The Corridor

"The Corridor" is the name given by Hiltstorians to the sequence of events that began HILT.

Earth Prime
In 2018, a group of four men were brought out of retirement for a special assignment. A well known thief, Francois le Visage de Furet, stole a highly experimental and unstable time travel device known as The Corridor. Being inexperienced with such technology, he was unable to control it and thus was hurled randomly throughout time.

To prevent any difficult situations (such as Francois mucking up the timeline and rewriting history), the four men were given the second Corridor device and sent in pursuit of Francois. Their first stop landed them in what seemed to be a Wild West town, where they quickly recruited a local man named Morty to help them locate and apprehend Francois. Just as they found him, he jumped through time again.

Continuing the pursuit led them to a cave in prehistoric times, where some of the men tried wooing the cavewomen, and others were assaulted by sabertooth tigers. Morty died tragically.

HILT
The next jump brought an unexpected development. After considering their surroundings, it became clear they were no longer in their universe, but rather a parallel universe, which later became known as HILT.

Placed firmly on the border between two nations - later named Shanducha and Los Lobos - they inadvertently restarted an ages old conflict between the two nations when one of their number, PG Copper, joined up with Los Lobos and attacked his three former teammates. Shanducha contributed forces and soon the battle was won. But barely.

The three men then captured Francois and his Corridor device. They decided together to bury their Corridor devices in a secluded spot and make new lives in Shanducha.

To this day, two Corridor devices remain. Somewhere. Possibly to be rediscovered and used again.