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  1. Peabody-Martini

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    For those of you who don't know what a Smallsword looks like. It is easy to see why Marie would have one.
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 156, Chapter 2829

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Nine 26th June 1980 Langeoog, East Frisian Islands Jack had heard plenty about this place, but had never actually come here until now, and instantly understood why Marie liked it here. Langeoog was a bit difficult to get to and once you were on...
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    The Lusitania Disaster would make for a fast-paced Hollywood thriller..

    Perhaps, but the tons of munitions in the cargo hold might have had a bit more to do with that secondary explosion.
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2828

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Eight 20th June 1980 Oxhöft Naval Base, Gdingen, West Prussia When Erich had returned from Italy, he had no idea where his small unit would be sent next. Taking what they had learned in Italy, adapting it for the cold waters of the Baltic Sea...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    That is a bit awkward, because Bill Stoughton occupies the seat held by JFK and Tip O'Neill in OTL.
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2827

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty—Seven 3rd June 1980 Richthofen Estate, Silesia The concern all along had been that when two young people just happened to be in proximity that life would happen to them. That was sort of inevitable, it took many different forms though. Ilse...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2826

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Six 2nd June 1980 Richthofen Estate, Silesia When Niko had received his Diplom in Military History, he understood that it was hardly the end of his education. He would be going back to school in September, the Field Command School in...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2825

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty-Five 1st June 1980 Langeoog, East Frisian Islands It was an unseasonably cold afternoon and it had started to rain. Meaning that Marie Alexandra had the perfect excuse to do nothing at all. So she was lying in bed listening to the rain hitting...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2824

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Four 31st May 1980 Annapolis, Maryland This was the conclusion of Commissioning Week and as Richard Nixon, the President of the United States spoke at the Commissioning Ceremony itself, Little Mike wished more than anything that he would finish...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2823

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Three 22nd May 1980 Tempelhof, Berlin Quarles Kneipe, the name of the place being a reference to Edgar Allen Poe somehow, wasn’t well known outside of students from the Humboldt Campus of the Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin. Built just...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2822

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Two 21st May 1980 Neuquén, Argentina Attendance to today’s presentation was mandatory for all members of the faculty as Neuquén’s General Hospital. It was stretching things a bit to say that Kiki was actually employed by the hospital, they had...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    "Sparky " Pryor
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    No, this is a different Easter Egg from a popular TV series in 1980.
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    It depends. The State National Guard units in Washington and Oregon would be activated, that would be the State Governors making the call. The US Army Corps of Engineers was a large part of the response. Considering how active they are in the Columbia River Basin, it would be a surprise if they...
  15. Peabody-Martini

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    It was 57 in OTL which was a surprise considering the severity. Probably a similar number in TTL. It was considered a stroke of luck that the blast went in a direction that was largely unpopulated.
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2821

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-One 18th May 1980 Fort Lewis, Washington State The smell of disinfectant and bleach filled the air as Mario made his way through the bathroom towards the small common room with the sleeping bays on either side. Normally, Mario would have spent...
  17. Peabody-Martini

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Perhaps. Miranda de Ebro is a small town in Northern Spain and exactly the sort of place where traditional festivities would be a key part of the culture, it could easily be different in the major cities. The other consideration is that in this TL you don't have memories of the cozy...
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2820

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty 5th April 1980 Miranda de Ebro, Spain The annual Spring Exercises of European Defense Pact nations was being hosted by Spain this year and the forces involved had their headquarters in the small town of Miranda de Ebro. Beyond seeing that the...
  19. Peabody-Martini

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2819

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen 28th March 1980 Dublin, Ireland The evening news featured shots of a smoking crater that had opened up on the side of a mountain in America as the lead story. According to the expert they were interviewing this was a minor eruption and because...
  20. Peabody-Martini

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III
    Threadmarks: Part 155, Chapter 2818

    Chapter Two Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen 8th February 1980 Tempelhof, Berlin New year, new decade, same old problems. For the life of her, Sophie had no idea why the press always sought out the opinion of her mother whenever she was mentioned. This time it was the story about the...
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