The Kingdom of Afghanistan had slowly been transitioning to democracy under the rule of Mohammed Zahir Shah following the demands of the world powers. Establishing a federal state, the new Constitutional Monarchy soon became a shining example to the rest of Central Asia with their efforts in developing both their economy and their democracy. With the move to democracy foreign business became far more willing to invest in the nation and soon wealth came flowing into the small nation through their southern border with Baluchistan. See the new government had established a special region in the south for the Baluch minority in the region and negotiated with the British dominion to the south for open borders between the region. This allowed trade to flow from India to Russia through Afghanistan with minimal tolls changing the Great Game permanently. The British began to slap tariffs on the trade following into India from Russia which nearly crushed the Afghani economy until the trade from China opened up. The most direct way to get to Baluchistan, Indoscythia, and Kashmir from China was through Afghanistan and Tibet allowing the Afghani's to negotiate down the tariffs until the Free Trade Summit of 1956 with the United Empire and Russia. With free trade the Afghani economy boomed once more allowing them to invest heavily in their rural regions which led to the more conservative tribesmen while not supporting the measures not opposing them.

Afghanistan would continue to modernize at a slow and steady pace for the rest of the twentieth century focusing on connection and trade. The most important act before the turn of the millennium was the Treaty of Kabul with the Kingdom of the Arabs, the Kingdom of the Sahara, Persia, and Khorasan establishing a free trade zone, a unified currency, and a high council for debates. See the Islamic Union was a vital economic factor for the development of the Islamic World into the powerhouse it is today, and Afghanistan was one of the main leaders of the movement.

-Extract from a lecture of Afghanistan following the modernization following the 1940's

Following the development of computers for Project Orion they had mostly remained a military only used in the military but that changed in 1954 when the British government decided to use one for dealing with the London stock market. The single computer managed to increase the effectiveness tenfold and soon every major company was looking to secure the use of computers for their use. As they expanded their uses research in the field of computers expanded with their use. Most notably the development of the Internet as it became known in late 1963. The ability to communicate over large distances within a few minutes was earth shattering to the world's economy as it slowly transitioned away from the decades long war footing that the end of the Goa'uld War brought to mankind. The economic effects of computers and their connections have fundamentally changed the face of mankind and our many allies as we advance into the future with economic connection so incredibly vital to how we live we cannot cut the internet off.

If not for the Internet we never would have discovered the grand corruption of the Japanese Zaibatsus on the world of Amaterasu's berth which led to the economic restructuring of the Empire of Japan allowing them to actually become the they are social democracy now. So, to say that the Internet has not impacted is very wrong the Orion Project fundamentally changed how we both live and conduct business and we should acknowledge that as often as possible. Thinking about how historical actions such as the Orion Project influenced the world we live in today is one of the reasons that history is so fascinating and important.

-Extract from a blog on the history of Computers and the Internet.

The Battle of Liberty was the largest battle in the Goa'uld war with a hundred and fifty-seven warships involved in the battle and well over a hundred thousand soldiers involved in the battle on both sides.

The battle began when the Goa'uld fleet arrived at the system after the Asgard dragged them out of Hyperspace and the allies opened fire unleashing their full wrath unto the Goa'uld fleet. Several Ha'taks were destroyed within the first bombardment. Then the Goa'uld struck back unleashing their decisive numerical supremacy managing to destroy the Dawi warship Grudgebearer within a few minutes of fire and the second stage of the battle began.

The battle was divided to three general locations the orbits of the three planets that the allies had fortified, the asteroid belts of the system, and the open sections of the system between the planets and the gas giant. The battle in the orbits of the fortified planets were interesting as the efforts of the British to develop guns that could reach orbit from the ground while the majority were able to reach the Ha'taks as they fought against the allied warships. The French made M37 however was unable to reach the orbit allowing a Ha'tak to eliminate the French airbase on Mount Napoleon which swung the battle of Liberty III towards the Goa'uld. This forced Admiral Rhoderick McGrigor to order the withdrawal from Liberty III which led to the Great Charge at the end of the battle, but we will deal with that in a second. The battles in the asteroid belts swung were in the decisive favour of the allies due to the positioning of the Japanese and British destroyers which were able to easily outflank the Goa'uld Ha'taks and lure them into minefields and killing grounds of artillery on asteroids. This instead of making Anubis withdraw from the asteroid belts made him withdraw Ha'taks from Liberty IV and Liberty II to secure the Asteroid Belts which only made him lose more warships. The final theatre of the open sections of the system was blood-soaked as the Goa'uld launched several attempts to board the allied flagship HIMIS Vanguard. The battles in halls of the Vanguard were some of the most brutal yet with IIET-1 leading the defence against the overwhelming numerical supremacy of the boarding Jaffa. While Anubis held his Kull back so he could use them when he reached Earth not that he ever would.

The final phase of the battle began when Admiral Rhoderick McGrigor ordered the withdrawal from Liberty III as the Asgard mothership Fáfnir was overwhelmed by ten Ha'taks under the personal command of Anubis himself. The Fáfnir was forced to withdraw following a series of engine failures and so Admiral Rhoderick McGrigor decided to withdraw all of his forces to his command position around the moon of Liberty III and began the final dance of the Battle of Liberty. As the Jaffa were finally pushed off the Vanguard and the allies began to rally and then the greatest decision of the Battle of Liberty was made. For some strange reason Admiral Rhoderick McGrigor gave a single order to hoist the Black Ensign and charge towards the Goa'uld fleet. Across the allied forces there was a single emotion of shock at first but then the British forces joined in the charge followed by the French, then the Russians, the Germans, the Portuguese, the Japanese and soon the entire allied fleet was charging towards the Goa'uld. The war banners of the allied fleets rose above the bridges of the warships and the crews began to sing. The sailors of the Imperial Navy bellowed out Heart of Oak as they put out fires and armed their weapons, the French sung La Marseille, the Argentines the Internationale, every sailor sung as they charged towards what may be their death. The charge was decisive successful as they managed to break the Goa'uld lines forcing Anubis to break off the battle and withdraw. After a week of conflict the Battle of Liberty was over and the allies stood triumphant.

-Extract from Christopher Bowes's book The Bloody Wolves of the Stars: A history of Imperial Stargate Command.