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<div>'''Tulossa: 'The Coins of Wrath'-seikkailu!''' <br />
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'''Tulossa: 'Machines and machinations" ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO...<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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| colspan="2" |<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|March 4, 1918<br />
|The first documented case of Spanish Flu in Kansas, USA.<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|January 25, 1919<br />
|The League of Nations is founded in Paris, France.<br />
|-<br />
|May 4, 1919<br />
|The League of Red Cross Societies is formed in Paris.<br />
|-<br />
|June 14–15, 1919<br />
|British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The end of the Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 2–6, 1919<br />
|British airship R34 makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible<br />
|-<br />
|July 7, 1919<br />
|The United States Army sends a convoy across the continental U.S., starting in Washington, D.C., to assess the possibility of crossing North America by road. This crossing takes many months to complete, because the building of the U.S. Highway System has not commenced.<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|-<br />
|January 17, 1920<br />
|National Prohibition Act cames into force, prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.<br />
|-<br />
|January 28, 1920<br />
|Spanish Legion is formed by royal decree of King Alfonso XIII.<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1920<br />
|Karl I appoints Hungarian Admiral Miklós Horthy as the Governor-General of Hungary.<br />
|-<br />
|April, 1920<br />
|The Spanish Flu ends with an estimate between seventeen million to fifty million dead.<br />
|-<br />
|June 4, 1920<br />
|Treaty of Trianon<br />
|-<br />
|August 14, 1920<br />
|The 1920 Summer Olympics open in Antwerp, Belgium.<br />
|-<br />
|August 20, 1920<br />
|The first commercial radio station in the United States (WWJ in Detroit)<br />
|-<br />
|September 16, 1920<br />
|Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan Building in New York City, killing 38 and injuring 400.<br />
|-<br />
|September 29, 1920<br />
|The first domestic radio sets come to stores in the United States; a Westinghouse radio costs $10.<br />
|-<br />
|November 15, 1920<br />
|In Geneva, the first assembly of the League of Nations is held.<br />
|-<br />
|January 21, 2021<br />
|The full-length silent film The Kid, written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin is released in the United States.<br />
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|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are farbfrom home and looking for something - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER (*reserved template)<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. Light amplifying scopes? Antimech rifles? And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE SERGEANT<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: 'Machines and machinations" ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO...<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
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|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
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|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
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|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
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|March 4, 1918<br />
|The first documented case of Spanish Flu in Kansas, USA.<br />
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|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
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|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
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|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
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|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|January 25, 1919<br />
|The League of Nations is founded in Paris, France.<br />
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|May 4, 1919<br />
|The League of Red Cross Societies is formed in Paris.<br />
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|June 14–15, 1919<br />
|British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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| colspan="2" |The end of the Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 2–6, 1919<br />
|British airship R34 makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible<br />
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|July 7, 1919<br />
|The United States Army sends a convoy across the continental U.S., starting in Washington, D.C., to assess the possibility of crossing North America by road. This crossing takes many months to complete, because the building of the U.S. Highway System has not commenced.<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
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|January 17, 1920<br />
|National Prohibition Act cames into force, prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.<br />
|-<br />
|January 28, 1920<br />
|Spanish Legion is formed by royal decree of King Alfonso XIII.<br />
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|March 1, 1920<br />
|Karl I appoints Hungarian Admiral Miklós Horthy as the Governor-General of Hungary.<br />
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|April, 1920<br />
|The Spanish Flu ends with an estimate between seventeen million to fifty million dead.<br />
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|June 4, 1920<br />
|Treaty of Trianon<br />
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|August 14, 1920<br />
|The 1920 Summer Olympics open in Antwerp, Belgium.<br />
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|August 20, 1920<br />
|The first commercial radio station in the United States (WWJ in Detroit)<br />
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|September 16, 1920<br />
|Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan Building in New York City, killing 38 and injuring 400.<br />
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|September 29, 1920<br />
|The first domestic radio sets come to stores in the United States; a Westinghouse radio costs $10.<br />
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|November 15, 1920<br />
|In Geneva, the first assembly of the League of Nations is held.<br />
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|January 21, 2021<br />
|The full-length silent film The Kid, written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin is released in the United States.<br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are farbfrom home and looking for something - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER (*reserved template)<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. Light amplifying scopes? Antimech rifles? And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE SERGEANT<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: 'Machines and machinations" ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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| colspan="2" |<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
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|March 4, 1918<br />
|The first documented case of Spanish Flu in Kansas, USA.<br />
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|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|January 25, 1919<br />
|The League of Nations is founded in Paris, France.<br />
|-<br />
|May 4, 1919<br />
|The League of Red Cross Societies is formed in Paris.<br />
|-<br />
|June 14–15, 1919<br />
|British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The end of the Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 2–6, 1919<br />
|British airship R34 makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible<br />
|-<br />
|July 7, 1919<br />
|The United States Army sends a convoy across the continental U.S., starting in Washington, D.C., to assess the possibility of crossing North America by road. This crossing takes many months to complete, because the building of the U.S. Highway System has not commenced.<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|-<br />
|January 17, 1920<br />
|National Prohibition Act cames into force, prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.<br />
|-<br />
|January 28, 1920<br />
|Spanish Legion is formed by royal decree of King Alfonso XIII.<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1920<br />
|Karl I appoints Hungarian Admiral Miklós Horthy as the Governor-General of Hungary.<br />
|-<br />
|April, 1920<br />
|The Spanish Flu ends with an estimate between seventeen million to fifty million dead.<br />
|-<br />
|June 4, 1920<br />
|Treaty of Trianon<br />
|-<br />
|August 14, 1920<br />
|The 1920 Summer Olympics open in Antwerp, Belgium.<br />
|-<br />
|August 20, 1920<br />
|The first commercial radio station in the United States (WWJ in Detroit)<br />
|-<br />
|September 16, 1920<br />
|Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan Building in New York City, killing 38 and injuring 400.<br />
|-<br />
|September 29, 1920<br />
|The first domestic radio sets come to stores in the United States; a Westinghouse radio costs $10.<br />
|-<br />
|November 15, 1920<br />
|In Geneva, the first assembly of the League of Nations is held.<br />
|-<br />
|January 21, 2021<br />
|The full-length silent film The Kid, written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin is released in the United States.<br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are farbfrom home and looking for something - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER (*reserved template)<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. Light amplifying scopes? Antimech rifles? And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE SERGEANT<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: 'Machines and machinations" ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
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|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
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| colspan="2" |The Great War<br />
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|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
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|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|March 4, 1918<br />
|The first documented case of Spanish Flu in Kansas, USA.<br />
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|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
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|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|January 25, 1919<br />
|The League of Nations is founded in Paris, France.<br />
|-<br />
|May 4, 1919<br />
|The League of Red Cross Societies is formed in Paris.<br />
|-<br />
|June 14–15, 1919<br />
|British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The end of the Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 2–6, 1919<br />
|– British airship R34 makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible<br />
|-<br />
|July 7, 1919<br />
|The United States Army sends a convoy across the continental U.S., starting in Washington, D.C., to assess the possibility of crossing North America by road. This crossing takes many months to complete, because the building of the U.S. Highway System has not commenced.<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|-<br />
|January 17, 1920<br />
|National Prohibition Act cames into force, prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.<br />
|-<br />
|January 28, 1920<br />
|Spanish Legion is formed by royal decree of King Alfonso XIII.<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1920<br />
|Karl I appoints Hungarian Admiral Miklós Horthy as the Governor-General of Hungary.<br />
|-<br />
|April, 1920<br />
|The Spanish Flu ends with an estimate between seventeen million to fifty million dead.<br />
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|April 20, 1920<br />
|The 1920 Summer Olympics open in Antwerp, Belgium. <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are farbfrom home and looking for something - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER (*reserved template)<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. Light amplifying scopes? Antimech rifles? And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE SERGEANT<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: 'Machines and machinations" ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
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|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
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|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|January 25, 1919<br />
|The League of Nations is founded in Paris, France.<br />
|-<br />
|May 4, 1919<br />
|The League of Red Cross Societies is formed in Paris.<br />
|-<br />
|14–15 June, 1919<br />
|British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |The end of the Great War<br />
|-<br />
|July 2–6, 1919<br />
|– British airship R34 makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
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|January 17, 1920<br />
|National Prohibition Act cames into force, prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are farbfrom home and looking for something - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER (*reserved template)<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. Light amplifying scopes? Antimech rifles? And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE SERGEANT<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: 'Machines and machinations" ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are farbfrom home and looking for something - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER (*reserved template)<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. Light amplifying scopes? Antimech rifles? And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE SERGEANT<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are farbfrom home and looking for something - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER (*reserved template)<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. Light amplifying scopes? Antimech rifles? And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE SERGEANT<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Negotiations for the possible unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to provide the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the ''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment'' (''k.k.FAS, the Imperial-Royal Volunteer Foreign Rifle Regiment'') and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. The Regional Command 1 of the ''Csendőrség'' (the Hungarian Royal Gendarmeries) has requested assistance from the k.k.FAS to prevent the spreading of the civil unrest in the ''Beszterce-Naszód'' area. Answering to the call, the k.k.FAS has assigned a mechanical walker squadron (Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2) to reinforce the ''Csendőrség garrisons in the county.'' <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. As part of the A troop of the Sturmschützen Eskadron Nr. 2, the characters have been assigned to assist the ''Csendőrség'' to "uphold the security and peace in the land". <br />
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One of the characters will be a troop leader, in charge of the troop. The troop consists of the player characters, and approx. two dozen NPCs (a few from supply and maintenance, and the rest are ordinary riflemen). If no player volunteers to the position of the troop leader, then the GM will give the assignment for the "most probable and capable senior character". <br />
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Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). The age, sex and ethnicity should be plausible for the character background, with a small room for bargaining - this is DieselPunk-themed campaign, not a historical reenactment.<br />
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'''Character templates''' <br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are looking something in far away from home - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
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|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
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|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
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|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
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|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are looking something in far away from home - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the fighter battles over european fronts. Age: 26) <br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of the alpine mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
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|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
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|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
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|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
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|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== The Story ===<br />
The year is 1925. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality (with few limitations depending on the character template). Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are looking something in far away from home - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european. Age: 30-50)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any european. Age: 30) <br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front. Age: 30-40.)<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian. Age: 30-40)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
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|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
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|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
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|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
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|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
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|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
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|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you. (Nationality: any. Age: 30-50.)<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are looking something in far away from home - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the last year of the war, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down day after your 19th birthday. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled but prevented you from flying again. Since the war you have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting a latest generation automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else before. (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front.)<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
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|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
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|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
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|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
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|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you, but towards those you feel a weird attraction. (Nationality: any)<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are looking something in far away from home - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the war at very young age, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled, but prevented you from flying again. You have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting an automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else. (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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You perfected your shooting in the trenches in the Western Front, and some parts of your soul were left there. But the trenches gave you a need to improve, adapt and innovate, so much that now you are more of an inventor than a sharpshooter. Telescopic sights. Periscope sights. Remotely fired rifles and machineguns. And when the limits of traditional technology are reached, maybe one could find some tesla tech gizmo that allows to break those limits. (Nationality: any of those that participated on the trench warfare of the Western Front.)<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
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|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
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|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
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|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
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|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you, but towards those you feel a weird attraction. (Nationality: any)<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are looking something in far away from home - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the war at very young age, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled, but prevented you from flying again. You have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting an automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else. (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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You know how to move, survive and fight in forests, hills and mountains. You have lived most of your life in an alpine valley, and fought numerous battles on the slopes of mountains. After the war you returned back to your home village, but life there was not enough. You left in search for something exciting, and now you find yourself again in mountainous terrain, rifle in your hands. (Nationality: Italian or Austrian)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons of the real Great War, and had as much (or little) impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like the United States of America have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
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|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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The taste of burned powder, coal and diesel never leaves your mouth. You know how machines work, and you can keep them running year after year, assuming access to a some sort of a machine shop and some spare parts. The things supernatural scare you and you try to stay clear of any such thing, and the gizmos running on Tesla powers worry you, but towards those you feel a weird attraction. (Nationality: any)<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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You might not be the Holmes of the 1920s, but wits and logic are your main tools and you are good with them, You worked for the Pinkerton agency for a while after you left the government service, and now you are searching for something on your own. Volunteering for the k.k.FAS was just the best way to get you closer to what you are searching for. (Nationality: USA)<br />
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THE DOCTOR ''(*reserved template)''<br />
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You have earned a medical doctorate from a renowned university, and during the war years you got your share of training patients for your surgical studies. You have a reputation for being able to operate successfully almost any major trauma patient. You are looking something in far away from home - is it fame? New challenges? (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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You flew a biplane during the war at very young age, You shot down four enemy aircrafts before you were shot down. The injuries you suffered did not make you disabled, but prevented you from flying again. You have carried with you a feeling of unfulfilled destiny, and now you think you have founded it - piloting an automechanical walker, a war machine like nothing else. (Nationality: any european)<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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(Nationality: any)<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneet ensimmäisen maailmansodan teknologiaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä lentokoneet yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia, lentoveneyrittäjiä ilmestynyt joka puolelle tarjoamaan palveluitaan <br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Ensimmäisiä yleisiä/kaupallisia radiolähetyksiä voi kuunnella muutamissa suurimmissa kaupungeissa. Vaikkakin kasvava ilmiö, suurilta osin radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. <br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
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# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
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|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
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|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
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|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
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|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
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|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
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|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
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|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
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|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
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|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
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|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
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|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
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|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
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|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
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|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
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|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
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|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
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|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
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|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
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|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
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|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
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|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
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|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
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|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
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|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
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|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
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|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
* prototypes of hand held x-ray devices<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== Meta: What is different from our reality? ===<br />
Let's go off-character for a while and talk about the ideas behind the setting. These following points are here to give you a better understanding of what '''''Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors''''' -setting really is about.<br />
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'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Here are a few examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* medicaments of different kinds that work really well - powders that remove the infection from a wound, or incense that takes away the fever in the lungs, or potion causes the drinker to slip truths out the more he tries to keep them secret <br />
* talismans that when carried and correctly activated will boost the physical properties of the bearer <br />
* abnormal connection with a familiar (suprisingly intelligent animal companion) <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
''<u>Add description, origins</u>'' <br />
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Here are a few examples of tesla technology that the characters might encounter or might have encountered: <br />
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* gyrosopic navigation apparatus that can be used to calculate coordinates of the apparatus' position <br />
* rocket backpack as a substitute for a parachute for fighter pilot <br />
* kinetic energy absorbing device for a mechanical walker to diminish the power of armor piercing rounds <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11126Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T20:47:30Z<p>Taxall: /* Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on runsaasti käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== What is different from our reality? ===<br />
'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
<br />
Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
<br />
'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
<br />
The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
Add description, origins <br />
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Examples of tesla tech that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
# <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
=== The 1920s ===<br />
xxxxx <br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== What is different from our reality? ===<br />
'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
<br />
Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
<br />
The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
<br />
The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
Add description, origins <br />
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Examples of tesla tech that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== The 1920s ===<br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
<br />
THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11124Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T19:44:19Z<p>Taxall: /* Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
* Yksittäisiä diesel-käyttöisiä moottoriveneitä ja -laivoja on käytössä, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia.<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== What is different from our reality? ===<br />
'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
Add description, origins <br />
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Examples of tesla tech that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
<br />
'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
<br />
Characters <br />
<br />
THE MECHANIC<br />
<br />
THE DETECTIVE<br />
<br />
THE DOCTOR<br />
<br />
THE PILOT<br />
<br />
THE BOMBER<br />
<br />
THE SHOOTER<br />
<br />
THE RANGER<br />
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[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* ''Hellboy''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== What is different from our reality? ===<br />
'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
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Examples of tesla tech that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11122Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T19:30:51Z<p>Taxall: /* Magic and the Fae */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
<br />
'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
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=== What is different from our reality? ===<br />
'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
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Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
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'''Tesla technology''' <br />
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We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
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'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
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The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. Examples of magic that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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=== Tesla technology ===<br />
Add description, origins <br />
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Examples of tesla tech that the characters might encounter or might have encountered are xxxxxxxxxxx.... <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
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=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11121Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T19:10:26Z<p>Taxall: /* The Alternative History of Earth */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
What is different from our reality?<br />
<br />
'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
<br />
Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
<br />
'''Tesla technology''' <br />
<br />
We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
<br />
'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
<br />
The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
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'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
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The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
# <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
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In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
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The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
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[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11120Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T19:10:03Z<p>Taxall: /* The Alternative History of Earth */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
TLDR; What is different from our reality?<br />
<br />
'''Dieselpunk and decopunk''' <br />
<br />
Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
<br />
'''Tesla technology''' <br />
<br />
We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
<br />
'''Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference.''' <br />
<br />
The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
<br />
'''Politics, and then some''' <br />
<br />
The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
# <br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
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=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
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== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
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Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
<br />
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
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'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
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THE SHOOTER<br />
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THE RANGER<br />
[[Category:Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11119Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T19:08:56Z<p>Taxall: /* The Alternative History of Earth */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
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==== Inspired by: ====<br />
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* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
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* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
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'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
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* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
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'''Merenkulku'''<br />
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* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
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* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== The Alternative History of Earth ==<br />
TLDR; What is different from our reality?<br />
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# Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond are definitely a difference. The slowly dying and disappearing magic has had little meaning in the last century or two, if you don't count the horrors of dark magic unleashed to the battlefields of the Great War. That mostly replaced chemical weapons, and had as much impact on the end result of the war. Certainly there still are individuals who can testify that there is still magic, mystic beings and otherworldy horrors walking among us. Some might have a mystic item that has been in the family for generations, or a potion with some potent effects, or the knowledge of the location of the hag, who can give you the right numbers for the friday lottery.<br />
# Dieselpunk and decopunk Even if the technological revolution was moving at stupendous speed, here we will up the volume to eleven. Mechanical walkers were more numerous in the battlefields of the Great War than what the early tanks were in our reality. One might avoid the term "dominating the battlefield", because technology used stupidly is just... stupid. Not ground breaking in the big picture. But the development hasn't stopped, so more and more dieselpunkish war machines and construction machines are seen each year. If you want to see the nazi AT-AT walkers, just wait a few decades more... Decopunk is not the thing yet, but first steps (prototypes, small production runs, spiced up with the so-called Tesla technology) are on the streets, especially in the United States. . Rocketeer, anyone?<br />
# Tesla technology We need to take the first steps here to see the electric coil guns and antigrav bikes and all that high-end high-imagination dieselpunk items. So, small things so far, but slowly changing the future technology development tree. This Civilization is a long way from Scientific Victory still. Tesla gizmos are a wonderful MacGuffins for a GM with no capacity for complex stories.<br />
# Politics, and then some The early 20th century was a moment in time where so many things could have taken a new course. So naturally, some on them have. The Ottoman empire did not go full Turk, but managed to survive as an empire, still pushing towards north while now fighting the Allied agendas in the south. Bolshevik Russia went nuts, combining impossible political agendas, multiple levels of internal strife and corruption, and stupid stupid strategic decisions while still making other nations think that they have all the leninists in the Comintern. Oh wait, that was our reality. The Austro-Hungarian Empire took a bad hit but with no TKO, so many things are different in the Czechoslovakia, like for example there isn't one. Charles I continues as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, slowly gaining the acceptance of the Allied Powers and looking like a future ally against Ottomans and the Bolsheviks.<br />
# <br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
<br />
Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
<br />
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
<br />
'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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Characters <br />
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THE MECHANIC<br />
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THE DETECTIVE<br />
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THE DOCTOR<br />
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THE PILOT<br />
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THE BOMBER<br />
<br />
THE SHOOTER<br />
<br />
THE RANGER<br />
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[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11118Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T15:01:01Z<p>Taxall: /* History */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
<br />
'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
<br />
== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
=== The Alternative History of Earth ===<br />
TLDR; What is different from our reality?<br />
<br />
# Magic, the fae, and the horrors from the beyond Unless you live in Innsmouth, <br />
# <br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
<br />
Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
<br />
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
<br />
'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
<br />
Characters <br />
<br />
THE MECHANIC<br />
<br />
THE DETECTIVE<br />
<br />
THE DOCTOR<br />
<br />
THE PILOT<br />
<br />
THE BOMBER<br />
<br />
THE SHOOTER<br />
<br />
THE RANGER<br />
[[Category:Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11117Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T14:54:31Z<p>Taxall: /* Characters */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
<br />
'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
<br />
== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
<br />
Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
<br />
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
<br />
'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
<br />
Characters <br />
<br />
THE MECHANIC<br />
<br />
THE DETECTIVE<br />
<br />
THE DOCTOR<br />
<br />
THE PILOT<br />
<br />
THE BOMBER<br />
<br />
THE SHOOTER<br />
<br />
THE RANGER<br />
[[Category:Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11116Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T14:37:17Z<p>Taxall: /* Characters */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
<br />
'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
<br />
== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
<br />
Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
<br />
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the small number of military and police forces the Principality controlled, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
Characters have volunteered to serve in the '''''k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment''''', the Austro-Hungarian foreign legion. Characters can be of any nationality. Officially the the majority of enlisted men originate from western Europe, but in reality large part of the personnel are Hungarian or Austrian, "ordered to volunteer". The actual foreign members of the legion are always placed in visible tasks, to highlight the "foreign volunteers" charter of the regiment. The officer corps are heavily representated by Austrians, but most of the low- and mid-level officers are foreigners.<br />
<br />
'''''Sturmschützen Eskadronen Nr. 2'''''<br />
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[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11115Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-04T13:47:12Z<p>Taxall: </p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
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'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Roll of Years ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape.<br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum.<br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|} <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
<br />
Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
<br />
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the lack of military and police forces required to stabilize the situation in the Principality, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new era, with promises of better future. <br />
<br />
'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== Roll of Years ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape. <br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum. <br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The allied states' long-term goal was to rebuild the Austro-Hungarian empire to be capable of standing up to Russia or Ottomans. The allies feared that if the Austro-Hungarian empire is dissolved, the fragmented small nations created would not provide good enough of a buffer zone. <br />
<br />
Still the future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the Allies, and it limited the size of empire's navy and air force. <br />
<br />
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon decreed that the Principality of Transylvania was a separate kingdom entirely independent of Austro-Hungary. Unification of Transylvania with Romania was agreed to commence as soon as the four main sections of the treaty concerning the independence of Transylvania were fulfilled. The main sections were the founding of the Transylvanian Diet, the process of election for a king in Transylvania, removal of Austro-Hungarian troops from the area, and the methods to secure the safety of Hungarian and German population living in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
The Principality had significant support from the Allied Powers, with British, French, and Italian army officers and government officials aiding and supervising in these early phases. Because of the lack of military and police forces required to stabilize the situation in the Principality, the Allied Powers requested that Austro-Hungarian empire would give troops to Allied control, to secure the eastern border of the Principality. Emperor Charles I chartered the founding of the k.k. Freiwilligen Ausländisch Schützenregiment and ordered the regiment to be used in "good will and honest intention" to aid the Allied Powers in Transylvania. <br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
123<br />
[[Category:Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11113Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-03T20:18:39Z<p>Taxall: /* "Machines and machinations" - campaign */</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new promises of better future. <br />
<br />
'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
<br />
== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== Historiaa ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Summary of the events<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape. <br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum. <br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the end of the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. The future of the empire was not cheap as Italy, Poland, Romania and Serbia received territories from the Austro-Hungarian empire. At one point the total dissolution of the empire was on the negotiations. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
123<br />
[[Category:Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11112Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-03T20:10:26Z<p>Taxall: </p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative "dieselpunk" version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new promises of better future. <br />
<br />
'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors' contains a wide variety of flavor, powered by the greasy and smoky heavy machinery of dieselpunk, spiced up by the roaring 20s decopunk, and shaded by the otherworldly horrors and ancient mystic ways and creatures. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
<br />
== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== Historiaa ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Summary of the events<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape. <br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum. <br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== "Machines and machinations" - campaign ==<br />
<br />
=== Premise ===<br />
The Austro-Hungarian empire was nearly dissolved after the end of the Great War, but the threat of Bolsheviks and the Ottomans gave emperor Charles I just enough bargaining chips to negotiate a future for the empire. <br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>DSMM on vaihtoehtoiseen historiaan sijottuva dieselpunk-kampanja, jossa löytyy niin savunkatkuista mekanisoidun sodan kauhua, seikkailua ilman synkkyyttä, mysteerisiä magian jäänteitä ja teknologian käännekohdassa olevan maailman ihmeitä. <br />
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The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms and new ambitions are hurling the humanity towards new promises of better future. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
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[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
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== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== Historiaa ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Summary of the events<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape. <br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum. <br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
<br />
=== Alkutilanne ===<br />
1926 <br />
<br />
=== Hahmot ===<br />
123<br />
[[Category:Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11110Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-03T15:00:12Z<p>Taxall: </p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>DSMM on vaihtoehtoiseen historiaan sijottuva dieselpunk-kampanja, jossa löytyy niin savunkatkuista mekanisoidun sodan kauhua, seikkailua ilman synkkyyttä, mysteerisiä magian jäänteitä ja teknologian käännekohdassa olevan maailman ihmeitä. <br />
<br />
The world of 'Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirror' is set in an alternative version of the 1920s. The decade following the Great War is filled with deep wounds of the Great War, dark secrets and remains of a mystic past, thirst for glory and revenge on both personal and national scale... But at the same time new technology, new marvelous machines, new ways of life, new freedoms, new promises of better future and new ambitions are <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
<br />
== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
<br />
Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
<br />
'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
<br />
Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
<br />
== Historiaa ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Summary of the events<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
|-<br />
|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
|-<br />
|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape. <br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum. <br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
<br />
Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
<br />
=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
<br />
Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
<br />
==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
<br />
In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
<br />
The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
<br />
The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
<br />
==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
<br />
Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
<br />
=== Alkutilanne ===<br />
1926 <br />
<br />
=== Hahmot ===<br />
123<br />
[[Category:Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Diesel_Smoke_and_Magic_Mirrors&diff=11109Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors2023-01-03T14:40:30Z<p>Taxall: Diesel Smoke and Magic Mirrors pelimaailma</p>
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<div>'''Tulossa: ''dieselpunk-kampanja!''''' <blockquote><small>''"I like the word "dieselpunk" if you are doing something like 'Weird World War II'. I think that makes perfect sense. But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible. "'' -- Scott Westerfeld</small></blockquote>DSMM on vaihtoehtoiseen historiaan sijottuva dieselpunk-kampanja, jossa löytyy niin savunkatkuista mekanisoidun sodan kauhua, seikkailua ilman synkkyyttä, mysteerisiä magian jäänteitä ja teknologian käännekohdassa olevan maailman ihmeitä. <br />
<br />
==== Inspired by: ====<br />
<br />
* ''Iron Harvest/Scythe/World of 1920s (by Jakub Rozalski)''<br />
* ''Carnival Row''<br />
* ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''<br />
* ''The Rocketeer''<br />
* <br />
<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-der-werwolf-1920-ihs.jpg|alt=1920 - far from the frontline (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg|alt=1920 - breakfast is coming (C) Jakub Rozalski|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
[[File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg|alt=1920 - don't play with the strangers (C) Jakub Rozalski|right|frameless|500x500px]][[File:Jakub-rozalski-saxony-ih-16012016b.jpg|alt=1920 - a walk through the woods (C) Jakub Rozalski|center|frameless|500x500px]]<br />
<br />
== Muistiinpanoja teknologiasta ==<br />
'''Ilmalaivasto'''<br />
<br />
* ilmalaivat ovat olleet vuosikymmeniä kaupallisen matkustajaliikenteen ja postirahtiliikenteen käytössä<br />
* sotilaskäytössä ilmalaivoja käytetään ensisijaisesti tiedustelussa ja valvonnassa, monilla suurvalloilla on pieni määrä pommittajailmalaivoja ja joitakin lentotuki-ilmalaivoja - jälkimmäiset tyypillisesti "ilmalaivaston lippulaivoja"<br />
* sotilaskoneista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I<br />
* siviilikäytössä ei vielä yleistynyt, ensimmäisiä lentoveneyrittäjiä on tullut tarjolle sodan jälkeen<br />
<br />
'''Maaliikenne'''<br />
<br />
* Hevosvetoiset kärryt, valjakkovaunut ja vankkurit ovat pääosassa tiellä tapahtuvassa matkustajien ja rahdin kuljetuksessa<br />
* Hevosautot ovat vauraamman väestön suosiossa (ajurin ohjaama hevosvetoinen katettu vaunu, jossa sähkötoiminen valaistus, kalliimmissa malleissa kamiina lämmittämiseen ja puhallin viilentämiseen)<br />
* Käytössä olevat autot (kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Era_car, https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww1/trucks.php#aus)<br />
* Mekanisoidut kävelijät (automachina, "mech") yleistyivät Suuressa Sodassa, ja muodostivat "iskevän kärjen" kaikkien sotaa käyvien maiden kalustossa. Panssarivaunujen kehitys ei oikein lähtenyt käyntiin, joitain malleja on rajatussa käytössä.<br />
* Panssariautoja konekivääreineen on jonkin verran käytössä<br />
<br />
'''Merenkulku'''<br />
<br />
* Höyrykone on edelleen runsaassa käytössä pienemmissä matkustaja- ja rahtilaivoissa<br />
* Höyryturbiini käytössä suuremmissa matkustaja- ja sotalaivoissa (HMS Dreadnought)<br />
* Purjelaivoja edelleen runsaasti käytössä<br />
* Diesel-käyttöiset sukellusveneet tulivat Suuressa Sodassa käyttöön, mutta ovat edelleen harvinaisuuksia<br />
'''Tiedonvälitys'''<br />
<br />
* Lennätinverkot ovat yleistymässä kovaa vauhtia syrjemmillekin asutuskeskuksille. Valtioiden väliset ja jopa valtamerien yli ylittyvät lännetinkaapeliverkot ovat olleet arkea vuosikymmeniä. Lennätinviestit ovat tyypillisin henkilökohtaisen "pikaviestinnän" väline.<br />
* Puhelinverkot ovat arkea suuremmissa kaupungeissa, mutta puhelimet eivät vielä ole edes kaikkien vauraiden talouksien käytössä. Kaupunkien väliset yhteydet ("kaukopuhelut") ovat harvinaisia tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ulkopuolella. Valtameriä ylittäviä puhelinyhteyksiä ei ole.<br />
* Radiolähetykset ("langaton lennätin") ovat enemmän tutkimustoimintaa, jossain määrin sotilaskäyttöä testataan. Mitään kaupallista radiotoimintaa ei ole.<br />
* Sanomalehdet mahdollistavat "massaviestinnän ja uutisvälityksen". Jokaisella suuremmalla asutuskeskuksella on oma sanomalehtensä.<br />
* Kirje on yleisin henkilökohtaisen viestinnän väline. Kaikki "kehittyneet valtiot" kuuluvat Maailman postiliittoon, joka mahdollistaa kirjeen lähettämisen lähes mistä tahansa. <br />
'''Tesla-teknologia'''<br />
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Termillä tesla-teknologia tarkoitetaan kaikkea sitä teknologiaa, joka on peräisin Teslan "Tehtaalta" ('Mašinski Radovi'). Suuren Sodan aikana lähes kaikki valtion ovat saaneet haltuunsa tesla-teknologiaa, ja ovat kehittäneet sitä omilla tavoillaan ja sovittaneet uutta teknologiaa omaan sotakalustoonsa.<br />
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'''Teknologiatasot'''<br />
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Iron Harvestin maailmassa (kuten historiallisessakin 1920-luvun alussa) ihmisten saatavilla olevat teknologiat ja ylellisyydet vaihtelevat rajusti. Toisessa ääripäässä nautitaan länsimaisten suurkaupunkien ensimmäisten neon-valojen säihkeestä, autojen metelistä, zeppeliinien tai lentoveneiden reittilennoista, kaupunkien puhelinverkoista ja jääkaapin kylmentämistä elintarvikkeista. Toisessa ääripäässä eletään samaa talonpoikaiselämää mitä syrjäseuduilla on eletty useiden vuosisatojen ajan; suurperheet asuvat ahtaissa taloissa tai torpissa, kotieläimet elävät pihapiirissä ja talvella samoissa taloissa, ja uutiset kuullaan kyläkokouksissa ja jumalanpalveluksissa.<br />
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# Talonpoikaiselämä<br />
# Talonpoikaiselämä pienillä kehitysaskeleilla<br />
# Syrjäseutujen kauppalat ja pikkukaupungit<br />
# Ydinseutujen läheinen maaseutu<br />
# Ydinseutujen kaupungit<br />
# Suurkaupungit<br />
# Tesla-teknologia<br />
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== Historiaa ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Summary of the events<br />
|Date<br />
|Event<br />
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|January 14, 1905<br />
|Tesla demonstrates a radio controlled robotic walker - which he dubbed "mecautomaton" - and tries to sell his concept to the US military, which showed little interest.<br />
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|August 27, 1912<br />
|Serbian military tests a new kind of weapon, an automechanical walker, but they lack the resources to finish the prototypes. The prototypes are lost during the First Balkan War.<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1914<br />
|Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Black Hand Serbian nationalists (Gavrillo Princip).<br />
|-<br />
|June 29, 1914<br />
|Tirnanoc declares its neutrality on matters of "three and three men". The last remaining fae ambassadors disappear.<br />
|-<br />
|July 28, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war<br />
|-<br />
|August 1, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 3, 1914<br />
|Germany declares war on France<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|Great Britain declares war on Germany.<br />
|-<br />
|August 4, 1914<br />
|The United States declares its neutrality<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1914<br />
|Austria declares war on Russia<br />
|-<br />
|August 12, 1914<br />
|France and Great Britain declare war on Austria<br />
|-<br />
|August 26-30, 1914<br />
|Russians are defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg<br />
|-<br />
|September 5-9, 1914<br />
|Germans are stopped at the First Battle of the Marne<br />
|-<br />
|October 31, 1914<br />
|In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched allies fight off German assault<br />
|-<br />
|December 25, 1914<br />
|Christmas truce observed on the Western Front<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1915<br />
|First large scale use of magical weapons by Germany against Russian troops during the Battle of Bolimov<br />
|-<br />
|April 22 – May 25, 1915<br />
|The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use weapons of magic and break a hole through the long line of allied trenches.<br />
|-<br />
|May 7, 1915<br />
|German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania February 21, 1916<br />
|-<br />
|May 20, 1916<br />
|Austro-Hungarian troops test rocketeer infantry the first time in the Südtirol Offensive<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1915<br />
|Ottoman mystics test weapons of "al-Limiya" on Armenians.<br />
|-<br />
|August 6, 1915<br />
|Russians countered the German magic use by deploying their own mystics at the Battle of Osowiec Fortress<br />
|-<br />
|June 23, 1916<br />
|Germans deploy first regiment of automechanical walkers on the battlefield with little success.<br />
|-<br />
|May 10, 1916<br />
|Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|May 31, 1916<br />
|German and British navies clash in Battle of Jutland<br />
|-<br />
|June 24, 1916<br />
|The Battle of the Somme begins<br />
|-<br />
|September 15, 1916<br />
|British use automechanical walkers for the first time at Somme<br />
|-<br />
|January 31, 1917<br />
|Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
|-<br />
|March 1, 1917<br />
|The U.S. discovers the Zimmermann Telegram plot<br />
|-<br />
|April 6, 1917<br />
|The United States declares war on Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 25, 1917<br />
|First American troops land in France<br />
|-<br />
|June 31 – November 10 1917<br />
|British launch Third Battle of Ypres against the Germans<br />
|-<br />
|November 2, 1917<br />
|The Balfour Declaration is presented in London<br />
|-<br />
|November 7, 1917<br />
|Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<br />
|-<br />
|March 3, 1918<br />
|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany<br />
|-<br />
|June 18 – August 5 1918<br />
|Allies launch Aisne-Marne offensive<br />
|-<br />
|July 4, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, finds out that the Director of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky had approved the execution of Tsar Nicholas II. Von Mirbach launches a covert operation to rescue and evacuate the Tsar from the house arrest.<br />
|-<br />
|July 6, 1918<br />
|Wilhelm von Mirbach is captured and executed by the Cheka in Moscow. Unknown to the Cheka agents, the rescue of the Tsar was already set in motion.<br />
|-<br />
|July 12, 1918<br />
|A small group of Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos attack the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were kept as prisoners. The jagdkommandos find themselves in a bloody battle against 300 guards, but they manage to evacuate the Tsar and and most his children. The former empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the eldest daughter Olga were shot to death inside the house. Alexei was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds during the first hours of the escape. <br />
|-<br />
|August 2, 1918<br />
|Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov and his two surviving children, Tatiana and Anastasia, arrive in Vienna (accompanied by Maria Rasputin), where they are given political asylum. <br />
|-<br />
|November 11, 1918<br />
|Germany signs armistice<br />
|-<br />
|September 26, 1918<br />
|First phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne offensive underway<br />
|-<br />
|June 28, 1919<br />
|Treaty of Versailles<br />
|-<br />
|September 10,1919<br />
|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye<br />
|}<br />
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=== Great War ===<br />
Great War was a devastating international conflict -the war to end all wars - as it saw previously unheard-of levels of destruction and untold loss of human lives. The war was the culmination of national tensions and desire for expansion for the great powers. The assassination of a Austro-Hungarian archduke finally lit the powder keg waiting to blow, and the nations went to war one after the other. Their armies of men and conventional weapons were at first bolstered by horrendous magical weapons, that could wipe hundreds of lives in a blink of an eye. Soon all states at war had their chance to try magical weapons, but most came to realize that too often the dark ways turned against the user, and the cost was too high considering the effect magic had on the front lines. As the spark for the mystic diminished, it was replaced by the automachines, mechanical walkers of all shapes and sizes wielding weapons from machine guns and flamethrowers to earth-shattering cannons. <br />
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Despite millions of deaths, much of the war was a seemingly meaningless push and pull as the sides fought and paid dearly to take ground only to lose it shortly after, and the cycle would repeat itself as the terrain itself was rendered unrecognizable. More and more men were pulled from reserves and thrown into the meat grinder, encouraged and indoctrinated with propaganda, promises of adventure, and assurances that their side was the right one. <br />
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=== Magic and the Fae ===<br />
==== The dying glamour====<br />
Magic and all items, creatures and phenomenon associated to it, has been slowly drifting away. Ambassadors from the Empire of Tirnanoc - the fae - once a common sight in the courts of men - are a rare sight in the 20th century, a legend from the days past. The "glamour of Tirnanoc", as magic has traditionally been called, has been replaced by science and technology. During the last century or two, use of magic has been viewed more and more impure, dangerous and sinful. Some countries like Usonia have banned the use of magic during the 19th century, and some have been just looking away, trying to forget both the horrors and the wonders of magic.<br />
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Still, the last grand appearance of magic was in the Great War - the final act where the dangers of magic were proven to all men.<br />
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==== Magical horrors of the Great War. ====<br />
The German military was the first to use massive amounts of magic in warfare during the Battles of Flanders, after German mystics of the Nachtsegnende Society found a method to bind magical effects in weapons, creating magical weapons. The use of magical weapons was approved by the German High Command in an effort to break the presumed alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Tirnanoc. The German High Command has made accusations that the British troops were supported by fae blood wizards, and that Germany was forced to defend in kind.<br />
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In time, magical weapons were used by almost all major belligerents, inflicting approximately 1 million casualties. The use of magical weapons in warfare was in direct violation of the 1869 Hague Declaration Concerning Unholy Rites and the 1899 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited their use.<br />
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The effect of magical weapons was not limited to combatants. Civilians were at risk as the magical effects roamed through their towns, and they rarely received warnings or alerts of potential danger. An estimated 300,000 civilian casualties were caused by magical weapons during the conflict. Many commanders on both sides knew such magical weapons would cause major harm to civilians but nonetheless continued to use them. <br />
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The war damaged the image of mysticism and magic in Europe, and strong objections against all things magical unfolded through the world. The Pope Leo XIV issued a papal bull banning all Catholics from becoming mystics, studying magical arts and using magical items. The bull declares that the canonical penalty of excommunication would be levied for any form of use of magic. <br />
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==== Forbidden magic ====<br />
Magic is now illegal in most of the memberstates of the League of Nations, and the research and use of magic for warfare has been banned by numerous international treaties. Still, there are rumors about 'dark studies' performed by certain national groups, but no factual accusations have been made yet. <br />
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Treaties and laws are one thing, but outside cities and densely populated areas the old habits and beliefs die hard. In remote places religion, natural medicine and 'the old ways' might be hard to tell apart. <br />
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== Kampanja ==<br />
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=== Alkutilanne ===<br />
1926 <br />
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=== Hahmot ===<br />
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<div>= Jumaloppi Ephirian mukaan =<br />
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Suur-Holarmenin alueella vaikuttaa yksi jumaloppi. Jumalia palvotaan avoimesti, osana jokapäiväistä elämää. Suur-Holarmenilaisilla on yleensä joku henkilökohtainen jumala, jota he palvovat ’pääjumalanaan’, mutta muitakin jumalia rukoillaan aina kun tarvitaan ohjausta tai apua.<br />
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Jumalat jaetaan Vanhempiin ja Nuorempiin Jumaliin. Vanhemmat Jumalat ovat Luojajumalien luomia olentoja jotka ovat tavallaan maailmassa vaikuttavien voimien persoonallistumia. Nuoremmat Jumalat käsitetään ihmisistä jumaliksi Vanhempien Jumalten toimesta ylennettyinä, jotka legendojen mukaan voivat liikkua fyysisesti maan päällä, ja toisten legendojen mukaan tekevätkin sitä jatkuvasti. Nuoremmat Jumalat yhdistetään Vanhempien jumalten alaisuuteen, toisissa tapauksissa on kyse Vanhemman Jumalan jälkeläisestä ja toisissa tapauksissa vain Vanhemman Jumalan suojeluksessa olemisesta.<br />
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Kuolemanjälkeiseen olemassaoloon uskominen on myös olennaisena osana Holarmenilaisten uskonnollisissa tavoissa. Kun henkilö kuolee, hänen sielunsa punnitaan kaikkien jumalten edessä. Riippuen siitä kuinka henkilö on elämänsä elänyt ja kuinka tarmokkaasti (pää)jumalaansa palvonut hänet annetaan jonkin jumalan haltuun. Tämä jumala pitää henkilön sielua hallussaan siihen saakka kunnes yksi Vanhemmista Jumalista ratkaisee maailmankaikkeuden arvoituksen ja siirtyy sinne mikä odottaa rajojen takana, vieden lapsensa – eli Nuoremmat Jumalat ja kaikki sielut jotka hänelle on annettu – mukanaan.<br />
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Siitä mitä kaikille muille tapahtuu on runsaasti legendoja, yhden yleisemmän mukaan ne sielut jotka jäävät jälkeen eivät pääse rajojen takana odottavaan paratiisiin vaan syntyvät uudelleen johonkin toiseen paikkaan, toisen yleisen legendan mukaan kaikki jäljelle jääneet sielut syöstään unohdukseen.<br />
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Esimerkkinä elämästä ja jumalista otetaan ote Grustin elämästä. Talonpoika Grust palvoo Zereniä, Sadonkorjuun Jumalaa pääjumalanaan. Grustilla on niin suuret pellot että hänelle jää tuotteita runsaasti yli perheensä tarpeen, ja aina syksyllä Grust lähtee myymään tuotteita läheiseen kaupunkiin. Tätä matkaa varten hän rukoilee Padiusta, Kaupankäynnin Jumalaa, antamaan hänelle mahdollisimman suuren voiton ja rehelliset asiakkaat. Saavuttuaan kaupunkiin Grust käy antamassa Rangaruksen temppeliin muutamia uhrilahjoja. Myytyään tavaransa, Grust palaa kotiin ja kiittää Zereniä runsaasta sadosta ja käy lähialueiden muiden talonpoikien kanssa uhraamassa Manusalle vuohen.<br />
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Elämänsä myöhemmillä vaiheilla Grustista on tullut varakas mies, joka ei enää itse osallistu sadonkorjuuseen, vaan teettää työt palkollisilla. Pääjumalakin on vaihtunut Rangarukseen vuosien aikana, joskin Grust pitää huolen siitä että kaikki hänen työläisensä vähintääkin uhraavat Zerenille säännöllisesti jos nyt eivät häntä suoranaisesti palvokaan.<br />
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=== Luomistaru Ephirian mukaan ===<br />
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Seuraava kertoo Jumalten syntytarinan Ephirian (eli Vanhan Kirkon) oppien mukaan. Hieman riippuen siitä, minkä Jumalan palvojan versio on kyseessä, tämä syntytarina voi esiintyä joko pienin tai jopa todella dramaattisin muutoksin. Silti, kaikki nämä erilaisetkin versiot ovat pohjimmiltaan samoja.<br />
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"Aikojen alussa Luojajumalat loivat maailman. Syitä siihen ei tiedetä, kenties kyseessä oli vain kohtalon pakko, jotain mitä vain piti tapahtua. Kun maailma oli valmis, Luojajumalat keskittivät tämän maailman erilaisia voimia ja ilmentymiä, ja antoivat näille voimille olemuksen. Vanhemmat Jumalat olivat syntyneet.<br />
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Luojajumalat, joille ei ole mitään muuta nimeä, jatkoivat matkaansa sinne mikä odottaa rajojen takana, jättäen maailman hieman keskeneräisenä Vanhempien Jumalten käsiin. Vanhemmilla Jumalilla oli vain hyvin rajattu valta maailmaan, sillä he olivat osa maailmaa, eivätkä itsekään ymmärtäneet niitä voimia jotka maailman olivat luoneet. Luojajumalat jättivät Vanhemmille Jumalille jälkeen vain viestin, että se joka kykenisi selvittämään maailmankaikkeuden arvoituksen, pääsisi muokkaamaan maailman omaksi kuvakseen ja jatkamaan sinne mikä odottaa rajojen takana.<br />
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Vanhemmat Jumalat syventyivät tutkimaan maailmaa, jokainen keskittyen maailman eri osiin ja voimiin. Jossain vaiheessa Sung teki päätöksen ottaa monimuotoiset meret suojelukseensa. Hänen tarkoituksenaan oli omia meret jotta kukaan muu ei voisi selvittää merten mysteereitä eikä siten kukaan muu voisi ymmärtää maailmankaikkeuden arvoitusta, kun osa siitä olisi mysteerien peitossa. Välittömästi tämän jälkeen Manusa nimitti metsät omikseen, ja Astok nimitti taivaan itselleen. Manusa vain reagoi Sungin tekoon, nimeten omakseen sen jossa oli eniten aikaansa viettänyt, mutta Astok taas pohti asiaa hetken, päätyen taivaaseen, sillä hän näki että kaikki tapahtuu taivaan alla, ja mikä olisikaan parempi paikka muiden Jumalien salaisuuksien paljastamiseksi.<br />
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Ennen kuin yksikään muu Vanhimmista Jumalista ehti nimetä mitään itselleen, Kathool kutsui kaikki Jumalat kokoontumaan Jumalkotiin. Kathool tiesi, että sellainen nimeämisen aalto päätyisi siihen, että kaikki Jumalat olisivat sitoneet itsensä pieniin maailman yksityiskohtiin, ja näin kaikki Vanhemmat Jumalat olisivat sidottu tähän maailmaan pysyvästi, ja maailma ei voisi kasvaa itsekseen eikä yksikään Vanhemmista Jumalista pääsisi ikinä sinne mikä odottaa rajojen takana. Kolme Jumalista oli jo sitonut itsensä pysyvästi tähän maailmaan, mutta he eivät olleet onnistuneet kieltämään muiden Jumalten pääsyä omaksi nimeämilleen alueille.<br />
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Kathool pyysi ettei yksikään Vanhemmista Jumalista enää puuttuisi suoraan maailman sääntöihin ja luonnonlakeihin. Luojajumalathan olivat kertoneet että hän joka ymmärtää maailman arvoituksen voisi muokata maailman omaksi kuvakseen, joten yksikään Vanhemmista Jumalista ei voisi hallita maailmaa ennen kuin ymmärtäisi täysin sen olemuksen.<br />
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Ningaan ehdotti että jokainen Vanhimmista Jumalista ottaisi yhden maailmassa elävän lajin suojelukseensa, ja sitä kautta yrittäisi oppia ymmärtämään maailmankaikkeutta. Rangarus halusi tuoda yhden lajin muiden Jumalten huomioon, nimittäin ihmiset, jotka olivat jo parhaillaan levittäytymässä ympäri maailmaa. Vanhemmat Jumalat sopivat jakavansa ihmiset eri kansoihin ja rotuihin, jotka jaettaisiin tasan Jumalten kesken.<br />
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Näin jokainen Vanhemmista Jumalista saisi suojeltavakseen ihmisiä, joiden monipuolisuuden kautta he voisivat yrittää ymmärtää maailmankaikkeutta.<br />
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Ja näin on Maailman valo minulle näyttänyt, ja näin on Istakin oppilas sen ylös kirjannut."<br />
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''- Lainaus "Valaistumisen kirjasta", Ikuisen Tiedon Kirkon pyhästä kirjasta''<br />
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== Jumalat ==<br />
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* Hatmeta - Totuuden ja valon jumalatar. <br />
** Varjelee niitä jotka pyrkivät elämään totuuden kautta.<br />
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* Astok - Sodan ja muutoksen jumala. <br />
** Mahdollistaa sen että asiat muuttuvat, hyvässä ja pahassa.<br />
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* Sung - Pimeyden ja valheiden jumalatar. <br />
** Luo turvaa vaarassa oleville.<br />
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* Istak - Tiedon ja viisauden jumalatar. <br />
** Kirjaa ylös kaiken mitä maailmankaikkeudessa tapahtuu.<br />
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* Rangarus - Luomisen ja vaurauden jumala. <br />
** Suojelee niitä, jotka luovat uutta ja muovaavat vanhaa.<br />
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* Ningaan - Elämän, kivun ja nautinnon jumala. <br />
** Puhaltaa kaikkeen syntyvään elämän kipinän, joka mahdollistaa kivun ja nautinnon tuntemisen.<br />
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* Kathool - Taikuuden, mysteerien ja onnen jumala. <br />
** Antaa taikuudelle voiman ("alkulähde"). Osa Kathoolin voimasta osuu sattumanvaraisesti ihmisiin aiheuttaen hyvää tai huonoa onnea.<br />
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* Manusa - Luonnon jumala. <br />
** Hallitsee kaikkea niitä metsiä ja niittyjä ja vesiä joihin ihminen ei ole kajonnut.<br />
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* Obias - Kuoleman jumala.<br />
** Sielunopas, huolehtii siitä että kuolleen sielu päätyy oikeaan paikkaan.<br />
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1920 - far from the frontline
(C) Jakub Rozalski</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
https://jrozalski.com/projects/LX2Pw<br />
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1920 - far from the frontline<br />
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1920 - a walk through the woods
(C) Jakub Rozalski</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
https://jrozalski.com/projects/e1Y6J<br />
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1920 - a walk through the woods<br />
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(C) Jakub Rozalski</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg&diff=10889File:Jakub-rozalski-iron-harvest-13010216.jpg2021-12-31T12:37:23Z<p>Taxall: https://jrozalski.com/projects/5O0dE
1920 - breakfast is coming
(C) Jakub Rozalski</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
https://jrozalski.com/projects/5O0dE<br />
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1920 - breakfast is coming<br />
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(C) Jakub Rozalski</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg&diff=10888File:Jakub-rozalski-balanced-workforce18102015-s.jpg2021-12-31T12:36:01Z<p>Taxall: https://jrozalski.com/projects/QxLLr
1920 - don't play with the strangers
(C) Jakub Rozalski</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
https://jrozalski.com/projects/QxLLr<br />
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1920 - don't play with the strangers<br />
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(C) Jakub Rozalski</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10887Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T19:53:20Z<p>Taxall: /* Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä */</p>
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<div> "Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
<blockquote>''- "Älä pelkää", Klamydia, albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
Maailmanjärjestys rikkoutui 2010-luvun alussa. Ennakoimaton tapahtumien ketju johti suurvaltojen väliseen ydinsotaan, joka ei ole virallisesti vieläkään päättynyt - koska vain osa valtioista jotka sodan olivat julistamassa ovat enää olemassa, ja selviytyneetkään eivät ole ennallaan. Viimeisimmät sotatoimet Suomessa ja sen lähialueilla käytiin 2014, sen jälkeen on ollut vain pienimuotoisia välikohtauksia niiden välillä, joilla on ollut siihen resursseja. Tai joilla ei ole ollut enää muuta kuin epätoivo.<br />
<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä - kampanja seuraa 15-16 vuotiaiden kaverusten elämää kolmannen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Etelä-Savossa vuonna 2021. Nuorten elämää ei sodan kauhut suoraan koskeneet, mutta epäsuorasti sota on koskenut kaikkia. Monet perheet ovat menettäneet läheisiään, useat myös kotinsa, ja kaikki ovat menettäneet elintason ja 2010-luvun mukavuudet. Maailmankauppa kaatui sodan kuluessa, eikä se tule pitkiin aikoihin palaamaan - tällä on suorat vaikutuksensa jokaisen arkeen. Ennätyskylmät talvet, ruokatuotannon epävarmuus, kulkutaudit, rikollisjengit, karkurit, onnenonkijat... Turvallinen elinympäristö ei enää ole itsestäänselvyys. <br />
<br />
Tästä huolimatta nuorten elämää ei kyllästä pelkästään huoli ja pelko. Katkonainen internet tuo satunnaisesti uutisia kauempaa. Musiikki soi, ja aikaa löytyy kaverien kanssa olemiselle, harrastuksille, joskus jopa juhlimiselle... Ja seikkailuille. Kahleina toki on vanhempien jatkuva huoli ja murhe turvallisuudesta, ja erilaiset velvoitteet kuten koulu ja työnteko. Työ voi toisille tarkoittaa osuutta kotitilan askareissa, toisille ihan oikeaa säännöllistä työtä, vaikka vähäisemmissä määrin kuin aikuisilla.<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä - yhtyeen jäsenet elävät Punkaharjun Tuunaansaarella ja sen lähiympäristössä. Keskeisiä paikkoja nuorten arjessa on kunkin kodin lisäksi Kulennoisten koulu, Kruunupuisto ja tärkeimpänä - Kalliosalin treenikämppä.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10886Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T19:45:54Z<p>Taxall: /* Kampanja */</p>
<hr />
<div> "Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
<blockquote>''- "Älä pelkää", Klamydia, albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
Maailmanjärjestys rikkoutui 2010-luvun alussa. Ennakoimaton tapahtumien ketju johti suurvaltojen väliseen ydinsotaan, joka ei ole virallisesti vieläkään päättynyt - koska vain osa valtioista jotka sodan olivat julistamassa ovat enää olemassa, ja selviytyneetkään eivät ole ennallaan. Viimeisimmät sotatoimet Suomessa ja sen lähialueilla käytiin 2014, sen jälkeen on ollut vain pienimuotoisia välikohtauksia niiden välillä, joilla on ollut siihen resursseja. Tai joilla ei ole ollut enää muuta kuin epätoivo.<br />
<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä - kampanja seuraa 15-16 vuotiaiden kaverusten elämää kolmannen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Etelä-Savossa vuonna 2021. Nuorten elämää ei sodan kauhut suoraan koskeneet, mutta epäsuorasti sota on koskenut kaikkia. Monet perheet ovat menettäneet läheisiään, useat myös kotinsa, ja kaikki ovat menettäneet elintason ja 2010-luvun mukavuudet. Maailmankauppa kaatui sodan kuluessa, eikä se tule pitkiin aikoihin palaamaan - tällä on suorat vaikutuksensa jokaisen arkeen. Ennätyskylmät talvet, ruokatuotannon epävarmuus, kulkutaudit, rikollisjengit, karkurit, onnenonkijat... Turvallinen elinympäristö ei enää ole itsestäänselvyys. <br />
<br />
Tästä huolimatta nuorten elämää ei kyllästä pelkästään huoli ja pelko. Katkonainen internet tuo satunnaisesti uutisia kauempaa. Musiikki soi, ja aikaa löytyy kaverien kanssa olemiselle, harrastuksille, joskus jopa juhlimiselle... Ja seikkailuille. Kahleina toki on vanhempien jatkuva huoli ja murhe turvallisuudesta, ja erilaiset velvoitteet kuten koulu ja työnteko. Työ voi toisille tarkoittaa osuutta kotitilan askareissa, toisille ihan oikeaa säännöllistä työtä, vaikka vähäisemmissä määrin kuin aikuisilla.<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10885Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T17:51:57Z<p>Taxall: /* Kampanja */</p>
<hr />
<div> "Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
<blockquote>''- "Älä pelkää", Klamydia, albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä - kampanja seuraa 15-16 vuotiaiden kaverusten elämää kolmannen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Etelä-Savossa vuonna 2021.<br />
<br />
Maailmanjärjestys rikkoutui 2010-luvun alussa. Ennakoimaton tapahtumien ketju johti suurvaltojen väliseen ydinsotaan, joka ei ole virallisesti vieläkään päättynyt - koska vain osa valtioista jotka sodan olivat julistamassa ovat enää olemassa, ja selviytyneetkään eivät ole ennallaan. Viimeisimmät sotatoimet Suomessa ja sen lähialueilla käytiin 2014, sen jälkeen on ollut vain pienimuotoisia välikohtauksia niiden välillä, joilla on ollut siihen resursseja. Tai joilla ei ole ollut enää muuta kuin epätoivo.<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10884Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T17:44:51Z<p>Taxall: /* Kampanja */</p>
<hr />
<div> "Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
<blockquote>''- "Älä pelkää", Klamydia, albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä - kampanja seuraa 15-16 vuotiaiden kaverusten elämää kolmannen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Etelä-Savossa vuonna 2021.<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10883Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T17:34:04Z<p>Taxall: /* Entiset jäsenet */</p>
<hr />
<div> "Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
<blockquote>''- "Älä pelkää", Klamydia, albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä - kampanja seuraa 15-16 vuotiaiden kaverusten elämää kolmannen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Etelä-Savossa.<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10882Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T17:30:41Z<p>Taxall: </p>
<hr />
<div> "Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
<blockquote>''- "Älä pelkää", Klamydia, albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse Salonen - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Kampanja ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä - kampanja seuraa 15-16 vuotiaiden kaverusten elämää kolmannen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Etelä-Savossa.<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10881Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T16:26:45Z<p>Taxall: </p>
<hr />
<div> "Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
<blockquote>''- "Älä pelkää", Klamydia, albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse Salonen - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=K%C3%A4%C3%A4rmeit%C3%A4_ja_M%C3%B6rk%C3%B6j%C3%A4_(Twilight_2013)&diff=10880Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (Twilight 2013)2021-12-30T16:26:00Z<p>Taxall: Sivun aloitus</p>
<hr />
<div><blockquote><br />
"Älä pelkää pelkää<br />
Säiky käärmeitä, jänistä mörköjä<br />
Arkaile pimeää, älä pelkää elämää<br />
Kilju rottia, kammoa sotia<br />
Vaikka välillä jännittää, niin älä pelkää elämää<br />
Toki se paljon ottaakin, mutta maksaa takaisin"<br />
''- "Älä pelkää", albumilta XXV (2013)''</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä ==<br />
Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä (alunperin Käärmeitä, Jäniksiä ja Mörköjä) on Punkaharjulla vuonna 2020 perustettu punkrock-yhtye. Yhtye aloitti toimintansa vuonna 2020 perustamalla luvattoman treenikämpän Punkaharjun Kalliosaliin. Yhtye on erikoistunut tekemään muiden lähialueiden artistien kappaleista punk-versioita.<br />
<br />
==== Jäsenet ====<br />
Sara - rummut (2020-)<br />
<br />
Johannes – laulu, kitara, kantele (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oskari – basso (2020–)<br />
<br />
Olivia - laulu (2021-)<br />
<br />
Eemeli – kitara, laulu (2020–)<br />
<br />
Oliver - koskettimet (2021-)<br />
<br />
==== Entiset jäsenet ====<br />
Jesse Salonen - kitara (2020)<br />
<br />
Lauri - laulu (2020)<br />
<br />
Viljami - basso (2020)<br />
<br />
== Maailma Mörköjen ympärillä ==<br />
Kartta : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1E_f6RkBxUQwrd56WLW_8uHYLcf2mZ50x&usp=sharing<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Twilight 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Taxall]]<br />
[[Category:Käärmeitä ja Mörköjä]]<br />
[[Category:Kampanjat]]</div>Taxallhttps://www.kurry.fi/viki/index.php?title=Sunderwolves_Regiment_(Mercenary_command)&diff=10871Sunderwolves Regiment (Mercenary command)2021-11-10T19:08:01Z<p>Taxall: /* Organization */</p>
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<div>{{MWUnitInfo<br />
| unit_name = Sunderwolves Regiment<br />
| unit_image = Sunderwolves_Regiment_02.png<br />
| unit_caption = Sunderwolves insignia<br />
| dates = May 3025 -<br />
| country = n/a<br />
| allegiance = Mercenary<br />
| branch = Army<br />
| type = Combined Arms Regiment<br />
| role = <br />
| command_structure = n/a<br />
| garrison = n/a<br />
| nickname = The Mad Dogs<br />
| motto = Strong alone, stronger together<br />
}}<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[Sunderwolves War Diary (Tomorrow We Die)|Sunderwolves Regiment War Diary]]<br />
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==Organization==<br />
[[File:Sunderwolves_Regiment_tan.png|alt=|left|frameless|150x150px]]<br />
The Sunderwolves Regiment is controlled by the '''Central Committee of the Regiment'''. The Central Committee consists of the Command Staff (the senior MechOfficers), the regimental staff officers and the battalion/detachment/wing commanders and executive officers. The chairman of the Committee is the commander of the regiment.<br />
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The '''Command Staff''' is in charge of the daily operations and tactical decision making. The members of the Command Staff are Commander of the Regiment FCMDR [[Ravenna Sastro (Tomorrow We Die)|Ravenna Sastro]], Chief Executive Officer FCMDR [[Alexander Ghatak (Tomorrow We Die)|Alexander Ghatak]], Chief Intelligence Officer FCMDR [[Max Van Der Visser (Tomorrow We Die)|Maximiliaan Van Der Visser]], Chief of Operations FCMDR [[Behrouz Yaser Darzi (Tomorrow We Die)|Behrouz Darzi]] and Chief of Logistics FCMDR [[Jahangir Ardehi (Tomorrow We Die)|Jahangir Ardehi]].<br />
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The Intelligence Staff is led by Chief Intelligence Officer and is composed of the S2 Chief, the Regimental Information Cell Chief and the CO of the 13th Lobo COY.<br />
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The Operations Staff is led by Chief of Operations, and is composed of the S3 Chief, and battalion operations officers.<br />
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The Security Staff is led by Chief of Security (CXO as incumbent), and is composed of the S3 Security officer, the Security Support Section Chief, the CO of the 14th Garmr COY and the security officers of the White Fang INF BN, the Wolfpack Support BN and the Big Bad Space Wing.<br />
[[File:11th Sköll COY.png|thumb|150x150px|11th Sköll COY]]<br />
[[File:12th Hati COY.png|thumb|150x150px|12th Hati COY]]<br />
[[File:13th Lobo COY.png|thumb|150x150px|13th Lobo COY]]<br />
[[File:14th Garmr COY.png|thumb|150x150px|14th Garmr COY]]<br />
The unit is composed of (link to unit status sheets):<br />
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'''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit#gid=0 SUNEATER BATTALION]'''<br />
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''* (BattleMech battalion)''<br />
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'''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit#gid=1555019540 WHITE FANG INFANTRY BATTALION]'''<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> 11th Sköll COY (Heavy Infantry)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> 12th Hati COY (Heavy Infantry / Training)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> 13th Lobo COY (Special Forces)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> 14th Garmr COY (Security Forces)<br />
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'''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit#gid=1634445901&range=A23 1ST NIGHT HOWLERS DETACHMENT]'''<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Blue Moon Flight (Attack VTOL)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Red Star Flight (Transport VTOL)<br />
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'''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit#gid=1634445901&range=A29 BIG BAD SPACE WING]''' <br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Wing Command (HQ)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> DLS Maanhond (Overlord-class dropship)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> DLS Baanrijder (Triumph-class dropship)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> DLS Donkerzwaar (Triumph-class dropship)<br />
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'''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit#gid=1634445901&range=A38 WOLFPACK SUPPORT BATTALION]'''<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> BN Command (HQ)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Headquarters COY (RGT HQ)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Heavy Support COY (Base support)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Mobile Support COY (Forward support)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Aviation Support COY (Aviation support)<br />
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== Resources available ==<br />
[[File:11th and 12th COY.png|alt=|thumb|310x310px|11th Sköll COY & 12th Hati COY]]<br />
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=== <s>Jumpships</s> ===<br />
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* <s>DNS Sterrenhoop, a [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tramp Tramp-class] jumpship (AFD, 10th Space Wing)</s><br />
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=== Dropships ===<br />
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* DLS Maanhond, an [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Overlord Overlord-class] dropship (AFD, 123rd Airlift COY)<br />
* DLS Baanrijder, a [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Triumph Triumph-class] dropship (AFD, 122nd Airlift COY)<br />
* DLS Donkerzwaar, a [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Triumph Triumph-class] dropship (AFD, 122nd Airlift COY)<br />
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=== BattleMechs ===<br />
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All operational BattleMechs are listed in [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit#gid=0 the Suneater BN status roster]<br />
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Salvaged, non-operational BattleMechs :<br />
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* '''JR7-F Jenner''', salvaged from Battle of Monteharm Garrison<br />
[[File:13th and 14th COY.png|thumb|322x322px|13th Lobo COY & 14th Unnamed COY]]<br />
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=== Ground Combat Vehicles ===<br />
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* '''12 x [[:File:Arbiter MBT DF 2.jpg|Arbiter MBT DF]]''' - 50t MBT (1xAC10, 2xMG)<br />
* '''39 x [[:File:Ironskin IFV 2.jpg|Ironskin IFV]]''' - 30t IFV (1xAC2, 1xSRM2, 1xMG)<br />
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=== Air Combat Vehicles ===<br />
*'''2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Warrior_(Combat_Vehicle) H-7H Warrior]''' - 21t attack VTOL (1xLRM10, 2xMG)<br />
*'''2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Cobra_(Combat_Vehicle) CB-3 Cobra Red]''' - 30t transport VTOL (3xMG)<br />
*'''2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Stingray F-90 Stingray]''' - 60t ASF (1xPPC, 2xLLAS, 2xMLAS)<br />
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=== Other Vehicles ===<br />
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* 4x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Paramour '''P88A Paramour'''] support vehicles<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/B%C3%BCffel_VII '''Büffel V'''] engineering vehicles<br />
* 4 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Rock_Rover '''RMV TransRover'''] ambulances<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Sherpa '''Sherpa Ammo'''] support vehicles<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleMech_Recovery_Vehicle#Variants '''P41 Heavy Recovery'''] vehicles<br />
* 12 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Burro_II '''Burro II'''] cargo vehicles<br />
* 4 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hector_Road_Train '''Hector Minitrain'''] cargo vehicles<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/TLF-LL6500 '''TLF-LL3200'''] emergency service vehicles<br />
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== Pilot Roster ==<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit?usp=sharing Sunderwolves Resource Roster] has been moved to Google Sheets.<br />
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Class = Preferred 'Mech Weight Class<br />
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Role = Preferred 'Mech Role<br />
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Level = MechWarrior skill level average as per AFD Proficiency Standard 3017<br />
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Rating = MechWarrior combat experience rating<br />
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CovPos = Covenant of Possession<br />
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==As part of AFD (before APR 3025)==<br />
As of 3025, the 3rd Assault Element consisted of the following units:<br />
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{{MWUnitInfo<br />
| unit_name = 3rd Assault Element<br />
| unit_image = 3rd_Assault_Element.jpg<br />
| unit_caption = 3AE insignia<br />
| dates = January 15, 2897 - present<br />
| country = Republic of Dalcour (2897 - present)<br />
| allegiance = Unclear<br />
| branch = Army<br />
| type = BattleMech Forces<br />
| role = <br />
| command_structure = Armed Forces of Dalcour<br />
| garrison = Sandwall Base, Lowbreak<br />
| nickname = the Sunderwolves<br />
| motto = Strong alone, stronger together<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:1st Strike COY.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|1st Strike Mech COY]]<br />
[[File:109th Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|109th Support COY]]<br />
[[File:2nd Storm COY variant.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|2nd Storm Mech COY]]<br />
[[File:110th Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|110th Support COY]]<br />
[[File:3rd Thunder COY .jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|3rd Thunder Aerospace COY]]<br />
[[File:131st Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|131st Support COY]]<br />
[[File:4th Fury COY.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|4th Fury Mech Training COY]]<br />
[[File:104th Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|104th Support COY]]<br />
[[File:14th Armoured COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|14th Armoured COY]]<br />
[[File:41st Infantry COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|41st Infantry COY]]<br />
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*'''3RD ASSAULT ELEMENT'''<br />
**'''Strike Element'''<br />
***1st Strike COY<br />
***109th Support COY<br />
**'''Storm Element'''<br />
***2nd Storm COY<br />
***110th Support COY<br />
**'''Thunder Element'''<br />
***3rd Thunder COY<br />
***131st Support COY<br />
**'''Fury Element'''<br />
***4th Fury COY<br />
***14th Armour COY<br />
***41st Infantry COY<br />
***104th Support COY<br />
***135rd Support COY<br />
***113rd Signal COY<br />
***102th Technical Center<br />
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=== BattleMechs and Pilots ===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" <br />
|- <br />
| '''Strike Element''' <br />
|- || <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Sorcerer LC'' || MAD-3R-C Marauder || ''SOUTHPAW'' || FCMDR [[Alexander_Ghatak_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Alexander Ghatak''']] || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || || style="background-color: orange"|''BUZZSAW || style="background-color: orange"| LTCOL Jon van Gelder || BN CO in Command Console<br />
|- <br />
| || RFL-3N Rifleman || ''NOODLES'' || CAPT Sullivan Beyer || M2<br />
|- <br />
| || CRB-20 Crab || ''PYRAMID'' || LTJG Karl Hoefsloot || M3<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''BRUTAL'' || SMO1 Brand van Erven || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| CRB-20 Crab ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''GUNSMOKE'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LTJG Chris Dukes (MIA) || M8<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SNAPSHOT'' || SMO1 Mary White || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''1st Strike COY''' <br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Impact LC'' || QKD-4G Quickdraw || ''SCANDAL'' || FCMDR [[Max_Van_Der_Visser_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Maximiliaan Van Der Visser''']] || COY CO<br />
|- <br />
| || QKD-4G Quickdraw || ''HAZARD'' || LT Gastón Valenzuela || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''RACER'' || SMO1 Jordy van Iwaarden || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| GHR-5H Grasshopper || ''PINBALL'' || MO2 Yahya Nader || <br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange"| ''BREEZE'' ||style="background-color: orange"| SMO1 Rafa Valladares (dismissed) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || GLT-4L Guillotine || ''PELICAN'' || MO2 Altan Ridderbos || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''COUGAR'' || SMO1 Karla Valencia || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Gauntlet LC'' || CN-9A Centurion || ''POLECAT'' || CAPT Cees Wauben || COY 2IC<br />
|- <br />
| || CN-9A Centurion || ''MISFIT'' || LTJG Megan Deijkers || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''EAGLE'' || SMO1 Reinhard van de Vossenberg || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| MON-67 Mongoose ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''POKER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CMO3 Joseph Young (KIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SCARFACE'' || SMO1 Mohamed Johansen || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| MON-67 Mongoose || ''VALKYRIE'' || MO1 Ida Knudsen || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''BROADSWORD'' || SMO1 Ali Shamoon || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Fireball LC'' || style="background-color: orange;"| CPLT-C1 Catapult ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''CUTLASS'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CMO4 Jacob Dahl (KIA) || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SLINGSHOT'' || SMO1 Taran van Gastel || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| CPLT-C1 Catapult ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''SINNER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO2 Mads Sorensen (MIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''BROADWAY'' || SMO1 Jason K. Clyde || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || DV6-M Dervish || ''PARADISE'' || MO2 Mette Johansen || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''CASINO'' || SMO1 Emily Winther || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| DV6-M Dervish ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''LETHAL'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO2 Marius Nygaard (KIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''GREYHOUND'' || SMO1 Miranda Burwell || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''Storm Element'''<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Cloudburst LC'' || style="background-color: orange;"| DRG-1N-C Dragon ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BILLFISH'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| FCMDR Aureo Corral (KIA) || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange"| ''SKYLINE'' ||style="background-color: orange"| LTCOL Hussein Buurman || BN CO in Command Console<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| ASN-21 Assassin || style="background-color: orange;"|''SUNFLOWER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LT Chloe Hoogervorst (KIA) || M2<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SANDHOG'' || SMO1 Frank Emery || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| JR7-D Jenner ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''GONZO'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LT Lucas Pedersen (MIA) || M3<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''HURRICANE'' || SMO1 Arnolda Gringhuis || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || JR7-D Jenner || ''DOUBLEWIDE'' || LT Jennifer Trisdale || M8<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SUITCASE'' || SMO1 Virgilio Prado || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''2nd Storm COY''' <br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Blizzard LC'' || WHM-6L Warhammer|| ''PREACHER'' || FCMDR [[Behrouz_Yaser_Darzi_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Behrouz Yaser Darzi''']] || COY CO<br />
|- <br />
| || JM6-S Jagermech || ''STRANGLER'' || CMO4 Bernhard Dumont || M4<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''ODYSSEY'' || SMO1 Emil Overgaard || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk || ''WILDWOOD'' || MO2 Denise Russel || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''CYBORG'' || SMO1 Jason E. Clyde || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BRICK'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO1 Mudduah Said (KIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''CHECKMATE'' || SMO1 Magnus Jessen || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Hurricane LC'' || GRF-1N Griffin || ''PAGAN'' || CAPT Philip Kristoffersen || COY 2IC<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''RIDDLER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LTJG Simone Holst (dismissed) || <br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| GRF-1N Griffin ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BOBCAT'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| SMO1 Louise Day (KIA) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || SDR-5V Spider || ''BLOODHOUND'' || MO2 Rafael van Hall || M5<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''JAWS'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| SMO1 Bobby Hart (dismissed) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''METEOR'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO1 Rudolfus Schrivers (dismissed) || <br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| SDR-5V Spider ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''HOTROD'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| SMO1 Alisha Worthington (MIA) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Tornado LC'' || ARC-2R Archer || ''RAPID'' || LT Emeterio Armendáriz || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || ARC-2R Archer || ''BRAWLER'' || CMO3 Tobias Hofer || M6<br />
|- <br />
| || || style="background-color: orange"|''BRASS'' ||style="background-color: orange"| SMO1 Godofredo Tirado (dismissed) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| TBT-5N Trebuchet ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''JESTER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO2 Ariana Valverde (MIA) || M9<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''AMBER'' || SMO1 William Ravn || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| TBT-5N Trebuchet ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BOXER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO1 Benno Winkels (MIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''AIRGUN'' || SMO1 Mishal Nazari || Secondary Pilot<br />
|-<br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''Fury Element'''<br />
|- <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| '''4th Fury COY''' <br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| || ON1-L Orion || ''NUTMEG'' || FCMDR [[Ravenna_Sastro_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Ravenna Sastro''']] || COY CO <br />
|- <br />
| || JM6-S Jagermech || style="background-color: orange;"|''CATFISH'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CAPT Fakhral Mustafa (dismissed) || COY 2IC<br />
|- <br />
| || HBK-4G Hunchback || ''SABER'' || CMO5 Ezio Nazari || School Master <br />
|- <br />
| || TDR-5S Thunderbolt || ''DIVER'' || CMO4 Sira Alanis || MechWarrior School Instructor <br />
|- <br />
| || BJ-1 Blackjack || ''CORONA'' || CMO4 Yusef Saliba || MechWarrior School Instructor <br />
|- <br />
| || JVN-10N Javelin || style="background-color: orange;"|''BASTARD'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CMO4 Kaz van de Werken (dismissed) || MechWarrior School Instructor <br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:Tomorrow We Die|Tomorrow_We_Die]]<br />
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<div>{{MWUnitInfo<br />
| unit_name = Sunderwolves Regiment<br />
| unit_image = Sunderwolves_Regiment_02.png<br />
| unit_caption = Sunderwolves insignia<br />
| dates = May 3025 -<br />
| country = n/a<br />
| allegiance = Mercenary<br />
| branch = Army<br />
| type = Combined Arms Regiment<br />
| role = <br />
| command_structure = n/a<br />
| garrison = n/a<br />
| nickname = The Mad Dogs<br />
| motto = Strong alone, stronger together<br />
}}<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[Sunderwolves War Diary (Tomorrow We Die)|Sunderwolves Regiment War Diary]]<br />
<br />
==Organization==<br />
[[File:Sunderwolves_Regiment_tan.png|alt=|left|frameless|150x150px]]<br />
The Sunderwolves Regiment is controlled by the '''Central Committee of the Regiment'''. The Central Committee consists of the Command Staff (the senior MechOfficers), the regimental staff officers and the battalion/detachment/wing commanders and executive officers. The chairman of the Committee is the commander of the regiment.<br />
<br />
The '''Command Staff''' is in charge of the daily operations and tactical decision making. The members of the Command Staff are Commander of the Regiment FCMDR [[Ravenna Sastro (Tomorrow We Die)|Ravenna Sastro]], Chief Executive Officer FCMDR [[Alexander Ghatak (Tomorrow We Die)|Alexander Ghatak]], Chief Intelligence Officer FCMDR [[Max Van Der Visser (Tomorrow We Die)|Maximiliaan Van Der Visser]], Chief of Operations FCMDR [[Behrouz Yaser Darzi (Tomorrow We Die)|Behrouz Darzi]] and Chief of Logistics FCMDR [[Jahangir Ardehi (Tomorrow We Die)|Jahangir Ardehi]].<br />
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The Intelligence Staff is led by Chief Intelligence Officer and is composed of the S2 Chief, the Regimental Information Cell Chief and the CO of the 13th Lobo COY.<br />
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The Operations Staff is led by Chief of Operations, and is composed of the S3 Chief, and battalion operations officers.<br />
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The Security Staff is led by Chief of Security (CXO as incumbent), and is composed of the S3 Security officer, the Security Support Section Chief, the CO of the 14th Garmr COY and the security officers of the White Fang INF BN, the Wolfpack Support BN and the Big Bad Space Wing.<br />
[[File:11th Sköll COY.png|thumb|150x150px|11th Sköll COY]]<br />
[[File:12th Hati COY.png|thumb|150x150px|12th Hati COY]]<br />
[[File:13th Lobo COY.png|thumb|150x150px|13th Lobo COY]]<br />
[[File:14th Garmr COY.png|thumb|150x150px|14th Garmr COY]]<br />
The unit is composed of:<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!<small> FORCE</small><small>CODE </small><br />
! UNIT NAME !! TYPE !! COMMANDER !! STRENGTH<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" colspan="4" |'''''SUNDERWOLVES REGIMENT'''''<br />
| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;"| '''<small>total 1324</small>'''<br />
|-<br />
|<sup> SW-101 </sup>|| Regimental HQ ||<small>HQ </small>|| CO FCMDR Ravenna Sastro ||<small> </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> </sup>|| ||<small> </small>|| CXO FCMDR Alexander Ghatak ||<small> </small><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" |<br />
|- <br />
| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" colspan="4" |'''''SUNEATER BATTALION'''''|| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" |<small> '''45'''</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-201 </sup>|| BN HQ ||<small>HQ </small>|| CO FCMDR Maximiliaan Van Der Visser ||<small> </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> </sup>|| ||<small> </small>|| XO CAPT Sullivan Beyer ||<small> </small><br />
|-<br />
|<br />
| colspan="3" |''<small>[[Sunderwolves Regiment (Mercenary command)#Pilot Roster|(BattleMech units as in pilot roster table)]]</small>''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" |<br />
|- <br />
| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" colspan="4" |'''WHITE FANG INFANTRY BATTALION'''|| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" |<small> '''498''' </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-301 </sup>|| BN HQ ||<small>HQ </small>|| BNCO MAJ Michael Holm ||<small> 2</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> </sup>|| ||<small> </small>|| BNXO MAJ Lonnie Martinez ||<small> </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-301 </sup>|| Command PLT ||<small>BN HQ </small>|| MAJ Annemette Christensen <sup>''<small>(1</small>''</sup> ||<small> 32</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-310 </sup>||'''[[:File:11th and 12th COY.png|11th Sköll COY]] '''||<small>Heavy Infantry </small>|| MAJ Josefine Jakobsen ||<small> 152</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-320 </sup>||'''[[:File:11th and 12th COY.png|12th Hati COY]] '''||<small>Heavy Infantry / Training </small>|| CAPT Ethan Abdi ||<small> 136</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-330 </sup>||'''[[:File:13th and 14th COY.png|13th Lobo COY]] '''||<small>Special Forces</small>|| CAPT Maurice Sessoms ||<small> 72</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-340 </sup>||'''[[:File:13th and 14th COY.png|14th Garmr COY]] '''||<small>Security Forces </small>|| LTN Joshua Winther ||<small> 104</small><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" |<br />
|- <br />
| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" colspan="4" |'''''1ST NIGHT HOWLERS DETACHMENT'''''|| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" |<small> '''36''' </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-401 </sup>|| Det Command ||<small>HQ </small>|| CO MAJ Franz Feliz ||<small> 2 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> </sup>|| ||<small> </small>|| XO CAPT Eileen O'Brian ||<small> </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-411 </sup>||'''Blue Moon Flight '''||<small>Attack VTOL </small>|| CWO3 Sarwono Buwar ||<small> 8 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-412 </sup>||'''Red Star Flight '''||<small>Transport VTOL </small>|| CWO3 Lance Ridderbos ||<small> 26 </small><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" |<br />
|- <br />
| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" colspan="4" |'''''BIG BAD SPACE WING'''''|| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" |'''<small>104</small>'''<br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-901 </sup>|| Wing Command ||<small>HQ </small>|| WINGCOM CAPT (COL) Olivia Noriega ||<small> 8</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> </sup>|| ||<small> </small>|| WINGXO MAJ Arnie van Berden ||<small> </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> </sup>|| ||<small> </small>|| [[Jahangir Ardehi (Tomorrow We Die)|OPS FCMDR Jahangir Ardehi]] ''<sup><small>(1</small></sup>'' ||<small> </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-950 </sup>||'''DLS Maanhond '''||<small>Overlord-class dropship</small>|| CO MAJ Nahuel Riviera ||<small> 48</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-960 </sup>||'''DLS Baanrijder '''||<small>Triumph-class dropship</small>|| CO CAPT Alexander Uthren ||<small> 24</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-970 </sup>||'''DLS Donkerzwaar '''||<small>Triumph-class dropship</small>|| CO MAJ Myron Palacios ||<small> 24</small><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" |<br />
|- <br />
| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" colspan="4" |'''''WOLFPACK SUPPORT BATTALION'''''|| style="background-color: #6e8b3d; color: #ffd700;" | <small>'''641'''</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-501 </sup>|| BN Command ||<small>HQ </small>|| BNCO MAJ Christi Bossenbroek <sup>''<small>(1</small>''</sup> ||<small>2</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> </sup>|| ||<small> </small>|| BNXO MAJ Timothy Alcala ''<sup><small>(1</small></sup>'' ||<small> </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-510 </sup>||'''Headquarters COY (32) '''||<small>RGT HQ </small>|| CAPT Christine Kruse ||<small>56</small><br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S1 personnel''</small><br />
|MAJ Burhan Toma<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S2 intel''</small><br />
|CAPT Keith Seileman<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S3 operations''</small><br />
|CAPT Iggy Wevers<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S4 logistics''</small><br />
|MAJ Hermanus van den Braak ''<sup><small>(1</small></sup>''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S5 legal''</small><br />
|MAJ Hamid O'Vroegindeweij<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S6 cyber''</small><br />
|CAPT Ishraq Salib<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S7 training''</small><br />
|MAJ Kajal Esser <sup>''<small>(1</small>''</sup><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S8 finance''</small><br />
|CAPT Victor Lee<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>''S9 liaison''</small><br />
|CAPT Annabel Chang<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-511 </sup>|| Resource Command Section ||<small>S1, S5, S7, S8 </small>|| ||<small>7 </small><br />
|-<br />
|<sup> SW-512 </sup><br />
|Staff Services Section<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<small>8</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-513 </sup>|| Operations Command Section ||<small>S2, S3 </small>|| ||<small>16</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-514 </sup>|| Support Command Section ||<small>S4, S6 </small>|| ||<small>9</small><br />
|-<br />
|<sup> SW-520</sup><br />
|Security Support Section<br />
|<small>SSS</small><br />
|<br />
|<small>8</small><br />
|-<br />
|<sup> SW-521</sup><br />
|Regimental Information Cell<br />
|<small>RIC</small><br />
|<br />
|<small>8</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-530 </sup>||'''Heavy Support COY (336) '''||<small> </small>|| CAPT Richard Eskelein ||<small> 336</small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-531 </sup>|| Command Platoon ||<small>COY HQ </small>|| ||<small> 36 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-532 </sup>|| Heavy Workshop Platoon ||<small>Heavy vehicle maintenance </small>|| ||<small> 112 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-533 </sup>|| Light Workshop Platoon ||<small>Other Maintenance </small>|| ||<small> 52 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-534 </sup>|| Transportation Platoon ||<small>Transportation </small>|| ||<small> 42 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-535 </sup>|| Service Platoon ||<small>Service and catering </small>|| ||<small> 26 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-537 </sup>|| Depot Platoon ||<small>Supply Depot </small>|| ||<small> 32 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-539 </sup>|| Medical Aid Station ||<small>Surgical Aid Station </small>|| ||<small> 36 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-550 </sup>||'''Mobile Support COY (205) '''||<small> </small>|| MAJ Abdul Morcos ||<small> 205 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-551 </sup>|| Command Platoon ||<small>COY HQ </small>|| ||<small> 14 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-552 </sup>|| Maintenance M Platoon ||<small>Mech maintenance </small>|| MAJ Simon Simmond ||<small> 69 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-553 </sup>|| Maintenance G Platoon ||<small>Maintenance </small>|| ||<small> 42 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-554 </sup>|| Supply A Platoon ||<small>Ammo Supply </small>|| ||<small> 38 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-555 </sup>|| Supply S Platoon ||<small>Supply </small>|| ||<small> 24 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-559 </sup>|| Medical Platoon ||<small>Forward Aid Team </small>|| ||<small> 18 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-570 </sup>||'''Aviation Support COY (42) '''||<small> </small>|| CAPT Patrick Larsen ||<small> 42 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-571 </sup>|| Command Platoon ||<small>COY HQ </small>|| ||<small> 8 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-572 </sup>|| Airfield Support Platoon ||<small>Support Platoon </small>|| ||<small> 26 </small><br />
|- <br />
|<sup> SW-573 </sup>|| Technical Platoon ||<small>Maintenance Platoon </small>|| ||<small> 8 </small><br />
|}<br />
<br />
<small> Notes:</small><br />
<small>1) Former MechWarrior<br />
</small><br />
<br />
== Resources available ==<br />
[[File:11th and 12th COY.png|alt=|thumb|310x310px|11th Sköll COY & 12th Hati COY]]<br />
<br />
=== <s>Jumpships</s> ===<br />
<br />
* <s>DNS Sterrenhoop, a [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tramp Tramp-class] jumpship (AFD, 10th Space Wing)</s><br />
<br />
=== Dropships ===<br />
<br />
* DLS Maanhond, an [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Overlord Overlord-class] dropship (AFD, 123rd Airlift COY)<br />
* DLS Baanrijder, a [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Triumph Triumph-class] dropship (AFD, 122nd Airlift COY)<br />
* DLS Donkerzwaar, a [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Triumph Triumph-class] dropship (AFD, 122nd Airlift COY)<br />
<br />
=== BattleMechs ===<br />
<br />
All operational BattleMechs are listed in [[Sunderwolves Regiment (Mercenary command)#Pilot Roster|the Pilot Roster]]<br />
<br />
Salvaged, non-operational BattleMechs :<br />
<br />
* '''JR7-F Jenner''', salvaged from Battle of Monteharm Garrison<br />
[[File:13th and 14th COY.png|thumb|322x322px|13th Lobo COY & 14th Unnamed COY]]<br />
<br />
=== Ground Combat Vehicles ===<br />
<br />
* '''12 x [[:File:Arbiter MBT DF 2.jpg|Arbiter MBT DF]]''' - 50t MBT (1xAC10, 2xMG)<br />
* '''39 x [[:File:Ironskin IFV 2.jpg|Ironskin IFV]]''' - 30t IFV (1xAC2, 1xSRM2, 1xMG)<br />
<br />
=== Air Combat Vehicles ===<br />
*'''2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Warrior_(Combat_Vehicle) H-7H Warrior]''' - 21t attack VTOL (1xLRM10, 2xMG)<br />
*'''2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Cobra_(Combat_Vehicle) CB-3 Cobra Red]''' - 30t transport VTOL (3xMG)<br />
*'''2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Stingray F-90 Stingray]''' - 60t ASF (1xPPC, 2xLLAS, 2xMLAS)<br />
<br />
=== Other Vehicles ===<br />
<br />
* 4x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Paramour '''P88A Paramour'''] support vehicles<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/B%C3%BCffel_VII '''Büffel V'''] engineering vehicles<br />
* 4 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Rock_Rover '''RMV TransRover'''] ambulances<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Sherpa '''Sherpa Ammo'''] support vehicles<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleMech_Recovery_Vehicle#Variants '''P41 Heavy Recovery'''] vehicles<br />
* 12 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Burro_II '''Burro II'''] cargo vehicles<br />
* 4 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hector_Road_Train '''Hector Minitrain'''] cargo vehicles<br />
* 2 x [https://www.sarna.net/wiki/TLF-LL6500 '''TLF-LL3200'''] emergency service vehicles<br />
<br />
== Pilot Roster ==<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tl-A6oNf_iPYAKc2LHf7VLxH9F7crSLFMkS3FWhmHYE/edit?usp=sharing Sunderwolves Resource Roster] has been moved to Google Sheets.<br />
<br />
Class = Preferred 'Mech Weight Class<br />
<br />
Role = Preferred 'Mech Role<br />
<br />
Level = MechWarrior skill level average as per AFD Proficiency Standard 3017<br />
<br />
Rating = MechWarrior combat experience rating<br />
<br />
CovPos = Covenant of Possession<br />
<br />
==As part of AFD (before APR 3025)==<br />
As of 3025, the 3rd Assault Element consisted of the following units:<br />
<br />
{{MWUnitInfo<br />
| unit_name = 3rd Assault Element<br />
| unit_image = 3rd_Assault_Element.jpg<br />
| unit_caption = 3AE insignia<br />
| dates = January 15, 2897 - present<br />
| country = Republic of Dalcour (2897 - present)<br />
| allegiance = Unclear<br />
| branch = Army<br />
| type = BattleMech Forces<br />
| role = <br />
| command_structure = Armed Forces of Dalcour<br />
| garrison = Sandwall Base, Lowbreak<br />
| nickname = the Sunderwolves<br />
| motto = Strong alone, stronger together<br />
}}<br />
<br />
[[File:1st Strike COY.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|1st Strike Mech COY]]<br />
[[File:109th Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|109th Support COY]]<br />
[[File:2nd Storm COY variant.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|2nd Storm Mech COY]]<br />
[[File:110th Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|110th Support COY]]<br />
[[File:3rd Thunder COY .jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|3rd Thunder Aerospace COY]]<br />
[[File:131st Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|131st Support COY]]<br />
[[File:4th Fury COY.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|4th Fury Mech Training COY]]<br />
[[File:104th Support COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|104th Support COY]]<br />
[[File:14th Armoured COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|14th Armoured COY]]<br />
[[File:41st Infantry COY.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|41st Infantry COY]]<br />
<br />
*'''3RD ASSAULT ELEMENT'''<br />
**'''Strike Element'''<br />
***1st Strike COY<br />
***109th Support COY<br />
**'''Storm Element'''<br />
***2nd Storm COY<br />
***110th Support COY<br />
**'''Thunder Element'''<br />
***3rd Thunder COY<br />
***131st Support COY<br />
**'''Fury Element'''<br />
***4th Fury COY<br />
***14th Armour COY<br />
***41st Infantry COY<br />
***104th Support COY<br />
***135rd Support COY<br />
***113rd Signal COY<br />
***102th Technical Center<br />
<br />
=== BattleMechs and Pilots ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|- <br />
| '''Strike Element''' <br />
|- || <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Sorcerer LC'' || MAD-3R-C Marauder || ''SOUTHPAW'' || FCMDR [[Alexander_Ghatak_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Alexander Ghatak''']] || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || || style="background-color: orange"|''BUZZSAW || style="background-color: orange"| LTCOL Jon van Gelder || BN CO in Command Console<br />
|- <br />
| || RFL-3N Rifleman || ''NOODLES'' || CAPT Sullivan Beyer || M2<br />
|- <br />
| || CRB-20 Crab || ''PYRAMID'' || LTJG Karl Hoefsloot || M3<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''BRUTAL'' || SMO1 Brand van Erven || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| CRB-20 Crab ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''GUNSMOKE'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LTJG Chris Dukes (MIA) || M8<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SNAPSHOT'' || SMO1 Mary White || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''1st Strike COY''' <br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Impact LC'' || QKD-4G Quickdraw || ''SCANDAL'' || FCMDR [[Max_Van_Der_Visser_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Maximiliaan Van Der Visser''']] || COY CO<br />
|- <br />
| || QKD-4G Quickdraw || ''HAZARD'' || LT Gastón Valenzuela || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''RACER'' || SMO1 Jordy van Iwaarden || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| GHR-5H Grasshopper || ''PINBALL'' || MO2 Yahya Nader || <br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange"| ''BREEZE'' ||style="background-color: orange"| SMO1 Rafa Valladares (dismissed) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || GLT-4L Guillotine || ''PELICAN'' || MO2 Altan Ridderbos || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''COUGAR'' || SMO1 Karla Valencia || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Gauntlet LC'' || CN-9A Centurion || ''POLECAT'' || CAPT Cees Wauben || COY 2IC<br />
|- <br />
| || CN-9A Centurion || ''MISFIT'' || LTJG Megan Deijkers || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''EAGLE'' || SMO1 Reinhard van de Vossenberg || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| MON-67 Mongoose ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''POKER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CMO3 Joseph Young (KIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SCARFACE'' || SMO1 Mohamed Johansen || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| MON-67 Mongoose || ''VALKYRIE'' || MO1 Ida Knudsen || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''BROADSWORD'' || SMO1 Ali Shamoon || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Fireball LC'' || style="background-color: orange;"| CPLT-C1 Catapult ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''CUTLASS'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CMO4 Jacob Dahl (KIA) || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SLINGSHOT'' || SMO1 Taran van Gastel || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| CPLT-C1 Catapult ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''SINNER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO2 Mads Sorensen (MIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''BROADWAY'' || SMO1 Jason K. Clyde || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || DV6-M Dervish || ''PARADISE'' || MO2 Mette Johansen || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''CASINO'' || SMO1 Emily Winther || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| DV6-M Dervish ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''LETHAL'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO2 Marius Nygaard (KIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''GREYHOUND'' || SMO1 Miranda Burwell || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''Storm Element'''<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Cloudburst LC'' || style="background-color: orange;"| DRG-1N-C Dragon ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BILLFISH'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| FCMDR Aureo Corral (KIA) || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange"| ''SKYLINE'' ||style="background-color: orange"| LTCOL Hussein Buurman || BN CO in Command Console<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| ASN-21 Assassin || style="background-color: orange;"|''SUNFLOWER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LT Chloe Hoogervorst (KIA) || M2<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SANDHOG'' || SMO1 Frank Emery || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| JR7-D Jenner ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''GONZO'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LT Lucas Pedersen (MIA) || M3<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''HURRICANE'' || SMO1 Arnolda Gringhuis || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || JR7-D Jenner || ''DOUBLEWIDE'' || LT Jennifer Trisdale || M8<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''SUITCASE'' || SMO1 Virgilio Prado || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''2nd Storm COY''' <br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Blizzard LC'' || WHM-6L Warhammer|| ''PREACHER'' || FCMDR [[Behrouz_Yaser_Darzi_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Behrouz Yaser Darzi''']] || COY CO<br />
|- <br />
| || JM6-S Jagermech || ''STRANGLER'' || CMO4 Bernhard Dumont || M4<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''ODYSSEY'' || SMO1 Emil Overgaard || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk || ''WILDWOOD'' || MO2 Denise Russel || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''CYBORG'' || SMO1 Jason E. Clyde || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| ||style="background-color: orange;"| PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BRICK'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO1 Mudduah Said (KIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''CHECKMATE'' || SMO1 Magnus Jessen || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Hurricane LC'' || GRF-1N Griffin || ''PAGAN'' || CAPT Philip Kristoffersen || COY 2IC<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''RIDDLER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| LTJG Simone Holst (dismissed) || <br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| GRF-1N Griffin ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BOBCAT'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| SMO1 Louise Day (KIA) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || SDR-5V Spider || ''BLOODHOUND'' || MO2 Rafael van Hall || M5<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''JAWS'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| SMO1 Bobby Hart (dismissed) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''METEOR'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO1 Rudolfus Schrivers (dismissed) || <br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| SDR-5V Spider ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''HOTROD'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| SMO1 Alisha Worthington (MIA) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| ''Tornado LC'' || ARC-2R Archer || ''RAPID'' || LT Emeterio Armendáriz || LCL<br />
|- <br />
| || ARC-2R Archer || ''BRAWLER'' || CMO3 Tobias Hofer || M6<br />
|- <br />
| || || style="background-color: orange"|''BRASS'' ||style="background-color: orange"| SMO1 Godofredo Tirado (dismissed) || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| TBT-5N Trebuchet ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''JESTER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO2 Ariana Valverde (MIA) || M9<br />
|- <br />
| || || ''AMBER'' || SMO1 William Ravn || Secondary Pilot<br />
|- <br />
| || style="background-color: orange;"| TBT-5N Trebuchet ||style="background-color: orange;"| ''BOXER'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| MO1 Benno Winkels (MIA) || <br />
|- <br />
| || || ''AIRGUN'' || SMO1 Mishal Nazari || Secondary Pilot<br />
|-<br />
| || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| '''Fury Element'''<br />
|- <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| '''4th Fury COY''' <br />
|- <br />
| || || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| || ON1-L Orion || ''NUTMEG'' || FCMDR [[Ravenna_Sastro_(Tomorrow_We_Die)|'''Ravenna Sastro''']] || COY CO <br />
|- <br />
| || JM6-S Jagermech || style="background-color: orange;"|''CATFISH'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CAPT Fakhral Mustafa (dismissed) || COY 2IC<br />
|- <br />
| || HBK-4G Hunchback || ''SABER'' || CMO5 Ezio Nazari || School Master <br />
|- <br />
| || TDR-5S Thunderbolt || ''DIVER'' || CMO4 Sira Alanis || MechWarrior School Instructor <br />
|- <br />
| || BJ-1 Blackjack || ''CORONA'' || CMO4 Yusef Saliba || MechWarrior School Instructor <br />
|- <br />
| || JVN-10N Javelin || style="background-color: orange;"|''BASTARD'' ||style="background-color: orange;"| CMO4 Kaz van de Werken (dismissed) || MechWarrior School Instructor <br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:Tomorrow We Die|Tomorrow_We_Die]]<br />
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