History thread

[Lancer]

Well, here we are. Several years after discussion of history was slowly extinguished at Apolyton, its ok to discuss it now. Up to us to bring this important aspect of the success of the OT back from the abyss of administrative 'help'. Since the freakin election is just about a passe topic we really ought to think about something else to talk about.

How about this. If you had no choice and had to go back in history and fight on one side or another in some war in history which side and war would you choose? You will have all the skills required. For instance if you go back to the US Revolutionary War you will be skilled with the firearms of the day.

Assume that you can change history, and alot of others might join you from the future or go to the other side but once you go you will have no memory of what transpired in the future past the time you go back to.


Forget for a minute that by changing history you might not exist to go back and change history.

For me, I go back and help the Romans defeat the barbarians. Likely my ancient family were barbarians, but screw them.

[Grandpa Troll]

If I could Lancer, I would go back in time and not fight any neanderthals here

Seriously, I think it would have pretty cool to be involved in the Revolutionary war

Fight for Independance from England

[Aeson]

I would go back in time and fight against the creation of the Tech forum

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Aeson
I would go back in time and fight against the creation of the Tech forum

But then the technology that created the forum would not exist and thus lancer's alternative History Forum could not have been banished for the Howler Monkee that it turned out to be, no banshee..no banshee hunters

[Zkribbler]

Can we pick the commander we'd be serving under?

For example, I'd go to the Revolutionary War if I could serve under John Paul Jones, sailing across the bounding maine, ravishing to coastlines of Great Britain.

But I wouldn't want to be a foot soldier. Those guys were underequiped and underclothed. And if you didn't freeze to death at Valley Forge, you're more than likely to die in a prison ship from starvation, disease and filth.

[Lancer]

Good point. On second thought I want to be with the natives that killed Magellan. When they got finished with him it was all pineapples and sun and fish the size of big fish.

Or for you Zkrib, big land animals.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Lancer
Or for you Zkrib, big land animals.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Fighting with teh anti-Franco forces in the Spanish Civil War. They needed all the help they could get.

Either that or fighting for the Byzantines against the crusaders in the 4th Crusade.

[Nikolai]

I'd love to serve under king David of Israel, only not if my name happened to be Urias.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Fighting with teh anti-Franco forces in the Spanish Civil War. They needed all the help they could get.

Either that or fighting for the Byzantines against the crusaders in the 4th Crusade.

What would have resulted from a Franco defeat Rufus?

Nikolai, how might that have changed thing? Wasn't all that stuff supposed to have come to pass? Like, no way to change it...

[Barnabas]

I would like to kill communists or nazis

[Nikolai]

Well, it wouldn't in itself be changing history. But to be there...seeing David kick Goliat's ass. If I were given a long life, I'd like to see to David and his line doing things right instead of messing it up though. I'm not sure it had to come to pass, God gave David and his line plenty of chances they could have taken. I'm sure he'd have a way to give us the lessons anyway. Actually, seeing like that would mean that EVERYTHING that has happened can't be changed, as it's all a part of God's plan...

[Lancer]

Barnabas, go to the Russian front and fire both ways.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Barnabas
I would like to kill communists or nazis

And commie nazis.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Well, it wouldn't in itself be changing history. But to be there...seeing David kick Goliat's ass. If I were given a long life, I'd like to see to David and his line doing things right instead of messing it up though. I'm not sure it had to come to pass, God gave David and his line plenty of chances they could have taken. I'm sure he'd have a way to give us the lessons anyway. Actually, seeing like that would mean that EVERYTHING that has happened can't be changed, as it's all a part of God's plan...

Interesting time.