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JANUARY 3RD, 1953 01:53 HOURS SOMEWHERE OVER THE NORTH SEA "Skipper to cargo. We're ten minutes away from the European coastline; we'll be releasing you in five minutes. Do you copy?" The pod shudders as the bomber begins to accelerate, the roar of the engines to the sides of you nearly...

In 1928, an artifact was found in Egypt by Professor Paul Langford. A ring of 6.7 meters in diameter and a weight of around 29 metric tons. At that time, no one knew what this was supposed to be. Besides the workmanship, the strangest fact about it was the peculiar alloy it was made of. It...

Chap 1. Korriban arc: I would like to go home now Darkness is all Morgan sees as he comes to. With a parched throat, aching wrists from being bound and only his ears to tell him what's going on, you might forgive him for trying to speak. The guard did not, and with a harsh "Silence, slave!" he...

Order’s -> Order of Battle -> Formulating a Plan -> Operational Phase 1 (Skirmish) -> Operational Phase 2 (Main Battle) -> Operational Phase 3 (Rear Action) -> After Action Report -> Retrospective The distanced chatter of muscat fire, interrupted by the dull booming sounds of the canons, is...

A single officer, dressed in a clean olive green dress uniform with a beret, marched through the halls of the United Nations Space Peacekeeping Forces Headquarters in San Diego. The tall, towering structure was a recent addition, constructed thirty years ago due to humanity's expansion into...

The Sundorian "Sundorian" Proper noun From the Old Albish "sundor," meaning "beyond." A person with metaphysical/magical capabilities Example: "Ever since he found out he's a Sundorian, he's used his powers every chance he can." See also: sorcerer, magician, metaphysically-abled 1. I just got...

Prologue; Mother of all Misjumps. 2784. Operation Exodus McKenna's Pride The massed selection of WarShips and JumpShips extended deep into space as his orders continued to advance the fleet towards their destination. "Huh." The word was uttered so innocuously that at first Alexander failed to...

A meeting had been called, and you found it odd that you had been requested to attend. Often times the only ones allowed to enter the meeting halls of the Capital Temple were the ancient sons and daughters of the Faith. While it wasn't rare for some specialists of different fields to be invited...

Startup options largely stolen/borrowed from Towards the Future Original - Sci-Fi. It is also inspired by the vibes if not the system of Traveller, The Rise of Empire: A Naval Design, Procurement and Command Quest Original - Art Quest - Sci-Fi. This quest is heavily inspired by Towards the...

The cafeteria lights of Derry Community College were buzzing like wasps, so this is why Jake Epping had taken the job. He thought that if he worked in the basement, no one would see him. No one would know that the scholarship kid was working as a janitor. Jake's pride was alive. It coiled...

Note: This is not the final draft of the timeline. I may edit some things later. September 2008: the global economy reels in the wake of the largest financial collapse since the Great Depression. It will lead to the failures of multiple national economies in the coming years. January 2011: The...

Hey, there. I'm BNSF1995, a newcomer around these parts. I first heard of Sufficient Velocity while reading about Strypgia's Neon Genesis Evangelion stories on TV Tropes, namely A Crown of Stars and Advice & Trust. Now I have made the decision to create a story here. Not really a story, more...

--Synopsis-- "Know thy self, know thy enemy" - Sun Tzu Marcus Graham has been handed a raw deal. As a student of military history, he wants nothing more than to help the world learn from human conflict. But his increasingly hostile college is blocking his lectures and threatening to cancel...

As we know from watching Evangelion that the JSSDF is pretty much jack shit when it comes to Direct combat and not using N2 bombs..but what if that was not the case ? I know it will change the entire genera of the series and might as well kill the reason/ plot of the series too.. But let's just...

This isn't a post about the feasibility of whether or not some medieval nation could have employed female soldiers at some point, there's already threads on that, this is about what happens when they already exist. Just assume some country in the Medieval/Early Modern period has women serving in...

Being both a 40k fan and interested in military matters to an extent, I have find the former severely lacking in interesting additions for a while, specifically that I dislike most of the new stuff that has been rolled out for recent editions. With that in mind I decided to share my ideas for...

Olympus Mons Supercity, Mars Deep within the single largest underground city in the entire Solar System, the Martian people had been thrown into chaos. Sensor operators pored over consoles as they attempted to pinpoint the distant dot of blue and green from which the human race was spawned...

“Philadephia uplink unsuccessful - rerouting - StratNet uplink successful. Welcome back, Commander. Today’s threat level remains high. While GDI campaigns prior to the Temple Prime explosion have successfully pushed Nod forces back deep into the Yellow Zones and neutralized a number of high...

Each of you is a military force from a period of history affected by a collision of worlds and pulled from time and space to a strange and foreign land. You will find that while you and the others cast adrift are the only humans this world you have come to is far from uninhabited the native...

Blessed Mother. The monster stirred in her dreams, unwilling to leave their embrace. Nightmares always waited for her, clinging to her each time she closed her eyes. But they were known perils, mere memories of her endless failures. Sleep always brought her succor, allowing the monster to...

"Doppelganger? I've heard weirder!" Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't believe what he heard. Even more so, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was another Hachiman who stood as tall as himself, wearing the edgiest trenchcoat humanity has ever tailored. His hair was unnaturally dark blue. His...

AN: Hello! I'm okmangeez and this is a story I've been working on for some time now. This is a tale of an American Marine being transported to the year 1775 and being tasked with changing America's destiny, for the better. The being that took him back is patronizing and watching over the man...

It is the dawn of 1930. The Combined Defence Committee of Reewiin has selected you to establish its military as pre-eminent in East and Central Africa. It is up to you and your fellow members to take a poorly organised and equipped gendarmerie and turn it into a modern fighting force that will...

The Democratic Frikorps Quest: Das Corps of Democracy On the 11the Hour, of the 11th day, of 1918, The Guns Fell Silent, and the World Knew Peace. That was the promise of the Armistice of 1918. The Great War would be over. And the Great War was over. Fighting all across the Lines of the...

The world stands on a knife-edge, war has been an ever-present constant ever since World War 2 ended in a partial German victory. While the Nazis did meet their long-delayed end in World War 3 in the 1980s, the stain placed on world history will never truly vanish, and if the Soviets are to be...