Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (Entry 386.DA1125)

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

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In which Futureling Richard Stephens tells of the rapid rise of a Revolutionary general through the military ranks, the challenges he faced as a person of color in a predominantly white society, and the decline of his legacy under Napoleon’s regime. Certificate #40773.

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0:00.0	Hello, we are transmitting to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.
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0:24.8	otherwise be lost.
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0:31.9	to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.
0:36.9	This is our time capsule. This is the omnibus. You have accessed entry 386.
1:09.4	DA 112. Certificate number 4026. You have accessed entry 386. DA1125.
1:13.4	Certificate number 40773.
1:17.1	Thomas Alexandra Dumas.
1:21.1	What is it?
1:22.5	The Count of Monte Cristo.
1:24.3	Well, I'm in.
1:25.8	Richard, thank you for joining us on the Omnibus Project.
1:29.1	Where are we, where are you broadcasting?
1:33.3	Well, whither are you broadcasting?
1:36.6	Hey, thanks, John. Thanks for having me.
1:38.4	I am in Tallahassee, Florida.
1:41.5	Tallahassee.
1:42.3	Yeah.
1:42.8	One of the, one of the lesser known Florida's. Yeah, yeah. It's not the tour center part or anything like that. It's Lower Georgia, effectively, in some time. Do you think of yourself as Lower Georgia? I see maps all the time where people are trying to redraw the constitution of the United States.
2:02.7	By constitution, I mean, you know, how the states are made up.
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