Year:2002

This is a brief summary of various events in the PPC, Real World Time and HST-wise, during the year 2002.

January

 * Agent Rena Chang is put on probation and transferred to the DMS, Mossflower Division.

March

 * 8 - Camilla Sandman publishes the first chapter of "The Official Fanfiction University of Middle-earth" on Fanfiction.net; the first year of OFUM begins.

April

 * 3 - NytBloomer publishes "The Floater" on Fanfiction.net.
 * 6 - Agent Constance Sims is partnered with Agent Steve Dimond.

May

 * 10 - The Original Series is relocated to Odd Lots after being unjustly kicked off of Fanfiction.net.
 * 12 - Nath begins "Mary Sue, Sue Mary and the Broken Plot Continuum" on Fanfiction.net. The seventh and final chapter is added on July 14, 2002.
 * 16 - Final Fantasy XI is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
 * 19 - The X-Files concludes its nine-season run on the Fox Network.
 * 22 - Meg Thornton publishes the prologue of "PPC: Tales from Despatch" on Fanfiction.net.
 * 25 - "Intelligence Briefs for the PPC" by Architeuthis is added to Odd Lots.


 * Agent Meg is partnered with Will.

July

 * 3 - Men in Black II is released in theaters.
 * 22 - "The Last Word Is Always Goodbye" by AnyAmy is added to Odd Lots.


 * Big and Small Murphy are recruited; Big Murphy is put in the DMS, while Small goes to Operations.

August

 * Ellen Jonas is recruited to the Department of Finance.

September

 * Kitty Callahan is recruited to the DMS.
 * Melda Rissien is recruited to the Department of Floaters.

November

 * 15 - The movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is released in the UK and US.

December

 * 2 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords is released in North America for the Game Boy Advance.
 * 5 - Peter Jackson's The Two Towers premieres in New York City.

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 * Early in the year:
 * Acacia Byrd is recruited. She is quickly transferred from the DBS to the DIC to the DMS.
 * Agent Jay Thorntree is partnered with Agent Acacia Byrd.
 * The Department of Bad Parody is cut in half when the order comes down to simply delete any parody fic with a suspect summary.
 * Agent Gallowglass is put on citation and removed from the DMS's Miscellaneous English Classics Division for physically assaulting canon characters. She spends some time in Medical.


 * New agents:
 * Ekwy and Gecka Fields are recruited.
 * Meg is recruited after sending fan mail to Jay and Acacia.
 * Entropy is recruited into the DMS.


 * Transfers:
 * Agent Traf Elosia transfers to the DMS and is partnered with Agent Morgan.
 * Agent Elanor Laison transfers to the DMS and is partnered with Agent Mortic Wentway.
 * The Hust Twins transfer to the DIA.


 * Agent Alex Orange is partnered with Agent Sam Apple.
 * Agent Dmitri Ivanov is killed on a mission (see April Halloway).