Well,let me put it to you this way.How hard is it to break the status quo there as compared to here?What is this "progress" you speak of?
That's..a terrifying comparison.Omsk doesn't want to EXTERMINATE IMPURE LIFEFORMS...yet.Some might agree with me on this point, the Cabal is similar to Omsk in TNO
Some might agree with me on this point, the Cabal is similar to Omsk in TNO
For context for those who haven't played TNO, Omsk is the home of the All-Russian Black League, a group of Russian Ultranationalists who are one of the many unifiers of the Russian Anarchy. Driven by their hatred of the German people for what they've done to Russia, the Black League is determined to gain revenge for their suffering in a campaign called the Great Trial with not even nuclear war being a deterrent to stop them.
Only difference between them is that the Cabal seem to be more than willing to bide their time, while the Black League do not have such patience for the Great Trial (even not accounting for their intense desire for revenge, the German Civil War and its aftershocks would be Russia's only chance to take back RK Moscowein and likely would not have the option to be patient).
The black league also wants to end all non russian civilization, they want to cause a nuclear war with the USA since they fell that the westerners failed to help russia in the time of Need
So the only difference between them and the Cabal is that the black league do not wants to completely exterminate non russians, just to make them live in a irradiated wasteland
Wait is Yazov himself actually wanting to extend the Great Trial to the Americans as well? IIRC the whole vengeance on America thing was mostly a subfaction within the Black League that Yazov wasn't a part of although I might be wrong there.
AFAIK Yazov do want to attack the US regardless, remember, he is the path that the Devs said that is the worse path for the world
In what way is the status quo of AANW an impediment to "progress"?Well,let me put it to you this way.How hard is it to break the status quo there as compared to here?
On that note, how advanced and robust are the medical sciences and public health sectors in AANW? Universal healthcare being near ubiquitous is definitely a point in their favour. However, the Cabal banking so heavily on bio weapons, and Europe still having some troubles from Nazi bio weapons would seem to imply that healthcare is something of a weak spot for this world (medical R&D funding fell by the wayside in favour of space/military spending?).Univeral (outside of the Cabal) health care,
The status quo of the A4 is hard to really change is my point.In part because it's shared power.In what way is the status quo of AANW an impediment to "progress"?
But to answer your question:
Easier, iirc the A4 is structured so that the other three are collectively treated as America's equal. That means America has an equal. No sole superpower. No American exceptionalism. No [sanitized of current politics]. No [sanitized of flame-bait].
Now again, define "progress".
Which means there are more moving pieces in play and thus more potential for change from within.The status quo of the A4 is hard to really change is my point.In part because it's shared power.
That's an odd definition of progress that would include literally any change/interaction, including a nuclear apocalypse.Progress in the affairs of civilizations means (in my opinion)the usage of the ability of humanity to freely and naturally engage in geopolitical processes of order-chaos interaction in the proceeding of world-historical evolution.
The Black League might also be more open to Russian minorities than the Cabal is towards Chinese minorities, considering that Karbyshev was descended from Christianized Tatars.The black league also wants to end all non russian civilization, they want to cause a nuclear war with the USA since they fell that the westerners failed to help russia in the time of Need
So the only difference between them and the Cabal is that the black league do not wants to completely exterminate non russians, just to make them live in a irradiated wasteland
I can only hope you're right.Which means there are more moving pieces in play and thus more potential for change from within.
That's an odd definition of progress that would include literally any change/interaction, including a nuclear apocalypse.
Then you need to change your definition of progress. A nuclear war could easily be the product of "the usage of the ability of humanity to freely and naturally engage in geopolitical processes of order-chaos interaction in the proceeding of world-historical evolution."Of course,a "total extinction/destruction'' scenario wouldn't count as progress.
What would have happened if the Reich pulled some (or all) of these attacks off in terms of death toll and impact on the post war world?Nerve gas strike against Halifax, Washington and New York. Logistically it just couldn't be brought together, not without compromising the story line too much. It would have been interesting though, maybe next time.
U-boats deposited agents spreading Anthrax and Plague, and infected with infectious stage small pox in Argentina, India, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Figured it would take three subs, but it was more or less gilding the lily.
Reich agents poisoning the Ganges immediately prior to the Avatarana.
Nerve gas attack on Palestine, especially Jerusalem on April 24, 1959 (1st day of passover). I came REALLY close to using this one since it so perfectly summed up the Nazi belief system.
Biological attacks against the Canadian & U.S. agricultural system. Plague, small pox, dengue fever, Yellow Fever (gotta love those 'skeeters) seeding across the U.S. Gulf Coast and Brazil.
Early versions of engineered bugs used by the Reich
CalBear detailed Nazi attacks during the Hot War he considered but rejected.
What would have happened if the Reich pulled some (or all) of these attacks off in terms of death toll and impact on the post war world?
Do you know where it was originally published?CalBear detailed Nazi attacks during the Hot War he considered but rejected.
What would have happened if the Reich pulled some (or all) of these attacks off in terms of death toll and impact on the post war world?
Here’s the original timeline and discussion thread.Do you know where it was originally published?