Time Tours, Ltd.

“If it’s Tuesday, this must be 1066.”
Time Tours is by far the best known
of the “independent” companies using
parachronic technology. Its business is
sending groups of tourists on exciting
expeditions into parallel timelines.
The goal is not always pure sightsee-
ing: one popular trip is the Dinosaur
Safari, the ultimate challenge for
hunters looking for really big game.
The Patrol runs an official “customs
check” when each tour returns, but
unless the outtime world is known to
contain some specific danger, this is
mostly a formality.
Working for Time Tours can be
challenging. Employees must organ-
ize, equip, and lead expeditions to
many different timelines. The job
includes keeping the tourists out of
trouble . . . tourists who all too often
can’t manage the clothing or the lan-
guage, and who will walk right into
the Charge of the Light Brigade to get
a good snapshot for the folks back
home. As a result, Time Tours reserves
the right to do whatever is needed – up
to and including aborting the trip with
no refund – to prevent “cultural con-
tamination,” or to correct it once it
has occurred.