This was originally published on Dec. 28, 2008 on alt.startrek.creative for their Majel Barrett Roddenberry tribute and won the 2008 Best Original Series Challenge. The text here is from a slightly expanded version (753 words) I put on deviantart In 2011.

I put it up now as an example of a Flashfic tribute of the type that I am hoping for for my Spock's Katra challenge (see the FanFiction society)

From the ashes of WWI a triumphant Imperial Russian army 'liberates' half of Europe!

An ancient discovery leads to a world changing scientific breakthrough!

France and her colonial empire dissolves into socialist revolution!

South East Asia erupts into a shattered Hell of warlords and corrupt governments!

... and in Hong Kong, the most dangerous woman in the world recruits a squadron of renegade Australian pilots in a bold gamble that could mean liberty.

Or death.

A dieselpunk shared world. See the Info Exchange for extensive details of a world specifically crafted to create opportunities for dramatic conflict