Civil Unrest
Sporatic Reports of growing unrest have popped up around the Verse. Some claim that a new independence movement has begun to gain traction, especially in the Border and Rim worlds, others claim this is nothing more than circumstantial frustrations due to Verse-wide events such as the Quarantine or Parliamentary troubles, still others claim opportunists are taking advantage of the problems for personal political gain.
Examples:
- Jan 2520 - Food rioting on New Hope pits locals against Federal Marshals protecting rice shipments to the Core.
- April 2520 - Federal Marshals clash with Meadow's Civil Defense Militia or Militsiya at a Naval Base in New Sevastopol.
- August 2520 - The Long Quiet. The Cortex shuts down simultaneously across the Verse. How this happened is unknown, who did it, if anyone is unknown. But the effects are instantaneous and dramatic. Without the primary computer and communications tool, the Verse's economy has shutdown, or at least stuttered. But as the saying going, with every challenge there is an opportunity.