The first true Internet linked the world in a web of power and communication in the Twenty-First Century. Civilizations long separated by months of travel time sending letters back and forth could see each other in full video in real time. Movements seeking liberty from oppressive governments fed off each other, and got their message out to the world. The Arab Spring was but one example. Religious hardliners made it an Arab Winter, but Spring returned in time.
The United States of America joined the Great War with patriotic zeal. The news media and government reports united in claiming it was every red-blooded American’s duty to kill the Huns who sank Lusitania. It became a fight of good versus evil, and America was on the side of the angels, as always. Every German atrocity was shouted across the airwaves, reinforcing the rightness of our cause in standing against them. It was a masterful job of public propaganda.
In some ways, growing organ banks full of replacement organs unlocked immortality for us. Oh, we could die of disease or accidents, but healthy livers can filter out a lot of trash. And a healthy heart usually doesn’t stop beating one morning without warning. The remaining kings and queens of Europe were the first to do this, long before the procedures went public. Why do you think they reigned so long? They’re the reason for modern royal term limits.
The Twenty-First Century brought a revolution in computing technology. Primitive pointing devices morphed into touch displays, and voice recognition replaced keyboards for the average user. Fully functional portable computers became smaller tablets and then wearable technology similar to modern personal computers. For the first time, communications between two people walking down streets on opposite ends of the Earth occurred in real time. It was a true revolution.
I’ve always been a fan of the classics. Cars, ships, bikes; everything we’ve ever built has a style we don’t make anymore that somebody loves. For me, that’s the stuff we built when I was young. True, first generation gravtech beauties with big fins, flashy chrome grills, and roomy bubble cockpits. Add a nice flame paintjob and I’m in classic car-nut heaven. That’s one reason I picked the equipment I did when I went shopping for the Wolfenheim Project.
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