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Hey Raellus the Ruskies are at it again...
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It's deja vu all over again.Author of Twilight 2000 adventure modules, Rook's Gambit and The Poisoned Chalice, the campaign sourcebook, Korean Peninsula, the gear-book, Baltic Boats, and the co-author of Tara Romaneasca, a campaign sourcebook for Romania, all available for purchase on DriveThruRPG:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...--Rooks-Gambit
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...ula-Sourcebook
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...nia-Sourcebook
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Finland
An interesting piece on how Finland plays into the strategic calculations of both Russia and NATO. It could be a potential flashpoint for a conflict between the two powers as well.
Author of Twilight 2000 adventure modules, Rook's Gambit and The Poisoned Chalice, the campaign sourcebook, Korean Peninsula, the gear-book, Baltic Boats, and the co-author of Tara Romaneasca, a campaign sourcebook for Romania, all available for purchase on DriveThruRPG:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...--Rooks-Gambit
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...ula-Sourcebook
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...nia-Sourcebook
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...liate_id=61048
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Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
I find this one odd, in that I started looking at this in Wikipedia. The entry was recent, starting with dates in Sept-2014 (to be expected).
The last updates are from... yesterday. Someone is updating this about as often as the BBC posts an update. I just find that a bit bizarre.
Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport
Most of the last paragraphs (for the last few days) include "alleged" and "'X' said that..." with no real facts.
So why is it in Wikipedia if this is still an ongoing event
The description sounds at points like Stalingrad, with one side holding the second floor (we have not been ejected from the building!) and the other holding the third floor and the basement.
My son plays Call of Duty; this sounds like one of the locations for that game.
The BBC coverage includes published drone flight purportedly from the Ukrainian armed forces over the Donetsk airport, which may be more appropriate for the apocalyptic imagery file (trashed building exterior and interior):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30876223
It also includes some shots of tanks and individual soldiers, including one with what I believe is a WW2 Russian ATR, a PTRD or PTRS (I can't tell as the gunner covers his end and the muzzle is out a window).
Addition: I guess it is the PTRS-41, and that I am not hte first one to see it video from Donbass. This was on the PTRS-41 page, at the bottom:
" These rifles have been seen in use by pro-Russian militiamen in Eastern Ukraine, during the Donbass War. One of the rifles was fitted with a nonrganic muzzle brake from PTRD"
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wikis can be posted by many parties - I a told
The source of a particular wiki is not the product of careful editing I am told. Content may be biased.Comment
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Politically Influenced You Think
Hmmm. Let's see.
1. Facts not multiply verifiable.
2. Situation still apparently fluid, activity on-going.
3. No independent or non-partisan reporting
I didn't mean to imply that the Wiki was completely accurate; more that i was amused that Wikipedia was being used as a war diary, more or less.
Which means that it is being followed by someone with a current interest, which leads me to assume that there is some spin included; the higher level of detail seems to be form the Ukrainian government side.
Personally, I'd rather not see anything in Wikipedia until say a year from now, when somebody can take a longer look back than 12 hours ago.
I almost got the feeling that I was about to read "Esteban just told me he reached the men's room on the second floor near the West end stairs in the new terminal, and that he can fire down the corridor into the old terminal!"
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Both sides' strategy and capabilities are evolving.
Author of Twilight 2000 adventure modules, Rook's Gambit and The Poisoned Chalice, the campaign sourcebook, Korean Peninsula, the gear-book, Baltic Boats, and the co-author of Tara Romaneasca, a campaign sourcebook for Romania, all available for purchase on DriveThruRPG:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...--Rooks-Gambit
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...ula-Sourcebook
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...nia-Sourcebook
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...liate_id=61048
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Meanwhile in Russia....
Putin being a bad boy as usual, from the looks of it.
And I'm rather unimpressed by this latest attempt at a so-called "cease fire". It seems the "rebels" may be just getting rested, rearmed and regrouped before launching another offensive in the spring. That's what NATO seems to be thinking and if I were leading the rebels, I'd probably do the same thing."The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
— David DrakeComment
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As well as giving the 5th column time to move in and stir things up. Last week there was a bomb in the West that killed two and wounded others. Probing the wire."God bless America, the land of the free, but only so long as it remains the home of the brave."Comment
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One wonders just how much control Putin actually has over the rebels.Comment
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According to NATO, if there are indeed well around several thousand Russian troops operating alongside "rebels" inside the Ukraine The question of control may be fairly academic. Methinks the rebels know they wouldn't be getting very far if not for all the shiny toys and assistance Ivan's been giving them."The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
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Rebels don't seem to be too worried about getting kicked out.
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/201...onetsk/387247/
Bet you never had one of these in your T2k game.My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.Comment
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No....but it would be something rather ironic and interesting to run into....Originally posted by Adm.Lee View Post
Are the "girls" in question some baron or warlord's personal harem
Are they there to perhaps entice all the sex-starved males that are probably around in this post-apocalyptic world, only to rob them, kill them, convert them into some crazy brainwashed cult or possibly worse (such as cannibalism)
Are they not really "military/guerrilla pageant queens", but maybe part of some weird hybrid New Age militaristic "Amazon nation" formed from the ashes hoping to bring about a new order since the machinations of men have apparently failed spectacularly
Hmmm, now that I think of it, that does give me an idea or two...
"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
— David DrakeComment
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Well, I think I've read that the Amazons were supposed to live in or near the Scythians, aka Ukraine.Originally posted by Schone23666 View PostAre they not really "military/guerrilla pageant queens", but maybe part of some weird hybrid New Age militaristic "Amazon nation" formed from the ashes hoping to bring about a new order since the machinations of men have apparently failed spectacularly
Hmmm, now that I think of it, that does give me an idea or two...My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.Comment
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I'd heard that. I've also heard they may have been based out of what's now modern-day Libya, also possibly Anatolia (modern Turkey).Originally posted by Adm.Lee View Post
Really, in a Twilight 2000 post-apocalyptic world, I could see some sort of "Amazon nation" popping up somewhere. What are their aims Their ideology Religion (Would they resurrect Pagan worship, particularly of Artemis) Form of government How would they tolerate the other surviving governments, most of whom still governed mostly by men (a very open question) It could make for a very interesting campaign, indeed."The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
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