Version 1.0 Setting Background

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

In my opinion, IRL the chaos going on in the Pact countries in the 89-95 era encouraged other countries to take actions they wouldn't have dreamed of if the USSR was still stable and in control.

I agree. In my T2KU, the Soviet Bloc doesn't fall, and the USSR's continuance as a global superpower prevents client/satellite states like Iraq and Yugoslavia from going off script, so to speak. Therefore, in my T2KU, there's no GW1 and no Balkans wars. I don't know exactly why I don't like the idea of GW1 being a part of the Twilight War timeline, but I just don't.

I like to look at T2K as an alternate history/universe where the Cold War doesn't end, but instead goes hot. It's probably a function of growing up during the last decade of the Cold War, and discovering T2K in '86. If I'd come to the game later, like after GW1, I think my preferences would be a little different. But there's definitely more than a hint of nostalgia at play for me.