Divergence Amahara

An alternate timeline from Wartime Amahara, Space Cruiser Amahara or Student Council Amahara. Even after the Sixty Years war, Even after three decades of cold war. There is no peace.

Introduction

In this world, the Rossiya Empire managed to check, though not defeat, Napoleon. Though gravely wounded the great bear was not slain. Over the next hundred years, Rose Europe fell into a series of shifting alliances between Francia, Karlsland and Rossiya as the three powers struggled for dominance.

The Sixty Years War, from 1918 to 1978 saw considerable games made by the New Rossiyan Empire and it's Charismatic young Tsarina Tatyana the Great against all other powers, offensives against a distracted Danuby, Francia and Karlsland managing to regain much of the territory lost to the Rossiyan Empire of old. The same opportunism prevailed in the East, where the Rossiyans exploited the Middle Empire and the Dominion of Amahara's distraction to make considerable territorial gains, even going so far as to take control of the Chishima Islands in the far north, despite the efforts of the Amaharan fleet.

Tatyana died aged eighty nine in 1990, and Rossiyan fortunes began to wane. For ten years now the Rossiyan Empire has been growing steadily more ill governed by her son, Vladimir. The Middle Empire and the powers of Rose Europe are circling, and the Rossiyans traditional New Britannia allies distracted by events in Rafflesia America and weary of foreign matters. The various Rossiyan dominated populations of eastern Rose Europe were growing increasingly restless under the harsh taxation schemes to pay for the lavish lifestyle of the elite and the large armies used to oppress them. In the East, the Middle Empire watched its old lost territory with jealous eyes.

In December of 2000, facing the seeming inevitability of economic and technological eclipse by the Danuby, Francian and Karlslander 'Triple Alliance' signed in the wake of the 60 years war, Vladimir decided to make a gamble. He would unleash his army against the White Rose before it could further grow, and seek to claim the rich resources and industries of the area to prop up his crumbling empire. He miscalculated however, and the armies of the Triple Alliance were waiting. Armoured warfare on a scale not seen even at the height of the Sixty Years War now rages through eastern and central Rose Europe, with the military-technological achievements of thirty years of peace facing off against one another. As the war enters its sixth months, more and more Rossiyan and allied troops have been drawn West to be thrown into the boiling cauldron of war.

Now, far from Europe Tsar Vladimir is about to discover that he's not the only person willing to take a gamble.

The Situation in Amahara, July First 2001

Half a world away, the gods still sleep in the Land Closest to Heaven. In the last twenty four hours, units in the Dominion's Northern Army were put on full alert. Weapons, fuel and ammunition have been issued and all leaves have been cancelled.

General Takatsukasa Reiko, the charismatic young commander of the Army's Central Readiness Force has arrived to take command of the Northern theatre, replacing the previous Commander, General Takagaki Oda, who has recently been taken unexpectedly ill. Officers and troops are now being briefed for Operation Thunderhead: The liberation of the Chishima Islands.

You

You are members of the Dominion of Amaharan Army's newly formed Tactical Armour New Technology 0 Group, responsible for the operation of the Dominion of Amahara's new humanoid battle machines, codenamed STRIPES. These fast, highly mobile power armoured units are the secret pride of the Amaharan Army, are expected to form the Vanguard of Operation Thunderhead.

The Dominion expects great things from you, and now, you're about to get a chance to deliver.