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{{quote| ''Feeling cheerful? Read Ad Astra Per Aspera and [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|lose a little bit more faith in humanity!]]''}}
Written by rvbomally (but with plenty of contributions from other members), [http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=181340 Ad Astra Per Aspera] is one of the best timelines on [[Alternate History Dot Com|AH.com]], despite only having started back in 2011. Best described as [[Nineteen Eighty
A detailed galactic map can be found [http://i51.tinypic.com/4lnjmr.png here.]
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* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: Stealthy [[Powered Armor]] with active camouflage systems is used by special ops branches, such as the Conseil's Red Guards.
* [[Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better]]: Coilguns are the bread and butter of 28th-century warfare.
* [[Kill
* [[La Résistance]]: Resistance groups exist, but are very weak and ultimately nothing but a nuisance to the superpowers.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Parallel universes can have different laws of physics, making FTL travel possible in trueline. All inhabitants of Vacuity Pocket 941GR5 are [[Reality Warper|reality warpers]] and [[Telepathy|telepaths]].
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* [[Nations As People]]: [http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=5566596&postcount=2310 See here].
* [[Newspeak]]: Taken to a new level with [http://alternatehistory.org/discussion/showpost.php?p=6064692&postcount=2845 Technocracy-Sprache]. Each social caste has its own version of the language, with sophistication increasing with rank.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: The Conseil invasion of trueline Earth saves Democracy World from Coalition takeover, as invading Coalition forces are cut off from any reinforcements.
* [[Not So Different]]: In theory, the three superpowers have radically different ideologies; in reality, each oppress their people just as much as the other.
* [[No Transhumanism Allowed]]: Augmentations are rare outside of the Conseil military.
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** The myhrggoth have created a necrotic virus that can “restore life” to dead creatures.
** "Trench beasts" are created when large groups of bodies are exposed to extreme levels of radiation. The corpses are merged together and reanimated into cannibalistic monstrosities that strikes at night, when troops are most vulnerable.
* [[
* [[Praetorian Guard]]: The [http://alternatehistory.org/discussion/showpost.php?p=5424731&postcount=1987 Presidential Guard]. It's the only institution left from America's democratic era that has any power in the 28th century.
* [[Propaganda Machine]]: The Coalition fights to "preserve Christian civilization and liberty", the Conseil fights to "liberate the proletariat from their bourgeoisie oppressors", and the Technocracy fights to...well, preserve its own power. All three openly admits that they are dictatorships, but propaganda is so ingrained that virtually everyone consider democracy a weak and obsolete form of government.
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** Vacuity Pocket 32076AC is [[Years of Rice and Salt|dominated by Islamic Indian, Chinese, and West African cultures]] after the Black Death wiped out Europe.
** Vacuity Pocket OTS5MPF [[Timeline-191|have an independent Confederate defeated in the 1940s]] by an elected, socialist US government. When Coalition forces arrive, a centrist United States is busy fighting off "[[Modern Warfare|a rather insane invasion by socialist “ultranationalist” Russia]] and various insurgent groups in the Middle East".
** Vacuity Pocket 87555N is an [[
** Vacuity Pocket CNW54CA is influenced by [[Battlestar Galactica]], with Earth dominated by human-like artificial intelligence; the remnants of humanity are based on scavenger fleets.
** Vacuity Pocket RHJ2E have 2442 Earth ruled by an [[The Draka|Afrikaner slave culture]], which was promptedly exterminated by the Coalition.
** Vacuity Pocket MRITX9 have 2604 Earth [[The Matrix|in perpetual darkness and ruled by sapient machines]]. Humans are harvested for energy; however, simulations are centered around eternal torment instead of a late-20th century setting. After the machines hack into and depressurize ten Technocracy warships, Earth was nuked from orbit.
** Vacuity Pocket CA1497 have [[Ring World|several gigantic ringworlds]] instead of planets orbiting Sol, the product of an ancient and advanced alien civilization.
** Vacuity Pocket FR13ND541P is populated by [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|sapient pastel-colored equines]]. Coalition forces entering the dimension was infected with "[[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Amicability Syndrome]]", which can transform even the most bloodthirsty maniacs into happy, decent human beings. The invaders unwittingly spread the disease across the galaxy when they return to trueline, causing the three powers to make peace between themselves as well as with the xenos powers. With the end of incessant warfare and the advent of a pan-galactic multispecies democracy, [[Happy Ending|the sapient lifeforms of the Milky Way would finally explore the universe together in peace]].
{{quote| ''[[Trolling Creator|It's over? And you ended with MY LITTLE PONY?]] *blows brains out* [[April Fools Plot|This has got to be an April Fools' hoax, right?]]''}}
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** Members of Counter-Munition Infantry, a subdivision of Conscript Force, have explosives surgically attached to their bodies. Used for area-denial warfare - when a CMI wave is cut down, the surroundings will be turned into an instant minefield.
* [[Super Soldier]]: The People's Legionnaires of the Conseil, the genetically engineered soldiers of Gaia and the soldiers created by the Acadian super soldier program.
* [[Qurac]]: The [[
* [[Tank Goodness]]: Tanks and other heavy armor still dominate most planetary battlefields.
* [[The Caligula]]: Louise I, current General Secretary of the Conseil.
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* [[Thousand Year Reign]]: Actually realized with the American Empire. A celebratory announcement was made by the Coalition's Supreme Director in 2776, glorifying a twisted version of [[The American Revolution]].
* [[Token Good Teammate]]: Several allies of superpowers are notable for being much less evil than the superpowers themselves.
* [[Token Non
* [[Tripod Terror]]: The gusano use tripods in lieu of tanks. Their human enemies dispatched them with ease by aiming for the legs.
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Technocracy Commandos recruits from Szechwan IV are raised as warriors from birth.
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