United Terran Headquarters, Geneva, 26 July 2140, 09:00 am
One day before the 100th anniversary of United Terran (UT), Secretary General of UT Hugo van Dijk sat in his office chair and reviewed the progress document and preparation of the 100th-anniversary ceremony of the United Terran formation. This period was Hugo van Dijk's second term as Secretary General of United Terran. He successfully improved relations between all nations and continued to develop the progress of science, technology, and social welfare to improve the quality of life of the world's people.
Despite having two doctoral degrees in economics and law, he is a scientific and technology enthusiast. He is one of the leaderboard members of United Terran, and he supports the improvement of science and technology even if it requires high capital costs. He was sure that the investment in science and technology would significantly improve economics, social welfare, and the military to keep and maintain the peace in the world. He believed in the motto of "si vis pacem, para bellum," "If you want peace, prepare for the war."
While he reviewed the document, a message notification rang in his nanowatch. It was United Terran Maximillian Hiedler asking permission for a holographic call. Hugo then clicked the yes option to answer the holographic call.
"Good morning, sir. I got a contact from Oliver. He wants to report about sudden strange phenomena". Maximillian said.
"Good morning. Oke, please permit him to send the report via holographic call." Hugo said.
Oliver Einstein, the head of UT's Science and Technology, asked permission to report a holographic call, and Hugo accepted.
"Good day, sir. I have some reports from the International Aerospace Agency (IASA) about strange phenomena that will happen tomorrow," Oliver said in his holographic call.
"Huh, what is it?" Hugo asked.
"There will be a strange huge electromagnetic storm phenomenon around the world, and it will certainly interfere with all of our electronic equipment, even our communication and military equipment," Oliver said.
"That is bad news for tomorrow morning's 100th-anniversary ceremony. Could you give a solution for anticipating this phenomenon?" Hugo asked.
"My advice is that we postpone the ceremony after the electromagnetic storm is finished, and please give the order for the chief of staff of the army, navy, and air force to be ready for combat readiness to anticipate the unknown event during the electromagnetic storm, " Oliver advises Hugo.
"I understand. It's better to be safe than sorry. Maximillian gives the order to the chief of the army to prepare some divisions around the world, the chief of the Navy to prepare some fleets around seven oceans, and the chief of the air force to prepare some squadrons of F-82 and F-95 around the world for the unknown events." Hugo orders to Maximillian.
"Tell all governments worldwide about the incoming phenomenon to warn all people to stay at home during electromagnetic storms, and tell the leader of all international companies to activate non-personnel activity and change it all with AI and robots for industrial activity." Hugo second orders.
"Yes, sir. I will tell all government and international company leaders." Maximillian response.
"How about the condition of the lunar bases on the moon's surface?." Hugo asked Oliver again.
"We have already asked the command center of the lunar bases. Our calculation results show that the condition is fine and unaffected by electromagnetic storms. However, I have warned them to prepare for the worst scenario." Oliver said.
"Good; tell them to prepare plasma orbital cannon to be ready. I do not want some insurgence and opposition faction to exploit this condition to create chaos in the public. Tell the International Secret Intelligence Agency (ISIA) to coordinate with the command center of lunar bases if necessary." Hugo orders Oliver and Maximillian.
"Are you sure you want to use plasma orbital cannon, sir? We have already warned all the military to be combat-ready," Maximillian asked Hugo.
"Just as I said before, better safe than sorry. We do not know what will happen tomorrow; maybe some aliens will invade us or transport us to another world, just like in the sci-fi novels, films, and comics." Hugo said some words that would become reality the next day.
"Yes, sir. I will inform the ISSA and lunar base command center to coordinate with each other to prepare for the worst scenario." Maximillian said.
"Oke, sir. I will discuss this with my friends and professors of Aerospace at MIT and Harvard to study this phenomenon." Oliver's response to Hugo.
"Good, we will be waiting for your good news," Hugo said.
Oliver and Maximillian were out of the holographic call to do the task from Hugo. Hugo thinks deeply about the next option he must choose.
"I hope there will be no catastrophic event tomorrow and the next day." Hugo thought.
Hugo continues to review the progress report and finish the task for the Secretary General of UT.
Unknown location and dimension?
"I am going to transfer all of the humans on the earth to another world to 'second authority test' for them." The Mighty Being said.
"My Lord, will you transfer all of the humans on Earth to another world that will spread corruption there and shed blood while we glorify Your praises and proclaim Your holiness? Corruption has spread on land, air, and sea due to what human hands have done," asked the servant.
"I know what you do not know." The Mighty Being said.
"Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. You are truly the All-Knowing, All-Wise". The servant replied.
"Be! and it is!." The Mighty Being orders.
Can the One Who created the heavens and the Earth not 'easily' transfer humans to another world? Yes ˹He can˺!! For He is the Master Creator, All-Knowing.
United Terran, 27 July 2140, 00:00 am
Suddenly, Oliver called the phenomenon "strange electromagnetic storms" that had already formed around the Earth and the moon. This condition shocked Oliver and his teams because they thought this would only affect the Earth's atmosphere. The beyond worst-case scenario already happened; not only did the Earth, the moon, and all human artificial satellites in space suffer because of the electromagnetic storms, but they transferred to another unknown world.
"Oh my God, please save us." Oliver prayed to God to save the people from the unknown electromagnetic storm.
Unknown World, 27 July 2140, 7:30 am
Hugo wakes up in the morning just like he usually does. His wife, Joan, wakes earlier and prepares breakfast for her husband and two kids.
"Good morning, honey. Are you ready for your historic day as the leader of the UT?" Joan asked Hugo.
"Good morning, honey. No, the ceremony was suspended because of the electromagnetic storms today." Hugo answer to Joan
"Electromagnetic storms, just like you said yesterday? It is a clear and good day for the anniversary ceremony." Joan said.
Hugo looks to the sky, and just like his wife said, it is a clear and good day. He was relieved that he had not experienced any catastrophe or bad event because of the electromagnetic storms. Suddenly, the emergency call for holographic starts ringing in his nano Switch. It is a call from Oliver, and he thinks it will discuss the following action after the electromagnetic storms. He suddenly wore his official clothes and accepted the holographic call, and all of the leaderboard members of UT had already joined the call.
"Good day, ladies and gentlemen. What is the current condition after the electromagnetic storms?." Hugo asked the holographic forums.
"Mr.Secretary General, we have already scanned the conditions around the Earth and moon through our artificial satellites. However, we are not on Earth anymore," Oliver said to Hugo.
"Huh, what do you mean? Please elaborate in detail on why we are not on the Earth anymore. How about the condition of the moon's Lunar base? Are they still on the Earth or not?" Hugo asked Oliver.
"Currently, all the continents from our planet have been transferred to this planet. We are on a planet three times that of the Earth. Strangely, this planet has the same atmosphere composition but a slightly different percentage of oxygen at 21.05%, gravity at 9.81665 m/s^2, planet density at 5.52 g/cm^3, and one natural satellite. Planets with similar density but larger sizes should have greater gravity. However, this planet tends to have gravity similar to Earth. This phenomenon defies the laws of physics. Fortunately, General Mansa Nkosi and the lunar base followed us to this planet. So this planet has two natural satellites, one original satellite, and our planet's moon. For now, they are awaiting our orders because they are already preparing the plasma orbital cannon." Oliver's explanation to the forum.
"Oh my God, are we on an unknown planet similar to Earth but with a larger size? How can this be happening? Is God sending us to become new leaders on this planet? What are the characteristics of this planet? Are there any humans on this planet? What is the civilization and the technology of humans on this planet? Tell General Mansa Nkosi to deactivate the plasma orbital cannon. We cannot use it right now because of uncertain conditions. " Hugo throws several questions to Oliver.
"I do not know, sir. Our calculation about the electromagnetic storms was utterly wrong. Our team has already scanned the topology of this planet. Our satellite data shows this planet has ten original continents, seven continents from Earth, and several smaller islands. This planet's mass, radius, and surface area are 19.10x10^24 kg, 21,015 km, and 1,610 million km^2, respectively. This planet has humans and several humanoid types, like elves, dwarfs, beast-man, and other races, in fantasy novels, films, and cartoons. The civilizations of this planet have significant disparity, from the Roman age to the early 21st century technology. Our satellite successfully watched flying creatures like wyverns, giant dragons, and a monstrous sea serpent on the sea. We have already detected some aircraft resembling 5th-generation stealth fighters and bombers flying on several continents. We have already detected that some reactors resemble nuclear ones on some continents. We assume some nations already have nuclear bombs and nuclear warhead ICBMs. General Mansa Nkosi has reported that several other artificial satellites are rotating around this planet. For this reason, I have already coordinated with General Alexander Eisenhower, the Head of Defense, to activate our stealth defense system around our territory on this planet and the moon." Oliver's explanations to the forum.
"Good and quick response, Oliver. How about the condition of our defense, General Alexander?" Hugo asked to General Alexander.
"I already declared that emergency state across nations that we are in the unknown world. I have already dispatched the Navy to secure 500 km from every shore to prevent unknown threats from this world. All carrier strike groups are ready to engage if some unknown vessel approaches 200 km to our territory. We will ban fishing and shipment activity outside 200 km from the shores until the conditions are under our control. We also ban civil flights to prevent any incident or accident from occurring. Only military flights are permitted for defensive purposes. This emergency act will severely impact our economy, but it is better than losing the precious of our people." General Alexander explains.
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"Good and quick act, General. Even though this will impact our economy, it is better to be safe than sorry. How about the strategy to approach the native in this world?" Hugo asked to General Alexander.
"One hour ago, I and General Herman von Richthofen, as the chief of staff of the Air Force, have already ordered two F-95, one B-90, and three autonomous aerial fueling tankers drones to do surveillance missions to the nearest continent. F-95 will use total stealth for escort missions, but B-90 and drones will use a quarter stealth system, so the inhabitants of the continents will still detect the B-90 and drones. Tomorrow, Admiral Takashi Yamamoto, as the chief of the staff of the Navy, will order one Carrier fleet consisting of one Nexus-class aircraft carrier, two Guardian-class Missile Cruisers, three Tempest-class Destroyer, and three Boomer-class submarines to make first contact missions to the inhabitants of the continents. The Cruisers, Destroyers, and Submarines will use a total stealth system, so only the Aircraft Carrier will be detected." General Alexander's explanations to the forum.
"You will send one carrier strike group just for the first contact mission?". Hugo asked General Alexander. Hugo was surprised by General Alexander's strategy for the first contact with the continent's inhabitants because it would threaten other nations on this planet.
"Yeah, better safe than sorry. However, I will assure you that we will not use gunboat diplomacy because only an aircraft carrier is being quartered in stealth, and the stealth is deactivated when nearing its water territory. They will not detect the screens and submarine group in full stealth. So they will only see one ship contact them," General Alexander said.
"I think one statement according to this condition, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Just like President Theodore Roosevelt, he was told about American international politics in the early 20th century. It is pretty effective, but I do not want to scare them to the point that they will antagonize us. Please ensure we come to them in peace, not antagonizing them. Isabel, who is the diplomat for this mission?" Hugo told General Alexander and Isabel García Martínez, Head of Foreign Affairs.
"According to the civilization data from our satellite, the first inhabitants we will make contact with have similarities to the ancient Roman Empire in the first to the second century. We assume they will speak Latin, so we send diplomats from Italy and France who are fluent in Latin." Isabel's response to Hugo.
"Yeah, after I hear they have similarities to the ancient Roman Empire, I think we will need to send some diplomats who are fluent in Latin and some archeologists, scientists, and engineers as expert teams to analyze the culture and technology. However, to safeguard our diplomats, we must send special forces to protect them and their expert team. General Alexander, prepare the special operation (spec ops) units for the bodyguard. Haruki and Oliver sent our best professor, specializing in the ancient Roman Empire." Hugo orders General Alexander, Oliver, and Oda Haruki, Head of Culture.
"Sir, yes, sir." General Alexander, Oliver, and Haruki said at the same time.
"Okay, how about our food stock and supplies, Annapurna?". Hugo asked Annapurna Saraswati, Head of Agriculture,
"Our food production and stock are good in some regional branches. However, other regions suffered a food challenge. After transferring to this planet, we cannot decide the seasons for planting and farming because we must do an environmental analysis, such as water, soil, and air analysis, the adaption of our crops on this planet's atmosphere and environment, and we need to mitigate the local and indigenous pest and disease from this planet effect to our crops." Annapurna answers to Hugo.
"We must do environmental analysis before farming in this unknown world. Annapurna coordinated with Lena and Ingrid to research the environment of this planet. I do not want our people to suffer new diseases because of the alien environment and for our crops to be free of contamination with strange components." Hugo orders Annapurna, Lena Solberg, Head of Environment, and Ingrid Johansson, Head of Health.
"Yes, sir. I will dispatch some researchers to study this world's soil, water, and air. After we get the data, we will do some modeling to know the impact of this world's atmosphere on our health, crops, and life. After we have established with the natives of this world, I want to dispatch some researchers to study the environment of every country on every continent in this world." Lena's response to Hugo.
"I will dispatch researchers to study the native microorganism which has the potential to become a parasite and source of a new disease on this planet. After we get the data on the native microorganism, we will create a new vaccine as a mitigation option to reduce potential endemic or pandemics. We could sell our vaccine to the natives of this world because I think they will not have antibodies from our world's diseases. We do not want to repeat the historical mistake of the Spanish Empire in New America when they spread smallpox, measles, influenza, and other diseases to exterminate the natives in New America population. We could expand our pharmaceutical industries to produce vaccines and essential drugs for this world. We could invest in building our pharmaceutical industries by establishing diplomatic relations with native nations. The profit from this business will increase the additional funds for our healthcare system to reduce the cost for medicinal purposes." Ingrid responds to Hugo.
"Ah yes, I do not want some "mutation of black death" and viruses and bacteria pandemic to happen again in this world. Good idea; maybe we could sell standard vaccines just like polio, smallpox, and measles for our new friendly nations. However, we must provide evidence and convince them to buy our pharmaceutical products. We could collaborate with their physician and apothecaries about the native herbals and find medicine for untreated diseases. Ingrid coordinated with Sari to calculate the investment potential and economic value according to capital expenditure (Capex) and operational expenditure (Opex) so that our pharmaceutical industries could open in friendly nations worldwide." Hugo orders Ingrid and Sari Mulyani, Head of Finance.
"Yes, sir. My team is currently calculating investment potential in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, civil infrastructure, renewable energy, fossil energy, consumer goods, communication, education, and the military to our new potential friendly nations. For civil products, we must create conditions where they are dependable to our products. So we can control the price of our exported products. However, we could not give them higher or state-of-the-art technology, especially military technology. I suggest we draft the Technology Outflow Prevention Act to limit what kind of technology we can export to this new world." Sari's response to Hugo
"Good idea. We could export our 20th-century military technology to this world. Some industries produce antique items for the military, such as WWI, WWII, and Cold War tanks, fighters, guns, and ammunition for collections and ceremonial purposes. This 20th-century technology will not prove a significant threat to our military. However, we cannot export our nuclear technology, even though it is the product of 20th-century technology. We could give 20th to 21st century technology such as civil infrastructure, consumer goods, and energy sectors for civil purposes. We must create an exchange rate for our products with gold because some nations still rely on their economies based on gold." Hugo said.
"How about the potential civil and military structure project for the potential new friendly nations, Wei Ming?" Hugo asked Zhuge Wei Ming, Head of Public Works and Transports.
"My team is currently coordinating with the finance team to propose several public investments in the potential new friendly nations, such as public roads, railroads, horizontal and vertical housing, public transports, hotels and supermarkets, public and military airports, especially for our aircraft, public and military dockyards, factories, and public support facilities. I supposed we would construct the public facilities with 20th to 21st-century technology to prevent our state-of-the-art technologies from being leaked." Wei Ming Responds to Hugo.
"Thank you, Wei Ming. Please elaborate with Sari on how to calculate and model the potential investment based on economic value, Capex, and Opex for infrastructure in this new world. Make sure we still use our best engineers as the project leaders and teams, and we can use the native to reduce the labor cost". Hugo orders Wei Ming and Sari.
"Yes, sir. We will elaborate on the feasible calculation for our investment in this new world." Wei Ming and Sari respond together.
"However, before we use native labor, I think we need to invest in education for this new world. Elias, how about the education system for our people and this new world native?" Hugo asked Elias Järvinen, Head of Education.
"Currently, our team and science and technology team are drafting new laws regarding the minimum education threshold for our society to be required to have a master's level. We will provide education aid and subsidies to students until the master's level. We will provide various scholarship programs for doctoral programs to increase our human resource quality. We are supposed to build new research and development centers in various branches to improve our science and technology, especially in military technology. For the new world education project, for countries below the 21st century, we will invest in building education facilities such as schools, universities, institutes, and workshops. We will introduce 20th to early 21st-century education systems and technologies so they cannot match our 22nd-century technology. If we found genius talents among the natives, we could give them scholarships to our universities and technology institutes to "hijack" them and invite them to become our scientists and engineers. However, we must collaborate with the ISIA to prevent foreign spies from contacting our scientists and engineers, mainly from natives, to prevent the leak of our technology." Elias said to the forum.
"I think it will need tremendous funds to aid more than eight billion people to have a master's level. I support improving the quality of our people. Still, we can not do that for nearly a period because we must allocate the funds to more critical projects such as military defense, infrastructure, and health. Maybe if our investment in the new world is successful, we could draft laws to improve the education threshold for our people. I fully support the decision to improve the education of the natives so that they can become cheap labor. Still, I also want to make sure to give them proper facilities and rights so they do not strike periodically, just like our labor. I assume the countries with civilization before the modern era will enslave people's labor, so we could add one condition for other countries to establish diplomatic relations with us to abolish the slave laws. If they agree with this condition, we could free the enslaved people and give them proper life and education so they will be our cheap labor. Cheap labor better than enslaved, huh?" Hugo responds to Elias.
"I do not know the condition of the people in unknown countries, but if you said it is true, cheap labor is better than enslaved labor. However, I want the native labor to have the same rights as our labor." Elias criticizes Hugo because Elias is a socialist person and Hugo is a capitalist.
"Yeah, I assure you that native's cheap labor will have proper rights," Hugo responds to Elias.
"All right, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is our first strategic discussion before contact with the native of this world. I will create a grand secret project for our strategic decision in this new world. I will call our project on this world the "Novus Ordo" Project. This is the point of the grand project:
1. Create stability among our people and the natives of this new world
2. Improve science and technology through collaboration
3. Control the investment and funds flow
4. Become the strongest military in this new world
5. Become the center of science, technology, law, and cultures
6. Freedom for the suppressed peoples in this world
7. Encourage the last long peace, but prepare for brutal war
Sari, I will give you the leader project with Oliver and Elias as the vice leader to build teams with our best professors and several experts to create our future strategic roadmap in this new world. We could review and revise our grand project after several contacts. Let our nations prosper together with the future of our friendly nations," Hugo orders Sari and Ingrid.
"Yes, sir. We will do our best." Sari, Oliver, and Elias said together.
The holographic forum continued discussing various aspects of the Novus Ordo Project. Members debated the approach to interacting with native civilizations, ensuring the ethical treatment of the inhabitants, and the potential impact of introducing advanced technologies.
Isabel García Martínez raised concerns about the cultural exchange and potential diplomatic challenges. She suggested establishing cultural liaison teams to understand the native societies better and promote mutual respect.
"We should approach them with humility and a genuine interest in their cultures. Our diplomats must be well-versed not only in their languages but also in their customs, traditions, and social structures," Isabel emphasized.
Oda Haruki proposed creating a committee dedicated to preserving and studying indigenous cultures. "We have a responsibility to document and respect their way of life. Cultural exchange should be a two-way street, and we should be cautious not to impose our values on them," Haruki added.
General Mansa Nkosi emphasized establishing a secure communication channel with the native leaders. "We need to avoid misunderstandings that could lead to conflicts. Let us coordinate with our linguists and cultural experts to develop protocols for peaceful communication," he suggested.
As the discussion progressed, Lena Solberg presented quick preliminary findings on the planet's ecology. She highlighted the importance of sustainable practices to avoid disrupting the delicate balance of the new ecosystem.
Annapurna Saraswati echoed Lena's concerns and emphasized the need for responsible farming practices. "We should adapt our agricultural methods to ensure food security without causing harm to the local environment. It is a delicate task but crucial for the well-being of both our people and the inhabitants of this world," she explained.
Elias Järvinen proposed educational exchange programs to foster mutual understanding. "We can invite their scholars to our universities and send our educators to their institutions. This will not only help in sharing knowledge but also build lasting friendships," Elias suggested.
Hugo thanked each department head for their valuable input and stressed the importance of unity and cooperation in facing the challenges ahead. "The Novus Ordo Project is not just about our survival but about building a future where our civilizations can coexist harmoniously. Let us move forward with wisdom, compassion, and a commitment to creating a better world for everyone."
"Thank you for all of you. We could design the future strategic policy. I hope peace will last long, and we can prosper in this new world." Hugo's close speech.
The holographic forum concluded with the leaders working on the detailed plans for each aspect of the Novus Ordo Project. Teams were formed, and the coordination process began to implement the strategies discussed during the meeting. The fate of Earth's nations and the new world's inhabitants hung in the balance as the ambitious project took shape.
After a lengthy discussion, the first strategic discussion for United Terran's future action finally finished.