Crisis of '99
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Crisis of '99: Albert Croale, in his book Almost
Disaster, presents a hypothesis that the Third
Frontier War (979 to 986) occurred two centuries too late. After
reviewing
the progress of events in the spinward
reaches of the Imperium from the antebellum
period to the late seventh century, Croale then analyzes the rise of
the
Psionics Institutes, their
growing
public acceptance, and their spreading power. Finally, he presents that
a straight projection of events would predict a resurgence of the Outworld
Coalition, increased hostilities, and finally, a Third Frontier War.
Instead, his hypothesis as stated in his book
indicates
that the Psionics Suppressions
(800 to 826 and beyond) were a massive manipulation of the population
of
the Imperium, a form of psychohistory,
intended to eliminate the power of the Institutes. Preparations were
ongoing
for war, and the Imperium made representations of strength (in 799) to
the Coalition. It backed down.
But, the psychohistory project went wrong and
resulted
in widespread rejection of psionics as
a whole within the Imperium to the point that even the government had
difficulty
in using the science of psionics for its official purposes. -ld
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