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global network system, greater in power
than any data system ever built before; quite beyond
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Audio and Visual Information Library. The library is
vast. Huge areas of Old Australia have been converted
into giant stainless steel vaults. In these vaults you
will
find sounds and images of every possible
source
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itself, for
the library is not for reference, in this new society
the future is dictated by how the imediate past came
into being. As well as being a machine of awesome technological
power its symbolizes the power of the corporation responsible
for its manifestation: Rentner.
Although a well-oiled organisation, deadly efficient,
uncompromising, Rentner has found that TRAVIL has flaws.
There are gaps in the time data, this is unacceptable
for a system whose function is to store every moment
of the past. Furthermore, it has become apparent that
merely having the images and sounds from the past does
not guarantee a coherent view of the past - for every
action has a reaction, every cause has an effect, every
moment in time is a product of chance, an accident.
As the past is established, it follows that if the
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would be possible to ascertain how an event came to
happen. How it was conceived from a causal event and
how eventually it becomes a causal event itself.
As well as being the superpower of time and information
management, Rentner also governs a science administration.
In the past companies such as NASA concentrated their
efforts and resources on the dream of deep space travel
and exploration, somehow continuing on with the stupid
notion that humanity would benefit from, for example,
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From an early stage in its development as a global
power Rentner could see the potential in concentrating
such resources on the exploration of time, knowing
space was irrelevant to a rational debate on the future
of society, in particular the control of society. Hence,
when the Rentner Science Administration managed to
control government funding, they pushed the space race
into the shadows and and perfected the art of chronovelocital
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in TRAVIL are all primary sources, that is to say,
every recording is an original, taken at the exact
time of the event. These recordings are made by chronovelocital
teams. They are sent back to the time frame containing
the events selected for capture, the Rentner bosses
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teams, individually known as Chrononauts, is relatively
simple. The applicants must demonstrate a sound knowledge
of old world geography and culture, they must demonstrate
a sound knowledge of old world geography and culture,
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must declare their undying loyality to Rentner. Upon
selection, every chrononaut must swear the seven rulings
of Rentner before a priest of the Holy Order of the
Rentner. This ceremony closes with an orgy with the
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begins with a group of three graduates from the Rentner
Filmproduktion Institute. They apply for a chronovelocital
mission. They become Rentner #36-24-34. The image retrieval
work required of team has been given boss eye only
status, that is to say the team is in complete ignorance
of which time frame and geographical region chosen
for their mission. The reason for this is that the
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month and the information given is in so much detail,
considering every cause and effect situation that the
bosses have decided it would be easier to send back
teams at random without properly planning their missions,
for they have come to the conclusion that it is virtually
impossible to give one moment in time precedent over
another. Before being sent back the team is handed
a brief, which contains their orders. It states that
in the field they will be given signals left from other
agents on other missions, these will mostly consist
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Under no circumstances
are these deadlines to be missed and under no circumstances
is the nature of their work or the fact that they come
from the future ever to be disclosed: this could jeopardize
the future of Rentner as a global mega power and could
result in the choronauts being stuck in the past.
During selection, each candidate was given the aforementioned
testing. Two aspects of temparament, which were not
considered by the selection comittee to be important
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dangerous process of chronovelocital flight and finds
itself in a place with absolutely no idea where they
are or what they should be doing. It was mentioned
in their brief that their mission might coincide with
past missions and that the tools they are to use may
be retrieved hence. Their first objective is to find
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