Prologue - A Brave New World
KitFisto1997
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- Location
- Mango Country, Central Queensland
OPS-7 (Salyut 7)
Somewhere in Low Earth Orbit.
March 1984 A.D.
-
"We're currently three minutes from the observation point, Baikonur. The cameras and other sensory equipment are primed and ready to use, at your command, over."
"Roger that, Almaz Two. Your trajectory readings indicate that you're on course for a full spectrum analysis, over."
"We're coming over our glorious Fatherland now, Baikonur. Permission to engage in rigorous scientific experimentation, over?"
"Permission granted. Start taking those pictures…"
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Somewhere underneath East Berlin.
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Three minutes earlier…
-
♪"...Hast du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont…
Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und, dass so was von so was kommt…"♪
"Will you turn that Western shit off? We're going to get a knock on the door from State Security if you keep playing it this loud…"
"Oh, just relax, will you? We've be granted carte blanche by those slimy bastards to do whatever we want, as long as it's in the service of the Fatherland."
"Tearing open holes in the fabric of reality, while listening to decadent Western pop, you say? If that's the best example of serving the Fatherland, then I may as well be in the running for General Secretary."
"Just start the damned experiment. Our comrades in Salyut 7 are waiting for us…"
OPS-7 (Salyut 7)
-
"Holy shit! Baikonur, are you seeing this?"
"What is it, Almaz Two? What are you seeing?"
"Some sort of light show, like an aurora, has encompassed the entirety of our glorious Democratic Republic, Baikonur. It seems to follow the borders and coastline of our nation quite clearly, as if it's containing the Republic in an invisible bubble…"
"This isn't the experiment, Almaz Two. This must be a weapon of the capitalist West…"
"Baikonur, do we have permission to continue our analysis, over?"
"No, our spy satellite array will take care of any further analysis of the ongoing situation in Europe. Stay safe, Almaz."
"Baikonur? Baikonur, do you read me?"
"Baikonur…?"
-
An extract from 'The Time That Never Was: A Secret History of the German Democratic Republic' Second Ed.
Pacific Publishing, Los Angeles, CO. United States of America.
First published in 1960. Rewritten, updated and republished in 1975.
Even to this very day, nobody knows what exactly bought the 'German Democratic Republic' to our world. Despite having over a hundred years' worth of information, from both within and without the Republic, the theories that seek to prove how a 20th century-bound, 16 million-strong dictatorship was unceremoniously dumped in the middle of the 19th century, are all a jumbled mess of 'almost theres', conspiracy theories and legitimate attempts at scientific inquiry that always fall into the pit of explaining how one could move an entire landmass across time and space.
Many on the hard-left attribute the arrival of the GDR to 1848 to the work of brilliant German scientists, who were working on a project that would help their military project socialism all over the world via the mysterious science of 'teleportation'. Those of a more religious bent continue to speak of Germany's presence as that of a divine punishment from God, one that was meant to punish the nascent liberal regimes of Europe with an unstoppable force from the far-flung future, a future that will never come to pass.
Despite the fact that the Western Hemisphere has felt very little impact from what has since been referred to as 'The Arrival' or 'The Displacement', the subtle influence of the GDR can be felt in almost every corner of the world. Examples of this influence can be seen in the lush, tropical beaches of Ernst Thälmann Island, to the growing 'External Territory of New Swabia' in Honecker Crater, the ever-present 'European Brutalism' or 'Socialist Realism' in the arts, to the high technology that has slowly been integrated into our daily lives, which includes the surveillance equipment, firearms and new modes of transport…
Somewhere in Low Earth Orbit.
March 1984 A.D.
-
"We're currently three minutes from the observation point, Baikonur. The cameras and other sensory equipment are primed and ready to use, at your command, over."
"Roger that, Almaz Two. Your trajectory readings indicate that you're on course for a full spectrum analysis, over."
"We're coming over our glorious Fatherland now, Baikonur. Permission to engage in rigorous scientific experimentation, over?"
"Permission granted. Start taking those pictures…"
---
Somewhere underneath East Berlin.
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Three minutes earlier…
-
♪"...Hast du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont…
Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und, dass so was von so was kommt…"♪
"Will you turn that Western shit off? We're going to get a knock on the door from State Security if you keep playing it this loud…"
"Oh, just relax, will you? We've be granted carte blanche by those slimy bastards to do whatever we want, as long as it's in the service of the Fatherland."
"Tearing open holes in the fabric of reality, while listening to decadent Western pop, you say? If that's the best example of serving the Fatherland, then I may as well be in the running for General Secretary."
"Just start the damned experiment. Our comrades in Salyut 7 are waiting for us…"
OPS-7 (Salyut 7)
-
"Holy shit! Baikonur, are you seeing this?"
"What is it, Almaz Two? What are you seeing?"
"Some sort of light show, like an aurora, has encompassed the entirety of our glorious Democratic Republic, Baikonur. It seems to follow the borders and coastline of our nation quite clearly, as if it's containing the Republic in an invisible bubble…"
"This isn't the experiment, Almaz Two. This must be a weapon of the capitalist West…"
"Baikonur, do we have permission to continue our analysis, over?"
"No, our spy satellite array will take care of any further analysis of the ongoing situation in Europe. Stay safe, Almaz."
"Baikonur? Baikonur, do you read me?"
"Baikonur…?"
-
An extract from 'The Time That Never Was: A Secret History of the German Democratic Republic' Second Ed.
Pacific Publishing, Los Angeles, CO. United States of America.
First published in 1960. Rewritten, updated and republished in 1975.
Even to this very day, nobody knows what exactly bought the 'German Democratic Republic' to our world. Despite having over a hundred years' worth of information, from both within and without the Republic, the theories that seek to prove how a 20th century-bound, 16 million-strong dictatorship was unceremoniously dumped in the middle of the 19th century, are all a jumbled mess of 'almost theres', conspiracy theories and legitimate attempts at scientific inquiry that always fall into the pit of explaining how one could move an entire landmass across time and space.
Many on the hard-left attribute the arrival of the GDR to 1848 to the work of brilliant German scientists, who were working on a project that would help their military project socialism all over the world via the mysterious science of 'teleportation'. Those of a more religious bent continue to speak of Germany's presence as that of a divine punishment from God, one that was meant to punish the nascent liberal regimes of Europe with an unstoppable force from the far-flung future, a future that will never come to pass.
Despite the fact that the Western Hemisphere has felt very little impact from what has since been referred to as 'The Arrival' or 'The Displacement', the subtle influence of the GDR can be felt in almost every corner of the world. Examples of this influence can be seen in the lush, tropical beaches of Ernst Thälmann Island, to the growing 'External Territory of New Swabia' in Honecker Crater, the ever-present 'European Brutalism' or 'Socialist Realism' in the arts, to the high technology that has slowly been integrated into our daily lives, which includes the surveillance equipment, firearms and new modes of transport…

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