09-03-2014, 06:03 AM | #461 | |
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Meanwhile, might american mass produced missles pound key targets in Germany collapsing their ecconomy early and shaving ten or more months off the war?
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09-03-2014, 06:06 AM | #462 | |
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09-03-2014, 10:12 AM | #463 | |
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"European Brotherhood of Liberty'' has much the same creepy tone as ''People's Democratic Republic.'' Is it part of a proper name, or just a slogan used by the Eurocrats? I'm a bit confused by the ''more conservative mode'' line. Some of the former Chinese colonies are moving into a more conservative mode? Is this bringing them into sharper conflict with the imperialist Europeans? Is it that in order to end the chaos, the Chinese colonists in some places have accepted European domination? Or is it that the Europeans are entering the Bonapartist phase, and some general may soon proclaim himself First Citizen, Protector of the People, or what've have you--- and rule as an autocrat? The Ottoman, Egyptian, Brazilian, and Amaru stuff is all nice. It provides contrast and competition to the Europeans. |
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09-03-2014, 02:18 PM | #464 | ||
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Europe is united. Not just culturally, but politically. The brotherhood of liberty is at least as strong as the Modern EU, and probably stronger. The French Revolution happened, but the English lacked their colonies and Austria simply didn't exist. The French rearranged the map, conquered half of Europe and forced the rest of it to be allies, and set up a governing body. Europe is picking up empires rather than releasing them. Yes, they have the eastern half the our US, but its populated by Europeans (french, dutch, english, sweedish). At the TL europe is historically releasing colonies, not picking them up. And associated with that is the rise of colonial attitudes and a nasty streak of racism. Europe has meaningful rivals: The Ottomans are much healthier than historically, and while China is falling, it isn't down yet. Finally, I find this world much less euro-centric that others. China has left a much larger mark on the world, and I would argue that this world has two cultural poles, one in the east, and one in the west. The european colonial period is much smaller and restrained, replaced by an Asian one. ---------------------------------------------------- As for the purpose of this world: I admit its an experiment. I rolled it up using a variant on the table in IW and found myself with the following result: TL6 Western (Empire+Satalite States, Representative Democracy) Chinese (MultiPolar, 5 states, Feudal) Andean (Empire, Dictatorship) Islamic (Bipolar, Clan/tribal) I then asked myself what would create such a change, and went from there. I would use this world in a few ways. First and foremost is as a background world. It's not campaign disrupting, yet its a far parallel that lacks the monotony of an echo or a world where only one change was made. Secondly in an actual adventure its a great place to have a war, or to explore colonialism. And its a very ripe for manipulation by either Centrum or Homeline, as they are on a fulcrum of their own history. Quote:
The Conservative bent is happening in Europe. When I rolled* up recent historical events for europe, It included a suppression of intellectuals, while the Islamic world included a political consolidation of intellectuals-- obviously there is something going on there. I just haven't worked it out yet. The bonaparte stage is certainly one possibly -- though I'm seeing more of crushing of opposition, a limiting of the topic that can legally be discussed, or even just an empire-wide cut in funding or prestige for anyone who isn't doing something 'useful', like growing crops, or designing bridges. I'm quite open to suggestions here. Thanks for the input everybody! *Built a simple computer program to bring it up for me quickly and randomly. Its from the Fantasy World-building pyramid. I really like having the look up tables automated. The full results are below (thought things like floods and dragons have been pruned)
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The names of the chineese capitals are:
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09-03-2014, 03:01 PM | #465 |
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Sorry ericthered, I didn't mean to come off so negative. I'm glad to see the timeline fleshed out a bit more though :)
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09-03-2014, 03:17 PM | #466 | |
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09-03-2014, 04:00 PM | #467 | |
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The Germans Army's reason for doing it was that the Treaty of Versailles forbade them to have long-range artillery, but said nothing about rockets. They also had money, because re-armament was a consensus position in Germany even before the Nazi takeover. Developing the V-2 took a long time and a lot of money: it developed an entire field of engineering a long way, rapidly. But the V-2 still took seven years, 1937-1944, to go from a specification to a weapon in production. The US Army wouldn't start that until 1940, which means it's unlikely to be ready before the war ends by other means. And taking the V-2 project out of the budget probably strengthens Nazi Germany. It was a very poor value for money weapon. |
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09-03-2014, 05:33 PM | #468 |
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WORK IN PROGRESS...
Romanov 9 POD 1904 A.D. Current Year 1956 A.D. TL 7 POD: Jacob Schiff dies after being run over by a horse cart while walking down Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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Now, 1956 TL 7 Major power blocs: Multipolar • Russian Empire (Orthodox, dictatorship, CR 3) • United States of America (Western, rep. democracy (oligarchy), CR 4-- CR 5 for locals not affiliated with gov't in some occupied zones of the South) • France (Western, dictatorship, CR 4) • British Commonwealth (Western, democracy, CR 3) • Korea (Korean, democracy, CR 3) Current events USA Three way low intensity conflict in Dixie pits the PPP(Populist-Progressive Party)/government against racialists and pro-democracy reformers (the rebels also take shots at each other, unable to form an alliance because the pro-democracy faction includes black members) Russian-US relations have soured since the joint victory over the Axis. Notes on Romanov 9 I use Romanov as the designator for timelines in which the Romanovs remain on the throne past 1917/1918. This timeline remains very much a work in progress. For adventures, I'm thinking in particular of spy games and brushfire wars:
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09-03-2014, 07:01 PM | #469 |
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No worries, it helped me clear up the communication of the idea, both its goals and execution.
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09-04-2014, 03:19 PM | #470 |
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Jem-1
Current year 2010 AD. TL 8+ • Advanced/alternate communications, sensors, media TL 9/10 • Emergent AI tech, Eidolons • Emergent TL 9 medical cyberware • Cheap and efficient solar cell tech, power balloons The POD remains murky, but scientific developments diverge in small ways in the 1920s. By the late 60s, this really starts to show in R&D in the USA. The USA developed very advanced holography, electronic warfare devices, propaganda techniques, and so on during the latter part of the Cold War. Using this powerful technical edge, the Americans subverted the USSR and Red China, and dealt a punishing military defeat to the former. By the end of the millennium, the USA and its principal allies, Australia and Japan, stood as the world’s strongest powers. Communism had been so badly whipped that the Cuban navy surrendered to a cruise liner. Russia and China both went through coups, revolutions, and reforms. Many Infinity observers have remarked that the globalizing pop culture of this timeline looks “1980-ish.” Solar power has helped reduced the use of fossil fuels. It has also reduced the economic might of several countries, including Canada, Russia, Iran, and the Gulf States. NAIs have improved productivity and efficiency in many industries. The SMOM have begun work going all around the world and fitting the disabled poor with basic model prosthetic limbs, replacement eyes, and so on. State and corporate funding support the effort. major powers: USA Japan Australia Last edited by combatmedic; 09-04-2014 at 03:23 PM. |
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