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Prince Charon · 10-19-2022, 07:35 PM

October, 2014 (1942 on Earth-2, 1880 on Earth-3, 1557 on Earth-4, and 516 CE/1269 AUC on Earth-5)

October 1: On Earth-1, DARPA produces a working 1::100 scale model of a hypothetical battleplate, being ten metres on a side, and 2 metres thick. It is estimated that the full-sized spacecraft would take twenty years to build, and cost more per unit than 100 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers using current technology, technurgy, and construction methods. On the bright side, all of those are progressing over time.

Oct. 3: Jean-Claude 'Bebe Dok' Duvalier, with the assistance of most of Haiti's empowered vodounists and a number of other powered people, begins openly campaigning to remove the current governmet of Haiti from power, to replace it with 'one more obediant to the will of the Haitian People' (and lead by him). He always seems to disappear before the police can show up to arrest him.

Oct. 4: Copies of the 1839 German edition of Unaussprechlichen Kulten, by Friedrich Wilhelm von Junzt are transmitted via radiofacsimile machine from Earths Two and Three to Earth One, for comparison purposes. It should be noted that the version from Earth-3 is regarded as fiction (and the author's name is known to be a pseudonym), and the forward includes a quote from Lucian of Samosata on that matter, while the book on Earth-2 is not and does not. Apart from having different forwards and afterwards, the two books are nearly identical, though the one from Earth-3 contains slightly more spelling and grammar errors.

Oct. 5: Inp-US Army Major Andrew Kurita, a fourth-generation Japanese-American from Earth-1, and veteran of Iraq and Afganistan, is assigned as Military Advisor and liaison to the now-forming 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Oct. 7: In Clp-London, the Seamarks Act is passed nine years early, as part of a series of Acts (such as the Public Health Act 1557 from March 5, 2014) that will be known as the Safety and Infrastructure Acts.

Oct. 10: In Clp-London, the Peculiars begin investigating the deaths of certain 'upstanding gentlemen' who seem to have all been murdered with the same weapon and method, and all while seeking the company of 'a certain sort of woman' (prostitutes) in Southwark.

Oct. 13: On Earth-3, the Hale T-13 Flying Ambulance is designated 'M-1' by order of Queen Victoria, who finds the Army's intention of using 'H' just to annoy the Navy to be most childish - indeed, she informs them that her youngest children are better behaved. On Earth-1, in the countryside near Great Finborough, Suffolk, a huge dog is photographed. The beast is believed by the photographer to be Black Shuck.

Oct. 15: First flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 500 'Kugelblitz' single seat heavy fighter. The vehicle is able to avoid crashing only due to the slightly-precognitive pilot, and the Cytherean avionics, but it is shown to be highly manoeuverable. In Dsp-London, the public becomes aware that the prisoners and records of Auschwitz (see July 18, 2014) were evacuated to Dsp-Switzerland, and from there to various Allied or neutral territories.

Oct. 17: All contact is lost with Inp-Palmyra Island.

Oct. 21: Lina Lewis interviews Her Majesty, Queen Luciana of Borgonia. In Dsp-UK, the Bolton Paul Reliant Mark 2 enters testing (see Aug. 3, 2014, for the Mark 1). The modification removes the turret, replacing it with a sensor/navigation/engineer station, which due to the domed canopy, Earth-1 observers refer to as the 'astromech seat.'

Oct. 23: (War Beneath the Ice) Battle of Fort Ross occurs, an allied victory with three Soviet submarines sank, and one captured; the lack of German submarines is noted by the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Oct. 26: On Earth-5, the Arthurian expedition to Fa-America (see Aug. 14, 2014) reaches a Proto-Iroquois port at roughly the location that Newburyport is on Earths One, Two, and Three. Peaceful contact is made through the medium of exchanging gifts, though communication is difficult.

Oct. 28: Incident at Houska Castle begins on Earth-2, as a survivor of their occult experiments broke out, rampaged around killing the scientists, and took over the base.

Oct. 31: The final ritual to manifest Kemmler (see June 13, 2014) is interrupted; the failure of this ritual is noted as 'energetic' by those able to sense such things.

Thoughts?

10-19-2022, 07:35 PM	#865
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: Five Earths, All in a Row October, 2014 (1942 on Earth-2, 1880 on Earth-3, 1557 on Earth-4, and 516 CE/1269 AUC on Earth-5) October 1: On Earth-1, DARPA produces a working 1::100 scale model of a hypothetical battleplate, being ten metres on a side, and 2 metres thick. It is estimated that the full-sized spacecraft would take twenty years to build, and cost more per unit than 100 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers using current technology, technurgy, and construction methods. On the bright side, all of those are progressing over time. Oct. 3: Jean-Claude 'Bebe Dok' Duvalier, with the assistance of most of Haiti's empowered vodounists and a number of other powered people, begins openly campaigning to remove the current governmet of Haiti from power, to replace it with 'one more obediant to the will of the Haitian People' (and lead by him). He always seems to disappear before the police can show up to arrest him. Oct. 4: Copies of the 1839 German edition of Unaussprechlichen Kulten, by Friedrich Wilhelm von Junzt are transmitted via radiofacsimile machine from Earths Two and Three to Earth One, for comparison purposes. It should be noted that the version from Earth-3 is regarded as fiction (and the author's name is known to be a pseudonym), and the forward includes a quote from Lucian of Samosata on that matter, while the book on Earth-2 is not and does not. Apart from having different forwards and afterwards, the two books are nearly identical, though the one from Earth-3 contains slightly more spelling and grammar errors. Oct. 5: Inp-US Army Major Andrew Kurita, a fourth-generation Japanese-American from Earth-1, and veteran of Iraq and Afganistan, is assigned as Military Advisor and liaison to the now-forming 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Oct. 7: In Clp-London, the Seamarks Act is passed nine years early, as part of a series of Acts (such as the Public Health Act 1557 from March 5, 2014) that will be known as the Safety and Infrastructure Acts. Oct. 10: In Clp-London, the Peculiars begin investigating the deaths of certain 'upstanding gentlemen' who seem to have all been murdered with the same weapon and method, and all while seeking the company of 'a certain sort of woman' (prostitutes) in Southwark. Oct. 13: On Earth-3, the Hale T-13 Flying Ambulance is designated 'M-1' by order of Queen Victoria, who finds the Army's intention of using 'H' just to annoy the Navy to be most childish - indeed, she informs them that her youngest children are better behaved. On Earth-1, in the countryside near Great Finborough, Suffolk, a huge dog is photographed. The beast is believed by the photographer to be Black Shuck. Oct. 15: First flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 500 'Kugelblitz' single seat heavy fighter. The vehicle is able to avoid crashing only due to the slightly-precognitive pilot, and the Cytherean avionics, but it is shown to be highly manoeuverable. In Dsp-London, the public becomes aware that the prisoners and records of Auschwitz (see July 18, 2014) were evacuated to Dsp-Switzerland, and from there to various Allied or neutral territories. Oct. 17: All contact is lost with Inp-Palmyra Island. Oct. 21: Lina Lewis interviews Her Majesty, Queen Luciana of Borgonia. In Dsp-UK, the Bolton Paul Reliant Mark 2 enters testing (see Aug. 3, 2014, for the Mark 1). The modification removes the turret, replacing it with a sensor/navigation/engineer station, which due to the domed canopy, Earth-1 observers refer to as the 'astromech seat.' Oct. 23: (War Beneath the Ice) Battle of Fort Ross occurs, an allied victory with three Soviet submarines sank, and one captured; the lack of German submarines is noted by the Office of Naval Intelligence. Oct. 26: On Earth-5, the Arthurian expedition to Fa-America (see Aug. 14, 2014) reaches a Proto-Iroquois port at roughly the location that Newburyport is on Earths One, Two, and Three. Peaceful contact is made through the medium of exchanging gifts, though communication is difficult. Oct. 28: Incident at Houska Castle begins on Earth-2, as a survivor of their occult experiments broke out, rampaged around killing the scientists, and took over the base. Oct. 31: The final ritual to manifest Kemmler (see June 13, 2014) is interrupted; the failure of this ritual is noted as 'energetic' by those able to sense such things. Thoughts? __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted.