September 28, 1984. A NORAD analyst mistakes a Soviet satellite launch for an inbound nuclear strike. The alert is revoked—but not before the President and key officials are sealed inside Raven Rock, the United States’ doomsday bunker. What begins as a precaution becomes precedent. Hidden underground, the executive branch reasserts control through continuity protocols meant to last hours—not decades.

From televised addresses “under the mountain” to loyalty education in classrooms, the republic above ground adapts, conforms, forgets. By the time the public sees daylight again, governance has moved elsewhere—quiet, enduring, and unaccountable.

In this timeline, there was no war. No cities burned. Only silence, vigilance, and the long dusk of emergency.

This is Delta-60. This is Raven Rock Ascendant.

Maybe we were better off. Maybe not.

Not this time.