Map Thread XIV
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So... Here's a map I made as a follow-up to the movie Edge of Tomorrow. I'm assuming the events of the movie took place in 2020, so this is set 25 years after the end of the war. Enjoy and ask me any questions
Why did the Mimics invade Europe? Why not Canada?
Mostly since their meteor space ship landed in Germany and spread out from there
You repeated the mistake of the EoT makers: BREAKING NEWS: Massive meteor hits Hamburg, Germany.
Artistic License – Geography:
- While the meteor came down on Hamburg (northern Germany), the subsequent map showing the spreading of the alien invasion starts out at Munich (southern Germany).
Need another loop to get it right?
Isaac Beach
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My WIP where Maria Theresa is born a boy, extrapolated way ahead into roughly the 1920s, I'm guessing. Maybe a few decades less.
I've done that sort of thing with Africa before, it's not unique to me. But I like having modernised African nations, adds a lot of flavour.
P.S. That Florida is fucking hideous to me, and I've no clue why.
I've done that sort of thing with Africa before, it's not unique to me. But I like having modernised African nations, adds a lot of flavour.
P.S. That Florida is fucking hideous to me, and I've no clue why.
It appears at last! V. nice, particularly Africa which reminds me of some of my earlier attempts at mapping that continent.
I am intrigued by the Austrian colour though.
Isaac Beach
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It appears at last! V. nice, particularly Africa which reminds me of some of my earlier attempts at mapping that continent.
I am intrigued by the Austrian colour though.
Yah, sorry about that. I'm a full time student and by gum have I got a metric shit ton of assignments recently. Not to mention this is an area of history I'm not as confident in; I like the challenge but it's difficult.
I may change that. All I know is I'm not giving them the traditional colour of purple because they've gone through a couple changes that would make such a colouration incongruous. But that shade of green is a bit iffy.
Oh, well that's pleasant. Just, bleh, it looks like a tail end of an emaciated fish or some such.
"Visit sunny Florida, it's just like the tail end of an emaciated fish!"
MOTF, Questions and feedback welcome
The numbering of planets outside the solar system is confusing. Conventionally, stars in a multiple-star system follow the format {name}{capital letter}; planet names are the name of their parent star appended with a lowercase letter. No extrasolar moons have yet been confirmed, but moons in the solar system tend to use Roman numerals.
You are using capital letters for star names, for planet names, and for moon names, which is pretty confusing.
My suggestions would be:
Replace "Alpha Centauri A B" with "Alpha Centauri Ab"
Replace "Alpha Centauri A BC" with "Alpha Centauri Ab III"
Replace "Epsilon Eridani B" with "Epsilon Eridani b"
Replace "Epsilon Eridani C" with "Epsilon Eridani c"
Remember: capital letters for stars, lowercase letters for planets, Roman numerals for moons.
p.s. it's a bit strange that you've named Epsilon Eridani b "Harmony", given that it already has an official name ("Ægir"). But names get changed sometimes, so that isn't a major problem
Not a problem, it's just nice for it to appear.
I would change it, perhaps use the Germany colour, given that it controls most of Germany?
MOTF, Questions and feedback welcome
Not enough space habitat/s (population).
Newfoundland has never been French-Canadian, ever; it is currently Canada's most solidly Anglophone province of them all (I think something like 99.5% English-speaking), and doesn't belong with Quebec even with a POD in the early 1700s. In OTL, in 1761, William Pitt declared he would rather give the French the Tower of London than Newfoundland.
(Also, that border looping around Smallwood Reservoir doesn't make sense, because Smallwood Reservoir was only first dammed and created in the sixties and seventies.)
Native speakers
< 500, moribund
Edit: Okay, fine, I don't want to be an ass, and so I will concede the existence of the French Shore. However, the French Shore had no permanent French settlement (as per the Treaty of Utrecht), and only served as a place where French fishermen were permitted to land and dry fish.
What are the full stylings of the King? Is the property requirement much of a problem in the south with all the land available, or is it mostly gerrymandered, owned by planters, or do they have a monetary property requirement rather than sometimes unfertile land? Are any of the Kingdoms itching for the colonies and provinces bordering them that the Beitish still have, or do the Kingdoms know they aren't worth their time? And are Americans trying to ove towards Louisianna or did they still believe the stuff about the Great American Desert? Is the British King seen, either by Europeans, East Asians, South Asians, or his own subjects, as being on par with Emperors?
With a PoD in the 1700s the fate of the language due to post 1900 demographics isn't really key. The fact is that the French had a long presence and saw Newfoundland as valuable. They could plausibly have retaken it.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC: Are you carrying on with your Commie America map series. I was enjoying it a lot.
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