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The '''World Machine''', designated '''Project: Orbis Tertius''', was a reconstructed [[Earth]] (Planet D-0-2-R-L) used as an experiment by [[the Pageant]] . It resulted in an [[Alternate timeline|alternate]] [[1804]] where the [[French Revolution]] did not end. | The '''World Machine''', designated '''Project: Orbis Tertius''', was a reconstructed [[Earth]] (Planet D-0-2-R-L) used as an experiment by [[the Pageant]]. It resulted in an [[Alternate timeline|alternate]] [[1804]] where the [[French Revolution]] did not end. | ||
Interested in the relationship between individual psychology and the historical dynamic, the Pageant Maskmaker [[Robin Goodfellow]], an artist-scientist, was put in charge to conduct the study, not to hurt humanity but simply to see how they would react if history was different. | Interested in the relationship between individual psychology and the historical dynamic, the Pageant Maskmaker [[Robin Goodfellow]], an artist-scientist, was put in charge to conduct the study, not to hurt humanity but simply to see how they would react if history was different. | ||
In [[1794]] they approached the [[Marquis de Sade]] for his philosophies and offered him the chance to change the world, to which he agreed. Earth was removed from space-time and placed in a [[pocket universe]], the surface now covering the massive "World Machine" that could regulate and control the physical nature of the planet. Sade later became sensitive to the Machine and could see it through his shadow, speaking of "gaps in the air" and "worlds in the gaps." | In [[1794]], they approached the [[Marquis de Sade]] for his philosophies and offered him the chance to change the world, to which he agreed. Earth was removed from space-time and placed in a [[pocket universe]], the surface now covering the massive "World Machine" that could regulate and control the physical nature of the planet. Sade later became sensitive to the Machine and could see it through his shadow, speaking of "gaps in the air" and "worlds in the gaps." | ||
[[Minski]] was created as the System Operator and programmed with an epistemic code based on Sade's philosophies and ideals, but this corrupted his system. He became independent and took control of the Machine. Goodfellow became trapped within the Machine, Sade was locked away in the reconstructed [[New Bastille]] and Minski began dominating [[France]] through a [[clockwork robot|clockwork]] replica of Sade who claimed First Deputy Minski as his adopted son. Parisians, especially women, were both fearful of Minski and fiercely loyal to him, willing to lay down their lives for him. There was a curfew for Parisians and [[Anachronism|anachronistic]] technology, such as steam driven carts, were utilised. There was also Minski's [[murder machine]], a [[labyrinth]] of [[execution]] tools into which a person would be thrown and would eventually die. | [[Minski]] was created as the System Operator and programmed with an epistemic code based on Sade's philosophies and ideals, but this corrupted his system. He became independent and took control of the Machine. Goodfellow became trapped within the Machine, Sade was locked away in the reconstructed [[New Bastille]] and Minski began dominating [[France]] through a [[clockwork robot|clockwork]] replica of Sade who claimed First Deputy Minski as his adopted son. Parisians, especially women, were both fearful of Minski and fiercely loyal to him, willing to lay down their lives for him. There was a curfew for Parisians and [[Anachronism|anachronistic]] technology, such as steam driven carts, were utilised. There was also Minski's [[murder machine]], a [[labyrinth]] of [[execution]] tools into which a person would be thrown and would eventually die. | ||
