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''[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2451184/1/bCradleland_b Cradleland]'' is a story, published on [
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* [[Alien Among Us]]: It is implied that aliens had secretly visited Earth during the [[Middle Ages]], {{spoiler|to buy slaves from existing slave markets}}.
* [[Aliens Are Bastards]]: The ''ba'thulaz'' {{spoiler|used humans as cattle and labor}}, and still viewed them as such {{spoiler|centuries after the end}}.
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* [[Giving Radio to the Romans]]: Dean Rhodes, {{spoiler|an American who had been living in Teventra for thirty years}}, had patented a few inventions, including a Stirling-cycle engine, based on his engineering knowledge. He did not build any radios, though.
* [[Hand Wave]]: When Pedro asks Dean {{spoiler|how the interstellar portal works}}, Dean replies, "Magic".
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** The Teventran government orders the military {{spoiler|to stop Delta Flight 2 from returning home}}, both on the fear that the natives of Earth {{spoiler|might send armies to enslave them}}, as they learned that humans from Earth {{spoiler|had enslaved their ancestors centuries before}}, and also because {{spoiler|the passengers had technical knowledge which would help the republic}}.
* [[I Choose to Stay]]: Dean Rhodes chooses to stay behind, because {{spoiler|he had lived in Teventra for thirty years, and has a wife and children}}.
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