Time line: Next Ice Age OTL: British Empire The British Empire is widely respected to be the most powerful nation of the world. It was the only nation to survive the 1910 Strike. It's currency has been adopted by many other nations. Their ships travel waters that no European has traveled since the strike of 1910. For many isolated people, the Brits are the only other civilized people. British Scouting units (large metal robots that are designed to map land, and find unclaimed habitable land) run around vast glaciers to rediscover other far-off lands. Despite losing some colonies, they have retained most of the valuable ones (with the notable exception that is India). Top British scientists look for ways to avert the coming meteor (CODE NAMED: Spark) that could wipe out 96% of all life on E