User talk:Verence71



Welcome
I moved your topic to the right section. Mitro 14:38, December 21, 2009 (UTC)

Mildenhall Military Government
I have created an infobox for this article --Owen1983 15:13, December 24, 2009 (UTC) btw if you need help don't be afraid to ask


 * Sorry it took so long for me to reply to your message. Its perfectly alright to write about contact with nations that are already canon in case the nation in question is a proposal.  Mitro 22:26, January 19, 2010 (UTC)

don't mention it byddy Owen1983 16:08, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Omega Level Comics
Omega Level is going to be my company, as I will have survived Doomsday on Vancouver Island, and I love comics. So I figured I'd put some of the characters and concepts I liked at center stage. With no real competition for a while the characters would have time to build a following before they started competing with American Comics. Oerwinde 12:07, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

I have an idea for a survivor state based around the large town of Bourne. Wondering if you'd like to help because of your obvious interest in British survivor nations. Bob 20:14, February 15, 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea, although I don't know much about Lincolnshire. As for first contact I was thinking perhaps something like a trawler from one of the coastal villages in Woodbridge reaching Bourne in the aftermath of a storm at sea. There could also be trading and sporting link between Bourne and Woodbridge and Bourne could get goods from the wider world via Woodbridge as I'm thinkin of having port of Felixstowe reopened ..... Verence71 20:52, February 15, 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good since East Britain is meant to make contact since the coast is opened up to East Britain because of thefailure of the Fen pumps. Bob 21:24, February 15, 2010 (UTC)

So any first contact between Bourne and Woodbridge would take place post 2006?? Verence71 21:28, February 15, 2010 (UTC)

Yes and on your point about the military. The East British military consists of the State Guardsmen. These are volunteers. Being a (very) rural area, they would be probably armed with weapons such as shotguns which most farmers in Britain own. Therefore the State Guardsmen would be armed though not in the best quality or quantity, therefore severely constricting the size of East Britain. Bob 16:25, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Assuming a breakdown of law and order post-Doomsday unarmed civilians would look for protection and where better to look than to professional military types. Over the years this protection would become second nature which is why Woodbridge was, for about 17 years run by what might be called a military junta. As for political link between Bourne and Woodbridge it might be an idea for the two nations to have close links so we can present a united voice against the Celtic Alliance. I'm not talking about in a military sense but it occurs to me that the CA might sometimes be too much of a superpower in post-Doomsday Britain Verence71 19:04, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Woodbridge
I'll report the problem to Wikia and see what they say. Until then I reccomend not trying to edit the infobox. Mitro 18:36, March 1, 2010 (UTC)

Cheers Verence71 18:38, March 1, 2010 (UTC)

New Pound
Essex, as you'll know from having read the articles, is considering establishing a currency. I only really have put this bit in because I wanted the country to convert to using the New Pound, which Woodbridge uses, to strengthen economic bonds between the nations. Would you be open to the idea of Essex taking up the currency that Woodbridge uses in the near future (i.e., the next few months), with all the additional strains that would put on your mints and any related inflation?

And on that issue, just what exactly is a New Pound? I mean, is it a series of entirely new coin and note designs? Fegaxeyl 12:43, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Having given it some thought the New Pound does have new coin and note designs. I assuming that as society collapsed after Doomsday the old currency became somewhat obsolete. Barter was used in the first few years until things settled down

In principle I'd have no problem with Essex adopting the New Pound if we could find some way of Essex chipping in towards any increased costs. Maybe we could have Woodbridge and Essex each print and mint New Pounds with seperate designs for each country but which are legal tender in the other country much like the Euros made in OTL Verence71 14:55, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

That'll be fine, and Essex would be happy to establish mints and pay for any costs it may incur on Woodbridge as well as the costs of firing up the mints in Essex.. Fegaxeyl 19:47, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

How about there being an official ceremony on 1st June... On the stroke of noon the Essex ambassador to Woodbridge could make a ceremonial purchase using a New Pound made in Essex while the Woodbridge ambassador to Essex could do the same in Essex?? Verence71 10:41, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Brilliant! Something which leaves an opening for an inevitable micro-disaster to happen, like one of them having the wrong change and go down as a cultural legend. Fegaxeyl 16:06, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Of course if this works we could ask East Britain if they would be interested in adopting the New Pound. Btw I've pasted the paragraph about Essex adopting the New Pound into the Economy section of the Woodbridge article Verence71 18:06, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Somalia
You'v hit the nail on the head. Basicly all of the Somali states gained there indepedence and are now fighting each other. The most powerfull states in Somalia are now Somaliland and Puntland as they had the best organised resistance groupsVegas adict 08:03, May 16, 2010 (UTC)

I'm toying with the vague possibility of something based in Jubaland Verence71 14:36, May 16, 2010 (UTC)

I mentioned Jubaland in the Somali civil war artical as one of the first states to declare independence but its unsure what happens after thatVegas adict 17:49, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

In the "real" world this guy was a major player in Jubaland so I would imagine the same would be true in 1983DD.. Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan Verence71 18:04, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

Seeing that it would make sense for some remanents of the Somali government to end up in Jubaland after Somalia ceased to exist as an organised countryVegas adict 16:04, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

In OTL when he was overthrown Siad Barre originally fled to the region of Gedo which borders on the Ogaden region of Ethopia. This would tie in with the fate of the Somali government in your article Verence71 17:39, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

How about an entity that calls itself The Republic of Somalia but which only consists of the regions of Gedo, Middle Juba and Lower Juba. It would have three main factions; the Somali National Front, the Somali Patriot Movement and the Allied Somali Forces who are constantly fighting over the control of the capital Kismayo?? Verence71 15:23, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

That seems like a good idea to me, I'm asuming it would be like the OTL Somali Transistional Government as it would be in a state of almost constant civil war and unrest?Vegas adict 15:57, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

Exactly so, I would also assume that some of the Islamists currently fighting under the banners of Al-Shabab or Hizbul Islam would turn up in a similar guise in this world as well. .Verence71 17:38, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

Just like in real Somalia most of those factions will be clan-based Verence71 19:35, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

I think they'l be part of the International. Should be interesting when there talking with the Ethiopian and Puntland delegates.Vegas adict 16:38, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

Blue sky thinking
I just had a crazy little thought, but would RAF Duxford have survived? All it has is an airstrip, a bunch of old planes, and no particular military value; its easy to imagine it escaped nuking in 1983:DD. Could some of your Woodbridge pilots have activated whatever planes they could fly and evacuate them to Bentwaters-Woodbridge, or even sling them underneath your helicopters and ferry them away? The idea is a bit far-fetched, but if your people were feeling bold enough (and decided it had value) I can't see why they wouldn't go after nabbing a few vintage but still useful aircraft such as fighter planes and the B-17 Sally B stationed there. Fegaxeyl 17:49, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

It's a interesting idea but there were actually 6 squadrons of A-10 Thunderbolts stationed at the twin bases so Woodridge wouldn't have felt the need to take a trip to Duxford. In the aftermath of Doomsday I'm assuming Woodbridge would have concentrated on using the larger planes and helicopter but maybe they would have kept some of the Thunderbolts in working order Verence71 18:42, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

Useful images
You know I asked you for ideas on where to find images? Here are some of the best:

The plane isn't exactly the type used at Woodbridge but only a real anorak would complain. The copter however is one used by Woodbridge and the pic was actually taken at the USAF station

Verence71 19:06, July 14, 2010 (UTC)

Concluding the Wars
I've created this map, which shows the end result of our efforts in East Anglia. Note that you and East Britain have joint administration over (only) west Norfolk. If you have any problems please bring them up. Fegaxeyl 17:44, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

It seems fine to me and does give me a handy base for a any future attack into the rest of Norfolk Verence71 18:43, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

Verence, I've noticed you're only up to the 21st with your invasion article. If you would like I can help you edit and expand it, though if you want to remain sole editor that's perfectly fine with me. Fegaxeyl 10:04, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

What I could do is write the bare bones of the invasion to the "final assault" on Hunstanton which would be maybe 5 or 6 days worldtime and then if you have any suggestions for editing I'd be more than willing to take them onboard Verence71 10:45, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

If that works for you then let's do it! Fegaxeyl 14:59, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

I've just had to make a slight edit to the Invasion of Norfolk article cos I was having them move towards Downham Market which according to that map looks as if it already belongs to East Britain. That's okay though cos I just moved the assault a bit to the east :) Verence71 18:40, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

I've just completed work on the assault on Swaffham. There aren't really any big villages between that the coast although I'm thinking that a TBA clan might have taken over the former royal estate at Sandringham which might be the site for a nice little battle Verence71 18:37, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Call me whenever you want the article beefed up. By the way, want do you want done with Babergh? We both know that it'll be a kind of... an iffy issue, given that it is sandwiched right between our two nations. However, we both know that it would uneconomical to leave it fallow. As Essex has the greater population and always needs more farmland it would be more economical and practical if we took it at some point in the near future - unless your nation particularly wants or needs it. (We can always offer land concessions to Woodbridge citizens, after all.) Fegaxeyl 19:28, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps at some point in the future Woodbridge and Essex could sign a treaty under which Essex takes control of Babergh while Woodbridge gains sole control of the Condiminium of West Suffolk?? Verence71 19:46, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

That sounds good. Perhaps we could put the tentative 'handover date' around 2013-15? Fegaxeyl 20:07, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

That works for me Verence71 18:18, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

England
Hello!

Fegaxeyl mentioned that you're from England. I have a pair of articles, England (Napoleon's World) and far more importantly, The Anarchy (Napoleon's World) that he was kind enough to look over and give me some extremely helpful pointers on.

Since I want my re-edits to be as comprehensive as possible, I was wondering if you could do the same? The England page is really just a brief nation overview - the Anarchy page is a fully fleshed out article detailing a very violent English civil war. Fegaxeyl found some things I obviously need to change with it and I was curious if, whenever you had the time, you could do the same.

Hope to hear from you,

KingSweden 14:16, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

OBN proposal
Hey. Would you mind checking the talk page of the OBN article for a proposal I wrote. Thanks. 16:27, August 9, 2010 (UTC)Fegaxeyl

Electoral Observers
I'm just not keen on the idea, at least for Essex. It says that our governments corrupt, and putting extra expense into something which most citizens wouldn't even think happens. I'm not saying we aren't corrupt (and that's a future scheme I have for Essex), but I just don't think our governments need the system (yet). Essex is, of course, the oldest democracy of the nations, so citizens there would naturally be the most skeptical. Fegaxeyl 18:41, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough it was just a thought. I've edited the piece so the observers are available on request rather than compulsory. How about that?? Verence71 22:04, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

new section
i checked Woodbridge out and the bannew looks like the one I saw in Editorial Guidelines i tried so i went to edit view and ther was nothing there i guess it must be a wikia script or something --Owen1983 12:12, September 22, 2010 (UTC)

just to let everyone know
i don't know if you are all aware of the page Owen has set up Provincial United Kingdom (1983: Doomsday) i don't know what you want to do with it? i can think of a few things!--Smoggy80 18:00, October 5, 2010 (UTC)