Year:1999

This is a brief summary of various events in the PPC, Real World Time and HST-wise, during the year 1999.

January

21

• Super Smash Bros. is released for the Nintendo 64.

February

11

• Final Fantasy VIII is released in Japan for the PlayStation.

March

19

• Farscape begins its four-season run on Nine Network and the Sci-Fi Channel.

April

Unspecified

• Agent Sunshine is murdered by the DIS.

May

Unspecified

• The events of the Reorganisation begin to pick up momentum.
  • Agents Echo and Carreg Sarna are killed, causing Tango Dioxide to flee HQ.
  • Agent India is repartnered with Agent Penny Smith.
  • Agent Imbolc Telyan is killed by Ontic Laison.
  • Nyx Nightingale is forcibly recruited to the DIS.
  • Dafydd Illian is recruited and partnered with Jared Calinson.

June

Unspecified

• The Reorganisation continues.
  • The Mysterious Somebody is ousted along with the Bindweed, the Gladiolus, and the Marigold.
  • The Queen Anne's Lace, Otik Horak and the Hippie Sequoia all become department or division heads to replace exiled Flowers.
  • The DIS attempt to murder Dassie Hyrax, leading to the death of Emily Newton. Eventually, full-scale civil war breaks out and the DIS are driven out of HQ.
  • The Disentangler, left for dead by Twp'atwt, regenerates a second time, as does the Agent, who is fatally injured fighting the DIS.
  • The Board of Department Heads, Department of Internal Affairs, Department of External Security and Department of Internal Operations are all formed in the aftermath.
  • The survivors of the DIS form the Black Cats; Tango Dioxide spies on them, while Dassie Hyrax and Nyx Nightingale flee HQ to avoid persecution from fellow agents.
  • The Tomb of the Unknown PPC Agent is constructed from the remains of DIS Central.

• Tirsaer is recruited from the Abhorsenverse.

July

Unspecified

• Agent Tirsaer is assigned to the Department of Intelligence.

8

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is published.

September

21

• The manga Naruto begins its original run in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.

22

• The West Wing begins its seven-season run on NBC.

30

• A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning is published.

December

31

• Happy New Year's Eve!
• Gauri Narain is recruited from the Marvel Universe.