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====== Ad Astra Per Aspera ====== | ====== Ad Astra Per Aspera ====== | ||
- | A dystopic space opera series with shades of military science fiction, written by [[offtopic: | + | A dystopic space opera series with shades of military science fiction, written by [[offtopic: |
- | The point of divergence is when Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas votes to convict President Andrew Johnson, as opposed to voting against conviction as per OTL. This propels the Radical Republicans into power, whose heavy-handed approach to Reconstruction creates a more violent backlash. This results in a cycle of violence and increased repression that soon consumes the United States. By the 1940s, the United States is a de facto presidential dictatorship and after a crisis in the 1960s the "Old Republic" | + | The point of divergence is when Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas votes to convict President |
- | The American Empire, along with the Soviet Union and German Empire, dominate the world. Faster-than-light travel is invented in 2047 by the Germans and soon these three empires expand through the stars. An unstable peace reigns until the Collapse, a cataclysmic war, in the 2240s. This destroys the three empires and after centuries of instability, | + | The American Empire, along with the Soviet Union and German Empire, dominate the world. Faster-than-light travel is invented in 2047 by the Germans and soon these three empires expand through the stars. An unstable peace reigns until the Collapse, a cataclysmic war, in the 2240s. This destroys the three empires and after centuries of instability, |
Be warned, this TL **//is//** bleak... and far from having clear-cut good guys and bad guys... To sum it up via rvbomally' | Be warned, this TL **//is//** bleak... and far from having clear-cut good guys and bad guys... To sum it up via rvbomally' | ||
You can read it [[http:// | You can read it [[http:// | ||
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- | The TL was also recently reviewed by the Alternate History Weekly Update blog. You can find the review [[http:// | ||
Has its own (very incomplete) wiki [[http:// | Has its own (very incomplete) wiki [[http:// | ||
+ | The Tv Tropes entry can be found [[http:// | ||
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