-Welcome, To make a long story short, time travel is real, and you have just interacted with it. You have ended up a safe haven for temporal refugees. Don’t worry, you can go back if it’s possible. No one will keep you here. However, it might not be possible.
-Basic FAQs, There are a few places to start. Project Zero, where you arrived, can help. As can our dedicate Welcome Center. Both the libraries also have a lot of resources.
-Your First Trip, So you have decided to time travel on your own. Maybe you’re never done it except to get here, or you’ve already taken an escorted trip. Regardless, we’re going to walk you safely through a round trip from Haven to somewhere, and back.
-Changing History, This is such a common and complicated question it gets a packet for itself. Firstly, just don’t try it. It’s not legal, you’ll get caught. But residents of Haven often don’t accept ‘It’s illegal’, so just be aware it’s basically impossible for you to do that. You’ll break the law, and also accomplish nothing.
-When is Now, All the temporal enforcement agencies were created at different points in time. The Restricted Operations Division (Or, rather, the corporate research project operated by time travelers that turned into it.) was created in 1908. The Office of Legacy Management (Originally ‘Legacy Bureau’, then 'Office of Legacy Control') was given authority to monitor time in 1967, or 1963, depending on how you count. The Temporal Asset Security and Protection (Which has managed to keep the same name and thus not confuse everyone.) was created in 2024.
-How do TEAs function?, Historically, time travel does not exist. There will never be a recorded instance of time travel. No one will ever remember time travel. If you could go back to your thread, you’d eventually not remember either. There are people who refuse to go back because of that. They could return, but they’re lose all their memories and distinctiveness.
-Can I leave the island here and go elsewhere?, You’re not supposed to go outside the confirmed safe area. However, the planet is too big, you have time travel that can just as easily move you physically, and trying to monitor the thing would be impossible. But it's a good way to end up dead., [Read More]
-How does housing and the economy work?, We’re a very small society, and most food is imported by the MTPs and freely available. There is free if cramped housing provided, or you can lease or rent an actual house or apartment., [Read More]
-What can be brought in?, There are things you can’t bring here. Automobiles, gasoline, gold for trading. We have no customs inspection. It’s very hard for us to detect the movement of anything across our ‘borders’, as you can just arrive and leave as you want. Which makes it hard to enforce any of this., [Read More]
-What happens if I stole a time machine to get here?, It’s entirely possible to steal a time machine and come straight here. It’s fine. The general understanding is that as long as the time traveler gets back without much effort, they do not get to be upset about a contemp seeing their time machine and stealing it., [Read More]
-What if I came here without permission?, There’s no immigration rules. We do ask you to register once you get here. If you’re not registered, there’s no food allocation or housing or bank account or anything for you. It is not illegal to be here like that, it’s just going to be hard., [Read More]
-What is the currency?, Money is denominated in ‘cowries’ or ‘shells’, a reference to one of the oldest known currencies, cowrie shells. These are coins denominated 1, 10, 100, and 1000, minted by Project Zero here on Haven, using a secret process. Almost no one uses the coins, as there is also a bank and everyone pays electronically., [Read More]
-What is the Haven Provisional Government?, Several years ago, a vote was held, a provisional constitution was worked out, and a provisional government was created., [Read More]
-What is this place actually called?, You are in a timeline called Timeline Zero. The city you are in is officially called Haven Zero, but everyone just tends to call the city Haven. The island is called Key West., [Read More]
-What is this slang?, A ‘contemp’ is short for a ‘contemporary’. That’s what happens when you cram together three very different timelines at three very different points in history. There are various primers out there that can be helpful, or just pick it up from context, and once you do, you won’t be called a ‘contemp’ all the time., [Read More]
-What sort of laws exists here?, It's pretty much the same laws you'd expect. Murder, theft, etc. None of it will seem confusing. The legal process here is technically controlled entirely by a quasi-corporate bureaucracy, Project Zero. That means there is there is no jury trial., [Read More]
-What's the worse crime?, There is one law that is strictly enforced upon plenty of death, although you do not need to worry about it because it is impossible for you to do without incredible effort., [Read More]
-I’m a refugee?, You’re legally only a temporal refugee if your MTP has declared you one. If no one has told you are, you aren't legally, although you might be pracically, [Read More]
-What about crime that don’t change history?, TEAs generally overlook most other non-violent criminal acts, because that results in no real impact, unless it’s the sort of crime that will have historic impact., [Read More]
-What are the MPTs or 'Major Temporal Powers'?, The Major Temporal Powers are three different governments in three different timelines, commonly referred to as Commonwealth, Legacy, and InterAct., [Read More]
-What is 'Commonwealth'?, The signatory is Commonwealth of All People, commonly referred to as the Commonwealth or the CAP, pronounced like the word ‘cap’. Their temporal enforcement agency is the Restricted Operations Division, aka, ‘Res Op’, and is part of the Operational Standing Committee., [Read More]
-What is 'InterAct'?, The signatory is Trade Accord/Undivided Concord, commonly referred to as ‘the TA/UC’, which is pronounced as the Greek letter Tau with a C at the end, or almost like the mineral ‘talc’. Their temporal enforcement agency is Temporal Asset Security and Protection, aka ‘TASP’, and is part of Inter-Accord Enforcement Action, aka, InterAct, which is more general ‘law enforcement’., [Read More]
-What is 'Legacy'?, The signatory is the United States of America, commonly referred to as America or the US or the USA. Their temporal enforcement agency is the Office of Legacy Management, aka, ‘Legacy’, and is part of the Department of Energy., [Read More]
-What's this about Tesla?, While it is important to note that while these timelines are not branches of each other, it is an interesting fact that the story of Tesla’s development of time travel and what happened after that happened almost identically in each timeline, with one extremely small variation that caused major differences, [Read More]
-How do I know what timeline I’m from?, Here’s some short phrases to see where you’re from: If you know ‘Second Civil War’, you’re from Commonwealth. If you know ‘The Default’, you’re from InterAct. If you know ‘Lee Harvey Oswald’, you’re from Legacy. If none of those are recognizable, you are likely from before those things., [Read More]
-I can visit any point in time? Far in the past? The future?, Legally yes, practically maybe don’t. Here’s a practical list of things to think about: Do I know the actual date? Can I speak the language?, [Read More]
-So…time travel is fine? I can just go anywhere? Anywhen?, Yes. You probably don’t have a time machine yet. But even without that…all the MTP run escorted trips into their own timeline. This is always free for people from those timelines, and sometime free for everyone. You can go to a movie, visit some sites, go shopping, there’s usually an itinerary. All MTP have buildings in the center of town, they can help you. They are also accessible on the public network., [Read More]
-What if I try to change history?, One thing that will constantly annoy TEAs is deliberately trying to change history., [Read More]
-Why are there only three timelines?, Technically, there are four accessible timelines, because Timeline Zero, which is where you are, is also one. But, yes, only those four accessible ones, because the word ‘Timeline’ is probably not being used the way you think., [Read More]
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