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MrAverage — The World of 6-Commando, Part II
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Published: 2015-01-01 19:00:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 4778; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 156
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This is the second half of the bit I did for my comic over the holiday, while I was traveling. Part I is here .And as I said in the last one, I've uploaded this in higher-than-usual resolution so you can read it, so don't steal it or anything; not that anyone would, but this set of cards for the 6-Commando Tactical Handbook are ones I've actually worked really hard on, so... On the other hand, if someone ever printed these and made the actual "data cards" I'd love to see photos! How's that for mixed signals?
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Interesting. Since WW2 never happened and Hitler never persecuted the Jewish people Israel was never reformed as an independent nation.
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Israel exists, as part of a constituent nation of the Arab League called the Federation of Israel-Palestine.
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BTW, the French had overseas territories, right? They should still have a government in Tahiti or French Guiana.
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They do. The Free French are a very active part of the UNA. But they no longer possess their atomic deterrent (at least, not officially - there was a thing called the Malagasy Emergency that involved six Free French tactical atomic weapons).
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I wonder what happend to Switzerland?
Looking at your map I believe it was also taken over by the soviets, but did they have nukes? in the 60's we had a nuclear weapons program which ended not until the 1980's
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Btw, for the Soviets I mean, what do the light red areas represent? I assume the darker red colored area (Russia) is their mainland and the striped pattern is the occupied region, so are these member states?
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Member states, which are functionally satellites and dependencies of the Russian PFSR, from the United Nations Alliance perspective. Not occupied, but not free to leave or conduct their own affairs without approval. The Tactical Handbook, which this is from, is written from a UNA point of view.
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I see, so a de facto Iron curtain
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Yes. The pink areas are satellite states, the pink-and-red stripes are puppet governments that are effectively under FSR occupation, and the red-and-grey is the Turko-Arabian Disrecognized Zone, where both the FSR and UNA are actively engaged in a power struggle, mainly through balkanized proxy states and armed resistance groups - similar to the what 6-Commando is doing in the Congo in the story, or modern Syria, in the Real World.
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Ah so all of Europe is under Soviet Control. Interesting.
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Federate Occupation, more specifically, but yes.
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Well, it if tis direct control or puppet states, its the same thing technically. I know the angle is that there was a underground revolution that brought leftist governments into power, put would the USA not have intervened in such a thing? also, would the connection to the soviets not be made and they would push the button? And what about possible reactionary movements that would reverse the current state?
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At the time of the Scarlet Revolution, atomic weapons were in their infancy, and there were only enough of them to, as it were, "perk up the appetite without bedding 'er down again." Had it happened in the 1990s, when everyone was armed to the teeth with atomic bombs, it probably would have been a catastrophe. Also, the USA is not the leading power of this world - an intervention by the US would be difficult and uncharacteristic for them. The superpowers have been trying desperately to avoid direct confrontations for 80 years in this story - the Scarlet Revolution was actually a subversion that worked too well, and did nearly lead to war. Also, the UNA had previously attempted something similar called the St. Petersburg Putsch, during which they sent an army of Russian Royalists into Northern Karelia to try to start a counter-revolution.
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