Things I Would Like To See
Chapter 1
This was a thought I had late one night that I may or may not flesh out into a full story, depending on my life and time able to dedicate towards research. Here it is, with some pf the background information.
Mass Effect AU:
In 1944, the United States had a plan for the pacific theatre of world war two. Prior to the final development of the Atomic Bomb, US flag officers had developed a plan for the invasion of Japan, Codename: Operation Downfall, as a final strike to assault Tokyo and seize/eliminate the Japanese military officers and Emperor. The predicted casualties for this assault on the Japanese archipelago were a massive 1 million men. This was discarded in favor of dropping the A-bomb, but what I would like to see is a Mass Effect fic that is based upon the premise that the atomic bombs were never dropped upon Japan, and Operation Downfall was put into effect.
In my mind, after the predicted casualties of 1 million United States Marines and Army, the Soviet States of Russia would leap upon the presumed weakness of the US forces in Europe and rolled on through newly-split Germany, and seizing all of Europe. With a weakened United states as the only possible enemy of the USSR, it seems to me that, eventually, Russia would have enveloped most of the rest of Asia and the middle east, eliminating the various tribes that resisted their domination. I forsee them leaving Africa alone, because of the various warlords constantly fighting each other. The united states would, after recovering somewhat, would then create trade agreements with Canada, Mexico, and the various South American countries, eventually gaining economical superiority over the western hemisphere and growing to finally combat the Russian Superpower. The two Superpowers would then enter into a Cold War-like state, with Russia leading in forces and technology, leading eventually to the Russian discovery of the Mass Relay.
Interesting takes about AU verse:
Russian Cmdr. Shepard, spelled Шепард in Russian
Russian dominated Systems alliance
Turians beaten off of Shanxi, no surrender by Williams
Massive military, both space and ground
Unwillingness to become a client race or subject to the Citadel Races' laws
Non-reliance on Element Zero, various different weaponry
Absorption of German scientists to develop new technology
Anyone who does something from this, like this, or takes any ideas from this, please let me know because I would like to read the fanfic that you produce to see what y'all can come up with.
As I come up with more ideas, I will post them here.
Enjoy.
N7Ops
