2498


 * The Terran Confederacy begins a mass conscription process; abducting tenagers from the Fringe Worlds and putting them through neural resocialization, thus making them effective soldiers.


 * The Gray Tiger begins service.


 * Rumours begin to circulate of Arcturus Mengsk having formed an alliance between the rebellious Confederate colony of Korhal and Umoja. All other attempts to bring the planet back in line having failed, the Confederacy settles on a final solution. In an instant, Korhal is turned into a radioactive wasteland via a massive nuclear strike.


 * News of Korhal's destruction reaches Mengsk at Umoja. The Sons of Korhal are formed, the group initiating a series of attacks against Confederate installations in their efforts to overthrow the Confederacy.


 * Late 2498: The Rample Murder Case occurs. The bodies two children of a semi-prominent shop owner are found in the Gutter. The affair becoming a media sensation, Detective Kelerchian assigned to track down the killer, who turns out to be Emmett Tygore-a member of the Tygore Old Family. Tygore is sent to Halcyon for “rehabilitation” and the affair quickly forgotten. Kelerchian keeps pushing for charges to be laid, putting him on the Tygore’s black list.