The branch in the timeline occurs at a time after I have met Kalindra and helped save Velar. Because of an incident on Earth, I get distracted from my desire to head into space to explore, and the encounter with Jab and the Meenzels never takes place.
  What occurs then is a series of stories that I intended to be a playground for ideas about what Earth would do if it knew about Magic, Mages, and Velans long before the 2001 storyline would ever occur in the main series.
  The end result is what follows ...
Introduction - The first alternate story
Class - Making the best of the situation
Breaking Point - How this timeline branched off
A Helping Hand - I still wanted to get into space
Star Port - Story One - Setting the stage
Star Port - Story Two - I'm going to get involved in space somehow
Star Port - Story Three - A day in the life of ...
The ArchMage and The Unicorn - Don't ask, I can't explain this one
Be Careful What You Ask - Aftermath of an assassination attempt