Chapter 25
Scepter of Darkness
Summary: Part II: Time has been traversed, the aversion to the damage of the future has changed history. The Empire has risen under the Dragon's wings. The Alliance has been formed riding on Eagle's watchful gaze. The Union is strengthening with the Bear holding vigil.
Helltanz's notes: Good fucking God the new Red Alert Game is fail of epic levels, damn it all what the fuck is going through EA's fucking minds.
Right anyway here is the next chapter, again I emphasize this is not an endorsement of any side, as far as ideologically.
Let me put it this way you personal Ideological views are not my concern, you can support who you like, hell you can vote by review for which side you want to do well in certain theaters.
As it stands there will four/five major powers alliances whatever.
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Chapter Begin
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Europe, Axis Empire, Kingdom of Germanicus, Central Germanicus, Germany, Berlin, Reich Headquaters
Certainly this whole affair was becoming annoying. The Amazons didn't like the policies of Germanicus, and in general the patriarchal society of everyone else, but more especially the outright anti feminist attitude of the Reich.
The opposite was also true, the Kingdom of Germanicus's ministers, head diplomat, Heinrich other prominent members of the Reich administration. They all constantly bad mouthed Feminism, women's emancipation oh and frequently complained about the Amazons every time one of these blasted conferences cropped up.
Prince Chichibu, the younger brother of the Current emperor of Japan, seemed to be growing annoyed at the incesant back and forth between the two, and Asran could easily empathize given the situation. The prince and the time traveller were not the only delegates displeased at the incessant arguing between the Immortal and the Minsister of the Interior.
The duke of Kiev nodded to the others, "Enough," He groused rising, "We are recessing for lunch," Stated the Death eyed knight."If you wat to continue this pointless arguing do it over the intermission, get it out of your system."
Heinrich blinked as the grandmaster of the order departed the room along with the delegate from the Northern States, the UAS Sultan who had come, the Carthagian minister, and the Japanese Prince.
The head of the SS's eye twitched as the Gaul and Hispanian reps shifted nervously in their seats. The Thai man from the Asiatic States Union stood up and left as well.
Himmler stood up and left the room.
"Glad that stopped," remarked the Jarl.
Asran nodded, "Yes it went on long enough, they bring up the same issues everytime we hold one of these debates,"
In the mean time the duke of Kiev reached for the elevator button hopefully he could make it through the security field before Himmler could catch up to him.
Though the man was good at his job he also had no sense of social etiquete coarse was being way to generous.
A burst of static caught his attention, saved by the bulletin. "Lord Asran the report from Odin has arrived, it awaits your review, mein herr."
Few things could have been more pleasant to hear about. Odin was a first stage colony world, more specifically it was the second major shipyard, after the Earth.
The other shipyards would not be active but they would be being constructed, however for now the construction was limited especially with the Bahaumut class vessel in orbit being constructed which was taking a large amount of resources and research assets of the orden to build.
Odin however possessed a valuable natural resource which certainly help in the research and development field of things, plus it had some rather valuable resources for the more normal issues.
As for the resource it would keep Essex from pestering him for a few years, after all not all resources were inaminate.
He tapped his earpiece, "Forward the relevant information to Essex, tell him he can run the tests he wants. I will contact him personally later."
"Understood, Lord Asran," the officer on the other end responded.
The Duke of Kiev ducked out of the elevator.
He returned the salute of Black clad Dragoons who were holding vigil over the entrance of the floor, their armor was an odd parody of the knights of old, it wasn't a gleaming metalic silver but rather a chitinous sleek and pitch black in color though in shape the powered armor resembled the old plate mail though that was mainly a superficial resemblance.
The death eyed knight walked towards the Order of the Dragon's designated lounge, he'd pick up the file and read it over lunch.
He glanced down below at the ever present defenses of the Reich's headquarters. It was perhaps one of the most well defended areas in the planet.
In truth the inclusion of the airship docks seemed rather pointless even if there would be more of the vessels in service within the next decade or so. None the less the Neoclassical style of the citadel was an imposing sight.
As it stood only places which came remotely close to the defensive capabilities of the Reich Headquarters were Berlin's siblings, the other capitals and even then they were no where near this level of grandiose display of firepower.
The sheer number of troops and tanks were pointless given the high unlikelihood of anyone slipping an army into striking distance of the Reich Capital but the 'Praetorian guard' had remained where they had been.
In any event the place now featured an energy weapon, mainly for the purpose of shooting down Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles so as to allow the ADORE and UNITs that were charge with the German Kingdom's defense greater flexibility, of course the Duke of Kiev was against the deployment of the mostly untested weapon for anything else.
Whatever the case may have been with the Grandmaster of the Order of the Dragon the two massive vessels had decided to station themselves in the capital so the point was more or less moot in any event.
He sighed the additional security was really a nuisance but with the possibility of one of the radials slipping through and causing some form of trouble it was possibly understandable to have an enhanced response force.
The demon sword at his side however promptly informed him anyone that was so stupid as to willingly go against such odds was unworthy of continuing to live, not in so many words though.
The duke of Kiev procured his lunch and grabbed his report and walked toward the balcony, well wasn't like the Reich couldn't afford the deployment of forces. His immortal brow furrowed there was still quite a bit of work to do.
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If anything giant hulking monsters of armor seemed to be the one delight of the army it was something they really liked building.
This was true of all sides, huge armor projects seemed to have really caught on since the introduction of Tanks.
Lukan crossed his arms as the Orden's armored division Ultra Heavy tanks moved through their paces.
The Cadenza Ultra Heavy Tank mounted actual battleship grade Dinar Railguns in addition to two heavy machine guns, 12.7 millimeter in caliber on each side of the chassis, plus additional armament… then again it was forty meters long, making it larger than even the German Kingdom's largest Super Heavy tank the P 2000.
"They'll be ready shortly, I'd prefer we did additional testing but the Dinars are functioning, not as quickly as hoped but, the power transfer works as expected so it is indeed combat ready, my lord."
Asran nodded, "The sustained rate of fire will be slightly inferior to our Elysium, but we are already expecting that so its not a major issue."
Of course deploying these things would be bothersome to road maintenance, in any case the destructive power of this design would further supplement the heavy power of the drachenorden. The Dragoons would operate them alongside their Heavier variant Aria model tanks, the Aria 'di Sorbetto' nicknamed named for its shield's color.
"So do we deploy the initial fifty of them or wait for the rest of the first batch to be completed,"
The duke of
Kiev shook his head, "No the Burletta should be able to handle any
threat until the Cadenza are ready,"
The Burletta was the
second tank of the Orden, the name was ironic in that it was not
little in slightest and it was certainly a joke.
Its armor and weapons were lighter than this new model, it was actually slightly smaller than the German P1000 Maus Ultra Heavy Tank of course the Dinar still granted it superior firepower to the mouse.
As of now the six hundred were spread across the empire mainly in the major hotspots or potential hotspots, though Russia probably didn't appreciate the uber tanks on the border… and the Allies probably didn't like them in Argentina or Indochina either but that was their problem.
There was an issue of course the Cadenza was almost too large to fit through the standard sized stargate, a problem given if it was to be used in off world, a possibility given the Axis had begun exploring though that was currently limited to non goa'uld controlled worlds, well that could change.
The point was despite being able to theoretically fit through the gate going out through the gate, which typically had a staircase leading down to the ground that could be a potential problem.
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Empire, Africa, Nationalist Independent State of Egypt
In the aftermath of the second world war, Three states had been established in Africa as part of the Reich. Egypt was officially independent from the other two powers, during operation Midgardsormir Reich forces had obliterated Britain's power, mainly due to the Afrika Corp being properly supplied.
In any case they were hailed as liberators the 'Anglo-Egyptian Sudan' did shrink a little part of what had been Sudan in the previous timeline became a part of the UAS while the northern portions remained under the jurisdiction of Egypt.
Asran was uninterested in the religious matters going on, if the regional commander of the Drachenorden wished to extend protection to the Coptic Christians that was his prerogative.
No the reason for the Duke of Kiev's visit was to deal with the aftermath of the Khartoum mess. Egypt had benefited in development unfortunately there were problems, among such improvements for example the Aswan high dam was finished, this time built with Drachenorden assistance rather than Soviet.
Another example were the Fockewulf Factories turned out the fighter planes of the Egyptian military, which included among other special features additional fuel tanks, which did not disturb the silhouette of the aircraft. So the time traveler would say the nation was doing better than its previous timeline counterpart.
Even so it was those planes of whose use General Adbel Nasser was advocating. Then again this was the same Egyptian who had requested Rommel use the UNIT to attack, why he was so eager to start a war wasn't really an issue.
Germanicus's sphere all seemed as eager, even if Donitz opposed starting a conflict at the present time.
Offically Egypt was like the UAS an 'Aristocratic Parliament' meaning Emirs and Sultans or other members of the nobility all held a voice in the parliament a majority at that.
The laws in the two nations were based on the laws of Islam, though it tended to be rather moderate. However there were still the disagreements between modernizers and traditionalists. So things were rather troublesome.
In any event Khartoum had been handled as well was expected, the Knights had been able to restore order with minimal blood shed and there had been few losses amongst the forces of the Reich.
Course he was still having to listen to the radicals go on and on.
Asran looked out over the land, the Drachenorden regional administrative headquarters was built on the island of Pharos to be specific it had assumed control of the sight of the Citadel of Qaitbayduring operation Midgardsormir renovation had started in late of nineteen forty four. It was one of several more noticeable sites of the Orden's influence within the city.
The Mediterranean Sea was occupied by a small detachment of the Naval Arm, it was nothing extremely significant merely cruiser weight ships and their comrades that were accompanying the Naval Forces of Egypt which held their main base here in the port of Alexandria. In any event the seven cruisers were a mix of the Grendel Cruisers and Magier Battle cruisers were quite impressive even in comparison to the Zulifqar class Battle cruiser operated by the Egyptian Navy.
The larger vessel nearby was almost two hundred forty meters, the aircraft carrier Ridwan, named after the angel of paradise.
"The improvements to the canal will allow us to deploy super carriers through Suez," He commented after a few moments of silence, this was in truth mainly for the benefit of the other Reich powers fuel wasn't really an issue with the S2.
Whatever the case it would mean they could use the Red Sea to move their heaviest Capital Ships into the Indian Front. If things became complicated that would be an advantage.
The Lord Commander responsible for the region inclined his head in agreement, "Indeed Amir,"
"The forces
deployed will be rotated out as scheduled, if things become
troublesome we will deploy the Third Legion and resolve the
situation, hopefully we can avoid instating martial law," The duke
of Kiev leaned against the windowsill, "Try and avoid using the
dragons though, if that is at all possible."
That was the main
reason he had made the trip to Khartoum earlier in the day, because
of the use of the Orden's namesake creature. It hadn't gotten out
of hand or anything merely that it had been a bit of overkill given
the situation, specifically since the Orden forces had access to
helicopter and heavy fighter as well as armor support.
"Should I contact the Baron of Luxor regarding this matter?" Officially Radu was indeed the ranking officer in this region of the world.
"No, nothing was wrong with the deployment of forces, and well with in the accepted protocols for individual action. I simply would have preferred a bit more restraint, if Radu wished to comment he is welcome to do so."
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Chapter conclusion
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Helltanz's notes: The Titanic was two hundred thirty nine meters for reference, a Montana class battleship is two hundred eighty meters, the Invincible class Light Carrier of Great Britian is two hundred nine meters, the Super Carrier Kitty Hawk is three hundred twenty six meters.
Anyway shorter than I would of liked but I didn't want to go straight into the first 'Skirmish', which will start out next chapter.
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