By Shikasta
Spoilers: Anything's fair game in my view although this is an AU
Disclaimer: The characters of Dark Angel are owned by Twentieth Century Fox Television and Cameron Eglee productions. In laymen's terms: Don't own them but by god I wish I did.
Italics = flashback
Chapter Twenty Five – Historical Notes No. 5
These extracts are being provided to students who are studying the cause and effect of the human/transgenic war that began in 2025 and ended in 2028.
"In the beginning God created man, then man created Transgenic." – Jericho
Extract taken from Alec's War written by Professor Harold Fitzgibbons 2050
X5-494's biggest challenge would occur during the 9 months of peace negotiations that would follow the one-day of fighting. The boldness of the transgenic nation marked the greatest threat ever experienced by Americans on home soil. It had been perceived that if America had not provided an unconditional surrender then the transgenic nation would eventually have eventually conquered the once mighty nation.
Extract taken from letter written to Max from Alec dated 2029
Day 150 and we are still no closer to signing off on an acceptable peace for both sides. I sometimes get the feeling that the Americans are stalling, but why I can't be sure. Everyday we negotiate and every night I rest unsure what I had been negotiating. I've become bored with their procedures and now all I want is for it all to end, to sign on the dotted line and to bring you and the girls home.
Max, how I wish you were here to offer me council, without you I feel lost, my faith in myself drifting. I find myself beginning to falter with all their misdirection, it would be such a simple matter except for bureaucracy.
How are the girls? Keeping out of mischief I hope.
Extract from Washington DC Newspaper 2029
The human/transgenic peace accord was signed today with mixed reaction. Many critics have voiced the opinion that the accord favours the transgenic nation. Many are also angered by the fact that we have to pay repatriations to the transgenic nation with regards to the library massacre that pre-empted the war. Senator Druitt in a recent press conference urged the public not to be afraid and to be tolerant of our new neighbours.
Extract taken from Missing Person's Report 2021
Name: Unknown
Alias: Original Cindy
Description: African, female, brown eyes, 5ft 8"
Wanted for questioning in the Jam Pony Hostage Crisis. Reported missing by Reagan Ronald.
Whereabouts unknown.
Addendum 2030 – The whereabouts of Original Cindy is still unknown file to be closed.
Extract taken from Jericho's journal 2052
I have known nothing but freedom growing up in Chimera state. My parents had to fight for freedom, I cannot begin to imagine what not having freedom is like. They had been slaves to the American government and my generation has grown up on the fables of our parents.
Now like all the others of my generation what are parents fought for we read in textbooks and learn as part of our history. I have never killed a human but my parents have.
Extract taken from Senator Druitt's journal 2029
I received disturbing information not an hour ago informing me that what we had feared has come to pass. The Transgenics in Seattle have breached the barricade and are inflicting hell upon the unsuspecting men and women of our armed forces. I only hope that the Senate will now see sense and put an end to this once and for all. We have but one option and that is to unconditionally surrender.
Extract taken from Senator Kinnane's Journal 2029
We may have surrendered but I am still in control of the situation, and who would have thought that the transgenic nation would be destroyed from the inside. The project will resurrect itself, and I will have a new army of super soldiers who will aide me in securing power. Senator Druitt and her liberal ideas will not help her.
Extract from History 101 written by Dimitrius Mambo
America was once the greatest superpower, its mission to bring its brand of democracy to those uncouth nations that needed to be introduced to civilization.
After the pulse martial law was declared and democracy was dead in good old America. No more a superpower, no more a defender of democracy it had become in one attack no more than the tin pot nations of Africa.
