The Great Unknown: A Collaborative TL (Reboot)

[Hades]

13th July 2015: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, after an exhaustive Eleventh Hour conference to prevent a Greek default, is seen yelling "We're done with Europe!" on his way out. Within minutes of this outburst, markets worldwide went haywire as Grexit went from possibility to near certainty, with some rumours of trading being suspended in London and Frankfurt. There were also unconfirmed reports that Tsipras might seek to activate Article 50, an obscure clause of the Lisbon treaty that allowed member nations to leave the European Union. There were some reactions on twitter among leading political figures

@RealDonaldTrump: "3 Years Ago I recommended Greece leave the Euro and reinstate the Drachma. Seems like they've taken my advice"

@HillaryClinton: "I hope that the Greece crisis can be resolved amicably, even with this recent turn of events"

@JeremyCorbyn: "I stand with Greece on their repudiation of failed austerity measures."

14th July 2015: In China, the People's Central Bank announced "Emergency stabilisation measures" in light of the recent developments of the Euro Crisis.

 

[Whiteshore]

July 18, 2015: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras makes an unexpected state visit to Moscow, Russia, fueling reports of a closer Greco-Russian relationship after the Greek default and his outburst in Brussels.

July 20, 2015: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announces that Greece would invoke Article 50, leaving the EU and pursue a pro-Russian foreign policy with talk of Greece signing free trade deals with Russia and China being in the air

July 24, 2015: American Airlines Flight 532 vanishes from radar screens while flying from Boston to Amsterdam with 263 passengers and crew onboard including actress Scarlett Johannson and singer Justin Timberlake. Rumors differ on whether Flight 532 was brought down by terrorism or by a mechanical failure with the first wreckage recovered being uncertain on what happened.

August 1, 2015: Free Syrian Army forces start a major offensive meant to relieve Aleppo and with the goal of providing it's beleaguered defenders with a escape corridor to withdraw from the city.

August 4, 2015: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) dies in his sleep from a sudden stroke.

August 11, 2015: Vice President Joe Biden throws his hat into the Democratic nomination.

 

[MERRICA]

August 12 2015: with the Greek Economy in complete freefall, there are many riots in the streets as angry Greeks look for someone to blame. And they find it in the Refugees. Many Refugee camps are set alight as police either turn a blind eye or join in. The few that try to protect the Refugees are torn limb from limb.

 

[Whiteshore]

What do you think of Greece aligning themselves with Russia?

 

[Whiteshore]

August 12 2015: with the Greek Economy in complete freefall, there are many riots in the streets as angry Greeks look for someone to blame. And they find it in the Refugees. Many Refugee camps are set alight as police either turn a blind eye or join in. The few that try to protect the Refugees are torn limb from limb.

August 13, 2015: Polls show that the Golden Dawn party, an ultra-nationalist group with neo-fascist tendencies, if an election was held on that day, would win up to 25 seats and 20% of the vote

 

[MERRICA]

August 13, 2015: Polls show that the Golden Dawn party, an ultra-nationalist group with neo-fascist tendencies, if an election was held on that day, would win up to 25 seats and 20% of the vote

August 14 2015
Golden Dawn's thunder is stolen from them as a new party, the Byzantine party rockets past them. Made up of disgruntled Golden Dawn members and Social Conservatives, it has a wide spectrum of beliefs from hardcore fascists to Monarchists( the dominant faction) and vanilla Social Conservatives.

 

[Whiteshore]

August 14 2015
Golden Dawn's thunder is stolen from them as a new party, the Byzantine party rockets past them. Made up of disgruntled Golden Dawn members and Social Conservatives, it has a wide spectrum of beliefs from hardcore fascists to Monarchists( the dominant faction) and vanilla Social Conservatives.

August 17, 2015: The Golden Dawn party along with the Byzantine Party forms a coalition called the "National Front for the Salvation of Greece" in which the two parties agree not to fight each other with Golden Dawn focusing on urban areas and the Byzantine Party on rural areas.

 

[Whiteshore]

Can we have events outside of Greece?

 

[Hades]

18th August 2015: gunmen pledging allegiance to Islamic State attack a shopping centre in Toronto Canada, killing 53 people, before armed police neutralise them.

19th August 2015: opinion polls showed growing support for brexit in light of the worsening euro crisis.

20th August 2015: the yield on Italian Spanish and Portuguese bonds skyrocketed as speculation grows on who will default next.

 

[MERRICA]

18th August 2015: gunmen pledging allegiance to Islamic State attack a shopping centre in Toronto Canada, killing 80 people, before armed police neutralise them.

19th August 2015: opinion polls showed growing support for brexit in light of the worsening euro crisis.

19th August 2015: Trump's support shoots up tremendously after the attack and he calls for a complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.

20th August 2015: A rouge Greek Vessal was found firing on refugees fleeing Syria. However, it was disabled after a Russian ship fired upon it accidentally causing the boiler room to explode. Over 93 died on that Ship and 598 refugees lost their lives.

 

[TRH]

August 12th, 2015: Pablo Iglesias of Podemos says that if austerity measures are continued in Spain, then following Greece's example and leaving the Eurozone "may well be the lesser evil".

September 20th, 2015: With elections for the Spanish parliament three months away, Podemos is projected to win up to a third of the seats, as their hard line against further austerity and willingness to stand up to Germany win them widespread support.

 

[Whiteshore]

August 2, 2015: North Korea tests a 12kt nuclear weapon, it's fourth nuclear test and the second since Kim Jong-un seized power.

 

[Whiteshore]

Also, what do you think of Greece deciding to cozy up with Russia?

 

[TRH]

Also, what do you think of Greece deciding to cozy up with Russia?

Not unlikely given that they've made an enemy out of Germany, yadda yadda, carry on.

 

[Whiteshore]

August 22, 2015: Greece's government announces that it has invoked Article 50 and is considering withdrawing from NATO in a press conference in Athens.

 

[Hades]

Also, what do you think of Greece deciding to cozy up with Russia?

Plausible. After all ittl tsipras has little other choice.

21st August 2015: Schauble explicitly ruled out debt relief for the rest of Europe at an address to the European parliament in strasbourg, citing the Lisbon treaty. This has done little to alleviate growing anti Brussels sentiment across the continent.

President Obama, while visiting Mexico, warned that "Grexit and the Toronto massacre are only symptoms of bigger problems facing the world today. Whatever happens we cannot let ourselves be torn apart."

 

[MERRICA]

August 22, 2015: Greece's government announces that it has invoked Article 50 and is considering withdrawing from NATO in a press conference in Athens.

August 22 2015: Putin, in a pointed remark, states that "We have no intention of allying with those who flaunt international law and kill innocents fleeing terror."

 

[Hades]

23rd August 2015: the euro made further losses against the pound and the dollar, (£1/€0.62 and $1/€0.77) continuing a month long trend.

In China, growth began to slow with the worsening euro crisis.

In syria, the regime managed to secure deir es Zor from another is attack.

 

[TRH]

September 2015: In light of Schauble's intransigence, Podemos in Spain and the Five Star Movement in Italy experience surges in popular support over the course of the following month. Talk of Spain and Italy exiting the Eurozone is becoming commonplace. On the 19th, Pablo Iglesias of Podemos promises a national referendum on leaving the Euro if his party enters government following December's elections.

 

[Hades]

15th September 2015: A Truck Bomb is detonated in Vienna, killing 41 people. Within minutes, a video is found with the perpetrator pledging allegiance to IS.

President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz openly condemns Schauble and Merkel, saying "They have permanently tainted the ideals of Europe and the European Union. I have no doubt in my mind that when historians write the post-war history of europe, Angela Merkel will be remembered as Germany's worst Chancellor."

16th September 2015: Trump begins to lose momentum when a tape is leaked, with Trump allegedly stating on the tape how he would sexually harass women.