Jewels Of The Sky; A Book In The Warehouse

July 31st, 2005

in 422, astronomers in Baghdad, expanding on the work of Abul-Wefa, calculate the circumference of the earth accurately. Their Caliph, El Hakam, celebrates their brilliance with a royal banquet and a pledge to always maintain the school of astronomy: “Since Allah made the stars within the domain of the earth, and gave to man the earth, it follows that the stars are our jewels, as well. May Allah grant your school the wisdom to pick these jewels from the sky.”

in 1556, St. Ignatius of Loyola dies. In life, he had been the founder of the Society of Jesus, a somewhat ironically named organization that had been Pope Henry VIII’s political and intellectual assassins. Ignatius himself was only made a saint because of the political services he had performed for the Holy British Empire.

in 1912, President Nora Barney, in one of her last acts before leaving office, passes a law prohibiting the filming of prize fights, either for photographs or the cinema. Her successor, sister Suffragist Charlotte Gilman, enforced the law rigidly. Violence of almost any kind was being pushed out of polite society in Suffragist America.

in the 16th year of Ptolerit’s reign, astronaut Soranim returns to earth, hailed as a demigod. Ptolerit names him a Prince of the Realm, and gives him one of his own daughters as a wife.

in 1942, the German Underground releases chemical weapons against Greater Zionist Resistance troops in Minsk. While not as effective as the nuclear weapons used a few months ago, they do have the advantage of leaving the buildings of Minsk standing. The GZR is now in a long state of withdrawal from Europe.

in 1960, Elijah Muhammed, leader of the Semitic-African Resistance, calls for the United States to set aside a state for those of African and Semitic ancestry. Political agitator Albert Einstein, a lesser functionary of the S.A.R., begins holding talks with sympathetic Congressmen who might be willing to allow them to do so. Armed resistance is still years away.

in 1974, Daniel Ellsberg, a consultant at the Pentagon, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason. Ellsberg had been caught trying to peddle classified papers to various news organizations through a fortuitous tip from his psychiatrist. President Nixon said, “Filthy traitors aren’t welcome in our America.”

in 1996, Dr. Melvin Courtney delivers the paper he has written on the Chimanimani object to his friend, Dr. Noah Hathaway. “We’ll have this out in September, Mel,” he promises his friend.

in 2000, the newlywed couple Velma Porter and Mikhail von Heflin pay another visit to the warehouse in Las Vegas that is currently housing the strange Czech men who have been following them. Sneaking around the warehouse, they find an old book written in Czech that they take with them back to their hotel. The Baron is not able to follow it very well, but he thinks that it is a book of rituals for contacting beings from other planes.

in 2004, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 incorporate more information about the Elders into their broadcast to earth. They haven’t broken the light-speed barrier, but hold their galactic civilization together via strange, autonomous simulacra on all the planets within it. Several hundred of these creatures are on Lalande 25372, and are pressuring the Lalandians to join their domain.


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Illuminati's Tentacles Encircle America; The 2nd Signal

July 30th, 2005

in 1733, the Society of Freemasons opens its first lodge in the Western Hemisphere in Boston, Massachusetts. This front for the Bavarian Illuminati will soon control all levels of American government, and grow until its tentacles reach even the leadership of the free world, itself!

in 1863, as southern rebels begin to realize their defeat, they take to shooting blacks rather than let them go free. President Whitman authorizes the Union Army to shoot any rebels caught doing so; and furthermore, authorizes them to summarily execute any rebel prisoners in their charge on hearing of the same being done to any blacks. This somewhat unconstitutional decree has the desired effect of halting the rebel slaughter of former slaves.

in 4591, Chao Sing-Lee is appointed Minister of the Stars by Emperor Chengzu. During his tenure, Chao sees the first moon landing and the formation of a lunar colony, but dies before contact is made with the Chdo Democracy.

in 1927, Greater Zionist Resistance fighters encounter their first serious opposition in the form of Danish guerilla fighters. The Werewolves of Copenhagen, as the group is known, inflict casualties on the GZR for a decade before they are all finally eliminated. It is possible that Astrid Pflaume, leader of the GZR, was lenient on them at first because her sympathies had not fully switched over to the Zionists she was leading.

in 1930, Argentina defeated Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay, to win the inaugural World Cup of soccer. The disheartened citizens of the host country lost interest in the beautiful game, and soccer became a minor pastime in the South American nation.

in 1948, Pascal-Edison engineers develop a method of operating Eddies and Dedes by using a picture-based interface. The Portrait D.O.S. introduces a new piece of hardware that all Dedes come standard with afterwards; a stick attached to the difference engine by a cable, which allows the operator to select the various pictures on the Portrait screen. The first test operators felt like they were flying a plane, so the stick was called the Throttle.

in 1975, Comrade James Hoffa, leader of the Transportation Soviet, disappears after making a speech critical of the Communist Party.

in 1996, Dr. Melvin Courtney, suffering from a massive hangover, calls an old friend of his who edits a major archeological publication. “I have something rather bizarre to tell you,” he begins, before explaining what happened in Zimbabwe. The friend asks him to send the paper – he will publish it.

in 2000, newlyweds Velma Porter and Mikhail von Heflin release Bozidar, the strange Czech man who has been part of a group following them since they left New York City for Las Vegas. They follow him back to a small warehouse outside the city, where he meets up with 20 other bald men. They converse in an old dialect of Czech that the Baron is barely able to follow; he thinks that they are talking about breaking down the walls of the worlds. They retreat back to their hotel to think about what they’ve seen.

in 2004, with construction underway on the new spacecraft adapted from the Lalandian signal, a second broadcast arrives from the alien planet; they have been contacted by the galactic civilization of the Elders. They promise further details as they progress in their knowledge of these powerful people. President Gore of the U.S. persuades the nations of the U.N. to pull together a huge budget for the construction of the space defenses that the Lalandians have designed.


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The Victorious Armada; Mayday!

July 29th, 2005

in 1588, in spite of brilliant tactics from the British commanders Lord Howard and Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish Armada defeated the Brits off the coast of Gravelines, France. The superior discipline of the Spaniards had kept them from panicking when the British had sailed 8 burning ships at them in the Calais harbor, and after that, the battle never turned in favor of Britain.

in 1871, Gregory Efimovich, better known as Rasputin, was born. He rose to power as advisor to the reactionary Czar Nicholas II and his wife. When the communists revolted against the Czar, Rasputin advised allowing Prime Minister Kerensky to withdraw from the Great War, and this quelled the rioting, allowing the Czar to stay in power. Some say that Rasputin was protected by magic; but he died, as every man does, in 1954, in service to Czar Pyotr III.

in 1890, Vincent Van Gogh recovered from a self-inflicted blaster wound to the chest. Fortunately, a hospital had been nearby in Auvers, France, when he did it, and his brother Theo took him there. The Mlosh doctor treated Van Gogh, and then counseled his brother to seek psychiatric assistance for the artist. Thanks to that doctor, Van Gogh recovered from his depression, and painted many great works until his death in 1947.

in 1944, the German Underground, and organization that had been entirely armed and supplied by neo-Nazi time travelers, pushes the Greater Zionist resistance completely out of German territory. Figurehead leader of the Underground, Adolf Hitler, proclaims a New Reich for the new world order, and names himself the grandiose title of Reichsfuehrer.

in 1965, the Pete Best movie Mayday! opens in London, with Queen Elizabeth herself in attendance. It’s another smash triumph for Best’s career.

in 1972, actor Wil Wheaton was born in Burbank, California. Oscar nominee for his role in Valmont, Wheaton was also briefly associated with the Star Trek franchise, appearing in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Wheaton left the series to pursue a movie career, and became one of the few Trek actors to make the transition from the series to more mainstream work. He and Patrick Stewart later reunited in the blockbuster film X-Men when Wheaton was given the part of Cyclops.

in 1974, Cass Elliot of The Mamas & The Papas has a near-death experience as she has a heart attack in London. Discovered by a friend, she is rushed to a hospital and given immediate treatment. The experience changes Elliot’s life; she gives up alcohol, slims down somewhat, and starts therapy. Her successful solo career begins after this period, in 1976, with the release of the album Gonna Fly Away.

in 1996, 3 men dressed in black suits pay a visit to the London flat of Dr. Melvin Courtney as he is working on his paper about the Chimanimani object in Zimbabwe. Speaking rather cryptically, they warn him not to publish his account, “unless you like the thought of being a special correspondent for the Weekly World News the rest of your life.” After they leave, Courtney visits the local pub to deliberate over a few pints.

in 2000, Velma Porter captures one of the strange bald men that have been following her and her husband, Mikhail von Heflin, since they boarded a plane for Las Vegas to get married. While the Baron keeps watch, she interrogates him, but learns little except that his name is Bozidar, which von Heflin recognizes as a Czech name.

in 2001, NASA and SETI researchers meet with President Gore to discuss the signal from Lalande 25372. Most of the spacecraft designs that the Lalandians have included in their signal are adaptable to human technology, and Gore promises them that he will provide the funds for their construction. But, he wants special attention paid to the defenses that the Lalandians include, as well, saying, “Let’s adapt these, first. We don’t want to be caught by these Elders unprepared.”

in 2002, Pope Righteous I orders that a statue of him be placed in every city in the Holy British Empire; these statues are robotic, and networked together so that, when Righteous gives a speech, they all speak at the same time.


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Mao's Successor; The Signal Is Decoded

July 28th, 2005

in 1586, Thomas Harriot introduces the American root, the potato, to Europe. It fails to grow in the European soil, and is never more than a curiosity in the Eastern Hemisphere.

in 1750, composer Johann Sebastian Bach went through an eye operation that completely repaired his vision. The operation, done with new Mlosh technology, was so dangerous that if it had been attempted without the Mlosh techniques, Bach might have died.

in 1932, Great War veterans gathered in the Washington Mall to demand pensions and assistance in living. Socialist President Clarence Darrow attempts to give them aid, but is largely unsuccessful. It is this lack of success which caused the Socialist Party to select Franklin Roosevelt as their candidate in the elections that year.

in 4660, the newly elected Imperial Council elects Li Teng-Hui as Mao’s successor. There is, at first, some question as to whether Mao will relinquish power; but after Dao-Ming speaks with him, Emperor Mao turns over his throne to the newly crowned Emperor Li. The Chdo Democracy had been wondering if the scheduled transfer of power would lead to a civil war within the Empire; with Mao’s retirement and Li’s ascension, the Chdo begin to trust humanity much more.

in 1968, Governor Wilhelm Schoemann of the Chinese Protectorate met himself, Dr. Wilhelm Schoemann, the scientist who had invented the time machine used by the neo-Nazis to assist the Germans in this timeline. The Schoemann’s speak at some length about the New Reich; when they finish, Governor Schoemann commits suicide.

in 1987, famed philosopher James Burnham, author of The Coming Defeat Of Capitalism died at the age of 82. He did not live to see the fulfillment of his philosophy, but died confident that it would happen.

in 1991, Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Quebecois pitched the 13th perfect game in professional Town Ball history. 3 years later to the day, Kenny Rogers of the Texas Sheriffs pitched the 14th.

in 1996, Dr. Melvin Courtney arrives back in Great Britain, along with most of the members of his Chimanimani expedition. They are all terribly disappointed; the greatest find in the history of archeology has, quite literally, flown out of their hands. Dr. Courtney tells them that he is going to publish his findings anyway, and they all agree that they will be witness to his veracity.

in 2000, newlyweds Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter see Las Vegas. Everywhere that they go, though, the strange bald men are following them. The pair decide to lay a trap for these strange men that night in the hotel.

in 2001, the team working on translating the signal from Lalande 25372 cracks the encryption and finds that the Lalandians were broadcasting in English, as well as 6 other languages. The signal contains a history of the Lalandian civilization as well as their knowledge of other cultures in galaxy; the scientists are particularly alarmed by the Elders mentioned throughout the broadcast.


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The Terror Continues; Bomb At The Olympics

July 27th, 2005

in 1794, French leader Maximilien Robespierre crushes an attempt by the National Assembly to overthrow him. He executed virtually all representatives in the Assembly, and called for new elections, with only his loyal Jacobins in the running.

in 1797, the Marquis of Lafayette arrived in North America to negotiate for France’s possessions on the continent. Most of the European colonists, the Mlosh population, the African slaves, and the Native American population have been banding together and speaking with their home governments about secession and formation of a new country; the Marquis has been charged with halting that.

in 1925, Enrico Caruso releases an album of arias on the Maggie format. When he dies days after the recording session, the album cannot be kept on store shelves, and this has the side effect of driving sales of Maggie-players through the roof. It seems as if every home in America has one by Christmas.

in 1974, acid rocker John Denver hit the top of the charts with Annie’s Song, a ballad about his wife’s drug addiction. Denver also had a hit with downers like I’m Sorry, and often opened for acts like Kiss and Alice Cooper. After a decade of inactivity in the 80’s, he experienced a brief revival in popularity when Marilyn Manson covered Annie’s Song.

in 1982, after decades of observation and debate about the people of the Beautiful Parent star system, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 decide to broadcast a message. The Beautiful Parents have had no contact with the galactic civilization of the Elders, so the Lalandians feel that they must be warned. The encrypted message, sent in the 7 most common languages from the system, gives a history of the Lalandians and a warning about the Elders.

in 2749 AUC, a bomb explodes at the Olympic Games held in Athens. The first Olympics held in Greece since the ancient days, it also attracted political dissidents; Romans protesting the move back to Greece, and Greeks protesting their continued inclusion in the Roman Republic. Terrorism was bound to follow.

in 1996, the Courtney expedition arrives in Harare, Zimbabwe. They are driving the trucks of the soldiers that had stolen the Chimanimani object from them, and are met by a similar group. Surprised at seeing civilians in these vehicles, the leader demands to know where his men are. “Back there,” Dr. Courtney says, pointing down the road, “and up there,” he says, pointing to the sky.

in 2000, leaving his bride resting in their Las Vegas hotel room, newlywed Mikhail von Heflin goes down to the hotel’s casino and plays a few games. The same men who had been watching him since the plane flight here are scattered throughout the casino, and he corners one. The bald man stammers an apology about simply finding the Baron attractive and begs his forgiveness. The Baron releases him, but returns quickly to his room.

in 2002, a disease struck across the Holy British Empire which raised boils on everyone; well, almost everyone. The heretics and Protestants who had refused the mark of righteousness were unaffected.

in 2003, the BBC reported that their scientific exploration of Loch Ness in Scotland had found a colony of huge monsters living in the lake. Tourism in Scotland increased by a factor of 1000.


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Women's Rights Convention

July 26th, 2005

in 1802, Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia is named Minister of Diplomacy for the North American Confederation. He is such a successful figure in this post that he is retained by the next 3 First Chancellors. Franklin is cited by most historians as the single most important figure in the early formation of the N.A.C.

in 1848, the first Women’s Rights Convention is convened in Seneca Falls, New York. They create such passion that women across the country begin agitating for full political franchise, and have achieved it by 1870. In the next presidential election, Victoria Woodhull is catapulted into the White House with almost all of the women’s vote.

in 1875, Dr. Carl Jung was born in Switzerland. His theories of dream therapy and analytical psychology were dismissed as hogwash in the 20’s, and he became something of a cult figure, building a following that believed in mysticism, UFOs and the power of dreams. The Jungian cult faded in popularity with his death in the 50’s, but at its peak had several thousand followers.

in 4599, Dao-Ming, son of Emperor Chengzu, is born in the Forbidden City in Beijing. Dao-Ming will be the last of the hereditary emperors.

in 1908, Salvador Allende was born in Chile. The comrade was a great ally of the Soviet States of America as he led his people forward to the ways of socialism beginning in 1970 when the people of Chile rose up and elected the comrade to their presidency.

in 1958, the translators of Lalande 25372 succeed in translating the signals from the Beautiful Parent star system. They seem to be just daily broadcasts for entertainment and informational purposes, and in several different languages; no mention is made of the Elders’ galactic civilization. Still, because of their fear of being discovered by the Elders, the Lalandians elect to continue monitoring the Beautiful Parents rather than respond immediately.

in 1984, Ed Gein, mayor of Plainfield, Wisconsin, died of a heart attack in his office. A reclusive man in his private life, Gein had no living relatives, so his secretary went to his farm house to set his things in order. When she entered his house, she found a chamber of horrors; furniture made from human bone, leather made from human skin, meat in the refrigerator that was obviously human. Apparently, the mayor had kept this side of his life secret for 40 years.

in 1996, in the early morning, the dejected members of the Courtney expedition in Zimbabwe see strange flashes of light up ahead on the road. Curious as to what the lights might mean, they attempt to start their vehicles and find that they work perfectly now. They drive up the road to find the soldiers who had stolen their object strewn about like rag dolls; the object is gone.

in 2000, Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter are wed at a small chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. When they check into the hotel next door, the Baron notices that the men who had been watching them on the plane are now in the lobby of the hotel. He doesn’t wish to alarm his new bride, but takes precautions against interruption for the evening.


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Death Takes A Bride

July 25th, 2005

in 1104, Caliph Muhammed Abdul Rahim of Gaul expels the Celts from his land; “No infidel pagans will be allowed to stay within lands ruled by the faithful,” the edict proclaimed. Rebellion followed as people refused to give up the religion they had followed for thousands of years.

in 1771, Mlosh colonist Kmari goes berserk among the Sioux people of the Dakotas. She massacres over 400 people in a village before other Mlosh can apprehend and dispatch her. It is the first known case of a Mlosh mass-murderer, and was kept quiet by the aliens until the 1820’s.

in 1940, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 begin receiving transmissions from a star 17 light years away from them, the one they call Beautiful Parent. After two generations of silence, the sudden appearance of radio waves so close to them brings a panic in Lalandian society; they are afraid that the Elders’ galactic civilization is now close enough to engulf them, as well. Translators begin work on the transmissions at a fevered pace.

in 1963, Governor Wilhelm Schoemann of China unleashes 10 nuclear missiles against rebellious forces working against his SS troops. He is very aware of how much damage they do; in his youth, he had been on the team that had engineered them for the New Reich. He had even met the team that had given the blueprints to Reichsfuehrer Hitler, the men who spoke as if all the events they were witnessing were in some sort of different time. One of them looked disturbingly familiar; but he thought little of it these days.

in 1964, Pete Best’s album, Lovin’ Through The Night, goes #1 and stays at the top of the charts for 14 weeks. It is then used as the soundtrack for a film of the same title, which also leads the box office for several weeks.

in 1981, Voyager 2 passes Saturn and all contact with the probe is lost. The last signal sent seemed to be images of a long tunnel with a speck of light at the end; then something long and tendril-shaped seemed to reach out and smash the camera.

in 1996, several trucks barrel into the Courtney expedition’s encampment, and a dozen armed men surround the truck with the Chimanimani object in it. Although they have no insignia, they are mostly Caucasian, and speak English with American accents. Dr. Courtney demands to know what they are doing, and is shot in the leg by one of the men guarding the truck. The Courtney expedition watches helplessly as the find of a lifetime is towed away from them.

in 2000, Velma Porter says “Yes”. She and the newly affianced Baron Mikhail von Heflin hop a red-eye for Las Vegas. On board the flight, the Baron notices several men watching him, but is too happy to make much of it.

in 2002, several tens of thousands of British citizens disappear from the face of the earth. Pope Righteous I blames it on Satanists who have abducted good Christians to perform black masses upon. Righteous asks the whole world to pray for their souls.


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Warning Beacon Fades; A Light From Above

July 24th, 2005

in 1783, Simon Bolivar, Spanish conquistadore, was born in Caracas, Venezuela. The greatest of Spain’s colonial generals, he crushed rebellions throughout Latin America.

in 1813, the warning beacon from the inhabitants of the Wizened Ruler star system cuts off. This star is only 180 light years from the inhabitants of Lalande 25372; the Elders are getting closer. They continue work on their defenses and building up their colonies throughout the system, and listen to the skies for any further warnings.

in 1847, Mormon pioneers, leaving the hostile land of Iowa for the wild western frontier, settle in the Brazos River Valley of the Texas Republic. The young nation had put out a call for settlers from the United States after being rebuffed for its statehood request 3 years before, and the Mormon Church found the land fertile and hospitable.

in 1878, Ireland gave birth to Bishop Edward Dunsany, visionary of the Holy British Empire. His spiritual writings, which some say bordered on the occult or even satanic, inspired many future spiritual leaders of the Empire, including the Comte de St. Germaine.

in 1940, the 3rd version of the Dede Operating System is released. This D.O.S. has programs that make it easy for the standard Dede operator to connect their Dede to another.

in 4650, Emperor Dao-Ming voluntarily gives up his throne for the Imperial Council’s choice, Minister Mao Tse-Tung. In his acceptance speech, Emperor Mao said, “Fellow Councilors, we are all convinced that our work will go down in the history of mankind demonstrating that the Chinese people have now stood up. From now on, our people will belong to the interstellar community of peace-loving and freedom-loving races of the galaxy and work courageously and industriously to foster our civilization and well-being. We have stood up.”

in 1967, Pete Best publicly signs a petition in The Times of London to legalize marijuana. This very public statement about his own enjoyment of the weed loses him millions of straight-laced fans who thought he was just a singer of sentimental love songs; but it gains him millions more who now think of him as a revolutionary in the new youth movement.

in 1969, the Hollywood studio produces the last part of the moon landing hoax, and the capsule with the 3 Apollo astronauts is dropped into the ocean. Many of the crewmen are then killed by the government to cover up the hoax; this action is what prompts so many of the remaining crew to make copies of the hoax film, and to speak out about what they did.

in 1974, in a little-understood case, the Nixon administration seeks and receives a judgment from the Supreme Court that, if the administration has records and audiotapes subpoenaed, it may exert Executive Privilege to keep them secret. No one is quite sure why the administration did this.

in 1996, a bright light from above stabs into the camp of Dr. Melvin Courtney’s expedition in Zimbabwe. It lingers on the truck carrying the object from Chimanimani National Park, then vanishes. The expedition members are unable to find the source of the light, in spite of spending the rest of the night and morning looking for it. “At least they let us keep it,” Professor Thomas says; many members of the expedition wish it had been otherwise.

in 2000, Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter finally have a chance to relax, and enjoy the night together in New York City. The Baron even proposes marriage to Ms. Porter, who tells him, “I’ll think about it.”


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Holy Land Under Islam

July 23rd, 2005

in 14, the armies of the faithful take control of the Holy Land from the pagan Byzantines. The only sorrow marring the joy of the faithful was that Muhammed had ascended to Heaven and had not stayed to see his people retake their ancient home.

in 1715, the first lighthouse in America was constructed in Massachusetts. These structures soon became obsolete with the introduction of Mlosh sensing equipment into human sailing vessels in 7 years.

in 1808, after a century of silence from the stars, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 have begun terraforming 4 other worlds in their system. It is a process that should make these planets livable by the end of the 22nd century. In the meantime, they have started small colonies on these worlds to manage the terraforming projects. The one on Lalande 6 detects a signal coming from the Wizened Ruler star system; it is easily translated and breaks down to a simple warning to avoid entanglements with the Elders’ galactic civilization.

in 1904, in yet another attempt to revive the desert ice cream, Charles E. Menches inserted it into a baked, thin waffle cone at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. But, while the cone proved highly popular, the filling didn’t – people kept asking Menches for empty cones.

in 1938, the Knowledge Railroad added several more stations. The entire state college system of California was hooked together by the Railroad, and every dormitory at every college was equipped with at least one Dede; test scores at California colleges increased by 20% the next year, leading other states to adopt the approach.

in 1986, King Charles’ brother Andrew held his wedding to Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey, in London; the first royal wedding held in England since the Nazi takeover in the 40’s.

in 1996, the Chimanimani National Park expedition begins the long trek to Harare. The truck carrying the object they have unearthed is moving along slowly with them. During the trip, they experience several problems with their electronic equipment, and the truck stalls out twice. The second time, they pull it off the road and make camp for the night.

in 1998, scientists at Miskatonic University announce the cloning of 50 frogs. Panic breaks out at the press conference when several of the “frogs” break free and begin eating the reporters.

in 2000, Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter release their captive, businessman Steve Huff, back to his extra-dimensional studies institute with the warning that the next time they are disturbed, he won’t be released. Huff, incensed at this treatment, tells his scientists to begin working on something special; but tells them to take their time.

in 2002, Pope Righteous I, in front of a million followers at Buckingham Cathedral, and billions on television, announces that he is “the returned Christ, and that all who follow Me will have entrance into the Kingdom of God; all who disobey will burn in the Lake of Fire.” Across the Holy British Empire, every man, woman and child is to wear the mark of righteousness on the forehead or right hand. Any who refuse the mark are to be ostracized from Christian society.


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Disappearance Of Roanoake; An Education From Death

July 22nd, 2005

in 1587, the colony of Roanoke was established in the Virginia colony. The colony mysteriously vanished 3 years later, with only the word “croaton” carved on a post as explanation for their disappearance. The mystery was finally explained 133 years later, when the descendants of that colony returned to earth with the alien Mlosh who had taken them to study humans.

in 1705, broadcasts from the people of the Rope star system cease suddenly. The inhabitants of the Lalande 25372 star system debate what they can do; they decide to move forward with their space program and advance as much as they can. In the meantime, although they feel that there is little point to preparing defenses against the galactic civilization they have come to know as the Elders, they begin to devise defensive systems for their planet.

in 1934, People’s Attorney John Dillinger shot fascist counter-revolutionary Edgar Hoover dead outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, Illinois. The reactionary Hoover had looted People’s Banks across the Midwest, killing many comrades in his pursuit of wealth.

in 1946, remnants of the Greater Zionist Resistance blow up the Hindenburg Hotel in Bonn, Germany, killing 435 people. It is one their last gasps; after 5 years of devastating attacks armed and planned by neo-Nazis from 1968, the GZR has been reduced to a shell of its former glory.

in 4649, elections are held across the Chinese Empire for what will become the Imperial Council, a legislative body that will make law for the Emperor to enforce. Emperor Dao-Ming has put in place a program that will then give the Council the ability to elect from its number an Emperor. He is not running for the Council and neither are any of his children; therefore, he will be the last hereditary emperor of China.

in 1963, Pete Best releases the top-selling album Introducing Pete Best. Including such songs as You’re Gonna Love Her, She’s With Me, and the classic Liverpool Girl, the album has become a must-have for collectors, rare copies selling for as much as £10,000 on ebay.

in 1979, Reverend Richard Penniman spoke at a huge revival meeting in North Richmond, California, warning of the evils of rock and roll music. “In my youth, I was seduced by this whore of Babylon, and I fell into the ways of wickedness and sin. But God has lifted me up from that, and He can lift you, too!” Penniman’s influence was instrumental in the present ban on rock music in California.

in 2740 AUC, the Tingitanan Said Aouita set the world record for the 5 Stade Run at the Olympic festivals in Rome. First Consul Karlus Magnus Crotus set the laurel wreath on his head, proclaiming, “Mercury is reborn in Africa, today!”

in 1996, Dr. Melvin Courtney’s expedition in Zimbabwe’s Chimanimani National Park breaks down their camp and starts packing up. Many of them wish to continue study of the object they have unearthed without letting the outside world know about it, and they are quite vocal in their opposition to Dr. Courtney’s plan to truck the object to Harare, but Dr. Courtney is unmoved.

in 2000, businessman Steve Huff’s day is interrupted by the appearance of Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter in his office. “No need to summon security,” Ms. Porter says, ripping the phone off the desk. Before Huff can do anything but make a haughty threat, the Baron knocks him unconscious and the three return to Ms. Porter’s apartment, where the lovers educate Huff on the wisdom of opposing them.


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Struggles Among The Elders

July 21st, 2005

in 1704, the inhabitants of the Lalande 25372 star system, still receiving transmissions from the Rope system, but no longer transmitting themselves, detect a somewhat hostile tone in their broadcasts about the Elders’ galactic civilization. The Ropes feel constrained by factional political struggles within the Elders’ society, and are considering breaking away from them.

in 1831, Pope William IV put down the Belgian rebellion as Cardinal Leopold attempted to win independence for his people. William had Leopold executed and replaced with an English cardinal to underscore his disdain for the needs of Belgium.

in 1862, Southern rebels attack the U.S. military at Manassas Junction, Virginia. Poorly organized and hopelessly outgunned, the rebels are dispatched in short order by the Union army, but they inspire others who hope to bring down the Communist government of President Walt Whitman.

in 1899, hack writer Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Never a serious author, Hemingway made his name with such melodramatic fare as Old Man & The Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and For Whom The Bell Tolls. While popular with the general public, his work faded quickly after his suicide in 1958.

in 4603, General Zuo Zongtang, conqueror of Hanoi, dies. Although he never lost a battle, his name has become synonymous with a victory that is more costly than a defeat. He left the military in 4563, published his bestselling memoirs in 4571 on the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Hanoi, and retired to life as a restaurant owner in Beijing.

in 1963, Carla Lambert dies in New Jersey at the age of 81. On her deathbed, she confesses that Thomas Edison was not her lover, but was, in fact, her father. She had kept the secret all these years out of respect for the man, not wishing him to be tarnished by the stain of affair.

in 1989, parodist “Weird” Al Yankovic’s first movie, UHF is released. It becomes the highest grossing comedy of all time, outpacing The Blues Brothers with over $258 million in receipts. Yankovic goes on to score other big-screen hits such as Running With Scissors and Long, Long Time Ago, his parody of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

in 1996, word reaches the Chimanimani National Park in Zimbabwe that their request for a truck to move the object has been heard. A truck will arrive in a couple of days to carry it to Harare. Professor Malcolm Thomas corners Dr. Melvin Courtney and asks him if he truly understands the significance of the object; Dr. Courtney, who has been trying not to, says, “I’m not blind; I know what it looks like. But, I will follow proper procedure, nonetheless.”

in 2000, a team of CIA agents arrives at Velma Porter’s New York City apartment and attempts to arrest her and her lover, Mikhail von Heflin. Not wishing these innocent pawns any harm, the Baron confuses them and sends them back to Langley. Meanwhile, he and Ms Porter plot their next visit to a Mr. Steve Huff.


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Extra-Planetary Happenings

July 20th, 2005

in 1684, the transmissions coming from the Hunter star system cease. The inhabitants of the Lalande 25372 star system, although alarmed at this, continue with their own space program, landing their first space voyager on another planet in their system. In the broadcast of this historic occasion, it says, “In hope, we turn to the stars. We shall be one with them.”

in 1720, the Mlosh fly a delegation of world leaders to the moon, to show them that they come from space, and are not any kind of supernatural creatures. The first human to set foot on the moon, King George I of England, saw the blue marble of the earth and gasped, “What wonders of Heaven are these that our world can be little more than a ball on the horizon?”

in 4598, an Imperial probe lands on the moon, proving that the Star Fleet Program is able to voyage to another world. The plans for having a Star Sailor land there go into motion, and a little less than 2 years later, they successfully land and return a Star Sailor, Ouyang Ziyuan.

in the 16th year of Ptolerit’s reign, a man is landed on the moon. The original mission Pharaoh Ptolerit had charged his astronomers with had been seeing if the kingdom of the dead was there, so when the astronaut Soranim stepped out onto the moon, he said, “The kingdom of the moon is dead; but our people are not here.”

in 1957, Nazi scientists land cosmonaut Hugo Steinweg on the moon, and the world goes to sleep by the light of a fascist moon. America tries to open negotiations to prevent them from placing nuclear weapons on the satellite, but Hitler refuses to negotiate.

in 1969, the ultimate hoax was played as the world watched a man walk on “the moon”. The Hollywood effects people weren’t as thorough as they should have been, though; the telecast had to be fuzzed or blacked out several times because the camera strayed past the set, or a crewman walked into the field of vision. Still, virtually everyone in the world was fooled.

in 1972, the Soviet Union lands a cosmonaut on the moon, beating the British Space Agency, the United States & the Confederate States of America by years. Boris Andreyev, a man given to few words, said, “Moscow, luna 1 here. Mission accomplished.”

in 1974, the Soviet States of America’s premier cosmonaut, James Lovell, sets foot on the moon. “That’s one small step for a man; one giant leap for the people,” he said, as the entire planet watched.

in 1368, Allah grants glory to Mahtab Khasim, who flies through the ether and lands on the moon on this day. Mahtab, planting his foot on the dusty surface and then dropping to his knees in prayer, says, “All glory to Allah and to Mohammed his prophet; the skies themselves are now provinces of Islam.”

in 1996, the team working on the object in Chimanimani National Park in Zimbabwe takes a break. Dr. Courtney has decided that everyone needs a little time to digest what they are seeing, especially after what Sara Olsen found inside the object. While discussing the inside of the object with young Miss Olsen, the two of them see a shadow fly across the moon.

in 2000, at the Huff institute, Steve Huff walks with Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter in the moonlight and asks them to consider carefully their decision not to allow him access to the creature from beyond the world. “I can make life very difficult for you,” he tells them. The Baron replies, “Of course. I trust that you are aware of the reverse?”


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The Rosetta Stone; Blue Moon Of Kentucky

July 19th, 2005

in 1680, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 successfully test their first space craft. With designs heavily influenced by the Hunters and the Ropes, the Lalandians are soon traveling about their solar system. Dampening their celebrations in this period, the transmissions from the Hunters begin to speak in a panicked tone of the Elders threatening them.

in 1799, the Rosetta stone, a small slab with Egyptian hieroglyphics and ancient Greek writing, is found in Egypt. It leads to speculation that the 2 cultures had some kind of interaction; unfortunately, since both written languages were long since lost, it only deepened the mystery of the ancient Mediterranean powers.

in 1891, the vulcanologists at the school in Bandai, Japan request a meeting with the Executive Committee of the Congress of Nations. They have completed their study, amid secrecy that approaches that of government intelligence-gathering organizations.

in 4648, Imperial officials are called into Beijing to be given instruction in democracy. The Chdo send advisors to assist. Dao-Ming begins working with his ministers to restructure the way his government functions, and to assemble the necessary means to allow Chinese citizens to vote.

in 1954, Sun Records released the 1st single by a new artist, Elvis Presley. The A side recording, That’s All Right, Mama, flops; the B side, however, a cover of the bluegrass classic Blue Moon Of Kentucky, dominates the radio and record sales. Presley goes on to become the #1 bluegrass artist in the country.

in 1969, at the Hollywood studio, the special effects department puts the “Apollo 11” into orbit around the moon. Several anomalies are seen by sharp-eyed skeptics, but the compliant mainstream media drowns them out.

in 1979, the fascist Anastasio Somoza seizes power from the elected Marxist government in Nicaragua. The Soviet States of America spend the next 8 years undermining Somoza’s rule, until he finally agrees to elections in 1988, when he is ousted by Marxist Manuel Ortega.

in 1985, Christa McAuliffe is chosen to be America’s first teacher in space. Her flight was delayed by mechanical problems in the Challenger shuttle she was assigned to fly in. Once the problems were fixed, she had been waiting over a year to fly, but the publicity was still overwhelming; she spent the next few years covering shuttle flights for CNN.

in 1996, a hatch is found in the circular object that Dr. Courtney’s team in Chimanimani has been examining. With some trepidation, they open it and send in young Sara Olsen, who asks them, “Think I’ll find any bodies?” As she begins her crawl through the object, she, thankfully, does not.

in 2000, apparently, the tracking devices that the Huff institute has designed work; a team of their people find Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter on the New York beach where they have been resting since burying the creature from beyond the world in the ocean. After a brief confrontation, both sides agree to go back to the institute.


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Nero Saves Rome; The Birth Of Chinese Democracy

July 18th, 2005

in 817 AUC, enemies of the state ignited a series of fires across Rome. Heroically, Emperor Nero directed the fight against these fires himself, rallying the citizens and saving most of the city. Afterwards, the good will the emperor had built up by his actions was used to find and execute these imperial enemies.

in 1642, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 translate the transmissions coming from the Rope star system, 351 light years distant. These are a people much like themselves, steady and methodical, and they begin transmitting back in the Rope language, sharing the location of their star system, their culture and their history. The people of the Rope, like the Hunters 1100 light years away, speak of the galactic civilization of the Elders in their transmissions. The Lalandians are curious as to when they might meet this alien race.

in 1899, clergyman and author Horatio Alger dies in New York. Famed for his tragic novels of heroes falling from grace, Alger famously wrote that if he had allowed his heroes to climb back up again, he might have sold more books, but that would hardly reflect the real world.

in 1905, Carla Lambert appears in A Woman Unchained, a movie about suffragists in New York. This film rockets her to international stardom, and rumors start flying as to who she is seeing romantically.

in 1936, the Spanish Civil War begins, with the outnumbered forces of fascist Francisco Franco fighting against Republican forces. Dozens of nations sent in troops surreptitiously to prevent another European nation from falling to right-wing revolutionaries, and it worked. Franco was defeated the following spring, and Spain grew into a free democracy.

in 1937, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Hunter S. Thompson is born in Louisville, Kentucky. His clear-headed, no-nonsense style and strict adherence to the rules of journalism became the standard by which all other journalists were judged in the 60’s and 70’s.

in 4648, Emperor Dao-Ming speaks to the Chinese Empire over video. “My people, these recent years have brought us fantastic change; we have risen to the heavens, we have raised colonies there, we have made contact with another people who live among the stars. And they have brought with them ideas of another way that a government may be run. Their ideas have shown me that what has always been may not always be right. Therefore, I have made the decision that we shall become a democracy like our friends, the Chdo. Not at first; but slowly and carefully, as befits our nature.”

in 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy is caught by his wife attempting to leave a party with attractive young Mary Jo Kopechne. The resulting divorce causes havoc with Kennedy’s political career, as details of his womanizing and drinking become public. Kennedy pledges his constituents that he will reform, and after a brief period in a rehabilitation clinic, he comes out sober and focused. After winning the presidency in 1976, he entered his second marriage – also the second marriage of a President in the White House – to Victoria Reggie in 1977.

in 1996, after unburying the entire object, Dr. Courtney’s team in Chimanimani National Park is coming to some rather bizarre conclusions. The object is a disk with a circumference of over a hundred feet and a thickness of 30. There are a few strange symbols in various places around it, but, in spite of a knowledge of over 50 languages in the team, no one among them is able to decipher them.

in 2000, Velma Porter and Mikhail von Heflin reach the New York coast and sink the container holding the creature from beyond the world in the Atlantic Ocean. They are able to move it partially outside of our own dimension, making it much more difficult to get at; this procedure exhausts the two of them, and they spend the night on the beach, recuperating.


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Second Contact

July 17th, 2005

in 590, the Christian infidels of Espagne gathered in force and attempted to oust their betters from the land. Allah was with the faithful that day, because the faithless were routed and driven north, and Islam expanded yet again, as Allah wills.

in 1635, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 detect the transmissions of a civilization living in a star system they call Rope, which is 351 light years from them. It is the second alien civilization they have heard from since developing radio technology in 1530, and much closer than the one they refer to as the Hunters. They begin work on translating the Rope language.

in 1821, Spain ceded the Florida territory to the North American Confederation. This was their last possession in the Americas, as revolution and negotiations had slowly eaten away all of their colonies on the 2 continents. Since Africa was no longer open to them, owing to the power of the native governments there, their importance in world affairs was negligible. This created a heavy anti-Mlosh sentiment in the streets, and the Mlosh of Spain were persecuted as much as the Jews had been during the Inquisition.

in 1890, the vulcanologists of Bandai, Japan descend on Papua in the South Pacific as an undersea earthquake begins. Though their technology is able to quell it, they look very concerned and hurriedly fly back to Bandai. Many governmental officials start inquiring what the school is finding out.

in 4601, Yueh Chan Juan lands on the moon and begins directing the building of the Imperial Colony there. She is a far cry from her younger days as the first woman in space, but she is more than up to this task. Many of the life-long colonists, who lived under several Imperial Administrators, felt that Yueh was the best administrator they ever had. When she died in 4618, her body was flown back to the moon from China, and buried with full Imperial honors.

in 1946, fascist Nationalist forces under Chang Kai-Shek smashed into the Communist army of Mao Tse-Tung on the Yangtze River. Reeling from the ferocity of the attack, the Communists pulled back, and never recovered. They were eventually forced onto the island of Formosa before the Soviet States of America announced that they would come to Comrade Mao’s aid if he asked it. An uneasy cold war then began between the tiny People’s Republic of Formosa and the mainland Republic of China.

in 1968, neo-Nazis spirit Palestinian physicist Faisal Yassin into Argentina to meet with Wilhelm Schoemann. Together, they begin work on designing the time machine that their new employers need built. Yassin had been working from Schoemann’s designs for 5 years, and was the main reason the neo-Nazis brought Schoemann into the project.

in 1996, the Courtney expedition uncovers the entrance into the object they have discovered in the Chimanimani National Park in Zimbabwe. They are unsure how to open it; the material it is made of has resisted all their efforts to cut it, so far. Dr. Courtney instructs his team to just keep working on unburying the entire object, and they will find a way in eventually.

in 2000, well away from New York, Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter hijack the truck carrying the creature from beyond this world for the Huff institute and head towards the coast, instead. The Baron cannot resist using the truck’s radio to send back a message to Huff – “You want this thing back, Huff? Come to Canada to find it.” They are heading to New York’s Atlantic coast; they will test how well Huff’s scientists are able to track them.


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Treaty At Kuchuk-Kainardji; Kennedy Plane Crashes

July 16th, 2005

in 1630, the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 finish their translation of the Hunter language and learn that they have a small interstellar culture covering 3 star systems. They have also made contact with another alien race they refer to as the Elders, who apparently have some sort of galaxy-wide society. The Lalandian translators also provide valuable data to scientists about developing space craft.

in 1773, in their most major peace-making move since landing, the Mlosh negotiate a treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire at Kuchuk-Kainardji, ending their 5-year long war.

in 4648, Emperor Dao-Ming brings his ministerial conference to a close and asks his ministers to arrange a public video conference to the Empire. They have all agreed to bring thousands of years of tradition to an end.

in 1945, the United States explodes a nuclear bomb in Alamagordo, New Mexico. Unfortunately, the worst fears of the physicists are realized when the explosion ignites the atmosphere, killing all life on earth.

in 1950, the largest crowd ever to attend a sporting event, (almost 200,000 spectators), watches Uruguay go down in a blaze of glory as Brazil defeats them in the World Cup at Rio De Janeiro.

in 1968, neo-Nazis kidnap former Nazi scientist Wilhelm Schoemann from his home in New Mexico and convince him to aid them in building a time-travel device. Their plan is to send one of their number, Astrid Pflaume, back in time to the end of World War I. She will then create the “Jewish conspiracy” that Hitler and other anti-Semites had imagined; they think that if the threat is real, that more nations will support them.

in 1969, the fake Apollo 11 rocket took off from Florida to “land on the moon”. It was secretly ditched into the ocean minutes after takeoff, and the team in the secret Hollywood studio took over transmission.

in 1981, folk singer Harry Chapin loses the use of his legs after crashing his car on the way to a benefit concert. Always ready to use difficult material in his work, he makes his next album about paraplegia and the difficulties of life in a wheelchair. It sells millions of copies, wins multiple awards, and Chapin is instrumental in getting Congress to pass an Americans With Disabilities Act, which aids disabled Americans of all kinds to lead a more normal life.

in 1996, Dr. Courtney’s expedition in Zimbabwe uncovers the top of the metallic object that had been embedded in the clump of trees. It is a wide circle, about 100 feet across; they haven’t uncovered the bottom of the object yet, but they are beginning to entertain some very wild speculation about its origins.

in 1999, in spite of handing the controls over to his flight instructor, John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s plane crashes off the shore of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Although severely injured, all 4 passengers survive, but Kennedy’s legendary good looks are marred by terrible scars.

in 2000, businessman Steve Huff goes to his secret institute for studying extra-dimensional creatures and informs the scientists that the creature being held there is going to be moved. He has arranged for it to be transported to Nevada, far away from the pair that has threatened the institute with destruction. Speaking of which, Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter stow away on the truck carrying the creature; their bluff worked.


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I am become Death...

July 15th, 2005

in 1410, the heretical kingdom of Poland, placed under interdict by Pope Henry IV, defeats the Teutonic Knights of the Holy British Empire in battle at Tannenberg. Henry responded by excommunicating the King Wladislaw Jagiello and forbidding any Christian from obeying his orders. This tactic works; there is a general rebellion against Wladislaw in the winter, and a more friendly ruler is placed on his throne.

in 1610 the inhabitants of Lalande 25372 begin receiving radio transmissions from a star they have named The Hunter, a being from their mythology. It is their first contact with an alien race, and it takes them 20 years to decipher the signals. Although it will take a millennium to reach the Hunters, they begin sending signals back, describing their people and their world.

in 1789, the citizens of Paris organized their government into a commune, where they attempted to dole out duties to those who could perform them and resources to those who needed them. The movement retained power for many years, inspiring many Europeans, including a young Karl Marx. Although the movement retained many democratic impulses, it became increasingly autocratic over the years, until it finally crumbled with the formation of the French Republic in 1857.

in 4560, under the direction of Feng Xizhang, the Chinese Empire performs its first successful test of a Sun Bomb. Although Feng had no fear, some on his staff had believed that the test might ignite the atmosphere and burn away all the air in the world. The successful test, though highly destructive, was not the world-ending event they had feared. However, Feng was humbled by the power of the Sun Bomb, quoting scripture to the Emperor in his report: “I am become death, destroyer of worlds.”

in 1881, William “Billy the Kid” Bonney recovers from a near-fatal gunshot wound in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. He was shot after being surprised by Sheriff Pat Garrett, who left him for dead. Bonney proved stronger than the sheriff reckoned on, though, and lived through the evening. After recovering some strength, he went to a doctor of not-so-sterling reputation in Fort Sumner, who helped him get the bullet out and sew up the wound. After this near-death experience, Bonney changed his ways, somewhat. He still stole and murdered, but often gave a large part of his ill-gotten gains to the poor, and only killed lawmen and the wealthy.

in 1888, the Bandai volcano in Japan, dormant for a millennium, comes to life, but is shut down by the local Mlosh vulcanologist. Many vulcanologists across the globe come to study it, as its sudden heating up had come as something of a surprise. As this study progresses, a school of vulcanology sprouts up around Bandai, and it uncovers some disturbing facts. The passions that those findings light up are much harder to tamp down than the volcano was.

in 1971, Comrade President Gus Hall, in an attempt to revive his electoral fortunes, announces that he will go to China on the first official state visit since the fascist takeover of that country by Chang Kai-Shek. Many important trade and friendship agreements are signed during this visit, but it fails in Hall’s primary purpose; the Communist Party loses the White House for the first time in 16 years in the elections of 1972.

in 1996, after nearly a year’s worth of work in the Chimanimani National Park in Zimbabwe, the archeological expedition led by Dr. Melvin Courtney discovers something unusual in a clump of trees that had been uprooted by an earthquake the previous September. It is a large hunk of metal that is attached to an object that the trees had grown around. The expedition begins removing the trees and unburying it.

in 2000, Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter pay a visit to businessman Steve Huff’s mansion outside of New York City. He is entertaining several important guests, including a senator and several congressmen, when they arrive. The pair take him aside and Ms. Porter informs him that, “come Monday, you’re going to be a lot poorer.” They then take their leave of Huff, who calls his institute and tells them to beef up security. He needn’t have bothered.


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Bastille Day; The Signal

July 14th, 2005

in 1789, King Louis XVI of France narrowly staved off a rebellion as citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille, seeking ammunition to use in their struggle against him. A brave battalion of royal guards fought them off, possibly saving Louise’s crown.

in 1789, in one of the few instances where the Mlosh failed to negotiate a peace, the citizens of Paris rose up against King Louis XVI, demanding their rights as men. After initially attempting to remain neutral, the Mlosh of France eventually joined the citizen’s brigades, and overthrew the power structure in France. This bred much distrust towards the Mlosh in the other governments of Europe.

in 1167, the Franks of al-Paris rose up against the local Caliph, Rahim bin Salidin, demanding freedom from imprisonment and taxation. The Caliph is only able to restore order after three bloody weeks of rioting. Allah is merciful.

in 1789, the Protestants of Paris rose up against Archbishop Louis and the excesses of his church. Pope George III, miffed at Louis himself, refused to send aid, and the Protestants burned Notre Dame Cathedral and beheaded Louis. Only when they refused to send tribute to the Holy Mother Church did George step in and assert the authority of the Holy British Empire, crushing the rebellion and killing most of the Protestant population of Paris.

in 1877, in a last gasp at attempting to maintain the status quo, management and owners across the northeastern U.S. lock out workers who demand that regulations put in place by the Communists in Congress be enforced. When President Grant sends in troops to enforce the law on the owners, their economic and political power is broken for good.

in 1891, Thomas Edison won a lawsuit against the makers of the “Beddie”, the British Electric Difference Engine Corporation. Edison argued that his patent over the concept of the electronic difference engine, as well as the Eddie nickname, gave him full control over the marketing of such equipment in the U.S. The Supreme Court agreed with him.

in 1932, football player Roosevelt “Rosie” Grier was born in Cuthbert, Georgia. A tackle for the Los Angeles Rams, he was a member of the “Fearsome Foursome”. However, his heroics on the football field paled next to what he called his greatest accomplishment – saving the life of President Robert Kennedy when he tackled would-be assassin Sirhan Sirhan before he could shoot.

in 1999, SETI volunteers find the signal they have been waiting for all their lives – a strong, unmistakable transmission of intelligent origin, coming from Lalande 25372, about 17 light-years distant. When they announce it, the U.S. government forbids them from replying until they translate the message. The long task begins.

in 2000, Mikhail von Heflin begins searching the Huff institute for Velma Porter, because he hasn’t seen her since the day before. Although they seem to be helpful, the scientists in the institute are stonewalling the Baron, and he can sense it. He manages to find an area of the complex that he has not been shown before and break into it – there he finds Ms. Porter, bound into this dimension by the very techniques he had been showing the scientists. He breaks her free and together they fight their way out of the institute and flee back to Ms. Porter’s place. The Baron wants revenge.


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No Demons From Hell...

July 13th, 2005

in 1725, after 2 years of missionary work among the Mlosh of North America, clergyman Jonathan Edwards pens the treatise No Demons From Hell Are These, in which he writes that, while the Mlosh are certainly sinners, they are not demons, and should be accorded the opportunity of converting to Christianity just as any other sinner. While it may sound bigoted in our time, this was a critical step towards acceptance of the Mlosh in the Christian world.

in 1793, Charlotte Corday, an aristocrat’s daughter, is arrested in the streets of Paris when she starts a fight with a peasant and stabs him with a knife she has concealed in her bodice. Screaming about conspiracies involving the Republicans and Jean-Paul Marat, she is placed in an asylum for the remainder of her life.

in 1897, capitalizing on the work of a young Italian man in his employ, Thomas Edison patents the radio, a device which captures radio waves and translates them into understandable sounds. The Italian, Guglielmo Marconi, takes umbrage at Edison patenting what he feels is mainly his work, and sues the legendary inventor. He loses the case, since he had been employed by Edison while the radio was being invented. He spends the rest of his life trying to invent something of his own, but dies without another great idea.

in 1917, 3 children claim to have seen the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. Pope George of the Holy British Empire immediately dispatches a cardinal to investigate. Under the intense interrogation, the children admit that they were trying to hoax people in their village. The Pope absolves them of sin, but admonishes them not to lie again. One of the children takes the lesson to heart, and becomes a nun once she is grown.

in 1940, Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire. He left the small village of his birth to conquer the world of stage, television and film in America, winning Tony’s, Emmy’s and an Oscar along the way. Most remembered for his portrayal of Captain Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation, he was also recognized for his Shakespearean turns as King Lear and his moving remake of A Christmas Carol, for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor.

in 1960, the Socialist Party National Convention nominates conservative Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts as its candidate for the presidency. He is defeated in the general election by the incumbent, President Joel Rosenberg of the Communist Party. Kennedy’s running mate, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, ran in 1964 against Comrade Rosenberg’s successor and running mate, Comrade Gus Hall.

in 1977, on his birthday, puzzlemaster Erno Rubik discovers that if you twist one of his eponymous cubes in just the right way, it opens a portal into a 5th dimension. Unfortunately, before he could tell anyone, he was sucked in and never seen again.

in 2000, Velma Porter, doing some unauthorized snooping into the Huff institute’s computer system, discovers that both she and Mikhail von Heflin have also been a subject of some interest to the institute; Huff had even allocated certain resources to capturing them. Before she can bring this to the attention of the Baron, she is stunned by an unknown force.


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Early Sacks Washingon; Jordan Named VP

July 12th, 2005

in 653 AUC, Gaius Julius Caesar was born. This minor Roman general played a part in subduing the Gauls. In his memoirs, he vastly inflated his role in the whole campaign, making him something of a laughing stock among his peers. Many plebeians flocked to hear him speak, though, so he made a living in his later years as an orator.

in 1864, the deciding battle of the American Civil War was fought as Jubal Early’s forces sacked Washington, D.C. Lincoln immediately sent word to President Davis of the Confederacy that he was ready to discuss terms of peace.

in 1901, Carla Lambert appears in her first film, an adaptation of the current best-selling children’s book The Wizard Of Oz. She played the relatively small role of Glinda, the good witch of the south. Her beauty and poise win her many fans, and she moves to starring roles soon after the release of this film.

in 1910, the first Mlosh colonists land on the Mlosh homeworld. There are very few Q’Bar left on the planet, but the ones still there are not very welcoming towards the Mlosh; after examining the records of what their ancestors did to the Q’Bar, the Mlosh begin to understand why.

in 1937, famed blaxploitation star Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia. After getting his break in the 60’s spy show I Spy, Cosby went on to star in such black action films as Shaft. He defined the role of black action hero that later actors Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy would seek to emulate.

in 4648, Imperial ministers Chang Kai-Shek and Mao Tse-Tung nearly come to blows as they argue over what rights it would be permissible to allow non-nobles to have. the Emperor has to physically pull them away from each other; in fact, Chang landed a blow on Dao-Ming before realizing who he was swinging at. Chang is in fear of his life, but Dao-Ming simply says, “In the world I envision, it is not right to kill men for a mistake. Let us forget that it happened.” With this simple act of mercy, Dao-Ming changes the mood of the entire assemblage.

in 1982, Steven Spielberg showed that he wasn’t always a wunderkind as his latest film, ET the Extraterrestrial, tanked at the box office. Dismissed by critics as sappy and predictable, audiences just were not able to emotionally connect with a character that was essentially played by a puppet.

in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale shocked the country by naming former Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan as his vice-presidential running mate. The eloquent Ms. Jordan electrifies the Democratic campaign, and they defeat incumbent President Ronald Reagan in an electoral squeaker, 271-268.

in 1992, a statue honoring Texas-born musical legend Buddy Holly was unveiled in Dallas, Texas. The aging rock star attended the ceremony with his wife, 4 children and 7 grandchildren, along with his large extended family from Lubbock. Though he hadn’t lived in the state since the 50’s, Holly still spoke with a Texas drawl as he said, “I love the statue, but maybe y’all shoulda used a better lookin’ model.”

in 2000, Velma Porter and Mikhail von Heflin reluctantly assist businessman Steve Huff’s scientists as they study the creature from beyond the world. The Baron becomes very interested in their work, and this disturbs Ms. Porter, who is only offering enough assistance to make sure the creature doesn’t free itself again.


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A Hundred Men To Heaven...

July 11th, 2005

in 1656, Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, the first 2 members of the violent Quaker sect to arrive in America, go on a violent killing spree before being captured by colonial authorities. Their method was to convert someone to their religion, absolving them of their sins, then kill them while they were still “blameless”, so that they would go straight to Heaven. Fisher, at her trial, stated, “I will take the sin on me, for I have seen a hundred men to Heaven.” It is unknown if this was true or a boast, but the pair were executed for at least 10 murders.

in 1754, famed scatologist Thomas Bowdler was born. A medical doctor by profession, his avocation was making bawdy versions of classical works, especially Shakespeare. His “Fable of the cad, Romeo, and his strumpet, Juliet”, is generally considered the most filthy work to come out of the 18th century.

in 1786, the Mlosh of North America are criticized as appeasers for paying the pirates of Morocco £10,000 to stop their attacks on ships coming from North American shores. The tactic seems to work, though, and many other governments follow suit. In 1800, the government of Morocco, composed of many of these same pirates, is the first foreign power to recognize the North American Confederation.

in 1804, Alexander Hamilton kills Vice-President Aaron Burr in a pistol duel near Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton is arrested and tried for treason; his federalist and economic ideas are branded as the work of a raving madman, and fall out of favor with the public.

in 1934, Eddies at 10 colleges were linked together by the fledgling Knowledge Railroad and began sharing information. Pascal-Edison had technicians working round the clock at each campus to ensure the smooth operation of the Eddies, and the successful test led to the growth of the Railroad to hundreds of other colleges and large institutions within the next year.

in 1979, the American space station Skylab falls out of orbit and smashes into a small white supremacist community near Couer d’Alene, Idaho. The racists consider the crash a planned attack from the government, and launch a series of terrorist assaults on the northwestern U.S. in retaliation.

in 1981, Sparky, the only surviving member of the Vegas 6, surveys the ruins of the Groom Lake facility known as Area 51. Once he sees the atomic destruction that has been wrought, he knows that his grandfather and former companions are dead, and sadly leaves to tell the world of their bravery.

in 2000, Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter break into the institute owned by businessman Steve Huff and find a surprisingly competent security force. They are rebuffed briefly, until the creature they have come for bursts out of the chamber it had been placed in and attacks the security force itself. With the aid of the Baron and Ms. Porter, the institute is able to imprison the creature again; and Mr. Huff makes the pair a deal – a hefty sum of money for their assistance with this being from beyond.

in 2002, at the coronation of the Comte de St. Germaine as Pope Righteous I of the Holy British Empire, a trio of Protestants burst in and attempt to assassinate him. The woman of the group, Diana Spencer, manages to plunge her knife into the back of St. Germaine’s head, all the way up to the hilt. St. Germaine hovers near death’s door for seven days, but miraculously recovers, lending even further strength to the rumors that he has been called by God to lead the Empire.


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