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Post by lordroel on Apr 5, 2022 14:51:55 GMT
SeptemberSeptember 7: A GI on leave from Vietnam visiting his great aunt in the Upper West Side of New York City on a sunny day is rescued from being lost in the metropolis by a friendly giant yellow bird, who is able to show him how to get to his destination of Sesame Street. Wait what, he is real. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 5, 2022 15:48:19 GMT
Of course. A large talking bird is the least issue, all things considered.
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Post by lordroel on Apr 6, 2022 3:41:45 GMT
September 15: A criticality accident in a Korean atomic research facility near Wonsan kills five scientists and injures several others; one scientist was exposed to a large dose of radiation, but the effects seem to be completely different to the other victims. If he survives, a new superhero ore villain for the Darkearth verse. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 6, 2022 7:19:18 GMT
Something a bit different than either of those options…
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 6, 2022 8:33:41 GMT
Steve, 1.) King Idris is abroad having medical treatment, but the Crown Prince managed to escape the fate put in place for him and, at 23, has a fairly hot youthful head. He considers that the 1956 plotters in Egypt who were publicly impaled in Ismailia Square got off rather lightly. 2.) An unexpected new adventure, but a ripping yarn nonetheless. 4.) Something will come of this… 7.) Despite being lost, for the GI, everything turned out A-OK.  8.) The consequence of fully farmed venison is a small culinary one, but interesting for me nonetheless 9.) The Swallow will eventually get a story cameo 10.) Historically, no one was interested in radioactive gas 13.) It was the bacteriophage that escaped, which as you say is a potential problem 14.) Nice pick up. It had some better food resources, but also a tale of survival, Eskimo rescue and adventure in the High North 15.) Time will tell what happens… 16.) The economic impact of the ship orders is such to provide a huge boost to shipbuilding employment and downstream industrial orders for a good 5 years in Tyneside, Clydeside, Belfast, Merseyside and Teeside, good profits and investment in larger facilities. This is in addition to the quite huge boon of warship orders, oil platform construction, new Floating Fortresses, spaceship components and ordinary shipbuilding. The decline of the 1970s, closures of the 1980s and the general decline of the industrial North and Scotland won’t be happening here. I’d be interested in your thoughts on the social, cultural economic and other consequences of this; I’m putting together my own ideas 17.) The villain was caught after a dragnet was put out 18.) No, you are correct as to The Moody Blues connection 19.) Effectively 35 miles at the point he crossed 20.) The chasers and chased are from The Neverending Story. The grouch is green, being a member of a distinct species 21.) Definitely. It will result in a section of heavy infantry/power armoured infantry per company, with all the capacity for heavy weapons and options that comes with that. A bit of influence from both Fallout and 40K 22.) We shall see how things develop 23.) A benefit for many; hunger may soon be a thing of the past 24.) A little bit of a technical cul de sac in @, but something different here 25.) He is a big fellow and slew a dragon single-handedly in WW1, so the griffon was a bit scared 26.) It is even more wholesome here 28.) Chappell does debut a year earlier and has a very decent career ahead 29.) Historically, there were 12 deaths 30.) Not at all |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 6, 2022 15:07:31 GMT
September 21: The British Army successfully concludes Project Knight, the secret operational testing of powered battle armour suits and associated weapons systems in the Kalahari Desert by MD1. The Board of Ordnance authorises the production of an initial set of 250 suits for the next stage of field testing with the 1st Infantry Division in Germany. And Britain goes the route of Gundam ore Knightmare Frame from Code Cease which sounds more British. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 6, 2022 15:28:08 GMT
I have absolutely no idea what any of those things are, so I’d say that they won’t quite be along those lines.
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Post by lordroel on Apr 6, 2022 15:28:47 GMT
I have absolutely no idea what any of those things are, so I’d say that they won’t quite be along those lines. A okay, just asking. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 6, 2022 16:12:26 GMT
By the looks of it, both of those deal with Japanese anime mecha. That is absolutely not what is being introduced here, but rather individual human power armour that at best would be around 2.5m tall, or a little bit more than a tall man. As said, the influences come from Warhammer and Fallout, not huge Japanese mecha.
The nearest thing to the Code Geass mecha is the War Machines, which are about the size of an AMP Suit from Avatar. They are corps level assets and heavy weapons.
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Post by lordroel on Apr 6, 2022 16:14:03 GMT
By the looks of it, both of those deal with Japanese anime mecha. That is absolutely not what is being introduced here, but rather individual human power armour that at best would be around 2.5m tall, or a little bit more than a tall man. As said, the influences come from Warhammer and Fallout, not huge Japanese mecha. As always, thanks for setting me straight. |
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Post by stevep on Apr 6, 2022 19:15:15 GMT
Something a bit different than either of those options…
Now that is an intriguing reply. |
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Post by stevep on Apr 6, 2022 19:42:57 GMT
Steve, 1.) King Idris is abroad having medical treatment, but the Crown Prince managed to escape the fate put in place for him and, at 23, has a fairly hot youthful head. He considers that the 1956 plotters in Egypt who were publicly impaled in Ismailia Square got off rather lightly. 2.) An unexpected new adventure, but a ripping yarn nonetheless. 4.) Something will come of this… 7.) Despite being lost, for the GI, everything turned out A-OK.  8.) The consequence of fully farmed venison is a small culinary one, but interesting for me nonetheless 9.) The Swallow will eventually get a story cameo 10.) Historically, no one was interested in radioactive gas 13.) It was the bacteriophage that escaped, which as you say is a potential problem 14.) Nice pick up. It had some better food resources, but also a tale of survival, Eskimo rescue and adventure in the High North 15.) Time will tell what happens… 16.) The economic impact of the ship orders is such to provide a huge boost to shipbuilding employment and downstream industrial orders for a good 5 years in Tyneside, Clydeside, Belfast, Merseyside and Teeside, good profits and investment in larger facilities. This is in addition to the quite huge boon of warship orders, oil platform construction, new Floating Fortresses, spaceship components and ordinary shipbuilding. The decline of the 1970s, closures of the 1980s and the general decline of the industrial North and Scotland won’t be happening here. I’d be interested in your thoughts on the social, cultural economic and other consequences of this; I’m putting together my own ideas 17.) The villain was caught after a dragnet was put out 18.) No, you are correct as to The Moody Blues connection 19.) Effectively 35 miles at the point he crossed 20.) The chasers and chased are from The Neverending Story. The grouch is green, being a member of a distinct species 21.) Definitely. It will result in a section of heavy infantry/power armoured infantry per company, with all the capacity for heavy weapons and options that comes with that. A bit of influence from both Fallout and 40K 22.) We shall see how things develop 23.) A benefit for many; hunger may soon be a thing of the past 24.) A little bit of a technical cul de sac in @, but something different here 25.) He is a big fellow and slew a dragon single-handedly in WW1, so the griffon was a bit scared 26.) It is even more wholesome here 28.) Chappell does debut a year earlier and has a very decent career ahead 29.) Historically, there were 12 deaths 30.) Not at all
1) Ouch! Not a nice guy.
9) That could be interesting. 10) Understandable. A bit surprised its not an issue here.
13) Could depend on what else it finds tasty!  15) As I said in response to your reply to Lordroel intriguing. Plus I'm wondering whether the reference to time is a pun/clue and he's been taken out of time in some way? 16) Definitely a lot better for the people and communities involved. Hopefully a lot less depression and related issues and it will keep those regions both economically and socially a lot more active. The London metropolitan area is going to be somewhat less overwhelmingly dominated that OTL which I think is definitely a very good thing. 17) & 18) 19) Quite a run. Which just made me think, with the greater size of Earth in the DE universe how long is a marathon here! 20) Heard of it but don't think I ever saw it. 21) Could be very nasty for anyone facing it. 23) Unless population simply increases. The reverent was off in his predictions given the development of modern technology and society but the underlying logic is potentially still applicable in the longer term. At least unless there is a permanent decline in reproductive rates to something like a balance. 29) Thanks for clarifying. 
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 7, 2022 1:46:46 GMT
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_Kingdom_by_GRPRelated to 16 above, I can definitely agree with Steve on the different evolution of ‘regional dominance’. This is modern @ data, but does show that the London total of 675310 out of 2862460 is a quite overwhelming one (close to 23.6% of the national total). Scotland 213149 (7.4%) Wales 97618 (3.41%) Yorkshire 185390 (6.5%) ”North” 99855 (3.5%) ”Lancashire” 256778 (8.96%) West Midlands 212072 (7.4%) East Midlands 163423 (5.7%) All of these areas are likely to be larger as a proportion of British GDP. Scotland and the West Midlands would be closer to 10%, closely followed by Yorkshire. Lancashire would also “encompass” Merseyside and Cheshire to be right up there. Wales and the North would be pushing up past 5%. London would still be in the lead, but at perhaps 18%. There would be less of a dominant position for finance and related service sectors as part of London and the UK as a whole. Home Counties 566280 (19.8%) As part of this, the “South” would be proportionally smaller, whilst still being darn large. West Country 209039 (7.3%) East Anglia 96369 (3.37%) Probably a bit smaller proportionally. I haven’t included Northern Ireland (2.21%), as it is a very different place economically and industrially; I’d need to dig out some data. Ireland as a whole is more industrially and commercially developed than @ 1969. Additionally, Lyonesse is not insignificant, but also a small part of British GDP (~3%). So, the rough Dark Earth ranking would be London 17% Home Counties 13% West Midlands 10% Yorkshire 10% Lancashire 10% Scotland 8% East Midlands 8% Ireland 5% Northern England 5% Wales 5% West Country 4% Lyonesse 2.5% East Anglia 2% Other 0.5%
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Post by lordroel on Apr 7, 2022 3:12:55 GMT
September 30: The Foreign Ministry of Imperial China gives notice that it will be withdrawing from the Limited Test Ban Treaty. So they can test bigger and more bombs. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 7, 2022 4:48:41 GMT
There is a bit more to play than that, but having the capacity to test larger bombs is one of several factors at play. Imperial China has a different role to play in the international system and Cold War in Dark Earth, not being the isolated state it was in @, but also not having the same utility as a de facto ally of sorts to offset the USSR. It isn't quite cut out of international politics and trade as it was in 1969 historically, so has a different short, medium and long term trajectory. The drivers for the historical economic rise aren't really there.
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