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DGNT begins time travel program

Dontgonearthere
27-10-2003, 05:28
People say its immpossible. But a new thoery, the 'Slower than Stopped' theory, has been worked out fully.
The theory states that, since time slows down when you go faster, it should go faster when you go slower, and if we can go slowed than stopped, we will accelerate into the future. DGNT has already visited the past using specialy cloaked vehicles so as not to disturb anything. But the future remains innaccesable.
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A man in a white lab coat entered the room, he quickly looked over a few mens shoulders, checked some dials, and pulled some levers. After checking and rechecking the Temporal Communications Device, he spoke into a microphone.
"Start the generator"
A whirring filled the room, shouts echoed through the bullet proof glass windows.
"Number five is a little high! More coolant!"
"Three is ok, but the shaft is still vibrating, no problems yet!"
He pressed a few more buttons, and spoke to the microphone again.
"All right, is the pilot ready?"
A buzz, then:
"I'm here sir, strapping in now"
"Right, try not to become a hero of the fatherland just yet"
Another switch.
"Allright, have the 'bots check the hull, I want to imperfections this time! The TV4 costs a damn fortune and I have to pay for it!"
Three mantis like machines sidled into the room, and began a centimeter by centimeter checkover of the vehicle, scanning everywhere.
A speaker clicked.
"W'e ha've de'tec'ted no eeee'mper'fec'tons s'ir"
"Very good, evacuate the chamber"
A red light flashed a few times and workers filled out of the space, leaving only a glistening white orb, suspended by five anti-gravity projectors.
"Numbers one to ten report"
"All clear sir, three is a little off, but its being fixed, ETR: thirty seconds."
"Right, begin pre-warp checks, pilot"
The sphere glowed briefly a few times, red, green, and blue, then it moved smoothly forward a few inches. Then back, then left, then right. Finnaly it returned to its original position.
"All checks completed, no problems."
"Begin the sequence."
The humming intensified. Slowly building, first a murmer, then a buzz, and finnaly it kicked up several notches and became a roar, all consuming, and numbing. The floor vibrated. Somewhere, a glass broke.
"Dammit! What did I say about bringing drinks in here!"
"Im sorry sir, please, dont-"
"The only reason I am not shooting you now is because it would get blood over some very expensive equipment! Get out of here NOW!"
"Y-yes sir, please, dont...Ill go."
The tech quickly walked out of the room.
"All right, sequence completed, ready for launch."
"Do it."
The sphere glowed again, then vanished.
"Pilot, can you hear me?"
A few more buttons and switches clicked
"Yes sir, I am currently decelerating"
"No odd feelings? No pain, numbness?"
"No sir, a little preassure, but thats supposed to happen, right?"
"yes, all systems are perfectly normal, you should come out ten minutes in the future"
"All right, I think I am starting to accelerate again, yes, the crono is starting to slow. Lesse...yes, were coming out n-" There was a wet sounding noise, then static.

"All life signs have gone to zero sir, structural integrity monitors are offline."
"Another one...I wonder why this keeps happening..."
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OOC:
So...anybody interested?
27-10-2003, 06:05
Message from:
Ellhnistan ministry of Science, department of research.
Councellor Vasillios Venizelos :

The Holy Empire of Ellhnistan is interested in your technology. We are more than glad to proceed with reaserch at time travel, in a joint manner with your nation, as long as each nation openly shares each finding with the other one.

Looking forward to hearing from you
Esamopia
27-10-2003, 06:15
Priority Message from the Republic of Esamopia:

URGENT MESSAGE FROM MINISTRY OF TIME:

Under Section I of the Ministry of Time's constitution, we cannot allow any nation to disturb the space-time properties in this temporal location, and we will act to destroy any incursions into the past. The potential for harm is too great to allow anyone to explore backwards in time, unless the nation gets the training of Esamopian Ministry of Time agents and adopts a basic charter that restricts any tampering in time, the charter includes the following:

1. No nation may have any subject go back in time without signing the charter.
2. Any trips backwards in time cannot be conducted by uncloaked personnel.
3. Use of any anachronisms, such as the introduction of advanced technology or materials into the past, or the use of upgraded monetary units, or any hint of futuristic influence in the past is strictly prohibited. Personnel may only take technology that exists at the time that is visited, and personnel may only be clocked in their mission.
4. The only exception to these rules is the Omega Directive, which is implemented whenever a trip back in time is used to save the human species, at which point there are no restrictions.
5. As moving forward in time has not been attempted, and its impacts are much less important, we have no directives regarding its handling.

Please agree to these or similar rules and limit any interference in time.

OOC: The Ministry of Time was actually created a long time ago by me... although I've had no one develop any time technology.
Dontgonearthere
27-10-2003, 16:17
1. No nation may have any subject go back in time without signing the charter.
2. Any trips backwards in time cannot be conducted by uncloaked personnel.
3. Use of any anachronisms, such as the introduction of advanced technology or materials into the past, or the use of upgraded monetary units, or any hint of futuristic influence in the past is strictly prohibited. Personnel may only take technology that exists at the time that is visited, and personnel may only be clocked in their mission.
4. The only exception to these rules is the Omega Directive, which is implemented whenever a trip back in time is used to save the human species, at which point there are no restrictions.
5. As moving forward in time has not been attempted, and its impacts are much less important, we have no directives regarding its handling.


1. Done.
2. Done.
3. Done, though we maintain several Phase-Cloaked probes to observe ancient events.
4. Done
5. Done.
Esamopia
27-10-2003, 19:07
[quote=Esamopia]


1. Done.
2. Done.
3. Done, though we maintain several Phase-Cloaked probes to observe ancient events.
4. Done
5. Done.

In that case, enjoy your time travels! Please be aware that disturbing the past is very very dangerous... we hope for the best.

-Ministry of Time, Written Statement.
Dontgonearthere
28-10-2003, 16:19
We never disturb the past, our phase cloaks ensure that, all the molocules of an object are shifted about %75 out of the universe, and since the probes happen to be molocule sized (nanocams), the chance of being hit by a nuetrino is very, very small. :lol: