Steampunk Earth

The Steampunk Earth (formally Crossroads-4a) of Five Earths, All in a Row
==Background==
The Great Powers (the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the British Empire, the French Empire, the Papal States, the Russian Empire, and Scandinavian Federation) have space stations (powered by mercury boilers and storage batteries) in orbit.
Three nations have made Moon landings: Britain, Russia, and the Scandinavians. Each of them have stations in Lunar orbit, and have begun construction of mining bases.
==Timeline== 
Steampunk Earth Timeline - key events:
* 1835: The anti-slavery novel The Civil War, or, the Slave-Holders' Revolt is published. Its relationship to the actual Civil Wars of Dieselpunk Earth and Infopunk Earth is like that of The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility to the events of the RMS Titanic.
* 1839: First Automata (aka Mechanical Man)
* 1847: Pope Pius IX dies a year later then in OTL resulting in a different succession of Popes:
:* Pope Alexander IX (1847-1869 Dec 3)
:* Pope Clement XV (1870 March 5th - "present")
* 1859: The first unmanned satellite launched.
* 1863: Wireless telegraphy invented
* 1868: 16th Amendment to the US Constitution is passed, requiring gradual emancipation of all slaves in US states, territories, and protectorates, with slavery to become entirely illegal in 1888. This means that the 13th through 15th amendments are very different from those of Infopunk Earth.
* Stp-British military aeronef classifications
==Organizations==
* Royal Astronautical Society of the United Kingdom
* United States Navy Space Service
* State Aerial Militia Units in the Stp-USA
==Eugenic Race Templates==
* Alpha, first born in April, 1856
* Brownie, first born in 1857, rare due to appearance
* Ishtar, first born in 1859
* Orion, first born in 1861
* Avatar, first male born in 1862, first female in 1864
* Helot, first born in 1864
* Metanoia, first born in 1866
* Drylander (Bio-Tech, p70), first born in 1869
* Selkie, first born in 1870, rare due to appearance.
==Favor Text==
* Craftsmen - James West and Dr. Artemus Gordon discuss the current situation regarding some of the Earths.
==Related Material==
* Steampunk 1: Settings and Style
*Steampunk 2: Steam and Shellfire
*Steampunk 3: Soldiers and Scientists
* GURPS Steampunk
* GURPS Steamtech
* Steampunk (1815-1914 Timeline)
* Lost Hero of the Golden Age Ep.8 The First Super Hero (Spring Heeled Jack)
===Relevant Historical People from GURPS Who's Who books===
Order is based on birth date. OTL birth and death dates included as reference. Characters in bold also appear on Dieselpunk Earth.
*Charles Darwin (1809-1882}: 243 pts
*Emperor Norton (1818-1880): 21 pts
*Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884): 232 pts
*Harriet Tubman (c.1820-1913): 85 pts
*Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890): 535 pts
*Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885): 171 pts
*George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876): 286 pts; still alive in this reality.
*John Wesley Hardin (1853-1895): 177 pts
*Nikola Tesla (1856-1943): 417 pts
*Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919): 259 pts
*E. W. Barton-Wright (1865-1951): 91 pts
*Harry Houdini (1874-1926): 461 pts
*Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965): 270 pts
*Albert Einstein (1879-1955): 145 pts
*Josef Stalin (1878-1953): 165 pts
Category:Myth Parallels
Category:Five Earths