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Given the lack of information about Hawaii in the Fallout universe just that it was part of the Southwest Commonwealth what are the most likely scenarios for Hawaii both pre and post nuke for the island state?
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Could Anchorage have been liberated without its use? How effective were Chinese Stealth Boy users in combating this armor?
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Spoiler: its because they're culturally inferior
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It is obvious that many elements in "The Old Republic" are wildly anachronistic. Especially the Sith Empire seems to be primarily a copy of the Galactic Empire, projected into the past by the author. (Moffs and Grand Moffs, pseudo-Star Destroyers, core world accent, the title Emperor instead of Dark Lord, an Emperor that looks suspiciously like Palpatine etc.) Species like Chiss and Kaleesh appear, despite first contact with them being still millennia in the future. The Jedi Order seems more post- than pre-Ruusan.
So is there any historical basis to it or is it an entirely fictional story?
Additional question: What is known about the political views of the author? At first the story seemed like thinly veiled criticism of Palpatine to me, but they paint the Republic in a pretty bad light as well, so I'm confused.
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You know, stuff like, are the droid modes and clone armor accurate? How close were the events to the actual happenings or are they completely made up?
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The Red Book is well known and usually treated as the best available source of the late 3rd/early 4th age. However, it's pro-western bias is so obvious that the veracy of it can be questioned, IMHO.
In recent years, another narrative has surfaced, though you could just as well say that it stays underground for legal reasons. You may have heard of "The last Ringbearer". You can find the full text REDACTED.
If I may quote an excerpt:
The shining tower of the Barad-dûr citadel rose over the plains of Mordor almost as high as Orodruin like a monument to Man – free Man who had politely but firmly declined the guardianship of the Dwellers on High and started living by his own reason. It was a challenge to the bone-headed aggressive West, which was still picking lice in its log ‘castles’ to the monotonous chanting of scalds extolling the wonders of never-existing Númenor.
Now, obviously, this text is propaganda, but arguably, so is the Red Book. Is there a scholary agreement wether the truth is somewhere in the middle or soemthing altogether different? Are there any archeological finds that support one version or the other?
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I am talking about the hand of the king during the end of King Robbert Baratheon's Reign. Not his grandson/ the nephew of King Jon Targaryen and not the Eddard Stark that accidentally sunk Moat Cailin. I know the generally accepted theory is that he attempted his coup out of concern that the young King Joffery was unprepared to govern. But don't his actions make more sense if he was planning to give the throne to his nephew from the beginning? Jon had the strongest claim to the throne and Eddard waited until he was an adult to go to King's Landing. Then Robert dies and Eddard attacks Joffery's legitimacy within the next month? Had Petyr "small-penis" Baelish not remained loyal to the throne Eddard Stark would have been in position to put King Jon Targaryen on the throne as his puppet and ruled from the background. If that was his plan then he might have been planning it from the moment of King Jon's birth. Thoughts?
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I mean, I heard Gallitep had a pool, and that sometimes the Bajorans would hold orchestra recitals so it couldn't have been that bad, right?
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Obviously there are the Valyrian steel swords, but what other influences were there from the Empire prior to the eruption of the Fourteen Flames?
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Pericles is renowned for drastically improving many parts of Greek culture, including architecture but what specific improvements did he make in the field?
All of my own searches mostly turn up articles about the Parthenon, which to my understanding isn't really even considered great in terms architectural innovativeness for the time, its mostly considered great because of the amount of perfection and attention to detail it displays on such a large scale [as well as durability].How exactly did architecture change so drastically with the Golden Age?
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With everything that happened with river song, did the doctor just forget about Hitler?
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It seems the bloodshed may have been worse if the Culture hadn't embroiled themselves in the instigation of the conflict.
Was the war unavoidable? Is there any evidence (ship logs and the like) to show that the Culture made themselves complicit so as to expose themselves later and mitigate loss-of-life?
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