Meanwhile, back in the Master's TARDIS.....Part 1

"Okay, tell me about this world...this whole situation here with the mortals," Agent 1 says, curious. "I've read some of the files, but I wanted to hear it in the words of this......ghost writer that's become something of the famous one in the ghostly circles."

Besides, it will keep him from making MORE mischief, Rule 1 mentally sighs as the ghost of Sir Tisbit begins

"I made a few adjustments here and there to reflect the changes on Terra Prime," Tisbitt natters before starting.

The Tail of Frederigo D'Honaire: As the Fur Flys

Vol. 1

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Items of interest:

The Phage

Originally just a mundane Enemy germ warfare product concocted by a Royal Researcher in the service to the Race (the Lizards/Enemy's name for themselves). Minestus had come to the conclusion that any native sickness he could get his claws on, even if modified by his gifted hands, would be easily countered by any would be human mage savior.

Just as the Researcher was lamenting about how sad it was that his brainchild proved to be useless because Intelligence resources had uncovered proof that the Alliance already had counteragents to this bio-weapon, he finds himself elsewhere.

So, when Minestus went on a....fishing expedition for an offworld disease that had the punch he was looking for, and too alien to be countered.....he got the Researcher and his bioweapon...... The Researcher and dragon seemed to hit it off (well, not really....it only appeared to be so.....).

Minestus magically mutated the bioweapon into a bastardized creation that was neither fully science based nor magical based.....it was a lethal combination of the two (with the added feature of being able to somehow generate it's own magic source for itself......go figure). Now, it can go anywhere in the multiverse. This combination prevents the easy cure by either magic or science.

Kind of like the flu.....but MUCH deadlier and quicker by lightyears!

When Minestus found that the Lizards had double crossed him and all of Dragonkind, he unleashed a hidden feature in the Phage, and viola.....the Phage is deadly to the Lizards, now!

With the help of the living Dr. Vincent, a breakthrough occurred and a method of neutralizing the threat the Phage posed on humans. They also found an actual CURE for the Phage, but hold off on releasing it....just so the Phage would just be lethal to Lizards.

Too bad that this newest batch of Lizards stumbled across an effective means of neutralizing the Phage on of the worlds they've recently conquered.....Talos IV I believe.....in a Star Trek universe.....

Sigh....

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The Golems (the Alliance at first the Military and the Company....now just the Military.....)

A coalition of 18 parallel Earths united. Dedicated in defending itself and defeating the Enemy.

Original democratic governments more or less collapsed under the strain of Enemy attacks. Only a collection of corporations had the means to rally and keep things together.

The Alliance is a Corporacy, run by an interdimensional collection of international corporations. Think of these worlds as your basic cyberpunk science fiction storyworlds (like Bladerunner and such) to get the idea of the environment.

However, throw out the dog eat dog mentality when it comes to the military, despite the clash tradition of "Honor, commitment, courage" with the Companies.....profit motivations. The military doesn't like or approve of the situation, but realizes that without the Corporation, the Alliance is dead..... So the military serves a strange government. Mostly honorable men and woman (and other) dedicated in the defense of humanity and the final defeat of the Enemy, these zealots fight on....and on.....

For if they don't, they will be overran and eaten by the Enemy!

Just figure these jokers tech level on par of what you've seen in the Terminator, late 21rst century weaponry and equipment. See major advances in cybernetics and communications (tachyon transmission between Avator) (Terminator) and human (or remote AI) controller.

Another major leap in tech here is space and interdimensional travel. Ships on par with Enemy craft.

The OTHER Alliance......

A coalition of 18 parallel Earths united. Dedicated in defending itself and defeating the Enemy.

Original democratic governments more or less collapsed under the strain of Enemy attacks. Only a collection of corporations had the means to rally and keep things together.

The Alliance is a Corporacy, run by an interdimensional collection of international corporations. Think of these worlds as your basic cyberpunk science fiction storyworlds (like Bladerunner and such) to get the idea of the environment.

However, throw out the dog eat dog mentality when it comes to the military, despite the clash tradition of "Honor, commitment, courage" with the Companies.....profit motivations. The military doesn't like or approve of the situation, but realizes that without the Corporation, the Alliance is dead..... So the military serves a strange government. Mostly honorable men and woman (and other) dedicated in the defense of humanity and the final defeat of the Enemy, these zealots fight on....and on.....

Just figure these jokers tech level on par of what you've seen in the Terminator, late 21rst century weaponry and equipment. See major advances in cybernetics and communications (tachyon transmission between Avatar) (Terminator) and human (or remote AI) controller. Another major leap in tech here is space and interdimensional travel. Ships on par with Enemy craft. Recently, found out the bitter truth about what the Company had been hiding. The Company had been preparing for the end of the Enemy/Alliance war by holding back the secret of antimatter warp engines. Basically, let's put it this way. With that knowledge the Alliance could have perhaps ended this war a long time ago.... The Company wanted to have the means of fighting and wining the civil war that would come after the other war was over......more on that later.....

The Military of this other Alliance did a few selective.....er.....retirements at the upper management level of the Company because of that.

We don't actually see them mentioned in any way shape or form until much later, in other volumes....

The Race/Enemy/Lizards

Strange reptilian beings who are asexual (produce eggs at will). Fanatically loyal to their Emperor, all things and people belong to the Empire, and all the Empire belong to them (and the Emperor is the personification/deification of this concept....).

Believe totally that they are the only beings with souls. All others are only smart animals, and as such should be used as cattle. Have been known to herd captured humans for food consumption.

Believe that when a person (one of the Race) dies, is reborn in Paradise. Do NOT believe in ghosts.

Personal weaponry, and computer tech behind that of the Alliance, but make up for the disparity in the quality of the weaponry (and poor training of the average soldier/grunt) with quantity.....LOTS of quantity (i.e. they produce soldiers as quickly as they can, give them a gun and minimal training, and send them out to serve the Race). Outstanding individuals are promoted out from the grunt status to officer. Given a name/number. Considered a GREAT honor. Officers are given much better training and education......

It will prove ironic that the only noted Lizard, educated or otherwise who came to Terra Prime that is around in any capacity.....is the ghost of the Lizard called Nine....more on that later.

The OTHER Race/Enemy/Lizards

One of the delightful things about parallel universes is that there are other people almost just like you. These Lizards are of a universe where they didn't get plastered by the Alliance soon after discovering a Terra.....

Tiberium

A commodity as common as dirt on this Terra, but extremely rare and valuable elsewhere. Is the life fuel of both Alliance and Enemy civilizations.

Terra would have been a fatal blow to the Alliance if the Enemy had been successful with their draconian plans.....but......Minestus actually did some good....unintended as it was. But because of the deadly nature of Phage, and the resilience of disease to all attempt to kill it......

With the "discovery" of the miracle of antimatter warpcores, this material is still useful in as far as it makes a good stand in for dilithium crystals (as what you'd find in the Voyager's universe).

1. Colors range from blue, blue/green, to out and out green. Grow in large crystalline "groves."
2. Colors range from blue, blue/green, to out and out green. Grow in large crystalline "groves." (retake)