Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Fixed now, thanks.
Attempting to Fulfill the Plan MNKh Edition
- Thread starter Blackstar
- Start date
- Alt. History Users' Choice!
Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
With the other rolls being 21 and 2, there wasn't much built to flood, so the damage downstream is mostly minimal. The dam is back to 0/300, though.
This means that the party wants us to focus hard on computers to make our radars less shit, so it's kind of a blessing in disguise.
- Location
- Academy City
- Pronouns
- They
We can do it next turn, it apparently did not even cost PI.
- Location
- The great frozen north
Well the dice have not been too kind to us. Or the world, based on the last row. Unfortunately we're probably never going to be told what the rolls were for, but we can probably guess based on who gets horribly fucked.
- Location
- United States
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time it's enemy action. We need to look into inferstructure.
Kornet
Quite possibly a sloth abomination
- Location
- Mother Russia
Comrade, are you implying a purge is in order?
- Pronouns
- His
Rule 4: Don’t Be Disruptive
PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE PURGE
I WANT SOME REVISIONIST BLOOD
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
Obviously it's because we never did the Parasitism action. That's where they've all been hiding out.
- Location
- United States
An investigation at the very least. Whether a purge is necessary will depend on what we find.
- Location
- alphen aan den rijn
one is generally the response to the other.
Well we were due in for some bad luck. At least it can be mitigated in parts.
Canals and standards/trade got through, and our PS is now 70.
Plus rural restoration is done, so that should be one part of the plan goals met. Finally get to play with the fish farms now.
Overall not too bad.
Canals and standards/trade got through, and our PS is now 70.
Plus rural restoration is done, so that should be one part of the plan goals met. Finally get to play with the fish farms now.
Overall not too bad.
Semi-Canon Omake: David Glantz, part 1
David Glantz, part 1
Excerpts from David Glantz' 'When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler'
Foreword:
"Many things have been told about the Eastern Front of WW2. Myths and Speculation without much basing in reality, as the amount of accurate info around the subject has been lacking due to the secrecy of the Soviet Union and a lack of any German accounts. This has changed now, as the Union opened up much of their archives in 1990. Finally accurate numbers, both from the Soviet and the German side, have been released to the public, and the true story of highly ambitious plans, catastrophic blunders and desperate battles that defined the opening months of the Eastern Front, Operation Barbarossa, as well as following operations can come to light." …
Prelude to War, the Political Situation
"... Much has been said about the stupidity of invading the Soviet Union, however the situation at home for the Nazis was quite dire and demanded decisive action. The German Economy was already showing the strain of its rapid military mobilization and unwise fiscal policies, and the Reich faced several critical shortages among vital resource such as food, oil and rare metals, only kept afloat by trading looted gold, technological patents and industrial equipment with the Soviets…"
"...The cooperation between the Soviet Union and the German Reich came as a nasty surprise to Allied Planners and Politicians. The idea of these two powers working together had been thought impossible, considering the bitterly sour relations between them even before Hitler took power in Germany. Even more confusingly it seemed to fly face first against Foreign Minister Litvinov's policy of anti-fascist diplomacy. As it turned out however it was just another display of the brutal pragmatism and opportunism the Soviet Regime practiced at the time. The Soviets were under no illusion about what Hitler had planned for them, and had escalated what had been a slow and steady increase of its armed forces into a rapid mobilization drive mere weeks after the fall of France. The carving up of Eastern Europe was used to by time for these efforts to complete, as well as gain more strategic depth to protect the heartlands of the Union, while the trade deal was little more than extortion; extremely harsh, almost laughably so, terms were imposed upon the Reich who had to upend its coffers in order to scrounge up payment for the vital influx of resources the Union provided, so much so that they eventually even cut the deal with the Soviets, mere months before Barbarossa…"
Excerpts from David Glantz' 'When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler'
Foreword:
"Many things have been told about the Eastern Front of WW2. Myths and Speculation without much basing in reality, as the amount of accurate info around the subject has been lacking due to the secrecy of the Soviet Union and a lack of any German accounts. This has changed now, as the Union opened up much of their archives in 1990. Finally accurate numbers, both from the Soviet and the German side, have been released to the public, and the true story of highly ambitious plans, catastrophic blunders and desperate battles that defined the opening months of the Eastern Front, Operation Barbarossa, as well as following operations can come to light." …
Prelude to War, the Political Situation
"... Much has been said about the stupidity of invading the Soviet Union, however the situation at home for the Nazis was quite dire and demanded decisive action. The German Economy was already showing the strain of its rapid military mobilization and unwise fiscal policies, and the Reich faced several critical shortages among vital resource such as food, oil and rare metals, only kept afloat by trading looted gold, technological patents and industrial equipment with the Soviets…"
"...The cooperation between the Soviet Union and the German Reich came as a nasty surprise to Allied Planners and Politicians. The idea of these two powers working together had been thought impossible, considering the bitterly sour relations between them even before Hitler took power in Germany. Even more confusingly it seemed to fly face first against Foreign Minister Litvinov's policy of anti-fascist diplomacy. As it turned out however it was just another display of the brutal pragmatism and opportunism the Soviet Regime practiced at the time. The Soviets were under no illusion about what Hitler had planned for them, and had escalated what had been a slow and steady increase of its armed forces into a rapid mobilization drive mere weeks after the fall of France. The carving up of Eastern Europe was used to by time for these efforts to complete, as well as gain more strategic depth to protect the heartlands of the Union, while the trade deal was little more than extortion; extremely harsh, almost laughably so, terms were imposed upon the Reich who had to upend its coffers in order to scrounge up payment for the vital influx of resources the Union provided, so much so that they eventually even cut the deal with the Soviets, mere months before Barbarossa…"
I'm greatly looking forward to it!
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Non-Canon Omake: Moments of Decision, Barbarossa. Pt 1.
- Location
- The Underdark
Moments of Decision, Barbarossa. Pt 1.
In the spring and summer of 1940, the feeling in the highest circles of the nazi regime was jubilant. By June, Norway had fallen, alongside France, and the destruction of the BEF. In a matter of months, Hitler's war machine had done something that the Kaiserreich had failed to do in four years. However, all was not well. Both Britain and France refused to surrender, and continued to fight on, crushing Italian troops in Africa, and engaging in a valiant greek campaign. In the diary of Franz Halder, "The Furher is greatly puzzled by France and Britain's continued unwillingness to make peace. He sees the answer (as we do) in their hope on Russia, and therefore counts on having to compel her by main force to agree to peace." The only clear explanation for this is a particular type of fascist insanity. Rather than contenting themselves to one war, they saw each conflict as a front in a broader struggle against a grand sweeping judeo-bolshevik conspiracy.
The origins of this grand conspiracy, are, as with any conspiracy unclear. However, it is likely that this view of Russia as being a core part of a broader Judeo Bolshevik identity, was informed by the image that Germany had of the Russian interior. Having seen it in 1917, German soldiers saw it as a desolate place, without culture, and "a godforsaken wasteland of slime." This created a series of utopian plans, assertions that good, god fearing Germans could, without much effort, conquer the land, and displace native populations. One of the proponents of this was Field Marshal Heinz Ludendorff, architect of German victories against the Tsar, and one of the men who sided with Hitler in his abortive 1923 grab for power. This is likely where Hitler's perception was formed, as the man had found his entire service against the French on the western front of the first world war.
However, by 1940, this assertion of Russia as being an uncultured backwater was only possible through selective blindness. While certainly not a center of the arts, and under a repressive stalinist regime, the Soviet Union had, in the twenty years since the cold war, radically industrialized and modernized.
In the spring and summer of 1940, the feeling in the highest circles of the nazi regime was jubilant. By June, Norway had fallen, alongside France, and the destruction of the BEF. In a matter of months, Hitler's war machine had done something that the Kaiserreich had failed to do in four years. However, all was not well. Both Britain and France refused to surrender, and continued to fight on, crushing Italian troops in Africa, and engaging in a valiant greek campaign. In the diary of Franz Halder, "The Furher is greatly puzzled by France and Britain's continued unwillingness to make peace. He sees the answer (as we do) in their hope on Russia, and therefore counts on having to compel her by main force to agree to peace." The only clear explanation for this is a particular type of fascist insanity. Rather than contenting themselves to one war, they saw each conflict as a front in a broader struggle against a grand sweeping judeo-bolshevik conspiracy.
The origins of this grand conspiracy, are, as with any conspiracy unclear. However, it is likely that this view of Russia as being a core part of a broader Judeo Bolshevik identity, was informed by the image that Germany had of the Russian interior. Having seen it in 1917, German soldiers saw it as a desolate place, without culture, and "a godforsaken wasteland of slime." This created a series of utopian plans, assertions that good, god fearing Germans could, without much effort, conquer the land, and displace native populations. One of the proponents of this was Field Marshal Heinz Ludendorff, architect of German victories against the Tsar, and one of the men who sided with Hitler in his abortive 1923 grab for power. This is likely where Hitler's perception was formed, as the man had found his entire service against the French on the western front of the first world war.
However, by 1940, this assertion of Russia as being an uncultured backwater was only possible through selective blindness. While certainly not a center of the arts, and under a repressive stalinist regime, the Soviet Union had, in the twenty years since the cold war, radically industrialized and modernized.
Non-Canon: Insanity
- Location
- Somewhere in Indonesia
Insanity
February 29, 1944, Berlin, Hitler's personal bunker in Berlin
You are Hans Wagner, the head of Hitler's SS troops in this bunker and you were now witnessing how wrathful your Fuhrer could be as he began to scold his generals.
Hitler looked at his subordinates as if they were utter failures before addressing them, "Generals, I am tired of listening to your clearly falsified reports. From time to time, you reported that you have stopped those filthy Slavs somewhere, but the reality has proven you to be liars. You have disappointed me,this is your last chance before I shoot you fools in the head!" He then dismissed before turning his attention to you.
"Mein Fuhrer!" You saluted before you reported the current situation, "I have done my best to turn Berlin into a fortress as best as I can do with those failures' input! Those Untermensch shall pay every meter they take in a river of blood!" Although you tried your best to be calm and confident, inside you were doubtful that you could take the entirety of the Slavic Machine Horde as you were utterly lacking in ways to stop the new Soviet tanks.
"Good, I have no doubt that you shall do your utmost in stopping that horde, but I need some privacy now." The leader of Nazi Germany smiled while patting your shoulder, "I will prepare one last gambit that will immortalize us forever. Now go forth and make those Slavs bleed."
"Yes Mein Fuhrer!" You quickly saluted before leaving the Fuhrer alone in his bunker.
After ensuring that he was alone in this bunker, Der Fuhrer lost control of his calm and started to vent inside, "Those so-called 'Generals' are fucking useless! They should be able to prevail against those Untermensches! They promised me victory, but what did they give me? Bloody Stalinists at my lawn!!" Silence reigned inside his bunker and you couldn't help but think if something terrible happened inside. As you were tempted to return and check on him though, suddenly Hitler's voice returned and you couldn't hear anything about it. Quietly you made your way back to your command post and tried to not think about what Der Fuhrer might pull if you truly left him alone.
As much as you hated to admit it, Berlin was practically a lost cause, and you doubt you could hold the Soviets longer than a week. You knew Fuhrer's request was insane but you also couldn't bear the thought of handing your capital to them on a silver platter. Better dead than red, you mused before marching towards your certain death.
A/N: Omake Machine go brr brr
February 29, 1944, Berlin, Hitler's personal bunker in Berlin
You are Hans Wagner, the head of Hitler's SS troops in this bunker and you were now witnessing how wrathful your Fuhrer could be as he began to scold his generals.
Hitler looked at his subordinates as if they were utter failures before addressing them, "Generals, I am tired of listening to your clearly falsified reports. From time to time, you reported that you have stopped those filthy Slavs somewhere, but the reality has proven you to be liars. You have disappointed me,this is your last chance before I shoot you fools in the head!" He then dismissed before turning his attention to you.
"Mein Fuhrer!" You saluted before you reported the current situation, "I have done my best to turn Berlin into a fortress as best as I can do with those failures' input! Those Untermensch shall pay every meter they take in a river of blood!" Although you tried your best to be calm and confident, inside you were doubtful that you could take the entirety of the Slavic Machine Horde as you were utterly lacking in ways to stop the new Soviet tanks.
"Good, I have no doubt that you shall do your utmost in stopping that horde, but I need some privacy now." The leader of Nazi Germany smiled while patting your shoulder, "I will prepare one last gambit that will immortalize us forever. Now go forth and make those Slavs bleed."
"Yes Mein Fuhrer!" You quickly saluted before leaving the Fuhrer alone in his bunker.
After ensuring that he was alone in this bunker, Der Fuhrer lost control of his calm and started to vent inside, "Those so-called 'Generals' are fucking useless! They should be able to prevail against those Untermensches! They promised me victory, but what did they give me? Bloody Stalinists at my lawn!!" Silence reigned inside his bunker and you couldn't help but think if something terrible happened inside. As you were tempted to return and check on him though, suddenly Hitler's voice returned and you couldn't hear anything about it. Quietly you made your way back to your command post and tried to not think about what Der Fuhrer might pull if you truly left him alone.
As much as you hated to admit it, Berlin was practically a lost cause, and you doubt you could hold the Soviets longer than a week. You knew Fuhrer's request was insane but you also couldn't bear the thought of handing your capital to them on a silver platter. Better dead than red, you mused before marching towards your certain death.
A/N: Omake Machine go brr brr
Didn't the Nazis move to another city before surrendering? I remember they evacuated once Berlin has fallen.
- Location
- India
How here omake reward work? I writing for an Indian war makes, can I ask for an India-related reward from gm?
Omake bonuses are applied randomly at Blackstar's discretion, she tends towards being a generous god and helping us out on critical stuff but it's ultimately up to her what happens
I believe she also has a rule of one omake per item.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
Just so that everyone is aware - on discord we're crunching the numbers, and it looks like we need to focus on using up as much workforce as possible absolutely ASAP if we don't want to get bodied hard by the demobilization wave coming two turns from now (summer of 47). That needs to be the focus of not just next turns plan, but of the next few plans after that as well, with 6+ dice on megaprojects each turn for a while until we manage to build enough permanent -Workforce options.
- Location
- California
Don't we have an action to investigate our department?
- Location
- Somewhere in Indonesia
The high command yes, but the grunts? Not so much