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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 6:30:34 GMT
Excerpts from the memoirs of Lubomir Nikolayevich Rybalkin, published 1975
After the exposition in 1928 Stalin had commanded us to make ever more superhumans, deliberately. That was one part of the plan; the other part of the plan was to bombard the people with propaganda to speed up memetosynthesis of Soviet heroes. We had those from the Civil War, but we would need far more, and Stalin knew it.
[...]
We created those with abilities beyond normal human ability. We created a class of superhumans designed for command, with powers of persuasion that bordered on mind control. We created another for taking down infantry, and another for tanks, and flying ones for aircraft.
[...]
The first great test of the new crop was at Lake Khasan during the border wars we had with the Japanese in the 1930s. It was Kliment Voroshilov himself who ordered the deployment of this new creation. Their commander was an enhanced young man from Leningrad who we called Comrade Nikolai, who was modified to take control of whole squads of men.
[...]
Comrade Nikolai was good at his job. The Japanese did not bother us again. He would serve proudly in the Great Patriotic War and in successive conflicts, whether the Kremlin was right to get involved in them or not.
[...]
It was after the smashing success of the superhuman program at Lake Khasan that Stalin ordered me to undertake what was easily the most ambitious project I have ever done; I'm surprised it work. One day he had sent me a very important package, one that was sacred in its importance and vital that it be brought to superhuman status. He knew that I could reanimate the dead to some degree (at great cost, but less than enhancing the living in certain ways), and he wanted to reanimate a corpse, and not just any corpse. He wanted this corpse to have the ability of the natural and deliberately designed living superhumans, and the ideological power of the memetosynthetes.
It was the order that had Vladimir Lenin rise from the grave and become the foremost superhuman at the disposal of the Soviet Union.
[...]
That fateful night we had the old leader's corpse in a glass casket, wires poking into him at several junctions. All the injections had been made, and all the injections had been made through painstaking experimentation with other corpses. It seemed like it could work.
Shermanov [his assistant] pulled the lever, and the electricity began flowing. The light was tremendous; thankfully we had goggles on. Then there was darkness. Lenin began to rumble. His eyes opened.
We waited with apprehension.
He tried to stand up but was constrained by the glass. Seeing this, his hand curled into a fist and smashed the glass. He stood, and let out a roar of "Must crush capitalism!" We could tell he needed some fine-tuning with language and related cognitive functions, but Lenin was with us.
Shermanov stood there in awe. He gasped, "Who knows what nightmares we have created?"
[...]
The great misunderstanding in the West, or so is my impression, is that the Nazis had a superhuman program that would have borne fruit had Hitler not been such an incompetent fool when it came to military strategy. There was no such thing, no matter what television or science fiction would tell you, for the Nazis had no superhuman program. Hitler thought the very idea was against Aryan purity and inherently dangerous to the Nazi state. Himmler apparently thought differently, but that was not enough to persuade the Fuhrer, and so all Germans or inhabitants of occupied areas exhibiting superhuman ability were sent to the death camps. It would be fatal to them.
[...]
Another misconception prevalent in the United States in particular is that they had the most advanced superhuman program during the war. This is nonsense (and that is being polite); the Americans, I can tell, like being on top of everyone and the best at everything. The truth is that the Soviet Union had far and away the single most advanced superhuman program during the war, and maintained their lead well past a decade after the war. The American program was started during the war inspired by Soviet victories by the likes of Lenin or Comrade Nikolai or Comrade Lavrenti or any of the others. At their best they operated about ten heroes during the war, as compared to the hundreds available to the Soviet Union. The British had a few, as did the French and the Chinese Communists (the Kuomintang was far too superstitious to try such a thing - that is why the Communists still rule China). I also suspect Simo Hayha in Finland was one but that is not confirmed.
[...]
They served proudly. There is a reason why the image of Lenin on the Reichstag flying the red flag is such an iconic image. It was the work of the Soviet Union, and its scientists, that brought the first real superhuman program to such success. It was Soviet superhumans who won the war in Europe, Western arrogance be damned.
[...]
Contrary to popular belief the Politburo did not tell me everything; a lot of things, but not everything. I was as surprised as anyone else when the Americans dropped their bombs on Japan and set the sky aflame. It was then it dawned upon me that the rest of the century would be a massive arms race between our superhumans and their atomic bombs.
It would be a lot more complicated then that.
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Post by lordroel on May 30, 2017 16:21:47 GMT
Excerpts from the memoirs of Lubomir Nikolayevich Rybalkin, published 1975 After the exposition in 1923 Stalin had commanded us to make ever more superhumans, deliberately. That was one part of the plan; the other part of the plan was to bombard the people with propaganda to speed up memetosynthesis of Soviet heroes. We had those from the Civil War, but we would need far more, and Stalin knew it. [...] We created those with abilities beyond normal human ability. We created a class of superhumans designed for command, with powers of persuasion that bordered on mind control. We created another for taking down infantry, and another for tanks, and flying ones for aircraft. [...] The first great test of the new crop was at Lake Khasan during the border wars we had with the Japanese in the 1930s. It was Kliment Voroshilov himself who ordered the deployment of this new creation. Their commander was an enhanced young man from Leningrad who we called Comrade Nikolai, who was modified to take control of whole squads of men. [...] Comrade Nikolai was good at his job. The Japanese did not bother us again. He would serve proudly in the Great Patriotic War and in successive conflicts, whether the Kremlin was right to get involved in them or not. [...] It was after the smashing success of the superhuman program at Lake Khasan that Stalin ordered me to undertake what was easily the most ambitious project I have ever done; I'm surprised it work. One day he had sent me a very important package, one that was sacred in its importance and vital that it be brought to superhuman status. He knew that I could reanimate the dead to some degree (at great cost, but less than enhancing the living in certain ways), and he wanted to reanimate a corpse, and not just any corpse. He wanted this corpse to have the ability of the natural and deliberately designed living superhumans, and the ideological power of the memetosynthetes. It was the order that had Vladimir Lenin rise from the grave and become the foremost superhuman at the disposal of the Soviet Union. [...] That fateful night we had the old leader's corpse in a glass casket, wires poking into him at several junctions. All the injections had been made, and all the injections had been made through painstaking experimentation with other corpses. It seemed like it could work. Shermanov [his assistant] pulled the lever, and the electricity began flowing. The light was tremendous; thankfully we had goggles on. Then there was darkness. Lenin began to rumble. His eyes opened. We waited with apprehension. He tried to stand up but was constrained by the glass. Seeing this, his hand curled into a fist and smashed the glass. He stood, and let out a roar of "Must crush capitalism!" We could tell he needed some fine-tuning with language and related cognitive functions, but Lenin was with us. Shermanov stood there in awe. He gasped, "Who knows what nightmares we have created?" [...] The great misunderstanding in the West, or so is my impression, is that the Nazis had a superhuman program that would have borne fruit had Hitler not been such an incompetent fool when it came to military strategy. There was no such thing, no matter what television or science fiction would tell you, for the Nazis had no superhuman program. Hitler thought the very idea was against Aryan purity and inherently dangerous to the Nazi state. Himmler apparently thought differently, but that was not enough to persuade the Fuhrer, and so all Germans or inhabitants of occupied areas exhibiting superhuman ability were sent to the death camps. It would be fatal to them. [...] Another misconception prevalent in the United States in particular is that they had the most advanced superhuman program during the war. This is nonsense (and that is being polite); the Americans, I can tell, like being on top of everyone and the best at everything. The truth is that the Soviet Union had far and away the single most advanced superhuman program during the war, and maintained their lead well past a decade after the war. The American program was started during the war inspired by Soviet victories by the likes of Lenin or Comrade Nikolai or Comrade Lavrenti or any of the others. At their best they operated about ten heroes during the war, as compared to the hundreds available to the Soviet Union. The British had a few, as did the French and the Chinese Communists (the Kuomintang was far too superstitious to try such a thing - that is why the Communists still rule China). I also suspect Simo Hayha in Finland was one but that is not confirmed. [...] They served proudly. There is a reason why the image of Lenin on the Reichstag flying the red flag is such an iconic image. It was the work of the Soviet Union, and its scientists, that brought the first real superhuman program to such success. It was Soviet superhumans who won the war in Europe, Western arrogance be damned. [...] Contrary to popular belief the Politburo did not tell me everything; a lot of things, but not everything. I was as surprised as anyone else when the Americans dropped their bombs on Japan and set the sky aflame. It was then it dawned upon me that the rest of the century would be a massive arms race between our superhumans and their atomic bombs. It would be a lot more complicated then that. I was expecting Captain Reich, but it seems that Hitler Aryan pride prevented the Third Reich from having their own super soldiers like the Soviet Union, i do wonder if the British do have their own super soldiers. |
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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 18:12:34 GMT
Excerpts from the memoirs of Lubomir Nikolayevich Rybalkin, published 1975 After the exposition in 1923 Stalin had commanded us to make ever more superhumans, deliberately. That was one part of the plan; the other part of the plan was to bombard the people with propaganda to speed up memetosynthesis of Soviet heroes. We had those from the Civil War, but we would need far more, and Stalin knew it. [...] We created those with abilities beyond normal human ability. We created a class of superhumans designed for command, with powers of persuasion that bordered on mind control. We created another for taking down infantry, and another for tanks, and flying ones for aircraft. [...] The first great test of the new crop was at Lake Khasan during the border wars we had with the Japanese in the 1930s. It was Kliment Voroshilov himself who ordered the deployment of this new creation. Their commander was an enhanced young man from Leningrad who we called Comrade Nikolai, who was modified to take control of whole squads of men. [...] Comrade Nikolai was good at his job. The Japanese did not bother us again. He would serve proudly in the Great Patriotic War and in successive conflicts, whether the Kremlin was right to get involved in them or not. [...] It was after the smashing success of the superhuman program at Lake Khasan that Stalin ordered me to undertake what was easily the most ambitious project I have ever done; I'm surprised it work. One day he had sent me a very important package, one that was sacred in its importance and vital that it be brought to superhuman status. He knew that I could reanimate the dead to some degree (at great cost, but less than enhancing the living in certain ways), and he wanted to reanimate a corpse, and not just any corpse. He wanted this corpse to have the ability of the natural and deliberately designed living superhumans, and the ideological power of the memetosynthetes. It was the order that had Vladimir Lenin rise from the grave and become the foremost superhuman at the disposal of the Soviet Union. [...] That fateful night we had the old leader's corpse in a glass casket, wires poking into him at several junctions. All the injections had been made, and all the injections had been made through painstaking experimentation with other corpses. It seemed like it could work. Shermanov [his assistant] pulled the lever, and the electricity began flowing. The light was tremendous; thankfully we had goggles on. Then there was darkness. Lenin began to rumble. His eyes opened. We waited with apprehension. He tried to stand up but was constrained by the glass. Seeing this, his hand curled into a fist and smashed the glass. He stood, and let out a roar of "Must crush capitalism!" We could tell he needed some fine-tuning with language and related cognitive functions, but Lenin was with us. Shermanov stood there in awe. He gasped, "Who knows what nightmares we have created?" [...] The great misunderstanding in the West, or so is my impression, is that the Nazis had a superhuman program that would have borne fruit had Hitler not been such an incompetent fool when it came to military strategy. There was no such thing, no matter what television or science fiction would tell you, for the Nazis had no superhuman program. Hitler thought the very idea was against Aryan purity and inherently dangerous to the Nazi state. Himmler apparently thought differently, but that was not enough to persuade the Fuhrer, and so all Germans or inhabitants of occupied areas exhibiting superhuman ability were sent to the death camps. It would be fatal to them. [...] Another misconception prevalent in the United States in particular is that they had the most advanced superhuman program during the war. This is nonsense (and that is being polite); the Americans, I can tell, like being on top of everyone and the best at everything. The truth is that the Soviet Union had far and away the single most advanced superhuman program during the war, and maintained their lead well past a decade after the war. The American program was started during the war inspired by Soviet victories by the likes of Lenin or Comrade Nikolai or Comrade Lavrenti or any of the others. At their best they operated about ten heroes during the war, as compared to the hundreds available to the Soviet Union. The British had a few, as did the French and the Chinese Communists (the Kuomintang was far too superstitious to try such a thing - that is why the Communists still rule China). I also suspect Simo Hayha in Finland was one but that is not confirmed. [...] They served proudly. There is a reason why the image of Lenin on the Reichstag flying the red flag is such an iconic image. It was the work of the Soviet Union, and its scientists, that brought the first real superhuman program to such success. It was Soviet superhumans who won the war in Europe, Western arrogance be damned. [...] Contrary to popular belief the Politburo did not tell me everything; a lot of things, but not everything. I was as surprised as anyone else when the Americans dropped their bombs on Japan and set the sky aflame. It was then it dawned upon me that the rest of the century would be a massive arms race between our superhumans and their atomic bombs. It would be a lot more complicated then that. I was expecting Captain Reich, but it seems that Hitler Aryan pride prevented the Third Reich from having their own super soldiers like the Soviet Union, i do wonder if the British do have their own super soldiers. During WWII they had a few, but nothing that could compare to the Soviet program. Later in the century they had a full-fledged program. |
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Post by lordroel on May 30, 2017 18:13:31 GMT
I was expecting Captain Reich, but it seems that Hitler Aryan pride prevented the Third Reich from having their own super soldiers like the Soviet Union, i do wonder if the British do have their own super soldiers. During WWII they had a few, but nothing that could compare to the Soviet program. Later in the century they had a full-fledged program. You mean the West Germans had their own program. |
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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 18:16:08 GMT
During WWII they had a few, but nothing that could compare to the Soviet program. Later in the century they had a full-fledged program. You mean the West Germans had their own program. Most countries in both NATO and the Warsaw Pact did to varying degrees. |
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Post by lordroel on May 30, 2017 18:20:17 GMT
You mean the West Germans had their own program. Most countries in both NATO and the Warsaw Pact did to varying degrees. Now i am thinking of Captain Orange, hero of the Netherlands. |
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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 18:27:13 GMT
Most countries in both NATO and the Warsaw Pact did to varying degrees. Now i am thinking of Captain Orange, hero of the Netherlands. The Dutch have a few, yes. |
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Post by lordroel on May 30, 2017 18:29:13 GMT
Now i am thinking of Captain Orange, hero of the Netherlands. The Dutch have a few, yes. But fewer than the big five (USA,France,China,UK and the Soviet Union) i would think. |
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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 18:30:21 GMT
The Dutch have a few, yes. But fewer than the big five (USA,France,China,UK and the Soviet Union) i would think. Of course. During the Cold War the largest were the Soviet Union and the United States (the order of which changed during the several decades in which it took place) followed by China, then the UK and France. India had a fair amount as well, as did other countries. |
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Post by lordroel on May 30, 2017 18:35:52 GMT
But fewer than the big five (USA,France,China,UK and the Soviet Union) i would think. Of course. During the Cold War the largest were the Soviet Union and the United States (the order of which changed during the several decades in which it took place) followed by China, then the UK and France. India had a fair amount as well, as did other countries. China could become a very big power due their large population. |
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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 18:50:32 GMT
Of course. During the Cold War the largest were the Soviet Union and the United States (the order of which changed during the several decades in which it took place) followed by China, then the UK and France. India had a fair amount as well, as did other countries. China could become a very big power due their large population. No doubt, once they deal with the Great Leap Forward and all that. |
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Post by lordroel on May 30, 2017 18:54:05 GMT
China could become a very big power due their large population. No doubt, once they deal with the Great Leap Forward and all that. I would assume that during the Cultural Revolution in China many of those who have powers are attacked and killed for various reasons. |
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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 19:01:21 GMT
No doubt, once they deal with the Great Leap Forward and all that. I would assume that during the Cultural Revolution in China many of those who have powers are attacked and killed for various reasons. I'll go into detail about China sometime in the future. |
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Post by lordroel on May 30, 2017 19:01:57 GMT
I would assume that during the Cultural Revolution in China many of those who have powers are attacked and killed for various reasons. I'll go into detail about China sometime in the future. Okay, than i only can say, keep up the good work. |
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Post by spanishspy on May 30, 2017 19:26:00 GMT
I'll go into detail about China sometime in the future. Okay, than i only can say, keep up the good work. Thank you very much; I have some more Cold War stuff planned. Any requests as per topic, on anything in the TL? |
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