Editing City Series:Volume8a Chapter2 (section)

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'''The History and Concept of DT


Today in 2002, DT is a virtual space surrounded by a wide-area modification barrier, but during the start of the 20th century, DT was developed as an industrial city and prospered as a major producer for the military during World War Two.

At the time, an auto-ramming ship loaded with a Word Bomb was being secretly constructed in DT. Work was coordinated with the West Coast and it was meant to be an unmanned and electronically-controlled ship, but a mistake in the Word Bomb’s detonator caused it to explode. That created the modification barrier that gave us the DT we now know.

Afterwards, many countries worked to study DT, but ultimately, Switzerland purchased DT’s management rights from the United States to give it permanent neutral status.

From there, the Live engineers known as the Three Sages gained a greater understanding of DT, but most of the people rescued from the city left and it became a deserted and abandoned city.

In order to find their own successors, the Three Sages selected 12 Live engineering researchers and electronic company elites and got to work modifying DT.

Before those 12 arrived, DT appeared as the city it was before World War Two except surrounded by the bluish-white wall of the modification barrier. Their first act was to use that wall as a screen to display an image of the sky. They also reformatted the OS then. DT was originally created from the auto-ramming ship’s control OS, but it was replaced by a new OS based on the foundational Lives of cities from around the world.

But after that, the failure of the 1St Godtact Experiment erased the Three Sages from existence and the 12 chosen people plus one ordinary person were made into Demigods by the godtact.

After the 1st Godtact Experiment, those 13 named themselves successors to the Three Sages, worked to remake DT, created the foundation of the current city, and gave the modification barrier high-power transport functionality. That made it so the north, south, east, and west ends of DT loop back on each other.

After DT was badly damaged in the failure of the 2nd Godtact Experiment, the city was remade to have a peaceful medieval theme. It has been said this was to reduce the mental strain of seeing the difference in development speed between the outside world and DT, where time moves 100x faster. Since the change, DT’s productivity has dropped, but far fewer people have asked to leave.

The dynasty has decided this is because the people understand they live in a different world.

Today in 2002, the only connections to the outside world are the Yard’s visitor lobby, the external link lines, and Babel since it links to the ley lines. DT is nearly closed off to the outside world, but it also remains closely connected to it, using its excellent industry to wow that outside world.