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2037-11-02: Tempers begin to cool as evidence that suggests Smith as the sole perpetrator is finally brought to light.
2037-11-02 to 2037-11-08: Progress finally begins to be made as delegates recollect and assess the severity of the situation they face. Although no compromises are yet made between any camp, observers begin to become hopeful of a final resolution to decades of political woe.
2037-11-09: Tragedy strikes as a sniper assassinates prominent Californian delegate Gloria Summers. Although the sniper was never apprehended, it was and is the popular presumption that the extremely professionally-executed action was that of a extremist veteran supporting the Patriot clique. That said, any number of theories of the motivation behind the assassination can be found, including that it was orchestrated by the M.S.S., a vindictive would-be Bezos heir, and even that it was a false flag by the secessionist wing of the Californian delegation (Summers having been a leading anti-secessionist).
2037-11-11: An emergency session of both chambers of the California legislature is called. A.B. 1, “An Act to make California an independent country” sails through and is signed by the governor the next day, to take effect November 14.
2037-11-13: The remaining minority of delegates from Georgia re-endorse the Patriot Compact.
