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off to a good start...<br>
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>From: lev@rpgreview.net [lev@rpgreview.net]<br>
>Sent: 7/19/2010 2:23:55 PM<br>
>To: krononauts@mimesisrpg.com<br>
>Subject: Re: [Krononauts] new timeline help wanted.<br>
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>> Hi all,<br>
>> I think I need to scrap the comment about the company being about 5x<br>
>> bigger. Also don't forget to send in anything useful or ideas for the<br>
>> new timeline:<br>
>> Fearing an Allied super-weapon after 500 top scientists witnessed a 7.1<br>
>> kiloton explosion inexplicably in the middle of a top secret Nazi base<br>
>> (1942) the Nazi generals assasinate Hitler and surrender to preserve the<br>
>> Fatherland (1943). An early end to WWII in Europe and North Africa. The<br>
>> trick is the allies do not yet have such a weapon, it was sent by time<br>
>> travellers.<br>
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>In chronological order. In early 1943 the Soviets broke the siege of<br>
>Leningrad, won the battle of Stalingrad and captured the German 6th Army.<br>
>At the same time the Poles began the Warsaw ghetto uprising.<br>
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with all this and the threat of the allies super-weapon the Nazi Generals decide to take drastic action. Hitler assasinated and the Generals take over. Surrender follows. <br>
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>Also early in the year The White Rose non-violent/propaganda resistance<br>
>group are captured in Germany and executed. It would make an interesting<br>
>plot line to assume that they were incredibly successful instead. If you<br>
>want to get you could somehow mix that in with Abbie Hoffman's synthesis<br>
>of LSD at roughly the same time and end up with flower power defeating the<br>
>Nazis.... OK, maybe not :)<br>
Executed by the military regeme they become matyrs attacking more people to the cause<br>
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>Shortly after this Afrika Korp surrended to the allies.<br>
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>So it would be in those circumstances that you could end up with a<br>
>conservative, but not belligerent, fascist alliance in Germany, Vichy and<br>
>Gaullist France, Salazar's Portugal, Franco's Spain, Mussolini's Italy<br>
>etc. with Eastern Europe having strongly independent communist regimes in<br>
>Poland, Czechoslavakia, Greece, etc probably as allies of Yugoslavia's<br>
>Tito.<br>
and a surprised Dr Neill in Vichy<br>
who is etc?<br>
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>So the Cold War doesn't quite happen as expected. The Soviet Union remains<br>
>constrained by a group of very independent allies to their west, and<br>
>beyond that conservative regimes, which would last at least until the<br>
>1970s.<br>
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Without a strong Soviet does ascendency of the USA result? <br>
Any thoughts on asia anyone?<br>
what does all this mean to the characters? Think about where you and your ancestors are from. <br>
What about culture and technology?<br>
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How about Wehrner and his 500 odd followers seeking to escape cash strapped Germany and pursue the moon still defect to the USA? ICBMs and a diluted cold war follow but the race for the moon is gone replaced by conservative space development (what most NASA scientists prefered) starting with a space station and working out. Without the extravagance space development is viewed as just another industry by the 1990's so less cultural resistance. With a steady build up of space infrastructure space technology is actually ahead by 2095. say TL10 in space drives and a few other things (hard science).<br>
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