Here's another quick post for the RDNA-verse. Though this one is based on the (in)famous Future Compass meme, depicting various potential outcomes for the setting. The DeviantArt version is here.
While perhaps taking a few cues from The New Order mod for Hearts of Iron IV, I try my best to make this as crisp and original as possible, even while keeping true to the meme format. In addition, some of the images and quips are references to the Orwellian, Dieselpunk and Cold War inspirations of the universe. Along with some other touches. I'll leave the rest to you to guess what each section of the Compass alludes to. The future, after all, is not set.
Just to be on the safe side, however, this is a work of fiction. This is not a political or ideological screed. Depiction is not endorsement.
All the same, hope you enjoy!
For some added trivia, regarding a few quips:
The "Lehi-Ba'athist-Nasserite-Mosleyite" New Order, in addition to alluding towards a Reactionary "victory," is a reference to both Reactionary Australia and Reactionary Levant.
While "Verify Your Clock" is a nod to TNO, it also aptly describes the tense "status quo" and the spectre of atomic holocaust. Now imagine that persisting indefinitely, and consider this being the least "cursed" bad outcome...
"Sanctuary in the Stars" is a reference to the setting's (rather downplayed) space capabilities, carried over from way back in the original RP, and how moving to space would be the absolute last-ditch scenario.
"Collectivism with Sane Characteristics" alludes to how there are Collectivist and what would otherwise be "socialist" elements that are much more sane and reasonable than the Party, while aspiring to achieve what the ideals ought to have been. Not unlike a certain Valery Sablin.
"New World Republican Hegemony" points to an outcome wherein the Free World's republican powers, namely the The Twin Republics of the American Federation and Gran Patagonia, emerge as the dominant powers.
The "Global Symphony" bit is essentially the "Free World unifies relatively peacefully for the most part" outcome.
As for the National Question...I can neither confirm nor deny.
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More information on the RDNA-verse can be found here.
While perhaps taking a few cues from The New Order mod for Hearts of Iron IV, I try my best to make this as crisp and original as possible, even while keeping true to the meme format. In addition, some of the images and quips are references to the Orwellian, Dieselpunk and Cold War inspirations of the universe. Along with some other touches. I'll leave the rest to you to guess what each section of the Compass alludes to. The future, after all, is not set.
Just to be on the safe side, however, this is a work of fiction. This is not a political or ideological screed. Depiction is not endorsement.
All the same, hope you enjoy!
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For some added trivia, regarding a few quips:
The "Lehi-Ba'athist-Nasserite-Mosleyite" New Order, in addition to alluding towards a Reactionary "victory," is a reference to both Reactionary Australia and Reactionary Levant.
While "Verify Your Clock" is a nod to TNO, it also aptly describes the tense "status quo" and the spectre of atomic holocaust. Now imagine that persisting indefinitely, and consider this being the least "cursed" bad outcome...
"Sanctuary in the Stars" is a reference to the setting's (rather downplayed) space capabilities, carried over from way back in the original RP, and how moving to space would be the absolute last-ditch scenario.
"Collectivism with Sane Characteristics" alludes to how there are Collectivist and what would otherwise be "socialist" elements that are much more sane and reasonable than the Party, while aspiring to achieve what the ideals ought to have been. Not unlike a certain Valery Sablin.
"New World Republican Hegemony" points to an outcome wherein the Free World's republican powers, namely the The Twin Republics of the American Federation and Gran Patagonia, emerge as the dominant powers.
The "Global Symphony" bit is essentially the "Free World unifies relatively peacefully for the most part" outcome.
As for the National Question...I can neither confirm nor deny.
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More information on the RDNA-verse can be found here.
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