New Reality Seeds

[ericthered]

From a different thread:

... rescuing napolean from St. Helena...

Originally Posted by johndallman

The Chileans thought about this on Homeline. They were getting well-organised by 1820, with a decent quality small navy and the British guard force had been reduced. They were pretty sure they could extract him by force.

They wanted him so that they could conquer and rule South America. There were a couple of problems:

• This was going to annoy the British quite a lot. Was it worth war with them?
• Can we control him, or will we end up with him in charge? He's better at empires than us.

As it happened, he died while they were still thinking about it. Infinity doesn't have to worry about the first problem, but the second is definitely an issue.

That's probably a fun little alternate right there: were the Chileans grab napoleon and he gets a career in South America.

what happens next? Do the British invade in response? Does he unite south America? Does he die of Stomach Cancer? Does he simply return to France again and get executed this time? All of this can make for a different world.