A lot of the more technical bits aren't going to make much sense unless you have GURPS Infinite Worlds. In any case, all the Dies the Fire stuff belongs to Steve Stirling, all hail the Steve; all the GURPS stuff belongs to SJG--again, all hail the Steve. I don't own any of it. It's all them. It'll all go away if anyone who actually has a copyright asks me to take it down. All hail the Steves.
Retrograde
Current Year 2001
Divergence Point: March 18, 1998; an inexplicable event known as the Change kills all higher technology.
Current Events: The survivors of the Dying Time attempt to build anew in the ruins of the old world...and some of them think they should end up on top.
Civilizations: Western (extremely multipolar), Steppe (diffuse), Chinese (multipolar)
"Great" Powers: Commonwealth of New Zealand, the Mongols, England, New Deseret, Portland Protective Association, the Bearkillers, the Mackenzies
Timeline Information
TL: 5 (except that gunpowder and steam engines don't work; 6 in agriculture and some areas of medicine)
Mana level: low Quantum: 6 Infinity Classification: Z1 Centrum Zone: Unknown
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