Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
A lot of people have been talking about how they see the BF:Evo timeline playing out in other threads, and I thought it'd be a fun idea to collate them all in one thread for a general discussion. To kick things off, here's what I envision going down:
1: Facing increasing pressure at home, the US either pulls out of Iraq or falls back to a smaller, but easier to secure region. This leads the brewing Civil War to erupt, further igniting tension between Sunni, Shi'ite and other Islamic factions in the region. Chaos reigns as micro states and semi-independent city nations rise and fall. Fearing renewed US adventurism as well as resource grabs from other nations, the more stable countries in the region propose the MEA, an ad-hoc strategic alliance allowing a framework for hostile factions to put aside their differences long enough to prevent outside forces form encroaching upon then. Any middle Eastern nation can call upon MEA mediators to broker a cease-fire in the face of external threats. At the same time, Islamist terror groups ramp up their operations in Europe and America, demanding an immediate pull-out of all foreign forces from the Middle East.
2: The rise of the European Federation and gradual pull-out of US forces from Europe leads to a strong militant movement across mainland Europe. EFTF troops begin to operate around the globe in peacekeeping roles independent of NATO or UN organisation, leading to accusations of a resurgance of European Imperialism from African and Middle Eastern countries, as well as from reactionary American politicans.
3: Reeling from the descent into chaos in the Middle East, as well as successful Islamic terror strikes on American Soil (conventional weapons only, and none on the same scale as the WTC attacks), the US enters a more reactionary and isolationist stance. Small Task Forces operate overseas largely to protect US interests, but also to engage in gunboat diplomacy and peacekeeping similarly to the EFTF (being a mix of true peacekeeping and sly resource grabbing on both faction's sides)
4: China, looking to increase living space and grab resources, begins to push through Asia into European states yet to join the European Federation, and downwards into the middle East. This is done through a mix of small skirmishes and intimidatory deals. The PLA's objectives are as much to weaken the US and EF as they are to secure resources. EFTF forces are deployed in former Warsaw Pact countries, as well as India and Pakistan, but a combination of being spread thin, moderating local conflicts, and being undermined by deals between their host countries and China means they're only marginally successful in preventing Chinese forces from reaching their targets.
5: In the face of general diplomatic breakdown (though not all out war), the NATO alliance is largely disregarded, and the UN is even more of a paper tiger than it is in the current day (though it still retains some influence and prestiege amongst second and third world countries). The major nations continue to pay lip service to diplomacy and prefer to act out small proxy wars and skirmishes and raids rather than fully declare war, so keep supporting the organisations to maintain the illusion of orderly international relations
1: Facing increasing pressure at home, the US either pulls out of Iraq or falls back to a smaller, but easier to secure region. This leads the brewing Civil War to erupt, further igniting tension between Sunni, Shi'ite and other Islamic factions in the region. Chaos reigns as micro states and semi-independent city nations rise and fall. Fearing renewed US adventurism as well as resource grabs from other nations, the more stable countries in the region propose the MEA, an ad-hoc strategic alliance allowing a framework for hostile factions to put aside their differences long enough to prevent outside forces form encroaching upon then. Any middle Eastern nation can call upon MEA mediators to broker a cease-fire in the face of external threats. At the same time, Islamist terror groups ramp up their operations in Europe and America, demanding an immediate pull-out of all foreign forces from the Middle East.
2: The rise of the European Federation and gradual pull-out of US forces from Europe leads to a strong militant movement across mainland Europe. EFTF troops begin to operate around the globe in peacekeeping roles independent of NATO or UN organisation, leading to accusations of a resurgance of European Imperialism from African and Middle Eastern countries, as well as from reactionary American politicans.
3: Reeling from the descent into chaos in the Middle East, as well as successful Islamic terror strikes on American Soil (conventional weapons only, and none on the same scale as the WTC attacks), the US enters a more reactionary and isolationist stance. Small Task Forces operate overseas largely to protect US interests, but also to engage in gunboat diplomacy and peacekeeping similarly to the EFTF (being a mix of true peacekeeping and sly resource grabbing on both faction's sides)
4: China, looking to increase living space and grab resources, begins to push through Asia into European states yet to join the European Federation, and downwards into the middle East. This is done through a mix of small skirmishes and intimidatory deals. The PLA's objectives are as much to weaken the US and EF as they are to secure resources. EFTF forces are deployed in former Warsaw Pact countries, as well as India and Pakistan, but a combination of being spread thin, moderating local conflicts, and being undermined by deals between their host countries and China means they're only marginally successful in preventing Chinese forces from reaching their targets.
5: In the face of general diplomatic breakdown (though not all out war), the NATO alliance is largely disregarded, and the UN is even more of a paper tiger than it is in the current day (though it still retains some influence and prestiege amongst second and third world countries). The major nations continue to pay lip service to diplomacy and prefer to act out small proxy wars and skirmishes and raids rather than fully declare war, so keep supporting the organisations to maintain the illusion of orderly international relations
