The following is a historical timeline leading up to the events of the novel, “A Hostile Takeover”.
- Advent of Ecoterrorism
- Free Trade and Economic Zones declared.
- First City-States built (Southgate, Corona, Xinhu, Al Hajai, Korinth)
- World Monetary Union
- Ten years of world recession
- Refugian Wars begin
- Scorpion Gang emerges
- Depression declared
- First Great Riots
- World Single Currency disintegrates
- Scorpion gang privatizes
- Refugee War ends
- Trojans gang wiped out
- Southgate, Prime Executive Wilson assassinated
- Second Great Riots
- Southgate, Brotherhood of the Leaping Frog founded
- Atlantic Union invades the City State of Corona
- Southgate, West Shore gangs subdued by Leaping Frog
- Phosphorous Wars
- Southgate, Scorpions enter the local market via Zenith Bank
- Southgate, War on Gangs declared
- Southgate, James Tucker assumes temporary control of Leaping Frog