9:50 a.m.
October 10 , 2119 New San Francisco Today , at precisely 9:50 a.m. , Kyle became First Imperator of Terra . His coup was so fantastically direct and facile that I am almost tempted to believe that old cliche `` the time was right . '' Well , however badly it can be expressed , I suppose the world _ was _ ripe for this sort of thing . I can remember when much the same used to happen in elections .