This day in Trinity Universe history

10:17 pm. Tick, tick, boom.

2003
[Aberrant] A terrorist organization sets off an explosion in São Paulo, Brasil, utilizing primitive fusion technology. Over 30 city blocks are leveled, and hundreds die. Team Tomorrow Americas arrives immediately to supply humanitarian aid and assist in the criminal investigation. Despite repeated reports of nova involvement in the bombing, no one had been charged (or even claimed credit) as of July 2008 (leading some conspiracy theorists, usually regarded as fringe lunatics, to claim that Utopia itself was responsible for the bombing). The São Paulo bombing is the most expensive terrorist attack to date, causing an estimated US$20 billion in damages.

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