Captain Trips; This Is For Kansas

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Alternate Historian's Note: While I still feel lucid, I'll make a quick double post for the 15th and 16th. Sorry about the delay – I feel like I have Captain Trips...

June 15th, 2007

in 1891, Union troops from the fort at Concordia start firing on Topeka, softening it up for the thrust from Kansas City to take out the relatively few defenders left. Although assured by 'Sockless' Jerry Simpson that help is on the way, the citizens of Topeka are growing weary of being the battleground for his war. A number of them start plotting to assassinate the 'Socrates of the plains'.

in 1999, Sir Lance du Lac's Round Table Corps smashes through Cairo, the Central European Empire's former North African star possession, and the rest of Egypt quickly surrenders, throwing the Illuminati hiding within their borders to du Lac as sacrificial lambs. Queen Gwen goes on television and says to the world, “If the former masters of the Central European Empire will simply give themselves up, we shall no longer prosecute this war. Any deaths from this point on are meaningless, and caused only by the intransigence of the CEE's holdouts. Any nation that cooperates with us in giving up their former masters shall be considered an ally, and under our full protection.” This is the final nail in the coffin for the Illuminati, as those they seek shelter from turn them into the British in order to receive the queen's amnesty.

In 2008, following the Second Gulf War a terrorist backlash had caused America to become the most dangerous place on Earth. Captain von Tromp was informed that the Old Ones of Mars were grokking the fullness of his nation's aggression. Innocent Valentine Michael Smith explained that America's prospects looked bleak, in living memory the war-like inhabitants of the fifth planet had been destroyed; all that remained was the asteroid belt.

~ variant from Steve Payne: extensive use of original content has been made to celebrate the author's genius.

In 1980, following a security lapse that accidentally released a deadly man-made virus, the panic-stricken US military issued the desperate emergency orders Rome Falls. The superflu known as "Captain Trips" was ravaging the West Coast and all was lost. The Top Brass had lost control and decided to push the doomsday button.

~ variant from Steve Payne: extensive use of original content has been made to celebrate the author's genius.

Phoenix Chromos..	In 2472, future European leader Karl Adolphus completed his molecular biology matriculation paper in New Bremen. This brilliant and audacious fifteen year old student was to score full marks. He supplied the boldest of answers using just five words to answer the Caucasoid question. a) China b) Phoenix Chromosome c) Resveratrol.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

In 1940, Neville Chamberlain departed South Africa on a transatlantic flight to Canada for medical attention. The former British Prime Minister was dying of cancer and General Smuts wasted no time in dispatching Chamberlain upon receipt of the Fuerher's second telegram. Neither of them are aware of the first telegram, sent ..	Chamberlain
.. to Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. That communique stated that Chamberlains' entry into Canada would be considered an act of war by Nazi Germany and would invite immediate action from the Kriegsmarine currently moored off the east coast.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

John Major	In 1994, at Admiralty House British Prime Minister John Major studied the photographs produced by the returned passengers of London Underground train number AEJX53B. In his youth Major had worked for a British Bank in Nigeria and had some limited first hand experience of real suffering. To be fair, out of a car window. However ..
.. these pictures from 2126 were truly shocking. Trouble was, advanced knowledge of the post-Jihad era could have a counter effect. Instead of making peace with the Islamic world to prevent such a scenario, the military-industrial complex might take preventative action. Invade the front-line of Islamic fundamentalism, in Iraq and Afghanistan for instance. Major would have to consider his next step very carefully.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

In 1940, British Prime Minister Oswald Mosley and King Edward VIII are forced to accept the logic of the repulsion plan proposed by Aleister Crowley aka “The Beast”, “The Man We Would Most Like to Hang” and "The Wickedest Man In the World” inter alia. Minister of Defence Winston Churchill celebrated silently. He knew ..	Winston Churchi..
.. the British Heads of State and Government would give no credence whatsoever to Crowley himself, but they would fall for that old schmoozer, Ian Fleming. The Naval Intelligence Officer had convinced the pair to use Enochian as a code in order to plant evidence. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. It sounded strangely like Crowley's own work The Book of the Law which started “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" That was very much Churchill's thinking at this most desperate of hours.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

June 16th, 2007

in 1891, George Nelson, a lifelong Topeka resident and former supporter of 'Sockless' Jerry Simpson, approaches the Kansan leader in the middle of siege preparations and shoots him twice in the face. “That's for Kansas,” Nelson shouts at Simpson as the leader writhes in agony on the ground. Although many people look menacingly towards Nelson as he walks away from Simpson's corpse, no one lays a finger on him. The town's leaders seize the opportunity to raise a white flag over the capitol building and ask the Union soldiers their terms for surrender.

in 1999, Prime Minister Kay Ector returns from his Greek “vacation” brimming with confidence in Queen Gwen's anti-Illuminati initiative, and quickly touches base with every country in the world that could be housing the once-powerful organization. He finds a host of nations ready and willing to give up those who once ruled them, and sends the list to Sir Lance du Lac, so that his Round Table Corps can make quick work of them. In the London hospital holding King Arthur II, meanwhile, a strange old man pays a visit to the fallen monarch. None of the staff remembers why they let him in, nor do they remember him when he is gone. But, the king dreams within his coma, and stirs ever so slightly.

In 2008, Captain von Tromp of the Champion was taught by Innocent Valentine Michael Smith how to grok. The process of taking in a full understanding is best translated from the Martian as to drink; symbolised by the water ritual. By becoming water brothers, Von Tromp and Smith gained a full understanding of each other. More importantly, they dispersed the aura of aggression that was troubling the Old Ones of Mars. And Van Tromp now understood that the threat posed to America by the Old Ones was very great indeed.

~ variant from Steve Payne: extensive use of original content has been made to celebrate the author's genius.

In 1980, carrying vials of the superflu known as "Captain Trips", US Agents travelled to dispersion points around the world. The desperate emergency orders Rome Falls were carried out with military precision. Operational efficiency was a marked improvement on the security lapse that had accidentally released the deadly man-made virus.

~ variant from Steve Payne: extensive use of original content has been made to celebrate the author's genius.

European Grapev..	In 1760, by a twist of fate the healing powers of grapes were best understood outside of Europe. Vitis vinifera cultivation and wine-making in China began during the Han Dynasty in the second century BC with the importation of the species from Ta-Yuan. However, ..
.. wild vine "mountain grapes" like Vitis thunbergii were being used for wine making before that time. And where did the plague known as the Red Death originate? In China.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

In 1940, in South Africa General Jan Smuts received a most distressing telegram from the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. That communique stated that Neville Chamberlains' entry into Canada would be considered an act of war by Nazi Germany and would invite immediate action from the Kriegsmarine currently moored off the east ..	Chamberlain
.. coast. He urged the General not to offer any assistance to the former British Prime Minister who was dying of cancer and currently en route to Canada by the General's arrangement.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

Napoleon Bonapa..	In 1815, on this day at Ligny in Belgium Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Prussians under Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher. Aware that the Duke of Wellington's forces were but two days march away, the Little Corporal chose not to send forces in pursuit of the retreating Prussians.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

In 1940, Nazi Deputy Rudolph Hess received a highly irregular intelligence feed most bizarrely not from Heinrich Himmler. Superficially it was a back-channel diplomatic communication from the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon inviting Hess to a clandestine meeting at Aleister Crowley's residence on Loch Ness. It also included ..	Duke of Hamilto..
.. horoscopes suggesting a pro-German coup in Britain led by the Duke and “the Beast”. The urgency was thus; a brokered peace settlement before Rommel could launch the D-Day landings on the South Coast.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

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