| Type | Alternate timeline planet |
| Location | Unknown |
| Conditions | Natural disasters • Weather fluctuations • Atmospheric phenomena • Desertification • Diminished resources |
| Environment | Harsh, unpredictable |
| Societal shifts | Nomadic lifestyle • Enhanced cooperation • Resource rationing • Community defense systems |
| Disparate human factions | Trading alliances • Militant factions • Survivalist tribes • Resource-rich elites |
| Technological adaptations | Sustainable engineering • Resource extraction technologies • Weather control systems |
This alternate timeline features a world characterized by considerably harsher environmental conditions than those in the primary timeline. These conditions pose several challenges for human civilization, life, and infrastructure.
Frequency, intensity, and overall occurrence of natural disasters – such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes – are significantly higher. These disasters have led to the destruction of countless structures, habitats, and societies, resulting in widespread loss of life and property. Entire regions have been rendered uninhabitable.
The climate of this world exhibits extreme unpredictability, with rapid shifts in weather patterns and fluctuating temperatures causing widespread damage. Long periods of intense heat, drought, and abnormal precipitation patterns disrupt agricultural cycles and place tremendous strain on the global food supply.
Several occurrences of ball lightning, solar flares, and other enigmatic atmospheric phenomena are commonplace in this world, creating life-threatening situations and significantly impacting the viability of specific locations.
The accelerated pace at which areas are turning into deserts and forests are being depleted has had a devastating impact upon habitability. This, in turn, has led to mass migrations of displaced individuals and communities seeking alternative habitable regions, leading to population pressures, conflicts, and resource management challenges.
These harsh environmental conditions have adversely affected the availability of clean, safe drinking water and food resources. Massive investments in infrastructure and technological innovations are required to overcome these challenges and ensure the survival of human communities.
In response to this harsh environment, human societies have had to rapidly adapt, evolve, and develop new technologies and systems to cope with these challenges. Pioneering initiatives in sustainable urban design, green energy production and storage, advanced agriculture, and even geoengineering are being implemented to mitigate the detrimental effects of these extreme environments and ensure the future of human existence.
