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Octosteel

Zek Sora said:
Based off of a new Politico/Morning Consult poll.

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Sorry for map potato quality; I'm not quite sure what went wrong there.
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I wonder if Libertarians would finally get their 5% in that scenario.
 
Cevolian

Cevolian

shiftygiant said:
You're very kind, though you don't really need to.

Actually, that reminds me, I've got to finish that series at some point.
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Nah you deserve one! :)

And yeah please do, it's a really cool series. I don't know whether I should make more for this... it'd be interesting to make one for All Aboard but idk.
 
Mav12

Mav12

My first Wikibox: A version of the Battle of the Citadel from Mass Effect

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The only Canon force numbers is the loss of 28 Cruisers and the 1 Reaper, everything else is made up. I tried to make the Citadel casualties high, considering the losses of the CDF made the Alliance the predominant military power behind the Turians in canon ME
 
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BippyTheGuy

BippyTheGuy

edricwashington said:
President Malarkey
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Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr. (/ˈdʒoʊsᵻf rɒbᵻˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; November 20, 1942 – February 7, 2028) was an American politician who was the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 2025 and 47th Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, having been jointly elected twice with President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Delaware as a United States Senator from 1973 until becoming Vice President in 2009.
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WARNING: LOTS OF WORDS AHEAD
Biden was elected President in 2016 after defeating former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders in the primaries. He then selected Senator Elizabeth Warren as his running mate. Biden and Warren went on to defeat New York businessman Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence of Indiana 332-200 (with 6 faithless electors) in the Electoral College. Biden immediately faced opposition from Congressional Republicans. The Republicans had a 51-49 majority in the Senate thanks to the appointment of Karyn Polito to fill the vacancy created by Vice President Warren. Biden managed to get President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, through the obstructionist Senate by threatening McConnell with an even more liberal nominee once the Massachusetts Senate seat was won. Garland was confirmed 67-33 by the Senate. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy defeated Polito in the 2017 special election.

Biden's first term was dominated by the potential of a crisis in Europe that began with the success of the Brexit vote and continued with the victory of FN in the French presidential election and the disputed results of the "Frexit" vote that resulted in widespread protesting in France. The victory of PVV in the Dutch general election also continued to threaten the fragile state of the European Union. Although "Nexit" failed, the May ministry finally initiating the formal process of Brexit and the French government's decision to go ahead with Frexit despite the unclear results of the referendum resulted in the Euro plummeting almost overnight. This resulted in the Panic of 2019.

The Panic, combined with old age and midterm losses, led Biden to privately tell Democrats that he would not be seeking re-election in 2020. It was already unlikely that the Democratic Party would win a fourth consecutive election and the worsening economic situation made Biden's chances low. In August 2019, Biden publicly announced he would not be seeking the Democratic Party's nomination in 2020. Many candidates emerged, yet even more decided not to run out of fear of losing. Of 9 major candidates, the three frontrunners were Ohio Governor Tim Ryan, Vice President Warren, and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. No candidate won a majority of delegates by the time of the convention, not even with the addition of superdelegates. After the several rounds of voting, the three frontrunners continued to battle for the nomination. At the end of night 2 and after the 59th round of voting, people began to tire. Former President Obama flew into Miami in advance of his night 3 speech and secretly began rallying delegates for President Biden. Obama then passed on the task to the President's son, Governor Beau Biden of Delaware, while he went to the President's hotel room and persuaded him to run again. On the 73rd ballot, the Delaware delegation announced that they were voting for the President. The Draft Biden movement quickly began to pick up steam, and Governor Ryan threw his support to the President. Biden came to the floor after the balloting to signal that he would accept the nomination. The next challenge was figuring out a winning strategy. The priority was to dissociate Biden with the vitriolic and damaging primary campaign, and for this reason, Vice President Warren was not renominated. Both Ryan and Booker expected to replace her on the ticket, but Biden privately told them that they were not being considered. Instead, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was selected to be Biden's running mate. After she accepted, Biden and Gillibrand went on to the general campaign to face their Republican opponent:

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Donald J. Trump.

Yes. Donald Trump had been renominated by the Republican Party. This time his running mate was Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey. Trump crushed his primary opponents, winning 38 states, several of them being absolute majority victories. Trump's campaign was almost exactly the same as his 2016 campaign. He focused intensely on the economy. However, the worst was already over in the United States. The unemployment rate began to decline and inflation was corrected. Despite the continued flailing of the Euro, the American economy was mostly stabilized despite being in a weaker state than it was four years prior. Trump's chances looked significantly better than last time, with the candidate having learned what worked and didn't work. However, the Trump campaign was completely derailed by his arrest by the FBI in early October. FBI Director Preet Bharara maintained that the entire investigation had been conducted without the President's knowledge and insisted that he was in no way ordered or recommended to arrest the President's opponent. Trump was charged with several counts of tax related crimes. He was also connected to the rumors of Russian interference in the 2016 election, which were confirmed in a new statement by the FBI. After posting bail, Trump spent the month leading up to the election ranting about how Biden was abusing his power to delegitimize his opponent and unfairly win the election. This narrative did not play as Trump was in and out of courtrooms. Biden won a landslide victory over Trump of 398 electoral votes. Trump was eventually convicted on the tax charges.

In the aftermath of the election, Biden decided to pardon Trump and forced Director Bharara to resign for undermining the President's authority and creating the image of potential impropriety within the government.

Biden's second term was initially geared toward repairing the economy. The United States was also party to the Antwerp Accords, a massive international climate change agreement. The Accords were accepted in the United States thanks to the Democratic Senate majority. One of the key points of the economic recovery plan was the creation of a national railway. Contracts were to be awarded to Japanese companies for the construction of two high speed rail links, one from San Diego to Seattle and the other from Boston to Washington, D.C. The railways were also to be built by American workers. However, the railway, with the rest of the economic recovery plan, was completely wrecked by the sudden death of Russian President Vladimir Putin in April 2021. Prime Minister Medvedev became Acting President and elections were scheduled for May. However, a massive bombing attack on Moscow thrust the nation into chaos. Medvedev declared martial law, assumed the full presidency, and suspended the election. Rioting and protesting began immediately. People were shot in the streets. Medvedev was overthrown by the military by late May and martial law continued. It was at this point that full scale revolution broke out. Russia collapsed into chaos between various government groups, military factions, popular movements, and independence movements. The whole world was on edge.

In the United States, some called for intervention, but even more called for no involvement. However, a 109 page memo written by Energy Secretary Dan Reicher pointed out that Russia's nuclear arsenal was now completely up for grabs. In the week after the so-called Reicher Paper, leaders from the United States, Europe, and China were in constant meetings. The nature of these meetings remained highly secretive, even to members of the involved governments. It soon became obvious what the purpose was when Operation Midnight Marvel began. Allied forces entered Russia with the sole intention of securing Russian nuclear garrisons. As the name suggests, large parts of the operation were done overnight. The rest of the operation continued over the next three years. The United Nations also deployed peacekeepers to assist in Midnight Marvel.

Biden's handling of the Russian Civil War was highly praised at home and abroad for preventing a major threat to the world from emerging as well as limiting American risk. However, an unforeseen effect of the destabilization in the Russian sphere was an energy crisis. War meant Russia had ceased to export its large shares of oil and natural gas. The price of oil began to skyrocket. In the United States however, the Antwerp Accords combined with the stable flow of oil out of Iraq prevented serious damage. However, Europe suffered due to its heavy dependence on Russian oil. Terrorist groups began to emerge in Russia who simply sought control of the oil fields and natural gas areas to control the outward flow of these resources and profit off them. The Biden administration and the Chinese government both committed to fighting these so-called "oil gangs", but Europe found itself increasingly reliant on them.

By 2022, Russia was settling into four major factions: the military, the New Russian People's Front (the key revolutionary group), the ex-government, and the oil gangs. The military government, which had control of the remaining nuclear arsenal of Russia, decided to cooperate with China and the United States in exchange for aid. The Strategic Tripartite Arms Limitation and Warhead Acquisition Reduction Treaty (STALWART) was signed as a result of covert talks. However, many nuclear arms were "lost" during the dismantling process, being preserved in case the military government felt the need to use them to establish dominance. The military government also reneged on one of the key prerequisites of the agreement, that they would not interact with the oil gangs. These two factions found themselves increasingly co-dependent, especially since the oil gangs were led by and consisted of ex-military. STALWART was hailed as a major victory in the United States, as it disabled another perceived threat.

As the last years of the Biden presidency came into view, the President once again dedicated himself to the railway project, handing off almost all other responsibilities to Vice President Gillibrand. The final provisions for the railway were passed in early 2024, allowing Biden to announce the creation of the National Railway System in his final State of the Union. Another key event of 2024 was the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which were opened by the President in one of his increasingly rare public appearances. The President did not appear again until the day after the 2024 election, when Vice President Gillibrand was defeated by Nevada Governor Adam Laxalt. He also delivered a farewell address from the Oval Office. His final act as President was to give the Presidential Medal of Freedom to his predecessor, reciprocating the honor Obama did unto him 8 years prior.

Supreme Court nominees:
2017: Merrick Garland (succeeding Antonin Scalia)
2018: Mariano-Florentino Cuellar (succeeding Anthony Kennedy)
2019: Goodwin Liu (succeeding Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
2022: Cheryl Ann Krause (succeeding Stephen Breyer)

Joe Biden filled a staggering four Supreme Court vacancies. His four nominated justices joined with 2 Obama nominees to create a formidable bench of 6 liberal justices.

In his post-presidency, Biden spent most of his time with his family and the Obamas. He attended the opening of his Presidential Library in 2027, which coincided with the creation of the Joe Biden Foundation. Biden died on February 7, 2028, three days after his son Beau won the New Hampshire primary. The younger Biden suspended his campaign as a consequence. Biden was given a state funeral and was buried in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was eulogized by Presidents Obama and Laxalt.

"This is a big fucking deal." - Joe Biden
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Beau Biden is dead.
 

Ryan

Donor
Mav12 said:
considering the losses of the CDF made the Alliance the predominant military power behind the Turians in canon ME
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except it didn't when you look at the numbers: the Turians had at least 32 fleets and 39 dreadnoughts, whilst the alliance only had 8 fleets and 9 dreadnoughts at the start of ME3. not to mention the fact that apparently 8 cruisers account for a third of the strength of 3 alliance fleets :rolleyes: I think it's fair to say that the writers weren't paying attention to their own story, or they changed their mind over how powerful they wanted to portray humanity.

When it comes to numbers my headcanon is that 1 fleet has 1000 ships including 1 dreadnought, anything less seems like too small a number given the vastness of the galaxy and the amount of space they have to cover.

I do like your wikibox though, sorry if it seems that I'm wailing on you over it :biggrin:
 
CosmicAsh

CosmicAsh

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The New Haven Railroad (reporting mark NH) or simply known as NHRR, is a railroad that operates in southern New England. It is a suburban and intercity commuter rail service along with a freight carrier. It is the largest privately owned and publicly traded railroad company in the world. With a weekday ridership of 742,000 in 2016, it is the busiest commuter railroad in North America in terms of annual ridership. NHRR maintains sole authority of rail traffic between the United States of America and Fairfield County, Connecticut. NHRR is the main commuter railroad between New York City and its northern suburbs in Connecticut. The railroad also services the City of Brooklyn and its suburbs in Croydon and Centre Counties in Long Island.

NHRR's routes come from the Hartford and New Haven Railroad in the 1830s, constructed to offer goods and persons quick access to the Long Island sound, and subsequently New York City, from the inland cities of Hartford and Springfield. The line morphed to become southern New England's largest in the 1860s with a merger between the H&NH RR and the Hartford, Springfield, and Boston Railroad to become the Hartford, New Haven, and Springfield Railroad. After acquisition of the Brooklyn & Southampton Railroad, the company was renamed to the New Haven Railroad in 1883 and quickly monopolised rail traffic in southern New England.

In 1916, Prime Minister Weeks, a native of Connecticut, attempted to pass legislation that would limit the growth of the railroad, but so much money was put into the campaign against both him and the legislation that Weeks' government lost in the next election and a more pro-NHRR government came into power.

At its peak the NHRR controlled all rail traffic in Connecticut, Plymouth, Long Island, western Massachusetts, Vermont, and Adirondack, with operations extending to every province in New England except Prince Edward Island. The downfall began during the term of President Frederic Dumaine who lost a legal battle with the Province of New Hampshire in 1962 over track usage and rights. The province was given the sole authority to take control over NHRR track if it was deemed to have acted in "...contradiction to the betterment of the province." New Hampshire promptly made the case to the Commonwealth government that its growth was limited by the NHRR's refusal to open new freight lines from Manchester to Boston. All NHRR track in New Hampshire was then taken over by the province, being placed under the control the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways. The legal precedent spread like wildfire, with the province of Maine seizing the rails and placing them within the MaineDOT. With a financial crisis now happening in the company, Dumaine sold off the remaining track in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to the respective provinces, and simply abandoned all rails, rolling stock, engines, roundhouses, and rail equipment in the entire Province of Adirondack.

With the company spiraling out of control, Dumaine was removed and replaced by Sidney Smith. Smith immediately began negotiations with the Commonwealth government to sell off other track to the federal government. Smith envisioned the unprofitable lines could be sold off to the government, who would maintain their vital services. After several months of negotiations, New England Rail began operations on 1 May, 1969. NHRR sold the Commonwealth all of its track in Vermont, most of its track in Massachusetts, the eastern portion of its track in Long Island, a third of its Connecticut track, and enough rolling stock and engines to operate the previously seized lines (which NHRR simply moved out of the provinces when the lines were taken, causing chaos and economic panic). In exchange, the government reversed the legal precedent of provinces being able to take control over NHRR track. NHRR was subsequently forced agree to maintain "...vital provincial and federal rail services" in the Commonwealth. This is general interpreted to be the continued maintenance and operation of the line, even in areas which do not produce a profit.

Today NHRR continues to own the same track it was left with in 1969, but has also expanded operations significantly along the Connecticut coast and in Long Island. It also leases track on a yearly basis from New England Rail, which began in 1974. NHRR currently leases track into Northern Vermont to run the Montrealer, which operates between New Haven and Montreal, Canada. It also offers the Vermonter, which follows the same route as the Montrealer, but instead ends in Burlington, Vermont. NHRR's most profitable lines are in southern New England, with daily service between southern Connecticut and western Long Island. NHRR also owns track and several stations in the United States, making it the choice of most commuters who work in New York City or in the City of Brooklyn.

The NHRR is currently investing millions alongside the Provinces of Connecticut and Long Island to construct the Long Island Sound Bridge between Stamford, Connecticut and Bayville, Long Island. When completed in 2022, the bridge will offer a four-lane highway, two-way high speed rail and two-way slower rail. The bridge will link Long Island to mainland New England for the first time in history, for all land routes previously had to travel through the United States. The bridge will make rail travel to the City of Brooklyn a possible commute for many more towns in Connecticut, allowing further economic and population growth in southern New England, as well as ending the simple, yet time consuming, border crossings those who live in Connecticut, but work in Brooklyn, face every day.

NHRR is the sole railroad company operating within the province of Plymouth, providing high-speed rail access to Boston and Providence. Several of NHRR's routes include stops in the province, but recent attempts by the Plymouth General Court to take control of the track in the province have caused controversy between the company and the province, citing a legal agreement with New England Rail that gives NHRR total control over Plymouth's rail system.

The NHRR has a track-sharing agreement with the Tri-City Metropolitan Transit Authority (TCMTA), where some of its track in the cities of Westchester, New York, and Brooklyn is used by the TCMTA's engines and rolling stock. The TCMTA also leases King George Yard in Croydon County, where all TCMTA metros and commuter railroad cars are stored and maintained. The agreement with the TCMTA is vital to the operation of New York City, and is the third most profitable line-item in NHRR's budget, coming after the work-day commuter rail service in southern Connecticut and Long Island.
 
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