History WMG / Revolution

** Related to the above WMG: The nanites kill the symmetry of Maxwell's Equations by preventing magnetic fields from propagating, but basically hiding, not breaking, the laws of physics. Incidentally, if you zero out magnetic fields in Maxwell's Equations one consequence of that is any attempt to induce an electric current immediately sets up an opposing electric field which cancels the current. Therefore, the previously-raised question about batteries and light bulbs is answered on the basis that the transient current set up is immediately opposed and so it stops immediately.

Michaels was seen performing in the New Vegas sideshow; he is also known to have Type 1 diabetes. The only way he could have possibly survived this long is if he has a steady supply of insulin, which requires refrigeration for storage. Refrigeration is possible under blackout conditions ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_refrigerator it was, in fact, invented without electricity) but probably not in a sideshow tent camp. Who's keeping him supplied?

[[spoiler: [[WMG: Why Aaron failed to stop the Nanites in "Dreamcatcher"]]]]

[[WMG: The series takes place in a alternate timeline of TheDayTheEarthStoodStill.]]

* Now Jossed. [[spoiler:The entire upper echelons of the US government of 2027/8 have been in power, effectively, since 2013. In a scene "Six Months After The Blackout" in Guantanamo, a fleet of tall ships arrives, offloading, among others, President Davis and his henchman, Doyle. It is thus abundantly clear that whoever survived in Washington, DC were second-tier personnel with enough high-level clearances to hang onto the reins of power, possibly by purposely abandoning the legitimate officials then in power, among them the then President, Obama or Romney.]]

** [[spoiler:Davis claims to be US SecDef "one year after the Blackout". It's not clear if he was promoted to the post ''post facto'' by whoever claims to be the successor President, or if he actually was SecDef in the old Administration. Either way, he proposes an outright ''coup d'etat'', and justifies it with the kind of religious right-wing fervor commonly seen among extremists.]]

** [[spoiler:Davis claims to be US SecDef "one year after the Blackout". It's not clear if he was promoted to the post ''post facto'' by whoever claims to be the successor President, or if he actually was SecDef in the old Administration. At best, his actions then and since constitute serious overreach of his legitimate authority, and at worst, it is an outright ''coup d'etat''.]]

* Aside: This also neatly explains why flashbacks to Aaron's past - and indeed, all the flashbacks - seem to show a curious lack of aging of people born well before the Blackout. Only Charlie & Danny Matheson and Jason Neville visibly age over the course of the Blackout's history.

* Aside: This also neatly explains why flashbacks to Aaron's past - and indeed, all the flashbacks - seem to show a curious lack of aging of people born well before the Blackout. Only Charlie and Danny visibly age over the course of the Blackout's history.

** [[spoiler:The US Government has clearly been "preparing the ground" for a LONG time. They've been sending Randall to scour North America for fifteen years. They have at least one bounty hunter team avidly searching for Bass Monroe for a show trial. They even have moles in social-outcast clans who are trained in writing Arabic, a language almost nobody in post-Blackout North America would know how to read. While the directives may not originate from Obama or any legitimate President they do indicate a chain of command that almost immediately swung into action when the Blackout hit against the day when they could elimimate any successor states.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. His code does run the tower.]]