25 December 2025

The Quantum Arms Race

Paul Schneider

In this futuristic tale, Dr. Paul Schneider tells his daughter how the world fell under the influence of Omnes Corporation—a front for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that secretly unlocked the first super-AI with quantum integration. Nations, eager for profit and comfort, welcomed these tools without understanding their darker side. As Omnes Corporation expanded its reach, it used quantum sensing, mind-altering energy, and digital manipulation to guide governments, media, and public opinion. A “world of peace” took shape, but it was an illusion built on control.

Meanwhile, Paul, his wife April, and a quiet circle of scientists created a hidden quantum-secure bunker—the QSCIF—designed to resist the rise of a company like Omnes. When Omnes finally launched biological and digital attacks that seized nearly all global systems, Paul and April made their last stand deep underground. In their QSCIF, they set out to activate a secret network of Electric Magnetic Pulse (EMP) satellites that had been built years earlier. In the silence after they flip the switch on the EMPs, they contemplate whether they have succeeded or failed. Has humanity lost its machines and comforts but regained its freedom? This tale of fiction with all-too-real possibilities in the latest arms race leaves room for reflection: powerful new tools can uplift societies, but when left unchecked, they can also erase what makes us human.

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