what do you think?
This is something I wrote on a break from NeoPlanets beta testing.
It deals with real world issues, but is COMPLETELY fictional.
It could be the basis of a TC one day, or it might never come to anything.
Inspiration comes from real life, Orwell, and my twisted mind.
Tell me what you think, aside from obvious gramatical errors.
Part 1: The Fall Of The Old Order
2009 AD:
The U.S.-British invasion of Iran is met with fierce resistance worldwide. As the missiles and bombs rained down upon Tehran, a massive Russian-Chinese military force made its way into the conflict zone.
Israel and France entered the conflict on the side of the United States and Britain, while Syria, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia joined the Russian-Chinese Alliance.
All the other nations in the region aligned themselves one of the superpowers.
World War Three had begun.
Nobody knows who launched first. It is suspected that the missiles crossed paths in orbit. What is certain is that all contact was lost with the capitols and population centers of the combatant nations, from Beijing to Washington DC. Also destroyed were the cities of Mecca and Medina.
In the immediate aftermath, Indonesia, untouched by nuclear fire and enraged by the destruction of the holiest cities of Islam, launched invasions into Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and The Philippines.
Part 2: New World Order
2010 AD:
With most large cities obliterated, the remaining inhabitants of the Earth organized themselves into various and assorted factions, mostly divided along religious lines. Small conflicts broke out, warlord rose and fell.
Deep below this feudalistic existence, in various far-flung bunkers, a shadowy group maintained control of the vast network of artificial satellites that remained in orbit. Utilizing these satellites, this group, known among themselves as "The Illuminated Ones" maintained a watchful eye on world affairs, as they had done since long before the war.
Through the network of satellites these Illuminated Ones maintained contact with one another globally, slowly and carefully they plucked at the strings of power. Before the war, the group had included world leaders, prominent members of international banking, and royalty. Now they began to integrate the most powerful of the warlords into their ranks.
2020 AD:
Eventually only one power stood independent from the secret government of The Illuminated Ones. Known to outsiders as Oceania, a mulit-cultural multi-religous nation ruled from Jakarta, it's largest city.
2030 AD:
The Illuminated Ones, growing impatient with age, announced their supremacy over the majority of the Earth.
Their warlords opened re-education camps, forcibly tailoring the beliefs and opinions of the masses until all concepts of nationhood, family, and religion had been abolished. A new calendar was established, however it was not know as new. It is simply known as the World Calendar.
Part 3: Man's Return To Space
10 WC:
The aging satellite constellations over the Earth begin to fail. Gaps appeared in the Illuminated One's spy network.
20 WC:
Most of the original Illuminated Ones had died of old age. Their offspring became increasingly panicked at the idea of losing their near-monopoly on world power. These new Illuminated Ones dedicated themselves into study of Pre-WC space technology, utilizing the brainwashed masses as slave labor.
It was a difficult undertaking, most of the information they were looking for had been purposely destroyed in the revolution. From what scraps they could recover, however, they were able to assemble both a working launch vehicle and spy satellite.
Dubbed "Observer-1", the satellite was stationed permanently over Oceania, in case the last free peoples of the Earth ever decided to move toward the Illuminated One's in aggression.
40 WC:
The old spy network is completely restored, and manned space flight begins to seem possible for the first time in nearly seven decades. While the Illuminated Ones view space merely as a means of control, the Oceanians have come to view the cosmos as their only chance at freedom beyond their now-overcrowded islands, and busy themselves with their own space projects.
50 WC:
An Oceanian becomes the first man in space in nearly eighty years.
A new space race is on.
(The End?)
-BP
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