Recent content by Brainbin

Ex-Nightingale, if she has the same pedigree as her forebears, is a 24-gun sixth-rate, as the OTL Nightingale of 1746 was (assuming that this isn't more or less the same ship, having not met her OTL fate). He's joining the Austrian army! Well, if there is a War of the Bavarian Succession, he...

I know I would very much like to read more about the Via Nationale! Long teased, but finally coming to fruition? And why that particular route? Bastia to Ajaccio via Corti makes perfect sense of course, but why not swing by Borgo or Morosaglia along the way?

And with the acquisition of Gorgona, Corsica moves one step closer to emerging as the great thalassocratic power of the Tyrrhenian Sea! The Coral War arc has been delightful and some truly engaging writing, and I'm sorry to see it end, but I echo the views of others that I look forward to the...

Technically Corsica has never been more than a sixth-rate power, and she isn't even that anymore, ever since she lost the Minerva.

A delightful look at the opening phases of the Coral War over land and by sea! One of the great delights of this timeline has always been the great detail afforded to situations like this by your continued commitment to a "micro" perspective. You've also been doing some really great work lately...

Columbia wouldn't be the first Ivy to play host to a Presidential library, and assuming Dewey is a halfway-decent President (and the mid-20th-century had one heck of a run of them IOTL, so the odds seem good) I'm sure Columbia would relish the chance to play host to his archives and thumb their...

But who, you might ask? (Or you might not. I'm going to speculate anyway.) The Old Pretender had his two sons, both born before the POD, and it would appear, both subject to the same fate as IOTL (and more importantly, neither of them reproducing, ending the line of James II and VII). His wife...

Another excellent update! Great to see Corsica with an actual fleet at last. I'm afraid I must ask: what is the bargain price? The King is now possessed of a considerable fortune, but it is still finite (£40,000) and the ships surely put a bit of a dent in it, as the Capraia cost £910, and...

Having done some digging, the Capraia (a 20-gun, sixth-rate frigate) was purchased, used, from Royal Navy surplus for less than 1,000 pounds, shortly after the conclusion of a war. Another war is due, and it's one which historically did not last very long (at least, not among the European...

The King is Dead, Long Live the King. I'm not sure how long you've been planning this but it certainly turned out to be quite topical, given recent events! You even included a lengthy queue! Well done :cool:

November 6, 1968 It was a typical mid-week morning for Gene L. Coon, Co-Executive Producer and de facto showrunner of Star Trek, sitting in his uncomfortable chair at his battered desk in his cramped office. Space was at a premium at the Desilu Gower studio, and even after Gene Roddenberry had...

How delightful to see you posting another timeline! I look forward to gushing at the incredible artwork you've developed for it! But first I will subscribe...

One Half-Score Ago... Ten years ago on this very day, to the hour, to the minute, I posted the very first update of a project that would consume my life for the better part of the next half-decade, and I like to think it made an impact on what came after. Being a fan of popular culture, I can...

As the 10th anniversary of this TL (!!!) is fast approaching, I thought on this, the 55th anniversary of the world premiere of Star Trek (when it was broadcast over Canadian airwaves, two days before it first aired on NBC), I would reminisce about those halcyon early days - in this case February...

I must say, when you found out Theodore von Neuhoff's sister was the mistress of a descendant of multiple national heroes of Corsica, you must have felt like you'd hit the jackpot!