How One Response to a Reddit Query Became a Big Budget Flick

[Razgovory]

Better for a Spanish Terico from the 30 Years War to get sent back to like 150AD. The noble in charge should know Latin, as would the priest and Spanish isn't that far off from Latin. It's definitely something the men could learn. Plus they'd have gunsmiths and blacksmiths who would be able to teach the down timers their techniques.

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Now that's a funny typo!

I obviously meant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tercio

Oh, or even better someone from the 30 years war could come to modern era and try to explain to us what the hell that war was all about.  Twice I've tried to read Peter H. Wilson's The Thirty Year War, and both times I came away defeated.


Or we could go with the original idea.  Except instead of a Marine Expeditionary Unit going back to ancient Rome they just go back to ancient 1st century Afghanistan and see if they noticed the difference.

[The Minsky Moment]

I don't get the premise - assuming away the time travel aspect, why would the unit move in space from Central Asia to Central Italy?

[Jacob]

I don't get the premise - assuming away the time travel aspect, why would the unit move in space from Central Asia to Central Italy?

Because ancient Rome is cool, but there are no marine units in Rome right now.

[The Minsky Moment]

I don't get the premise - assuming away the time travel aspect, why would the unit move in space from Central Asia to Central Italy?

Because ancient Rome is cool, but there are no marine units in Rome right now.

Isn't there a big US naval base around Naples?

[Maximus]

To end up on the surface of the earth at all is quite a feat. The earth has moved a good deal since 23 BCE.

[Alexandru H.]

He wrote the old EU2 Sibir AAR that involved a time-travelling British that eventually transforms into a child and is taken care of by Washington.

The AAR is surely more interesting than US marines in Ancient Rome...

[Ed Anger]

The 173rd Airborne Brigade in NATO reserve in Italy time travels back to the beginning of life on Earth and jacks off in the primordial ooze.

[CountDeMoney]

The 173rd Airborne Brigade in NATO reserve in Italy time travels back to the beginning of life on Earth and jacks off in the primordial ooze.

I like my premise better, where a Spetnaz team in 1982 Afghanistan is transported back in time to 1282 Afghanistan, and doesn't notice a fucking difference.

[The Brain]

What about a Zhou unit suddenly finding itself in Shang?

[Crazy_Ivan80]

The 173rd Airborne Brigade in NATO reserve in Italy time travels back to the beginning of life on Earth and jacks off in the primordial ooze.

I like my premise better, where a Spetnaz team in 1982 Afghanistan is transported back in time to 1282 Afghanistan, and doesn't notice a fucking difference.

make it a shortfilm and you could have a prizewinner at some of the festivals.

[The Minsky Moment]

The 173rd Airborne Brigade in NATO reserve in Italy time travels back to the beginning of life on Earth and jacks off in the primordial ooze.

I like my premise better, where a Spetnaz team in 1982 Afghanistan is transported back in time to 1282 Afghanistan, and doesn't notice a fucking difference.

That's very unrealistic.  IRL, the cultural improvement of 1282 Afghanistan over 1982 Afghanistan would be quickly apparent.

[Zanza]

1282 is just a few decades after the utter destruction of the Mongol invasion. You should have picked another century.

[mongers]

The 173rd Airborne Brigade in NATO reserve in Italy time travels back to the beginning of life on Earth and jacks off in the primordial ooze.

I like my premise better, where a Spetnaz team in 1982 Afghanistan is transported back in time to 1282 Afghanistan, and doesn't notice a fucking difference.

That's very unrealistic.  IRL, the cultural improvement of 1982 Afghanistan over 2012 Afghanistan would be quickly apparent.

JR you messed the dates up, I've corrected it for you.

[Siege]

I am 99% sure the dude from Des Moines is an old EUOT member named prufrock (or something very similar).  He wrote a war on xmas aar over there.

It's still pretty awesome to get paid $120k to expound on a random internet post.


This isn't that interesting to write about though. Their technology isn't transmittable to the natives. It's just too advanced.

Better for a Spanish Tercio from the 30 Years War to get sent back to like 150AD. The noble in charge should know Latin, as would the priest and Spanish isn't that far off from Latin. It's definitely something the men could learn. Plus they'd have gunsmiths and blacksmiths who would be able to teach the down timers their techniques.

You can always downgrade your equipment.
Muzzle loaders still beat sword infantry at least 10 to 1.

Besides, it is the small things we know that give us victory. Hygene, proper diet, tactics, operational planning, etc.
A modern infantry battalion can conquer the ancient world by chosing what and when to fight, and with whom to ally.

My guess is that Hernan Cortez played this game the right way, and no Alt-Hist pseudo-writter will ever beat him.