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Some corporations took the spirit of the intent behind the International Power Initiative to heart, but a few did not. Old habits – greed, lust for power – died hard, and the freedoms that the Initiative afforded caused a cancerous growth of selfishness to seep into some. One major corporation founded on the west coast of the United States in 2116 – M.A.G.M.A. Energy Corporation – was responsible for tooling some of the machinery that would harness the power of a fusion reaction.
M.A.G.M.A. – which stood for "Multinational Atomic next-Generation Millennium Augury" – had one of the more lucrative and high-end jobs out of all the corporations formed for this international project. As a result, some in power saw a potential for creating possibilities out of the materials provided – possibilities that ended in massive profit, at any rate. Soon, M.A.G.M.A. had created dozens of branches throughout its West Coast empire, creating many massive facilities throughout the northern California wilderness.
By 2158, the corporations of the world had made significant progress and were projecting being less than a generation away from a pure, safe source of fusion energy. Despite this, a few continued to worry over the carte blanche given to the corporations under the Initiative. However, the constant good publicity, as well as secrecy, around so many of these projects fueled the worry of a few that would be involved if anything went wrong.
Many of these worriers, including General Francis J. Baker, commander of the US I Corps in Ft. Lewis, Washington, wondered how soon the military would be called out to help clean up the disaster when something big took out half of the West Coast.
The M.A.G.M.A. Energy Corporation had delved into energy technologies that created a new generation of laser firearms, which was still in its infancy but of great interest to the Pentagon and other governments – including those terror cells that never fully died. The laser weapon technology that M.A.G.M.A. was leading was a story that had been reported throughout the world – and had been noticed. With such weapons, those in dark places whispered to each other, we could change the balance of power. We must do it before the hated oppressors turn them against us.
Terrorist activity across the globe had declined except in small, remote areas, far from the west coast of the United States and even farther from the public's eye. Over that time, the remaining groups nursed their hatreds and planned for when the time would be right to reawaken a global revolution.
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Some corporations took the spirit of the intent behind the International Power Initiative to heart, but a few did not. Old habits – greed, lust for power – died hard, and the freedoms that the Initiative afforded caused a cancerous growth of selfishness to seep into some. One major corporation founded on the west coast of the United States in 2116 – M.A.G.M.A. Energy Corporation – was responsible for tooling some of the machinery that would harness the power of a fusion reaction.
M.A.G.M.A. – which stood for "Multinational Atomic next-Generation Millennium Augury" – had one of the more lucrative and high-end jobs out of all the corporations formed for this international project. As a result, some in power saw a potential for creating possibilities out of the materials provided – possibilities that ended in massive profit, at any rate. Soon, M.A.G.M.A. had created dozens of branches throughout its West Coast empire, creating many massive facilities throughout the northern California wilderness.
By 2158, the corporations of the world had made significant progress and were projecting being less than a generation away from a pure, safe source of fusion energy. Despite this, a few continued to worry over the carte blanche given to the corporations under the Initiative. However, the constant good publicity, as well as secrecy, around so many of these projects fueled the worry of a few that would be involved if anything went wrong.
Many of these worriers, including General Francis J. Baker, commander of the US I Corps in Ft. Lewis, Washington, wondered how soon the military would be called out to help clean up the disaster when something big took out half of the West Coast.
The M.A.G.M.A. Energy Corporation had delved into energy technologies that created a new generation of laser firearms, which was still in its infancy but of great interest to the Pentagon and other governments – including those terror cells that never fully died. The laser weapon technology that M.A.G.M.A. was leading was a story that had been reported throughout the world – and had been noticed. With such weapons, those in dark places whispered to each other, we could change the balance of power. We must do it before the hated oppressors turn them against us.
Terrorist activity across the globe had declined except in small, remote areas, far from the west coast of the United States and even farther from the public's eye. Over that time, the remaining groups nursed their hatreds and planned for when the time would be right to reawaken a global revolution.
Part 3 >>
