Stasis Ending: Ending Slides 1
Donald joined Iteration X and has had his biological desires damped (not fully suppressed, but damped) by an ADEI.
But what about Siddharth?
Captain Rajesh was decorated as a hero for bravery at the Battle of Gernsback when his space marine platoon bravely used stealth power armor to drift into and assault an Etherite battlecruiser, wresting control of it from the enemy. He now has a senior command position over the Border Control Division. In the 2030s, when the Void Engineers attempt to break away, his soldiers' loyalty will ensure that the majority of the Void Engineers stay where they are, and that the breakaway is merely an annoyance.
Gretkov, allowed to act without interference, eventually turns to the Nephandi as fewer and fewer opportunities for the messy wet work that he so loves come his way. He is responsible for "The Moscow Massacre," where hundreds of children are mutilated and killed during the winter months of 2011. Eventually, he is brought down by Ivan Rankovitch, killing Rankovitch in turn. The deaths are used to pass even more restrictive surveillance laws in Russia and strengthen the state security apparatus further.
Ivan Rankovitch finds that this new world, although one where the Technocracy is winning, is not one which he believes in. Still suffering from a conflict between his nationalism and his loyalty to the ideals of the Technocracy, when he finds that Gretkov has trapped him in a deathtrap as his last victim, makes no effort to escape, but rather commits suicide to avoid a worse fate. He is remembered as a hero and a symbol of perseverance, his internal conflicts papered over.
Elsa Naryshkin died in one of the multitude of battles involving the Technocracy reestablishing its control and dominance over Russia. Much like many of the Traditions magi who died during the 21st century purges, she is quietly forgotten.
Hannah Gladson joins the Traditions instead of the Rogue Council. This proves to be a foolish decision, as she is captured and reprocessed into an ATLAS unit by unsympathetic members of Iteration X.
Melody escapes capture when her friend does not. She eventually finds Hannah in an ATLAS chassis. Her last words, choked out from behind tears, are "Harmonious Purifier!" as she suicide bombs her former friend and the Construct in which she found Hannah.
Jamelia Belltower died of a stroke in late June 1999. It was later found that her codes were responsible for elevating An-Jin's authority so that his recommendations were followed. After a posthumous tribunal, it was decided that she would be given a decoration for heroism. Jeremiah Blanc saw it as vindication. His experiment succeeded. He had forged someone truly exceptional, someone who had changed history.
Jazmin Clock, Blanc's former right hand henchwoman, is intrigued by her donor-sister's history. With very little to do since Blanc's disappointment led her to be almost permanently sidelined, she asks for a transfer to the Watchers-and is surprised when it goes through. She becomes a popular reporter for the BBC, providing a Technocratic slant to human-interest stories and in her own way, becomes something more than a shadow of her donor-sister.
Alice Aristide felt when her real mother died, and spent the next decade trying to find who her real mother was. Recovering her memories and feeling some guilt at what happened, she eventually snuck into the London Geofront to pay her respects to the mother she never really knew. Narrowly escaping, she stays on the run, trying to rescue new mages from the clutches of the revitalized and immensely powerful Technocratic Union and teach them how to hide in this brave new world.
General Augustine Aleph, his mind unclouded by doubt, continues prosecuting the Technocracy's dirty shadow wars with peak effectiveness. Without the questions he had in the original time line, he sees nothing wrong with using the dirtiest tactics and the cruelest tortures. My Union, he thinks. My Union right or wrong.
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