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The Search for the Reflex
Novel by Newt Gingrich, published 1986
Soviet satellites note that the Entente Navy is centering around Iceland over several weeks. While the official release states that they are conducting training drills in the region, the sheer number of ships in the region arouses suspicion. Section 1 analyst Al Bennington deduces that the Navy is probably looking for something.
Sure enough, retrieved cables from the Entente Command reveal that the Resolution- class Submarine Reflex sank several weeks earlier. The Reflex had an experimental nuclear reactor drive that would've made it difficult to detect by radar or sonar. While it did well in test runs, the ship failed during its first ocean voyage and was abandoned at the bottom of the sea. Bennington deduces that the FBU is attempting to retrieve the submarine to prevent it from falling into the hands of Comintern. Sure enough, Bennington proposes retrieving the Reflex, to study it and see if they could replicate and improve the tech.
The Bienno Rosso, a Sumner-class submarine captained by Kay Jackson, is sent out to locate and photograph the wreck, in preparation for its lift. However, they are unaware of the existence of another Resolution-class submarine, the Reprisal , captained by Harold Gregory, which was sent to locate and destroy the craft to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Reds.
Bienno Rosso manages to locate the wreck and Bennington accompanies the battleship Joe Hill to retrieve the sub. However, the arrival of the Reprisal complicates matters. Through the tension of the situation, as the two submarines battle it out, it is revealed that Gregory was the captain of the Reflex, and wants to prevent his loss from affecting the projection of the FBU.
Eventually, the Bienno Rosso is able to fend off the Reprisal, and the retrieval of the Reflex is a success.
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Notes:
- Debut novel of Newt Gingrich. A Georgia History Professor who had several failed political runs during the 70's, he turned to writing in the early 80's. He contributed to Speculative Worlds and other science fiction magazines before writing this novel. Inspired by the real life story of the recovery of the sunken HMS Superior by the WFRN, he wrote a fictional narrative surrounding the recovery of a sunken submarine with an advanced engine. The book became a major publishing success, and launched Gingrich and the so-called "Al-Verse", centering on Al Bennington and his adventures as a Section 1 agent (becoming a mouthpiece for Gingrich's own beliefs).
- Adapted to film in 1996, starring Tom Cruise as Bennington and Kenneth Branaugh as Gregory. The film changes the ending, as Gregory sabotaged the ship to prevent a power imbalance, with Bennington releasing this, and having the Reprisal destroy the craft in the end. This direct repudiation of the book's ending is seen as one of the only good changes.
-One of the few fiction books published by Stavka Press[1]
[1] In reference to how Hunt for Red October was the first fiction book published by the Naval Press Institute
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IRL inspiration:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian
Novel by Newt Gingrich, published 1986
Soviet satellites note that the Entente Navy is centering around Iceland over several weeks. While the official release states that they are conducting training drills in the region, the sheer number of ships in the region arouses suspicion. Section 1 analyst Al Bennington deduces that the Navy is probably looking for something.
Sure enough, retrieved cables from the Entente Command reveal that the Resolution- class Submarine Reflex sank several weeks earlier. The Reflex had an experimental nuclear reactor drive that would've made it difficult to detect by radar or sonar. While it did well in test runs, the ship failed during its first ocean voyage and was abandoned at the bottom of the sea. Bennington deduces that the FBU is attempting to retrieve the submarine to prevent it from falling into the hands of Comintern. Sure enough, Bennington proposes retrieving the Reflex, to study it and see if they could replicate and improve the tech.
The Bienno Rosso, a Sumner-class submarine captained by Kay Jackson, is sent out to locate and photograph the wreck, in preparation for its lift. However, they are unaware of the existence of another Resolution-class submarine, the Reprisal , captained by Harold Gregory, which was sent to locate and destroy the craft to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Reds.
Bienno Rosso manages to locate the wreck and Bennington accompanies the battleship Joe Hill to retrieve the sub. However, the arrival of the Reprisal complicates matters. Through the tension of the situation, as the two submarines battle it out, it is revealed that Gregory was the captain of the Reflex, and wants to prevent his loss from affecting the projection of the FBU.
Eventually, the Bienno Rosso is able to fend off the Reprisal, and the retrieval of the Reflex is a success.
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Notes:
- Debut novel of Newt Gingrich. A Georgia History Professor who had several failed political runs during the 70's, he turned to writing in the early 80's. He contributed to Speculative Worlds and other science fiction magazines before writing this novel. Inspired by the real life story of the recovery of the sunken HMS Superior by the WFRN, he wrote a fictional narrative surrounding the recovery of a sunken submarine with an advanced engine. The book became a major publishing success, and launched Gingrich and the so-called "Al-Verse", centering on Al Bennington and his adventures as a Section 1 agent (becoming a mouthpiece for Gingrich's own beliefs).
- Adapted to film in 1996, starring Tom Cruise as Bennington and Kenneth Branaugh as Gregory. The film changes the ending, as Gregory sabotaged the ship to prevent a power imbalance, with Bennington releasing this, and having the Reprisal destroy the craft in the end. This direct repudiation of the book's ending is seen as one of the only good changes.
-One of the few fiction books published by Stavka Press[1]
[1] In reference to how Hunt for Red October was the first fiction book published by the Naval Press Institute
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IRL inspiration:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian
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Thanks, fixed.
I didn't really know what to put there, and I forgot to add it in.
So what are some things do you guys think won't be effected too much by the butterflies of TTL. As I have said in previous posts Fire Emblem wouldn't be too effected and the Law Route of SMT will somehow be portrayed as MORE fascist than it is IOTL but wouldn't be too big of a difference. Here is a list of some other things that i think wouldn't be effected by the butterflies
1. DragonBall (The king of the world is such a minor character that all they have to do is change his title)
2. The Dynasty Warriors series
3. Sesame Street
4. Sonic
5. Phoenix Wright
1. DragonBall (The king of the world is such a minor character that all they have to do is change his title)
2. The Dynasty Warriors series
3. Sesame Street
4. Sonic
5. Phoenix Wright
Phoenix Wright is a satirical commentary on the Japanese legal system, it would be very affected by the butterflies, since it would be an exaggerated parody of whatever legal system gets set up in post-war Japan.
I had a vague idea that, due to the closer economic and cultural ties between the various East Asian countries, Akira Toriyama is commissioned to produce an animated adaptation of Journey to the West, which was a huge influence on the original Dragon Ball, and so ends up doing that instead.
True but he originally wanted to end it after the first arc IOTL as well so who knows.
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A bit off-topic, but after learning what "Robotnik" meant in Czech, I came up with an alternate interpretation of the Sonic series.
Dr. Robotnik hopes to ease the burden of the labor and transition to post-scarcity through the use of automation, but is continually foiled by agent of the capitalist system, Sonic the Hedgehog.
Because of this, we are losing such a problem as ecology - very well revealed by the Japanese.
To the same this is too much like a banal change of roles "bad-good."
Robotnik was his american name until Sonic Adventure. He was always called eggman in Japan
Does anyone here remember the mid 90s Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, the one that aired on Saturday mornings? Sonic and his friends are guerillas fighting against a dictator literally roboticizing workers. It was really leftist.
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I think most cartoons of the time period inevitably took on some kind of leftist slant (except of course, when it came to drugs, which were almost always portrayed as worst than Satan).