El-Thorvaldo

"You really think it'll hold them off?" "It's the best we can do. Besides, I know how Curt's troops fight. We'll funnel their movement and cut them down one-by-one. They may have numbers, but we have determination." "With all due respect, determination hasn't done us much good these past years." CivGeneral turned to the lieutenant. "And did you tell Colonel Chase beforehand that you doubted this mission?" "Well, no," he confessed, reluctantly. "Then it's too late to start now. Curt will make a move, and we will meet him. Now unless you have any other complaints, go check on Echo Squad and make sure Boston Post Road is fortified." The li

*flip* *clap* "Heads." *flip* *clap* "Heads." *flip* *clap* "Heads." He had been standing there, flipping the coin for at least a quarter of an hour; and every time, every single time, it turned up 'heads'. A most peculiar phenomenon, he had to admit, but not one he was currently inclined to contemplate in any sort of rigorous detail. He was waiting, and while he waited he was thinking; once he was relieved of his waiting he would be speaking, speaking to the man who held a sizable chunk of the Western world in the unfaltering grip of his black glove. One would think, being a fellow Triumvir and therefore a statesman of equal standin

2003 May 15 - Point of Divergence - Time-travelling Edward Richtofen gives CivGeneral the complete history of DRAW Your Own Story 10-10.5. July - CurtSibling emerges as the leader of a neofascist army in Scotland, provoking a British "civil war"; his rival Kan' Sharuminar makes a global appeal for aid. The Spam Wars officially begin. - England and Ireland fall to CurtSibling; Wales, largely overlooked, succumbs to a socialist one-party state. NATO declares "police action" against the Sibling Empire. In retaliation, Curt begins the conquest of continental Europe. - Disheartened by the manipulative politics of his future and his own seemin