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| Score: 190189 | 09/07/24 |
Began: 1/30/2024 00:00
The Victorian era in the year 1887. There are a number of differences between our timeline and the timeline of this campaign.
- Steam technology "Steampunk" is prevalent. This technology creates 21st century results with 19th century apparatus.
- The American Revolution failed. America is colony of the British Empire.
- Mars has made contact with earth. Travel between planets is possible, although long and dangerous.
- Britain remains the preeminent superpower on the globe. Prince Albert did not die in 1861 and remains Queen Victoria's husband.
- Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and Romania are aligned as the "Humanists."
- Victorian beliefs are factual.
- Spirits and ghosts are real, and some Mediums can interact with them.
- Ether (Aether) streams connect the planets, making it possible to breathe in space. Interplanetary travel is possible with sufficient technology and navigation.
- Extra-terrestrial intelligent life exists on other planets.
- Nearly any ailment or condition can be cured either with chemistry or electricity.
- Mirrors are doorways to the deceased and the supernatural.
- Moral uprightness leads to paradise in the afterlife.
- Optogram - the eyes of a deceased hold the last image seen.
- Phrenology - the shape of a person's head determines their personality.
- Telepathy and Telekinesis are real and can be scientifically measured, although rare and difficult to master.
- It is possible for gifted individuals to predict the future using arcane devices.
- Mesmerism - the ability to hypnotize others to treat ailments or commune with the dead.