2490

July

• July 7: Courtesy of a telepath, Turfa Dei begins having nightmares about the victims of his bomb attacks.

• July 11: Turfa Dei fails a bomb delivery on Tarsonis, courtesy of interference from the same telepath. Running from reprisals, he encounters the psychic, who admits to messing with his mind and subsequently trying to obtain names and locations. Resisting the telepathy, Dei strangles him.

Misc. Events

• With the Guild Wars having ended, the Terran Confederacy and Kel-Morian Combine carry out a prisoner exchange. The Confederate Armed Forces are meanwhile tasked with "peacekeeping" duties.

• The Terran Confederacy experiences an economic boom, with many becoming rich because of it, becoming known as “bootstrappers.” They’re generally resented by the Old Families.

• The shaved head look goes out of style on Tarsonis.

• Jack Frost breaks off his relationship with Black Morgan.

• The Hyperion crash lands on a fiery planet near Umojan territory due to a navigation error. The ship and its crew are taken into Protectorate custody. Without proof of Umojan subversion, the Confederacy lets the matter pass.

• Rosemary Dahl becomes a drug addict.

The next article in this series is 2491.