Neutron (Quantum 6)

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Originally Posted by Moe Lane

I hadn't contemplated a quantum shift when originally writing this, but I don't mind. :) I do suggest that such a shift could come from a faction trying to escape Reich-5, and not necessarily for virtuous motives (although even those inclined to virtue in Reich-5 can be reflexively awful). Twenty years is enough time for a new generation of youths ready for a 'stabbed in the back,' Pan-Frankish movement. Or they tried that, only it didn't work right because totalitarians are generally idiots. :)

The problem with it being the action of a group trying to escape is Reich-5's knowledge of quantum shifts is very limited. At best they "know":

1) Quantum shifts happen to realities in Quantum 6; but they are in Quantum 3
2) Quantum shifts are (supposedly) limited to worlds that echo Homeline's history. Parallels whose history diverged long ago don't seem to shift.
3) Some organization called Interworld from a reality called Centrum has knowledge on how to intentionally shift a reality's quantum. Homeline at best has a vague understanding on how to shift them back.
4) Centrum is so far away that Homeline can't reach them and Reich-5 is just on the edge of Homeline's range in the opposite direction so they aren't getting information from any possible Centrum agents.

It would be more likely that any quantum shift was an accident.

As for the rest remember that Nazism was just one of many political organizations in what was still a largely intact Germany. Based on the description there aren't many (if any) intact nations in Europe. This means there isn't the national/cultural identify needed for something like Naziism to come into being.

Nazism was such a gonzo blending of the left and the right that it is a wonder it got any traction at all.