Robert Scoles

thank you sir appreciate it.

ok give me till later today. got some work and writing to take care of. i'll fix both

I'm Recruiting for a development Team for a Mod Project i want to lead. The mod is about a 2nd American Civil War/WW3 story line. being that the last thread got off topic and was closed i urge that anyone who is interested please refrain from political discussion, or any talk about how realistic the concept is. A little about Myself: I'm 30 years old. i'm currently writing the story line of the single player portion of the mod. I'm not that knowledgeable of map design or texturing, and i know next to nothing about programming. but I'm very driven to learn about them and help on that level. if your interested please post the details about what knowledge and experience you have. I hope to hear from you all soon.

OK 1st America isn't Germany and Donald Trump jokes. 2nd In any situation the military would have to be nearly totally depleted. That as far as can tell would require nukes or neutron bombs. which wont be used in the story at all. 3rd the united states military is very well managed and maintained. There is no nation that could beat it with out significant resources at their disposal and an economic crisis on our end to top it off. Both of which i intend to use in the story. 4th the things that keep nations like Russia and China from landing any troops are the fact that they would need an army of at lease 5 million to beat the European nations. then they would need a navy of at least 1200 ships (1500 if they wanted to invade the united states.) There are so many things that would have to go right, and so many resources would be needed. something neither party would have being kept busy with other nations to fight along with our own forces. 5th A war Weary united States would only be War Weary n that way if the war was carried to our home soil. Dude i hate to break it to you. but that kind of thing wouldn't happen in the modern era.

Exactly!!! you get it. Now as for Trump i'm considering using fictional characters for political leaders, (you Should see who im gonna be writing in for the governor of Illinois. however in his case its gonna be tough. I'm not sure i could write a better character the him hes a living breathing contradiction. hes arrogant as can be but I've seen him have enough humility to make fun of himself and take a joke, if i didn't know him to be a real person i would say hes a character from a Book, Movie, or TV Show. i'm genuinely not sure how to write a better character then him. But I'll Try my best.

That's kind of what i'm going for. The western and northeastern states are already pretty left leaning in there policy. if the Dollar stopped being the worlds reserve currency it would cause investors to move away from the dollar and invest elsewhere that's what the economic catalyst is. what would enrich those countries would be trade deals with china in return for agreeing to use the yen as there reserve currency. this would allow china to send arms, ammunition, even people to train California's new military to prepare for a possible conflict with the US. other states leaving and increasing economic and troubles for the US and straining relations between the US and seceded states. other incidents result in other states leaving the union before hostilities break out. as for south america they will play a role in WW3 in the Mod just not quite in that way. I'll have a Brief run down on what each country is doing. i'm still trying to work it all out.

Why do people think Russia or China can invade the United States? I Genuinely do not understand how people could entertain the concept as anywhere near possible. they would have to cross the entire pacific ocean good luck not getting spotted, by radar, container ships, fishing boats, military, and coast guard patrols, satellites, and aircraft, from 3 major US naval bases, (Okinawa, Guam, And the Base still at Pearl Harbor) also avoiding being spotted by 4 of our allies in the pacific. (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and The Philippines.) Even if any nations military managed to get past all that and land in California they would need a force of at least 500,000 troops (which neither Russia nor China have the have the navy in order to pull off) to take and hold cities as large as the ones in California. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the farmland and wine country area in the middle of the state. then they have to get past the mountains. which by the time they took those cities the entire country would know about what was going on and would be up in arms about it. Not Forgetting the military that would swoop in and kill and destroy the entire enemy force in about 5 months at the longest. to have guerrillas face an enemy force would be an This why a mainland invasion of the united states would just never happen at all. Every nation knows this. Which is why it would Boil down to someone Funding and supplying states that have left the Union and Manipulating those in power in those states to get more aggressive with the US government in order to cause provocation. given the economic instability and decline that would happen to the united states in the mod it would give California and other states not only Political and Social Incentive, to Leave the Union but now also Economic incentive as well.

WW3 is going on while this happens. in fact its one of the catalysts to the conflict along with an economic instability due to the dollar being replaced by the yen as the worlds reserve currency. I'm still writing this out so i can replace the main characters political positions as amalgamations of people to help get away from the real world personalities. as for the time period its I wouldn't mind moving it into the future except i want to keep it grounded in the present for a purpose.

While Trump is a Main Character of the Story. He is not the Chief cause of the War he along with California and other states are swept up in Circumstances beyond his Control. Alot of it is Economic, and Financial Influence on the International Level. It's not gonna be some Single issue problem but underlying issues that have built up for a long time, combined with economic Changes that Offer better Opportunities for The states Leaving the Union. (P.S. It's not just California.) As for those who are going to be fighting for the states that secede. In the story plenty of people will Immigrate to these States for Jobs and Money. Not just those From Mexico, and The Middle East, But from States that Haven't Left the Union as well. These People not only Fill the Jobs, and Homes, but also the Ranks of Armies, Navies, and Air Forces, of each State, Confederation, or Federation.

I'll Consider writing something about it. I'm still hammering out how the War will go but i'll try and see if i can address it.

I completely understand your position and agree with almost all of it. The plain truth of the matter is that while i don't want to play to deeply into the politics around the nation the simple fact is that its more likely for California to secede then it is for China/ North Korea, or Russia to invade the Mainland United States. I instead wish to show a sobering reminder to people what war on american soil would look like in a certain set of circumstances which BTW aren't to unrealistic. I don't encourage anyone to start pushing for Secession, Political, Cultural, Religious, or National Extremism. In fact I want them to understand that if this war happens or if it never does happened it would be a bloodbath on their streets, in their homes, their schools, and most importantly in their very lives. I cant and won't be able Control what people think and feel from this. But i do Hope I can show them How I Hope it will be interpreted and How I would look at a Situation like this if it happened in real life. As for the exact details there will be out forces manipulating both sides in some way. but i will not simply portray one side as good and the other side as evil. both will have Good qualities even great achievements, but both will also have Terrible Flaws and Misdeeds occur at there hands. I want to make this as realistic as possible. I'm thinking of it as part of a WW3 Scenario but without Nukes. I'll Post up a Storyline as soon as i have a Dev team ready and the Writing has been edited and is presentable.

Here are some I've been gathering as possible maps for the mod. What Do you say we combine our efforts and make this mod together? I'm not sure what state this is in i think its oregon. But its Jackson County from what i understand. http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=28505 Santa Catalina Island http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=29035 It says this terrain is based on nevada http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=32230 this is Block Island which i believe belongs to rhode island http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=32213 a Smaller version of Manhatten i believe http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=23869 Mountain Wilderness would do good as a Rocky Mountain Map http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=32527 this is the islands and dock areas of new york harbor including southern manhatten and brooklyn http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=31092 with the jets DLC coming out this would do good as a naval map http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=30348 Kelleys island i'm thinking of something to do with that http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=31573 A kansas town I'm thinking the Western Seperatist forces could push into the mid west http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=30075 Angel Island in san francisco bay http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=29018 with a few things altered this los santos map could make do as a los angelas map http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=31061 this could also help with police officer skins in the mod https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/173618-max-los-angeles-police-department-mod/

I'm gonna be writing a summary of the lead up to the War and Units and Parties involved. There are a good Set of Maps that could be used in the Mod. I'll post links to them up here soon. If anyone Knows someone who can point me to a Modder or Group of Modders who could help me get this made.

Just wanting to throw an idea out here see how people respond to it. What would you all think of a mod of an alternate reality Where a 2nd Civil War breaks out in america and because its ww3 and our military is busy overseas fighting China, Europe, and the Middle East. So Its up to Police, State Defense Forces, and some National Guard Forces to Not only Defend the Homefront but Also defeat a home grown, Foreign Supplied and Funded Enemy Force. Any Thoughts?