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I gotta ask, where did you get the inspiration with dv from? I get like final countdown but what else. Also, pre-shift, does Poland end up getting any crusiers/carriers cause their navy is the only service that is not getting really any attention.

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it originally started as a book cover for a story about Final Countdown x 2 that just spiraled into a bigger size, it is kinda similar to the Axis of Time series but isn't like... pro-war crimes or have any of the early 2000s immediately post-9/11 Islamophobia.

Pre-shift Poland? They probably have a small navy but are *the* land power in Europe

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So how does ww2 end in dv? Does Japan meet shock and awe or do the soviets decide to dday them.

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i can't give away all the plot!

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True. But nah it’s a cool idea. So Poland becomes the land army of nato. So what happens to turkey pre-shift. Also does the us ever build a cyclone class like patrol boat again.

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Turkey, don't have any lore yet tbh.

Cyclones probably get a replacement, plus a lot more Mark VI type boats

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Ahhh, cause I would figure island knife fights with China would mean a return to patrol boats for close fire support. And that’s the first thing that surpised me especially considering how big of a player they are nowadays.

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What does Civilian Climate Corps do?

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Ah just learned it today...

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Just sharing... This is the reasoning that anti ship units in your lore revived the name "Coast Artillery" I see.

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-army-eliminated-the-coast-artillery-corps-in-1950-its-time-to-bring-it-back/

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Yeah Coast Artillery is revived to manage stuff like anti-ship PFAL and then units dedicated to very long range/heavy stuff like LRHW, OpFire, and SLRC

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Does Indonesia even exist in this lore? Or they like in the Ghost fleet when Sino American war broke out?

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oh yeah they exist—but there is a bunch of stuff for the pre-shift that i haven't fleshed out yet

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Same as 'what kind of government vietnam is', are they still communist or not...

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oh yeah Vietnam is still run by the CPV, they have liberalized somewhat but are still not a full democracy—they join OSATO because they get attacked by the PRC (not really intentionally) during first sino

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Hmmm, I see. Self preservation.

(While in my own lore, they basically got a Velvet revolution of their own, yet still rejected the old South Vietnam legacy and ita symbolism)

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yeah i think you might have more significant liberalization, i just haven't really made my mind up yet—it starts out as strange bedfellows but they are a full member of the club

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Well, a plausible scenario through. Not to judge.

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Thanks.

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This will be controversial, but does U.S Armed Forces esp the ground force element accept and or incorporate penals? Either a good old "enlist or jail" options by the judge, or even ruski-esque penal battalion. Unless you are against it value-wise

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Have you considered publishing with Sea Lion Press? This would be right up their alley.

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