From A Distance

Prologue : From A Distance 

The World that Lord Patrick William Howard would change overnight and the world he once knew would be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

A long time ago a man named Noah was told to build an ark and gather up 12  clean animals of both sexes, 7 unclean animals and his family after he was told by his creator to build an ark.

Where Noah listened to his creator and he gathered up the supplies that he needed to build the ark as he built it his neighbors made fun of him and he told them that a great flood was coming to destroy the earth with a great floor.

Noah’s neighbors made fun of him and told him that there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and when he finally finished the ark he gathered up the animals that his creator told him  to do and he gathered up his wife, sons, daughter in laws, daughters, and son-in-laws and they entered into the ark.

All of a sudden the skies darkened and it started to rain and the earth that Noah knew changed over night, but eventually the rain subsided and Noah unleashed a dove and the dove brought back to twing that revealed new land.

The same thing would happen to Lord Patrick William Howard in the year of 2153, he had heard news of World War III that began in 2125 but it didn’t really escalate until 2153.

Lord Patrick William Howard really didn’t know the date that World War III would start but with his brother in law, Lord Walter Devereux.

They went door to door in England where some of the most prominent families lived in Norfolk Suffolk, Essex, Wessex, Sussex, Bedford, Lancaster, Kent,  Gloucester, Cambridge, and York with his brother in law and Lord Walter Devereux and Lord Patrick William explained that they had the news of  World War III was about to begin and Lord Patrick William pleaded with his neighbors to accompany Lord Walter and his wife, Lady Georgina to The USS Excalibur at Heathrow International Airport in London.

Lord Patrick William pleaded with his father, mother, brother and sister to come with him but his father, Lord Edward told his son, “No we won’t leave England.” 

“Please father. Don’t you use the world as we know it will change forever more.” Lord Patrick tells his father.

Lord Patrick Wiliam was able to convince the following families to come with Lord Walter, Lady Georgina and Lady Penelope on April 29 and they were “ The Beauforts, The Collins, The Cravens, The Greys, The Bourbons, The Habsburgs, The Stuarts, The Seymours, The Staffords, and The Valois and The Devereux.

Lord Patrick told them that they had two days to pack up only what they could carry in their suitcases and told the men to pack up their tools of their trade.

Lord Patrick, Lady Penelope and Lord Walter and Lady Georgina took one final pilgrimage out to Bosworth field to pay a final farewell to the noble ancestors, Lord John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Lord Walter Devereux who had died together fighting for their sovereign, King Richard III who had been slaughtered by Henry Tudor who later became King Henry VII of England.

Lord Patrick and Lord Walter carried a reef of white roses to lay where they had fallen in 1483 and said, “ This is good-bye. I am afraid we will never see our beloved England again.” and with that Lord Patrick and Lord Walter walk away with their wives.

Lord Patrick Willliam and Lord Walter are met by the husbands and wives of the families they asked to come along with them on their five year long journey to Star Base 12, a United Federation Colony that stimulates Planet Earth.

On April 30, 2153 they boarded the USS Excalibur at Heathrow International Airport and they  are shown to their quarters.

Captain Decker is the commanding officer of the USS Excalibur and he informs his passengers that their journey will take four and half years to reach Star Base 12 but they will be kept as comfortable as possible during their journey.

On May 1, 2153, unexpectedly World World III breaks out and everyone is asleep when the ECON launches the first nuclear war missiles and Captain Decker tells his passenger that the world that they once  knew has been destroyed and almost all of the cities are no more and he tells his passengers . “ At precisely 0230.26 hours Eastern Standard Time, on 1 May 2153 (an event later known as the "May Day Horror of '53"), the Eastern Coalition launched a first strike comprised of intercontinental ballistic missiles, bomber attacks, and portable nuclear weapons, against major North American and European cities, combined with a simultaneous Interface viral assault against the New United Nations computer infrastructure.n

 Much to the surprise of the ECON political leadership, the New United Nations immediately retaliated with nuclear launches of their own, as well as bomber and satellite-based attacks against targets in the Middle East and Asia. Many Pacific nations sided with the Eastern Coalition against the United States when fighting finally broke out. Other political groupings, such as the Muslim Bloc, were likewise hit extremely hard during the nuclear exchanges, despite being non-aligned with either side during the war.

The detonation of nuclear weapons over cities (in the multiple-megaton range) such as Washington, D.C., London, Moscow, Berlin, New York City, Boston, Dallas, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Mecca, Riyadh, Samarkand, Karachi, Singapore, and New Delhi killed nearly half a billion people instantly. Smaller detonations occurred over Hong Kong, Beijing, and Ho Chi Minh City. Un-detonated or failed nuclear devices were discovered in or around targets such as Denver, Paris, Madrid, Rome, and Istanbul. Of the hundreds of ICBMs and bombers launched by the United States and allied forces, only one in five made it into the air, due to EMP weapons and viral attacks against the military computer networks — of these, only a fraction detonated properly. 

Conventional military forces on both sides were quickly moved into offensive position against their respective foes — on 3 May 2053, the First, Eighth, and Sixteenth Fleets under New United Nations command carry front-line troops into the Bay of Bengal, and the ECON launches a massive invasion of the North American continent, sending troops and military aircraft southward through Canada. Targets in New England (including Massachusetts), Minnesota, the Rocky Mountains, and the Midwest are hit hard by ECON forces, the U.S. military's defenses along the Canadian border failing utterly. The United States Air Force and United States Army both fought back against the invaders, but lose many fighters and ground soldiers to the enemy.[citation needed]

Certain military units were abandoned in enemy territory during the war, including a New United Nations brigade under the command of Colonel Green in Kashmiristan in late May. Finally, the Eastern Coalition's governing palace was destroyed by American forces, killing ECON founder Lee Kua.” 

Lord Patrick William and his entourage is told that no one survived the initial blast and over 600 million people died instantly.

Lord Patrick William with his entourage can’t believe that the world they once knew was totally devastated in the blink of an eye.

Several years later some good news reaches them and the monster that started it had been killed by Flint The Immortal with the Ebola Virus where he was in the Mountain of Montana.

Lord Patrick Willian Howard and his entourage did not reach their new home on Star Base 12 until May 1, 2159.

Lord Patrick William Howard and the families like Noah escape the devastating effects of Post World War III and they have to start to rebuild their lives.

Lord Patrick William sets out to find a country manor for all the families to share until they can build their new homes and Lord Patrick William is an architect and he draws up the blueprints for everyone’s new homes and he helps his neighbors to rebuild their lives and he is the last one to erect his new home.

Finally in 2164, Lord Patrick William new country manor of Norfolk Estate is built he claims the northern territory on Star Base 12 and he names it Norfolk Territory and the other gentlemen claim their territories and one by one they start to have their families on Star Base 12.

Lady Margaret is the first wife to give birth to the first new child on Star Base 12 in January of 2165, she gives birth to Lord Frederick William Howard, followed by Lady Elizabeth Ann in 2170, and Lord Edward William Howard in 2175.

Lady Louisa Beaufort gives birth to Lord Edmund and her first child, a daughter, Lady Jeanette Virginia in 2167, and a son, Lord Charles Beaufort in 2172 and another son, Lord Thomas Beaufort in 2179.

One by one every family starts to have their family and Lord Patrick William and his neighbors give praise to their Creators for bringing them safely to Star Base 12 on Mabon, The Pagan Thanksgiving of 2180.

Lord Patrick William Howard and his entourage never forget that in a blink of an eye their world was changed overnight.

Later on, Lord Patrick William receives the official death list from The United Federation of Planets and he sees his father, mother’s and siblings' names on the list.

The United Federation of Planets stated they didn’t even know what hit them and they killed instantly while they were sleeping.

The New United Nations with the help of The United Federation of Planets helps to bury the deceased that perished during the first nuclear blast.

Lord Patrick William took heed like Noah and he made sure that his family would continue along with the rest of the families that escaped the May 1, 2153 horror that changed their lives forever.