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The Event
May 14, 1999 3:25 PM Eastern Standard: Numerous earthquakes occur worldwide, shocking geologists globally as no discernible epicenter can be detected. While generally minor, a quake of 5.8 on the Richter-scale does massive damage to Athens, Greece, killing five hundred and the Pichincha volcano in Ecuador erupts as a result, forcing the evacuation of the city of Quito and its 1.4-million people along it's eastern slope.

May 14, 1999 3:55 PM Eastern Standard: Scientists at the Coats Observatory in Paisley, United Kingdom, notice that the sun has remained at 18.376272, -113.63 degrees and has not continued its natural course beyond the horizon. Correlating the information with the ASA Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii and the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit, researchers discover that the sun has not moved in the sky, or more correctly the Earth's rotation has halted.

May 14, 1999 5:02 PM Eastern Standard: Panic quickly grips twilight-bound countries like the United Kingdom, Japan and most of Oceania when civilian and finally government sources confirm the Earth's rotation has frozen. Those nations within the 'Night-Zone' and 'Day-Zone' such as the United States and India do not take immediate notice and in some cases play the event off as a media prank.

May 14, 1999 6:00 PM Eastern Standard: Realization finally arrives in the United States when President Willian 'Bill' Clinton addresses the American people, confirming that his Chief Scienitific Advisor Neal Lane reports the sun has remained in place for over four hours with no signs of movement. President Clinton becomes the first world leader to publically acknowledge the current world situation. Shortly after NASA, European Space Agency and China National Space Administration collectively confirm the current crisis is permeant and not a hoax.

May 14, 1999 7:54 PM Eastern Standard: Religious congregations declare numerous versions of End of the World or the Apocalypse. Over five thousand Christians in St. Petersburg, Russia and Berlin, Germany commit group suicide even as Pope John Paul II urges the populous to remain calm.

May 14, 1999 10:33 PM Eastern Standard: Martial law is declared in thirty countries worldwide including the United Kingdom where the sun is at dusk and Japan where the sun glows right under the horizon awaiting dawn for over eight hours.

In the United States, where the sun has remained at the mid-afternoon position, President Clinton canceled his telephoned apology to President Jiang Zemin of China for NATO’s bombing of the Chinese Embassy to instead order the activation of the National Guard and an immediate curfew nationwide. For medical and emergency reasons, all citizens are to remain inside for the time being. This comes after a religious protest in Kansas City almost ends in mass violence and loss of life. Over five hundred Christian worshippers lead by Reverend Edward King calls for an end to a "corrupt Satanist government" and attempt to burn the Kansas City Hall. While the riots is put down peacefully with the arrest of King, causing the crowd to immeditally disperse, similar situations in Colombia, North Korea and Saudi Arabia are meet with bloody fighting on all sides.

May 14, 1999 11:59 PM Eastern Standard: Mass prayers are held in many cities worldwide, notably the Vatican City, Mecca, New Delhi and Jerusalem.

An emergency session of the United Nations is called to discuss the sudden end to the Earth's rotation. A stalemate is reached when evacuation of those countries deepest inside the newly designated 'Night-Zone' into twilight-bound countries is refused by many western European territories and and 'Day-Zone' North and South American nations. Debate abruptly end when fighting between Russian Federation's Ambassador Yury Ushakov and People Republic of China's Ambassador Li Zhaoxing over land control in eastern Asia, the only 'Day-Zone' region out of all of Eurasia, ends when both representatives walk out of the discussion.

May 15, 1999 12:24 AM Eastern Standard: Civil unrest erupts into violence after the Italian power grids for the province of Lazio fail, plunging the cities of Latina, Rome and the Vatican City into darkness. Italian Army soldiers are ordered in after enrage citizens begin to loot and set fire to portions of south-east Rome.

A total collapse of social infrastructure begins to unravel many African and south-east Asia countries as the unending night enters its ninth hour.

May 15, 1999 3:46 AM Eastern Standard: The governments of Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Vietnam and Thailand fall to angry mobs, while Albania suffers a military coupe. New reports detail soldiers of the People's Liberation Army opening fire on refugees attempting to cross the border into China.

President Clinton of the United States, President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada declare a halt to all international air travel after an influx of people attempt to overwhelm airports in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, SpaIn and Japan in order to board flights to the day-stricken western hemisphere. Only Brazil announces their airports will remain open while air travel companies reroute flights to the South American nation but not before doubling or tripling the costs of a single ticket. World stock markets suffered steep losses after US inflation surges at the highest rate since the Gulf War, sparking fears of an imminent rise in US interest rates.

Due to night-time conditions numerous traffic accident overtax the emergency response network of Australia leading to the eventual collapse of the system, causing further deaths.

The Conflict
May 16, 1999: Syria and Saudi Arabia launch a surprise attack against Israel, taking Golan Heights, along with the cities of Elat and Taba. Reprisal from the Israeli Defense Force is immediate, halting the Syrian advance but meeting stiff resistance from the Arabians.

President Kocheril Raman Narayanan of India declares immediate military rule and the closing of national borders after hundreds of refugees fleeing Pakistan, Nepal and Burma begin to overwhelm their border settlements and an increasing aggressive stance from the People's Republic of China require the need for a stronger and more reactive government in power.

Death tolls reports compiled later on show that since ‘The Event’ as the mainstream media has come to call it, there has been over 43,000 deaths related directly or indirectly to the disaster.

May 17, 1999: From continued pressure, Lebanon enters into the Syria-Arab/Israel War, invading the Northern District of Israel. Eleven thousand civilians are caught off guard and are killed during the fighting, with over one million fleeing the war-zone.

After the closing of the Indian border, the Pakistan Army launch an attack against the Kargil district of Kashmir in response. While Pakistan's President deems the military invasion a "necessary action to gain the resources needed for our people survival and the protection of our way of life." Elements of the Indian Air Force retaliate with bombings of Lahore and Kara as diplomatic avenues quickly begin to sour.

The U.S. NASDAQ falls by record numbers, just days after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 11,000 for the first time in history. Economic short fall however is minor in the ‘Light-Zones’ compared to the ‘Night-Zones’ where rioting, looting and societal collapse is rampant.

The governments of Angola, Libya, Iran, Estonia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka fall or disintegrate. Albania's rightful government is reinstated after civilian police forces lead a two day street war before removing the rebel military commander.

Norway closes their shared border with Sweden following an influx of over 2-million refugees from the latter and thousands of ‘boat people’ from Germany and Denmark. The Norwegian military is ordered to begin turning back any that try to cross and fire on any they break the blockade.

Botantis inside the 'Night-Zones' note that without natural sun-light massive portions biota of the Africa and Asia will begin to die off.

May 18, 1999: After three days, President Clinton resides the martial law declaration but orders National Guard units to remain in place and international travel outside North America is limited to those nations inside what has officially been declared the 'Light-Zone'. During this announcement he also calls for the pullout of American military forces from Kosovo to deal with the "need for a stronger domestic present in the new world climate." Canada follows a few hours later lifting their martial law though Mexico choose to remain under military rule for the time being.

Temperatures begin to rapidly fall in the 'Night-Zones' of the southern hemisphere, where winter had just entered full swing. Climate in Cape Town, South Africa drop to almost ten degrees and eleven degrees in Sydney, Australia.

Pakistani artillery begins to shell Kargil, focusing on civilian populations. 140,000 thousand residents, including one of India’s largest Islamic populaces, flees in terror. In response, India breaks all formal diplomatic channels with the Pakistan and declare full-scale war.

Violence erupts between French border regiments and Germany refugees attempting to flee into the twilight areas of western France. Hundreds are killed before the flow is stemmed but that does not stop small groups of desperate souls from smuggling themselves across the border.

North Korea breaks across the Demilitarized Zone, sending fourteen squadrons of Ilyushin Il-28 jet bomber aircrafts to hit the South Korean capital of Seoul. Most of the outdated bombers are shot down but three squadrons make it through. While most of the planes carry standard explosive drop ordinance, three drop shells of tabun nerve gas onto the city. An estimated 3-million people are killed when the canisters detonate as winds carry the agent downwind into numerous suburban regions. War is immediately declared between the two powers, with Japan and Taiwan pledging material support. China however refuses to comment or commit resources to either side of the conflict.

May 20, 1999: After Lebanon captures the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, a major port and former refugee hub for hundreds of thousands, President Clinton announces limited undercover strategic air-support will be given to maintain "a long-standing ally to the western world". It is largely believed that with the collapse of the Egyptian government three days before this is the only measure to keep the Suez Canal from falling to the Saudi Arabians and the only direct link between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. But not wishing to anger the Saudi Arabian royal family and disrupt the vital oil trade the United States has become dependent on, American involvement is to be limited to stealth operations. Minutes after his declaration, two United States Airforce stealth bombers from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt make a military strike against the Syrian Forward Command Center established in Nazareth. The base is demolished with no America losses, destabilizing all military advances for at least a week and slowing offense operations across the entire northern front. The United States involvement in the war is kept secret from all but the most senior members of the Israeli government and the Prime Minister.

Soldiers of the Chinese National Liberation Army launch a blitz invasion of Mongolia, catching the country off guard and capturing Ulaanbaatar before the nights end. President Natsagiin Bagabandi is forced to sign an immediate act of surrender to China.

Australia and New Zealand announce a surprising deal for the unification of their two countries into the Pacific Military Protectorate, a more legislative oriented military power. The first act of the Protectorate is to begin the abandonment of the Western, Northern, Southern and Victoria territories, along with Tasmania. Evacuation of civilian populations to the newly designated 'Habitation Districts' in New Zealand, is begun. Large tracts of land on the former island nation are now converted for the projected 15-million Australian citizens deemed "necessary for survival" that will soon come to live there.

North Korean troops begin an advance into South Korea, breaching the Demilitarized Zone in five separate locations and capturing the cities of Yonch'on, Yangyang and coming within only one hundred miles of Seoul before they are routed.

The European Central Bank is forced to intervene to prop up the Euro as the currency’s slide continues. London dealers claim as the single currency tumbled to a new crashing low $0.0622 overnight.

Roving warlords now begin to spring up in central and northern Africa as all countries expect Morocco, South Africa and Kenya have fallen to chaos. Reports are sparse but total lawlessness and heavy death tolls are estimated.

Brazil officially closes all international air traffic outside of the 'Light-Zone' following three seperate riots at European airports for passage on planes bound for San Paulo, result in over two hundred deaths. With their closure, all North and South American countries have closed their boarders to the twilight and 'Night-Zone' nations, except Greenland controlled by Denmark and the European Caribbean colonies.

Tempatures continue to fall in the 'Night-Zones', causing a mass failure of crops and food rationing in many countries. The price of wheat in the European Union almost quadruples. Climatologists in Alaska report glaciers are starting to melt at an accelerated rate while reports in South Africa state the opposite, as many of its southern cities have become buried under sudden blizzards.

May 24, 1999: Political fighting in NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium ensues after the sudden removal of American troops from the conflict in Kosovo, resulting in terrified civilians fleeing the Kosovo region and Yugoslavia reaffirming their claims to the land.

In response to a build up of Turkish and Iranian troops along its borders, Lebanon sues for peace with Israel over loud protests from Syria and Saudi Arabia. For relinquishing all claims to the Northern Province and not being required to pay reparations Lebanon will maintain neutrality. Before the total pull out Syrian forces quickly move into to occupy the former Lebanese military positions but not before Israel reclaim Akko and Nahariyya. Saudi Arabian troops move as far inland as the metropolis of Mizpe Ramon. U.S. Airforce bombings of Syrian-Arab posts continue.

International scandal erupts when it is discovered that Cuba has begun to auction off tickets for air travel to their countries but has been simply robbing desperate African and European refugees out of millions. In response a trade ban is enacted and a full scale blockade of the island nation is begun.

North Korean bombers launch a second airstrike against Seoul, this time exculsively dropping tabun nerve gas. 8-million people died as enemy soldiers enter the capital with little resistance. In response to the balant use of chemical weapons, Japan, Taiwan and the newly reconstitued Pacific Military Protectorate Army enter the Second Korea War while the United States pledges supply and intelligence support.

May 20, 1999 Indian President Kocheril Raman Narayanan orders the deployment of the countries entire nuclear arsenal against an advancing Pakistan. Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan and the national capital of Islamabad are struck at over a two hour period. Over 19-million people, 11.1% of Pakistan’s population are killed.

Several doomsday cults begin to spring up with alarming regularity in the United States, primarily in the regions of South Dakota, Idaho and Utah. Government agencies are placed on high alert.

In a crushing move, Jordan declares war on Israel. This allows Saudi Arabia troops to instead travel across land then requiring deployment by sea. Quickly invading across the Dead Sea they take Hebron, Bethelem, Jericho and Jerusalem, the final one being a crushing hit to the Israeli morale.

May 29, 1999 Scientists declare that the current state of the Earth is premenate and will not be changing in the forseeable future. The result worldwide are mixed. Riots break out in many 'Night-Zone' countries is instant, notable all vestiges of civilization in Indonesia disappear as rioters topple the government before descending into anarchy.

Russian Federation announces the immediate movement of its entire population from it's western 'Night-Zone' to the eastern 'Light-Zone' provinces of Siberia, Trans-Baikal and Far East. The movement of over 116-million people causes China to place more of its military along the two countries borders.

Japanese and Protectorate troops begin to arrive in South Korea, turning back the North Korean advance Kangnung and securing the front-lines.

An emergency session of the European Union calls for a more executive leadership to overtake the legislative stature. The countries of Belgium,	France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Finland and Sweden officially transfer emergency powers for the total control of their nations to the newly established European Federation for the period of ten years until such time as a judicial review by each individual nation will deem if the Federation is viable to continue. An invitation is extended to Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Russia but all refuse while former members Neatherlands and Luxembourg withdraw from the Union wanting to maintain their soveirgn rights.

The first act of the European Federation is to begin developing the 'Light-Zone' countries of the United Kingdom and Norway into agricultural hubs, create a more effective military force to for borders patrol, increased refugee aid and redistribute populations inside the 'Night-Zone' for better survival. Secondary to this is the immediate alliance with Israel and declaration of war with Syrian, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, hoping to stabilize the rapidly increasing conflict in the Middle East.

Astounding many, Saudi Arabia cuts all oil exports, causing a sudden economic backlash felt around the world. The total price of gas globally triples, reaching as high as $6 American in some cities. No longer able to keep their position in the war secret, President Clinton issues a declaration of war which Congress supports, voting in the Senate 80-20 and in the House 291-138 for war. Marine and Army troops are scheduled for arrival in ten days while bombing runs are now run from the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt hourly into occupied Israel.

After the India nuclear surgical strike that left millions dead, the newly formed Pakistan National Command Authority under General Pervez Musharraf seizes the government in a violent military coup after the civilian leadership became reluctant from using nuclear retaliation against India for fear of further reprisals. Musharraf orders the deployment of Pakistan’s limited nuclear arsenal, having only been largely organized a month before. Nuclear weapons are detonated in New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbia with an estimated 29-million dead. Bangalore and its 5-million citizens are saved when an Indian Air Force jet rams the inbound warhead. Ironically while only .2% of India’s total populous the Pakistani attack is two and a half times worse then India’s strike, decimating both economic and production centers vital to India's surival.

June 3, 1999 India launches another round of nuclear attacks, this time striking Queta, Peshwar, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit. 4-million are killed along with. Pakistan soon sues for peace after the demolishment of most of their leadership

The European Federation agrees to add South Africa as a emergency membership following the disastrous winter conditions gripping the country.