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But we have radar coverage along with naval and air superiority. How they would even reach us if no technology leaks occur anymore?Cassidy said:This isn't just the case of a war enemy refusing to surrender like with Japan in WW2. In this scenario, the enemy refuses to give up invasion attempts against Vinland, while Vinland does not have yet the means and population large enough to project conventional power overseas. Only some mushrooms would ensure lasting peace.
Oh, no, I am very much in favor of using them, just on military targets (say, the invasion fleets).Besides, Freyjanna was always totally set on doing it and only undecided about where. Otherwise there would be an option to not do it. Seriously, after all the risks taken to get the main nuclear physicist back, did you really think she would just go "nuking others to ensure enduring freedom and peace for our people is evil so I won't support it."? Seriously?
Well, I have enough awareness to know Vinland does not represent mankind, being only a tiny part of it. We are the ones who are xenos. Unless we are willing to purge the Earth from untermenschen completely (since we abolished slavery and can't use them as beasts of burden), we might as well try to maintain relationships with the rest of them and bring them to our level eventually, wrestling them from under control of extra-planars and -terrestrials. We will have to stand united against the Gods and Horrors.Will you also hesitate like a bunch of libruls about what must be done whenever xenos threaten mankind?
Nanomachines? This is getting better by the minute."One last thing Freyjanna," he added, "there are more different things in your body than what the exams we have available can more or less identify, but ultimately, you are still very much human. This technology implanted in your body is amazing, for I believe what you have inside you are cell-like machines capable of functioning like living organisms that both altered your previously existing cells, fused with them, and, like many natural bacteria in our bodies, coexist with you.
That is a bit surprising to hear. I am still struggling to understand the relation between Frey, Angy and IA. From what I remember, they do not have vivid memories of each other's experiences, and current Angy's body is not really Frey's real body, so there is not 'muscle memory' to speak of. Why would it make it so uncomfoirtable for Angy, then? It should be no more inconvenient than when he remembered it for the first time.While the things involving her were disgusting and traumatic to be seen again in written form
This should become a new military-grade encryption standard.Maybe this was some kind of lecherous defense against anyone trying to take valuable information from this device, forcing anyone looking for schematics or scientific knowledge to dive first through piles of files involving debauchery without any moral limits.
So we are somewhere in the fifties or sixties of the OTL, research-wise. Are there electric guitars? Can we simply conquer the world with the power of Rock a few years from now?She watched the first monoplane taking off and landing successfully. She commended the proliferation of punch card computers, the heavy researches, the first transistor.
No god stopped the atomic mushroom from annihilating all churches, from burning down Rome and Miklagard and, in, as a razed city for reasons they would never understand, Chersonesus.
So, basically, ready your burkas and hail the religion of peace?The bombs on Miklagard and Rome brought more than mere mass destruction and indiscriminate slaughter, they brought much more than that. The physical destruction was ultimately collateral, for the true devastation happened on an immaterial level. Whether this would shatter the backwards and oppressive Christian faiths or lead their remnants to an even darker age was of no concern.
Bitch, please. Five years of slavery is nothing. Carl and his people have likely seen worse, and we've been through so much shit being a superhuman does not even start to compensate.Nobody's will can withstand five years of slavery, specially when they were just small children when it first happened.
But we have radar coverage along with naval and air superiority. How they would even reach us if no technology leaks occur anymore?
And if they still do, we'd better start working on space satellites and orbital defences soon.
Eh, it is all pretty minor in a grand scheme of things. How many people were there in 1100 AD, anyway?
Nanomachines?
Do we still have regenerative powers? If we make a cut, how fast does it close? Faster than before? What about poisons and sicknesses? Can we regenerate on a cellular level (as in, can we cure cancer)?
Are these implants uniquely adjusted to our own body?
Also, what about the modifications to our skin? Have we become knife-proof or something?
That is a bit surprising to hear. I am still struggling to understand the relation between Frey, Angy and IA. From what I remember, they do not have vivid memories of each other's experiences, and current Angy's body is not really Frey's real body, so there is not 'muscle memory' to speak of. Why would it make it so uncomfoirtable for Angy, then? It should be no more inconvenient than when he remembered it for the first time.
how to preserve our SAN
So we are somewhere in the fifties or sixties of the OTL, research-wise.
So, basically, ready your burkas and hail the religion of peace?
Perhaps it is time we renewed our arrangements with the middle-eastern countries, seeing how they will reign supreme on the continent due to our actions.
population boom[...]or we make a dash for sentient robots that will do all the work for us. Because that can never go wrong.
We can map the continent with planes just as easily
Alexis has probably perished in the nuclear fires
What territory do we and Wyandot currently occupy?Because they can't cover the entire American continent all the time.
Wait, we number less than a million? That's... disturbing. Hopefully, the emancipated slaves will contribute to the boom.Why is Iceland unable to go into space? Vinland is currently in the same boat although their population is at least twice larger than the population of modern Iceland.
I hope you meant 1,000,000 or I have missed some major exterminatus.Less than 100,000 in Rome
Why?Freyjanna holding a lump of enriched uranium with her bare hands is still a very bad idea
So we got triggered just by reading words? How long until we start taking offence at everything?Let's say that Sarah did not spare any details in the way she described everything. Instead that content was even more "embellished" than what actually happened.
Yeah, I love how uneven it is - our research capabilities far outstrip our industrial ones. We are barely able to build a prototype device before it becomes obsolete.In the same way Thief 2: The Metal Age is in OTL Industrial Revolution. Some fields still have to catch up. Aircrafts are still in the 40s, same on cars and trains. Televisions were not yet invented, and maybe there will be a straight jump from radio to Internet.
Wait, do these guys even have the power and clout to enforce their will in the countries devastated by the unsuccessful war? I would expect the Roman Empire to fall apart after such a tremendous blow to the religion that held them together, and I would expect the religion to crack alongside similar lines. Or maybe its the other way around, the states will form around these new sects, since there is no idea of a nation to rally people around yet.Cathars, Bogomils, proto-Hussites, Gnostics, etc begging for Vinland to allow them to move in as the remnants of the Catholic and Orthodox churchs crack hard on a boom of HERESY!!! within christendom...
and if Vinland refuses they may just sail farther to the south and establish their own colonies in desperation. If that happens, how to deal with it will be massively important.
Actually, it is very interesting that the Muslims were completely ignored in this whole World War. I wonder why.Except technology was not evenly distributed through the Old World. All Muslim countries are still horribly backwards in arms compared to all the useful stuff the Europeans not removed from Vinland's tech inventory and the kebab won't be that scary, even for post-ITZ Constantinople, once they meet Tagmatas manning machineguns to defend what is left of the Byzantine Empire.
If you want it to happen faster than otherwise, would you rather take chances with sentient machines or welcoming unorthodox Christians fleeing from religious persecution abroad?
Wouldn't this be, technically, a violation of the agreement with 'Them', should we make one?5B) Yes. However, should any of the few kingdoms that were not played like puppets in the Great War by "Them" become allies of Vinland, to their kings and also to the king of Scandinavia, confide the truth, the terrible truth.
What the hell is this? Sending a message to these creatures and their servants is meaningless - they understand everything just fine. Doing it to satiate her inner sadist? I thought we were still playing Angartyr, that guy preferred to blow the enemies' brains out. This maiming is as inefficient as it is unrefined."While I will not kill you, I will let your fate serve as a warning to your decadent race of parasites and liars. Cut off... no, I have a better idea." at that point some guards in the hall already held the struggling diplomat, "surgically remove the vocal chords of this worm, and without anesthesia. Then let him go cry silently for revenge with the other worshipers of the false serpent god."
Indeed, why would they offer us a deal at all if they could continue doing what they were doing at the expense of their servants? It seems their position is not as strong as they want it to appear. On the other hand, they have an overwhelming numerical superiority on their side, and can simply destroy us through the war of atrition.[...]We can spend decades, centuries, or if necessary thousands of years sacrificing more and more of our slaves who are unaware of their own servitude to us and to our great god, and if you want to remain at war with us forever, it is not a problem. The apes reproduce fast and are completely expendable. Refuse this treaty, and even if it takes a sacrifice of billions of those pets for us to take over your land, we shall eventually wear you out and win."
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"Why would we offer you a fake deal if we could just keep doing what we already are doing anyway?
What the hell is this? Sending a message to these creatures and their servants is meaningless - they understand everything just fine. Doing it to satiate her inner sadist? I thought we were still playing Angartyr, that guy preferred to blow the enemies' brains out.
Cassidy, if we accept the offer of their masters yet refuse the treaty with Miklagard, what can we expect? Since Miklagard is under their thumb, they can't make any moves against us. The offer of their masters forbid the travels and exchange of knowledge, so it's not like we can benefit from a trade, either. So what exactly does it affect?
Why did she, then? She has correctly stated that the fate of the treaty and that of a diplomat are unrelated. She could do whatever she wants with him and it would not matter a bit."Freyjanna" was really holding herself from killing the envoy as soon as he announced who he truly represented.
What is the state of technology in the outside world? As I roughly recall, they have WW1 tech available and reproducible (with no ability to innovate), while Scandinavia has roughly pre-WW2 tech (which will get stolen, eventually) due to our alliance. We are somewhere in the 70s or 80s. Just trying to figure out how much time we have before it all goes to hell again.
How much longer for human cloning?
Which countries do we have trading relationships with?
Why? What are the biggest constraints? Serious question.In a scale massive enough to economically allow an unbelievably high population boom? Now that will be trickier and still is far away. Only by the time nanotechnology and AIs are widespread it will become a possibility
What are we trading with Scandinavians? Natural resourses?The Wyandot and Scandinavia are the only countries regularly trading with Vinland.