Admiral Matt
Gone Fishin'
Well, I have been away a long time!
It's interesting to see where you've taken things. Certainly no one can argue that it isn't a better TL.
That said, it does seem to beg some of the same sort of questions as the original. Specifically I mean in logistics and economics. Japan was able (and willing) to take parts of Inner Mongolia off Russia, for example, but not Vladivostok. And Gran Colombia was able to resupply through Brazil (!) after losing its ports.
I particularly would recommend a retcon for Central Asia. Russia and Britain went to war, yet nothing happened in the whole field of the Great Game from Anatolia to Afghanistan. It seems very out of character for both Powers.
It's interesting to see where you've taken things. Certainly no one can argue that it isn't a better TL.
That said, it does seem to beg some of the same sort of questions as the original. Specifically I mean in logistics and economics. Japan was able (and willing) to take parts of Inner Mongolia off Russia, for example, but not Vladivostok. And Gran Colombia was able to resupply through Brazil (!) after losing its ports.
I particularly would recommend a retcon for Central Asia. Russia and Britain went to war, yet nothing happened in the whole field of the Great Game from Anatolia to Afghanistan. It seems very out of character for both Powers.