PA:VT has definitely and obviously departed the canonical timeline.

El Capitane, Bert, Badass Badass-Moustache, et al, have, in the process
of recovering from The Goofy Holler, found a way for the just-renamed
Terran Confederation to break out of its current pocket at its current TTL.

Something something... LEO-NARD! BERN-STEIN!

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