Is Beyond the Supernatural REALLY the past of Rifts Earth?
Yes and no… Initially, it was stated to be so, citing the “time travel” of Victor Lazlo. However, Palladium now says that the BtS Earth is just a very close parallel dimension to Rifts, not the Rifts universe. However, this leads to problems in other areas (such as his friend, the Chiang Ku dragon, who survived from Lazlo’s disappearance through the coming of the Rifts, without changing worlds). The two universes SHOULD still be treated as one and the same, unless you wish to incorporate elements that would be foreign to a BtS world into your Rifts game, such as a past with super beings BEFORE the rifts. The following theory, however, could explain BtS being both the past AND not the past of Rifts Earth, at the same time (no, I’m not losing my mind – just read it). Theory: E Uno Pluribum; E Pluribus Unum. In the beginning, there was but one Earth in the megaversal location where Rifts Earth now sits. This Earth existed in, evolved, and reached a high level of development in the use o
