WI : PepsiCo kept its navy and extended itself into a private military company?

Pepsi forces companies around the world to drop Coke. Some brave establishments standup to them, starting the Fast Food War where Pepsi begins systematically killing all Coke Distrubutors, McDonalds, and several other prominent companies. Several prominent companies fall to Pepsi, but Coke eventually bleeds Pepsi white while McDonalds and Walmart destroys their infrastructure with a strategic bombing campaign. After Coke takes Pepsi’s HQ, Pepsi surrenders unconditionally. Pepsi’s board of directors is put on trial.

With this, all of Pepsi’s assets are divided between the three companies. McDonalds and Walmart want Pepsi restored as a major company that can freely sell their product, while Coke wants to keep them down to ensure nothing like this happens again. Coke frees none of the companies they liberated from Pepsi, and the Cold War begins.

Those damned reds...
 
Pepsi forces companies around the world to drop Coke. Some brave establishments standup to them, starting the Fast Food War where Pepsi begins systematically killing all Coke Distrubutors, McDonalds, and several other prominent companies. Several prominent companies fall to Pepsi, but Coke eventually bleeds Pepsi white while McDonalds and Walmart destroys their infrastructure with a strategic bombing campaign. After Coke takes Pepsi’s HQ, Pepsi surrenders unconditionally. Pepsi’s board of directors is put on trial.

With this, all of Pepsi’s assets are divided between the three companies. McDonalds and Walmart want Pepsi restored as a major company that can freely sell their product, while Coke wants to keep them down to ensure nothing like this happens again. Coke frees none of the companies they liberated from Pepsi, and the Cold War begins.
And a treaty is signed in the middle of the Cola Wars banning serving Coke above 40 degrees. Coca-Cola disobeys it, of course, but after it falls it becomes a sacrosanct guarantee.
 
How illegal would it be if they attacked in international waters?

Piracy is one of the few crimes recognized in international law. So every country has jurisdiction to arrest and try a pirate ship in the High Seas, regardless of the pirates' nationality.
 

mottajack

Banned
they could sell some of their ships to Jeff Bezos, so that he could land his New Glenn booster stage on them.
 
The ships could be turned into Cold War museum exhibits. Tours per ship at $10 for adults, $4 for children. 10% discount for veterans. Pesi Co could take over management of some other museum ships & make up a theme park.
 

Carbon2846

Banned
Oh my god, this is actually a thing. Anyone willing to make a map for a scenario where they form a nation (most realistic unrealistic type thing)? I might start one.

That would actually be too funny.
 

Carbon2846

Banned
Well, After going (reluctantly) to a site called ButtBudzz.com, and learning about a conspiracy relating to hoi4’s kaiserreich mod. check out this beauty:

  • Atlanta is the capital of the nasty American Union State, which proves that Coca Cola (whose headquarters are in atlanta) is an extremely un-american beverage, only consumed by reactionaries and brutes
  • Chicago is the capital of the Combined Syndicates of America, proving that Chicago is the biggest dumpster fire in America and that Illinois is actually full of communists
  • Before Canada steals New England, America owns New York (home of pepsi) which proves that true Americans drink Pepsi over all else
  • The illegals who are also commies jump over the border and steal not only America’s jobs, but also her oil due to the lack of a wall
I have found a somewhat good map detailing who drinks pepsi and who doesnt.
anyways, I am beginning work on the map.
 

Carbon2846

Banned
ok, finished!

They would eventually envelop all of america, possibly canada. its just based on who had the biggest drinkers and also based on a few major corporate buildings

i dont feel like making a long story on a minor thing like pepsi keeping a navy and becoming a militant company, so...
 

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ok, finished!

They would eventually envelop all of america, possibly canada. its just based on who had the biggest drinkers and also based on a few major corporate buildings

i dont feel like making a long story on a minor thing like pepsi keeping a navy and becoming a militant company, so...
Shouldn't some of Coke's land be occupied by the RC Cola guerrilla movement?
 
ok, finished!

They would eventually envelop all of america, possibly canada. its just based on who had the biggest drinkers and also based on a few major corporate buildings

i dont feel like making a long story on a minor thing like pepsi keeping a navy and becoming a militant company, so...
funny that NC where Pepsi was invented is under coke control
 
If you have an earlier resurgence of piracy (like what happened in Somalia), then there may well be a market for a naval-based PMC. Even an obsolete warship is more than enough to deal with any pirates.
 
If you have an earlier resurgence of piracy (like what happened in Somalia), then there may well be a market for a naval-based PMC. Even an obsolete warship is more than enough to deal with any pirates.
Anything can deal with pirates. The thing with obsolete warships is that being old they need lots of maintenance and are generally equipped with lots of systems that are crew intensive so have high personnel budgets. If you need a naval PMC, just buy cheap OPVs, would be low maintenance, low crew, more seaworthy and decent enough armed, can do the job but much more cost effectively
 
Anything can deal with pirates. The thing with obsolete warships is that being old they need lots of maintenance and are generally equipped with lots of systems that are crew intensive so have high personnel budgets. If you need a naval PMC, just buy cheap OPVs, would be low maintenance, low crew, more seaworthy and decent enough armed, can do the job but much more cost effectively
What if the pirates themselves are able to obtain military-grade ships and equipment? Perhaps in the aftermath of the complete collapse of a country (like what happened in Somalia) with a non-insignificant navy, some of those ships and supplies are stolen by pirates.
 
What if the pirates themselves are able to obtain military-grade ships and equipment? Perhaps in the aftermath of the complete collapse of a country (like what happened in Somalia) with a non-insignificant navy, some of those ships and supplies are stolen by pirates.
Not likely, if they have the ability to maintain vessels beyond what an OPV can deal with, piracy is beneath them. Doing that is expensive and requires organization and expertise, at that level they would be the government, or a wannabe government of the region and not pirates. Pirates would just sell anything beyond the level of a rocket launcher or autocannon for cash, they don't need anything more and can't really use more in day to day piracy, and having the stuff hurts their bottom line

Incidentally the ships Pepsi got would be useless for dealing with modern military hardware, being old, stripped out and vulnerable to any modern military hardware unless they had a very good 70's/80's refit
 
Anything can deal with pirates. The thing with obsolete warships is that being old they need lots of maintenance and are generally equipped with lots of systems that are crew intensive so have high personnel budgets.

Rather than UBI from most everyone being unemployed from increasing Automation, Pepsico offer actual high paying jobs for the Unemployed, for Jobs that can't be automated, like the crew for old Warships.
These Warships are used to patrol the sealanes.
 
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