Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread II
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Never send to know for whom the bell tolls... It tolls for thee, Mithras...
I get that Zella and company were dumb enough to sit on the information they had instead of telling Kat, but I hadn't expected to Maria to care so much about breaking the story that she didn't even bother tipping off the cops about Mithras before the story broke.
That omission by Maria will be plainly made during the authorities post mortem of these events. However the newspaper could paint it as a failure on the part of the Government and the security services.
Well, to be fair to the author, gates were not really a thing back then.
People walked out of the tarmac and up a set of stairs that were (normally) attached to a truck.
No push back required......
I am quite happy to note, that children walking alone/with friends unguarded to school/school bus is still the most common SOP in Germany.
Not because i make it a habit to grab them, but because of what it say's of the status of society.
Allegedly, one of the SAS guys from Operation Nimrod was asked why he put 15 rounds into one of the terrorists.
Replied something like "Because I ran out."
There was Samuel Bryck.
So to sum up this whole mess is this:
While the Jacobians were an actual movement they were co opted by von Papen to cover up the massive embezzlement of the Hohenzollern Trust.
That is not going to set well with the German public especially after the East Station bombing and both the Jacobians and the Trustees will be tried together.
If it is the desire of the authorities for those s who are convicted to be safe in prison then building a prison just for them in the German Pacific Islands would be the best place for them, isolated and forgotten by everyone they love.
While the Jacobians were an actual movement they were co opted by von Papen to cover up the massive embezzlement of the Hohenzollern Trust.
That is not going to set well with the German public especially after the East Station bombing and both the Jacobians and the Trustees will be tried together.
If it is the desire of the authorities for those s who are convicted to be safe in prison then building a prison just for them in the German Pacific Islands would be the best place for them, isolated and forgotten by everyone they love.
PM, you made me curious.
"Flash-bangs" weren't really a thing in this early in real life.
In your story, obviously it was developed much earlier by the Germans.
Once news of this rescue becomes known, all sorts of countries all over the world will be interested in this technology.
"Flash-bangs" weren't really a thing in this early in real life.
In your story, obviously it was developed much earlier by the Germans.
Once news of this rescue becomes known, all sorts of countries all over the world will be interested in this technology.
"Flash-bang" is basically a brand name for a kind of concussion grenade developed by the British in the 70's that became a catchall term, sort of like how people use the term "Xerox machine" to describe all photocopiers. Grenades with similar capabilities were developed several times before then, most notably during WW1 with the German Stielhandgranate and the British Mark 3 that had a cardboard case. The earlier appearance of Police Counter-Terrorism Units would inevitably lead to the same sort of refining of the idea.
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Come to think of it, you're right. They wouldn't be a thing until the 70s OTL. Maybe a gas grenade instead?
In this timeline we have seen the earlier need for counterterrorism operations and we saw with Nancy getting shot with rubber bullets the need for non lethal weapons is necessary .
It is very plausible that the flash bangs would be used earlier.
For me, I am just waiting for an update on how Kiki is and also how Mother and Child are doing.
It is very plausible that the flash bangs would be used earlier.
For me, I am just waiting for an update on how Kiki is and also how Mother and Child are doing.
Flash bangs date from the early 60's. Concussion grenades are from the early 1900's, the original German potato masher grenade was a high explosive only grenade. It did was provided with a separate sleeve for it to be a frag grenade.
I forgot that there would be at least one other group in Berlin after Mithras and his group, that would be the RCMP. Our friends from up north would have a RCMP unit at the embassy for VIP protection and with Dennis being Sir Malcolm's son and Marie being his Grandaughter they might have standing orders to help and Dennis, Kat, and the German authorities would know that. And as you know the Mounties always get their man.
I forgot that there would be at least one other group in Berlin after Mithras and his group, that would be the RCMP. Our friends from up north would have a RCMP unit at the embassy for VIP protection and with Dennis being Sir Malcolm's son and Marie being his Grandaughter they might have standing orders to help and Dennis, Kat, and the German authorities would know that. And as you know the Mounties always get their man.