manage the global refugee crisis where it is at its worst. The United States, Europe and India all begin investing heavily in alternative farming techniques to make up for the deficit of food.
 * 2027: Mariner Resource Development captures an asteroid in Earth-Luna Orbit. Regular flights yield billions in resources. Mariner begins investing heavily into several humanitarian projects.
 * 2028: Mariner Space Development is formed. The Second Korean Wad ends in the establishment of the United Republic of Korea.
 * 2029: The Second Chinese Civil War comes to an end, along with the Cartel War, but conflict between the US and Gran Columbia continues in Central America. The Chinese government reorganizes under a democratic socialist state, and begins a conservative effort to rebuild the economy and to control the rapid population growth.
 * 2030: Mariner establishes Generation Enterprises as the primary holder of their revenue from off-earth mining operations. The organization funds trillions in R&D and humanitarian projects. Africa receives trillions from Generation for infrastructure development. Private Military Contractors are sent in to protect the various projects. With gene sequencing so inexpensive that most sinks have them installed, the Jaques Cousteau Foundation begins sending out Sequencing Probes throughout the world's oceans to identify the genetic code of every sea creature, dead or alive. This raises hope for rebuilding the desalinated oceans.
 * 2031: The European Union reforms into a traditional nation state. NATO is disbanded.
 * 2032: The United States decides to rebuild New York and Boston, as well as many other coastal cities. Reconstruction efforts ignite the American economy as the massive urban centers are rebuilt, and reenergized.
 * 2035: In a bold move to deal with raising water levels and the devastation of tidal wave activity, the United States government begins the 'Miami Sea Dome Project'. The MSD Project encases the larger metropolitan area of Miami in a massive geodesic dome which holds back the tidal waters.
 * 2036: The Mexican Government collapses as a result of internal and external pressure. The US steps in and reorganizes Mexico into a client state known as the Republic of Aztlan.
 * 2037: The United States, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, Russia, Aztlan form the Pacific Allied Defense Organization (PLADO), a military & economic alliance.
 * 2039: Russia invades Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus.
 * 2043: The majority of Africa unite to form the Confederation of African Nations (CAN), a unique economic and political union based on traditional tribal structures common to the majority of the entering nations. Within weeks over 90% of African nations are members.
 * 2044: The AeroTech Corporation launches the Crystal Palace space station into low-earth orbit.
 * 2045: The US Aerospace Force is established.
 * 2046: AeroTech is nationalized after a corruption scandal, Crystal Palace is seized by the US.