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Old 04-08-2021, 03:48 PM   #5481
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As I envisaged it, Japan buys it for a pittance from a Spain that has been struggling to suppress the rebels there for 20 years and the fact that the Japan as to then fight to keep it distracts them from starting anything new in China.
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Old 04-09-2021, 07:56 AM   #5482
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Try this one...

Tripart World

On this Q6 world the Spanish Flu came early. The armies of both the Entente and Central powers were shattered by the flu. World War I ended in stalemate.
Centrum is backing the Anglo-German alliance and has given sex specific contraceptives' to the Royal families of both Germany and Britain. The Winsors are running to boys and the Hohenzollern are producing only girls. Centrum wants dynastic marriages to seal the alliance permanently. They mean to aid the Anglo-Germans to wipe out the Japanese and then seek ways to destroy America from within.

The Cabal likes this America. The economic disruptions that nearly wiped out fraternal organizations on Homeline never happened here. Thus this USA is a perfect hunting ground for new recruits. Add to that the large numbers of Chinese refugees in this America, and the mystic lore they brought, the Cabal loves this America.

Homeline simply wants peace and to prevent a complete Centrum take over.

Basically, a spy game set in the royal courts of Europe mainly. Be sure to over use airships.
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Old 04-09-2021, 08:55 AM   #5483
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Centrum is backing the Anglo-German alliance and has given sex specific contraceptives' to the Royal families of both Germany and Britain. The Winsors are running to boys and the Hohenzollern are producing only girls.
They're doomed then. The Prussian constitution (and hence the German Imperial crown) and basically all German tradition require male line heirs. In the unlikely event the entire House of Brandenberg goes extinct in the male line, then by a 1614 agreement their property is supposed to split equally between Saxony and Hesse, which likely means a civil war for the Imperial title. It's not going to pass through a daughter. For this plot to work at all, you need to switch the genders on those contraceptives. Of course this means the Germans inherit England (again) rather than vice versa, which Centrum may not like, but that's how these sorts of things go.
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Old 04-09-2021, 12:26 PM   #5484
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Be sure to over use airships.
This thing is not possible to do. >_0
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Old 04-09-2021, 02:10 PM   #5485
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This thing is not possible to do. >_0
I dunno, maybe if you have an airship so large you need smaller airships that work like buses to get around, each with their own smaller model airships that show the state of the airship bus network, all while people use tiny remote controlled airships to take pictures. That might be too many airships.
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Old 04-09-2021, 04:37 PM   #5486
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They're doomed then. The Prussian constitution (and hence the German Imperial crown) and basically all German tradition require male line heirs. In the unlikely event the entire House of Brandenberg goes extinct in the male line, then by a 1614 agreement their property is supposed to split equally between Saxony and Hesse, which likely means a civil war for the Imperial title. It's not going to pass through a daughter. For this plot to work at all, you need to switch the genders on those contraceptives. Of course this means the Germans inherit England (again) rather than vice versa, which Centrum may not like, but that's how these sorts of things go.
Well, it wouldn't be the first time Centrum's lack of understanding of other cultures bit them in the fundament.
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Old 04-09-2021, 06:07 PM   #5487
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They're doomed then. The Prussian constitution (and hence the German Imperial crown) and basically all German tradition require male line heirs. In the unlikely event the entire House of Brandenberg goes extinct in the male line, then by a 1614 agreement their property is supposed to split equally between Saxony and Hesse, which likely means a civil war for the Imperial title. It's not going to pass through a daughter. For this plot to work at all, you need to switch the genders on those contraceptives. Of course this means the Germans inherit England (again) rather than vice versa, which Centrum may not like, but that's how these sorts of things go.
Okay, Britain will still be fairly dominant. And they've made room for foreign aristocraties before.
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Old 04-09-2021, 07:41 PM   #5488
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They're doomed then. The Prussian constitution (and hence the German Imperial crown) and basically all German tradition require male line heirs. In the unlikely event the entire House of Brandenberg goes extinct in the male line, then by a 1614 agreement their property is supposed to split equally between Saxony and Hesse, which likely means a civil war for the Imperial title. It's not going to pass through a daughter. For this plot to work at all, you need to switch the genders on those contraceptives. Of course this means the Germans inherit England (again) rather than vice versa, which Centrum may not like, but that's how these sorts of things go.
Perhaps, but not guaranteed, people can suddenly become very willing to change such things when push comes to shove.
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Old 04-15-2021, 09:13 AM   #5489
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How about Astro Boy not taking off, and Japan never really gaining a foothold in the modern pop culture scene?
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How about Astro Boy not taking off, and Japan never really gaining a foothold in the modern pop culture scene?
Godzilla made Japan a force in Western pop culture. There was a Bond film that introduced ninjas to Western pop culture, and it was also before Astro Boy. Speed Racer was a bigger hit in the time period. You'd need to thwart the Menji Restoration to keep Japan out of Western pop culture.
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