r/ImaginarySoldiers • u/wired_ghost • Dec 03 '25

Original Content [OC] technoliberal killing machines

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u/Dry-Indication7928 Dec 03 '25

Is this a 2nd American Civil War type scenario

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u/wired_ghost Dec 03 '25

Very brief context for north america in this world:

first american civil war ends in confederate independence

first and second world war leads to the union annexing the confederates

somewhere in the 2020s a global collapse leads to most of the world having localised regional wars with full nuclear warfare, USA falls into a second civil war with california seceding and stealing alaska and cascadia

renames itself to pacifica and in the context of north america essentially attempts to keep the civil war going for as long as possible to keep pacifica as safe for as long as possible

also the japanese empire won their side of ww2 but got curbstomped by every country in the pacific during the 2020s with pacifica annexing a part of japan

current year is 2054

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u/Low_Foot2293 Dec 03 '25

Cool art and that that sounds like an interesting world

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u/commandosbaragon Dec 03 '25

Won their side how, their side was the pacific. Like, what, did they get deeper into China or something?

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u/wired_ghost Dec 03 '25

they secure a chinese puppet and bringing most of SEA into their sphere, australia splits off from britain to pursue nuclear deterrance and a more aggressive policy against japan

by the 80s and 90s though the sphere is crumbling due to economic inequality and china / manchuria surging past them in gdp

by the 2010s they hollow out their military and most public programmes right before the global collapse, so during the 20s they essentially get bodied by both former colonies and the countries that see them as a threat

in 2054 hokkaido is annexed by the siberians, kyushu is an australian territory while the other two main islands remains occupied by pacifica and manchuria

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u/TimthePowerfull Dec 06 '25

Got me feeling patriotic for my state, fuck yeah California sweep

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u/CherryLeDesole Dec 04 '25

Lore hot as hell.

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u/comandertyner Dec 06 '25

Sounds like it’s a continuation of Harry Turtledove’s Southern Victory series

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u/SurpriseFormer Dec 03 '25

Do wonder do you do commissions?

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u/wired_ghost Dec 03 '25

unfortunately no, with how paypal is and me living in australia the hassle really isn't worth it

maybe one day

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u/Creeperatom9041 Dec 03 '25

ohhhh i love this! anything where I can find more?

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u/wired_ghost Dec 03 '25

if you want to see more art from me: https://www.deviantart.com/endzustand

for a general vibe search for the kuwait war

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u/RndmPersomOnNet Dec 04 '25

This is such a cool drawing. (Totally not a biased Californian)

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u/wired_ghost Dec 04 '25

i've seen the light of gavin newsome (i will never even visit the us)

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u/deadmemes5478 Dec 03 '25

Why doesn't the bear have 2 heads?

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u/Forever_Observer2020 Dec 03 '25

cool art! and interesting.

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u/diegoprime100 Dec 04 '25

There's something about the M16 and the M203 that just hits hard for me, I really like that combination.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '25

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u/wired_ghost Dec 03 '25

dw i still unironically call las vegas ‘new vegas’ in real life all the time