Forging Destiny: Sunrise of a new world

[safferli]

I just deleted my last post here folks. I need to settle down and let my head clear if I'm going to continue writing... I'll resume when I have something worth posting.

Please take your time. This is terribly good stuff and it'd be a shame to rush. Eagerly awaiting the next moves of the Empress!

 

[Le Jones]

Agreed - this is a wonderful AAR that is easy to read and historically fascinating.

 

[KiMaSa]

Alright everyone... Thanks for the votes of confidence! The breather has helped too. I will now begin working on the next update.

 

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sweet

 

[El Pip]

Alright everyone... Thanks for the votes of confidence! The breather has helped too. I will now begin working on the next update.

Woot!

 

[safferli]

Good to hear! Now, for news on the Empress and her plans for Asian domination...

 

[xelloss]

Good to hear! Now, for news on the Empress and her plans for Asian domination...

While I agree that all real life leaders thus far, who have said that they will 'liberate' som country, have really meant the opposite, don't you think that maybe, just maybe, the Empress is actually meaning what she says?
:rofl:

 

[safferli]

While I agree that all real life leaders thus far, who have said that they will 'liberate' som country, have really meant the opposite, don't you think that maybe, just maybe, the Empress is actually meaning what she says?
:rofl:

Sure. Of course she does... We'll see. History is against her, though.

 

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KiMaSa: ...I will now begin working on the next update.

wonderful ! ! looking forward to the next update ! !

 

[gjflanker]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

i think some people may resent you saying that :rofl:

we're better off without them really - i would hate to be responsible for vista or george bush or the word 'fall' somehow being a season. though probably if we still were in control we'd have Imperial Computers Inc. instead of microsoft, george bush would be working on the tills in a supermarket (but not very well), and 'fall' would be something that happens when theres no ground beneath you and nothing else.

Well, at least we've still got our guns!

 

[gjflanker]

Henry Ford's head is going to explode in anger. Maybe this time you Yanks learn how to build small, cheap, efficient and technologically advanced cars.

Well, it might not explode too much considering his anti-Semitic and racist ideology.

 

[gjflanker]

Which means nothing if the voting base is restricted

To a point, yes, especially if the restrictions are based on racial discrimination. However, democracy is not a good form of government, as was well recognized by the framers of the U.S. gov't. after the American Revolution. Democracy is like two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. Voting rights were originally restricted to property owners, because they were the ones who paid taxes.

 

[gjflanker]

Outstanding AAR! Just finished reading it. I hope it will continue...

 

[robw963]

I'd love to see more of your beautiful AAR. Know that you have an eager reader here hoping you keep this moving forward.

 

[KiMaSa]

I'm back after having to manage a surprise move across the country. So... now I have limited access to a computer. This AAR will NOT fold. Once I have HOI set up on a (non-Vista) new machine the modifications should be easy enough to duplicate. Some of the details may change but nothing that affects the story to date or the overall plan.

As for the story itself, I am going to go back to the start of the European leg of Hoshiko's tour. I seriously doubt I'll change anyone's view of the Empress or her motives BUT I do think given an environment where her advisors are encouraged to give realistic appraisal and criticisms that Hoshiko would have been better prepared and made a better showing than what I wrote. (Yes sometimes it is the author who miscalculates... not the characters)

 

[trekaddict]

Hooray! It is going to be back!

 

[Kurt_Steiner]

A good piece of news to start a new year, indeed!

 

[trekaddict]

Oh and perhaps you can use this.


A few little gems from that page:



The Über-Yamato:

Japanese monster carrier

 

[KiMaSa]

Oh and perhaps you can use this.


A few little gems from that page:



The Über-Yamato:

Japanese monster carrier

Beautiful! That Uber-Yamato would make a proud picture at Spithead!

Okay! Rewrite on Part 1 of Chapter XXX ready for release now!

 

[KiMaSa]

孝道

Chapter XXX: Hail Britannia...Part I

Although outgunned by the subsequent G3s, HMS Hood remained a powerful symbol of British Might...​

Hoshiko noted the restrained atmosphere as Atago docked at the venerable Portsmouth Naval Base. While the greetings made by the Foreign Secretary were polite enough, the enthusiasm was subdued. It reminded her of two cats circling one another uncertain as to the others intent. After being escorted to a waiting car, Hoshiko was driven to Whitehall, where Prime Minister Baldwin was waiting for her.

She was a bit concerned; however, about reports that Baldwin would soon be stepping down from the Prime Minister's office in the wake of King Edward's Abdication. It all added to the air of uncertainty surrounding the future of Japanese/British relations.

But then Baldwin's future was not really the point was it? The Empress thought to herself. The REAL source of her anxiety was the fact that her belief in the need to restructure the balance of power in the Far East... In the belief that the peoples of French Indochina or in Borneo should have the same opportunity as those in Hong Kong, Manila, or Seoul... could very well be seen as a challenge and a direct threat to the British. Such was not her intent but then ;as she had long been taught, perception was more important than intention...

"Ah! Your Majesty." Baldwin greeted her upon her arrival in Whitehall. He bowed.

"Prime Minister... It is good to make your acquaintance."

"Thank you Your Majesty, but I assure you the pleasure is ours..." He seemed slightly apprehensive and Hoshiko noted his eyes flitting to the reporters and photographers. He seemed to relax ever so slightly as they went inside and they were safely out of earshot of the press.

"Forgive the rushed greeting Your Imperial Majesty, but His Majesty the King is waiting for us in the Locarno suite."

Hoshiko suppressed a look of surprise, having been given no indication that the new King had planned to meet with her. Still, some surprise showed on her face and Baldwin smiled more naturally.

"Our apologies Your Majesty, but His Majesty wanted to meet you informally and away from the prying eyes of the media..."