Photos of the Kaiserreich

[Kaze]

Cover of the 1936' comic Le Lotus bleu by Flandern-Wallonian master Hergé. The Blue Lotus chronicles the attempts of the young Le Petit Vengitème journalist, Tintin, and his faithful dog Snowy to unravel a sinister Japanese plot involving distributing opium in the restored Qing dynasty in northern China. An extremely popular comic and widely published throughout Mitteleuropa, the Blue Lotus was praised for its attention to detail as well as its fast paced story, described as a marvellous mixture of swashbuckling adventure and modern detective novels.

Shaghai connection? The Triads route is possible.

 

[Kaze]

John Dillenger, Famous Banker.

 

[Disdurer]

Any thoughts or suggestions for the stuff I posted today?

 

[pattontank12]

Francis Del Criox
Main protagonist of the original Magische Sterne video game trilogy.

Spoiler: Source

https://dishwasher1910.deviantart.com/art/Commission-Future-Jaune-Arc-597369595

Set in a magical galaxy filled with various fantasy and extra terrestrial races. The original trilogy follows Francis Del Criox the crown prince of the Archduchy of Terryst, a peaceful interstellar monarchy. After its conquest at the hands of the Iron Order, an obvious analogue to various Syndicalist regimes. And his fight to reclaim his birthright and liberate his people.

Over the course of the original trilogy Francis gains a number of various memorable friends and allies along the way. While giving the players various possible routes and different endings depending on the players choices. With two of the games most notable features being Francis's gradual change from a normal albiet magically powered human to a heavily augmented cyborg. Where the player through their choices can either have Francis still retain his original humanity or fully embrace his changes becoming coldly calculating and soul devouring tyrant in the making.

The other feature is it's near seamless blending of various fantasy and sci-fi elements. Including the fusion of technology and magic thanks to application of Serinium a mysterious magic producing element left over by the Ancients and the feul source of nearly all technology in the galaxy.

Francis if he goes full darkness route
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The second trilogy Magische Sterne: Ursprünge is actually a distant prequel, taking place on Gea the ancient homeworld of man. During the smaug wars between the United Empire a vaguely steampunk renaissance Empire and the Free Kingdoms an alliance of various independent kingdoms fighting against Imperial expansion. With you having the option to either play has Joan a young peasant girl turned honorary knight and war leader or has Reinhardt a veteran crusader knight of the Empire.

Rienhardt and Joan of the prequel trilogy.

Spoiler: Source

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http://sarasama90.deviantart.com/art/Overwatch-Reinhardt-632079161

The prequels were praised for their diverse story telling, intense action oriented gameplay, various subtle themes including nature vs technology, enjoyable side quests and the various examples of grey and grey morality in play throughout the trilogy.

OOC: Think a mix of Dragon Age, Witcher, Mass Effect, KOTOR and Final Fantasy.

 

[theg*ddam*hoi2fan]

Does this work?

Not really - the NRC wouldn’t have tried liberalising the NRC under anyone, and the last regime was just as reactionary as all the others, they just sneered at it behind closed doors. But in public it was business as usual only more so.

She could be an FBI analyst though. Yeah, that’d work. Go with that, and that her work is probably more important than most field agents but it doesn’t get the same recognition.

 

[President Earl Warren]

Not really - the NRC wouldn’t have tried liberalising the NRC under anyone, and the last regime was just as reactionary as all the others, they just sneered at it behind closed doors. But in public it was business as usual only more so.

She could be an FBI analyst though. Yeah, that’d work. Go with that, and that her work is probably more important than most field agents but it doesn’t get the same recognition.

Deal.thanks for the idea
Edit: I also upon thinking it over agree with you on the show it should not be based on a real family,I have a better idea now. The family itself is completely fictional but it takes the stories from families who were torn apart by the war in this way and meshs them all together. Is that better?

 

[theg*ddam*hoi2fan]

Deal.thanks for the idea
Edit: I also upon thinking it over agree with you on the show it should not be based on a real family,I have a better idea now. The family itself is completely fictional but it takes the stories from families who were torn apart by the war in this way and meshs them all together. Is that better?

Cool

And yeah that probably works better. I like the idea of one show ITTL being based on actual events, but too many kind of breaks the immersion. But the amalgam idea works really well

Also making sure to nip in the bud any idea of TTL’s James Bond or something being based on a real person - that’s not happening

(Just joking, didn’t think you’d want to do that )

 

[Deleted member 107125]

Cover of the 1936' comic Le Lotus bleu by Flandern-Wallonian master Hergé. The Blue Lotus chronicles the attempts of the young Le Petit Vengitème journalist, Tintin, and his faithful dog Snowy to unravel a sinister Japanese plot involving distributing opium in the restored Qing dynasty in northern China. An extremely popular comic and widely published throughout Mitteleuropa, the Blue Lotus was praised for its attention to detail as well as its fast paced story, described as a marvellous mixture of swashbuckling adventure and modern detective novels.

Won't it make more sense for it to be 'Der Blaue Lotus' in German?

 

[HIM Dogson]

Croatian film director Tomislav "Tommy" Wiseau promoting his films in the Combined Syndicates of America. Considered one of the best directors in the United States of Greater Austria(and, indeed, Europe as a whole) Wiseau's first film, The Room, was met with praise upon its 2003 release for its performances, narrative, and cinematography. The film's protagonist, a man named Johann, is accused of the murder of his former friend Markus over his affair with Johann's fiancé, Elisabet. Although Johann is convinced of his innocence, throughout the film evidence against him mounts until the reveal that he is actually guilty of the murder, and had created a mental block. The most famous scene of the film is Johann's line "I did not kill him, I did not kill him, it's not true, it's bullshit, I did not kill him, I did NOT!"; the delivery of that's line is considered the best performance of the film.

 

[pattontank12]

So what does everyone think of the Magische Sterne games?

 

[President Earl Warren]

@theg*ddam*hoi2fan

I have this idea for American storytelling in film that shows a split in American Society.Scene movies have a intent on showing a individual revolt against A system become truly free,Love is involved but more of it is becoming in love and having romances, which helps in the end overcome the evil system.Politically they always have very Social Democratic Themes and Leftism is pronounced in a lot of their films.Their opposite will be called the Dallas machine.Their films has a different focus,one on family.They have a great way of showing each of their individual characters being strengthened by their Family.Religion is also thrown in a lot as strengthening the character in their struggle.In terms of politics they are usually Democratic Leaning yet Conservatives have a strong presence as well.
Edit: the Dallas shows and movies also show what losing the family can mean,for example in It All Comes Tumbling Down,a HUGE theme in the show is what happens after they all separate,with all the characters going through emotional and mental problems as they lose the support system which fundamentally helped them.

So yeah what do you think?

 

[Milites]

Won't it make more sense for it to be 'Der Blaue Lotus' in German?

I doubt Hergé would change his mother tongue because of a German victory in the Weltkrieg

 

[Disdurer]

ISF Ares, artist's concept, greenhouse, work areas, solar power farm. Living quarters are in the central mound, covered in dirt to help protect astronauts from radiation.

ISF Ares is the Mars base that the ISF plans to build as part of the currently underway Operation Ares, which will be the first manned mission to Mars, and will involve building the first permanent Mars base.

While Operation Ares is equipped to allow for a return trip, the hope is that it will be able to set up a, for the most part, self-sufficient base, which will serve as the foundation for an entire colony, which is currently in planning under the title of Operation Athena.

The base is equipped to allow the inhabitants to manufacture basic equipment and spare parts, search for, mine, and process minerals, grow food and replenish oxygen, and perform surgery.

Artist's rendition of Neues Berlin (New Berlin), the Kaiserreiches Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte's (KDL) first permanent moon base, in its initial form after construction in 2017.

Unlike ISF Luna, the first permanent moon base, Neues Berlin was built to be, for the most part, self-sufficient from the start, able to grow its own food, recycle air, power itself, and manufacture most of the spare parts required for repairs. ISF Luna was upgraded to become self-sufficient in 2018.

The base has since expanded quite a bit, and there are rumors that the KDL is planning on petitioning the Kaiser himself to declare Neues Berlin a proper colony.

Currently, the only civilian colony on the Moon is the British Empire's Kumar's Landing, named for Flight Lieutenant Anil Singh Kumar of the British ISF, the first man to walk on the Moon. It is located out side of ISF Luna, and the majority of the inhabitants work in the various supply bases, running the solar power farms, the actual farms, mining, etc.



Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

[Kaze]

I doubt Hergé would change his mother tongue because of a German victory in the Weltkrieg

Or perhaps, he is doing it as a sort of protest. Alexander Scholsenizen once titled a book out of protest of something else that is not inside his book which sent him to the gulag.

 

[Milites]

Given how a-political Hergé was in real life, I really don't think so.

 

[Disdurer]

He would have been about 11 or 12 when the Weltkrieg ended, so it's pretty easy to justify him turning out differently in the Kaiserreich timeline (See Mosely and Mussolini never going right wing, George Orwell the totalitarian, etc.)

 

[theg*ddam*hoi2fan]

@theg*ddam*hoi2fan

I have this idea for American storytelling in film that shows a split in American Society.Scene movies have a intent on showing a individual revolt against A system become truly free,Love is involved but more of it is becoming in love and having romances, which helps in the end overcome the evil system.Politically they always have very Social Democratic Themes and Leftism is pronounced in a lot of their films.Their opposite will be called the Dallas machine.Their films has a different focus,one on family.They have a great way of showing each of their individual characters being strengthened by their Family.Religion is also thrown in a lot as strengthening the character in their struggle.In terms of politics they are usually Democratic Leaning yet Conservatives have a strong presence as well.

So yeah what do you think?

Sounds an interesting concept. That divide would sum up the divide in American thought well alright. Of course, both would be more art-house type - I kind of imagine that while TV sees some good high-quality stuff, USA blockbusters are a bit anaemic compared to what the PSA can churn out.

For the kind of movies (and books and music, it’s not just film) the Manhattan Scene sees made, it’s the kind of thing you saw in Spain OTL after the end of the Franco regime - feminist, very liberal, LGBT themes, etc. (and ITTL very pro-minority in general). Basically artists and free-thinkers making the most of the freedom they now have, and calling for more social change in the aftermath of the NRC collapse.

 

[President Earl Warren]

@theg*ddam*hoi2fan

I also edited it to include this Part,does this meet your approval


Edit: the Dallas shows and movies also show what losing the family can mean,for example in It All Comes Tumbling Down,a HUGE theme in the show is what happens after they all separate,with all the characters going through emotional and mental problems as they lose the support system which fundamentally helped them.everything kind of gets better after the family is reunited,but things are nowhere near to perfect as they cope with the aftermath of the entire separation and civil war. The repairing of those bonds is the focus of the next show called "Putting the Pieces Back Together"and thats also got Alot of Good press.

 

[pattontank12]

@theg*ddam*hoi2fan
What do you think of Magische Sterne and do you think I should expand in it?

 

[Disdurer]

December 17th, 1941. Karafuto, Japan. The Pacific War.

Polish-Lithuanian 7TP light tank on patrol.

While the majority of the troops who fought on Karafuto were from the Deutsches Heer, part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's Expeditionary Force did take part in the fighting.

While the Polish-Lithuanian infantry rightfully celebrates the victories they won on Karafuto, managing to take a series of heavily defended positions from the Japanese that the Germans could not, the Polish-Lithuanian armoured regiments have, at best, bittersweet memories of the war.

Unlike the tanks being used by the Entente and Mitteleuropa, the PL tanks did not massively out perform the Japanese tanks, resulting in them having a significantly higher casualty rate than the armoured forces of their allies. Their armour was thin enough for the Japanese tanks to penetrate (and vice-versa), they travelled at around the same speed, had similar traverse speeds, similar rate-of-fire, and neither side had radios in most of their tanks.

Still, many of the PL tankers were either veterans of, or were taught by veterans of, the war with Mitteleuropa that resulted in the liberation of Lithuania. They truly showed that skill and experience, and while they may not have had similar glorious victories as their infantry counterparts, they fought hard against an enemy and won themselves a number of victories, and the difficulties they faced would help convince High Command and the King that the armoured regiments needed more funding to develop better tanks.

July 20th, 1938. Unknown US Military base. Second American Civil War.

A M21 Gun Motor Carriage, primary anti-tank vehicle of the US Army during the Second American Civil War.

One of the most famous descriptions of the US Army's performance in the Second American Civil War is that it was "a glorious tragedy". The Army fought hard, fought well, and fought smart, but numbers and supply issues won out in the end.

The M21 is a prime example of this: With an excellent gun, a well engineered, reliable carriage, and good crews allowed them to tear apart the armoured forces of the AUS and CSA, at one point nearly making the CSA's tank forces a non-presence in the war, but the lose of several factories manufacturing ammunition for the guns and spare parts for the carriages, having simply been overrun by the AUS and CSA, eventually forced many of them to be abandoned.

It was even worse in the central States, where they had to abandon them earlier after the supply corridor to the East Coast was cut off.

It shows how effective the M21 was that both the Entente and the PSA would adopt similar designs for their self-propelled anti-tank guns, having acquired the plans when the remnants of the US military fled to Canada.


Wanted to touch on some areas I've been somewhat ignoring (the SACW and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth).

Do any of you have any suggestions on stuff I could improve about this, or any of my other recent posts?