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Old 02-26-2010, 09:20 PM   #21
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Bell, The (Die Glocke)- A top secret Nazi technological device of unknown purpose

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Ratlines- Escape routes for Nazis fleeing Europe at the end of the war

Red Mercury- mythical substance purported to fuel Die Glocke

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Spider, The (Der Spinne)- Post-war Nazi organization founded by Otto Skorzeny

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Vaimanika Shastra- A Sanskrit text on aeronautics tied to various ancient astronaut theories

Vienna Circle, The- An occult neo-Nazi group founded in Vienna in the early 50s

Vimana- mythological flying machines described in the Sanskrit epics
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Old 02-26-2010, 09:33 PM   #22
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Borobudur: Thousand-year old Buddhist site on Java.
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:12 PM   #23
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I set up a parallel thread where people could post potential sources and other inspirational material for the genre.
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:36 PM   #24
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S: Scapa Flow. The German High Seas Fleet of the Great War scuttled itself there.

N: Necromancy, used to revive the High Seas Fleet for a dastartly attack on the Royal Navy--from beneath the sea
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:45 PM   #25
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S: Scapa Flow. The German High Seas Fleet of the Great War scuttled itself there.

N: Necromancy, used to revive the High Seas Fleet for a dastartly attack on the Royal Navy--from beneath the sea
Katherine Kurtz did a moderately good job of executing this with a Nazi submarine in Dagger Magic.
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Old 02-27-2010, 06:07 PM   #26
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A few more technology entry suggestions

S: Sanger antipodal bomber

Z: Zuse Z3 a fully programmable electro-mechanical digital computer.

--Figured I should add something since I'm one of those who (should have been) involved in the Lexicon game referenced in the first post.
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Old 02-28-2010, 01:20 AM   #27
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A few more technology entry suggestions

S: Sanger antipodal bomber

Z: Zuse Z3 a fully programmable electro-mechanical digital computer.

--Figured I should add something since I'm one of those who (should have been) involved in the Lexicon game referenced in the first post.
The Nazis definitely toyed around with some interesting technology. When I get this correlated we should have a whole pile of interesting McGuffins.
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Old 02-28-2010, 02:23 AM   #28
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Unit 731: Japanese bioweapon research project
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Old 02-28-2010, 10:49 PM   #29
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Panzer VIII Maus- German experimental super heavy tank

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Rastafarians- The guardians of the Ark of the Covenant?

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Wunderwaffen- Nazi secret weapons
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:14 AM   #30
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