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Old 06-18-2019, 07:51 PM   #4187
fchase8
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: New York, NY
Default Re: New Reality Seeds

Other Chernobyls
In just the past few years, Infinity has come into contact with a number of worlds where Chernobyl is the key divergence point, and never for the better:
The nuclear disaster happened as on Homeline on Chernobyl-2 (Q3, current year 1989), but the effects have differed. About a tenth of people have survived, with each-one-different disfigurements more akin to fantasy & science fiction; meanwhile, about 1% have superpowers! These new Russian supers range from defending the state to trying to overthrow it, destabilizing an already shaky USSR. Others have escaped to the West to make their own fates, from heroic to criminal. Meanwhile, there are rumors of ‘nuclear metahuman’ programs not just in rogue states like North Korea & Iraq, but Israel, India, and even America. Infinity is worried about some recent reports of well-equipped neo-Nazis trying to get information on what made these supermen, for this world is on the same quantum as Reich-5’.
Conversely, on Chernobyl-3 (Q5, current year 1995 - disturbingly the exact same date & time as Chernobyl-1), the accident never seemed to have happened. Not only is the Chernobyl nuclear power plant still running, but so is the Soviet Union. Indeed, the state is expanding nuclear power, after the Gulf War oil-shock, and other nations are following that lead. Only discovered by Infinity in the last year, it’s become a political issue at the Homeline Security Council, as Russia vetoes any hampering of this world’s Communist energy program, no matter the risks.
The asteroid that struck Tunguska in Russia in Homeline history somehow managed to find the Ukrainian town on Chernobyl-4 (Q4, current year 1912), and cracked open a hole in the earth’s crust that let out the horrors beneath. Monstrous beasts deluged onto Russia, toppling the Czar, and only the industrialized armies of modern Europe hold the Great Line, from Lithuania to Transylvania. There are reports of similar demons in remote places on the other continents, from the Sahara & Tibet to northern Rockies & southern Andes, plus Australian Outback and even Antarctica. This world is low-mana, with high-mana around the holes in the earth.
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