Year:2002

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

Unspecified

• 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).

January

Unspecified

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

30

• Jay and Acacia publish "Rambling Band," the first chapter of Protectors of the Plot Continuum (a.k.a. the Original Series) on Fanfiction.net. (Source: Extant phylogenetic bracketing.)

February

13

• GreyLadyBast publishes the first chapter of "Taken Far Too Literally" on Fanfiction.net. (It crosses over with the PPC in chapter 10.)

20

• About this date, Jay and Acacia publish "Protector of the Ringbearer," the fourth chapter of the Original Series, on Fanfiction.net. (Source: Post by Acacia on Entmoot.)

24

• About this date, Jay and Acacia publish "What Might Have Been," the fifth chapter of the Original Series, on Fanfiction.net. (Source: Post by Acacia on Entmoot.)

27

• Before this date, Jay and Acacia publish "And in the Darkness Bind Them," the sixth chapter of the Original Series, on Fanfiction.net. In the author's notes, they invite other people to write spin-offs. (Source: "Freedom's Just Another Word . . ." by Black Katana via Wayback Machine. Katana describes seven chapters of TOS: six missions plus the prologue that was customary at the time.)
• On this date, Black Katana publishes the first and only extant chapter of "Freedom's Just Another Word . . ." on Fanfiction.net. (Archived on Wayback Machine.)

March

7

• Architeuthis publishes "The Beginning" and "Manic Depressive," the intro and first chapter of Intelligence Briefs for the PPC, on Fanfiction.net. (Source: Extant phylogenetic bracketing.)

8

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

12

• KazraGirl publishes the first chapter of "PPC: The enterprise expands" about this date, per earliest review. (Source: Fanfiction.net via Wayback Machine.) Agents Kazra and Rich have their first mission.

14

• Mulberry publishes the first chapter of "Clan of the Cactus" to Fanfiction.net; Agents Jaz and Tick have their first recorded mission.

20

• About this date, Jay and Acacia publish "Children of the Earth," the seventh chapter of TOS, on Fanfiction.net. (Source: Post by Acacia on Entmoot.)

April

2

• Before this date, Jay and Acacia publish "Why am I Here?", the eighth chapter of TOS, on Fanfiction.net. Agent Ranger is partnered with Agent Robyn. (Source: Extant phylogenetic bracketing of Robyn's spin-off.)
• Robyn publishes the first chapter of "Agents R and... Another R" on Fanfiction.net. (Source: Extant phylogenetic bracketing.)

3

• NytBloomer publishes "The Floater" on Fanfiction.net.

4

• Sakira Kage publishes the introduction to "Protectors of the Plot Continuum: The New Kids" on Fanfiction.net.

6

• Agent Constance Sims is partnered with Agent Steve Dimond.

8

• Before this date, Jay and Acacia publish "Laugh at the Moon," the ninth chapter of TOS, on Fanfiction.net. (Source: approximate publication date of TOS 10.)
• About this date, Jay and Acacia publish "Vacation at OFUM," the tenth chapter of TOS, on Fanfiction.net. (Source: Miss Cam's comment in the reviews of OFUM chapter 39.)

16

• The Original Series receives its first flame (on chapter 11, "Mithril"), as noted by Jay on Entmoot.
  • Chapter 12, "Gwendolyn," mentions the flame, and was therefore published after this date.

17

• KazraGirl publishes the second chapter of "PPC: The enterprise expands" on Fanfiction.net about this date, per earliest review of the chapter. (Source: Fanfiction.net via Wayback Machine.) Agents Kazra and Rich have their second mission.

19

• Sakira Kage publishes the first and final chapter of "The New Kids" on Fanfiction.net; Agents Sakira and Kage have their first and only recorded mission.

21

• AnyAmy publishes the first teaser-chapter of "The Last Word Is Always Goodbye" to Fanfiction.net; Agents Amy and Brent have their first recorded mission. Full text rehosted on PPC: The Lost Tales.

28

• Approximate publication date of the second and final actual chapter of "Clan of the Cactus" by Mulberry, featuring Agents Jaz and Tick; based on the earliest review date of this chapter.

May

Unspecified

• Agent Meg is partnered with Will.

4

• TOS chapter 13, "All Soul's Night," is published on Fanfiction.net before this date. (Source: TOS on Fanfiction.net via Wayback Machine. Sadly, this is the only ff.n capture of TOS we can find.)

10

• The Original Series is relocated to Odd Lots after being unjustly kicked off of Fanfiction.net with fourteen chapters extant. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.) Chapter fourteen, "Sisterhood," is published on Fanfiction.net before this, since Acacia mentions listing spin-offs "in the reviews."

11-30

• Elenya Aurelin publishes "Protectors of the Plot Discontinuum," a PPC parody, to Fanfiction.net. It features the annoying fangirls Mary and Sue as they disrupt goodfics, hit on the canon characters, and bring more Suedom to the continuum. It gets rave reviews from PPC fans, including Jay and Acacia themselves!

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.
• Sometime after this date, TOS chapter 15, "The Maiden," is the first Original Series mission to be published directly to Odd Lots, as evidenced by the authors' notes and the Wayback Machine capture of the site taken on this date.

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.

June

Unspecified

• Agent Mary Sue is recruited to the PPC by Jay and Acacia approximately four months after her story is first posted to Fanfiction.net.
• The "Tangled Web" fiasco takes place; almost the entire DIC is dragged in to deal with it, prompting the Flowers to temporarily transfer Jay and Acacia to the beleaguered department.

17

• Architeuthis publishes her fourth Intelligence Brief, "Harry Potter and the One Ring of Power," on Odd Lots. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine. Scroll down.)

29

• TOS chapter 17, "Darkness Awakened," is published on Odd Lots. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.)

July

Unspecified

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

3

• Men in Black II is released in theaters.

22

• The second chapter of "The Last Word Is Always Goodbye" by AnyAmy is added to Odd Lots; Agents Amy and Brent have their second recorded mission. The teaser-chapter is added to Fanfiction.net on July 23. Full text rehosted at PPC: The Lost Tales.

August

Unspecified

• Ellen Jonas is recruited to the Department of Finance.

5

• GreyLadyBast posts the eleventh and final chapter of "Taken Far Too Literally" to Fanfiction.net.

9

• xXx is released in the United States.
  • Shortly after this, Acacia Byrd takes a sabbatical and Jay Thorntree undertakes an unpublished Real Person Slash mission involving Vin Diesel and Till Lindemann. Jay takes a week off duty following the mission.

21

• TOS chapter 18, "Two Worlds," is published on Odd Lots and Henneth Annun. (Sources: Odd Lots and Henneth Annun via Wayback Machine.)

25

• TOS chapter 19, "Torment," is published on Henneth Annun. (Source: Henneth Annun via Wayback Machine.)

31

• The English dub of Inuyasha begins its four-year run on Cartoon Network. Fangirls begin a long, crescendoing session of squeeing.

September

Unspecified

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

22

• KazraGirl's spin-off is rehosted at Odd Lots. It has two chapters at the time. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.)

26

• Meir Brin publishes the first chapter of The Hogwarts Fanfiction Academy on Fanfiction.net. Its complete, fifty-chapter run continues until July 17, 2003.

October

9

• TOS chapter 20, "The Luggage Runs Off With the One Ring," is published on Odd Lots and Henneth Annun. (Sources: Odd Lots and Henneth Annun via Wayback Machine.)

22

• KazraGirl publishes chapter three of "PPC: The enterprise expands" on Odd Lots. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.)

November

3

• Lumarele publishes the first chapter of her new spin-off on Odd Lots. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.) Agents Kwennyfer and Jane have their first mission.
• The PPC Posting Board is founded at http://disc.server.com/Indices/199610.html. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.)

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.

16

• Architeuthis publishes her fifth and final Intelligence Brief, "Possessed," on Odd Lots. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.)

18

• The Two Towers movie has its general release in the US.

27

• TOS chapter 21, "The Dark Elf," is published on Odd Lots. (Source: Odd Lots via Wayback Machine.)