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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.
In the first years of the 1990's, however, many of the scientists in these cities were made
aware that a nuclear war was inevitable. Unable to control their own consciences and
knowing that billions would die, so that they could live, they rose up against the military
and passed out of these cities and into the public. They published a document which they
called their "Blue Prospectus". This "Blue Prospectus" revealed their government's
survival intentions. With adverse feelings towards their respective government, the
masses marched on their capital demanding equality to enter these, but nothing was
accomplished. The solar catastrophe had occurred and the reasons for their mass
discontent were subsequently forgotten.

By the end of the 1999, just over a full year following the asteroid destruction of the
Earth's surface, mankind had managed to rebuild their cities and start life anew. Enjoying
totally new styles of living, no individual was really poor. The technological
advancements during that year of peace were astounding and the entire world now
benefited from them.
New sources of power were discovered following great tectonic upheavals caused by the
impacting asteroids; small, crystal-like minerals were pushed to the Earth's surface. Their
properties were pure and vigorous. Their radiation became useful for everything
imaginable.
Remaining secret, those Americans that survived on the surface and those from the
O.S.G.I's, converted their power sources to utilise the new crystals. Entire cities were
powered by two crystals, no larger than walnuts.
Plans were formulated to build colonies in space, beginning with orbital stations and
finally lunar and Martian colonies. These colonies were to be powered by the new
crystals and materials for building the colonies would come from the asteroid belt; the
very origin of the Earth's cataclysm.
Laser instruments, of innovative design and use, were built to take advantage of this new
crystal power. Many of these lasers were used for medicine, however, and only a few
thousand weapons were developed, for the police. The police rarely used them, having
been given electrostatic guns that inhibited nerve synapses, and in that manner had
several non-injured reprobates to their list of captured. The laser weapons that were not
used by the police were channelled into the O.S.G.I's, to be taken care of by the city
administrators.
During these years of revived human civilisation and technology, there came a movement
of great intensity that called for the disarming and dismantling of all destructive
weaponry around the world.
The Communist nations were prepared to agree with America and its allied nations.
Although there were internal conflicts within the Communist nations, leading to their
eventual fall, the governments that emerged from the revolutions eventually fulfilled
many promises and commitments to which they were previously committed.
Both great nations dismantled their arsenals and the Americans remained quiet regarding
their O.S.G.I's,