Crusader Lord

Crisis of the Confederacy [Sci-Fi Warlords in a crumbling state]

Hmm....curious. :O

Just a passerby taking a look is all, all is chill.

From goblins to godhood (re:monster rp)

@Haeo

Depends what he said cause I'm still trying to figure out what to do to everyone who left he cave

@Jangel13

Church. Not cave. :P

N.E.O. - New Earth Oracle

The Greater Republic of India

In front of the Secretariat Building, New Delhi

The most recent meeting had long ended in the building, the other department heads and ministry officials long dispersed, but even so President Daksh felt that some fresh air after it all was more than necessary. He'd invited Prime Minister Ishann to come with, and the other man seemed to readily accept the offer. Now the two stood upon the front steps of the Secretariat Building, watching out at the pools of water directly out before them, surrounded on either side by the symmetrically-cut shrubbery and plants and carefully-laid pathways before them. It was a sight both had seen many a time before at this building, but even so the glow of the late afternoon sun reflecting softly off of the water was not as comforting as it had been before.

...In fact, the air between the two seemed some peculiar mixture of a worn-out tiredness and a lingering sense of tension.

"To see the day you and the Army Minister announced 'that' as being completed is something I never thought I would see, President Daksh, much less an approval to use it. Even so it all seemed to work out in the end, in no small part due to the Army Minister's own passionate speech to the House. He once told me he studied overseas and took oratory classes at his father's insistence, but to see him in action like this was a first throughout all of my tenure.

Still, the truth is what we are about to do is nothing we can take back in the aftermath. Many still left a bit nervous, others more confident, but...even you, it seems, fall into the former."

Daksh's eyes simply turned to look at the other man, looking on with a gaze that seemed to hold stalwart and true despite the notes of exhaustion visible behind them, before shifting back towards the scene before them.

"I won't say you are wrong, Prime Minister, what we are undertaking is something that has taken it's toll even on me. It was one reason I wished to step out here, even as you seemed to be drained by the occasion. Yet I cannot blame you.

Years of patience and funds, negotiations, the payoff from certain fines from Maharashtra and here in the NCT, and careful management of the Military Bugdet's internal allocation were required. Among 'other things'. Yet what some once called a 'useless vanity project' has borne fruit, and yet tomorrow those who ounce doubted will be proven more than wrong. Our nation, once a puppet of the British and put to shame, will stand out on the world stage with prominence and pride."

The President raised his hands, gesturing out and up at the world before them before letting them rest more formally by his sides once more.

"Still, the arguments were made, the information placed before the House and other Ministries, and we all came to the necessary and unanimous consensus in the end. Do not worry too much, Ishann."

The other man seemed to shuffle silently for a moment, before a restrained yet defeated sigh finally escaped his lips.

"I pray you are right, Daksh. More so I have been encouraged before meeting you out here to tell you to be wary of the use of 'that' on behalf of both the other Ministries and House. Beyond what has been approved, you must communicate with the House and Ministry Heads and seek approval. Myself included among those. That is what was decided.

I simply do not want to see our people made out as barbarians-"

He didn't even have a chance to finish those words, the President's eyes swiveling over on a dime and his voice raised and cutting through the humid air and Prime Minister's words like a hot knife.

"Barbarians, you say? By whose metric? By whose tongue?"

Barbarians. Savages. Such was what they had been seen as by others when the Dutch and British arrived. His father, even his grandfather, had been able to tell stories of those days whether from their own lives or that had been told to them by loved ones. Barbarians that agitated their people, savages that had pushed them around, he wanted nothing of those days. He had continued to help push for the fight to modernize India even now, even as his most ambitious predecessors had prior, so none would ever call them much les think on them with such vulgar terms again. No longer would their people a stepping stone for others beyond their shores.

Even so, the man did pause for a moment after his words rung into the cooling air...before letting out his own sigh. Mindlessly Daksh adjusted his tie and button-down shirt, before turning his gaze again to meet that of the other man next to him.

"The crunch work on this was painstakingly done to ensure this could happen, and can moving forward as we need it, and our soldiers and officers have been preparing for this day after the project finally completed. Maintenance has been accounted for, adjustments were made to keep things in-balance, and proper channels have been used. Even so, we both know that India has needed much in the way of projecting its power beyond these borders. Something to make the world take us seriously, but not enough to cause others to lay siege to our shores.

It will be the first time in history this sort of thing has happened, and India shall stand at the head of it all in a positive light in the long run."

The Prime Minister seemed to ever so slightly grimace, his silence speaking volumes as he places his hands behind his back.

"...Or we will be standing at the beginning of our world's end. I may not be as religious as some, nor wield it in the duties of my office as I have long upheld, but I pray we do not end up as Ashwatthama did before Lord Krishna. For great would be our curse, and immense our suffering."

Daksh clicked his tongue in return, though he did seem to gaze out in thought for a moment at the very least.

"...Way up there, Ishann, we can assuredly make our stance as well as our might clear. We will not end as the ancient epics once detailed for the viallins, but be the victors and greater and glorious in the aftermath. We will be the Pandavas of this tale, not the other way around.

I say this, I do all of this that I have done thus far, because our people need something. They need something to make them feel as if we are strong, and that they can accomplish anything. They need something to feel as if we deserve to exist upon the grand stage that is this world, and be among its great actors!

We shall make our people even greater, but to make things better we must inspire them. Not simply sit back in the shadows and simply just sit idly by and sell Bollywood movies around the world as we have been."

Daksh's eyes turned towards his companion, who seemed to calmly stare back in an almost challenging manner. Yet in the end the latter would lightly shake his head, before giving a surrendering motion with his hands before placing them behind his back once more.

"Then I pray we have such resolve as you do now, Daksh, throughout the coming days. I have already made preparations for what will be released to the press and media outlets, both local and international, and all we will need to do is adjust them as the situation demands. All that is left is...well, for you to pull the trigger.

Until we meet again, however, I must be on my way. The cook I have hired for tonight is supposed to prepare my favorite dish, and I'd sooner get home than be trapped for several more hours on the road."

With that Ishann gave a light nod of his head before walking off. Daksh felt his eyes follow the man for a bit, before returning up to the darkening sky. Indeed, the remannts of sunshine were like a fading light on the horizon, though for this moment they shone softly like a beautiful gold. It made him think, even. Perhaps this weekend he could take his family to see the NLC-mutant Zoo in Mumbai, or the world's tallest international hotel bed and breakfast being built only some blocks away from from the Secretariat Building. Such sights were new to India, and yet the magnates and wealthy building these projects had brought in much in regards to fines and jobs once things had settled down.

Of course, on the other hand, the struggles of the encroaching shadows about their nation's border still loomed. Indeed the nation continued with their own struggles within, of which there were many.

Indeed, at one time or another darkness always fell upon Bharat...and yet inevitably they would rise to a new dawn and overcome. Their history, their people, spoke volumes of this. This he was sure of, and this time would be no different than all the others.

Such was his hope for the future.

---

Several Kilometers Off the Southern Coast Of Burma, Western Indian Ocean

The man laughed from the bridge, one hand on the ship's wheel to steer and his worn AK-47 still cradled in his other hand with a finger on the trigger. His dark eyes looked out the window as the vessel continued to float on the waves many a mile from the mainland, all whilst he stood here and took it all in with a fancy cigar clutched between his lips. The smoke from it trailed up from the lit end, the fancy lighter used for it stuffed in the hole-ridden and patchwork pants he wore. The crew of the vessel had already surrendered, but to catch some cargo ship headed from India to somewhere back in Europe. It was a goldmine. His contact had been useful after calling in that this one coming by at the right time, and it was an easy job once they'd taken the crew by surprise almost a week ago. The crew'd been packing, though, so he'd had his men ferry those bits back for later and bring more to staff the ship by this point.

Damn stupid foreigners, they never learned. They tried over and over again to stop them, but in the end it was all just a fool's errand. His men had been looking for a score like this forever, gathering up the supplies and striking at smaller targets and looking for information, but finally they had done it. Now they had one big cargo ship, and whatever the hell supplies it carried inside still there. They'd made the call back to India to ransom it last night, and already the old crew had been taken ashore for ransom or been shot already in taking the ship. Not many chances came around for them to get something these days, but the lack of any Indian response so far hadn't worried them. Anything fancy, anything stupid, and the rest of the crew and ship's cargo were forfeit whilst they themselves got away!

And yet this morning, there had been no ships in the area whilst they set anchor. Period. As if it had all become a ghost town. For his part, the man didn't mind, it just meant a day for his men to watch and enjoy themselves with the cargo below while they waited for-

But the man never got to finish his thought. A split second later the clouds seemed to part suddenly, as if something was descending down upon the world. But none of them would get a chance to perceive much less process this.

CRASH!!!

It was over in an instant.

A spear of light from the heavens themselves pierced the ship through, crashing through it like paper and deep into the ocean below.

The impact itself sent ripples outward as a great kinetic energy was imparted into it, generating great waves that roared both east and north to crash hard into the close-enough Burmese coast. Those unfortunate enough to be out on the coast on this day would find themselves...unfortunate, to say the least. Drownings, fishing and pirate ships washed away or capsized, children swimming who were hidden away in the salty waters, and more such stories would arise in the following hours and days. Some wondered if another earthquake had come to life, and yet as the pieces were being put together the Burmese government and others would find that an answer was handed out in an Indian news release, its title eventually clashing across TV screens and over radio waves across the world:

"Indian Government fires Newly-Unveiled Orbital Kinetic Strike Weapon on Burmese Pirates"

Hours later, however, the scene would again repeat itself.

---

Many Hours Later, Near Southeastern Border Near Pakistan, Kashmir and Jammu Province, India

The ground just over the border, into the annexed Kashmir and Jammu territories from the Pakistani side, was the location of a fortified Pakistani military base that had for years intruded upon this sovereign Indian territory. Even after its assimilation into India proper, even with the security placed there and forces to protect the peoples there, Pakistan had claimed the area was still 'theirs' despite having lost control over it. This base, this military base, had sat there for years as testament and constant issue for the area. It spat in the face of common reason!

Whilst Pakistan was not the only nation to lay claims on this area, they were the only ones to intrude beyond the border with any sort of illegal fortifications and the ilk still at this time.

But today, that would change. It would change only a small while after news of the Burmese Pirates' fate reached even this illegal base itself.

A 'spear of light' once again would descend, a flash within the span of a moment that only those looking to the southeastern skies in the province would have seen. The strike area had been long cleared of Indian Personnel and only a small few villages had been cleaned out to move the people far away. The Pakistanis had taken this as a suspicious sign, sending men out to scout before the news finally hit later that day. First they had simply laughed it away, and yet now those within the effective area would come to realize the truth all too late.

CRASH!!!

Panic that an earthquake had occurred ran through the people of the province, even as that flash from the heavens shook the earth itself with a mighty force that made it seem as if the world was to end. Even so, for those living in the Kashmir and Jammu Province, they would ultimately be escorted back to their villages in due time. At least, once observation of the damages and such things had been assessed by the Indian Military in-depth and were accounted for. Even the Pakistanis would scramble too muster and send others in to try to examine, look for survivors but with the Indian Military presence they would be forced to observe at a long distance...or were shot and bombarded into fleeing before they could see much.

Even so, reports from both Indian and Pakistani sides as well as the later international news crews trying to observe from afar would tell of the same general story at least. Likewise another news headline would be released by the Indian Government, one which would rapidly spread over the TV and radio networks of the world:

"Indian Government fires Newly-Unveiled Orbital Kinetic Strike Weapon For Second Time on Illegal Pakistani Military Base"

A later third release the next day beyond would note further justifications for the two strikes, as well as contain official copies of memos and warnings actually sent to the Burmese Government days before to warn it of the impending first strike a week ahead of time. Burmese officials, many of whom 'dismissed' the warning, have been pulled into the public spotlight. Meanwhile the number of civilians deaths in the Pakistani strike were reported as "0" on the Indian side, with additional documentation and proof provided to assert the claim and provide a headcount of the civilian evacuees after UN representatives arrived several hours later. This event was also met with a hasty Pakistani counter-claim, however, that 'countless civilians were slain' and a demand for sanctions on India...however, the evidence in the days and weeks following thus far has not given a seeming validation to this counter-claim.

From goblins to godhood (re:monster rp)

@Jangel13 I'll do the little summary, like Reusable did this round, next round to avoid confusion. But yeah, basically just working to finish stuff with the horned rabbits. If that amounts at all to anything beyond acquiring sinews, the pelts, and 2 horned rabbit skulls with horns attached, I will leave that judgement to you. XD

The Epic of Beginnings - Fragments of a weathered scroll

Leannah

---

“I just like fluffy things. Also foxes are just cute.”

Lazhira

...The catgirl could not help but take a look over at Misaki for a second after the human girl said that. Yet just a quickly she caught herself and quickly turned her head back toward the eccentric girl. No, there was no need to overthink it. Just a girl that liked touching fluffy tails was all. Besides, the description of Chagawa was even more interesting in regards to their seemingly level of advancement as compared to here. Trade, metal ore, giant tree, all felt just about right for an anime setting or something of the sort. Not that here seemed void of things, just that-...mmm, perhaps she'd better just quiet her own thoughts for the time being on that matter. She could geek out about ancient trade routes and the Bronze Age for that matter, or at least how this all reminded her of it in some manner at least.

More importantly, the catgirl readied herself and followed after Lazhira as the human girl led them to the temple. As much as the traders were interesting, she was more captivated by the chance to visit an ancient temple filled with who knew what! Maybe they'd find a tomb, though considering how this world was so far a real 'mummy's curse' was a possibility. Hmm. Again, she was overthinking things, but in truth all she had was the background history of Earth that she knew about to compare things to.

Overall, however, the walk was rather 'peaceful' if she had to pin a word on it. Other than the odd feeling of 'being watched', and though it was winter she felt perfectly comfortable in her attire among the snow-laden trees that got thicker and thicker as they went along. The snowy ground as it became uneven proved to be a bit tougher, but without other excess troubles they had seemed to arrive in good time. In fact, the peculiar structure in the far distance, hidden by strange, deepening fog they stood at the precipice of, got her blood pumping for some reason. Sure it did have its...ah...not-very-settling qualities about it, but she did feel Lazhira had a point about it being 'strangely beautiful' in a way.

However, getting lost in strange magic fog was not something she was a fan of.

"I think I'll stick with you, Lazhira, with my own light as well. Safety in numbers and all of that!"

She has mighty fists, but Lazhira was the expert here out of the lot of them. If she was going to deviate at all, it would be on the safer side of things rather than deep in there. Well, unless they got jumped by a monster, approached by some demon or deity, etc. She wouldn't assume, but if a God of Knowledge was associated with here it would undoubtedly be a place filled with tricky things and likely traps.

With that, Leannah put out her hands and cast the magic she'd learned to control well enough last night.

Leannah has cast "Sunlight (Lesser/Restricted)"

Wait a second. After she'd cast the spell to conjure the orb of sun-like light, albeit not the dangerous kind like she'd accidentally done last night before all the practicing, the sight of the orb of light brought a question to mind. Like a lightbulb came on out of the blue, or an inkling that had suddenly connected the two dots or something, bringing a new theory to her mind.

"...Before we head in, Lazhira, I just wanted to ask: Is there a sun god or goddess in this world? Not that it's a big question at the moment, but I simply wanted to check real quickly before we head in."

Spur of the moment question, yes, but not one she wanted to forget to ask. Egypt in ancient times revolved around Ra's trip around the sky, and then the god's resurrection each morning. At least, that was putting it very simply and to-the-point. But what if her gift was pissing some deity off, and now caused the trouble she had with all of this? Seeing the small sun-like but safe orb of light, at least outside of the training mindset of last night, had finally made this train of thought click in her mind.

But once the question was answered, one way or the other, she'd follow Lazhira in without another word beyond giving a nod of affirmation to whatever answer she got right now.

N.E.O. - New Earth Oracle

India Stronk

The Greater Republic of India

Name

Bharat/The Greater Republic of India

Flag

Government

Parliamentary Sovereign Secular Democratic Republic with a federal structure and unitary features. There is a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minster as its head to advice the President who is the constitutional head of the country.

Territory

India, Jammu and Kashmir

---

History

Post-Visitation Through Now

India basically went a bit crazy post-visitation, an amount of religious unrest naturally accompanying the issues at hand. Whilst the adherent of Hinduism seemed to be more able to accept the event and cope with it religiously, Islam within India handled it less aptly than what their neighbor religion was to what might be some people's lack or presence of surprise thereof. Indeed post-visitation India's barely decade-old government was put through the wringer and going into full-survival mode as anomalies, artifacts, internal issues both new and lingering, and external influences tore away at it with zeal. It was a hard time to be sure, one that The new government would come to survive the tide and pull the nation out and upward over the following decades, mainly through aggressive development and peacekeeping plans, especially as big, deep, and rich Langium deposits were discovered within its borders. In current times it stands as the #1 developer and producer/developer of biomedical technologies in the world after 3 decades of internal development and industrialization and such things, both in civilian as well as military areas. Soviet five year plan models were used as inspiration to help this process along at first, akin to basically how India was in the 60s in real life.

But this didn't come without its fair share of scars along the way. Pakistani relations basically went down the hole, the Jammu and Kashmir area was finally annexed after taking advantage of Pakistan's own vulnerabilities during the post-Visitation period, and anti-Muslim violence arose in the 70s as extremist groups to the west began to form and develop. Currently Islam is a distinctly more peaceful minority within India, one that has begun to see an improvement in their rights and such going into the 90s and after decades of rather 'unpopular' issues. Likewise things like women's right and the legal rejection of untouchability have been pushed hard against to help 'speed up the process' of modernization along the way, though with the older generations these sorts of issues still rather linger and the fight against continues on even through now. Yet in return the younger generations are more and more embracing new technologies, progressive beliefs, western or foreign clothing styles, and other such things that would be seen as 'modern' in the current world. It is a generational gap that usually results in parental scolding for many, despite being a sign of real progress, akin to how the children of America in real life got chewed out for listening to Metal in the 80's or Rock in the 50's. But as teens and young adults walk about in jeans and T-shirts, and indulge in other modern conveniences, they continue to push India towards a bright future socially.

Further, India sports a rather large and powerful military in current times. One aspect of their military is the use of cluster munitions and bombs with certain NLC's incorporated into them, which are an Indian Military favorite to use in certain situations. These ones after detonation dose victims in a given area with lethal heavy-metal poisoning, but even so this effect is designed to 'exploit loopholes' in or 'tease' the Geneva Conventions and 'cheat' the regulations on Chemical Warfare. Yet such unique weapons are only used to a certain extent. It is akin to the real life USA and such superpowers to a certain extent, where a nations still uses certain forms of certain weapons but also limit the use of them to certain situations to avoid actual proper sanctions or worse. Even so, things like MLRS or Bomb-released cluster munitions and the ilk without NLC's still remain very much legal and in use by the Indian Military. Any 'nukes' or such 'nuclear options' have, as most likely is the case with the other big nations, been basically kept under lock and key as a deterrent but aren't fired to avoid triggering a MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) situation. However, their own rocket technology has resulted in India eventually by this point becoming a solid part of the space race, and even launching satellites and manned missions and such into orbit!

The Indian Government has long established has trade relations with the USSR in turn, but also isn't a communist state nor wants to become one to be frank. Not to mention the neutrality they have enforced in regards to the major foreign political influences makes them more desirable trade partners for others, and enforcing a form/type of neutrality to a certain extent has paid off in this regard. This has also played some part in their politically Non-Aligned stance when it has come to the USSR and USA, and their nature as both a proper superpower as well as a massive local power by the 1990's. Likewise the British are something India's oldest generations still resent somewhat, despite doing some trade still, and the nation remains somewhat a little wary of simply due to the past. Feelings have begun to soften on that front with the younger and youngest generations, at least, though any chance of close political ties would be still generations away. Yet France's own sudden leaps and stop in decolonization has made India even more wary of that nation over the likes of the UK.

Pressing Issues

1 ) Extremist Islam activities over in Pakistan have also have garnered even greater hatred of such things, but have also been used by India's current Muslim minority to basically make their differences known and distinct and preached aloud in attempts to help improve and curb their own perceptions locally. This "Indian brand of Islam" has been on a rise, at least, though still remains a small minority among other religions that have found their way into India. Even so, anti-Muslim violence is a shadow of what it was in the climax of the 70s, but is still something that is present and continues to go on the decline within India.

2) Whilst issues such as sanitation and education and gender issues have been improved from before, at least, and are still improving, they still linger even in current times. Meanwhile urbanization and issues like water scarcity have been better improved than this along the path of this India's development, at the very least. Finally the issue of medical health is by far the most minimized in an India where the nation has become top-dog #1 in regards to biomedical technologies and practice. Governmental health programs have at least been able to push this last issue to the 'least' among the ones India has internally thus far, and which are still being worked on over the years.

3) Pakistan still existing. Aside from its conflicts with Pakistan in the past, and current measures of sanctions and such leveled very hard against them outside of conflict by India, the desire of many Indians and their government is to one day basically turn Pakistan into a red paste, root out the extremists and get rid of them, then retake and resettle and modernize the land. Especially after refugee tales of extremist actions, anti-Hindi issues, and other such rumors and tales and stories that have passed over into India since post-Visitation and the 70's.

4) The nation has a grudge against China for attempting to spark revolts or communist influence it in the past, which has led to basically a modern-day 'rough border' situation where the Indian border with China has been reinforced and built up and fortified over the decades with occasional 'scuffles' and constant attempts to intimidate by both sides...but nothing to provoke all-out war or MAD or WW3 or the like at least. No one, in reality, would probably want that to happen.

Budget

Other Information/Personal Notes/References Section

Other

1 ) In the wake of American actions, China's rise, and other post-Visitation issues, Bollywood has actually boomed to become as popular in the world as things like anime and Hollywood movies were in real life. To some this is a blessing. To others this is a cursed alternate timeline.

2)

From goblins to godhood (re:monster rp)

@Jangel13 Was trying to follow your orders from before by doing that. Sorry to be confusing there.

From goblins to godhood (re:monster rp)

@Jangel13 Still in Church, doing what I bolded in my post and tagged you in! Just to, ah, give extra clarification yes. @_@

N.E.O. - New Earth Oracle

@Yam I Am

India Stronk

The Greater Republic of India

Name

Bharat/The Greater Republic of India

Flag

Government

Parliamentary Sovereign Secular Democratic Republic with a federal structure and unitary features. There is a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minster as its head to advice the President who is the constitutional head of the country.

Territory

India, Jammu and Kashmir

---

History

Post-Visitation Through Now

India basically went a bit crazy post-visitation, an amount of religious unrest naturally accompanying the issues at hand. Whilst the adherent of Hinduism seemed to be more able to accept the event and cope with it religiously, Islam within India handled it less aptly than what their neighbor religion was to what might be some people's lack or presence of surprise thereof. Indeed post-visitation India's barely decade-old government was put through the wringer and going into full-survival mode as anomalies, artifacts, internal issues both new and lingering, and external influences tore away at it with zeal. It was a hard time to be sure, one that The new government would come to survive the tide and pull the nation out and upward over the following decades, mainly through aggressive development and peacekeeping plans, especially as big, deep, and rich Langium deposits were discovered within its borders. In current times it stands as the #1 developer and producer/developer of biomedical technologies in the world after 3 decades of internal development and industrialization and such things, both in civilian as well as military areas. Soviet five year plan models were used as inspiration to help this process along at first, akin to basically how India was in the 60s in real life.

But this didn't come without its fair share of scars along the way. Pakistani relations basically went down the hole, the Jammu and Kashmir area was finally annexed after taking advantage of Pakistan's own vulnerabilities during the post-Visitation period, and anti-Muslim violence arose in the 70s as extremist groups to the west began to form and develop. Currently Islam is a distinctly more peaceful minority within India, one that has begun to see an improvement in their rights and such going into the 90s and after decades of rather 'unpopular' issues. Likewise things like women's right and the legal rejection of untouchability have been pushed hard against to help 'speed up the process' of modernization along the way, though with the older generations these sorts of issues still rather linger and the fight against continues on even through now. Yet in return the younger generations are more and more embracing new technologies, progressive beliefs, western or foreign clothing styles, and other such things that would be seen as 'modern' in the current world. It is a generational gap that usually results in parental scolding for many, despite being a sign of real progress, akin to how the children of America in real life got chewed out for listening to Metal in the 80's or Rock in the 50's. But as teens and young adults walk about in jeans and T-shirts, and indulge in other modern conveniences, they continue to push India towards a bright future socially.

Further, India sports a rather large and powerful military in current times. One aspect of their military is the use of cluster munitions and bombs with certain NLC's incorporated into them, which are an Indian Military favorite to use in certain situations. These ones after detonation dose victims in a given area with lethal heavy-metal poisoning, but even so this effect is designed to 'exploit loopholes' in or 'tease' the Geneva Conventions and 'cheat' the regulations on Chemical Warfare. Yet such unique weapons are only used to a certain extent. It is akin to the real life USA and such superpowers to a certain extent, where a nations still uses certain forms of certain weapons but also limit the use of them to certain situations to avoid actual proper sanctions or worse. Even so, things like MLRS or Bomb-released cluster munitions and the ilk without NLC's still remain very much legal and in use by the Indian Military. Any 'nukes' or such 'nuclear options' have, as most likely is the case with the other big nations, been basically kept under lock and key as a deterrent but aren't fired to avoid triggering a MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) situation. However, their own rocket technology has resulted in India eventually by this point becoming a solid part of the space race, and even launching satellites and manned missions and such into orbit!

The Indian Government has long established has trade relations with the USSR in turn, but also isn't a communist state nor wants to become one to be frank. Not to mention the neutrality they have enforced in regards to the major foreign political influences makes them more desirable trade partners for others, and enforcing a form/type of neutrality to a certain extent has paid off in this regard. This has also played some part in their politically Non-Aligned stance when it has come to the USSR and USA, and their nature as both a proper superpower as well as a massive local power by the 1990's. Likewise the British are something India's oldest generations still resent somewhat, despite doing some trade still, and the nation remains somewhat a little wary of simply due to the past. Feelings have begun to soften on that front with the younger and youngest generations, at least, though any chance of close political ties would be still generations away. Yet France's own sudden leaps and stop in decolonization has made India even more wary of that nation over the likes of the UK.

Pressing Issues

1 ) Extremist Islam activities over in Pakistan have also have garnered even greater hatred of such things, but have also been used by India's current Muslim minority to basically make their differences known and distinct and preached aloud in attempts to help improve and curb their own perceptions locally. This "Indian brand of Islam" has been on a rise, at least, though still remains a small minority among other religions that have found their way into India. Even so, anti-Muslim violence is a shadow of what it was in the climax of the 70s, but is still something that is present and continues to go on the decline within India.

2) Whilst issues such as sanitation and education and gender issues have been improved from before, at least, and are still improving, they still linger even in current times. Meanwhile urbanization and issues like water scarcity have been better improved than this along the path of this India's development, at the very least. Finally the issue of medical health is by far the most minimized in an India where the nation has become top-dog #1 in regards to biomedical technologies and practice. Governmental health programs have at least been able to push this last issue to the 'least' among the ones India has internally thus far, and which are still being worked on over the years.

3) Pakistan still existing. Aside from its conflicts with Pakistan in the past, and current measures of sanctions and such leveled very hard against them outside of conflict by India, the desire of many Indians and their government is to one day basically turn Pakistan into a red paste, root out the extremists and get rid of them, then retake and resettle and modernize the land. Especially after refugee tales of extremist actions, anti-Hindi issues, and other such rumors and tales and stories that have passed over into India since post-Visitation and the 70's.

4) The nation has a grudge against China for attempting to spark revolts or communist influence it in the past, which has led to basically a modern-day 'rough border' situation where the Indian border with China has been reinforced and built up and fortified over the decades with occasional 'scuffles' and constant attempts to intimidate by both sides...but nothing to provoke all-out war or MAD or WW3 or the like at least. No one, in reality, would probably want that to happen.

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1 ) In the wake of American actions, China's rise, and other post-Visitation issues, Bollywood has actually boomed to become as popular in the world as things like anime and Hollywood movies were in real life. To some this is a blessing. To others this is a cursed alternate timeline.

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From goblins to godhood (re:monster rp)

Kir

Day 0 || Morning || Church

Kir silently noted as Argos just walked out, before redistributing his portion promptly to herself as a mid-work snack. Wiping the berry juice and blood from the far corners of her mouth, the first rusty sword she'd recreated shimmered away. Letting out a small sigh, the female goblin went right back to work after recreating up a new rusty sword to act as her tool. Of course at this point in her work, arms deep in horned rabbit corpses, one of her brothers walked over and asked what she was using. She didn't even have the time to toss a sarcastic remark back, much less say anything as the brother ate his portion of food, before Grandpa cleared his throat and Kir tuned into his words as she continued her work. She could multi-task this much at least, and frankly speaking Grandpa had a point. No world was nice, and they were being thrust into it without mercy and without warning. A couple of the Hobs were at least seeming to offer help, which she'd keep in mind, but otherwise she wasn't playing at things being easy or deluding herself to think it was all sunshine.

Still, the name 'Kir' wasn't bad at all in her mind. A good place to start, as were these rabbits once she would get done with them. She was butchering up the horned rabbit meat to evenly distribute out with the berries for her siblings and herself, and she'd already eaten her portion and then just now what would have been Argos' portion. She was as carefully as possible removing the sinews from the bodies for her use, and with the same level of care cutting off the pelts of these as best she could for her own use as well. Moving along with this, however, she was starting to keep the bones and skulls in a small pile next to her as well, horn attached and all. (@Jangel13).

As it were, her plan was simply to get a head start by taking advantage of 'assisting' with this last meal brought to them. With the sinews she would work with them to create a bowstring, and then find a good stick out there in the forest to turn into the bow to put the string on. Nothing less than the best wood for this! Nothing less than her best efforts to make the bowstring! Then all she'd need is a couple of the rabbit horns at most, maybe three just in case, to start work on arrow-making at that point. All she needed was one or two horns to practice with as arrow-tips, practice until she made the best arrows she could, and then make one really good arrow. She could see the mental image of such a weapon and arrows among those old hazy images and such, among what very little she had in that regard, to at least base things on in general shape. But this process would take time, and right now she just wanted to get the work on a bow going whilst she still had the means to hunt on the fly otherwise.

Even so, one of her sisters now brought her the final rabbit and handed it over, broken skull and lack of a horn and all. Kir simply gave a nod and a small grunt of acknowledgement before getting back to work. Ah, Lexie, wasn't it? Seemed to have an idea for things, but the suggestion of using her harvested sinews for that was another thing entirely. To that end Kir's attention was drawn right to Lexie as she looked her sister directly in the eyes and silently pulled the pile of sinews even closer to herself protectively.

"Look, I've got a plan for those sinews. So I won't be handing any over to make some spears. But maybe there's some plants out there you could use, like one of the Hobgoblins seems to have used? Or like, find a good thick bone here and tie the horn into the top of it with plants?"

Even so, her sister seemed to just stop there with the sinews suggestion anyways. Good. Though as she continued on with her own work, Kir otherwise ignored Lexie as she continued her work with the rabbits and portioning the meat out and keeping the pelts and sinews a bit closer to and more safely near herself. Another sister would then come over to eat, Aya, before then seemingly trying to chow down on a bit too much and getting bonked on the head thusly with the flat side of Kir's counterfeit sword.

"Ey, don't waste my work, and slow down or you'll choke."

Idiot. But then again the same idiot was turning away and moving over to talk to the others again, getting both her name and another one's name entirely wrong, before running back to her and clamming up. In response, Kir simply continued on with her own work without stopping, before glancing up at Aya again for a moment during the course of this awkward silence. Frankly the only reason she was so annoyed right now herself was the no less than three attempted interruptions, but more so just wanting to get her plans moving, get some information from Grandpa, and get out of the Church so she could get things moving for her own survival at least.

Once she got moving, then there would be time to chill and be a bit more social about all of this perhaps. But it was a stressful nonetheless right now.

"...Take your time, say the words when you can think of em' right," Kir said, before immediately resuming her work once more with renewed focus and care.

Beyond the sinews, she was planning to use those pelts for a rough cloak/armor garment. Of course that would take time and supplies harvesting to make, but again it was in her plans to kick things off for her survival at least. However...this was when again someone came over to where she was to talk. Her sister Yzzi would finally walk over with her own demand after taking her share of food, albeit a demand that was far more manageable in this case. Kir even let out a small sigh of relief. Sure this sister was a grump, but so was she right now to a certain extent and for her own reasons.

"Sure, you can have the skull of this one once I get done. Even the other bones if you want. I've got no use for em'." the female goblin said, gesturing with the recreated sword towards the bone pile next to her before getting back to work as she talked, "All I want out of that pile of bones is a couple of those skulls with horns for myself. Otherwise if you're going hunting with them count me in.

These sinews I'm keeping will make me a good bowstring, just gotta find and shape the right flexible but stiff enough stick for the job, and the pelts a nice cloak, but that'll take time. So might as well fill up some more and get some more sinews and pelts to work with so that work'll go better later."

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