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Busy best selling authors [[David Weber]] and [[Eric Flint]] in [[2002]] (writing ''{{1633}}'' and {{ROF-1}}) originally contracted together and with [[Baen's Books]] to co-write the five {{plot thread|main thread|p="main series"}} books. When working on the long delayed {{34TBW}} novel and with the prolonged and ongoing demand for the series sequels, and considering the already experienced delays imposed by the difficulty of getting schedules between themselves synchronized (It took three planned "windows-of-opportunity" before one worked in ''The Baltic War'') well enough for the two to have the three to six months or so needed to collaborate successfully given the attention-to-detail needs, general reasonableness, and characteristic "historical accuracy" imposed by Flint from the beginning{{TheBeginning}}, 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 aborbed into British North American colonies behind the wall of ships helping the nascent [[British Empire]] come into being during the [[Seventeenth century]]).
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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 Webber]] ([[#Naval thread|see above The Naval thread]]) will in part involve expeditions sent by {{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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