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 speeds and rapidly decelerated before reaching its destination. speeds and rapidly decelerated before reaching its destination.
  
-Linking two points in space //and// time, the wormhole was just the latest part of a inter-galactic network that connected thousands of galaxies, and spanned billions of years in time. Relativistic time dilation meant that many wormhole gates were separated in time as well as space, but all connected together into a single One Time.+Linking two points in space //and// time, the wormhole was just the latest part of a inter-galactic network that connected thousands of galaxies, and spanned billions of years in time. Relativistic time dilation meant that many wormhole gates were separated in time as well as space, but all connected together into a single //One Time// that preserved continuity.
  
-Our benefactors were the Xarn. They brought their religion of the Mother Goddess, and also technology and knowledge beyond anything humanity currently had. Their triple prowed starships became a symbol of culture, civilisation and technology. The culture shock for humanity was terrible, but we could have survived.+Our benefactors were the Xarn. They brought their religion of the Mother Goddess, and also technology and knowledge beyond anything humanity currently had. Their triple pronged starships became a symbol of culture, civilisation and technology. The culture shock for humanity was terrible, but we could have survived.
  
 Except the Xarn lied to us. Except the Xarn lied to us.
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 ===== A War We Couldn't Win ===== ===== A War We Couldn't Win =====
  
-As we embraced the Xarn, and worked with them and +As we embraced the Xarn, and worked with them and learnt from them, so the Xarn were at war. In 2105 we learnt the truth - the truth that the Xarn were about to die, to be wiped out by the //Scree//. And the Scree would come for whoever stood by the side of the Xarn.
-learnt from them, so the Xarn were at war. In 2105 +
-we learnt the truth - the truth that the Xarn were +
-about to die, to be wiped out by the //Scree//. +
-And the Scree would come for whoever stood by the +
-side of the Xarn.+
  
-In 2109 the Scree came through the wormhole. The +In 2109 the Scree came through the wormhole. The two Xarn cruisers in orbit around Earth died. The Scree seeded Earth with a plague, which killed eight billion people. The half a billion left alive on Earth were made slaves of the Scree.
-two Xarn cruisers in orbit around Earth died. The +
-Scree seeded Earth with a plague, which killed +
-eight billion people. The half a billion left alive +
-on Earth were made slaves of the Scree.+
  
-The rest of humanity has fled into the One Time, +The rest of humanity has fled into the One Time, as refugees, beggars, criminals and slaves. But humanity has gone to the stars.
-as refugees, beggars, criminals and slaves. But +
-humanity has gone to the stars.+
  
 ===== Content ===== ===== Content =====
  
-[[galactic_history]]+[[one time]] - A single meta-culture that spans almost ten billion years of time, stretching tens of billions of light years across the universe.
  
 +[[wormholes]] - The technology that makes the whole civilisation known as //The One Time// possible.
  
 +[[galactic history]] - A view of the history of our universe, as known by the various cultures of the One Time.
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 +[[species]] - Some of the more common civilisations in this part of the universe.
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 +[[enclaves]] - There are a few remaining enclaves where humanity can still prosper.
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