Timeline
Part III
1996- A small group of Center lead by Philip Jones began a plan designing in order to ensure recruitment and future covers mission into Section. Wirth was included in the main strategy.
Operations sent to Oversight an authorisation for start a laboratory for the development of Gelman Process.
1997- Russian Federation troops announce their withdrawal from Chechnya.
The recruit, Nikita Wirth finished her trained and she was activated as an agent after a final test designed by her mentor, Michael Samuelle. She refused to kill at cold blood, which affected Samuelle`s performance. She killed for the first time when her mentor was in danger.
A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after lift-off from Cape Canaveral.
In Lebanon, two troop-transport helicopters collide, killing 73.
In Scotland, scientists announced that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), CWC treaty entered into force.
The first genetically modified three-parent baby was born.
About 50 are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
An air flight crash lands west of an international airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
Glass Curtain returns to its terrorist activities, through the use of civilian aircraft. During Section One's neutralisation mission, Agent Wirth discovered that her mentor's wife is still alive under inhuman conditions. After rescue action, agent Tse Yun committed suicide.
India celebrates 50 years of independence from the United Kingdom.
A militant Sunni Islamist multi-national terrorist organisation carried out a terrorist attack in the Balkans.
Middle East crisis: Iraqi threat to shoot down Lockheed U-2 surveillance aircraft used by UNSCOM inspectors.
An agent tried to escape Section, persuading Nikita to follow him. Michael managed to block Nikita's escape attempt through a manipulation strategy.
The Section One Directory, which contained the identity and cover of each Section agent, was hacked. In an attempt to recover the Directory the hacker is assassinated and the target file is lost in a public collective. The Directory file is suspected to be among some of the passengers. Although the file was still missing, Benko, who tried to get the directory, was neutralised by Section. Nikita begins a relationship with a citizen involved in Section's investigation during the Directory search.
For the first time in the world, a woman has succeeded another as elected head of state.
During a mission to destroy a chemical plant in Eastern Europe, Michael Samuelle was abandoned and injured. In an attempt to get Samuelle back, Egran Petrosian, a double agent from Section One, was also rescued.
In Egypt, more that fifty people were killed by Islamic militants.
Representatives from several countries signed an agreement prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines. However, some nations do not sign or ratify the treaty.
Red Cell broke Section One's directory, causing structural damage and loss of agents.
The Kyoto Protocol is adopted by a UN committee.
Detective Marco O'Brien is recruited by Section One.
In some part of Asia, a campaign began in order to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
After several erroneous events by agent Wirth, Operations and Madeline decide to cancel her. Nikita manages to escape with the help of her mentor.
Months later, and in accordance with the plan designed by Mr. Jones, Central decided to activate Trojan horse protocol in order to recruit agent Wirth and carry out a counterintelligence mission. The primary objective of Agent Wirth is to inspect certain Section One activities and report them to Central.
1998- Central began preparations to facilitate Nikita Wirth's reinsertion into Section One.
Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
An Asian flight crashes into a residential area near an international airport, in Taipei killing more than 200 people.
Middle east disarmament crisis: Irak`s President negotiated a deal with U.N. Secretary General, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military action by the United States and Britain.
A massacre in the Balkans started the Kosovo War.
The Middle East began testing medium-range missiles capable of hitting long-range targets.
Agent Samuelle's behaviour became increasingly erratic, putting his life at risk on several occasions.
Somewhere in the world, underground nuclear tests have begun.
Nikita was kidnapped by the remnant group Freedom League. After learning about the upcoming destructive manoeuvres against the agents of the different Sections, Nikita escaped. She saved Michael`s life, who was ambushed by Freedon League during a mission. After discovering that Nikita was still alive, Michael obtained Nikita's location. Once he found Nikita, Michael revealed his feelings to her and proposed her to come back to Section One.
Central's plan comes true: Nikita returns to Section in order to start his counterintelligence tasks. The special operations agent, Jurgen, who was Samuelle's mentor, is assigned to study Wirth's physical and psychological performance, in order to determine if she follows the standards required by Section One.
An attempt to change the head of operations forcibly was executed by Egran Petrosian.
The first euro coins are minted in France.
In some part of Asia, at a demonstration demanding President's resignation, the army soldiers opened fire on unarmed protesters.
A second nuclear test was conducted in the Middle East.
The activist group ''L'Heure Sanguine" was reactivated with funds from Red Cell. Samuelle betrayed, Rene Dian, who was his friend and founder of the activist group. During the group's dismantling mission, Dian dies.
The former brigadier general took control of the military barracks in Bissau, ushering in the Guinea-Bissau Civil War.
At a conference in Europe, several countries voted to create a permanent International Criminal Court, in order to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
A second case of clandestine pregnancy in Section One was reported. The statement is ambiguous and does not conclude consistently.
The Second Congo War began.
Agent Samuelle was kidnapped by Orlando Perez during a mission. He was exposed to a neuro-electro-chemical procedure to obtain information. This treatment induced a temporary amnesia, where his original personality emerged prior to the death of his parents. Michael was able to recover his memory thanks to the help of Nikita and Walter.
Bombings attacks in two countries were carried out.
A bombing was carried out in the north of Europe by the RIRA.
Oversight began an investigation to determine if Section One used the Winchester Protocol in Afghanistan.
UN court founds the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
A new military dictatorship was adopted in a North Asian country.
Intelligence agents of a foreign country are arrested in US, and convicted of espionage.
Charles Sand had his last counterintelligence mission: delivering covert information to Agent Wirth in order to begin relaying information to Central.
Europol is established when the Europol Convention signed by all of its member states comes into force.
In the Balkans, an army ambushed a column of Kosovo Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle arms.
Nikita is assigned an undercover mission to catch whoever was the founder of all Sections, Adrian Griffith.
Middle East disarmament crisis: an airstrikes was ordered on Iraq. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq.
Nikita's undercover mission ended and Adrian fell into Section One's trap.
Months later, human testing of the Gelman Process, an experimental mind control program, began.