The powerful Japanese Imperial State land troops to protect their interests. Texas secedes from the CAS and makes an unsuccessful attempt to seize portions of southwestern Texas ceded to the tribes of Aztlan by the Treaty of Denver. The Great Dragon, Lofwyr, appears with a staggering 63 percent of Saeder-Krupp's outstanding stock shares. He immediately votes himself Chairman of the Board, CEO, and president, effectively becoming the megacorporation. The Night of Rage.
Racial violence breaks out in major urban centers of North America.
Thousands die, most of them metahumans and their supporters. EuroAir Flight 329, en route from London to New York, is destroyed over the Atlantic, killing all passnegers and crew. Though garbled, the last transmission seems to indicate that a dragon attacked the craft. Many believe the flight was sabotaged to retaliate for the Night of Rage. Policlubs, youth-oriented associations devoted to spreading various political or social philosophies, first appear in Europe.