petike's timelines

This is something of a storage and showcase thread for military-related things from my Sparrow Avengers universe. These all come from a 19th to 21st century timeline by me, inspired by the Crimson Skies setting, and inspired by a question I posed years ago. That question, aimed at frequent...

In the first two decades of the Cold War, the intelligence services of the West Block made some startling discoveries that hinted at an unexpected build-up of Soviet military capability, airlift capability, and even spaceflight capability. With spyplanes temporarily grounded due to certain...

Cross My Heart, This Is My Crossbow An Allohistorical Tale of Amerindian Arbalists INVENTION ---- mid 10th century AD, North America, spring ♫ During the first few weeks, he struggled with the sudden twist of fate he now had to live with. Possibly to the end of his days. The medicine...

Prologue: The Storm The waves lashed at the wooden ship, rocking it violently. Its hull creaked loudly, seemingly ready to come apart at the seams. On the first day of the unceasing storm, they still bothered to stay outside, struggling against the wind, rain, and damage to the meagre rigging...

Dagger of Ways The Shadowy World of an Unmade Reboot (A computer game popular culture timeline) - - - - Prologue ---- (...) "I often hear this misconception that we or the guys at Eidos wanted to milk the brand name dry, and the subsequent fallout from Dagger of Ways was our comeuppance...