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Old 09-20-2019, 11:35 AM   #4341
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I'm not sure Trotsky would make the best choice for a world with communist friendly North America. The Holodomor would probably happen sooner, albeit in a different firm as Trotsky moves to quash the kulaks, an his theory of permanent revolution would probably hype the first red scare further. Maybe a softer touch member from the Right Opposition could allow Communism to flourish abroad.
I was going for a Trotsky who had gotten more mellow, truly a low order of probability.
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Old 09-20-2019, 11:55 AM   #4342
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Try this one...

After the first colony at Buenos Aires failed, Charles decided that, in spite of what the nobles of Castile said, anyone from his kingdoms could settle there. Large groups of Germans, Italians, Czechs, and Greeks, all settled there. The Greeks later moved to the Northern bank of the Rio de la Plata (Uruguay) and followed a form of Orthodox Rite that recognized the Pope's supremacy. Which got the Inquisition to leave them alone.

The colony grew quickly, with the Germans moving South, the Italians moving West and North, and the Czechs staying put and creating a New Bohemia. Large numbers of Catalans also move into the area.

The local year is 1680. Dobrư Vzduch is a thriving city, polyglot, multi-ethnic, freewheeling, and tolerant. The Crown of Spain doesn't know what to do with their most vital and creative city. It's the Southern anchor of their empire and a nest of pirates. It's a pillar of the church and a haven for heretics. It's learned, mainly out of forbidden books. Law abiding, when it wants to be.

Basically, this is a Swashers Campaign at the end of the Renaissance and the birth of the Enlightenment. Dobrư Vzduch (Good Air in Czech) is a proto-New York in the southern hemisphere with democratic impulses at war with the bureaucrats of the Spanish Crown.
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Old 09-20-2019, 02:00 PM   #4343
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After July...
I had a world where the July 20th plot succeeded - but that was because a UFO had showed up in the skies, taking out any major nuclear project or space rocket program with its destructive ray.

The American government kept the destruction of the Manhattan Project secret, but the Nazis couldn't cover up the UFO destruction of their own. This gave an extra boost to the Valkryie plot (remember the Tom Cruise movie?), who overthrew Hitler. They eventually did agree to an unconditional surrender, but Western troops were further along than in Homeline history. Especially after Stalin died under mysterious circumstances, and the Kremlin power vacuum that followed.

Indeed, Infinity not only worries about the UFO that's still up there, but that the timeline has seen a number of 'judicious deaths', like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Chang Kai-Shek - the kind of deaths a world-jumper or time-traveler would do.



It's the fifties on this world, Taft-9 - named that because the ray seems to share some wave-lengths with Taft radiation. And guess who's Eisenhower's vice-president...
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Old 09-20-2019, 07:50 PM   #4344
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It's the fifties on this world, Taft-9 - named that because the ray seems to share some wave-lengths with Taft radiation. And guess who's Eisenhower's vice-president...
Well, Nixon seems unlikely. If judicious deaths are a thing. So who is veep? Michael Harrington might be nice, but unlikely.

Jonn Jonzz, Manhunter from Mars or Clark Kent might be fun and thematic.
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Old 09-20-2019, 07:54 PM   #4345
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Well, Nixon seems unlikely. If judicious deaths are a thing. So who is veep? Michael Harrington might be nice, but unlikely.

Jonn Jonzz, Manhunter from Mars or Clark Kent might be fun and thematic.
Uh... it's Taft. Because of the worldline name?
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Old 09-21-2019, 11:32 AM   #4346
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Try this one...

This Q3 world both terrifies and intrigues Homeline and the Cabal, and, unknown to the first two, Reich-5 and Merlin. Aliens have made contact!

It started with the Vulcans (I'm using Star Trek Aliens) landing in London. They explained they were from another planetary system, since the local year was 1720 and Newton could explain things to them, the Vulcans were accepted at their word.

The Andorians landed in France. The Tellarites contacted Austria. The Betazeds linked up with Sweden. The Denobulans sent envoys to Spain. The Klingons made contact with the Turks through the Sublime Porte. The Romulans visited the Kermlin and got audiences with the Tsars. The Breen are in China. The Cardassians have conected with the Mughal Emperor of India. Finally, the Feringi have an in with the Shan of Persia.

This world is clearly seen as a dangerous twisted Myth parallel, but the possibility of scamming some sweet tech keeps everybody hooked in.

Meanwhile, the aliens perceive themselves as parts of the 27th century Federation, who've been slammed back in time. Earth seems to have taken the hardest hit. The mysteries of why time was warped is something they are actively after. These folks know Earth History at least they're studying the immediate time period.

The Feds aren't likely to object to Homeline. The Cabal and Merlin will be treated with more suspicion. Reich-5 is likely to be seen as obscene. Note: the Betazeds got Prussia as well as Sweden. Just like the Vulcans got both the UK and the Netherlands. So Reich-5 agents will not be able to hide well.
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Old 09-23-2019, 11:43 AM   #4347
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This World was a Q7 Echo of Homeline in April 20th of 1910. Now it's...

Merlin-10

Someone fouled up their figures because instead of moving this world to Q8 it got dropped to Q3 and now has Normal Manna. Before Comet Halley was sighted No Manna was the norm with only tiny areas of Low Manna a few inches across in Ireland, Tibet, Egypt, and similar places.

Soon after crossing to Q3 and the Manna surge large populations began to change. Large numbers of humans became something else. In Anglophone and Francophone areas large numbers of people became Elves. The Irish, Welsh, and Bretons, had the highest rates of this. Large numbers of African-Americans grew wings and gained the power of living flight (which caused some interesting issues in the Jim Crow South). Many Nordic people also became elves but Trolls were far from uncommon. Soon there were dozens of near human species all over Earth sharing it with humanity. Some, like Orcs, Goblins, and Ghouls were unwelcome everywhere. Society isn't happy with these sudden changes.

Magic is being quickly relearned and slowly codified and analyzed. New sharp young mages are slowly but surely displacing the Crowleys and similar romantic eccentrics.

The Cabal finds this world unprofitable. Magic is out in the open and their knowledge of the Decans isn't the overwhelming advantage it is on Low Manna worlds. Homeline simply wants to scam some mystic lore and figure out what went wrong for Centrum. Centrum Agents just want to get to someplace they can get home from without Homelinrs sending them to Coventry.
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This World was a Q7 Echo of Homeline in April 20th of 1910. Now it's...

Merlin-10
I should have said that Centrum people trying to get home is the most epic game here. Closely followed by Homeline people tracking them down.
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Old 09-24-2019, 04:46 PM   #4349
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I should have said that Centrum people trying to get home is the most epic game here. Closely followed by Homeline people tracking them down.
The reverse, a timeline shifted up to Q8 or 9 could be interesting, as Infinity agents try to get home. For that matter, a freak accident sending them to Q9 might be even more fun. Centrum doesn't know they are there, or even could be there. Do they try to get home as efficiently as possible? Or do they try to leave chaos in their wake?
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Old 09-27-2019, 11:23 AM   #4350
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This world seems like a normal Q6 Parallel to Homeline (local date June 1971). It fails to be an Echo because Humphrey beat Nixon a few years ago and Humphrey and de Gaulle are politely discussing modifications to the Breton Woods System. Which all looks like a world going in a strongly left-wing Social Democratic direction. Also, the Manson Family doesn't seem to exist on this world. Charles Manson himself seems to be a fairly creepy but talented songwriter associated with a cult in Southern California. Other than the cult not existing on any parallels known to Homeline it seems like a fairly typical cult for the time and place. The simple fact the local Cabal agents give the cult a wide berth and spy on it as they can is a warning signal of a sort.

What the PCs shouldn't know is that the cult is backed by world jumpers (once again one of my pet tropes, World Jumpers who think they're time travelers. These World Jumpers are a groups of about fifty survivors of a final war in a setting largely like Transhuman Space. They traveled back in time (or so they think) to prevent their future. They use telepathy to make Nixon melt down psychologically in the 1968 election (he simply went catatonic in mid-October 1968 Johnson's went forward without a hitch) and they've worked to persuade de Gaulle to bring his issues to Humphrey rather than wreck the Breton Woods System Unilaterally. Mason was an easy capture for them, they've simply channeled his energies to non-destructive ends. Tate's Husband they found had been doing vile things he was never caught doing in most worlds, so they arranged a car wreck for him.

This group of World-Jumpers is planing to transform humanity into something different. They see transhumanism as the only future for life. They are totally committed to their goals. Although they are basically good people, with generous motives, they believe that anything is more merciful than the future they seek to replace. So as pleasant as they seem, they will kill without the slightest qualm.

The real threat here form Homeline is the simple fact that they don't know they are up against telepaths. The secret could be out long before anyone knew it. These World-Jumpers could easily become a brutal threat or strange allies. It depends on how the PCs deal with them.
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