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The basic rule is: NO CHEATING. There will not be any "convenient" stuff that wouldn't likely be in a small town. (No military convoys which just "happen" to be parading through town, for instance). On the other hand, the population of the town (which includes a lot of coal miners from the area who are in town that day for a wedding) are the type of blue-collar folks who can jury-rig damn near anything if the stuff is either there or can be obtained.{{I2}}

Finally, a TIP. Alternate history novels have a tendency (for obvious dramatic reasons) to focus too narrowly on the military dimension of the problem. I want to cast a broader net. ... (more)}}</ref>, the two decided to alter their original planning and spin off a new thread—one based on the {{USE}} as a naval power, which historically alters the fact that 1632_characters#Gustavus_II_Adolphus_of_Sweden|Gustavus]]'s [[Swedish Empire]] was not (Many are unaware that Sweden did colonize north America—colonies which were absorbed into British North American colonies behind the wall of ships helping the nascent [[British Empire]] come into being during the Seventeenth century).

>, the two decided to alter their original planning and spin off a new thread—one based on the {{USE}} as a naval power, which historically alters the fact that {{Gustavus}}'s [[Swedish Empire]] was not (Many are unaware that Sweden did colonize north America—colonies which were absorbed into British North American colonies behind the wall of ships helping the nascent [[British Empire]] come into being during the Seventeenth century).

====The Americas thread====

Stories in [[1632 Slushpile]] regarding obtaining strategically important materials and some which have reached publication in regard to the {{16inst|Essen Steel Corporation}} and {{16inst|Essen Chemical}} are foreshadowing activities (mining [[Chromium]] for one) in [[North America]], and others are pursuing [[latex]] [[Rubber]] in [[South America]]. In addition, the three books contracted between Flint and [[David Weber]] ([[#Naval thread|see above The Naval thread]]) will in part involve expeditions sent by {{[[1632_characters#Gustavus_II_Adolphus_of_Sweden|Gustavus}}]] and {{16char|[[Mike| Stearns}}]] to American shores, as Stearns ([[de facto]]: Flint's alter-ego), has a burn to address and cut off the slave trade as he did in his Rivers of War series.

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