2023

2023 is a year in the Gregorian calendar and one of the more common years the Norfverse is set in.

January

 * January 15: Tensions increase between the United States and Mexico as several Mexican naval ships are sighted near the Caribbean Gulf. Citizens of Baja State are advised to be on high alert.
 * January 23: Argonaut begins construction of the Nemesis Building complex to serve as a new campus for the Jefferson State University. Previously, they relied on a small town called Campus.
 * January 27: A terrorist attack happens in Beachwalk.

February

 * February 3: A partial solar eclipse was sighted in Asia.
 * February 12: American reconnaissance detects missile silos near Central America, and begins a state of low alert.
 * February 16: A factory in Minnesota is invaded from the inside out.
 * February 17: Scotland sends a rocket carrying a component of the International Space Station to orbit.
 * February 21: Victox Industries publishes camera footage of riots being incited near Duluth, Minnesota.
 * February 24: The United States and Victox attempt to prevent riots, but is later met with protests.
 * February 27: Mexico attempts to ease the tension with the United States.
 * February 29: A leap day happens.

March

 * March 4: The riots are successfully diminished, and numerous robots are destroyed. Several are however on the run.
 * March 5: A Victox-sanctioned manhunt using police robots begins nation-wide.
 * March 6: Canada begins concerns over the robotic manhunt, citing potential technological racism. Yeah.
 * March 11: 326 people go missing sporadically in the span of two hours. Many police forces begin their move.
 * March 15: The Riptide Hills Building in Argonaut burns down from a case of arson.
 * March 18: Campus, Jefferson begins disassembly to bring supplies to the Nemesis Building complex site.
 * March 16: A series of copy-cat arson cases due to the Riptide Hills incident sweep through America. With almost the entire police force of numerous cities being used for the missing cases, a majority go unnoticed.
 * March 23: Victox begins construction of Project ARBALEST, a program which had been adopted by the remains of Halcyon Labs.
 * March 26: The water supply of Tangerine Hills, Jefferson is poisoned by an unknown assailant. Water tests confirm the presence of several top secret chemicals.
 * March 30: Mexico begins an invasion of Guatemala.

April

 * April 2: A population of 617 robots invade the Victox Research Complex in Dakota State. 474 robots are set free while the entire facility is nearly massacred. A major investigation begins.
 * April 5: The United States government is alerted of the attack, and sends reconaissance to both the robots and Victox.
 * April 11: Eclipse Airport Incident: A plane with no one on board besides the pilots crash into the Eclipse Airport Terminal at around 8 A.M. 16 people were killed, including 3 of the pilots.
 * April 14: Signs of the Incident being a hijacking become apparent, and robots are to blame.
 * April 16: A new wave of racism seems to begin against robots, with only 32 destroyed on the first day. Mexico sees this as America becoming unstable and plans an invasion.
 * April 25: The space probe Rendezvous X detects strange disturbances on Petit and Cruithne.
 * April 29: Scotland confirms the ISS component has reached the station after a few months in orbit spent calibrating it's docking.

May

 * May 3: After 36 years in orbit, Intrepid runs out of energy and begins a deorbit. Later that day, it strikes the earth and is found near south Jefferson.
 * May 7: Victox is accused and later exposed of harsh treatment to both robots and workers.
 * May 15: NASA confirms disturbances near Titan.
 * May 23: The lander HARVEST reaches orbit around Cronus.
 * May 26: The investigation of the Complex concludes with evidence suggesting Victox set up the invasion themselves.
 * May 31: The Guatemalan invasion ends, and Guatemala is fully annexed.

June

 * June 12: A strange space probe crashes into the Ural Mountain range.
 * June 18: The Googieplex Industrial Triumvirate, after several years of up-and-down economic readings, is proclaimed to be the most powerful robotics company on Earth. This follows several years of several backtracks, false claims and a wave of conspiracies.
 * June 22: Crux is heavily damaged after parts of the ice sheet underneath are torn apart, causing several neighborhoods to sink into the ground and kill thousands in what is now known as the Crux Devastation.
 * June 25: Crux Devastation: The United States begins rescue and assistance efforts, while the world agrees that Crux's survival is merely months left. As winter has left summer during this month, Crux also begins the process to bring the temporary residents back to the North Hemisphere.
 * June 30: Parts of Cruithne break off and strike Artemis colonies. Traces of the eponymous etherium are found amongst the rubble, suggesting Cruithne's artificial status relies on etherium.