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seem likely that none of the scientists involved had peeked into the future
and caught a glimpse of the holocaust that swallowed the world on January 20,
2001. And having caught that terrifying glimpse, why did they not take steps
to avert it?
It was an intriguing question, so I set about positing something of an answer,
and from that solution grew
Outlanders
. Applying the Iceberg Principle, I extrapolated that the Totality
Concept was linked to the nukecaust, and it in turn was part of a concerted
conspiracy against humanity that stretched back thousands of years.
Another mystery that perplexed me was the apparent stagnation of society in
the Deathlands. Though a considerable amount of technology had survived the
nukecaust relatively intact, it seemed strange that with the templates in
place, a new society had not been built upon the ruins of the old.
Historically civilizations rose, attained high states of advancement, men fell
into ruin. After a period of recovery, the civilizations again rose all part
of a natural continuous cycle.
Yet, in the Deathlands, it seemed evident that some force
opposed the cycle, preventing the restoration of balance.
Obviously that opposition was unnatural, imposed from without.
The question of who or what brought that force to bear remained to be
answered, if not completely identified.
Shakespeare wrote, "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us
for their sport."
A chilling scenario, but one that applies to many of today's mysteries, most
of which are sneered at or dismissed as either paranoia or conspiracy
theories. The framework of
Outlanders is built upon a foundation of asking "what if they aren't
conspiracy theories?"
In the back-story crafted for
Deathlands
, the nukecaust grew out of Cold War tensions, a very obvious what if
. In
Outlanders
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, the what ifs
. are taken a bit further, extrapolating that the political events triggering
the nuclear apocalypse were engineered for a very definite purpose. Therefore,
Operation
Chronos could not avert the atomic catastrophe without defeating the master
plan.
As our world hurtles toward the millennium, evidence slowly mounts that many
of our ideological enemies we once took for granted were manufactured to meet
political needs. What if the ideologies were themselves manufactured as
control mechanisms for the human race?
It is part of human nature to control our environment, oftentimes violently.
What if our environment was not truly ours, that we were viewed only as
tenants and our struggles to control it impinged on the rights of the real
owners?
Out of these what it's grew the Archon Directorate, the ultimate conspiracy.
In ancient religious texts, archons were described as the spiritual jailers of
humanity, imprisoning the divine spark in the souls of man. But even naming
the Archon
Directorate as the puppet masters, the engineers of the nukecaust and all of
its horrors doesn't explain everything. As the series continues, more clues to
the real identities of the
Archons and their actual agenda will be revealed.
The post-nuclear holocaust world of
Outlanders is quite different from the one Ryan Cawdor and his people
adventured and fought through. In some ways, it appears far more secure,
certainly less anarchic, but in other ways it's far, far worse. In
Outlanders
, the struggle for survival has progressed beyond the physical, and now it's a
war for the human spirit. The basic theme is discovering the truth. It deals
with uncovering the unknown, solving mysteries and exposing the lurking
secrets of the forgotten past that mold the present and the future. The heroes
are locked in a battle with a remote, merciless enemy, and not only are their
individual lives and freedom at stake, but all of humanity's, as well.
The main cast of characters was consciously designed to superficially suggest
the
Deathlands protagonists without imitating them. Obviously the backgrounds of
Kane, Grant and
Brigid Baptiste are far different than those of Ryan, Krysty, J.B., et al.
Although they were spared the daily struggle for physical survival, the
holocaust they suffered was one of heart and mind, but no less devastating
than the one that almost destroyed the world nearly two centuries earlier.
Having Kane and Grant spend most of their lives as
Magistrates, or in the parlance of
Deathlands
, as sec men, is a dramatic counterpoint to the fierce independence displayed
by
Ryan and his companions. The trauma of discovering that everything they
believed in was based on lies, a conspiracy to manipulate a conspiracy, is a
shock they continue to try to come to terms with. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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