House rules

**House Rules** for the T2K 2010 RPG.

# Timeline

## 2004

The Third World War (a.k.a. "Twilight War") ends in 2004.

### Middle East

Saudi Arabia is the strongest regional power in the Arabian Gulf, with Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain as close allies. France maintains an alliance and military bases in the UAE; so close that some would say they are effectively under Saudi control. Iran and Iraq have fractured into Balkanized provinces run by local warlords. Some are backed by former Soviet troops, now serving as mercenaries. Others are backed by former US troops, now serving as mercenaries. US Central Command departs Saudi Arabia and maintains a small presence (with Saudi approval) in Qatar.

### East Africa

France maintains a strong military presence in Djibouti, exerting pressure on Eritrea to the north and Somalia to the south. A bloody civil war rages in Ethiopia. The Kenyan littoral is under government control, but the interior has descended into chaos. Nairobi has been abandoned and the new provisional capital is Mombassa. The remnants of US 5th Fleet use Mombassa as its homeport. Zanzibar has broken away from Tanzania and is a "Free Island," a regional trade centre with a flourishing entrepôt.

### North Africa

Egypt is the eastern anchor of North African security, while Libya, Tunisa, and Algeria are in the throws of civil war. Morocco, in strong alliance with Spain, provides a western security anchor.

### West Africa

Gabon and Ivory Coast join the French Union as full members. Chad and Mali join as associate members.

## 2005

### Europe

The Bavarian Revolutuon is a 8-day insurrection of southern German nationalists that takes place in July. The rebellion is crushed on its 8th day by strong Federal military and police forces. The death toll remains disputed. Several leading Bavarian nationalists are sentenced to periods of life imprisonment.

### Middle East

The Litani War is a 7-month conflict between Israel and Lebanon, involving pro-Israeli *Phalange* militia and pro-Syria national socialist militias. In March, Israeli forces moved into Lebanon, capturing the city of Tyre and occupying territory south of the Litani River. Israel and its allies occupy the territory until Occtober, with Israeli forces withdrawing to the border and *Phalange* militia withdrawing to Beirut.

### East Africa

French military forces in Djibouti are reinforced to curtail cross-border raids by parties involved in the Eithiopian civil war.

### North Africa

An attempted *coup d'état* in Morocco is ruthlessly crushed, although several military units mutiny and disperse to act as insurgents. Morocco accepts Spain's offer of security assistance and the *Brigade de la Légion Rey Alfonso XIII* (BRILEG) of the Spanish Foreign Legion deploys to

### West Africa

Nigeria resumes limited operations at the Old Port Harcourt Refinery. Its pre-war capacity of 60,000 barrels per day is seerely diminished, perhaps one-tenth at best, but it represents a significant boost to the Nigerian economy and West African reconstruction.

### South Africa

The Republica of South Africa announces resumption of electical production at its Koeberg nuclear power station. Political observers believe that production of high enriched uranium has also resumed at the SAFARI-1 plant, and that devlopment of a nuclear weapons programme may be under way.

## 2006

### Europe

A series of Franco-Netherlands border clashes take place during September and October, particularly in the West Flanders-Zeeland area, with farms and villages burned by troops from both sides. Flemish refugees, claiming French repression in the Belgian Protectorate.

### West Africa

Niger joins the French Union as an associate member. France and the Peoples Republic of China declare a joint project to build an oil refinery at N'djamena in Chad. The Libyan National Army, one of the factions in the Libyan civil war, suffers a defeat by Egyptian forces at Bardia.

### North America

US and Mexican forces clash in central Texas. A US scratch force, TF Hood, engages with the Mexican 1st Motorized Brigade in the Battle of Killeen on 23-24 May, resulting in heavy losses on both sides and a tactical American withdrawal north to Fort Worth.

## 2008

### Middle East

The June War is a 19-day conflict between Israel and Syria. Yemen fractures into in northern Yemen Islamic Republic (aligned with Saudi Arabia) and a southern Yemen Arab Federation (aligned with Egypt).

### East Africa

Opération Antilope sees French forces cross the border into Somalia to conduct a counter insurgency campaign against Islamic militia.

### North Africa

Tunisian Civil War ends with the nationalist Democratic Constitutional Rally regaining control of the country.

### West Africa

The Second Senegal-Mauritania War occurs from March to August 2008. The Third Ivorian Civil War begins. Benin joins the French Union as an associate member.

### North America

US and Russian forces clash in a series of tit-for-tat raids and reprisals throughout the Aleutian Islands chain.

## 2014

### West Africa

Sahel War ends.

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