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Post by simon darkshade on Jun 7, 2021 14:47:34 GMT
I'd think that, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, they would still migrate. New Zealand is a rather attractive, wealthy destination and relatively far away from any major areas of conflict in the 1950s.
In the late 1960s, there are several flashpoint areas - South East Asia and Central Africa being the most prominent, but South America is brewing up. Balanced against this is the absence of the Indo-Pakistani issue on the Indian Subcontinent, the lack of the same war in the Middle East and a stable united Korea. In the case of SE Asia, the Soviets are fairly set on not allowing North Vietnam to go the same way of North Korea; as such, the most likely outcome from further development of the war is a defeat of the VC in the South and status quo ante bellum between South Vietnam and North Vietnam.
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Post by simon darkshade on Aug 26, 2021 17:35:35 GMT
Events coming up in 1968
- The pivotal year of the Vietnam War, but not as it was in @, particularly considering the end of 1967
- A very important US Presidential election and a new, very familiar Chief Justice
- British General Election and a new leader of the Conservative Party
- Large changes in the Middle East
- Significant events in the Space Race
- A lot of developments in Japan
- Some very big changes in France
- A new Soviet General Secretary
- Something shocking in South America
- A wave of trouble
- Emergence of a new player in Africa
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Post by stevep on Aug 27, 2021 9:22:09 GMT
Events coming up in 1968 - The pivotal year of the Vietnam War, but not as it was in @, particularly considering the end of 1967 - A very important US Presidential election and a new, very familiar Chief Justice - British General Election and a new leader of the Conservative Party - Large changes in the Middle East - Significant events in the Space Race - A lot of developments in Japan - Some very big changes in France - A new Soviet General Secretary - Something shocking in South America - A wave of trouble - Emergence of a new player in Africa
Sounds like its going to be even more turbulent than OTL 68. Have to see what develops.
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 15, 2021 17:59:18 GMT
A teaser for the whole year coming very, very soon:
January
January 1: Reports of the tactical nuclear escalation in South Vietnam reverberate around the world. The US Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewelyn Thompson delivers a note to Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko stating that any further use of atomic or strategic chemical weapons in Indochina will be regarded by the United States as a direct attack by the Soviet Union. Gromyko responds that the USSR will guarantee North Vietnam against invasion with all weapons in its arsenal and that there would be no repetition of the fall of North Korea.
January 2: A 12 year old boy reportedly singlehandedly slays a rogue dragon in Northern Sweden.
January 3: President Kennedy proposes a direct conference with Premier Kosygin and the Soviet leadership in Geneva to deescalate the mounting crisis in Vietnam and states that the United States will remain the defender of its allies, never an aggressor.
January 4: US troops engaged in a sweep and clear operation near Dak To capture a 5 page classified document outlining a planned VC attack on Pleiku.
January 5: Norman Shumway performs the first successful heart transplant in the United States at Stanford University Hospital.
January 6: The first atomic powered submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy is laid down at Yokohama.
January 7: Britain conducts an underground thermonuclear test in Outback South Australia.
January 8: The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau debuts on ABC in the United States.
January 9: Big Ben is stopped by extreme cold weather at 0628 and not restarted for almost four hours.
January 10: HM Submarine Grampus is caught up in the nets of a French trawler for six hours before being finally cut free.
January 11: 18,000 new US troops land at Da Nang and Cam Ranh AFBs in a single day in a mass display of force and will as part of the build up to the planned 'big push'.
January 12: Filming begins on motion picture of Star Trek in Hollywood.
January 13: Establishment of STANAFORLANT and STANAVFORMED, two joint Western Alliance standing navy task forces in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, each consisting of an aircraft carrier, battleship and supporting cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines. They are designed for a rapid reaction capacity.
January 14: Royal Laotian Army forces defeat a large force of Pathet Lao at Nam Bac, aided greatly by heavy US air support and long range American artillery based at Luang Prabang.
January 15: An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale near Berlice, Sicily kills over 400 people.
January 16: A combined operation by the USAF and USSF drops the converted hull of the decommissioned super dreadnought USS South Carolina on Haiphong harbour from a height of 58,000ft. The ship slightly misses its target of the docks, but inflicts devastating localised damage on the port facilities and surrounding district, which had already been heavily damaged by previous US bombing raids, equivalent to almost three thousand tons of TNT and sparking immediate fears of the use of an atomic bomb. Later in the day, a confidential note is delivered to the Soviet Ambassador to the United States in Washington to the effect that the USA will agree to a mutual undertaking not to further employ atomic weapons in Vietnam; this is seen as an acceptable tactical concession by certain elements of the Kennedy Administration to prevent the possible deployment of nuclear-armed Soviet SAMs against the US bombing campaign over North Vietnam, the use of which would lead to an uncontrollable escalation.
January 17: Edward Rogers is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia in Canberra.
January 18: Prime Minister Stanley Barton gives a speech at the London Guildhall on the global role of the British Empire, declaring that "the Union Jack will continue flying high and proud east of Suez and west of Gibraltar until the sun sets on the world itself or King Arthur returns from Avalon, whichever may come first."
January 19: A 1 megaton bomb is initiated in Nevada as part of Operation Crosstie, a large experimental underground test of the results of atomic detonation along fault lines.
January 20: Renowned eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla unveils what he describes as a breakthrough in the wireless transfer of electrical energy at his Wardenclyffe Tower facility, successfully sending electrical power to a receiving station in Panama.
January 21: Opening of the Battle of Khe Sanh, with the strategic fort complex garrisoned of three USMC regiments attacked by an NVA force of at least four divisions in an effort to break the Liberty Line, the increasing strong defensive fortification along the Demilitarized Zone.
January 22: A USAF B-52 Stratofortress crashes whilst operating near Thule AFB in Greenland; all seven crew escape safely and none of the eight thermonuclear bombs onboard initiate.
January 23:Orion 5 establishes a clear lead in the Race for Saturn over the Kosmos as the impact of an extra acceleration several months previously begins to be felt.
January 24: Introduction of Mark I Ford Escort medium family car by Ford of Britain, with similar new automobiles projected as being released over the course of the year by Vauxhall, Morris, Austin and Rover.
January 25: The Israeli submarine HMIS Dakar goes missing in the Mediterranean.
January 26: Riots and civil disorder in Marseilles, Toulon and Nice reach their third day. Commanders of the Army of Africa indicates their capacity to provide troops to help restore order given the improved conditions in Algeria.
January 27: Mysterious disappearence of French submarine Minerve in the Mediterranean
January 28: Release of The Cooking of Mexico, the final volume of 32 of Time Life's landmark Foods of the World series on international cuisine.
January 29: Commissioning of the new Argentine aircraft carrier Independencia in Buenos Aires, with a further large British built ship still under construction at Cammell Laird.
January 30: British meat consumption in 1967 is reported by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the League of Nations as 256lb per capita, coming in sixth place in the world behind the United States with 329lb, , Australia 304lb, Argentina 297lb, New Zealand 285lb and Canada with 268lb.
January 31: Boeing unveils a huge new atomic spaceplane over twice the size of both their own Starclipper and the Rockwell Starraker, the largest current American 'space shuttle', designed for direct service between Earth and Luna.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 15, 2021 18:13:39 GMT
A teaser for the whole year coming very, very soon: JanuaryJanuary 1: Reports of the tactical nuclear escalation in South Vietnam reverberate around the world. The US Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewelyn Thompson delivers a note to Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko stating that any further use of atomic or strategic chemical weapons in Indochina will be regarded by the United States as a direct attack by the Soviet Union. Gromyko responds that the USSR will guarantee North Vietnam against invasion with all weapons in its arsenal and that there would be no repetition of the fall of North Korea. January 2: A 12 year old boy reportedly singlehandedly slays a rogue dragon in Northern Sweden. January 3: President Kennedy proposes a direct conference with Premier Kosygin and the Soviet leadership in Geneva to deescalate the mounting crisis in Vietnam and states that the United States will remain the defender of its allies, never an aggressor. January 4: US troops engaged in a sweep and clear operation near Dak To capture a 5 page classified document outlining a planned VC attack on Pleiku. January 5: Norman Shumway performs the first successful heart transplant in the United States at Stanford University Hospital. January 6: The first atomic powered submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy is laid down at Yokohama. January 7: Britain conducts an underground thermonuclear test in Outback South Australia. January 8: The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau debuts on ABC in the United States. January 9: Big Ben is stopped by extreme cold weather at 0628 and not restarted for almost four hours. January 10: HM Submarine Grampus is caught up in the nets of a French trawler for six hours before being finally cut free. January 11: 18,000 new US troops land at Da Nang and Cam Ranh AFBs in a single day in a mass display of force and will as part of the build up to the planned 'big push'. January 12: Filming begins on motion picture of Star Trek in Hollywood. January 13: Establishment of STANAFORLANT and STANAVFORMED, two joint Western Alliance standing navy task forces in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, each consisting of an aircraft carrier, battleship and supporting cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines. They are designed for a rapid reaction capacity. January 14: Royal Laotian Army forces defeat a large force of Pathet Lao at Nam Bac, aided greatly by heavy US air support and long range American artillery based at Luang Prabang. January 15: An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale near Berlice, Sicily kills over 400 people. January 16: A combined operation by the USAF and USSF drops the converted hull of the decommissioned super dreadnought USS South Carolina on Haiphong harbour from a height of 58,000ft. The ship slightly misses its target of the docks, but inflicts devastating localised damage on the port facilities and surrounding district, which had already been heavily damaged by previous US bombing raids, equivalent to almost three thousand tons of TNT and sparking immediate fears of the use of an atomic bomb. Later in the day, a confidential note is delivered to the Soviet Ambassador to the United States in Washington to the effect that the USA will agree to a mutual undertaking not to further employ atomic weapons in Vietnam; this is seen as an acceptable tactical concession by certain elements of the Kennedy Administration to prevent the possible deployment of nuclear-armed Soviet SAMs against the US bombing campaign over North Vietnam, the use of which would lead to an uncontrollable escalation. January 17: Edward Rogers is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia in Canberra. January 18: Prime Minister Stanley Barton gives a speech at the London Guildhall on the global role of the British Empire, declaring that "the Union Jack will continue flying high and proud east of Suez and west of Gibraltar until the sun sets on the world itself or King Arthur returns from Avalon, whichever may come first." January 19: A 1 megaton bomb is initiated in Nevada as part of Operation Crosstie, a large experimental underground test of the results of atomic detonation along fault lines. January 20: Renowned eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla unveils what he describes as a breakthrough in the wireless transfer of electrical energy at his Wardenclyffe Tower facility, successfully sending electrical power to a receiving station in Panama. January 21: Opening of the Battle of Khe Sanh, with the strategic fort complex garrisoned of three USMC regiments attacked by an NVA force of at least four divisions in an effort to break the Liberty Line, the increasing strong defensive fortification along the Demilitarized Zone. January 22: A USAF B-52 Stratofortress crashes whilst operating near Thule AFB in Greenland; all seven crew escape safely and none of the eight thermonuclear bombs onboard initiate. January 23: Orion 5 establishes a clear lead in the Race for Saturn over the Kosmos as the impact of an extra acceleration several months previously begins to be felt. January 24: Introduction of Mark I Ford Escort medium family car by Ford of Britain, with similar new automobiles projected as being released over the course of the year by Vauxhall, Morris, Austin and Rover. January 25: The Israeli submarine HMIS Dakar goes missing in the Mediterranean. January 26: Riots and civil disorder in Marseilles, Toulon and Nice reach their third day. Commanders of the Army of Africa indicates their capacity to provide troops to help restore order given the improved conditions in Algeria. January 27: Mysterious disappearence of French submarine Minerve in the Mediterranean January 28: Release of The Cooking of Mexico, the final volume of 32 of Time Life's landmark Foods of the World series on international cuisine. January 29: Commissioning of the new Argentine aircraft carrier Independencia in Buenos Aires, with a further large British built ship still under construction at Cammell Laird. January 30: British meat consumption in 1967 is reported by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the League of Nations as 256lb per capita, coming in sixth place in the world behind the United States with 329lb, , Australia 304lb, Argentina 297lb, New Zealand 285lb and Canada with 268lb. January 31: Boeing unveils a huge new atomic spaceplane over twice the size of both their own Starclipper and the Rockwell Starraker, the largest current American 'space shuttle', designed for direct service between Earth and Luna. Nice a new year and new month. |
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Post by stevep on Oct 15, 2021 18:22:27 GMT
A teaser for the whole year coming very, very soon: JanuaryJanuary 1: Reports of the tactical nuclear escalation in South Vietnam reverberate around the world. The US Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewelyn Thompson delivers a note to Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko stating that any further use of atomic or strategic chemical weapons in Indochina will be regarded by the United States as a direct attack by the Soviet Union. Gromyko responds that the USSR will guarantee North Vietnam against invasion with all weapons in its arsenal and that there would be no repetition of the fall of North Korea. January 2: A 12 year old boy reportedly singlehandedly slays a rogue dragon in Northern Sweden. January 3: President Kennedy proposes a direct conference with Premier Kosygin and the Soviet leadership in Geneva to deescalate the mounting crisis in Vietnam and states that the United States will remain the defender of its allies, never an aggressor. January 4: US troops engaged in a sweep and clear operation near Dak To capture a 5 page classified document outlining a planned VC attack on Pleiku. January 5: Norman Shumway performs the first successful heart transplant in the United States at Stanford University Hospital. January 6: The first atomic powered submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy is laid down at Yokohama. January 7: Britain conducts an underground thermonuclear test in Outback South Australia. January 8: The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau debuts on ABC in the United States. January 9: Big Ben is stopped by extreme cold weather at 0628 and not restarted for almost four hours. January 10: HM Submarine Grampus is caught up in the nets of a French trawler for six hours before being finally cut free. January 11: 18,000 new US troops land at Da Nang and Cam Ranh AFBs in a single day in a mass display of force and will as part of the build up to the planned 'big push'. January 12: Filming begins on motion picture of Star Trek in Hollywood. January 13: Establishment of STANAFORLANT and STANAVFORMED, two joint Western Alliance standing navy task forces in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, each consisting of an aircraft carrier, battleship and supporting cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines. They are designed for a rapid reaction capacity. January 14: Royal Laotian Army forces defeat a large force of Pathet Lao at Nam Bac, aided greatly by heavy US air support and long range American artillery based at Luang Prabang. January 15: An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale near Berlice, Sicily kills over 400 people. January 16: A combined operation by the USAF and USSF drops the converted hull of the decommissioned super dreadnought USS South Carolina on Haiphong harbour from a height of 58,000ft. The ship slightly misses its target of the docks, but inflicts devastating localised damage on the port facilities and surrounding district, which had already been heavily damaged by previous US bombing raids, equivalent to almost three thousand tons of TNT and sparking immediate fears of the use of an atomic bomb. Later in the day, a confidential note is delivered to the Soviet Ambassador to the United States in Washington to the effect that the USA will agree to a mutual undertaking not to further employ atomic weapons in Vietnam; this is seen as an acceptable tactical concession by certain elements of the Kennedy Administration to prevent the possible deployment of nuclear-armed Soviet SAMs against the US bombing campaign over North Vietnam, the use of which would lead to an uncontrollable escalation. January 17: Edward Rogers is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia in Canberra. January 18: Prime Minister Stanley Barton gives a speech at the London Guildhall on the global role of the British Empire, declaring that "the Union Jack will continue flying high and proud east of Suez and west of Gibraltar until the sun sets on the world itself or King Arthur returns from Avalon, whichever may come first." January 19: A 1 megaton bomb is initiated in Nevada as part of Operation Crosstie, a large experimental underground test of the results of atomic detonation along fault lines. January 20: Renowned eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla unveils what he describes as a breakthrough in the wireless transfer of electrical energy at his Wardenclyffe Tower facility, successfully sending electrical power to a receiving station in Panama. January 21: Opening of the Battle of Khe Sanh, with the strategic fort complex garrisoned of three USMC regiments attacked by an NVA force of at least four divisions in an effort to break the Liberty Line, the increasing strong defensive fortification along the Demilitarized Zone. January 22: A USAF B-52 Stratofortress crashes whilst operating near Thule AFB in Greenland; all seven crew escape safely and none of the eight thermonuclear bombs onboard initiate. January 23: Orion 5 establishes a clear lead in the Race for Saturn over the Kosmos as the impact of an extra acceleration several months previously begins to be felt. January 24: Introduction of Mark I Ford Escort medium family car by Ford of Britain, with similar new automobiles projected as being released over the course of the year by Vauxhall, Morris, Austin and Rover. January 25: The Israeli submarine HMIS Dakar goes missing in the Mediterranean. January 26: Riots and civil disorder in Marseilles, Toulon and Nice reach their third day. Commanders of the Army of Africa indicates their capacity to provide troops to help restore order given the improved conditions in Algeria. January 27: Mysterious disappearence of French submarine Minerve in the Mediterranean January 28: Release of The Cooking of Mexico, the final volume of 32 of Time Life's landmark Foods of the World series on international cuisine. January 29: Commissioning of the new Argentine aircraft carrier Independencia in Buenos Aires, with a further large British built ship still under construction at Cammell Laird. January 30: British meat consumption in 1967 is reported by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the League of Nations as 256lb per capita, coming in sixth place in the world behind the United States with 329lb, , Australia 304lb, Argentina 297lb, New Zealand 285lb and Canada with 268lb. January 31: Boeing unveils a huge new atomic spaceplane over twice the size of both their own Starclipper and the Rockwell Starraker, the largest current American 'space shuttle', designed for direct service between Earth and Luna.
Some impressive events there, especially that 12 year old boy. Also some worrying things with events in Vietnam including that very strange use of a BB hull as a bombing tool. How the hell did they manage to get something like that airborne, let alone to 58,000' and not get shot down?
I have a bad feeling about two subs going missing in 3 days in the Med and suspect its nothing to do with over-ambitious French fishermen.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 15, 2021 18:29:56 GMT
A teaser for the whole year coming very, very soon: JanuaryJanuary 16: A combined operation by the USAF and USSF drops the converted hull of the decommissioned super dreadnought USS South Carolina on Haiphong harbour from a height of 58,000ft. The ship slightly misses its target of the docks, but inflicts devastating localised damage on the port facilities and surrounding district, which had already been heavily damaged by previous US bombing raids, equivalent to almost three thousand tons of TNT and sparking immediate fears of the use of an atomic bomb. Later in the day, a confidential note is delivered to the Soviet Ambassador to the United States in Washington to the effect that the USA will agree to a mutual undertaking not to further employ atomic weapons in Vietnam; this is seen as an acceptable tactical concession by certain elements of the Kennedy Administration to prevent the possible deployment of nuclear-armed Soviet SAMs against the US bombing campaign over North Vietnam, the use of which would lead to an uncontrollable escalation. How the heck do you lift a super dreadnought. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 15, 2021 18:53:31 GMT
Cavorite, gentlemen, cavorite, along with some rather interesting magics and a certain contribution from Tesla.
Steve, it was strange, but came out of an in-universe desire to show that mass destruction could be threatened without the use of nuclear weapons. It didn’t quite work as well as planned. It was a little something I thought up while recovering from my heart attack, inspired by a silly Doctor Who sequence of a Titanic spaceship falling towards London and, strangely enough, Raise the Titanic. There are some zany uses for old battleships in Dark Earth, rather than simply scrapping…
The missing subs were historical, but here, as you suspect, it is more malign than mere misadventure.
You might be onto something picking up on the 12 year old dragonslayer.
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 16, 2021 9:54:44 GMT
The following events in January are historical/historically based:
- Jan 4: Dak To intel grab
- Jan 5: Heart transplant, but survival rates are far more advanced than by this stage in @
- Jan 8: Cousteau, with a lot more going on below the waves, including pirate treasure, mermaids and sunken settlements
- Jan 9: Big Ben freezing up. Cold mornings can do that.
- Jan 13: STANAFORLANT, except it is rather larger and matched in the Med. In general, the British still try and take the lead in the Med, even as the Sixth Fleet is eclipsing that
Jan 15: Berlice earthquake, however it kills more due to a larger population, even with losses offset by better rescue and recovery capacity
Jan 19: Crossties atomic test…which, rather than just being an experiment, might disturb something
Jan 21: Khe Sanh beginning, but rapidly becoming a much bigger battle with more than just a Pegasus style relief. Without going into too many spoilers, certain means of permanently severing the HCMT are being prepared
Jan 22: Thule B-52 crash. Chrome Dome continues, though
Jan 24: Ford Escort is a slightly different car
Jan 25 and 27: Missing subs, but for different reasons
The rest is all original or events that occur primarily within that ATL framework.
My general process when researching and writing a year is:
- Looking at what happened day by day in @ and seeing whether some events may still occur through the mirror universe effect/idea
- Listing up ongoing event chains under Politics, Economics, Military, Technological, Social and Cultural
- Looking at some contemporaneous events, films, shows and so forth to see if there is any scope for Easter Eggs
- Consider throwback features, such as military reports
- Looking at Crimes and Crashes and assessing if anything changes them
- Considering those who were dead, but yet live and those who lived, but died in ATL
- Adjusting political and other developments to account for different people and pressures
- Typing the lot up, one entry at a time, typically with one finger on my telephone.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 16, 2021 10:04:15 GMT
- Jan 8: Cousteau, with a lot more going on below the waves, including pirate treasure, mermaids and sunken settlements Where is Clive Cussler to create the official biography for Cousteau, going to be a interesting read. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 16, 2021 10:26:46 GMT
Funny you mention Cussler, as I was only watching Raise the Titanic this morning. There would be more material in a Cousteau book, with an even more interesting war and late 40s record, aquanautical expeditions through the 50s and 60s and something very big for 1969. Whilst he can’t find the Titanic, as it wasn’t sunk, I’m looking into options for the other most famous shipwrecks in the world…
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Post by lordroel on Oct 16, 2021 10:33:38 GMT
Funny you mention Cussler, as I was only watching Raise the Titanic this morning. There would be more material in a Cousteau book, with an even more interesting war and late 40s record, aquanautical expeditions through the 50s and 60s and something very big for 1969. Whilst he can’t find the Titanic, as it wasn’t sunk, I’m looking into options for the other most famous shipwrecks in the world… Reading the books Dirk Pitt, the hero of the Cussler novels, always found a lot of stuff, always saved the day and got new cars and planes for his collection. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 16, 2021 10:43:47 GMT
I know the standard formula. It, like James Bond, doesn’t hold the same attraction for me as it does for others.
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Post by stevep on Oct 16, 2021 13:13:28 GMT
The following events in January are historical/historically based: - Jan 4: Dak To intel grab - Jan 5: Heart transplant, but survival rates are far more advanced than by this stage in @ - Jan 8: Cousteau, with a lot more going on below the waves, including pirate treasure, mermaids and sunken settlements - Jan 9: Big Ben freezing up. Cold mornings can do that. - Jan 13: STANAFORLANT, except it is rather larger and matched in the Med. In general, the British still try and take the lead in the Med, even as the Sixth Fleet is eclipsing that Jan 15: Berlice earthquake, however it kills more due to a larger population, even with losses offset by better rescue and recovery capacity Jan 19: Crossties atomic test…which, rather than just being an experiment, might disturb something Jan 21: Khe Sanh beginning, but rapidly becoming a much bigger battle with more than just a Pegasus style relief. Without going into too many spoilers, certain means of permanently severing the HCMT are being prepared Jan 22: Thule B-52 crash. Chrome Dome continues, though Jan 24: Ford Escort is a slightly different car Jan 25 and 27: Missing subs, but for different reasons The rest is all original or events that occur primarily within that ATL framework. My general process when researching and writing a year is: - Looking at what happened day by day in @ and seeing whether some events may still occur through the mirror universe effect/idea - Listing up ongoing event chains under Politics, Economics, Military, Technological, Social and Cultural - Looking at some contemporaneous events, films, shows and so forth to see if there is any scope for Easter Eggs - Consider throwback features, such as military reports - Looking at Crimes and Crashes and assessing if anything changes them - Considering those who were dead, but yet live and those who lived, but died in ATL - Adjusting political and other developments to account for different people and pressures - Typing the lot up, one entry at a time, typically with one finger on my telephone.
Duh, how did I forget Cavorite, although I thought it was losing its effectiveness for some reason. Knew you had been ill but didn't realise it was that bad. Take care please and don't overdo it.
I was fairly confident that I had identified most of the OTL events although didn't realise that the 2 missing subs were. Was also concerned about the Crossties atomic test, although hadn't considered that in the DE universe it might have other impacts. Was simply thinking that testing the impact of a deep bomb explosion on a fault line might proved too effective in showing what damage it could do.
With the B52 crash I note that while you mention that none of the nukes aboard initiated - which would have been very worrying - you didn't say they were safe/secured. Always the danger of a leak, although the fallout would be minor, or of more or more of them joining the list of lost nukes.
Anyway looking forward to how the year develops. Puzzled by that 12 year old, although I do notice you used the word "reportedly" 
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 16, 2021 13:48:20 GMT
Steve
Cavorite may be decaying, for want of a better word, insofar as its application to long range travel (ie space) is concerned, but they only needed to move the hulk of the ex South Carolina for a few hundred miles.
Thank you for your concern; I'm right as rain now, or as right as one can be.
The subs were a very strange coincidence in @, but I've chosen to use it as a hook for something more. Similarly, Crossties was essentially a footnote, but can be so much more.
None of the bombs onboard initiated nor were lost in either @ or DE, but rather damaged, scattering material over the crash area.
I shall endeavour to provide February tomorrow or Monday.
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