Adrian Veidt uses the bodies of his servants to spell out the words “Save me daughter” on the surface of Europa, just in time for one of Trieu Industries’ space probes to fly by and see it. Shortly after, Veidt is put on trial by the Game Warden of Europa for attempting to escape.[10]
A Tulsa police officer named Doyle and his wife, Ginny, were targeted during the White Night. His son, Topher, had no choice but to hide with his younger sisters, Emma and Rosie, in a closet while their parents were brutally murdered in the next room by Seventh Kavalry foot soldiers.[3]
Ronnie Ngo Dinh, governor of Vietnam, causes an international incident by claiming that the Vietnamese Liberation Front had assassinated Adrian Veidt as an act of terror against the United States. He used the assertion to justify an escalation of actions against VLF militants. The ensuing police actions resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths and condemnation from nations who’ve expressed support for the “Free Vietnam” movement, including the United Kingdom and China.[5]
Senator Joe Keene writes an additional amendment to the Keene Act called the Defense of Police Act (DOPA), which allows police officers to wear masks which would protect their identities. A pilot program for the amendment is enforced by Tulsa.[16][6]
A man calling himself “Barry D. Shanes” told Squidworld Digest that he worked as Lady Trieu’s personal tutor during her childhood and that he quit after Bian My ordered him to give Trieu a "duel to the death on multiple planes of existence, corporal and mental".[1]
Lady Trieu's rescue spaceship arrives on Europa, on the day Adrian Veidt is “celebrating” eight years there. Veidt escapes his prison and heads toward the spaceship, but is confronted by the Game Warden who shoots him. Veidt, however, manages to catch the bullet with his hand and kills him. Veidt steps aboard the ship and escapes Europa. He is enclosed in a solid gold casing to survive the year long journey back to Earth.[13]
Roger Ailes files a lawsuit against Veidt Enterprises and Trieu Industries claiming a “systematic campaign of harassment, intimidation, and sabotage” against him and his employees for publishing reports that the Central Intelligence Agency had killed Adrian Veidt for secrets he possessed regarding the Dimensional Incursion Event. The lawsuit was dismissed and the federal government subsequently ordered Newspaper Corporation of America to either publish an apology to Veidt or pay $100,000 for violating the Content Code Act. They chose to pay the fine.[5]
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, as Higgs Boson, produced the year’s biggest radio hit, “Old Town Road,” marking one of their most commercially successful releases.[12]
To the Wasteland (Vol. V) directed by Terrance Malick is released at the Sundance Film Festival.[4]
Special Agent Dale Petey writes a memo urging the FBI not to declare Adrian Veidt dead, for fear of angering right-wingers who want him found and punished for his role in Rorschach's disappearance.[17]
The Morning Edition of the New Frontiersman releases "Honor is Like a Hawk: If You Love It, Set It Free" following Robert Redford's nomination of a new justice into the Supreme Court.[19]
Sources close to Joe Keene told The Washington Post-Intelligencer that his office was in the process of cancelling and rescheduling events for the week, including an interview with WPI about his presidential campaign.[16]
Senator Joe Keene visits Laurie Blake that night at her apartment and asks her to travel to Tulsa the next morning to look into the murder of Judd Crawford. In exchange, he promises to pardon Dan Dreiberg if he becomes president.[6]
Angela Abar arrives to stop Joe Keene from entering the chamber, warning him that Lady Trieu let the Seventh Kavalry steal the lithium batteries they needed to build the cage to take Doctor Manhattan's powers for herself; Keene ignores her warning and enters the transference chamber with Laurie Blake, Abar, Wade Tillman and the Cyclops and Seventh Kalvary members in attendance. The system activates and a blue wave hits, and everyone is suddenly teleported to Greenwood by Trieu. Adrian Veidt and Blake are reunited for the first time in thirty-four years.[13]
Due to the Seventh Kavalry's lack of knowledge regarding safety measures, Joe Keene is liquefied during the process and his remains spill across the area and into Doctor Manhattan's cage once Lady Trieu opens the booth.[13]
At Karnak, Adrian Veidt uses his squid rain device to send frozen squid to fall in Greenwood, which will obliterate anything in the nearby area. Laurie Blake calls Angela Abar in time to warn her, allowing her and Bian to take cover, while the squid rain destroys the sphere and kills Lady Trieu before the transfer can be completed.[13]
Angela Abar takes shelter at the Williams Dreamland Theatre, where Will Reeves is waiting for her with her children. Reeves reveals his past as Hooded Justice and that Doctor Manhattan had made a deal with him and convinced him to make a deal with Lady Trieu, knowing this end had to happen so that his powers would not be taken by those that would abuse them.[13]
Adrian Veidt offers Nite Owl II's airship Archie to Laurie Blake and Wade Tillman to return to civilization. Blake prepares to arrest Veidt, with Tillman possessing the 1985 video confession to Robert Redford as evidence that he was behind the squid attack. Veidt attempts to talk his way out of it, but Tillman knocks him out, and he and Blake drag him aboard the ship.[13]
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Martial law remains in effect throughout the city of Tulsa as Haz-Mat teams continue to collect the remains of Joe Keene and Lady Trieu.[27]
Laurie Blake returns home safely and is debriefed at a secure and classified location due to the sensitive nature of the discoveries she made over the course of her investigations.[28]
