Revolution! Or, A Victorian Cold War
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You would need 5 or 6 posts to really cover New York City.I could just do New York in its entirety...
KitFisto1997
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I'll do a 'quick rundown' before covering each individual borough.
Staten Island will be first.
This timeline will NEVER BE THE SAME OHHHH....I'll do a 'quick rundown' before covering each individual borough.
Staten Island will be first.
KitFisto1997
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This timeline will NEVER BE THE SAME OHHHH....
wat.avi
New York is as fucked as it was in the OTL 1970's btw, although the MegaCorps have been *totally* helping the City recover.
Of course it would be Gotham like. This TL being this TL...wat.avi
New York is as fucked as it was in the OTL 1970's btw, although the MegaCorps have been *totally* helping the City recover.
Where's that plane ticket to Smallville when you need it?Except there's no mentally damaged orphan in a bat costume to save it.
Do you think a cyberpunk rpg set in Hawaii would run better would run better with shadowrun rules, or cyberpunk 2020 rules?
KitFisto1997
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CPunk 2020 I guess, although I have limited knowledge of the Cyberpunk rules, compared to Shadowrun.
Although, I am waiting for my physical copy of the CPunk 2020 rulebook to arrive in the mail...
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You can find PDF's of the various sourcebooks online relatively easily if you are interested. Although if you are going to be reading the European one, read both editions, because the second one leaves out a bunch of pretty interesting ideas the first one had.CPunk 2020 I guess, although I have limited knowledge of the Cyberpunk rules, compared to Shadowrun.
Although, I am waiting my physical copy of the CPunk 2020 rulebook to arrive in the mail...
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Can you please provide links?
KitFisto1997
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There are plenty of great websites like DriveThruRPG, although you're gonna have to pay for them...
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Can you do the same for other countries such as California, Texas, the United States, Germany and some of the Chinese states?How to tell if you’re British.
Government
· You’re proud of the monarchy and the institutions of government in London. Criticism of Her Majesty and the Prime Minister is tolerated, but boring, and vapid news on them is heavily discouraged (opposed to OTL tabloid fodder).
· You’re very patriotic and are proud of the achievements of the Empire throughout history whilst also recognising that your country isn’t perfect. Cynicism and general melancholy that is directed towards current events can be warranted at times, but it is mostly due to counter-terrorism. ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ is the quote of the day here.
· Immigration isn’t so much of a hot button issue as it is in some nations. So long as you speak English and pledge allegiance to the Empire you’ll get along fine.
Military
· You’ve spent at least some time in the military if you’re the child of an aristocrat. Some families are known for having each generation serving in one branch of the military be it the Navy, Air Force, Army or Royal Marines. Noblesse Oblige still has some weight, even in the modern day.
Media
· You see the BBC as the be-all and end-all of high quality entertainment. TV shows such as Doctor Who, Jonathan Creek and Yes, Prime Minister are popular amongst the sea of recently arrived German, Russian, American and Japanese productions.
· You take pride in the fact that Great Britain led the revival of rock music in the 2000’s after synthpop managed to claw its way through the 90’s. But the revival of the electronic music genre is starting to challenge this new upswing.
· You see disco music as an American invention that died out years ago and should just be left alone.
Religion
· You believe that there’s a God or at the most a spiritual force guiding people’s lives like 85% of the population do. There is a good deal of non-religious people, mostly from the former Red Bloc but it is shrinking due to increased conversion rates.
· Many people like run bake sales for the local church out in the countryside where attendance - while not mandatory - remains at extremely high levels.
Language and Culture
· No matter what your first are in the any of the Celtic states, English is always your second.
· If you’re of Celtic extraction you enjoy taking part in the many traditional dances, singing contests and differing forms of worship and/or entertainment. All of which depend on exactly where you are.
· The Welsh are good at singing, Cornish at dance, Irish are skilled in writing and poetry while the Scots beat everyone at drinking hard liquor. The English are just good at governing things.
- At schools and other formal events, your regional anthem is sung after the national one.
Fashion
· Walking suits that are usually worn by the upper class are coming back into fashion for those who can afford them.
· Suits and ties with suspenders are worn in some businesses. Pastel coloured shirts and ties are also being revived from days gone by.
· Skirts are worn by women both in work and in casual settings. They are usually no higher than the knee. Anything shorter than half of one’s upper leg is seen as provocative by some businesses but are deemed acceptable in casual situations.
· Most men and women wear a simple button up shirt and sometimes a light jacket of any available material or pattern in the case of the former.
· T-shirts are seen as a highly American trend, but many of the youth tend to wear them casually.
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Should I do more of these?
I was inspired by this.
KitFisto1997
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I had plans to do follow-ups. I did one for the USA, so I might do one for Germany and France.
New York I
KitFisto1997
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Corporate Report Travel Guides: New York City, USA.
Introduction and Basic Overview
New York City is often said to be the symbol of the slow burn that is the industrial, social and religious decline of America. The largest city in the CONUS has been lambasted by political, religious and military figures alike (not to mention NY’s own cynical citizenry) as ‘The Big Rotten Apple’ - a den of every vice, ‘Insert-ethnic-group-here Mob’ and terrorist organisation imaginable. NYC has certainly come a long way from it’s economic troubles that took the city down a peg in the 1960’s and early 70’s, showing a remarkable resilience in the face of Red Army Faction attacks, MegaCorp vulture capitalism and the ever-present Mafia bosses that run entire neighbourhoods. But the problems of the City will be stamped out by the corrupt, lazy NYPD of legend, surely an incorruptible institution if there ever was one.Introduction and Basic Overview
New York City has almost been abandoned by the Federal, State and City Governments, with the former being apathetic to what goes on in the City, by virtue of the cold hard e-cash that comes into the Federal Reserve via corporate taxes. Meanwhile, the latter of the three layers of government has since been bought out by a number of corporations, with the City Council acting more like a stock market than an actual administrative system. Members are elected by the corporate CEOs, which usually end up being their respective second-in-commands, while faux-elections that are held for the common masses usually end up going to some corrupt official that merely governs the borough as opposed to the city as a whole.
The skyline of New York is as impressive as any other city, although the rusting, semi-abandoned hulks that are the Empire State Building and the New World Trade Centre are the perfect symbol of the urban rot that has set into the old Central Business District of yesteryear. Old apartment blocks and business headquarters have been torn down, replaced with gated communities that combine a bog-standard corporate headquarters, a shopping mall and an average salaryman’s apartment into one massive complex that stretches around a kilometre into the sky at the most, and three-quarters of that at the least.
The so-called ‘New Business District’ is a haven for the super rich and their lucky underlings that are graciously allowed to stay there, taking up most of Times Square and spanning a good chunk of what one would stereotypically know of as ‘New York’ prior to the Crisis of 1992, when the city went bankrupt and the MegaCorps steamrolled in, promising easy money at the expense of tearing down the old, detritus-stained mass that is know affectionately known as ‘Old Times Square’ - which just so happens to have an exact replica built just outside of the walled-off Corporate Zone. The replica of the ‘Old Times Square’ is a mere tourist trap with all the old ‘comforts’ of the site, ranging from gun stores to peep shows and is the home of the more 'ethnic' portions of NY such as Chinatown, Dublinistan (where the Irish and Arab Exiles clash on a bi-weekly basis) and Little Bangkok.
The current conditions outside the New Business District (not to mention the rest of Manhattan and NYC) are a world away from the flashy neon signs, high-tech Italian suits and ‘safe’ nightclubs. This is the home of the unwashed masses, the so-called 95% of New York’s staggering 12 million mass of human traffic. New York is certainly a diverse city, with each borough being known for at least having one major minority and the baggage of stereotypes, jokes and crimes that come with them. The Greek-Americans in Queens rub shoulders with their Italian, Bulgarian and Polish neighbours, while the German, British and French billionaires call the NBD in Manhattan home. The ever-rising numbers of Ukrainians, Ruthenians and Lithuanians fight the descendent of the Irishmen, Anglos and Russians over the last scraps of territory or the last vacant seats at the nearby Church in the rest of Manhattan, while the Chinese, Siamese and Cambodians count the cash from their less-than-legal endevours in their respective Chinatowns or Little South East Asias.
The rest of New York City shall be covered in future guides, looking into each of the boroughs and what makes them tick. From the rich wunderkinds of the now well-established European/American/Japanese billionaires, to the ordinary Americans and illegal immigrants (Ellis Island is often considered the gateway to the American human trafficking network) who are trying to scrape by on nothing but a basic job at the dockyards and a cheap apartment to their name.
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART II: MANHATTAN ISLAND.
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KitFisto1997
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The Civil Rights movement happened in the late 1940's/early 1950's ITTL with a different figurehead.
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I hate to think what Donald Trump is like ITTL....Corporate Report Travel Guides: New York City, USA.New York City is often said to be the symbol of the slow burn that is the industrial, social and religious decline of America. The largest city in the CONUS has been lambasted by political, religious and military figures alike (not to mention NY’s own cynical citizenry) as ‘The Big Rotten Apple’ - a den of every vice, ‘Insert-ethnic-group-here Mob’ and terrorist organisation imaginable. NYC has certainly come a long way from it’s economic troubles that took the city down a peg in the 1960’s and early 70’s, showing a remarkable resilience in the face of Red Army Faction attacks, MegaCorp vulture capitalism and the ever-present Mafia bosses that run entire neighbourhoods. But the problems of the City will be stamped out by the corrupt, lazy NYPD of legend, surely an incorruptible institution if there ever was one.
Introduction and Basic Overview
New York City has almost been abandoned by the Federal, State and City Governments, with the former being apathetic to what goes on in the City, by virtue of the cold hard e-cash that comes into the Federal Reserve via corporate taxes. Meanwhile, the latter of the three layers of government has since been bought out by a number of corporations, with the City Council acting more like a stock market than an actual administrative system. Members are elected by the corporate CEOs, which usually end up being their respective second-in-commands, while faux-elections that are held for the common masses usually end up going to some corrupt official that merely governs the borough as opposed to the city as a whole.
The skyline of New York is as impressive as any other city, although the rusting, semi-abandoned hulks that are the Empire State Building and the New World Trade Centre are the perfect symbol of the urban rot that has set into the old Central Business District of yesteryear. Old apartment blocks and business headquarters have been torn down, replaced with gated communities that combine a bog-standard corporate headquarters, a shopping mall and an average salaryman’s apartment into one massive complex that stretches around a kilometre into the sky at the most, and three-quarters of that at the least.
The so-called ‘New Business District’ is a haven for the super rich and their lucky underlings that are graciously allowed to stay there, taking up most of Times Square and spanning a good chunk of what one would stereotypically know of as ‘New York’ prior to the Crisis of 1992, when the city went bankrupt and the MegaCorps steamrolled in, promising easy money at the expense of tearing down the old, detritus-stained mass that is know affectionately known as ‘Old Times Square’ - which just so happens to have an exact replica built just outside of the walled-off Corporate Zone. The replica of the ‘Old Times Square’ is a mere tourist trap with all the old ‘comforts’ of the site, ranging from gun stores to peep shows and is the home of the more 'ethnic' portions of NY such as Chinatown, Dublinistan (where the Irish and Arab Exiles clash on a bi-weekly basis) and Little Bangkok.
The current conditions outside the New Business District (not to mention the rest of Manhattan and NYC) are a world away from the flashy neon signs, high-tech Italian suits and ‘safe’ nightclubs. This is the home of the unwashed masses, the so-called 95% of New York’s staggering 12 million mass of human traffic. New York is certainly a diverse city, with each borough being known for at least having one major minority and the baggage of stereotypes, jokes and crimes that come with them. The Greek-Americans in Queens rub shoulders with their Italian, Bulgarian and Polish neighbours, while the German, British and French billionaires call the NBD in Manhattan home. The ever-rising numbers of Ukrainians, Ruthenians and Lithuanians fight the descendent of the Irishmen, Anglos and Russians over the last scraps of territory or the last vacant seats at the nearby Church in the rest of Manhattan, while the Chinese, Siamese and Cambodians count the cash from their less-than-legal endevours in their respective Chinatowns or Little South East Asias.
The rest of New York City shall be covered in future guides, looking into each of the boroughs and what makes them tick. From the rich wunderkinds of the now well-established European/American/Japanese billionaires, to the ordinary Americans and illegal immigrants (Ellis Island is often considered the gateway to the American human trafficking network) who are trying to scrape by on nothing but a basic job at the dockyards and a cheap apartment to their name.
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART II: MANHATTAN ISLAND.
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Who wants Mario Cuomo expy to be a ruthless mob leader?