Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet EarthPetrovic, Walter D.
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Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet Earth
Petrovic, Walter D.
Science fiction
When all was done great cities were laid waste and disease moved across
the land and seas to visit all people. A billion individuals perished
in the cosmic catastrophe. A billion more dropped dead from the
diseases that could no longer be controlled.
When normality finally returned those who remained alive united to
rebuild the planet. People of absolute opposing views on Politics,
Religion and life in general, let their hate go from them and so began
civilisation anew. However, each of the sides still had their own
future plans and desires. Soon thereafter everything was rebuilt and
they resumed in their previous and hateful ways. The people, called
Communists, still had cravings to rule the entire world. Those, called
peaceful and democratic, were not far from similar aspirations. In
utter stupidity, arms were again manufactured for defence.
Trusting no one, the people called 'Americans' resumed in their secret
building of great subterranean cities across the face of the North
American Continent. These were the cities that were conceived and
under construction since the great destruction of two Japanese cities
during the period called World War II. Having been the wealthiest of
the Earth's nations, the Americans continued with their early nuclear
war survival plans, designated as "Proposition Blue". It was this
proposal that expedited the construction and populating of those cities
named the Omega Sub-Ground Installations: (O.S.G.I's).
Constructed near more populous areas and connected by underground
pneumatic travel tubes, each city was designed to host some one
thousand individuals made up of the chosen elite. These were the
scientists, artists and other members from the intellectual community.
The 1950's through the 1980's saw the building and populating of seven
O.S.G.I's at the following locations across North America:
OMEGA 1 - SOUTH: Near Eldorado, Texas
OMEGA 2 - NORTH: Near Burke, South Dakota
OMEGA 3 - WEST: Near Pioche, Nevada
OMEGA 4 - EAST: Near Toronto, (Canada)
OMEGA 5 - CENTRAL: Near Manhattan, Kansas
OMEGA 6 - ATLANTIC: Near Atlanta, Georgia
OMEGA 7 - PACIFIC: Near Vancouver, (Canada)
Greatly endangered in the asteroid disaster of the late Twentieth
Century, most the cities still survived. Only two cities were utterly
destroyed: OMEGA - 2 and 5. These cities were amongst America's
greatest achievements, next to their endeavours in space. All the
cities were under strict military control, watching the intellectuals
and providing them with necessities, to keep them content.
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