After War of the Worlds

[Danth]

what do you think would have happened after War of the worlds
THE ORIGIANL
Because its really quite open as to what would happen.
with tthe worlds empires gone how would thi effect the colonies, would humanity fall back into their own squabbles (in sme places)

[Nilats]

Humanity would be fine. Infact America was barely hit and Britain was almost recovered in the epilogue. Plus they eould have that technology to reverse engineer.

[Danth]

The Year was 1900 for the last two years the world had been struggling, trying to rebuild what had once been.
Britain:
Irelad comes under home rule much sooner
Canada,Australia,New zealand all become independent(not officially) and join a incrdibly early Commonwealth.
In India pople take to the streets demandng independence,, the british goverment has used the prince's as cover for now but it seems india is lost.
South africa the british try to keep the peace as the Northern Boer republics begin to shout about pan-boerism.


Any more ideas about what would happen?

[jkarr]

Originally Posted by Danth

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The Year was 1900 for the last two years the world had been struggling, trying to rebuild what had once been.
Britain:
Irelad comes under home rule much sooner
Canada,Australia,New zealand all become independent(not officially) and join a incrdibly early Commonwealth.
In India pople take to the streets demandng independence,, the british goverment has used the prince's as cover for now but it seems india is lost.
South africa the british try to keep the peace as the Northern Boer republics begin to shout about pan-boerism.


Any more ideas about what would happen?

the empire wont fall apart...the british had way too many troops and navies out there for them to allow widespread rebellion on the scale your talking about...in fact, its more likly that britian will clamp down harder, and with the tech left behind by the martians, they could reverse engenieer it quickly to keep the empire together...you gotta rember although london and the south was badly hit, the large majority of the home islands were left untouched

plus alot of these idependence movements didnt have the strngth to be independent until after the world wars, which are likly to be butterflied to a later date...so the core dominions, canada, oz+nz, etc, will not rebell, but will probaly become stronger with britain..
india would rebell, it always usualy did, but i dont think india would break off from brtiian yet....mabye want dominion status and more equality, but they wouldnt want to be independent , least not yet

[titulus regius]

Originally Posted by Nilats

America was barely hit

I haven't read the Wells book for many, many years but I can't recall anything in it to suggest that America didn't suffer invasion. A bit like many Hollywood movies since WW2, the storyline concentrates on one nation albeit with aside references to other nations.

[Danth]

I'm going on the basis that all bog major city's across the world were hit

Only a few weapons like suicide charges from HMS thunder-child work remember so alot of troops are dead as well

I expect that Calcutta was attacked and thaw the heart of British India

[Danth]

Okay britains done

Would Austria-Hungary collapse still

Independent Poland

German is still very young maybe a collapse or even short (and futile civil war as pan Germanism is even stronger)

[Nilats]

Originally Posted by titulus regius

I haven't read the Wells book for many, many years but I can't recall anything in it to suggest that America didn't suffer invasion. A bit like many Hollywood movies since WW2, the storyline concentrates on one nation albeit with aside references to other nations.

I think it said 7 landed in America.

[eltf177]

You ought to read SCARLETT TRACES and SCARLETT TRACES: THE GREAT GAME from Dark Horse Comics. Set in England after the invasion, I won't give away anything to avoid spoilers but they're quite interesting. The comics might be found used but both series should be out in Graphic Novel form.

[Stonewall]

There was a lovely book that suggested the whole world was attacked and told what happened, I forgot the title though. Among other things Lenin and the Mensheviks beought a peaceful transition to socialism in the reconstruction of Russia.

[freivolk]

I read the book several times and its obvious that all 10 Pods land in Britain.
I think a good explanation for this could be, that the Martians first wanted to conquer a bridgehead.

[Marky Bunny]

Originally Posted by freivolk

I read the book several times and its obvious that all 10 Pods land in Britain.
I think a good explanation for this could be, that the Martians first wanted to conquer a bridgehead.

Yes thats right, a book I read at least once every year!
I would think that some kind of World Government might come out of it or least the knowledge that we where not alone in the Universe would have some sort of impact on the world.

[jkarr]

i believe the thing about Americana nd the rest of the world are books done long after H.G Wells died, as a sorta broader view by other authors....so doubt theyd be canon to what hed intended

[Evan]

Originally Posted by Stonewall

There was a lovely book that suggested the whole world was attacked and told what happened, I forgot the title though. Among other things Lenin and the Mensheviks beought a peaceful transition to socialism in the reconstruction of Russia.

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches, an anthology of pieces on the Martian invasion written in the voice of famous people from the time, edited by Kevin J. Anderson. There're a lot of good stories in there.

[Alex1guy]

Originally Posted by Danth

I'm going on the basis that all bog major city's across the world were hit

Only a few weapons like suicide charges from HMS thunder-child work remember so alot of troops are dead as well

I expect that Calcutta was attacked and thaw the heart of British India

Okay well then we need details of what you have planned so we can speculate. How many martian canisteres landed and where, what the casualtie rates of other nations were etc. We can't do everything.

[BlackWave]

The book states that about ten Martian cylinders were launched (IIRC) and accounts for roughly seven or eight all landing around London. So it's fairly obvious that the intent was that they were concentrating on southern England.

[Tsochar]

Originally Posted by BlackWave

The book states that about ten Martian cylinders were launched (IIRC) and accounts for roughly seven or eight all landing around London. So it's fairly obvious that the intent was that they were concentrating on southern England.

It accounts for seven, of which one was destroyed before deployment. The author specially notes that exactly ten cylinders were fired and no more, for whatever reason. The artilleryman supposes that other cylinders fell elsewhere, but then he never saw them by telescope. The narrator briefly wonders if they've crossed the channel and begun destroying Paris and Berlin, but then at the end it says that Paris was notified by telegraph; I take this to mean that only Britain was struck by the Martians.

The full text is public domain and available here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36/36-h/36-h.htm

[The Red]

Originally Posted by Tsochar

It accounts for seven, of which one was destroyed before deployment. The author specially notes that exactly ten cylinders were fired and no more, for whatever reason. The artilleryman supposes that other cylinders fell elsewhere, but then he never saw them by telescope. The narrator briefly wonders if they've crossed the channel and begun destroying Paris and Berlin, but then at the end it says that Paris was notified by telegraph; I take this to mean that only Britain was struck by the Martians.

The full text is public domain and available here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36/36-h/36-h.htm

If memory serves the Martians didn't even reach Edinburgh, so some parts of Britain will have escaped unravaged, although Britain's largely finished as a superpower for a while, and the rest of the world will be facing economic chaos. Germany might take this as the chance to sabre rattle even more, possibly even trying to get Britain onside in the process, the empire might begin to be carved up by the other powers as rebellions and independence movements become more frequent.

Then again, Wells did talk about aid flowing in at the end, probably fitting in with his idealism, but it's not impossible to imagine the world genuinely coming together over this, the Martians are still out there, still watching, and nothing brings people together like a good enemy.

[Danth]

Okay how about this

All major population areas were hit
South east England
Eastern USA
Paris region
Rhur
Berlin area
Marseilles
Rome
Madrid
Barcelona
Lisbon
Vienna
Budapest
Moscow
St Petersburg
Calcutta
Mexico city
La/San fransisco

Other areas?

[arsemonkee]

I suggest you read after war of the worlds and Scarlet Traces and Scarlet Traces the great game.