DBWI: Riots in Germania

[Incognito]

BBC online just reported that president Le Pen of Vichy France has announced that the "hooligans and agitators in Paris have been apprehended". The recent protests are being blamed on "Algerian nationalists". So far the French authorities have quelled the unrest and arrested the demonstration leaders.

OOC: come on guys, its not fun if one side wins all the time.

 

[Zuvarq]

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French impostor!

 

[omega21]

I wouldn't want to be the Thor-1 crew right about now. Hell, I'm sure we all agree their space program was always a bit of a joke, but if all their launch facilities get trashed somehow, that means no more resupply flights. The crew will have to bail out once they run out of supplies, which means bye-bye to that station for now, a damned shame. Worse, who's gonna pick them up? I don't see the Kriegsmarine caring.

At the moment, I think the Peenemünde Weltraumrakete Zentrum is the only space launch facility left in government hands, and that's more of a proving ground than a proper launch facility...

 

[Incognito]

I wouldn't want to be the Thor-1 crew right about now. Hell, I'm sure we all agree their space program was always a bit of a joke, but if all their launch facilities get trashed somehow, that means no more resupply flights. The crew will have to bail out once they run out of supplies, which means bye-bye to that station for now, a damned shame. Worse, who's gonna pick them up? I don't see the Kriegsmarine caring.

At the moment, I think the Peenemünde Weltraumrakete Zentrum is the only space launch facility left in government hands, and that's more of a proving ground than a proper launch facility...

I'm sure their friends in Hindustan would be willing to let the Germans use the Hindi cosmodromes if worst comes to worst. I do wonder what would happen to the Máni lunar-city though if the German facilities get destroyed? Do Hindis have the lift capacity to keep the pan-Aryan cosmic settlement going?

 

[oshron]

I wouldn't want to be the Thor-1 crew right about now. Hell, I'm sure we all agree their space program was always a bit of a joke, but if all their launch facilities get trashed somehow, that means no more resupply flights. The crew will have to bail out once they run out of supplies, which means bye-bye to that station for now, a damned shame. Worse, who's gonna pick them up? I don't see the Kriegsmarine caring.

At the moment, I think the Peenemünde Weltraumrakete Zentrum is the only space launch facility left in government hands, and that's more of a proving ground than a proper launch facility...

as strongly opposed as we are to the Germans, i'd be willing to bet that NASA would pick them up; if nothing else, its good PR and would be a nice goodwill gesture to the (presumed) new government. i seem to remember hearing somewhere that President McCain is prepared to recognize a new transitional German government and any countries that may split off from the Reich. if i had to guess, Denmark will probably secede first (after they've pulled out of the European USSR, i mean)

 

[Incognito]

if i had to guess, Denmark will probably secede first (after they've pulled out of the European USSR, i mean)

OOC: Huh? What are you saying?

 

[Osakadave]

CNN is reporting that the US War Department is refusing to comment on reports that the XVII Airborne Corps is being readied for deployment. I call bullshit.

My little brother Mike's with the 19th Special Service Forces battalion* up in Fort Dodge. You didn't hear it from me, but his pocket phone** has been off since this morning....

OOC:
* 19th Special Forces Group
** slang for cell phone

 

[eliphas8]

I'm sure their friends in Hindustan would be willing to let the Germans use the Hindi cosmodromes if worst comes to worst. I do wonder what would happen to the Máni lunar-city though if the German facilities get destroyed? Do Hindis have the lift capacity to keep the pan-Aryan cosmic settlement going?

Given how news is coming in that the Marathan Republic and Bengal are moving troops to their border with Hindustan and the Dravidic navy is at the ready I doubt Hindustan will remain at peace for long. Especially since German subsidies are gonna be drying up for the moment the Punjabi and Rajput may try for another rebellion. They're just as much on the precipice as every other fascist state right now only they have such a history of extreme opposition and neighbors who despise them.

 

[Incognito]

Given how news is coming in that the Marathan Republic and Bengal are moving troops to their border with Hindustan and the Dravidic navy is at the ready I doubt Hindustan will remain at peace for long. Especially since German subsidies are gonna be drying up for the moment the Punjabi and Rajput may try for another rebellion. They're just as much on the precipice as every other fascist state right now only they have such a history of extreme opposition and neighbors who despise them.

I doubt the Marathans and Bengals are stupid enough to go to war with Hindustan yet again, especially after the trouncing they received last time. And with the German economy going downhill for decades now, their subsidies to other fascist states like Hindustan have amounted next to nothing anyway.

OOC: previous posts established Hindustan as a decent economic and militarily power, not a third-world nation dependent on German aid.

 

[oshron]

OOC: Huh? What are you saying?

OOC: it was previously established that Germany leaves European Russia first; i did word my post confusingly

 

[eliphas8]

I doubt the Marathans and Bengals are stupid enough to go to war with Hindustan yet again, especially after the trouncing they received last time. And with the German economy going downhill for decades now, their subsidies to other fascist states like Hindustan have amounted next to nothing anyway.

OOC: previous posts established Hindustan as a decent economic and militarily power, not a third-world nation dependent on German aid.

They could risk it if they had assurances that Dravidistan will do their bit, Hindustan has by far a better navy still but Maratha and Bengal have improved a lot in the intervening decades with their own booming economies and modernization's of their military. I suspect an invasion will only happen if the Punjab and Rajput rise up though, then they have a real fighting chance.
OOC: Oh, didn't realize that. Can we atleast keep the point about Punjabi and Rajput separatism?

 

[Axeman]

Anybody else see the press conference posted by the INA and the BBC?

So the 5 ober-fuhrer-somethings *probably colonels, Germans always copy the Italians* say martial law is now in effect and are urging for calm and appeal for orders.

Anybody know any of them? Do these 5 German officers actually have the power to pull off a coup like they say they do on national television or are the field commands going to ignore them?

 

[Xgentis]

BBC online just reported that president Le Pen of Vichy France has announced that the "hooligans and agitators in Paris have been apprehended". The recent protests are being blamed on "Algerian nationalists". So far the French authorities have quelled the unrest and arrested the demonstration leaders.

OOC: come on guys, its not fun if one side wins all the time.

OOC: I have established that Paris authorited joined the protester how did they arest them without huge fight?

 

[omega21]

as strongly opposed as we are to the Germans, i'd be willing to bet that NASA would pick them up; if nothing else, its good PR and would be a nice goodwill gesture to the (presumed) new government. i seem to remember hearing somewhere that President McCain is prepared to recognize a new transitional German government and any countries that may split off from the Reich. if i had to guess, Denmark will probably secede first (after they've pulled out of the European USSR, i mean)

Only problem there would be if NASA or the USAF have the proper equipment to access Thor-1's docking ports. I'm sure the Aerospace Force would like to fly an OV-10 Bronco* up there. They haven't forgot the Silbervogel test in 1962 I'm sure

I'm sure their friends in Hindustan would be willing to let the Germans use the Hindi cosmodromes if worst comes to worst. I do wonder what would happen to the Máni lunar-city though if the German facilities get destroyed? Do Hindis have the lift capacity to keep the pan-Aryan cosmic settlement going?

Good point. As said, I sure hope the Thor-1's docking systems can accept the Hindustan Brahmāndas.

As for the moon - remember, the Hindustanis have been doing the heavy lifting for decades now, they are the ones with launch facilities nearer to the Equator and get that bit of speed boost.

Only problem is that this throws their supply schedule a bit out of whack. The next German Valkyrie was supposed to go up at the end of the year over Christmas, with the Hindustani Chandrayaan moonshot 6 months after that. Looks like we're gonna see if Máni can sit it out, the souls there can't readily come back...

OOC: *OV: Orbital Vehicle

 

[Incognito]

OOC: I have established that Paris authorited joined the protester how did they arest them without huge fight?

OOC: no, you said Paris garrison was waving Free France flags:

Did you saw the garrison in Paris joined the protester waving Free France flag. It seem shit really hit the fan.

I assumed it was a single garrison, not the whole of Paris that joined the protestors.

 

[Xgentis]

OOC: no, you said Paris garrison was waving Free France flags:

I assumed it was a single garrison, not the whole of Paris that joined the protestors.

OOC/ I say the Garrison of Paris meaning all the soldiers in Paris.

 

[volantredx]

People have been saying the Reich will fall any day now since Chancellor Hitler died in 1962. If the Nazis fell every time there was a protest they would have never even made it passed the 40's much less the last 70 years.

 

[Shaby]

It seems Anonymus have brought down the Volkischer Beobachter site. It shows Swastika crossed over with Sickle and Hammer superimposed over it. A big picture of Hitler with horns and a trident in his hand is also placed instead of the usual portrait.

 

[altamiro]

OOC/ I say the Garrison of Paris meaning all the soldiers in Paris.

OOC: it would not be surprising if the occupation forces or a local puppet ruler manages to hold out longer against protests and clamp down on them more effectively than the mother country. Especially if there were protests not long ago. No need to get defensive there.

 

[Osakadave]

It seems Anonymus have brought down the Volkischer Beobachter site. It shows Swastika crossed over with Sickle and Hammer superimposed over it. A big picture of Hitler with horns and a trident in his hand is also placed instead of the usual portrait.

You do have to laugh at the sense of humor those guys at the ANS* have.

OOC: Agency for National Security, whose exploits are often attributed to "anonymous" in official US statements.