Santorini-2

Santorini-2, 89 CE
Current affairs
The Roman Empire is becoming decadent, and is having trouble expanding further away from the Mediterranean. Seceding Atlantian forces from Santorini are helping the Britons repel the Roman occupants. A Persian Empire includes Arabic territory and India. China is colonizing Oceania. The Nok civilization is uniting Southern Africa. Together, these groups have formed tenuous relationships and have yet to discover the Americas.
Divergence Point
1,500 BC, The catastrophic eruption of the Mediterranean volcano of Santorini has not yet occurred. The magma chamber below the cone continues to fill to the point that the island is hundreds of feet above its Homeline level.
Major Civilizations
Western (Empire With Rivals), Tau (empire), Persian (multipolar), Zulu (empire)
Great Powers
Roman Empire (Representative dictatorship, CR4); Chinese Empire (CR5); Persian League (feudal, CR5), Nok (theocracy, CR3)
Worldline Data
TL	2+4
Mana Level	unknown
Quantum	6 or 7 (not specified)
Infinity Class	O10, except within 20 miles of the Mediterranean, and 500 miles of Santorini. There it is Z4
Centrum Zone	Yellow

Timeline

• 753 BC: Rome Founded
• 324 BC: Death(?) of Alexander the Great (see GURPS Bio-Tech 217-224)
• 290 BC: Greece invaded
• 70 BC: Spartacus' rebellion
• 30 BC: Egypt joins the Roman Empire
• 43 AD: Rome invades Britain
• 64: Rome burns
• 79: Mt. Vesuvius erupts. Pliny the Elder observes closely using an environment suit, and lives to write about it.
• 89 Roman Empire spans the Mediterranean (Map); see GURPS Imperial Rome)

Future (Homeline)

• 97: Chinese planning to send ambassadors to Rome
• 142: Adrian's Wall built in Britain
• 166: Roman ambassadors reach China

References

• "IronPunk for GURPS" by Eric Funk (0927.html)