Ep.8: We Deliver

On Command

In this chapter, President Kennedy grapples with the consequences of the rift between 1962 and 2018, a rift that threatens not only his timeline but potentially countless others. As he consults with his scientific advisor, Hugh Everett III, Kennedy becomes increasingly aware of the far-reaching dangers posed by the antimatter experiments and the many worlds theory. Everett explains that the rift could destabilize multiple realities, creating a ripple effect that could destroy more than just the immediate future.

Meanwhile, in 2018, Dr. Krauss and his team at Brookhaven Lab face growing chaos as the rift expands. The anomalies caused by the rift become more frequent, with reality itself beginning to fracture—time warps, equipment failures, and unexplained disappearances plague the lab. Krauss, despite his earlier skepticism, realizes that the rift is more than a scientific anomaly; it is a force that could reshape their world and countless others.

Kennedy must decide whether to prioritize solving the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 or return to the future to stop the rift from spreading further. The stakes become clear—if the rift continues to expand, the fabric of reality could collapse, rendering any political or military resolution irrelevant. Kennedy contemplates his role as a leader, torn between his responsibilities to the present and the future.

The chapter concludes with a sense of looming danger, as both Kennedy and Krauss acknowledge that the rift may already be too far out of control. Their worlds are on the brink of irreversible change, and the boundary between science and the unknown is breaking.