Alternate History The Day The World Changed(Modern Nations ISOT to Alternate 1920)

Quickdraw101 · 2023-04-09T16:58:43+00:00

The nations here are being ISOT'd to the world in Robert Conroy's 1920: America's Great War, where history diverged significantly in 1914, where French timidness and incompetence results in the Germans winning the Battle of the Marne, capturing the British Expeditionary Force, and utterly routing the French Army. With a victorious German Empire, and Entente defeated, that left the United States as the only nation that could possibly rival Germany in power. Thus the Kaiser drafted plans for an invasion of the United States, annex California, and give Mexico back its lost territories in the Southwest. For those of you not familiar with Robert Conroy's works, I highly recommend reading his works, they are quite good. ------------------------- There were many names for the events that happened on January 1st, 2020. Some thought it to be the precursor of an alien invasion. Some thought of it as The Rapture. Scientists said it was the result of unknown particles and antimatter striking multiple locations on Earth, and creating a fluctuation in time and space. But one thing was certain, was that when the clock struck midnight, and the people of the world were ready to usher in a new year, many were flung back one century in the past. It all started with a bright flash that was seen around the world. On every continent, bright walls of light appeared on the borders of various provinces, or in some cases, entire nations. Walls of light that went up for miles, and those on the outside couldn't make contact with those trapped, while those trapped couldn't either. Planes and cars collided with the walls of light, killing thousands in mere moments, while airports and roads became clogged with diverted planes, and stuck cars. For roughly half a day, the walls of light clung to the Earth, baffling scientists around the world, and throwing nearly every world government into panic. Then, suddenly, and without warning, a bright flash overtook everything in the vicinity of the bright walls of light, and faded, leaving no trace of the once present barriers. But when the walls finally fell, there was still no word from outside the affected areas. Highways and roads leading out of many areas terminated at the state or national boundaries. Uplink with nearly all satellites in orbit had been lost, barring the very few that happened to be overhead the select territories when it occurred. Underwater communication cables were now severed, and much of the world wide web was unavailable. In the regions that had experienced the event, radio operators, both private, and government, attempted to ascertain the situation that had befallen them. As dozens, and soon hundreds of reports flooded in, the scattered government and military commands listened to what was going on, and it became frighteningly clear on just what happened. Within the first day, the situation was made abundantly clear for those west of the Rocky Mountains. In the United States and Canada, all contact east of the Rocky Mountains was lost, and all infrastructure terminated at state borders, a fact which fascinated and horrified many scientists who observed the scene. Such details convinced many that either a supernatural, or extremely advanced source, was behind this. One thing was certain however, both the United States, and Canada, no longer had a national capital. In fact, most of both nations were now gone. Canada consisted of just British Columbia and the Yukon. In the United States, the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, were all that was left. Or at least, the 21st century versions were still there. Most of the airwaves were deathly silent, but a number of broadcasts were still on the air, the broadcasters just as terrified as those in the remains of the United States. That's also when they realized that the number of national capitals still broadcasting on the airwaves was depressingly small. Caracas, Managua, Havana, Buenos Aires, La Paz, Quito, Dublín, Stockholm, Lisbon, Madrid, Bern, Vaduz, Reykjavik, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Andorra, Nicosia, Antananarivo, Cairo, Rabat, Kigali, Dodoma, Lagos, Nairobi, Victoria, Moroni, Port Louis, Djibouti City, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Astana, Beirut, Colombo, Bangkok, Taipei, Jakarta, and Auckland, were the only national capitals still on the air. Meanwhile, broadcasts came in from places such as Victoria and Tasmania, Northern Ireland, Okinawa, Jeju, the Falkland Islands, Réunion and Mayotte islands, and New Caledonia, stating that no contact could be made with the capitals of their respective nations. But the reports that came over radio were those of fleets of ships off their coastlines, armies directly across their border, and unknown aircraft breaching their airspace. Other reports came in about a complete shift in the local environment, as well as neighboring cities and towns being entirely different, or nonexistent. In some cases, gunfire was exchanged with strangely uniformed men, or if reports from Taiwan were to be believed, naval gunfire from battleships off the coastline. In the United States and Canada, it was soon discovered that the countries they once knew, no longer existed. When mobilized units of the National Guard and police units along the border investigated, they were met with masses of civilians, police, militia, and US army soldiers. There was just one problem. The masses of life to their east were dressed, and in the case of the soldiers, equipped, a century out of date at the very least. After many confused, and oftentimes, tense exchanges of information, they had soon found out that the date was January 1st, 1920. There was no way to deny what had happened, the evidence was blatant, and in everyone's face. Whether they were a civilian, soldier, or national leader, the reality of the situation could not be ignored. Nor could the problems that began to arise as a result of "The Event".

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Start date Apr 9, 2023
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