Disclaimer: Joss, Fox, Universal Own em’. I’m just playing. No money being made. The situations come from my own twisted mind as do my original characters.

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AN: Sorry for the huge delay in this story line. I hit a serious wall in where I wanted the storyline to go. I'm still chipping away at it but I at least got this chapter done after nearly two months. I'm not sure when the next will be done but I'll get to it as soon as I can.

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Quest-Chapter Eleven

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“That's quite a story,” remarked President Blackwell as she gazed across the table in the base's main conference room.

“Faster than light travel?” General Reed nearly whispered, “I know it's remotely possible in the right circumstances...”

“It took some serious work I assure you,” Allan replied.

“Now that you have our story. What about yours? What happened to Earth after the Exodus?” Trudy asked.

“Armageddon,” replied Secretary of State, Pace, “it's still not clear who launched first, but the ground war began in China, about six months after the departure of the Exodus. The Russian Federation had a large petroleum strike in eastern Siberia. With the serious lack of resources at that time, the Alliance decided to seize the area.”

Allan grimaced, recalling the political climate at that time, “I can see why things went so badly.”

“Indeed,” General Reed replied, “When the missiles flew, China and North America took the brunt of the damage. Western Europe as well. It was a short exchange but the results were devastating. Hundreds of millions died in the initial exchange. Over three and a half billion from the fallout afterwards.”

“The human race nearly ceased to exist,” The general continued, “Blew ourselves back to nearly the stone age. Luckily, parts of the world were untouched by the weapons themselves. Southern Europe, Africa, Australia and parts of the Northeast of the former United States.”

“I saw,” Allan replied, “What happened after?”

“Well,” the general sighed, “Technological development halted. Most part