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Originally Posted by comped
Hey!
I'm wondering if you guys have a different timeline for presidential succession in your games, then that HW presented?
As a refreshing: - President Tanner killed during takeoff accident on KNEECAP during TDM
- VP Pembleton killed during direct hit missile strike on WH (also during TDM).
- US without a president for 22 hours.
- Speaker of the House Munson inaugurated after 22 hours (or so) of no president.
- Munson suffers nervous breakdown, and is relieved.
- Former Secretary of State (Munson's successor) suffers heart failure.
- Former Secretary of Energy (Sec. of State's successor) commits suicide
- No longer an operation CLS, no attempt was made to locate successor.
- Rump Congress elects John Boward President.
Would this really have happened if such a event were to happen today? Even after 9/11 and all the COOP that happened afterword? |
What I don't get is on Thursday, November 27 1997, the Soviet Union launches a surprise first strike against targets in the United States. Guess what it's a long weekend who from the Cabinet, Congress, White House, Judges, Defense ect is going to be working? The Pres and VP? no way there away with families, some might be in the WH but won't Pres VP or the designated survivor. Same goes for congress, they closed shop IRL on 11 Nov 97. The US has had 48 years to prepare for war with the Soviet Union, do you really think let their guard down once war was declare so do think that Executive Order 12656 of November 18, 1988 would come onto play?
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12656
BTW National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) (often pronounced "kneecap") designed to survive an EMP with systems intact but that for another time