The Chronos Expedition Cables

Fiction

TO: FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON FROM: STATION MASTER REVERSE ARCHIPELAGO DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1892 REGARDING: LOGISTICAL DEFICIENCIES UPON LANDING THE 4TH INFANTRY EXHIBITED RAPID PHYSIOLOGICAL REGRESSION. WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TWO HUNDRED MEN REQUIRED SMALLER BOOTS. BY DAY FOURTEEN FORTY PERCENT OF THE FORCE HAD REACHED PUBESCENCE. REQUEST IMMEDIATE ALLOTMENT FOR CHILD SIZED UNIFORMS. THE COST OF RE FITTING IS EXCEEDING THE QUARTERLY BUDGET. STOP. *** TO: FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON FROM: STATION MASTER REVERSE ARCHIPELAGO DATE: 22 OCTOBER 1892 REGARDING: FRENCH ENCROACHMENT CONSUL DURAND CLAIMS THE WESTERN PLATEAU. HOWEVER THE PLATEAU HAS RECEDED INTO A PREVIOUS STATE OF VOLCANIC ASH. CURRENTLY NO FIRM GROUND EXISTS TO OCCUPY. DURAND PERSISTS IN PLANTING FLAGS IN THE ASH. REQUEST LEGAL GUIDANCE ON CLAIMING TERRITORY THAT IS ACTIVELY UN BECOMING. STOP. *** TO: FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON FROM: STATION MASTER REVERSE ARCHIPELAGO DATE: 3 NOVEMBER 1892 REGARDING: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT COMMAND STRUCTURE IS NOW NON FUNCTIONAL. COLONEL STERLING HAS REVERTED TO AGE TEN. HE SPENDS HIS AFTERNOONS CHASING LIZARDS. DISCIPLINE IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN THE RANK AND FILE ARE LITERALLY INFANTS. REQUEST REPLACEMENT OF THE REGIMENTAL SURGEON WITH A QUALIFIED NURSEMAID. STOP. *** TO: FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON FROM: STATION MASTER REVERSE ARCHIPELAGO DATE: 12 NOVEMBER 1892 REGARDING: LAND REGISTRY REGISTRATION OF CROWN LAND IS PROVING FUTILE. BY THE TIME THE DEED IS STAMPED THE LAND HAS RECEDED INTO THE PREVIOUS CENTURY. WE ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING TITLES FOR GEOGRAPHY THAT NO LONGER EXISTS IN OUR TEMPORAL PLANE. SUGGEST A SYSTEM OF PROBABILISTIC OWNERSHIP. STOP.