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Post by lordroel on Nov 26, 2018 15:39:44 GMT
There were two points of divergence in this reality, lordroel : 1) The space race never really ended, as evidenced by the existence of Apollo 25 (XXV) and the landing of Soviet cosmonauts on the lunar surface. The Soviets put up and expanded the Salyut and Mir space stations and the Buran shuttle, while the Americans built on Skylab and of course had their own shuttle program. Why would they do this? Real, hard evidence of past alien visits to Earth. Roswell may have been a legend, but there were extraterrestrials on Earth and the evidence was locked up by the Americans, the Soviets, the Chinese, British and French. The thought was 'something is out there, and we need to find out what' That meant the likes of William Proxmire had their say over dismantling the space program and SETI significantly diminished. 2) The arrival of the Rannians during the Reagan administration, and their willingness to share their secrets of space travel in exchange for food stuffs. ITTL, Rann was on the verge of famine, and the arrival of Earth-based corn, grain, wheat and vegetables eliminated the threat. (Its affect on the Rannian ecosystem remains greatly debated to this day) Also, lordroel , the influence of Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek cannot be underestimated here -- there was and is great support to explore the universe, for real. The Vulcans have arrived and Earth never had to go through the Eugenics Wars nor World War III to Boldly Go where no human (besides Hal Jordan) has gone before. So is there a Khan Noonien Singh on Earth-1 ore is he dead. |
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Post by Brky2020 on Nov 27, 2018 1:46:28 GMT
There were two points of divergence in this reality, lordroel : 1) The space race never really ended, as evidenced by the existence of Apollo 25 (XXV) and the landing of Soviet cosmonauts on the lunar surface. The Soviets put up and expanded the Salyut and Mir space stations and the Buran shuttle, while the Americans built on Skylab and of course had their own shuttle program. Why would they do this? Real, hard evidence of past alien visits to Earth. Roswell may have been a legend, but there were extraterrestrials on Earth and the evidence was locked up by the Americans, the Soviets, the Chinese, British and French. The thought was 'something is out there, and we need to find out what' That meant the likes of William Proxmire had their say over dismantling the space program and SETI significantly diminished. 2) The arrival of the Rannians during the Reagan administration, and their willingness to share their secrets of space travel in exchange for food stuffs. ITTL, Rann was on the verge of famine, and the arrival of Earth-based corn, grain, wheat and vegetables eliminated the threat. (Its affect on the Rannian ecosystem remains greatly debated to this day) Also, lordroel , the influence of Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek cannot be underestimated here -- there was and is great support to explore the universe, for real. The Vulcans have arrived and Earth never had to go through the Eugenics Wars nor World War III to Boldly Go where no human (besides Hal Jordan) has gone before. So is there a Khan Noonien Singh on Earth-1 ore is he dead. Only on Star Trek. (The Vulcans have arrived phrase is a figure of speech, referring to the Rannians) |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 27, 2018 3:38:48 GMT
So is there a Khan Noonien Singh on Earth-1 ore is he dead. Only on Star Trek. (The Vulcans have arrived phrase is a figure of speech, referring to the Rannians) A sorry my faulty, so no Wolrd War III, that is always good news. |
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Post by Brky2020 on Nov 27, 2018 13:38:13 GMT
Actually, ITTL the Rannian arrival ended up changing Trek history somewhat from what we know it as.
In one sentence: Vulcan arrived as friends to Earth, uplifting the Earthers as they recovered from the Eugenics Wars/World War III. This was first referenced in Star Trek IV (1986) and later throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) was about the TNG crew being thrown back into time, as Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight inside the solar system attracts the attention of the Vulcans -- and a time-traveling Borg faction that wants to kill Cochrane, before his flight, to allow for a later Borg invasion of the Alpha and Beta quadrants. (In Enterprise Season One, Episode One, Cochrane is shown making a speech on Unification Day from his new home on Rann, in Alpha Centauri)
Star Trek: Enterprise lasted seven seasons ITTL. The Vulcans were much friendlier and more supportive to Earth than OTL, preparing the populace and the government for what was out there. By 2151, Earth had made numerous near- and deep-space missions with Vulcan support; the Enterprise NX-01 would be the first ship since the SS Valiant to go it alone, exploring the unknown (even then, the Vulcans would have an observer on board). Enterprise still had the Temporal Cold War and added the formation of the Federation (with Rann in place of Alpha Centauri) and, in Seasons 6 and 7, the Romulan War.
Oh yeah. Peter David's Star Trek: New Frontier went seven seasons, airing 2002-09 in syndication and was about as true to the creator's vision as you could get.
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Post by Brky2020 on Dec 1, 2018 3:08:45 GMT
Working on both the next story and on the 2016 Presidential election results.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 1, 2018 8:09:23 GMT
Working on both the next story and on the 2016 Presidential election results. Nice to hear that Brky2020 |
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Post by Brky2020 on Dec 2, 2018 16:24:01 GMT
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Post by lordroel on Dec 2, 2018 18:54:59 GMT
So is Blue still the Democrats and Reds the Republicans in the United States on Earth -1. |
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Post by Brky2020 on Dec 3, 2018 14:00:38 GMT
Mirrors wil post tonight.
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Post by Brky2020 on Dec 3, 2018 14:00:56 GMT
So is Blue still the Democrats and Reds the Republicans in the United States on Earth -1. Yes. |
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Post by lordroel on Dec 3, 2018 15:53:50 GMT
So is Blue still the Democrats and Reds the Republicans in the United States on Earth -1. Yes. Are those grey once independents ore a smaller third party. |
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Post by Brky2020 on Dec 4, 2018 2:32:38 GMT
Meet the Tomorrow Party -- 26 members strong in the House, one member strong in the Senate (the other two grey seats are independents Angus King and Bernie Sanders).
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Post by Brky2020 on Dec 4, 2018 2:32:58 GMT
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Post by lordroel on Dec 4, 2018 4:41:25 GMT
Meet the Tomorrow Party -- 26 members strong in the House, one member strong in the Senate (the other two grey seats are independents Angus King and Bernie Sanders). And what is the Tomorrow Party platform. |
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Post by Brky2020 on Dec 4, 2018 13:14:09 GMT
Meet the Tomorrow Party -- 26 members strong in the House, one member strong in the Senate (the other two grey seats are independents Angus King and Bernie Sanders). And what is the Tomorrow Party platform. It plays to the center -- the Dems are a little further to the left, the GOP a little further to the right ITTL -- which won the Presidency for you-know-who. There wasn't enough time before the 2016 election to build the party to where it could gobble up a significant portion of the House and Senate, gubernatorial seats, local seats, etc. That's what you-know-who is leaving to his people to do over the next eight years. |
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