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American Twist

Aleksey_Serov
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The action takes place in 2119-2120. Since 2113, a protracted nuclear war has been going on between the Asian and Western Blocs. The war was preceded by the "Pre-War" for Indonesia, which began in 2107. The historical period of the Pre-War & War has already formed an entire generation. The "war process", as it is called, has little in common with ideas about a global Armageddon. The economy of the Western Nations is privatized by two superholdings - "constellations", which are parts of a single whole and do not compete. Over the years of the War, the ruling circles of different levels have achieved goals that were not initially set. This is the write-off of the US national debt, which paid for the construction of the global defense of the West, the implicit occupation by the US of its allies, partial privatization of the US itself by constellations. In the Asian Bloc, the picture is similar. Between the Blocks there is a channel for concluding and observing shadow "anti-apocalyptic" agreements - the "seventh headquarters". This is a nuclear-powered superplane-headquarters constantly flying over Antarctica. By the end of the 2110s, a peaceful settlement of the "Only War" is no longer being considered. Instead, the option of "Conversion of the Military Process" is being actively developed - minimizing military actions on the fronts, denuclearizing the War and "pushing" military actions into "high space orbits". The top of the constellations and the billionaire technocrat Bandon the Third in particular are interested in such a scenario. The "converted" War will open up freedom of action to form a new society, industry, morality and the exit of a selected part of humanity to the development of other planets. The moral values of the top of the constellations and Bandon are quite dubious. A certain crisis event, the details of which were determined later, was chosen as the impetus for launching "Conversion" several years earlier. An important element of this scenario is a certain personality - the leader of the rebels who seize a nuclear base, an aircraft carrier, etc. The role of the personality is doubly important due to the fact that the crisis event must develop on display, "in front of the cameras", to the whole world. The question of the motivation of such a personality is complicated by the fact that most candidates for this role will inevitably see such an enterprise as risky and having an outcome that is unpredictable for them. The problem is solved by preparing an agent with a processed consciousness - a fragment of memory and life that contains preparation, moral pumping and technical training for such an agent is hidden, erased. One of these sleeper agents, Andrei Zavirdyaev, lives the life of an ordinary CSCE employee (the old-new name of the OSCE). The crisis event is determined - it must be the hijacking of a new shuttle. Zavirdyaev, who completed his "sleeper agent course" in 2113, regularly undergoes a "technical inspection" - during trips abroad, he is received by secret services, partially "de-mothballed" by his memory, checked and "updated". During the "update" in 2120, he is told that he is to hijack a shuttle. He does not need to control the vehicle and mission - he is a supermedia "monkey with a grenade". The plan starts successfully, the media machine successfully carries out the stages of the program developed by the constellations. Another character is an extraterrestrial life form that looks like a 35-year-old northern European woman. This is Haldoris Landskricht. She is an "avatar" of the mind of a black hole located in one of the arms of the galaxy. Despite all the exoticism, the psychological appearance of her personality is quite human. Living among people, possessing a number of superhuman abilities, she avoids directly and openly influencing the historical process, not wanting to make things worse. Haldoris Landskricht does not agree with the plans of the constellations…
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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1

Shuttle.

October 2120.

 - If you thought that in the seventh year of the War you'd seen it all, today proved you wrong. - George Tyler, the host of the daily six o'clock newscast, was on the screen, having appeared in the studio on an emergency basis.

 - Now we have a huge mercury lamp flying across the sky, throwing bombs. Inside is a Russian terrorist fanatic. As far as I understand, it's not that easy to shoot down the damn thing - it flew over the Asian territories twice, and the second time quite low. I suppose they really tried to shoot it down. Nevertheless, it emerged from behind the horizon over London the second time. Our latest generation defense system AEX AMANDA also failed.

 - Still, the reports of a threat of a repeat strike are rumors, - the co-host tried to ease the tension. - What was the first strike, we are already seeing all the time, at least until recently, until laser selectors appeared.

 - These are all rather weak consolations, and they do not make any favorable impression on me personally. How do you like the fact that a new shuttle was hijacked like some ordinary plane?! It's beyond comprehension! - Tyler continued to pretend to be a butthurt. - And now I will show you something else.

 The screen showed photographs of "Kom.Batt" and "Doc" displayed side by side.

 - Look at these intelligent faces, - Tyler made quotation marks. - A self-organized ghetto has existed on the territory of our important ally since 114. This cesspool has been living by its own rules for six years now and no one cares. Oh yeah, Senator Harlington visited the region last fall as part of his famous tour. Things have been different in our rear since then. It's a pity I didn't notice it. For those who joined us not from the very beginning, I will inform you that the terrorist, as they say, is also from there, as is all this super-federalist scum, - Tyler waved his hand in the direction of the place where the picture with "Kom.Batt" and "Doc" was superimposed.

 - I sincerely wish the speaker of the parliament of the Russian Federal Republic, Mr. Lebedev, to carry out the sanitary operation that he has planned as soon and effectively as possible. Mr. Lebedev, I am with you!

 It seemed that he was about to start shouting. This was normal - Tyler gushed with emotions every time, and this was an integral part of his broadcasts. Now the level of emotional activity was slightly above average - in such cases, inarticulate scraps of words were heard - this is how the co-host tried to insert something in order to cool her boss down a little.

 - By the way, about mercury, - the co-host finally broke through. - They say it's not mercury, but sodium. Atmospheric measurements also showed no excess isotope levels.

 - Well, the fact that it's not mercury, but sodium, changes everything. We can go about our business, - Tyler replied with mockery.

 The next video was a video taken by someone in western Russia. The shuttle with a working ion screen did indeed resemble a comet, but it looked more like a space rocket taking off - the same bubble of glowing gas and a thin tail behind.

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