The title is in reference to humans waking up, realizing that we are not alone. The age of deafness is all of human history before the POD, before we could truly hear. What If as soon as humans had the means for wireless communication someone called us up? Its an interesting time, industrialists salivate at the promises made, theologians announce the devils arrival in our solar system, secret alliances are made, and the "civilized" world has been given a mandate from the stars, they need resources, so colonization and colonialism have been rapidly expanding even more so than in our timeline.
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