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  1. More Roman U.S Government

    I do like the idea of a leadership council, but it needs an odd number of members to avoid deadlock--and the two consuls will almost certainly be at odds, so in practice it would come down to negotiations between the President and the Chancellor. The electoral district system introduces...

  2. Solar Dreams: a history of solar energy (1878 - 2025)

    That's a cat's whisker, yeah. They were using those in radiotelegraphy for decades before anyone had enough understanding of the quantum effects at work to take the next step. Personally, I'm more partial to Oleg Losev if you're looking for earlier solid state electronics--not early...

  3. Rebuilding After Big Brother: A 1984 Story

    Galaxy's a big place. How often would any one planet see a Jedi roll by? Even in an order of millions? EDIT: It might well be that most people only know the Jedi second, third, fourth hand over the holonet. And would you believe the reports of telekinetic space wizards somersaulting about with...

  4. Separated at Birth Discussion Thread

    I do have a few ideas for a SaB Expanded Universe, but mostly they delve into technology, particularly space technology, and the Republic of Selene. Still, with that and your thoughts, might be worth pursuing.

  5. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    Maybe? The Suez Canal crisis comes to mind as a possible flashpoint. I want to say it's too soon--1956 is just eleven years after Victory in Europe, not enough time to develop the extremely bad rap hinted at--but it fits too well. EDIT:I can't find an estimate of the Soviet nuclear inventory...

  6. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    Or one of the many, many incidents of direct confrontations during the Cold War escalated to conventional warfare and then a general nuclear exchange. That would be reason enough for certain parties in the West to demonize the communists even if they didn't do any worse than match escalation...

  7. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    Well, that confirms the CCP doesn't survive the Third World War. Probably it happens before the Sino-Soviet split. Also, interesting detail, Sixth Encirclement Campaign. Which suggests the Long March happened latter than OTL, if at all.

  8. The King in Yellow and Other Stories: A President Lovecraft Weird Fiction Timeline in Several Acts

    In the 2000s? Or earlier--say, the 1960s, after polyurethanes hit the market IRL?

  9. What is a common thing or trope that always seem to happen?

    There's the Vespids, and the Nicassar. At least according to the wiki. Oh, there was also the Interex. Shame what was done to it.

  10. What is a common thing or trope that always seem to happen?

    That last one is basically the Tau. Well, basically-ish. Your mileage may vary a little on how willing the coalition is.

  11. What is a common thing or trope that always seem to happen?

    I'd like to see that, if you can be rigorous about the dragons. It's too easy to end up writing 'the industrial revolution, with MAaaAaaagiiiic' otherwise. There was this notion kicking around that Qing China didn't industrialize in time because the non-industrial methods they had were good...

  12. What is a common thing or trope that always seem to happen?

    Technological acceleration. It doesn't happen every time, but I've never seen a timeline where science and technology advanced, on the whole, slower than IRL. It's always 'same as before', 'some faster, some slower, net same as before' or 'some or all faster'.

  13. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    No SALT treaties. Oh shit.

  14. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    It could be that it starts with Fascist Italy as part of the anti-communist bloc going Leeroy Jenkins into the Hungary Uprising, and everyone else left playing catchup until it all spirals into WW3. It'd be out of character for Sanna, but if he dies soon after WW2...

  15. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    That was basically the plan for Operation Olympic, to my knowledge. Seven Fatmans in support of the landings.

  16. The King in Yellow and Other Stories: A President Lovecraft Weird Fiction Timeline in Several Acts

    All due respect to the good Heinlein, but the bolded sounds like veto hell. Particularly if he keeps the first-past-the-post system, no possible party would have the two-thirds majority except in extremis. Then again that was probably the point. Probably less the point is that if legislators...

  17. U.S adopts the Roman Consular system

    Couple things I noted (while not being a polisci major) First: how do we handle the two Consuls if they conflict? Do they get veto power on each other's actions? Do they alternate who has the power on each day? This seems intended to have the two end up at loggerheads more often than not...

  18. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    I sense whitewashing. And demonization of 'Volkism' as a perversion of the movement. Which seems to be the general theme in this piece: the American Fascist Party and presumably the whole movement managed to divorce itself from whatever Volkism became, and thus survived World War Two as a...

  19. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    So a three-way fight instead of Democracies + Communists against Fascists?

  20. Give BC aircraft >than 50:50 chance after visual

    BC? I think if you're trying to avoid getting killed by a night fighter in WW2 the problem is less firepower and more seeing the thing before it sidles up and shoots out your underside. So really what you need is a tail radar or a radar warning receiver. Not even to aim your guns, just so you...
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