There are updates on several plotlines (some of them nearly forgotten) in BtB. I hope I do not forget anything:
- Chicago
In the BtB timeline the Chicago issue has already been resolved and Bull gives a small summary.
A Truman guy managed to infest a dragon with a wasp queen spirit, bugs were multiplying again and the UCAS decided to completely nuke Chicago.
Aztechnology and S-K swooped in, saved the day (somehow) and told everyone what the UCAS planned. Somehow the bug threat is permanently resolved and a lot of people are either fleeing Chicago or ready to revolt because they were about to get sacrificed by the government.
I am not really happy with this one as it sounds very B-movie to me and Catalyst seems to thing that whenever they need an enemy they just add "dragon" to it. First dragon-Deus, now dragon-insect queen...
- Unseelie court
Lord Gwyn is dieing and has chosen the Ebony Queen as his successor. Bad thing is, she is held captive by the previous seelie queen Alachia on a plane which has been overrun by Shedim.
Oh, and the Ebony Queen is in fact Aina Dupree
I have not followed that storyline at all, so no idea how much of that is new information
- HorrorsTerrors
Remember the Astral tears in Atzlan which lead to plane with a canyon and bridges that need to be rebuild? Apparently several things Jackpoint now calls "Terrors" escaped from it and are now on a rampage worldwide
- Captain speaking
Seems there are still some consciousnesses of deckers trapped in the matrix. Very deep in the matrix so that they unable to interact with anyone and anything and are not even able to discern anything. Still, somehow someone named DionySys got a call for help out. He also mentioned that one of them who calls himself Kaos was able to leave from where they are trapped, but he hasn't come back in a while now.