On the Discovery of Time Travel

        The discovery of practical time travel was, for the most part, an accident. Around 2015, 2 dimensional computer storage devices had reached just about their max in regard to physical size vs. storage. In an attempt to create the next "big thing" Dock Curtis and his 5 companions (1985, Bristol - 2064, New York) decided to create a three dimensional digital information storage medium. He decided early on that simply placing layer upon layer of 2d storage medium on top of itself wouldn't do. It took 23 attempts to finally reach a plausible concept, a cube of  gel around the size of a baseball which, when electrified, served as a sort of "mental brain", millions of times faster and larger (approx 24,000,000,000 terabytes) than the best previous prototype.
       Unfortunately, the experiment was a failure. The nanotechnology which was the foundation of the gel would quickly die if not frequently stimulated. At this point there was nothing existing to take up that much space, so his first brain quickly died off. He created three more, models B, C, (both of which died quickly) and D. In "D" his solution was to attempt to create a  simulated intelligence routine (SIR) personality to self manage, engage the synthesized brain, and serve as a user interface. The personality as well was, in part, a failure, for while it did keep the brain engaged, interaction and user interfacing was kept to almost zero. This first personality attempt was named Project William, after the enthusiastic intern hired a few months before.
        However, an unexpected anomaly occurred. About 5 hours before the next prototype was completed, the completed prototype appeared on the desk next to it. Meaning there were two prototypes. One finished, one not. The scientists went nuts. Where did this finished prototype come from? The mystery was solved (and I use this word loosely here) when, upon finishing the prototype, William, the intern, set it's clock. Unfortunately, due to the fact that he was from Greenland, his watch's time was different. The moment he had set in the incorrect time (about three hours before the current local time) the prototype ceased to exist.
       The scientists went crazy again. Where had it gone? What had William done? They fired him. Soon, though, they had a revelation. "Let's see... one prototype randomly appears from nowhere, the other randomly disappears into nowhere... could they be one and the same?" Smart scientists, those guys. I tell you.
       It was soon discovered that due to the omni-dimensional nature of the robotic brain, the setting of the embedded clock also changed when the brain existed in normal time. A few more experiments were done, setting the clock to midnight, then having it disappear and appear again at midnight, and other such oddities.
       The scientists, now tired of going crazy, thought about it, and had a startling revelation. "We have discovered time travel!"

So, time went on, they hooked up with the AniMech corporation, and built time ships and stuff.

Cause the future is cool like that.

More later.