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A scenario:You are a scientist working for a small-cap astrophysics firm which loves to overspend on R&D at the expense of other things (such as security). Needless to say, while working alone late one night on a Chronological Dispersement Module (that's “time machine” in laymen's terms), you hear the sudden sound of a door smashing open, so you look over and see four men in dark masks and military fatigues quickly enter the lab. You quickly notice they've not come for pleasantries; at least three of them sport MS-10s, which you thought were still only “developmental” electric machine guns that Metal Storm was making. As the four men approach from 20 yards away, they begin firing directly at you. You vaguely remember hearing someone yelling “go go go!” as you run to the back, trying to take cover behind the large CDM. As the lab exit is on the opposite side of the room, you realize that you have no escape…until you realize something. You may not have an escape out, but you do have an escape back…back in time! You reach into the machine and flip 8 switches in rapid succession and type in your 12 digit authorization code. As you hop inside the machine, the men are still quickly approaching, but not firing – they obviously don't want to damage what they've likely come for. “Get him quick!” you hear in the background, but the CDM is already pulsing with droning sounds and intense flashes of white light. As the pulsing accelerates, your only task is to type in a chronological coordinate – the year you are about to enter!Question: what year do you wish to go to? Why would you go to that time and not to another?
You put some thought into that, didn't you? Under those circumstances, I don't see why I wouldn't just go back a day and not to work after that. 😀 😀 😀 I wouldn't have the presence of mind to worry about much besides self-preservation.
Alright, lol, I was sort of wondering if someone would mention that. I suppose that given the situation, it's the most intelligent thing to do. But as far as some time that I would have loved to have seen and been a part of would be Rome, perhaps sometime between the time of Trajan and Caracalla, when the Empire was perhaps at its height. Imagine – an ancient city with a population of 1 million…structures of gradeur throughout the city…marvelous hot baths, forums, statuary, and so forth. Of course, there would certainly be the atrocities, brutalities, and perversities of Roman life. However, Rome as a whole would be a marvelous sight to behold for a spectator. Just imagine the visitors who visited the city from neighboring lands.
Maybe goto 1632?
Excellent choice, indeed. The year 1632 ~ around the time the Taj Mahal began, as well as Venitian opening of the Church of Santa Maria delle Salute. Also the year of the births of John Locke and Spinoza.As discussed in another thread, this year would have seen colder temperatures than normal in Europe; perhaps more snow in England and even the freezing of the canals in Venice.Notable rulers include Charles I in England, Louis XIII in France, and Gustavus Adolphus in Sweden.
I would go and round up a handful of Spartans. Then I would come back and show those intruders who's boss. They have guns, but it would be fairly close combat at this point wouldn't it?
I see that what was supposed to be a background story to keep things interesting has overtaken the point of the question. That said, Spartans would be no match for modern weapons and would provide no help. I would, however, love to have seen Athens during its golden age, perhaps sometime during the time of the Pelopponesian War. Greece itself is beautiful, and I can imagine what it looked like in its splendor.
I'd go back to 9/10/2001 and shoot Attas and the other SOB's dead in their hotel rooms and then hang their bodies off the Brooklyn Bridge with a special message attached for the rest of the loonies.
I would have to go back to the Plains of Troy and watch Achaians and Dardanians battle valiantly among each other in front of the Hellespont, the river Scamander, and the Walls of Troy.
