Chapter Three (Closure)

[Akirapryde]

Nodding to Erik's statement. "Please don't get me wrong Erik. I have a reason for asking. I am finding something troubling in the events of this time line."

She laid out her documents on the screen, "look at this event in New Earth's distant past. Sometime shortly after the fall of the Star League an asteroid hit New Earth causing a mess exodus. Before this moment the demographics of New Earth was a Islamic minority over shadowed by a strong English majority community. According to our timeline, the only change was an influx of German settlers from across the Lyran Commonwealth that started sometime after the First Succession War. This shifted the demographics to a strong German majority."

"In this timeline a Islamic majority was dominated and controlled by a English minority. This gave raise to a civil war in the 3020's. Something that never happened in our timeline."

She paused a moment before contiued, "at the start of this impact changes we inevitable. Even the smallest changes can have the greatest of events across the Inner Sphere. But that is not what happened. Up to 3020's changes seemed to be going out of control on New Earth. At the appearance if something had not been done, it is possible that New Earth would changes its allegiance to the Free Worlds League."

She looked at Erik, "I have to wonder if this impact was in fact the Ark. If so and it survived impact, then it is on New Earth somewhere."