Semi Important AN: This is a archive/story-only version of a quest I run on Spacebattles called Further Adventures of Tanya the Evil. For those unfamiliar, quests are interactive stories where the author presents options at the end of each post/chapter for the readers to vote on. Kind of like those old choose-your-own adventure books you might have read as a kid, but even more dynamic as there are often elements of pen-and-paper RPG systems used too.

Especially in the beginning of this, I'll be posting little Author's Notes (prefaced AN:) explaining some of how a quest works. Those go away mostly after chapter 4 or so, if they annoy you.

If you want to read the most up-to-date version, vote on what happens next, or see omakes, maps, and character sheet information, you can search for the Spacebattles thread of the same title. This version has only the most minor of edits; readers may notice that some of the writing conventions are slightly different from the standard novel because of that.

Currently, we have finished the Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There arc, and are onto a Dresden-verse arc.

Obviously, I don't own any of Saga of Tanya the Evil, Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There, or Dresden.


Post 1: Character and World

You are Tanya von Degurechaff, reincarnated salaryman, child soldier, military prodigy. You held off an entire company of enemy mages solo and became an Ace the day you were commissioned. You were nine years old. You made Lt. Colonel on martial merit before you were a teenager. Commander of the Imperial 203rd Air Mage Battalion, you have been the tip of the spear, first in and last out for the bloodiest battles in the most vicious war in your new world's history.

Under your leadership, outnumbered a thousand to one, your battalion broke Dacia. You led a handful of men and wiped out the Republic's command, paving the way to their defeat. You ensured Imperial success in Africa, and performed a Reconnaissance-in-Force through Moscow itself. You dueled over the Kingdom Channel, used nationalism to fight communism in Union territories, and hunted partisans in Norden. Returning to the Eastern front, you spearheaded the blocking force which led to the Union's defeat in detail.

The devil of the Rhine. The Ace of Aces. Names you earned. That you fought for, bled for. Once a pacifistic if pragmatic Japanese salaryman, you find that you have grown to like combat. And you swear that one day, one day, you will defeat that insufferable bastard that claims to be God, Being X.

No one has ever accused you of lacking ambition.

Now, in May of 1927, you are faced with a choice. With Union forces defeated, it is the perfect time to get decent, if not amazing, peace terms. Your own forces are overstretched, at the limit of the capacity of the supplies. A push to Moscow is, if not impossible, certainly far less likely to be successful than you or the Imperial military can tolerate.

The civilian leadership want to force another battle, believing that General von Zettour and the Imperial Military can pull of enough of a victory to force even more advantageous terms from the Union, hopefully staving off financial collapse in the future. On the other hand, you're fairly certain your own Salamander Combat Group will be the tip of the spear going in, and the rearguard when the advance invariably fails and forces a retreat. But, how much do you care about your men, really? Will you push for peace? Pursue your growing bloodlust in never-ending war? Or just continue to follow orders?

You have options … and you have made up your mind.

It is clear that civilian leadership has become the greatest threat to the Empire. And there's a solution to that: stage a terrorist attack during a high-level meeting between civilian and military leadership, ensuring the military leadership makes it out alive. Frame internal anarchists and war-protesters. With the civilians gone, and the military assuming temporary control, peace can be achieved before the Empire fatally over-reaches. All for the sake of this damned war ending sooner.

But all things come to an end, this war included. You too come to an end. An end, and a new beginning…

You died. Again. After yet another argument with Being X, you ended up in a more traditional fantasy Empire. Everything was going great, and you were a well-respected mage. Then, the morons invaded Japan and the JSDF invaded back.