19 April 2017
It's been a little over a month since I last chronicled the events
surrounding what has become a world wide terror. As of my last writing, I was
in a hospital bed in Royal Adelaide Hospital recovering from injuries sustained
in the explosion that decimated my hotel. My injuries consisted of a moderately
sprained shoulder as well as a concussion, though at this point in time I've
recovered quite nicely from both ailments. While I was in Royal Adelaide, I met
an officer in the Australian Navy named Alex who had also suffered injuries in
initial explosions. When he learned that I was an historian by trade, Alex
assigned me with the task of gathering information from these attacks and the
subsequent fallout for domestic and military records. I gladly accepted, partly
because I was already planning to do this, but also because I enjoy the thought
of being conscripted by a foreign military for peaceful matters.
As things stand right now, I'm penning these notes and memos on a
pair of giant paper notebooks I was able to salvage from a local supermarket.
Phone and internet connections have been destroyed, with most places in the
city being forced to ration power. The lone exception to this rule are
hospitals, were survivors of the initial explosions crowd the lobby as if it
were a giant hotel. I've been basing myself out of Royal Adelaide, though I do
spend some nights in nearby houses, provided I can find one where the doors and
windows all lock. The majority of the population is still in too much fear to
consider looting, though there are a few rogue individuals outside breaking
store windows. For whatever reason, these people rarely return to loot again, though
I can't say I have an explanation for what might be causing that.
Two days ago, I ventured down to the harbor to get some
information from my new found military contacts on what is going on in
Australia as a whole. I've been told that Adelaide is in the best shape of the
major cities of the country. Melbourne and Perth are still burning, while
Canberra and Sydney are in ruins. There were rumors that most of the major
cities back in the United States had suffered the same fate as Sydney, though
no one had any information on the fate of Salt Lake City. I dropped a letter to
Gabrielle in the mailbox, though I have no idea if either the Australian or
American mail systems are active at this point. The Chinese and Iranian
militaries are reported to be arming their nuclear warheads in preparation for
full scale war, though as to who those wars will be against is still in
question.
A traveler from outside the city made her way to the
hospital today. Her name is Dr. Deborah Evans,
an archaeological researcher from McGill University in Canada. Dr.
Evans was returning to Adelaide from an excursion to the outback last month
when the explosions hit. She described what she can only explain as a
combination of a meteor and a cluster bomb falling on the city on March 7th. By
her account, the object fell center on the city, creating an explosion and a
wall of fire. From that wall, a small meteor rose up, hanging in the air for a
few seconds before splitting into various smaller projectiles and crashing down
in a perfect circle, creating a second ring of fire further out from the first.
The process repeated two more times, creating three rings as well as the
initial bull's eye point. The fires died down and
eventually dissipated over the course of three weeks, though from
what I heard at the shipyard, Adelaide has been lucky in that regard.
Night is falling over the city as I write this, meaning the lobby
lights here at the hospital will get turned out soon. Off in the distance I can
see a few embers from what was the closest fire smoldering. With night time
comes near silence, save for the sounds of the random looters in the street and
an awkward buzzing noise that rings out every night around 11pm. No one in the
hospital is sure where the buzzing is coming from, though there are times where
the Doppler effect indicates whatever is making the noise has passed
over us. Though I can't be for certain what has caused the explosions or where
the buzzing noise is coming from, I'm nearly 100% certain that the two are related,
and that whatever has caused them is like nothing the human race has ever seen
before.
Date Retreived: 1-1-2023
Date Written: 4-19-2017
Date Written: 4-19-2017
Location: This writing is part of a series of letters on file at
the University of South Australia in Adelaide. While it is not the only
personal retelling of the events surrounding 3-7-2017 to exist, Dr. Crain's
work is by far the most well-known in the new Commonwealth Republic.
Other Notes: The Commonwealth Republic was formed 10-16-2018 by
the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, and New
Zealand as a united front against the alien invaders. It was the only coalition
in the Eastern Hemisphere formed during the extraterrestrial violence to have
survived in its original state post-war. Dr. Crain published additional letters
during the war, all of which are on file at the University of South Australia.
About the Author: See more writing by Tim B. at
http://inurbase.wordpress.com
