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Post by lordroel on Apr 7, 2022 14:22:21 GMT
SeptemberSeptember 22: Vickers unveils a mock up of an experimental hypersonic ‘super jumbo jet’ in Birmingham. What would be the speed of this plane. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 7, 2022 15:49:49 GMT
At least Mach 4 and up to Mach 5. It is a design in its very early stages and a lot of the development work needs to be done by experimental military planes such as the English Electric P.42 first.
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Post by stevep on Apr 7, 2022 15:58:28 GMT
At least Mach 4 and up to Mach. It is a design in its very early stages and a lot of the development work needs to be done by experimental military planes such as the English Electric P.42 first.
Are you missing a 2nd Mach no. here? Mach 4 is bloody fast anyway and I'm not sure if any manned a/c OTL reaches it other than possibly the SR-71 Blackbird which is reported as Mach 3+ according to Wiki. Going to be a hell of an achievement and will probably need a lot of R&D work.
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 7, 2022 16:06:06 GMT
Yes, up to Mach 5; not sure what happened there.
There is a fair bit of difference than @, where high speed military and civil aircraft atrophied since the mid 1960s. It will need a quite advanced engine (P.42 called for a ramjet) and a lot of R&D.
However, there is another big advantage - experience with spaceplanes. There are a few American, British and Soviet types in service as ‘space shuttles’.
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 8, 2022 9:29:42 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.  1.) He’s not a walkover, but he acts in the context of this coup attempt, the three of 1956 (Egypt, Syria and Iraq), another later one in Iraq, the Lebanon troubles of the late 1950s, Jordan asking for British support at one point, an uprising in Persia and a couple of regional regicides. In a lot of those cases, the Americans, British or both have come in to ‘help’, with subsequent problems flowing from that, ranging from battle damage to loss of sovereignty. From his perspective, Libya, like other Arab states, has gradually and painstakingly progressed on towards sovereignty and independence, setting up the potential for development and modernisation through increasing oil revenues. The radical nationalists who spout the rhetoric of Moscow would undo all this progress in favour of their own power and a bastardised form of socialism, not to mention deposing and brutally killing his family. In such a circumstance, he is more than a little justified in getting brutal in his response pour encourager les autres. The nice guys end up dead. From a broader perspective, the British policy in particular is motivated by not wanting to end up blocked out of the Middle East and Africa by revolutionary governments. It is getting much less sustainable as time goes by, but if the local loyalist forces are well armed and well supported, they can do the job for them. If a government is seen to be reliant on British, American or French forces to stay in power, their legitimacy extends only as far as the reach of their defending arms. 9.) Most likely it will be as a quick means of travel rather than at the forefront of a story. However, I need to get current stories finished first! I should have that phrase framed. 10.) We’ll see what develops here. I have the kernel of an idea. 13.) True enough, but it’s main role involves the plague. 15.) I’d love to say that was a deliberate, masterly double meaning, but it was simply an indicator that it won’t come out this year.  16.) I’m going to need a whole post for this one. 19.) A Dark Earth marathon is a standard 25 miles, with Marathon being a little closer to Athens. 20.) Decent enough for a kid’s flick. 21.) Extremely. Infantry is enjoying a return of relative combat power. 23.) Population will increase but, crucially, there are other planets to take the surplus. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 8, 2022 10:20:17 GMT
1969 List of British Regions by GRP Percentage
London 16%
Home Counties 12%
West Midlands 10%
Yorkshire 10%
Lancashire 10%
Scotland 8%
East Midlands 8%
Ireland 5%
Northern England 5%
Wales 5%
West Country 4%
East of England 4%
Lyonesse 2.5%
Other 0.5%
- The medium term trend is for growth in Scotland and the North, displacing some degree of London, the South East and the Midlands
- However, the real centre of British economic growth and power remains in the Midlands (18%)
- Yorkshire and Lancashire, rather than falling back, are holding their own, driven by their cities (Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford and Middlesbrough; Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool and Chester)
- The other four Home Nations add up to a fifth of the economic weight of England, expected to rise to a quarter
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 12, 2022 17:29:06 GMT
October
October 1: Release of The Masters of Darkness, Ingmar Bergman's latest expansive cinematic epic, a two and a half hour historical drama about two families of minor Swedish aristocrats in Småland and their generational feud over a local glassworks, starring Max von Sydow, Sven-Bertil Taube and former child star Pippi Longstocking.
October 2: A Canadian-American underground nuclear test with a yield of 1.2 megatons, Project Milrow , is conducted on the Canadian island of Amchitka in the Aleutians.
October 3: Completion of the Skynet satellite system, a multipurpose British Empire military project for the provision of global communications, radionavigation and reconnaissance.
October 4: Unveiling of a flock of six foot tall sheep at an agricultural exhibition in Norfolk.
October 5: Soviet diplomats in Peru make a backchannel proposal to the United States government for a potential exchange of prisoners of war taken in Vietnam.
October 6: US Marines begin withdrawing from Haiti at Operation Haversack draws towards its conclusion. No zombies have been encountered for almost three months, leading to an increasing belief that the current outbreak has been successfully suppressed.
October 7: The United States Department of Agriculture issues an interim ban on the use of high fructose corn syrup for human consumption after the publication of an extensive report by USDA agricultural research wizards.
October 8: The Soviet Union institutes changes to its pay system, allowing for greater pay based on greater productivity in the latest sweeping economic reform championed by the General Secretary.
October 9: An Anglo-Saxon Petroleum oil tanker is torpedoed in the Arabian Sea, sparking immediate alarm and a rush to assist the beleaguered vessel.
October 10: Over fifty warships from the Royal Navy and ten other Commonwealth fleets begin Exercise Scythian, a large scale anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Caribbean Sea aimed at testing a number of new weapons systems including the Calypso long range ASW mortar and the Sepoy ASW homing rocket torpedo.
October 11: North Vietnamese, Pathet Lao and Mongolian troops launch a major offensive across Northern Laos, advancing up to 20 miles in the first day along the contested frontline and attacking multiple cities with rockets.
October 12: Voting in the Turkish general election is marred by violence, but does not result in a single party gaining a majority in the Grand Divan.
October 13: US and British orbital assets and satellites report a rash of Soviet space launches, with a total of twelve rockets launched from spaceports across the USSR throughout the day.
October 14: Over three hundred Royal Navy, Commonwealth and foreign warships assemble in the Solent for a Royal Fleet Review as part of the celebrations leading up to the Royal Wedding. Pride of place is taken by the Royal Navy’s flagship, the atomic super battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Ark Royal, recently returned from war service in the Far East.
October 15: The mummy of the Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Ramesses XII on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin after being recently discovered in the Valley of the Kings, suddenly awakes and escapes after rampaging through the Egyptology and Persian sections.
October 16: The New York Mets win the World Series, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in an upset 5-4 result in the final game.
October 17: Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Victoria at Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The grand spectacle sees the streets of London lined by millions and the global television audience smashing all previous records.
October 18: The US Air Force and NASA release a short statement on Indianapolis UFO Incident of 1968 to the effect that investigations remain ongoing and that no clear outcome is yet apparent.
October 19: The government of Somalia is overthrown in a bloodless coup. Initial international reaction is cautious yet measured.
October 20: American Motors buys Kaiser Jeep in one of the largest and most significant business deals in the US automotive sector in the 1960s, putting the lucrative new U.S. Army jeep contract in the hands of one of the ‘Big Four’ car companies.
October 21: Three Soviet spies convicted of spying for a potential enemy are hanged at separate prisons across England.
October 22: Talks in Beirut aimed at reducing mounting tensions between the Arab Union and Israel break down in rancour and disagreement.
October 23: Initial production of the new Crusader main battle tank begins in Leeds and Sheffield.
October 24: Thomas Kelly is convicted at the Old Bailey of sedition for advocating the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of a socialist republic and sentenced to twenty five years imprisonment with hard labour.
October 25: Four US divisions based at Pleiku and Kontum launch Operation Rumpelstiltskin, an offensive aimed at destroying some of the last remaining Viet Cong base areas along the Cambodian border. In its briefing announcing the offensive USARV states that enemy losses for the year to date are estimated at 50,000, putting the prospect of victory clearly in sight.
October 26: Investigative journalist Carl Kolchak publishes a controversial expose in The Chicago Tribune about an English accented vigilante aiding people through extra-legal means for no cost, providing an 'equalizing effect.'
October 27: Alan Turing gives a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calling for the combination of the computing systems of the United States and British Empire into ‘a network of liberty spanning the world entire.’
October 28: King Sihanouk of Cambodia arrives in Washington D.C. for a formal state visit, thought to be the harbinger of a shift in Cambodian engagement in the war in South Vietnam.
October 29: Publication of the first major series of photographs of the underwater ruins of Atlantis in a world exclusive of The Times.
October 30: The Prime Minister of Kenya declares a state of martial law in the country’s far west and orders the deployment of the feared Royal African Lion Corps to suppress rebel insurgency.
October 31: Halloween celebrations in the United States are struck by horror as a coordinated series of apparent vampire attacks results in the death and disappearance of 26 children across New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
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Post by lordroel on Apr 12, 2022 18:02:18 GMT
October 3: Completion of the Skynet satellite system, a multipurpose British Empire military project for the provision of global communications, radionavigation and reconnaissance. I hope the name Skynet is the only thing they borrowed from something we no does not like Humanity. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 13, 2022 0:50:41 GMT
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Post by lordroel on Apr 13, 2022 2:52:06 GMT
October 6: US Marines begin withdrawing from Haiti at Operation Haversack draws towards its conclusion. No zombies have been encountered for almost three months, leading to an increasing belief that the current outbreak has been successfully suppressed. Why do i have a feeling that withdrawal might be a mistake. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 13, 2022 5:11:17 GMT
You might very well think that; I could not possibly comment.
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Post by stevep on Apr 13, 2022 19:11:19 GMT
OctoberOctober 1: Release of The Masters of Darkness, Ingmar Bergman's latest expansive cinematic epic, a two and a half hour historical drama about two families of minor Swedish aristocrats in Småland and their generational feud over a local glassworks, starring Max von Sydow, Sven-Bertil Taube and former child star Pippi Longstocking. October 2: A Canadian-American underground nuclear test with a yield of 1.2 megatons, Project Milrow , is conducted on the Canadian island of Amchitka in the Aleutians. October 3: Completion of the Skynet satellite system, a multipurpose British Empire military project for the provision of global communications, radionavigation and reconnaissance. October 4: Unveiling of a flock of six foot tall sheep at an agricultural exhibition in Norfolk. October 5: Soviet diplomats in Peru make a backchannel proposal to the United States government for a potential exchange of prisoners of war taken in Vietnam. October 6: US Marines begin withdrawing from Haiti at Operation Haversack draws towards its conclusion. No zombies have been encountered for almost three months, leading to an increasing belief that the current outbreak has been successfully suppressed. October 7: The United States Department of Agriculture issues an interim ban on the use of high fructose corn syrup for human consumption after the publication of an extensive report by USDA agricultural research wizards. October 8: The Soviet Union institutes changes to its pay system, allowing for greater pay based on greater productivity in the latest sweeping economic reform championed by the General Secretary. October 9: An Anglo-Saxon Petroleum oil tanker is torpedoed in the Arabian Sea, sparking immediate alarm and a rush to assist the beleaguered vessel. October 10: Over fifty warships from the Royal Navy and ten other Commonwealth fleets begin Exercise Scythian, a large scale anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Caribbean Sea aimed at testing a number of new weapons systems including the Calypso long range ASW mortar and the Sepoy ASW homing rocket torpedo. October 11: North Vietnamese, Pathet Lao and Mongolian troops launch a major offensive across Northern Laos, advancing up to 20 miles in the first day along the contested frontline and attacking multiple cities with rockets. October 12: Voting in the Turkish general election is marred by violence, but does not result in a single party gaining a majority in the Grand Divan. October 13: US and British orbital assets and satellites report a rash of Soviet space launches, with a total of twelve rockets launched from spaceports across the USSR throughout the day. October 14: Over three hundred Royal Navy, Commonwealth and foreign warships assemble in the Solent for a Royal Fleet Review as part of the celebrations leading up to the Royal Wedding. Pride of place is taken by the Royal Navy’s flagship, the atomic super battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Ark Royal, recently returned from war service in the Far East. October 15: The mummy of the Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Ramesses XII on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin after being recently discovered in the Valley of the Kings, suddenly awakes and escapes after rampaging through the Egyptology and Persian sections. October 16: The New York Mets win the World Series, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in an upset 5-4 result in the final game. October 17: Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Victoria at Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The grand spectacle sees the streets of London lined by millions and the global television audience smashing all previous records. October 18: The US Air Force and NASA release a short statement on Indianapolis UFO Incident of 1968 to the effect that investigations remain ongoing and that no clear outcome is yet apparent. October 19: The government of Somalia is overthrown in a bloodless coup. Initial international reaction is cautious yet measured. October 20: American Motors buys Kaiser Jeep in one of the largest and most significant business deals in the US automotive sector in the 1960s, putting the lucrative new U.S. Army jeep contract in the hands of one of the ‘Big Four’ car companies. October 21: Three Soviet spies convicted of spying for a potential enemy are hanged at separate prisons across England. October 22: Talks in Beirut aimed at reducing mounting tensions between the Arab Union and Israel break down in rancour and disagreement. October 23: Initial production of the new Crusader main battle tank begins in Leeds and Sheffield. October 24: Thomas Kelly is convicted at the Old Bailey of sedition for advocating the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of a socialist republic and sentenced to twenty five years imprisonment with hard labour. October 25: Four US divisions based at Pleiku and Kontum launch Operation Rumpelstiltskin, an offensive aimed at destroying some of the last remaining Viet Cong base areas along the Cambodian border. In its briefing announcing the offensive USARV states that enemy losses for the year to date are estimated at 50,000, putting the prospect of victory clearly in sight. October 26: Investigative journalist Carl Kolchak publishes a controversial expose in The Chicago Tribune about an English accented vigilante aiding people through extra-legal means for no cost, providing an 'equalizing effect.' October 27: Alan Turing gives a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calling for the combination of the computing systems of the United States and British Empire into ‘a network of liberty spanning the world entire.’ October 28: King Sihanouk of Cambodia arrives in Washington D.C. for a formal state visit, thought to be the harbinger of a shift in Cambodian engagement in the war in South Vietnam. October 29: Publication of the first major series of photographs of the underwater ruins of Atlantis in a world exclusive of The Times. October 30: The Prime Minister of Kenya declares a state of martial law in the country’s far west and orders the deployment of the feared Royal African Lion Corps to suppress rebel insurgency. October 31: Halloween celebrations in the United States are struck by horror as a coordinated series of apparent vampire attacks results in the death and disappearance of 26 children across New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
October October 1: Release of The Masters of Darkness, Ingmar Bergman's latest expansive cinematic epic, a two and a half hour historical drama about two families of minor Swedish aristocrats in Småland and their generational feud over a local glassworks, starring Max von Sydow, Sven-Bertil Taube and former child star Pippi Longstocking. -  October 3: Completion of the Skynet satellite system, a multipurpose British Empire military project for the provision of global communications, radionavigation and reconnaissance. - 
October 4: Unveiling of a flock of six foot tall sheep at an agricultural exhibition in Norfolk. - That suggests some serious problems, especially given the higher surface gravity of DE.  October 7: The United States Department of Agriculture issues an interim ban on the use of high fructose corn syrup for human consumption after the publication of an extensive report by USDA agricultural research wizards. -
October 8: The Soviet Union institutes changes to its pay system, allowing for greater pay based on greater productivity in the latest sweeping economic reform championed by the General Secretary. - Well that's a drastic change in their policies.
October 9: An Anglo-Saxon Petroleum oil tanker is torpedoed in the Arabian Sea, sparking immediate alarm and a rush to assist the beleaguered vessel. - cat among pigeons comes to mind here. Attacks on British shipping is not likely to go down well.
October 10: Over fifty warships from the Royal Navy and ten other Commonwealth fleets begin Exercise Scythian, a large scale anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Caribbean Sea aimed at testing a number of new weapons systems including the Calypso long range ASW mortar and the Sepoy ASW homing rocket torpedo. -
October 13: US and British orbital assets and satellites report a rash of Soviet space launches, with a total of twelve rockets launched from spaceports across the USSR throughout the day. - Sounds like something's up.
October 14: Over three hundred Royal Navy, Commonwealth and foreign warships assemble in the Solent for a Royal Fleet Review as part of the celebrations leading up to the Royal Wedding. Pride of place is taken by the Royal Navy’s flagship, the atomic super battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Ark Royal, recently returned from war service in the Far East. -
October 15: The mummy of the Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Ramesses XII on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin after being recently discovered in the Valley of the Kings, suddenly awakes and escapes after rampaging through the Egyptology and Persian sections. - Well that is going to raise issues. October 17: Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Victoria at Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The grand spectacle sees the streets of London lined by millions and the global television audience smashing all previous records. - This is markedly earlier than OTL marriage but hopefully he will be a better man here.
October 19: The government of Somalia is overthrown in a bloodless coup. Initial international reaction is cautious yet measured. - Well that is a change as a bloodless coup tended to be an oxymoron in terms of coups in Africa in OTL. October 21: Three Soviet spies convicted of spying for a potential enemy are hanged at separate prisons across England. -
October 22: Talks in Beirut aimed at reducing mounting tensions between the Arab Union and Israel break down in rancour and disagreement. -  Not good.
October 23: Initial production of the new Crusader main battle tank begins in Leeds and Sheffield.
October 24: Thomas Kelly is convicted at the Old Bailey of sedition for advocating the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of a socialist republic and sentenced to twenty five years imprisonment with hard labour. - Such activity is stupid and probabky counter productive as long as he wasn't suggesting changes by force.
October 26: Investigative journalist Carl Kolchak publishes a controversial expose in The Chicago Tribune about an English accented vigilante aiding people through extra-legal means for no cost, providing an 'equalizing effect.' - I know the initial TV series was some while afterwards OTL, checking it ran in 1985-89 but don't know if there was an earlier book or other source for the idea?
October 27: Alan Turing gives a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calling for the combination of the computing systems of the United States and British Empire into ‘a network of liberty spanning the world entire.’
October 29: Publication of the first major series of photographs of the underwater ruins of Atlantis in a world exclusive of The Times. - That would be interesting.
October 31: Halloween celebrations in the United States are struck by horror as a coordinated series of apparent vampire attacks results in the death and disappearance of 26 children across New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. -
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Post by stevep on Apr 13, 2022 19:14:28 GMT
You might very well think that; I could not possibly comment.
I think part of the problem is what is the source of the zombies. While in fiction nowadays it tends to be displayed as some sort of infestation didn't they originally have their source in voodoo magic? In which case you could only really end the threat by removing all people with such knowledge and other sources of such information. Which would be very difficult but without it its likely to mean the problem will recur.
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Post by simon darkshade on Apr 14, 2022 4:18:44 GMT
OctoberOctober 1: Release of The Masters of Darkness, Ingmar Bergman's latest expansive cinematic epic, a two and a half hour historical drama about two families of minor Swedish aristocrats in Småland and their generational feud over a local glassworks, starring Max von Sydow, Sven-Bertil Taube and former child star Pippi Longstocking. October 2: A Canadian-American underground nuclear test with a yield of 1.2 megatons, Project Milrow , is conducted on the Canadian island of Amchitka in the Aleutians. October 3: Completion of the Skynet satellite system, a multipurpose British Empire military project for the provision of global communications, radionavigation and reconnaissance. October 4: Unveiling of a flock of six foot tall sheep at an agricultural exhibition in Norfolk. October 5: Soviet diplomats in Peru make a backchannel proposal to the United States government for a potential exchange of prisoners of war taken in Vietnam. October 6: US Marines begin withdrawing from Haiti at Operation Haversack draws towards its conclusion. No zombies have been encountered for almost three months, leading to an increasing belief that the current outbreak has been successfully suppressed. October 7: The United States Department of Agriculture issues an interim ban on the use of high fructose corn syrup for human consumption after the publication of an extensive report by USDA agricultural research wizards. October 8: The Soviet Union institutes changes to its pay system, allowing for greater pay based on greater productivity in the latest sweeping economic reform championed by the General Secretary. October 9: An Anglo-Saxon Petroleum oil tanker is torpedoed in the Arabian Sea, sparking immediate alarm and a rush to assist the beleaguered vessel. October 10: Over fifty warships from the Royal Navy and ten other Commonwealth fleets begin Exercise Scythian, a large scale anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Caribbean Sea aimed at testing a number of new weapons systems including the Calypso long range ASW mortar and the Sepoy ASW homing rocket torpedo. October 11: North Vietnamese, Pathet Lao and Mongolian troops launch a major offensive across Northern Laos, advancing up to 20 miles in the first day along the contested frontline and attacking multiple cities with rockets. October 12: Voting in the Turkish general election is marred by violence, but does not result in a single party gaining a majority in the Grand Divan. October 13: US and British orbital assets and satellites report a rash of Soviet space launches, with a total of twelve rockets launched from spaceports across the USSR throughout the day. October 14: Over three hundred Royal Navy, Commonwealth and foreign warships assemble in the Solent for a Royal Fleet Review as part of the celebrations leading up to the Royal Wedding. Pride of place is taken by the Royal Navy’s flagship, the atomic super battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Ark Royal, recently returned from war service in the Far East. October 15: The mummy of the Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Ramesses XII on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin after being recently discovered in the Valley of the Kings, suddenly awakes and escapes after rampaging through the Egyptology and Persian sections. October 16: The New York Mets win the World Series, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in an upset 5-4 result in the final game. October 17: Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Victoria at Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The grand spectacle sees the streets of London lined by millions and the global television audience smashing all previous records. October 18: The US Air Force and NASA release a short statement on Indianapolis UFO Incident of 1968 to the effect that investigations remain ongoing and that no clear outcome is yet apparent. October 19: The government of Somalia is overthrown in a bloodless coup. Initial international reaction is cautious yet measured. October 20: American Motors buys Kaiser Jeep in one of the largest and most significant business deals in the US automotive sector in the 1960s, putting the lucrative new U.S. Army jeep contract in the hands of one of the ‘Big Four’ car companies. October 21: Three Soviet spies convicted of spying for a potential enemy are hanged at separate prisons across England. October 22: Talks in Beirut aimed at reducing mounting tensions between the Arab Union and Israel break down in rancour and disagreement. October 23: Initial production of the new Crusader main battle tank begins in Leeds and Sheffield. October 24: Thomas Kelly is convicted at the Old Bailey of sedition for advocating the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of a socialist republic and sentenced to twenty five years imprisonment with hard labour. October 25: Four US divisions based at Pleiku and Kontum launch Operation Rumpelstiltskin, an offensive aimed at destroying some of the last remaining Viet Cong base areas along the Cambodian border. In its briefing announcing the offensive USARV states that enemy losses for the year to date are estimated at 50,000, putting the prospect of victory clearly in sight. October 26: Investigative journalist Carl Kolchak publishes a controversial expose in The Chicago Tribune about an English accented vigilante aiding people through extra-legal means for no cost, providing an 'equalizing effect.' October 27: Alan Turing gives a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calling for the combination of the computing systems of the United States and British Empire into ‘a network of liberty spanning the world entire.’ October 28: King Sihanouk of Cambodia arrives in Washington D.C. for a formal state visit, thought to be the harbinger of a shift in Cambodian engagement in the war in South Vietnam. October 29: Publication of the first major series of photographs of the underwater ruins of Atlantis in a world exclusive of The Times. October 30: The Prime Minister of Kenya declares a state of martial law in the country’s far west and orders the deployment of the feared Royal African Lion Corps to suppress rebel insurgency. October 31: Halloween celebrations in the United States are struck by horror as a coordinated series of apparent vampire attacks results in the death and disappearance of 26 children across New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
October October 1: Release of The Masters of Darkness, Ingmar Bergman's latest expansive cinematic epic, a two and a half hour historical drama about two families of minor Swedish aristocrats in Småland and their generational feud over a local glassworks, starring Max von Sydow, Sven-Bertil Taube and former child star Pippi Longstocking. - October 3: Completion of the Skynet satellite system, a multipurpose British Empire military project for the provision of global communications, radionavigation and reconnaissance. -
October 4: Unveiling of a flock of six foot tall sheep at an agricultural exhibition in Norfolk. - That suggests some serious problems, especially given the higher surface gravity of DE. October 7: The United States Department of Agriculture issues an interim ban on the use of high fructose corn syrup for human consumption after the publication of an extensive report by USDA agricultural research wizards. -
October 8: The Soviet Union institutes changes to its pay system, allowing for greater pay based on greater productivity in the latest sweeping economic reform championed by the General Secretary. - Well that's a drastic change in their policies.
October 9: An Anglo-Saxon Petroleum oil tanker is torpedoed in the Arabian Sea, sparking immediate alarm and a rush to assist the beleaguered vessel. - cat among pigeons comes to mind here. Attacks on British shipping is not likely to go down well.
October 10: Over fifty warships from the Royal Navy and ten other Commonwealth fleets begin Exercise Scythian, a large scale anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Caribbean Sea aimed at testing a number of new weapons systems including the Calypso long range ASW mortar and the Sepoy ASW homing rocket torpedo. -
October 13: US and British orbital assets and satellites report a rash of Soviet space launches, with a total of twelve rockets launched from spaceports across the USSR throughout the day. - Sounds like something's up.
October 14: Over three hundred Royal Navy, Commonwealth and foreign warships assemble in the Solent for a Royal Fleet Review as part of the celebrations leading up to the Royal Wedding. Pride of place is taken by the Royal Navy’s flagship, the atomic super battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Ark Royal, recently returned from war service in the Far East. -
October 15: The mummy of the Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Ramesses XII on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin after being recently discovered in the Valley of the Kings, suddenly awakes and escapes after rampaging through the Egyptology and Persian sections. - Well that is going to raise issues. October 17: Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Victoria at Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The grand spectacle sees the streets of London lined by millions and the global television audience smashing all previous records. - This is markedly earlier than OTL marriage but hopefully he will be a better man here.
October 19: The government of Somalia is overthrown in a bloodless coup. Initial international reaction is cautious yet measured. - Well that is a change as a bloodless coup tended to be an oxymoron in terms of coups in Africa in OTL. October 21: Three Soviet spies convicted of spying for a potential enemy are hanged at separate prisons across England. -
October 22: Talks in Beirut aimed at reducing mounting tensions between the Arab Union and Israel break down in rancour and disagreement. -  Not good.
October 23: Initial production of the new Crusader main battle tank begins in Leeds and Sheffield.
October 24: Thomas Kelly is convicted at the Old Bailey of sedition for advocating the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of a socialist republic and sentenced to twenty five years imprisonment with hard labour. - Such activity is stupid and probabky counter productive as long as he wasn't suggesting changes by force.
October 26: Investigative journalist Carl Kolchak publishes a controversial expose in The Chicago Tribune about an English accented vigilante aiding people through extra-legal means for no cost, providing an 'equalizing effect.' - I know the initial TV series was some while afterwards OTL, checking it ran in 1985-89 but don't know if there was an earlier book or other source for the idea?
October 27: Alan Turing gives a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calling for the combination of the computing systems of the United States and British Empire into ‘a network of liberty spanning the world entire.’
October 29: Publication of the first major series of photographs of the underwater ruins of Atlantis in a world exclusive of The Times. - That would be interesting.
October 31: Halloween celebrations in the United States are struck by horror as a coordinated series of apparent vampire attacks results in the death and disappearance of 26 children across New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. -
Steve, 1.) I had to work her in somehow as part of a little look at Swedish background. 3.) It isn't what Lordroel thought it was, but rather a combination of very precise recon + proto GPS + satellite communications + some other military goodies 4.) Not really. It is the consequence of a lot of selective breeding and enhancements to create an animal with a lot more 'bang for baa.' 7.) This one is a bit of an injection of common sense, as it has had a lot of negative consequences on health and nutrition. 8.) This is an entirely historical event. 9.) It isn't just British shipping being targeted, but a broader sense of general disruption. 10.) The Sepoy is equivalent to a souped up Sting Ray in a heavier 'calibre', whilst Calypso is similar to some of the Saab/Bofors developments, albeit with a bit more 'oomph'. 13.) There was a big historical launch burst at this time, putting 7 men into space at once. Here, there is a similarly innocent explanation, but the West doesn't know it. 14.) They do like to put on a big show. 15.) He is rather miffed at what the Persians did to his realm... 17.) It is earlier, for the reasons previously discussed (locking in an heir, greater old fashioned dynastic ties with other royal families, rather more conservative views on bachelorhood) as well as coming from a genuine attraction and fondness. It will be a bit more like Victoria and Albert than the historical marriage with Diana. 19.) It was a bloodless coup historically. Here, no one much cares about Somalia to even contemplate intervention, in contrast to Libya and the Middle East. Perhaps this will pave a path for other African events. 21.) There is the alternate view that keeping some alive for exchange purposes may be useful, but Britain is a bit gung-ho when it comes to these type of things, to use our understanding of the word. 22.) There is increasingly more that divides them that unites them, but there hasn't been any conflict yet. 23.) After a lengthy (for Dark Earth) development cycle, the production process begins. 24.) With a worse Cold War and shooting conflict against the enemy within recent memory, there isn't a lot of scope or sympathy for radical views that hove too close to the Soviets. Combine that with statutory penalties and we get this situation. 26.) There wasn't an earlier predecessor, but here, I'm putting Callan and The Equalizer together into a single continuity. 27.) This will lead to some consequences... 29.) Rather. Combine the fuss over the Titanic with a genuine historical mystery that some had written off as myth. 31.) Very nasty, whether it is actually vamps or something posing as them. |
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Post by stevep on Apr 14, 2022 13:21:25 GMT
October October 1: Release of The Masters of Darkness, Ingmar Bergman's latest expansive cinematic epic, a two and a half hour historical drama about two families of minor Swedish aristocrats in Småland and their generational feud over a local glassworks, starring Max von Sydow, Sven-Bertil Taube and former child star Pippi Longstocking. - October 3: Completion of the Skynet satellite system, a multipurpose British Empire military project for the provision of global communications, radionavigation and reconnaissance. -
October 4: Unveiling of a flock of six foot tall sheep at an agricultural exhibition in Norfolk. - That suggests some serious problems, especially given the higher surface gravity of DE. October 7: The United States Department of Agriculture issues an interim ban on the use of high fructose corn syrup for human consumption after the publication of an extensive report by USDA agricultural research wizards. -
October 8: The Soviet Union institutes changes to its pay system, allowing for greater pay based on greater productivity in the latest sweeping economic reform championed by the General Secretary. - Well that's a drastic change in their policies.
October 9: An Anglo-Saxon Petroleum oil tanker is torpedoed in the Arabian Sea, sparking immediate alarm and a rush to assist the beleaguered vessel. - cat among pigeons comes to mind here. Attacks on British shipping is not likely to go down well.
October 10: Over fifty warships from the Royal Navy and ten other Commonwealth fleets begin Exercise Scythian, a large scale anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Caribbean Sea aimed at testing a number of new weapons systems including the Calypso long range ASW mortar and the Sepoy ASW homing rocket torpedo. -
October 13: US and British orbital assets and satellites report a rash of Soviet space launches, with a total of twelve rockets launched from spaceports across the USSR throughout the day. - Sounds like something's up.
October 14: Over three hundred Royal Navy, Commonwealth and foreign warships assemble in the Solent for a Royal Fleet Review as part of the celebrations leading up to the Royal Wedding. Pride of place is taken by the Royal Navy’s flagship, the atomic super battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Ark Royal, recently returned from war service in the Far East. -
October 15: The mummy of the Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Ramesses XII on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin after being recently discovered in the Valley of the Kings, suddenly awakes and escapes after rampaging through the Egyptology and Persian sections. - Well that is going to raise issues. October 17: Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Victoria at Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The grand spectacle sees the streets of London lined by millions and the global television audience smashing all previous records. - This is markedly earlier than OTL marriage but hopefully he will be a better man here.
October 19: The government of Somalia is overthrown in a bloodless coup. Initial international reaction is cautious yet measured. - Well that is a change as a bloodless coup tended to be an oxymoron in terms of coups in Africa in OTL. October 21: Three Soviet spies convicted of spying for a potential enemy are hanged at separate prisons across England. -
October 22: Talks in Beirut aimed at reducing mounting tensions between the Arab Union and Israel break down in rancour and disagreement. - Not good.
October 23: Initial production of the new Crusader main battle tank begins in Leeds and Sheffield.
October 24: Thomas Kelly is convicted at the Old Bailey of sedition for advocating the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of a socialist republic and sentenced to twenty five years imprisonment with hard labour. - Such activity is stupid and probabky counter productive as long as he wasn't suggesting changes by force.
October 26: Investigative journalist Carl Kolchak publishes a controversial expose in The Chicago Tribune about an English accented vigilante aiding people through extra-legal means for no cost, providing an 'equalizing effect.' - I know the initial TV series was some while afterwards OTL, checking it ran in 1985-89 but don't know if there was an earlier book or other source for the idea?
October 27: Alan Turing gives a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calling for the combination of the computing systems of the United States and British Empire into ‘a network of liberty spanning the world entire.’
October 29: Publication of the first major series of photographs of the underwater ruins of Atlantis in a world exclusive of The Times. - That would be interesting.
October 31: Halloween celebrations in the United States are struck by horror as a coordinated series of apparent vampire attacks results in the death and disappearance of 26 children across New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. -
Steve, 1.) I had to work her in somehow as part of a little look at Swedish background.  3.) It isn't what Lordroel thought it was, but rather a combination of very precise recon + proto GPS + satellite communications + some other military goodies 4.) Not really. It is the consequence of a lot of selective breeding and enhancements to create an animal with a lot more 'bang for baa.' 7.) This one is a bit of an injection of common sense, as it has had a lot of negative consequences on health and nutrition. 8.) This is an entirely historical event. 9.) It isn't just British shipping being targeted, but a broader sense of general disruption. 10.) The Sepoy is equivalent to a souped up Sting Ray in a heavier 'calibre', whilst Calypso is similar to some of the Saab/Bofors developments, albeit with a bit more 'oomph'. 13.) There was a big historical launch burst at this time, putting 7 men into space at once. Here, there is a similarly innocent explanation, but the West doesn't know it. 14.) They do like to put on a big show. 15.) He is rather miffed at what the Persians did to his realm... 17.) It is earlier, for the reasons previously discussed (locking in an heir, greater old fashioned dynastic ties with other royal families, rather more conservative views on bachelorhood) as well as coming from a genuine attraction and fondness. It will be a bit more like Victoria and Albert than the historical marriage with Diana. 19.) It was a bloodless coup historically. Here, no one much cares about Somalia to even contemplate intervention, in contrast to Libya and the Middle East. Perhaps this will pave a path for other African events. 21.) There is the alternate view that keeping some alive for exchange purposes may be useful, but Britain is a bit gung-ho when it comes to these type of things, to use our understanding of the word. 22.) There is increasingly more that divides them that unites them, but there hasn't been any conflict yet. 23.) After a lengthy (for Dark Earth) development cycle, the production process begins. 24.) With a worse Cold War and shooting conflict against the enemy within recent memory, there isn't a lot of scope or sympathy for radical views that hove too close to the Soviets. Combine that with statutory penalties and we get this situation. 26.) There wasn't an earlier predecessor, but here, I'm putting Callan and The Equalizer together into a single continuity. 27.) This will lead to some consequences... 29.) Rather. Combine the fuss over the Titanic with a genuine historical mystery that some had written off as myth. 31.) Very nasty, whether it is actually vamps or something posing as them.
On the sheep I'm thinking sheer physicals. If the size of the sheep increases in all three axis but its legs say only increase by the same amount of diameter then the body mass has gone up by about 1,000 while the strength of the legs by 100 then those legs are going to break, or having to get a lot thicker. Similarly with other issues like the stress on the heart to pump blood that much further and probably a lot of other issues.
That would be the case on OTL Earth. On the DE one as its significantly larger, then unless its a lot less dense the surface gravity would be higher which would apply even more stress to the system. Strictly speaking all animals, including humanoids, would be shorter and stockier on DE than here because of this. I know you have magic but am doubtful it would apply to that extend on such matters. Possibly some rare oddities such as peagasus, dragons and the like but if just about everything is ignoring basic scientific laws then there's very little to base science on.
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