Preface

Lord Patrick William Howard is a direct descendant of Lord John Howard and his wife, Lady Joan of Cornwall who was herself a great-granddaughter of King John of England and Queen Isabella of Angouleme.

Lady Joan of Cornwall marries Lord John Howard and she gives birth to their son,  Sir John Howard, II, Admiral of the Navy who marries Lady Alice Howard (de Bois) who gives birth to Sir Robert Howard, Knight, of Wiggenhall - East Winch and Tendring who marries Margaret de Scales who gives birth to Sir John Howard, Kt., MP, Sheriff of Essex who marries Margaret Howard (de Plaiz) who has Sir Robert Howard of Stoke Neyland who marries Lady Margaret de Mowbray and they has John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk who marries Lady Catherine Howard (de Moleyns),who has Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk who marries twice -Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey and she gives birth to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Elizabeth Boleyn (Howard), Countess of Wiltshire and Edmund Howard and by his second wife,Lady Agnes Howard (Tylney) and they had Sir William Howard, 1st Baron of Effingham who married Lady Margaret Gamage, Baroness of Effingham who had 

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham who married Katherine Howard (Carey), Countess of Nottingham who was the daughter of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon who was the son of Lord William Carey who married Lady Mary Boleyn who was the eldest of Lord Thomas Boleyn and Lady Elizabeth Howard who was the granddaughter of Lord John Howard, 1st Howard, Duke of Norfolk.

Lord Patrick William Howard was born in Norfolk, England in 2130, before the fatal day of May 1, 2153 to Lord Edward Howard and his wife, Lady Eleanor Butler. 

Lord Patrick William Howard had two  other siblings, Lady Elizabeth Ann Howard and Lord Andrew Charles Howard.

In 2148, Lord Patrick William Howard marries Lady Margaret Penelope Devereux who is a direct descendant of Stephen Devereux of Bodenham and Burghope who marries He married Cicely around 1308 and they have William Devereux and he marries Anne Barre and they have Walter Devereux who marries Maud and they have

Walter Devereux and he marries Elizabeth Maud Bromwich and they have Walter Devereux and he marries Elizabeth Merbury and they have Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley who marries Anne Ferrers and they had John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley who marries Cecily Bourchier who is the daughter of She was a daughter of William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier and Lady Anne Woodville and they had Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford and he married Lady Mary Grey and second he married Margaret Garneys with Lady Mary Grey. They had their son, Richard Devereux who marries Dorothea Hastings and they have a son, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex who marries Lettice Knollys who is the daughter of Lady Catherine Carey who is the daughter of Lord William Carey and Lady Mary Boleyn, who is the great-great-granddaughter of Lord John Howard, 1st Howard Duke of Norfolk through his eldest granddaughter, Lady Elizabeth Howard and they have Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex who marries Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde and they have Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex who marries Frances Howard,and Lady France Devereux who marries William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and they have Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp who marries and has William Seymour. He is succeeded by his uncle,Lord John Seymour but the good thing is that Lord Edward Seymour, The Lord Protector has a son by his first wife,name Lord Edward Seymour and he leads the Seymour s into the future. 

Lord Patrick William Howard and Lady Margaret Penelope Devereux noble ancestors died fighting to King Richard III, the youngest son of Lord Richard, Duke of York and Lady Cecily Neville in 1485.

Lord Patrick William and Lady Margaret Penelope marry in 2148 and they are both very young. They decide to put off having their family as Lord Patrick William is attending The University of Cambridge studying architecture. 

Lord Patrick William graduated in the year of 2151 and Lady Margaret has a business as a seamstress and they live a comfortable life in Norfolk.

Everything goes well for the young couple up until April of 2153 when they hear the new of the outbreak of World War III and Lord Patrick William Howard tells his brother in law, Lord Walter Devereux that he is going to gather of some of the most noble and gentry families in England to board the USS Excalibur.

Lord Walter Devereux with his brother-in-law, Lord Patrick William Howard gather up the families of The Beaufort's, The Stuarts, The Valois, The Carey’s, The Stafford's, The Collins, The Cravens, The Bourbons, The Beauchamps, The Seymour's, and The Gordon's,The Habsburg’s, and The Grey’s.”

Lord Walter and Lord Patrick William tells the families that they have two days to pack up what they carry with them and on the 2nd day Lord Patrick and Lord Robert take a journey to Bosworth field to pay their final respects to their noble ancestors and lay a bouquet of white roses where Lord Devereux and Lord John Howard were killed fighting for King Richard III.

On April 30, 2153, they boarded the USS Excalibur for a five year journey to Star Base 12.

Captain Archer tells his passengers that World War III has broken up but he spares them most of the details but this 

“At precisely 0230.26 hours Eastern Standard Time, on 1 May 2153 (an event later known as the "May Day Horror of '53"), the Eastern Coalition launched a first strike comprised of intercontinental ballistic missiles, bomber attacks, and portable nuclear weapons, against major North American and European cities, combined with a simultaneous Interface viral assault against the New United Nations computer infrastructure. Much to the surprise of the ECON political leadership, the New United Nations immediately retaliates with nuclear launches of their own, as well as bomber and satellite-based attacks against targets in the Middle East and Asia. Many Pacific nations sided with the Eastern Coalition against the United States when fighting finally broke out. Other political groupings, such as the Muslim Bloc, were likewise hit extremely hard during the nuclear exchanges, despite being non-aligned with either side during the war.

The detonation of nuclear weapons over cities (in the multiple-megaton range) such as Washington, D.C., London, Moscow, Berlin, New York City, Boston, Dallas, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Mecca, Riyadh, Samarkand, Karachi, Singapore, and New Delhi killed nearly half a billion people instantly. Smaller detonations occurred over Hong Kong, Beijing, and Ho Chi Minh City. Un-detonated or failed nuclear devices were discovered in or around targets such as Denver, Paris, Madrid, Rome, and Istanbul. Of the hundreds of ICBMs and bombers launched by the United States and allied forces, only one in five made it into the air, due to EMP weapons and viral attacks against the military computer networks — of these, only a fraction detonated properly. 

Near Richmond, Indiana, several jets dropped bombs. A group of people took shelter in the East Fork Presbyterian Church. As the bombs dropped, the group and the church were saved when the church was transported to Terralysium. The group started the New Eden colony and worshiped the Red Angel who was in actuality a time traveler, Dr. Gabrielle Burnham. 

Conventional military forces on both sides were quickly moved into offensive position against their respective foes — on 3 May 2153, the First, Eighth, and Sixteenth Fleets under New United Nations command carry front-line troops into the Bay of Bengal, and the ECON launches a massive invasion of the North American continent, sending troops and military aircraft southward through Canada. Targets in New England (including Massachusetts), Minnesota, the Rocky Mountains, and the Midwest are hit hard by ECON forces, the U.S. military's defenses along the Canadian border failing utterly. The United States Air Force and United States Army both fought back against the invaders, but lost many fighters and ground soldiers to the enemy.

Certain military units were abandoned in enemy territory during the war, including a New United Nations brigade under the command of Colonel Green in Kashmiristan in late May. Finally, the Eastern Coalition's governing palace was destroyed by American forces, killing ECON founder Lee Kuan.

The post-atomic horror that followed severely destabilized global civilization; terrorist organizations and rogue states often detonated small-scale "suitcase nukes," while toxins and biogenic weapons were released. Drug-addled soldiers were often sacrificed in conventional battles on the ground after much of the planetary computer systems failed; numerous small-scale conflicts created chaos throughout the globe as warlords fought over the scraps of civilization. As a result of the ICBM detonations, an enormous dust cloud enveloped the Earth, resulting in several nuclear winters.

Sovereign nations, including the United States, essentially ceased to exist following the war, the country falling into barbarism, carved up into fiefdoms controlled by competing warlords (including Colonel Green's despotic reign over the Pacific Northwest). Without federal resources to fall back upon, most local governments are unable to feed their own people; chaos and anarchy would reign for generations afterward, well into the 22nd century. 

The President of the United States, President Mendoza, survived the initial days of the war, but finds herself in command of very little.

The Siege of Las Vegas was a significant battle in the war, with American forces battling ECON troops for control of the city. The forces of the US troops would eventually prove victorious, defeating the ECON troops there.

In the initial nuclear exchange of World War III, Washington D.C. was completely destroyed, along with three surrounding U.S. states. Some major cities, such as Montreal, were actually spared from nuclear hits during the first rounds of ICBM exchanges. 

During fighting in Paris during the war, the Eiffel Tower was destroyed. Additional combat took place in San Francisco, resulting in the destruction of the Coit Tower, among many other structures. 

The U.S. state of Arkansas would be devastated by nuclear weapons at the start World War III, owing to the many military installations in the region. Even into the 23rd century, some portions of the state would remain uninhabitable. 

In 2154, one year following the outbreak of hostilities, Colonel Green surprised the surviving United States government by turning up in Alaska at the head of a massive army composed of both New U.N. and ECON soldiers. 

President Mendoza ordered Green to stand down, but is refused; Green slaughters his way across the continent, culling the "weak" and "impure" and those afflicted with radiation sickness from humanity's gene pool, killing millions, until finally meeting his demise in Montana from an orbital strike launched by Flint the Immortal. 

Humanity eventually turned over a new leaf when a few courageous people began to realize that they could make a difference. Early in the war, weather-control satellites developed by Flint the Immortal begin modifying Earth's ozone layer in an attempt to regenerate it, along with raising the planetary temperature enough to mitigate the effects of the harsh nuclear winter. This proved successful, ultimately reducing the number of potential casualties from the war.

Adrenaline regimens were discovered to be useful in treating radiation sickness after the war; this would later be supplanted by the even more effective Hyronalin therapies in later decades, after the end of the Atomic Age. The philosophy of Neo-Transcendentalism was founded by Liam Dieghan in response to the war's horrors, seeking to redress the pains of World War III by "returning [humanity] to a simpler life." 

The war culminated circa 2153, when several of Earth's governments met in San Francisco to declare a cease-fire, effectively ending the war. 

In the end, most of the world's major governments collapsed, and over 600 million people had died just from the immediate combat. 

Despite the end of actual hostilities, the after-effects of the war referred to as "the post-atomic horror"—lingered for decades to follow. Rule of law broke down in many places, and legal systems were abolished, with the suggestion to "kill all the lawyers" from Henry VI being taken literally in some places. Asia was particularly devastated. 

The year 2173 was considered part of this conflicted era and saw a number of Humans abandon the planet whereupon they settled on the world of Okeanos. 

Much of the United States economy was ruined, with the population reduced to standards of living less than that of the victims of the Great Depression a century earlier. So great were the horrors that human genius Zefram Cochrane had himself implanted with a pain-inhibiting chip in order to cope with the world around him. Nonetheless, his Project Phoenix was able to secure backing, and led to first contact only ten years later.

In later years, a monument honoring the hundreds of millions dead during the war was erected in San Francisco, on the former site of the Coit Tower.”

Captain Archer passengers are horrified by the news that they have heard and they can’t believe that the earth that they once knew was destroyed by ruthless men.

The USS Excalibur orbits around Star Base 12 on May 1, 2159 and all the noble families board the shuttle crafts that take them to their new home on Star Base 12 lead by Lord Patrick William Howard and his brother in law, Lord Walter Devereux and they help all the families to rebuild their lives on Star Base 12.