Category 6 storm devastates the Gulf Coast. 40 million displaced. Breaks the pre-Upheaval federal structure.
The storm that changed everything. Prometheus made landfall as a Category 6 — a classification invented to describe it. Sustained winds of 230mph. Fourteen-meter surge. New Orleans, Galveston, Corpus Christi gone inside 72 hours.
Emergency governance fell to regional tech oligarchs and private contractors almost immediately. The NAF formation talks began in Prometheus's wake. By mid-decade the old order had accepted it was over.
Ruled · CL-013
The storm is 2042. Operation Prometheus' Wrath stays in 2079 and took place in the ruins the storm left; the phrase 'during Superstorm Prometheus' is superseded.
Decision recorded 2026-09-04
canon: Start date = 2042
https://terraconflictus.com/upheaval.html; OpTac Setting & Cities/OT_ECHO_Lumenfeld_Integrated_Bible.md; tc2066_deploy/tc2066_wiki.html
superseded: Start date = 2079
OpTac Setting & Cities/OT_Expanded_Setting_Guide_2026_v8.docx