Alternate timeline after Omega for T2000

[Olefin]

I saw and loved Chico's thread, and saw how it was responded to. However what he had to say is and was very valid and this forum should be able to present such ideas when they are so clearly and intelligently presented.

As such I will be putting up my own alternate timeline, much of which came after long discussions with our GM about the US modules that were presented that in the end disillusioned us from continuing the campaign that at that time had gone thru literally 200 sessions over several years.

Basically it will pick up where the end of the last offensive drove the decision to make Omega and what happened from there.

But with modifications made so that the drought in Howling Wildnerness and the subsequent breakup of multiple enclaves and units didnt occur as depicted. Now before the predictable canon versus non-canon arguments begin (I have been on other forums before including ShatteredWorld) the fact is that:

a) Twilight 2000 is no longer being supported as a living game except by those of us who still play it and love it
b) The fact that much of the canon had gaping holes you could drive and M1 tank thru - including how the USN gets down to one operational SSN when the Ohio's are basically untouchable once they sortied
c) The fact that knowledge of weather and environmental effects is now to the point that we know that the widespread drought of Howling Wilderness and Kidnapped could not have occurred. Sure local ones - but not basically one that leads to the destruction of the US as a nation for at least a hundred years if not longer based on just the loss of military units let alone the enclaves abandoned or overrun.
d) that Howling Wildnerness and Kidnapped made no sense in light of previous modules - what difference will three nukes from the Boomer make if the US is already destroyed for good?

Who would be left to send anyone back to Europe?

Why is the RDF still fighting if MilGov and CivGov are down to a couple of enclaves and the US is destroyed? Who cares about oil when the US is losing 75 percent of its population due to starvation?

Who cares about the satellite if there isnt anyone left to get the data to because there is basically no way to ever get it to CivGov or MilGov? (Sure with no food I am going to lug a bunch of tapes from Baja to Colorado) And even if they get it Howling Wildnerness makes it sound like this drought may last for up to a decade - there wont be anyone left alive or not many left alive after that long.

e) the fact that the Traveler 2300 AD Timeline and Howling Wilderness cannot exist together - the US would never have come back as described by 2300 AD with that kind of loss of population and resources. Under that kind of super Armageddon the US would be lucky to be back at 1850 tech levels by 2300 AD, not flitting among the stars.

So I will give it a go - and if people dont agree like they did with Chico then we can talk about it.

But when canon makes no sense - then its time for canon to be changed.