Time Hunt

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2015..”THE DAY THAT EVERYTHING CHANGED”.      On that day, the lives of every single person on the planet was totally changed from what had been before.  Just a few days before, the peoples of Earth almost faced one of the greatest cataclysms of all time.  The nations of the world had been at each other’s throats for so long, that they finally reached the breaking point and the button for nuclear war had been pushed.  Missiles were in the air and so were bombers.  Then just as it appeared that global devastation was imminent, the missiles and the bombers all vanished into thin air, as if by magic.

It was then that the people of Earth learned that they had guardian angels.  A highly advanced scientific super race of humans, known as the Kaltroonians had intervened.

The Kaltroonians had originated on Earth many millennia before and had left for the stars more than 10,000 years in the past.  They had prospered and had advanced far in excess of the other tribes of humans that they had left behind.  They had returned to Earth over 2,000 years ago and were delighted to find that some humans had survived all of those years and were the ancestors of the present day human race.  For the past 2,000 years they had been the unofficial observers of Earth’s history.

When it appeared that the people of Earth were bound for self-destruction, the Kaltroonians decided to scrap their policy of non-intervention and had prevented the war from taking place.

But having finally revealing themselves to the people of Earth, the Kaltroonians felt obligated to not only offer the hand of friendship to the people of Earth but also to offer guidance and the fruits of their vast scientific knowledge.  All that they asked in return was PEACE.  They asked that their far distant cousins from Earth learn to give up aggression and their acts of inhumanity towards each other.

During their ten millennia away from Earth, the Kaltroonians had achieved scientific advances far in excess of anything that an Earthman might imagine.  They had mastered faster-than-light speed for their spacecrafts, making travel between the stars a common occurrence.  They had become the masters of time travel; being able to go backwards in time up to a thousand years to correct mistakes or to rescue people that were on the verge of dying from accidents or acts of aggression.  They had to be careful to not rewrite history, but they had ways to accomplish this.

Luna and Mars each retained a form of quasi-independence, as they each had their own form of government, but they were still considered territories of Earth, much like Puerto Rico had been a territory of the United States.  However, they did have representation in the Federation Council.

Word from the other planets was that the people were slowly getting settled into their new environments and their new ways of life after the disruption of the Great Exodus.  Poverty, diseases and hunger were unknown on these new worlds.  Tribal hatred were slowly being eradicated.  Trade and commerce between the planets was at an all-time high.  There would be still decades of work ahead, and further exploration and expansion was well under way to the far reaches of the galaxy. At long last, the human race was able to accept peace and prosperity as their new way of life.

But…What if something went wrong…….?