[Mahatatain]

Thanks for the other suggestions of things to resolve.

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

1. The first Gulf War (I think Webstral put together a piece a while back that presented a scenario where GW1 still took place, but you have to bear in mind that from a UK perspective at least all the tanks got taken from Germany which seriously reduced the strength of the BAOR at the time - debatable whether that would have happened with an ongoing Cold War.

Well from a British perspective without the end of the Cold War I think that you can argue that the cuts that occurred as part of "Options for Change" wouldn't have happened so Gulf War 1 is probably still possible but with assets from the UK rather than BAOR. It's an interesting one to work out though!

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

2. The fall of apartheid. There have been a couple of threads about South Africa before where this has come up. IIRC the white South African Government first started talking to the ANC during the second half of the 80's, but it's debatable where things might have gone if the Soviet Union hadn't collapsed (one of the major fears of the white Government was that the ANC would turn the country into a communist state - to a certain extent the collapse of the Soviet Union rendered many of those fears null and void).

I'm really not sure about this one and you're quite possibly right that the white South African government wouldn't have made a deal with the ANC if the Soviet Union is still in existence and is still a major backer of communism around the world. I've got this vague memory of reports of the ANC being covertly backed by the Soviet Union but I have no idea whether that's actually true or not.

This is certainly an interesting one to include though as it further illustrates how different an alternative history the v1.0 background is.

Originally Posted by B.T.

1. The situation in former Yugoslavia: Had it happened, with the cold war still ongoing? Had it happened with another outcome?

I don't think that Yugoslavia can have collapsed for the v1.0 background to work as it still exists as a country in the background. I think that the collapse can provide some very useful insight for the different factions if you set a campaign there though.

Originally Posted by B.T.

2. "Restore Hope" and the whole Somalia affair, including the "Black Hawk Down" scenario.

Personally I like this as a back story event for American soldiers from the relevant units so I will try to leave this in.