Tadeusz:
"My name is Louisa. Good catch, new guy." She scrolls some paper, and types it up, and puts it in her to go box. "Back to the grind, new guy."
"I'm John. Thanks. Any tips for a new guy? What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started here?"
"Well, I'm a secretary, not a field agent in training like you, but weird dreams are common. Don't think you'e losing your mind. The upper story of Time Center is inside the timestream, and that gives some people really weird vibes even just being next to it. Pschyologist said its because on some level, our bodies know its not natural to be outside normal time."
Tadeusz:
You read more and spot a reference to Theodore Kennedy being arrested for manslaughter or negligent homicide while the original does not mention any criminal charges about an accident at Chappaquiddick.
"This is a leaker. For some reason, certain changes just seem to want to change, and so we've sent a dozen agents back then to revert the timeline to what it supposed to be. Too bad, because I like the jerk ending up in jail better than him becoming a US Senator.' Luisa says as she types rapidly.
"Do you mean that some events are less than stable all by themselves, even without time travelers trying to meddle?"
"That's the theory. We dump a TSD, time stabilizer device, and it sets things back right.'
Tadeusz:
An hour later, and you have 1@2 History of Base Timeline of 1870-1970 A.D.
You spot an account of unusual light display and weather one night in 1962 in DC.
"Ten gets you one that a rogue from the Red or a Brown tried to nuke DC. Such things don't 'take' but very little. Thus a little light, a light bit of wind, no fireball, just the ghost of one."
"Do those things not 'take' all by themselves, or because we acted to undo it?"
"Who are these various rogues, and why would they want to nuke DC?"
She laughs.
"The Red and Brown aren't rogues. Commies and Nazis time travellers. But some of them go rogue. And the dumb ones think 'why fiddle about, cut to the chase, nuke DC, we win.' Doesn't work that way. Um, six of one, and half dozen of the other."
A balding man with a handlebar mustache steps into the room.
"Mr. Oakmaster, my office."
You follow him, and he leads you into a small office with maps and timelines on all the walls.
"I'm chief of analysis. Not sure why, but some others want to see what you got. Choose one of the three missions you noted. Roger Hanrahan will be your Evaluating Agent. Which means, he will be following you. If you need help you can ask him, but he might wipe you. In any case, third time is a wipe. He's there to observe you and make sure you don't mess up. Go rogue, and he will deal with you harshly. Time Center court is a military court, and there are no appeals. Got it?"