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Despite his young age of 25, he held a postgraduate research position at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. UNM is better known for its medical center, but as New Mexico is known as the Energy State, it should not be surprising that it covers other disciplines like geology, metallurgy, astronomy and engineering. He has also built his own businesses. One of these was a think tank. It is there where he built his time machine.

Duncan travelled back in time from the early 21st century to in late 1911 to the Territory of New Mexico through a time portal of his own invention. More specifically he travelled to Albuquerque, NM for this is where he was from in the 21st century. New Mexico became the 47th on Jan 6, 1912. (Arizona was 48th in Feb.)

Duncan will be nearly 28 at the start of this RP (turns 28 in late September). He stands 6’7” tall, athletic build, steel blue eyes, nearly black hair. But he walks with a limp in his left leg, and a glove on his left hand (covering a scar where his hand was sliced in half lengthwise). The other injuries aren’t as apparent. He is clearly very, very educated. And he couldn’t support himself without wealth.

Upon his arrival he first arranged for his record and identification, legitimate as far as anyone could tell. Then he arranged to purchase land, built a ranch, an airport, and some labs and fabrication plants to the north of the city.

He knew that WWI would begin in 1914 - and that the US would enter the war in 1917. But he also knew that in a little over a century America would enter WWII and ultimately be consumed in WWIII. Before 1917, the US military was viewed with scorn by both sides of WWI (Britain and Germany). The US was also equally split as to which side it empathized with. Many favored the Germans. However, Germany would ultimately turn America against it.

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For the past 3 years Duncan has been living in the past. He has thrown himself into his research. He hired men to run his airport and fabrication plants. The research labs are more for his personal use. He has taken flying lessons and has an interest in aeronautical research, engine designs, and some fields that have no names yet. He was an outsider, eccentric for his youthful age.

He was known to have purchased new cars each of the past two years and donated them to the local college as a graduation prize for their top students in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering. Runners up received cash rewards. He was known for sponsoring races - both planes and cars. And he put up research grants at the university. This made him welcome in polite society no matter how much he tried to avoid it. He was considered an eligible bachelor.

It is now late July 2014 and Britain has just declared war on Germany. WWI has effectively begun. Of course, the USA will stay out of the war until 1917. “He kept us out of war” will be Woodrow Wilson’s running platform in 1916. The Republicans are trying to initiate a Preparedness program. Democrats are trying to stall it.

Enter the Lady.
This is your part. This is a very open position. But your main character should be one that will turn the head of this man. (He’s almost 28 now.) Boring won’t do it. Shy probably won’t do it either.

Note: I have an alternate version of this that is set in 1939, also in Albuquerque.
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@Mitheral I'm interested.......would the war be the conflict?
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