Star Trek Orange

Star Trek Orange Year 1936

A year after its creation the Royal Netherlands Space Force had expanded to a force of almost 1,000 people who served either on board the KNRS Orange-Nassau or on two bases located in the Aru Islands and Suriname.

The Royal Netherlands Navy first two Tromp-class cruisers which both began construction in late 1935 and in early 1936 is progressing as planned with the last two Tromp-class cruisers construction slated to begin before the end of 1937, the eight Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyers construction is also underway in several shipyards across the country in order to get them finished before 1940.

The first battalion of the Korps Speciale Troepen (KST) is activated by the Royal Netherlands Army while the royal Netherlands marines began their own Expansions. The Korps Speciale Troepen (KST) is also slated to complete operations for the royal Netherlands space force when it operates under its command, the Royal Netherlands Marines can also be used by the royal Netherlands space force if needed.

Rear admiral Doorman, commander of the royal Netherlands space force issued an order in the middle of 1936 that all attention for the coming years is to be focused on the Netherlands as he has received many request for diverting precious resources on projects like sending one of the two shuttles to the Moon or a probe to Mars.

The first prototype of the Fokker D-21 successfully took to the skies on March, the production would begin in November using a modernized production line to maximize the output. Fokker also had started work on the next fighter dubbed the D-22 which is based on the yet to be build American P-51D Mustang.

DAF would create their own Aero Engine Department and would be given a task of designing a 1,600hp class liquid-cooled supercharged V-12 engine. DAF completed the first M.35 armored car for the royal Netherlands army after only a year of research, mostly done onboard the holodecks of KNRS Orange-Nassau where DAF designers managed to conduct numerous field test without having to build one first. After the designers where happy with the final version of the M.35 armored car its production began at modernized production lines.

Artillerie Inrichtingen began limited production of the K-36 Carbine (Karabijn. The name "assault rifle" was not used, because they fear attracting foreign attention) which was based heavily on OTL AK-47; MG-36, which based heavily on OTL MG-3; Pantservuist-1 (English: Armored Fist-1 or short PV-1) Bazooka; Terugstootloze Vuurmond-1 (English: recoilless rifle or for short TLV-1) and a new generation of 51mm and 81mm mortars. Full production of these weapons would only start on the eve of WWII, and export was strictly forbidden at the moment because of fear for unintentional butterfly effect.

In order to keep things secret and collect information the oversight commission which by now is also known as the shadow government managed to convince the prime minister Hendrikus Colijn into creating the royal Netherlands military intelligence service (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Militaire Inlichtingen Dienst, MID), this agency will use information gathered trough the royal Netherlands space force or other methods in order to protect the Kingdom and its colonies.

The MID was the integral part of the Oversight Commission's "mid-term" project - Project Bewakers - WWII and the Cold War would be unavoidable. The project made sure that Germany and Japan knew invasion of the Netherlands was a very bad idea, WWII would not end as Axis victorious, Western Allies would do a bit better than OTL by offered some subtle helps and when the Cold War came around, made sure it would not turn red hot and escalated into Nuclear Holocaust or the let the Communist prevail, and finally pave way for the "long term" project - Project Fusion - preparation of eventual unification of Earth.

Across Europe, governments begin to notice the new shift in Netherlands politics and increased spending in its military, in Berlin they believed that the Dutch are only rearming for self-defense and were no treat to them. While in London and Paris rumors are beginning to circulate that the Netherlands have something in their possession that helps them expand so fast without destroying their economy. Meanwhile Philips unveiled their latest compact (in relative term) table top vacuum tube radio, which was cheaper and performed better than competition all over the world, the sales ensured Philips would earn a hefty profit. None of the countries knew the real truth and all attempts to discover it have so far failed.

But under this mysterious backdrop, there was an exception in Charles Lindbergh.

Lindbergh's family have lived through the traumas of the kidnaping, then the dead of their infant child, "The Trial of the Century" and its prototype form of sensationalizing Paparazzi Journalism. They decided to take refuge in Europe in late 1935.

"The Lone Eagle" as he was called was also carrying out United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) secret missions: access the true strength of German and Netherlands airpower.

Lindbergh visited Germany first in July, he was impressed with the state of the art facilities and he was also allowed to fly a prototype of Bf-109. Then he visit the Netherlands with the Royal Family giving Lindbergh's family an even warmer welcome. When Lindbergh toured Fokker's R&D facilities, he was utterly shocked, they were even superior to the Germans' counterparts. Lindbergh was likewise allowed to fly a prototype of the D-21, he liked the plane a lot, as he later wrote in his report, "Fokker D-21 is a pure joy to fly, handling and maneuverability is second to none, in term of mid to low attitude performance it is the best fighter in the world. However, in high attitude, Bf-109 (and perhaps Spitfire, which I don't have chance to test fly yet) will have an edge."

In the farewell banquet, Anthony Fokker [1] offered Lindbergh a business proposition: Lindbergh would be given the prototype D-21 which he flew days earlier as a gift. Fokker was willing to sell the license to produce D-21s to one of manufacturers in the States, preferably Hughes Aircraft, for Fokker was impressed by Howard Hughes' record breaking feat the year before. Lindbergh would be asked as Fokker's unofficial sale representative, the former gladly agreed.

Lindbergh's first trip to the Netherlands had a profound effect on his view of the world: the Spanish Civil War had just erupted. The outbreak of a "Second Great War" would only be a matter of time. But among all Western Democracies, only the Netherlands was doing the right things by making proper preparations. America and other Western Democracies must adept the "Dutch Model" as soon as possible.

Lindbergh would fly his D-21 back his temporal home in England. He remembered (and much to his dismay) that Gloster Aircraft Company was still producing Gladiator bi-plane fighter. So he flew his D-21 to the company headquarter at Gloucestershire and challenged the Gloster test pilot to dogfight his D-21 with a Gladiator, the D-21 won most of the contests (only in slow speed low attitude Gladiator had an edge). Lindbergh suggested to the Gloster boss to purchase the license to produce D-21 instead, the later admitted that D-21 was a way better fighter, but Air Ministry were just ordered the initial batch of 37 Gladiator. However, he agreed that after the entire first batch were all delivered, he would lobby Air Ministry to buy the better fighter (the idea never passed The House of Common in this year or next year)

Later that year, Lindbergh visited Hughes at California and allowed Howard Hughes to test fly the D-21, who was equally impressed. Then Lindbergh proposed Hughes to purchase the licenses of production from Fokker, on condition of future sales revenue would be shared equally. Hughes knew that Lindbergh wrote a good review of the D-21 to the USAAC, and that plane would certainly become the fighter of choice of the USAAC. He agreed to the deal without much hesitation.

Then both headed back to the Netherlands to sign the contract. Hughes was also given the chance to visit Fokker's factories and R&D facilities, the assembly line left a deeper impression to Hughes than even the R&D facilities. Finally Fokker told Lindbergh that, when Lindbergh revisit the Netherlands next year, bring in Donald Wills Douglas Sr. and Amelia Earhart as well as there where some business and publicity stunt proposals on the table for both of them.

[11] ITTL he was invited back to head Fokker and became a member in the Oversight Commission.

Star Trek Orange Year 1938

January

Realizing that the Oversight Commission was full of industrialists, generals, admirals, and senior civil servants (plus a Prince), they decided to bring in an intellectual. Since they were changing history they picked Johan Huizinga, Professor of General History at Leiden University.

After a general orientation, Huizinga spoke up, he said that he agreed keeping the commission Dutch for the moment but they should think long term. Take Albert Einstein for example, he deserves to be the first non-Dutch citizen to know the "Big Secret".

With the future knowledge, Einstein could completely revolutionize Modern Physic by creating a workable Unified Field Theory, thus speeding up the space age and he could be the Father of Nuclear Fusion Power. He could also be used as a special peace envoy, to defuse some of the Cold War crises. In short, Einstein would be the integral part of Project Fusion.

Then Vice-Admiral Janssen raised doubt: would Einstein completely agree on the Oversight Commission's policies? Huizinga answered that, unlike Gandhi, Einstein was not a hardline pacifist. He once lived in Switzerland, he knew that to guarantee the peace loving neutral status a nation needed to maintain a strong military. In the original timeline, he even wrote a letter to convince FDR to build A-Bombs.

The other members of the Commission were convinced, and they gave Huizinga a free hand to draw up the plan.

The Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways and the Hollands Iron Railway-Company are merged to form the Dutch Railways (English: Nederlandse Spoorwegen, NS). Alongside with the merger, the NS Class 400 (OTL NS Class 600) diesel locomotives was introduced.

February

Employees belonging to the Artillerie Inrichtingen in the presences of several high ranking royal Netherlands army officers witnessed the test fire of a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher (OTL BM-12) called the RD-10 (RD stands for Raketlanceerder or in English Rocketlauncher) and a 105 mm field gun [15-veld] (OTL M3 light howitzer).

The 1st Regiment Parachutisten (English: 1st parachute Regiment) is formed. Attached with it is the Bataljon Parachutisten (English: Parachute Battalion) which will act as a dual elite/light infantry force for use with the royal Netherlands air force.

In the Netherlands East Indies the East Indies Light infantry Regiment which is part of the part of the 1st KNIL Infantry Division is formed. The regiment recruits the best personnel form the three KNIL Divisions and acts as a light elite force for the KNIL. From the aboriginal Dayak tribe the Dayak Scout Battalion is raised (based on OTL Sarawak Rangers/Iban Tracker of Malaya).

March

For two years, residents of the island of Texel and Den Helder noticed that there were massive construction works on the island going on, but they had no idea what was that. However, from this month, fortified works slowly took shape. Unbeknownst to them underground facilities which were also worked on where completed. Among the aforementioned residents, there were several sleeper agents from other major European Powers.

Near Marinevliegkamp 'De Mok' (English: Naval airbase 'De Mok’) the office of the Navy special operation service (Dutch: marine speciale operaties dienst, MSOD) [1] is opened. The naval airbase which primarily is used for training crew of the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service was selected to house the navy special operation service due its remote location and the new massive underground facility which was secretly built nearby for the MSOD and also as the command post for the Stelling Den Helder-Texel [2].

On 4th March, Erwin Schrödinger, who lectured at the University of Graz, received an invitation letter from retired Professor Pieter Zeeman (under suggestion of Johan Huizinga), acting as representativ on behalf of the University of Amsterdam, offered Schrödinger a position of becoming a visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam. For Schrödinger, an ardent Anti-Nazi who was watching the latest development at Austria anxiously, it was a Godsend and without much hesitation he accepted the offer. Eight days later German troops occupied Austria; annexation of the country by Germany was declared the following day (as in IOTL ).

The second O-16 class submarines build by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij is commissioned by the royal Netherlands navy. More than ten O-16 class submarines are still under construction at various stages by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij and K.M. De Schelde who are expecting to deliver two to three submarines per year to the royal Netherlands navy until 1941 when the last of the O-16 class submarines is expected to be finished.

The first test flight of the Fokker D-21 model B happens at Gilze-Rijen air force base [3]. The main difference between the Fokker D-21 model B and the Fokker D-21 model A are that the model B has a NVK1300 1,300hp engine instead of the original NVK1200 1,200hp engine, improved protection, two pieces bubble canopy (like those on OTL P-47 or F8F), wing mounted .50 machines guns which could be upgraded into 20mm cannons (based on OTL Ho-5 cannon, it was also developed from the .50 Browning machine gun, thus simplify logistic) and six hard points for Mk 1 unguided air-to-ground rockets. As in the "A" model, the center-line hard point could either carry a 250kg bomb or a drop tank.

April

Spyker Cars, a company brought back from being nonexistent since 1926 by the president-directeur of DAF Wim van Doorne (founder of DAF) and a member of the Oversight Commission, introduces its first race car called the Spyker R10 ''Oranje bliksem'' (English: orange lightning) at the recently opened Zandvoort race Circuit in 1936. The intention of Spyker Cars is to compete in the 1939 European Drivers' Championship with the Spyker R10.
Also, at the end of last year, Wim van Doorne quietly bought Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company, Inc. in the United States through a Dutch American as proxy as he was planning to adapt the General Motors' business model of processing many sub-brands in the Post War years.

A Fokker F25 four-engine propeller-driven airplane [4] taking off from Schiphol airport conducts its first successful flight.

The Ministry of Transport and Water Management (Dutch: ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat) approves KLM's request to order 12 Fokker F25 long-distance aircraft and 8 Fokker F24s (OTL DC-5) as replacements for the airline's DC-2s and DC-3s.

Helmed by rear admiral Doorman himself the flagship of the royal Netherlands space force KNRS Orange-Nassau [6] lands at a cleared site near the town of Kajana in Suriname[5].

The royal Netherlands military intelligence service (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Militaire Inlichtingen Dienst, MID) estimates that more than 89 German Sicherheitsdienst (English: Security Service) and Abwehr agents (of which more than 46 former Germans now have Dutch citizenship) are operating in the Netherlands and who are being tracked and followed by agents belonging to the MID. Among these 89 there are several high ranking officials [7] working at the German embassy in De Haag, but as they have diplomatic immunity in most cases and the MID does not want them to find out that they are being watched they are for the moment left alone.

On April 3rd in Antwerp, Belgium the Netherlands wins over Belgium with 1-1 (as in IOTL) in the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification and with it qualifies itself together with Belgium for the 1938 FIFA World Cup which will be held in France from June 4th to June 19th.

The second battalion of the Korps Speciale Troepen (KST) receives its colors on April 1938. The 2nd KST battalion like the 1st KST battalion is in public outfitted with weapons like the K-36 Carbine and the MG-37 machine gun, but when the Korps Speciale Troepen and even the royal Netherlands marines operate under the command of the royal Netherlands space force they are equipped with Type 3 phaser rifles, type 2 hand held phasers, several plasma grenades and a combadge.

May

The Military Aviation of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Dutch: Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger) receive its first batch of Fokker D-21 model B fighters which is being produced by a new branch of Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (English: royal Netherlands aircraft company Fokker or for short Fokker) which is called Fokker Vliegtuigenfabriek Oost Indie (English: Fokker aircraft company East Indies). An assembly line for the D-22 is also being build and is expected to begin building it first D-22s in the late 1939.

The Dutch Minister of Justice calls dissents fleeing Nazi-Germany “refugees in need of a home".

The SS Nieuw Amsterdam[8], owned by Netherlands-America Steamship Company (Dutch: Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij) is with 38,000 tones the largest passenger liner constructed in the Netherlands up to this point and sets out on her maiden voyage to New York. With its super Advanced fluid dynamic design and machinery (thanks to KNRS Orange-Nassau Holodeck), it can attain an average speed of 32 knots, which it did during the westbound voyage and thus won the Blue Ribbon [9].

The Finnish air force, which already operates the Fokker D.10, Fokker CVEs and the Fokker CVD thanks to its connections with Fokker, starts to seek a new generation fighter. By the summer of 1936, they became aware of the new D21 model A fighter and decided to send a delegation to the Netherlands to check it out. A senior Finnish colonel flew the prototype and was amazed by its superb performance, but since the D21 was a brand new and cutting edge fighter it was very expensive. So at the end, among all other choices (Gloster Gladiator, North American NA-50A, Vought V-143, Dewoitine 510, Morane-Saulnier 405 and PZL P-24), the Finnish air force choose the PZL P-24 for its affordability. Later that Finnish air force colonel's report on the excellent D21 began circulating across the European aviation circle, at the end Lindbergh got his hand on the report and decided to visit the Netherlands for himself.

The Finnish air force watched the Spanish Civil War unfold closely. They knew that the Nationalists' Messerschmitt Bf-109s outclassed the Republicans' Soviet build Polikarpov I-15s and I-16s. They feared that the Soviet Union would create a new generation type of fighter and their PZL P-24 would soon be obsolete. They also were aware that the Fokker D21 model A in service with the royal Netherlands air force was being phased out in favor of the Fokker D21 model B and the D22. This time both side managed to work out an deal and Finland became the first export customer for the Fokker D21 when they signed a deal for 21 Fokker D21 model F fighter planes [10] to be built by Fokker and a license right [11] to have them produced them in Finland by Finnish State Aircraft Factory (Finnish: Valtion Lentokonetehdas).

June

Earlier of the month, Hughes XFH-1 [5] Sea Falcon, the navalized version of the P-40A Falcon, conducted a successful carrier landing and takeoff test from the USS Saratoga. The Captain of the Saratoga at the time was John H. Towers, a naval aviation pioneer himself, and Howard Hughes conducted some of the carrier flight tests by themselves, both became close friend soon afterward. The overall performance of the XFH-1 was superior to the Brewster XF2A-1 and Gurmman XF4F-2. Later that month the United states navy placed an order of 54 production model of the Hughes FH-1s, but the Department of War feared Hughes would soon attain a near monopoly status of American fighters manufacturing. Therefore they gave Brewster and Gurmman a second chance to develop an improved version of their prototypes (XF2A-2 and XF4F-3).

From June 4th to June 19th the 1938 World Cup was held in France. The Netherlands facing 1934 runner-up Czechoslovakia in Le Havre managed to pull off the first major upset at World Cup tournament history, beating them 1-0. Czechoslovakian superstar keeper František Plánička reacted a half second late, and failed to save a fierce 'Bombenschuss' shot from the 18-year-old Bertus de Harder late in the game. But on June 12th they lost the quarter-finals against Brazil with 3-1 (de Harder scored another goal but Leônidas da Silva scored a hattrick), and thus ended the Netherlands participation in the World Cup. The Dutch East Indies, which managed to qualify automatically due to Japan withdrawing, was defeated by Hungary in the first round when it lost with 6-0. In the end the finals where held on June 19th in Paris between Italy and Hungary with Italy winning the world cup after managing to defeat Hungary with 4-2.

The royal Netherlands air force and the royal Netherlands army creates the air defense command (Dutch: Commando Luchtverdediging) which will be in charge of defending the Netherlands airspace. The army contributions to the command are: Brigade Luchtdoelartillerie (English: anti-air brigade) and the 3e Regiment genietroepen (English: 3rd regiment engineers) who are in charge of the search lights. The air force contributions to the air defense command are: radar stations Den Helder and Nieuw-Milligen and fighter planes operating out of Ypenburg air base, Gilze-Rijen air base, Leeuwarden air base and Woensdrecht air base. These air bases, which have been modernized into modern air bases from 1935 onwards, are part of the fighter group which is made up of the 1st to 8th Jachtvliegtuig Afdelingen (which can be compared to squadrons).

The flagship of the royal Netherlands space force KNRS Orange-Nassau takes off from the cleared site near the town of Kajana in Suriname where she spend a month on the ground for routine maintenance and unloading and loading of new supplies which were too big to be beamed on board or transported by a shuttle.

July

Howard Hughes with his flight crew which was made up of Amelia Earhart (co-pilot), Thomas Thurlow (navigator), Edward Lund (flight engineer), Richard Stoddard (radio operator) and Harry Connor (backup pilot) set another record by completing a flight around the world in just 85 hours (3 days, 13 hours), beating the previous record by more than 7 hours. Taking off from Amsterdam, they continued to Omsk, Fairbanks, New York City and returned to Amsterdam. For this flight they flew the prototype of the Fokker F25 outfitted with the latest radio and navigational Equipment. Within the pressurized cabin were VIP passenger who represented Air France, Imperial Airways, KLM, Northwest Airways, Pan Am, TWA, and United Airlines. There were also three stewardesses, Anthony Fokker and Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. on the plane. The feat caused another worldwide sensation. But due to the high price tag and the world still in economic depression, all aforementioned airlines above only placed orders for a handful of planes each.

With the Sudeten Crisis continue to be brewing, Lindbergh was invited to examining the air forces of Czechoslovakia and Russia, but was unimpressed in comparison to what he had seen in Germany and the Netherlands. After his visit to the Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union, Lindbergh on his way back home made a brief stopover at the Netherlands where he was given a detailed intelligence report of the true strength of the Luftwaffe by the director of the MID, showing it was not as strong as Lindbergh thought [13].

“Germany now has the means of destroying Prague if she wishes to do so, even though the Czechs posess excellent fortification at Sudeten, but without air superiority Germany will finally crack the Czechs’ defences and overrun the nation," Lindbergh told Western journalists. “I am convinced that there are two options for the United Kingdom and France: either when German invades Czechoslovakia they can take the window of opportunity to occupy the Rhineland, forcing Germany to back Down, because when Germany finishes off Czechoslovakia, it will be too late; or they can permit Germany’s eastward expansion, buying more time to strengthen their own defenses." Privately he told politicians from the United Kingdom and France that he preferred the later option [14].

August

The first of four Tromp-class cruisers is commissioned as HNLMS Tromp and enters into service with the royal Netherlands navy. HNLMS Tromp is outfitted with every modern weapon system that could be built with the current means available.

Finland buys 12 DAF M.35 armored cars from the Netherlands which are to be assigned to the armored unit of the Ratsuväkiprikaati (English: Cavalry Brigade).

The German government decrees that all Jews must add Israel (for a Jewish male) or Sara (for a Jewish female) to their first names for simplifying the identification work. It went into effect on 1st January, 1939.

The royal Netherlands army, 10e Regiment Artillerie (English: 10th Artillery Regiment) becomes the first artillery regiment to field the RD-10 12-tube 107mm rocket launcher (OTL BM-12), and the [15-veld] 105 mm field gun (OTL M3 light howitzer).

September

On 1st September, Jacqueline Cochran won the Bendix Trophy Race with a specially modified Hughes H-2B, setting up a new time and average speed (first one to break the 300mph barrier) record for the race.

O-16 class submarine HNLMS O-18, the third of her class is commissioned by the royal Netherlands navy.

Passenger liner MS Oranje is commissioned by the Verenigde Nederlandse Scheepvaartmaatschappij (English: United Netherlands shipping company, VNS) and built by Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (the main passenger ship builder in the Netherlands). The tonnage of MS Oranje was 28,000 GRT and her maximum speed was 30 knots. She was used in the scheduled route to the Netherlands East Indies.

As tension over Czechoslovakia mount, Artillerie Inrichtingen began mass-production of all kinds of new weapons they had designed since 1936, and began issuing them to the regular army.

The Sudeten Crisis as it was called ended with the Munich agreement which was signed on September 30th 1938 (as in IOTL). But the Oversight Commission knew that the illusion of "peace for our time" would not last for long and decided that the Netherlands would gear up for the coming war.

October

Aviolanda, a small aircraft manufacturer in the Netherlands which produces the Aviolanda Av-37 flying boat [15] is taken over by Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (English: royal Netherlands aircraft company Fokker or for short Fokker) and is renamed Fokker-Aviolanda.

The second Tromp class cruisers HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck is commissioned. Both Tromp-class cruisers will be deployed with the Netherlands East Indies naval squadron which now includes HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Sumatra.

In early October 1938 the Lindbergh’s family settled in France. After the Munich Agreement, Lindbergh became dismayed by the general French publics "business as usual" attitude and their unwillingness to buy precious time to rearm.

Charles and Anne decided to find a new home in either Germany or the Netherlands. While Anne began searching for a new home in Germany, Charles Lindbergh was invited to tour several German factories in Magdeburg and Dessau. Several weeks later Lindbergh along with the American Ambassador Hugh Wilson attended an official state dinner with Hermann Göring, Ernst Heinkel, Adolf Baeumker, Dr. Willy Messerschmitt and a number of other Nazi officials.
During the dinner, Lindbergh and Wilson were surprised when Göring awards Lindbergh the Verdienstkreuz Deutscher Adler, or Service Cross of the German Eagle. Göring said it was presented to Lindbergh “by order of the Führer”. Lindbergh didn't think to much of the award, which previously had been given to both Henry Ford and the French Ambassador; he simply saw it as another foreign country commendation for his trans-Atlantic flight.

Also at the dinner Lindbergh finally told Göring that the Netherlands reply of Germany offer to purchase a license to produce the Fokker D21 (or perhaps even D22): the Netherlands was only willing to export the D21 and sell the production licence to Finland and the United State because they were neutral countries, doing the same thing to other major European powers was simply too politically sensitive.
If Britain, France, Italy or the Soviet Union made the same offer they would likewise be turned down. Unwilling to give up, Göring made another offer; he said Lufthansa was interested in the F25 and wanted to place orders. He asked Lindbergh to act as messenger one more time.

On 22nd October, the last Non-championship Grands Prix took place at Donington, thus formally ending the 1938 Grand Prix season. Both Dutch drivers Harry Herkuleyns and Eddie Hertzberger (he would delay his retirement for one year ITTL in order to drive for the Spyker team) didn't get podium finish for the season (but went close on three occasions), but as a novice team their performance impressed the other teams and the media with their new orange cars. One month before, when the chance of war between Britain and German was looming, Spyker lured Richard Seaman away from Mercedes-Benz team by demonstrating a new prototype race car which was a little better than Mercedes and Auto Union's counterpart [16]. He would drive for the Spyker team next season as did Prince Bira of Siam.

Charles and Anne Lindbergh then visited the Netherlands again. Charles was invited by Anthony Fokker to travel with him to New York for some "important business matters". After having reached New York they both meet with James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, president and general manager of North American Aviation, Paul G. Hoffman, vice president of Chrysler, Alvan Macauley, president of Packard Motor Company, Henry J. Kaiser and Vannevar Bush. They were told that some of the top companies in the Netherlands wanted to make a deals with them, just like what Fokker did with Hughes at 1936 [17]. If they were interested, they should visit the Netherlands on February next year, a KLM F25 charter flight would be waiting for them at New York City.

Lindbergh’s family returns to France, undecided whether to settle in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee or in Haarlem.

November

On 9th November, Ernst vom Rath, a diplomat working at the German embassy in Paris was assassinated by a 17-year-old Polish Jewish youth Herschel Grynszpan. Back in Germany, a large scale program against Jews broke out throughout Nazi Germany, it would later become known as the "Night of Broken Glass". Over 1,000 synagogues were burned, and over 7,000 Jewish businesses where destroyed or damaged. At least 91 Jews were killed in the attacks and a further 30,000 arrested and put in concentration camps.

The program caused an international outrage. Charles Lindbergh was also shocked and was under pressure to return his medal to Germany, but he declined to do so. Later he explained, "It seems to me that the returning of decorations, which were given in times of peace and as a gesture of friendship, can have no constructive effect. If I were to return the German medal, it seems to me that it would be an unnecessary insult. Even if war develops between us, I can see no gain in indulging in a spitting contest before that war begins." Nonetheless, Lindbergh’s family made up their mind and moved to the Netherlands.

KNRS Maas one of the two class-2 shuttles, or also known as Maas-class shuttles [18], on November 17th 1938 lands on the moon. While none of its crew leaves the shuttles the landing is still a great leap for the royal Netherlands space force which previous was only allowed to circled the moon due to orders from rear admiral Doorman, who wanted the royal Netherlands space force to concentrate its attention in helping strengthen the kingdom defenses.

December

At the headquarters of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army located in the city of Bandung the installing of a transporter station begins which when completed will allow people to be transported from the Netherlands East Indies to the Netherlands or back. A transporter station in Paramaribo, Suriname is also in the planning.

The third O-16 class submarine HNLMS O-19 is commissioned by the royal Netherlands navy.

[1] The navy special operation service is in reality the cover for the headquarters of the royal Netherlands space force. MSOD, which is located in a underground facility located near naval airbase De Mok, is equipped with an advance communications center and one workable transporter station installed allowing the KNRS Orange-Nassau which is still orbiting Earth to be relieved somewhat of its duties.

[2] The Stelling Den Helder-Texel is responsible for the defense of Den Helder, the northern region of the province Noord-Holland, some of the Wadden islands and the Afsluitdijk. The stelling includes both army and naval units. The commander of the stelling is the naval commander while the army provides the infantry for the stelling and some of the coastal artillery.

[3] Gilze-Rijen Air Base is the main testing site of the royal Netherlands air force.

[4] The Fokker F25 is based on OTL DC-4 but instead of using 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-2000 radial engines, 1,450 each it has 4 × N.V. Koolhoven NVK1500 1,500hp engines and a pressurized cabin, beating Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner in being the first commercial transport aircraft which is equipped with a pressurized cabin.

[5] KNRS Orange-Nassau which is an improved Intrepid-class starship is capable of atmospheric entry and planetary landing as it is equipped with antigravity generators as well as impulse and lifters strategically placed at the mass and stress points on the bottom portion of the secondary hull.

[6] The cleared site near the near the town of Kajana in Suriname is current only a cleared strip of land where the KNRS Orange-Nassau can land and consist at the current moment of several buildings for use by the royal Netherlands space force personal already working there, building crews who are working at the site and also a barrack for the 3rd company of the 1st KST battalion who is assigned for security.

[7] Some of the several high ranking officials are: military attaché Oberstleutnant Otzen, Luftwaffe attaché Generalleutnant Wenninger, intelligence-attaché Oberstleutnant Schulze-Bernett and the head of the (politic) Reichdeutsche Gemeinschaft Butting.

[8] SS Nieuw Amsterdam like all Netherlands ocean liners who have entered into service after 1935 by Netherlands law have provisions for possible war use incorporated in her design.

[9] The Blue Ribbon is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the highest speed record. SS Nieuw Amsterdam during her westbound voyage managed to reach a speed of 31 knots thus beating the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique owned SS Normandie which managed to get 30.58 knots the year ago.

[10] The Fokker D21 model F (F stands for Finland) is based on the model A which the royal Netherlands air force is slowly phasing out in favor of the Fokker D21 Model B and the more advance Fokker D22 fighter plane. Therefore the price of an A model has become more affordable. Finnish PZL P-24s still in service will be sold to Denmark and Norway.

[11] The Netherlands in return for allowing Finland to licenses produce the Fokker D21 model F will receive a large number of Suomi KP/-31 submachine guns, the right to produce them under licenses by Artillerie Inrichtingen where it is renamed the MP31 (MP means machine pistol) and also a large shipment of raw material to be delivered by Finland as payment for the licenses rights.

[12] McDonnell Aircraft would use designations of FN, F2N, F3N, and F4N instead of OTL FH, F2H, F3H, and F4H in the future.

[13] Earlier Johan Huizinga argued with the rest of the Commission members that if someday the public found out the Netherlands did nothing despite foreknowledge during Sudeten Crisis, there would be serious political backlash in the distant future and could destabilize the Earth Federation. While the coup d'etat plan was rejected out of hand for sheer riskiness and probable situation of replacing Nazi Germany with and saner Militarist Germany, thus merely delay the outbreak of the War and made it more unpredictable. Finally a compromise plan was made by letting Lindbergh knew the true strength of Luftwaffe, and up to the politicians of the United Kingdom and France to decide.

[14] ITTL Lindbergh was still a staunch Anticommunist and he wished that the Nazis and the communist to be locked in perceptual mortal combat in the east. Historians would not be kind on him at this count.

[15] The Aviolanda Av-37 flying boat is the OTL Dornier Do-24 flying boat of which the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service has ordered as many of 90 of for use in the Dutch East Indies. It is fitted with three NVK 1200 engine which have better performance than the German counterpart. The defensive armaments of the Av-37 consist of three Alkan gun turrets, each equipped with a Browning 12.7 mm machinegun. Production of the Av-37 has been underway since 1937.

[16] Called the Spyker R20 which is based on OTL Alfa Romeo 159 Alfetta.

[17] The Anthony Fokker and Charles Lindbergh trip was a idea from the Oversight Commission which wants to establish a international conference at which diplomats, industrialists, intellectuals, politicians and scientists from democratic countries in Europe and the United States will be brought together in order to foster better cooperation on political, economic, and defense issues. The conference would take place at the hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk.

[18] KNRS Orange-Nassau carries two class-2 shuttles which are named KNRS Maas and KNRS Marowijne and one aeroshuttle which is embedded in the saucer underside of KNRS Orange-Nassau and which is called KNRS Huygen.