A Second Sunrise: Taiwan of 2020 Sent Back to 1911

[ChrisProvidence]

101. Traveling through Rifts does not count as "Isekai Adventures." Stop calling them that.
102. Active Camouflage is an experimental military technology useful for infiltration. Not playing pranks on your friends.
103. "I've Never Met A Nice American" is a fun song satirizing the Nationalists' shortcomings. Playing it on loop to torment American Nationalists probably counts as torture.
104. Stop screwing with antisemites by saying that you decided to "Join the Judeo-Asiatic Cabal on the side of the Judeo-Asiatic Cabal."
105. Exo-skeletons ("Exos") have a built in boos system to help propel operators and cushion falls. They are not jetpacks.
106. We are not designing jetpacks. Not yet.
107. Igor Sakharov was nearly fatally-wounded at the end of the Russian Civil War and is currently awaiting trial. Stop making jokes about him coming back as "Mecha-Sakharov" before you scare somebody.
108. Prosthetic limbs are engineering marvels that may even surpass human limbs, but we're not removing your perfectly-fine arm or leg so you can get one.
109. We are intervening in Liberia to deal with a potential white supremacist settler state. Not to "test our weapons on the Neo-Nats."
110. Rifts are portals to alternate timelines, and Rift Teams are sent there to do reconnaissance. Not so they can get copies of Cyberpunk 2077.
111. No, you can't open another Rift so you can "get a copy from when they fixed the bugs."
112. Exos are for maneuverability and enhanced combat. Not so you can "actually stand a chance against my brother in baseball."
113. Timeline-002 (Designation: TYRANNIS) is an ongoing operation to covertly supply another timeline's rebel movement with materiel and humanitarian aid. Not where we "dump all the weapons we don't need anymore."
114. Yes, we know what the Saint James Islands were used for in the Lost History timeline. Stop calling the potential Neo-Nationalist base "Epstein's Islands."
115. Just because we agreed to call DC recovery teams "Stalkers" does not mean there are "anomalies."
116. Agent Jin Xianyu is no longer allowed to gamble with mission funds at casinos.
116a. Even if she managed to quadruple them.
117. Do not refer to the Garvey Flag as "The Pan-African Flag" and the African People's Flag as "The Cooler/Better Pan-African Flag."
118. If you volunteer for Rift Teams, "The Neo-Nats probably starved to death on the other side of the Rift" is not a valid excuse for not going on patrol.
119. While it might be the world's largest corporation, please stop calling the Eurasian Cooperative (the libertarians' massive worker cooperative federation) a "Megacorp." They find it insulting.
120. No, we aren't going to dump all the Neo-Nats and Neo-Ultranats in a Rift and "throw away the key." Those guys are dicks, but those are entire timelines' worth of resources we can use.
121. Yes, we know the Neo-Nats in the Amazon are tied to the drug trade. No, we don't have plans to "take it over like the CIA."
122. Agent Morgan Chen is also no longer allowed to help Agent Jin Xiangyu gamble with mission funds by counting cards at blackjack.
123. Just because "Celebrity Death Pools" are banned does not mean you can have "War Criminal Death Pools" where you bet on who gets found guilty first.
124. In the (hopefully unlikely) chance you encounter dinosaurs or other pre-historic life forms, please do not capture and bring them back here "so we can build our own Jurassic Park."
125. We have have ways of getting our hands on funds the Nationalists and Ultranationalists stashed in Switzerland. They're called "Forensic Accounting and Diplomatic Pressure," not "Let's go plan a heist in Bern."
126. Just because MIB Director Rachel Fong goes on vacation does not mean she is "getting back in the field." She enjoys her privacy and is a very good shot.
127. Stop asking to go through a Rift for your vacation. Hawaii and the Philippines exist. Go there.
128. Joint Training Exercises are to maintain military preparedness. Not to invade alternate timelines.
129. The fact that alternate timelines exist is still a valid threat, and we should have contingencies just in case we need to invade them.
130. Creating contingencies is a good training exercise and it doesn't cost much to keep them around. "This is dumb and would never happen" is not an excuse for not making more of them.
131. Howard Hughes is not the "Elon Musk of our timeline" and he gets very offended when people call him that.
132. Please stop referring to Chinese politics as "Three Parties of the People in a Trenchcoat."
133. When referring to North American nations in Spanish, do not just call them "Los Estados Unidos." Three countries can go by that name, and it gets confusing.
134. The Most-Wanted decks if playing cards come in "American Nationalist" and "Russian Ultranationalist" flavors. Please take care to not mix your war criminals up.
135. Kudzu should be removed with goats. Not flamethrowers.
136. Yes, the Nanjing Accord regularly employs alternate history writers as contingency advisors. No, it is not an excuse for Director Fong to spend more time with her wife.
137. Stop referring to Henry Ford's propaganda videos as "PragerU but it's funded by the car companies this time."
138. Disrupting enemy communications is a clever strategy. Playing "Ram Ranch" over their radio to screw with them is unprofessional, even if it is really funny.
139. None of our members are planning to build mechs anytime soon. Stop asking.
140. No, we aren't going to open a Rift to ancient times to settle theological debates. It doesn't count if it happens in an alternate timeline.
141. Yes, we even have contingencies to deal with aliens. No, you can't see them.
142. "Let's give guns to the natives" is a really bad idea if you encounter colonialism on the other side of a Rift. We have plans for these types of scenarios for a reason, so we might as well use them.
143. The Eurasian Flag represents "A New Beginning," not "A typical day in Siberia."
144. Exos are designed to augment the user's strength and agility. Not as the basis for an Iron Man suit.
145. Do not try to submit old Chinese Browning M2 machine guns to museums as historical artifacts just because they are over 100 years old. Those weapons still work.
146. Stop referring to the Rifts as "Stargates." Every time one of you says that, it leads to a three hour conversation about the differences between trans-dimensional travel and using portals to travel across the galaxy.
147. The British tricolor was designed to represent many things, but none of them are "We are not Hungary."
148. Antarctica is a neutral research site, not a potential dumping ground for assholes. Those penguins deserve better.
149. You don't get to take credit for stuff created by people from other timelines. Even if they're an alternate you.
150. The motto of the Nanjing Accord is "Always Looking Forward," not "Democracy Is Non-Negotiable."

 

[Random832]

146. Stop referring to the Rifts as "Stargates." Every time one of you says that, it leads to a three hour conversation about the differences between trans-dimensional travel and using portals to travel across the galaxy.

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it's still cool to call it sliding though right?

when are they gonna meet the Kromaggs? seriously though, it does feel like some of this lore is building up to eventually encountering an 'evil' trans-dimensional polity (not that the decision the Sliders writers made that that they had to be non-human was necessarily a sensible one)

 

[ChrisProvidence]

it's still cool to call it sliding though right?

when are they gonna meet the Kromaggs? seriously though, it does feel like some of this lore is building up to eventually encountering an 'evil' trans-dimensional polity (not that the decision the Sliders writers made that that they had to be non-human was necessarily a sensible one)

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I'll be honest, I never really got into Sliders. But sure, why not?

Truth be told, it probably is headed towards... something. What that is is up in the air right now. I've got a few ideas in my head, but any outside threat is going to be human, proably from some other timeline, and is going to make the Accord's near-psychotic level of preparedness justified.

 

[Martin Bajar]

133. When referring to North American nations in Spanish, do not just call them "Los Estados Unidos." Three countries can go by that name, and it gets confusing.

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which is the third one? I know about the United Mexican States already (and the USA)

 

[ReluctntCrusader]

which is the third one? I know about the United Mexican States already (and the USA)

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The United States of Central America

 

[Martin Bajar]

The United States of Central America

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that's why it didn't mean anything for me. Only founded in 1823 and disbanded in 1839

 

[Vadrigos]

I

I should point out that these plans range from "Actual long-term Nationalist backup plan with resources" (Liberia) to "Five morons tried this and they got arrested when the police found out what they were doing" (Iceland).



So these "Homeland Projects" (roughly) serve as the setting's counterpart to various right-wing libertarian/anarcho-capitalist projects to build deregulated communities that either run out of steam, get busted by local authorities, or go horribly wrong. Examples include Grafton NH or Decentraland.

Or as I like to call them, "We have Rapture from Bioshock at home."

The best comparison is probably the "Trump City" segment from A Golden Island to the West (one of the big inspirations for this story), but they are slightly more competent (didn't build their community on a salt lake) and instead got shut down by the locals who didn't want to be this setting's version of Argentina.

They're less "Epstein's Island" and more "Wannabe Rhodesia," despite the similar locations. Well, if you don't count the fundamentalist Mormons in the FLDS, but I really don't want to go into detail about what they do in this timeline.

Also, I had forgotten that Quiboloy existed until you reminded me, and I am slightly less happy now.



To be decided (I didn't think of lore yet).

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Is the Seychelles oil platforms a reference to MGSV?

Also, where is Henry Kissinger in this timeline? I expect nowhere good.

 

[intothekillzone]

Chrisprovidence can you make a where are they now page with historical characters
Like starmaker did it on the long march quest where the quest master showed us the fates of historical figures in small snippits in the sidestory page
It would be awesome to see the fates of historical individuals in this timeline
If you need a idea on how to make it go to the long march quest and go to sidestory
And look for the sidestories where are they now

 

[ChrisProvidence]

that's why it didn't mean anything for me. Only founded in 1823 and disbanded in 1839

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It's a recent creation, founded by Augusto Sandino after numerous socialist revolutions in the region that definitely were not funded by the Military Intelligence Bureau and/or the Directorate-General of Special Services and armed with military surplus from the Great War.

I

Is the Seychelles oil platforms a reference to MGSV?

Also, where is Henry Kissinger in this timeline? I expect nowhere good.

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Yes. I was toying with the idea of some of the NeoNats and Ultranats becoming a PMC/private security company, similar to all the Rhodesians and South Africans who became mercenaries after their countries stopped being run by racists. Problem is their plan wouldn't work out to well when the world is pretty stable and nobody likes them.

Also, Kissinger doesn't exist. Which may mean this story counts as utopian literature.

 

[An_Alien_Mango]

How much effort does Mao put into saving his hairline in this timeline?

 

[ChrisProvidence]

How much effort does Mao put into saving his hairline in this timeline?

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I imagine the conversation went something like this by 1925:

"Sir, there is no saving that."

"Buzzcut it is, then."

 

[An_Alien_Mango]

I'll be honest, I never really got into Sliders. But sure, why not?

Truth be told, it probably is headed towards... something. What that is is up in the air right now. I've got a few ideas in my head, but any outside threat is going to be human, proably from some other timeline, and is going to make the Accord's near-psychotic level of preparedness justified.

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I love when the G-Man was like "It's Xinhai time", and then made Taiwan Xinhai all over China.

 

[ChrisProvidence]

Gbarnga, LPA-Controlled Territory, Republic of Liberia, 20 August 1944

"Dinner will be ready in about an hour!" Lei Anying shouted from the kitchen. "Is anyone allergic to anything?"

"Depends!" Sam shouted back, "How good's your cooking?"

"Enough that you haven't complained so far," Daigo answered, punching his old friend in the shoulder before turning to the rest of Nomad. "Looks like we've got an hour to kill. Any suggestions?"

"I-"

"Any non-gambling suggestions, Jin," Morgan told her number two, who shut up while their youngest member grinned. "Alice?"

"You should tell them the story about the Zodiac Heads," Alice Zhu suggested. "That's a good one."

"Sure. Wait, did I ever tell you guys this one?" Sam and Daigo shook their heads. "Alright, then. So it all started when the French and British burned down the Summer Palace and looted it during the Second Opium War…"

Ho Hong Bank, Singapore, Straits Settlements, 5 March 1922

"It looks important," Colonel Kenneth Ma said to his friend and former host while he handled . "Think Marty will be interested in it?"

"Probably?" I mean, he did tell me, "Hey, let me know if you find any looted stuff," and this looks important. "I'll need to make a call."

Two minutes later, and he did just that, showing off the bronze head from the Old Summer Palace.

At least he would be, once Marty finished choking on his water.

Gbarnga, LPA-Controlled Territory, Republic of Liberia, 20 August 1944

"You're kidding, right?" asked Dai in disbelief. "Your dad just found a missing treasure that'd been lost for, what, half a century?"

"Well, it's not exactly missing if it's in a museum vault," Jin pointed out. "But yes. General Chen and Colonel Ma did have a role in recovering one of the Bronze Heads."

"If you say so…"

"Weirder things have happened, Dai," Sam pointed out. "Like how Morgan's dad is a general."

"What's so weird about that?" she asked defensively. "Baba's a Marine, just like me."

"Yeah, but when I think of your dad, I think 'Old Chinese guy with glasses who likes talking about trains and baseball.' Not, you know… General of the 6th Marine Division."

"He can do other things," Morgan countered, trying her best not to laugh. Though in fairness, her image of her Baba was also "Old guy who likes trains and baseball," but with three dozen medals. "Back to the story!"

British Museum, London, Accord-Occupied Britain, 2 June 1925

Shannon Wu Shu-fan (or just "Shannon" these days) had seen everything.

The fall of the Qing, the rise of the Republic of China, the rebirth of Korea, and the death of Japanese imperialism had all happened in front of her. If anything, she had front-row seats in her AH-64 Apache during that year.

These days, she could add Michael and Aki's wedding, the birth of her niece and nephew, the fall of the British and German Empires, and her own wedding to her wife Rachel.

But in all those years, she didn't think she'd ever see this before. Because right now, her normally calm, stoic, and focused wife was bursting out laughing.

That, of all things, was something new. Sure, Rachel wasn't some emotionless psychopath, but she preferred a quiet smile, smirk, and grin instead of Shannon's more-talkative self.

But Rachel didn't laugh. Chuckle, yes. Hum amusedly, definitely. But never laugh.

Honestly, it's be kind of cute if it wasn't for how off-putting this is.

"…You good?" Shannon asked once her wife finally calmed down. "Rachel?"

"Huh? Oh, I-I'm fine, Shan," the agent insisted, before finally composing herself. "Just thinking about how most of our stolen artifacts ended up here, of all places."

Fair enough.

"Leave it to the British to hide our stolen artifacts here," Shannon observed, "In the British Museum."

She'd say more, but Rachel started bursting out laughing a second time.

Gbarnga, LPA-Controlled Territory, Republic of Liberia, 20 August 1944

"Leave it to the British to hide their stolen artifacts in a museum," Jin said dryly. "It never gets old, though."

"Heh. No it doesn't," Morgan chuckled, before turning to her friends. "Yeah, so most of the heads ended up getting hidden there."

"What do you mean, 'most?'" asked Dai. "I've been to the Summer Palace, and they have all the originals."

"Yeah, I'm getting to that part." Morgan smugly grinned while she said that. "Well, if you want to get technical, they found most of those bronze heads in private collections, but three of them in the British museum itself."

"Which only accounts for, what, ten of them?" Sam pointed out. Morgan nodded. "Where were the other two?"

Zürich Cantonal Bank, Zürich, Switzerland, 20 August 1926

"So, you ever play Payday 2?" Agent Rachel Fong asked over her headset, "Because that is basically the plan."

"I really hope you aren't planning on going loud and shooting your way in there," Shannon told her up-front from the van. "Medic bag isn't going to do you any good."

"Of course not." From the sound of her, she seemed almost insulted. "For the record, I play stealth."

"Yeah, I know," she told her. "You ready, Lei?"

"Ready as I'll ever be," Lei Feng agreed, before he started picking the lock on the door. "We're in."

Gbarnga, LPA-Controlled Territory, Republic of Liberia, 20 August 1944

"Bullshit," Dai interrupted, only to notice Lei Anying bringing in dinner. "You mean to tell me that your aunt and Lei's dad broke into a Swiss bank to steal back two priceless artifacts?"

"Yes." Morgan then turned to Lei. "Hey, back me up on this."

"…Sure, let's go with that," he agreed, giving a knowing smile to Dai. "It's not like he'll ever know for sure."

 

[ChrisProvidence]

I love when the G-Man was like "It's Xinhai time", and then made Taiwan Xinhai all over China.

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Don't forget the Great War arc, where the Accord says "It's Anti-Imperialism time" and then Anti-Imperialism'd all the way across Asia and Africa until they got to London.

No, seriously, they stole back everything they could from the British Museum to send back to their rightful owners, plus one dog named Niall who went back to China with the protagonists.

 

[ChrisProvidence]

118. If you volunteer for Rift Teams, "The Neo-Nats probably starved to death on the other side of the Rift" is not a valid excuse for not going on patrol.

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So, Chapter 105 is almost done, and we get to go see Dr. Feynman explain how Rifts works with science.

As well as how you'll probably starve to death or die of preventable diseases if you blindly jump into an alternate dimension and then your supply chain gets cut and you're forced to forage. Or you get eaten by dinosaurs.

Fun!

 

[ChrisProvidence]

Also what are the video games from the multiverse the mib director got

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Cyberpunk 2077, because she was so pissed about missing out on it, and it's really funny to see a 50-something lady be excited about it.

And, if I'm being honest, I have the song "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" stuck in my head, so now it's stuck in hers.

 

[ChrisProvidence]

Gbarnga, LPA-Controlled Territory, Republic of Liberia, 21 August 1944

"Well, here goes… something, I guess?" Sam muttered while he punched in the phone number and waited for a response. "Hi, this is-"

"Hello, you've reached the phone number of Michael Chen Qirui," the voicemail answered. "I'm not available right now, so just leave a message at the-"

"Who is this?" a man demanded in Californian-accented English. "I don't know which country you're from, but I'm on the do-not-call l-"

"Mr. Chen?"

"Sam?" The voice at the other end softened immediately. "What's up? Also, how'd you get this number?"

"Morgan."

"Ah. I guess you're not calling to talk baseball, right?" Mr. Chen laughed to himself. "You and I both know Lin and the Sox are favorites for the AL Pennant."

"I've learned not to bet against your son," Sam groaned. Worst twenty dollars I ever spent on USC. "Nah, I just needed some advice, and Morgan said you're the right person to talk to."

"Depends on what you want to talk about, Sam," Mr. Chen said with a bit of hostility. "Wait, you're not asking for her-"

"…What?! You do know that-"

"Her type is 'None of the Above?'"

"…She's like a sister to me?" Because anything else would be weird. "New topic?"

"Yeah," Mr. Chen agreed, sounding much more relieved. "So, what kind of advice do you want? Fantasy baseball?"

"I already drafted your son and his friends." Hell, that's probably why I'm winning this year. More importantly, Dai's twenty bucks are mine. "I meant more career advice after all this."

"Ah."

"I figured you might know. I mean, you did the same kind of stuff I did when I was your age, right?"

"I guess I was around your age when I fought in the Revolution," Mr. Chen recalled. "So, are you married? Do you have kids?"

"What?" The hell kind of question is that? I'm not Dai. "…No? Why?"

"Because I stayed in the military for another decade and a half. And sure, I'm proud of it, but it meant I wasn't really around for Morgan and Lin's first few years. The most important ones."

"Hey, Morgan turned out pretty well. And Lin's a good guy, too."

"Yeah, but you get what I'm saying, right?"

"How this line of work gets in the way of starting a family."

"Pretty much," the old man told him. "That's one of the reasons her uncle and aunts don't have children."

"And the others?" Sam asked, before he caught himself. "If you don't mind me asking."

"When the priest said "Go forth and multiply," all three of them multiplied by zero," Mr. Chen joked. "In all seriousness, her uncle is asexual, and her aunts wanted to focus on their careers."

"I see. So don't do this kind of work if I want to raise a family?"

"No. I just want you to know it's really fucking hard on your partner. Even if your parents help out."

"Got it." That makes sense. Morgan did say her grandparents helped raise her. "And what if I want to do something else?"

"I mean, I'm not going to hold it against you, if that's what you're thinking. A peaceful life is good. Hell, part of the reason I fought was so your generation wouldn't have to."

"Thanks, but I meant what do I do?"

"Probably something you're good at. Morgan said you used to pilot drones, right?"

"Yeah, you could say that." I mean, I still do, but I used to, too. "So, piloting?"

"Security work's also an option. So is photography, if you're into that stuff. I've seen some of your photos. They're pretty good."

"Thanks. Any other advice?"

"Don't get yourself killed, Sam," the old man said in all sincerity. "You can't do this stuff if you're dead. Plus, you're a good kid."

"Thanks."

"Yeah, no prob- Rin, no!"

"Is… everything alright?"

"Yeah, fine!" Mr. Chen reassured him. "Just playing with the grandkids. Think Morgan, but smaller."

"Yeah, I guess it runs in the family," Sam chuckled. "Thanks, Mr. Chen. Later."

"Yeah, you too, Sam. Feel free to-" Sam could hear crying in the background. "Robin, it's alright. I'm here."

Sam could only laugh a second time when the line went dead. With that out of the way, he knew what to do when this was all over.

 

[ChrisProvidence]

Thought I'd do a little short story that's a little more down to earth than the usual alternate timelines and warfare.

Because as much as Sam, Morgan, and the rest are really good at killing people (who deserve it, by the way), they're still people at the end of the day.

And this is a story about people. People who regularly get thrown into crazy-ass situations, but people nonetheless.

 

[ChrisProvidence]

"List of Mother's Day Gifts By Year," Journal of Morgan Chen Mingzhu, Last Updated 14 May 1944

While our family might not be the most observant when it comes to religious holidays (that are not Christmas, Easter, or whenever we need God's help), Mother's Day has been a Chinese tradition ever since the Second Sunrise. Well, technically, I guess you can count the years from Baba's timeline, but I wouldn't. That's just too confusing.

But even if it wasn't already a holiday in Taiwan and the Mainland back in Baba's time, there's a pretty good chance that it'd still end up a popular holiday over here because it resonates with Asian values of filial piety.

So I figured I'd list out all of the gifts I got for Mama over the years.

1919: Me being born. And Lin, I guess.
1920: First Steps and words.
1921: Baba just said the gift came from him, me, and Lin.
1922: Hug and kiss (In my defense, I was three years old).
1923: Finally trained to use the bathroom. (Mama's favorite).
1924: Family visit to Hong Kong (Family gift).
1925: Getting perfect grades.
1926: Hand-picked white lily (forgot white meant death).
1927: Hand-picked non-white lily.
1928: Painting I made at school (Sucked, but she still has it hanging in her office).
1929: Sang a song for her (Turns out I sucked at singing).
1930: Played song on the piano for her (Turns out I was a better pianist than a singer).
1931: Sculpted "Best Mother Ever" mug.
1932: Auntie Shannon's newest alternate history book (Okay, it was hers, but she let me and Lin take the credit).
1933: Perfect grades.
1934: 3D printed artwork I made at school.
1935: Learned how to drive.
1936: Learned how to drive safely.
1937: I dealt with that racist who insulted her by kicking him in the crotch twhen we visited Los Angeles Seashell I found in Santa Monica.
1938: My Marine Corps Medal from my time as a conscript.
1939: Painting of the bay by my brother's future wife girlfriend (Forgot to get her a gift this year).
1940: Lin's baseball bat he broke that I turned into Kintsugi artwork by fixing with gold-colored lacquer (He also took credit because he forgot to get her a gift).
1941: Wine from Sonoma (Forgot she doesn't drink, so Auntie Shannon and Aunt Rachel ended up drinking it, but Mama liked the bottle).
1942: Chunk of American GPS satellite that survived atmospheric re-entry (She seemed to like it once I explained why I mailed her a giant chunk of metal).
1943: Fountain pen I stole from Theodore Bilbo's bunker (He wasn't using it anymore).
1944: Handmade Liberian cloth I stole from Loyalist base (They weren't using it anymore).
1945: Promise I get a job that's less-likely to get me killed?

 

[ChrisProvidence]

So I figured I'd list out all of the gifts I got for Mama over the years.

1919: Me being born. And Lin, I guess.
1920: First Steps and words.
1921: Baba just said the gift came from him, me, and Lin.
1922: Hug and kiss (In my defense, I was three years old).
1923: Finally trained to use the bathroom. (Mama's favorite).
1924: Family visit to Hong Kong (Family gift).
1925: Getting perfect grades.
1926: Hand-picked white lily (forgot white meant death).
1927: Hand-picked non-white lily.
1928: Painting I made at school (Sucked, but she still has it hanging in her office).
1929: Sang a song for her (Turns out I sucked at singing).
1930: Played song on the piano for her (Turns out I was a better pianist than a singer).
1931: Sculpted "Best Mother Ever" mug.
1932: Auntie Shannon's newest alternate history book (Okay, it was hers, but she let me and Lin take the credit).
1933: Perfect grades.
1934: 3D printed artwork I made at school.
1935: Learned how to drive.
1936: Learned how to drive safely.
1937: I dealt with that racist who insulted her by kicking him in the crotch twhen we visited Los Angeles Seashell I found in Santa Monica.
1938: My Marine Corps Medal from my time as a conscript.
1939: Painting of the bay by my brother's future wife girlfriend (Forgot to get her a gift this year).
1940: Lin's baseball bat he broke that I turned into Kintsugi artwork by fixing with gold-colored lacquer (He also took credit because he forgot to get her a gift).
1941: Wine from Sonoma (Forgot she doesn't drink, so Auntie Shannon and Aunt Rachel ended up drinking it, but Mama liked the bottle).
1942: Chunk of American GPS satellite that I found during a patrol (She seemed to like it once I explained why I mailed her a giant chunk of metal).
1943: Fountain pen I stole from Theodore Bilbo's office. He wasn't using it anymore.
1944: Handmade Liberian cloth I stole from Loyalist base (They weren't using it anymore).
1945: Promise I get a job that's less-likely to get me killed?

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Figured I'd do a Mother's Day special where I go into detail about how the holiday became so big in China (and by extension the rest of the Accord).

It's also my excuse to come up with increasingly-funny gifts for Mother's Day in this setting.

 

[ChrisProvidence]

Anyways, next chapter is on the way.

Just need to find out how to correctly dispose of Sarin to handle the Nats' stockpiles.

I'm not kidding.

 

[ChrisProvidence]

Anyways, next chapter is on the way.

Just need to find out how to correctly dispose of Sarin to handle the Nats' stockpiles.

I'm not kidding.

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The answer is incineration, so a large amount of thermite.

Back to writing.

 

[ethanhirun1]

On behalf of the Penguin Socialist Movement we strongly condemned Chinese foreign intervention in the Emu War against our beloved comrades. This unjust act will neither be forgiven nor forgotten by the us. We will avenged our fallen cousin against the anti-eco and capitalist Ancord
-spokespenguin of the PSM (later becomes DPR or Democratic Penguins Republic founded in 1957)

 

[ChrisProvidence]

On behalf of the Penguin Socialist Movement we strongly condemned Chinese foreign intervention in the Emu War against our beloved comrades. This unjust act will neither be forgiven nor forgotten by the us. We will avenged our fallen cousin against the anti-eco and capitalist Ancord
-spokespenguin of the PSM (later becomes DPR or Democratic Penguins Republic founded in 1957)

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Aw crap, Kaiserreich was right. The penguins were trotskyites.

Obscure HOI4 mod jokes aside, it turns out my newest delay for writing is now finding out how exactly Rifts work. Which really gets into all the science fiction and in-universe physics.

The main problem I currently face isn't really sense of the science (which I basically made up), but a general issue of how they work.

Rifts don't work like stargates in the sense that they are a network of stationary portals accessible by entering an address. A better analogy would probably be like slipspace travel in Halo, where you tear a hole in spacetime and travel through it to your destination.

Just without the intermediary dimensions that come with slipspace.

On the other hand, there isn't really anything stopping the creation of a portal network between timelines, but it would require a lot of coordination and resources that would likely come from administering a multi-planetary or multi-dimensional society.

 

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On the other hand, there isn't really anything stopping the creation of a portal network between timelines, but it would require a lot of coordination and resources that would likely come from administering a multi-planetary or multi-dimensional society.

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Yes I understand, hopefully the QU will not appear but don't overwork so you get stressed.