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EagleHammer

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Hi, i whant to Write a story about Sweden in war and kind of like an swedish resistance, i whant to write about war against som great power (not russia) preferaly US, but i can't come up with a reason for it, anyone that can help me.?
 
Oh right. America runs out of oil wells and decides to invade Norway and Sweden.
You can fight the Norwegians.
I actually was a bit of an avid story writer and I still write sometimes now... I have one story I'm working on at the moment.
But for a story to be worth anything it's got to be a bit convincing. A story of the US and Sweden alone going to war is quite frankly extremely silly, especially if you make the day and age the near future or even an alternative present.
One way you can make this story work is if you have it set maybe about fifty years from now, the US (maybe allied stronger with Canada and who knows maybe even Mexico) go to war against the European Union (which Sweden may or may not be a part of in that future you've made). Of course you'll need to include an explanation about what other powers are doing (i.e. China, India, Russia etc.). Of course if it is a story involving individuals it doesn't need to go into those things in depth but there should at least be a small explanation about what's going on with them. You can slip those in during a dinner conversation scene or with a guy fidgeting with a radio.
If you have regular US troops that we're familiar with these days patrolling your Swedish towns, it won't make much for a story. As long as you don't blow them up, they're generally about as nice as people in uniform come. For your story, you could of course say that the lack of people willing to fight has made America turn to Latin American mercenaries and you can have large chunks of your US forces formations made up of Mexican servicemen. Many of these guys can come from very poor backgrounds, and a lot of these mercenaries could be picked from outfits that fought for drug cartels and the like... but now armed with the latest in battlefield technology.
Ah there. I think I just did half the work.
But if you want my input on who Sweden is likely to get into a fight with, Russia is it. Or the EU if Sweden sides with Russia and the two decide to have a fist fight.
WAIT. Isn't this thing in the wrong forum? I think this would belong in "General Chit Chat"
 
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Say the USA got tired of taking a back seat to the EU, well, if the econemy here was in real bad shape, and Americans by and large viewed the EU as the main source of the ills, I suppose it could happen, but then Canada is also a NATO Member, and as such Canada would be Treaty Bound to fight with Europe, so, with all of NATO against us, except us of course, I for one do not see it happening.
 
Like I said, it is a very silly scenario to begin with. Why did you think I had to provide a very long entry to make this thing sort of work. Even then it`s very far fetched.
 
therise21 said:
How about swedens socialists take over the gov't and present a quasi-communist state?
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Actually a socialist party have the majority of people's votes and have been the leader for like 50 years, til last year but will probably be leader's again.

Back to business, i hade a idea about Germany annexing the very south of Sweden, beacuse of an Russian gasline running thru Swedish waters, in the future where natural resourses are scarse, (in like 5years),or the Sweden and Denmark have a territory dispute and us Come to Help Denmark.
 
Sounds interesting, I was never one much for writing. But, I can say you are taking a big undertaking. Congrats! When published, I'd to love learn your title.
 
For a German scenario I guess you could have a backdrop of the world in turmoil because of the lack of oil. Basically Russia's power could be rising immensely due to their oil reserves and perhaps Sweden's cut in the Russian oil pipeline could cause a major shortage in Germany. Sweden declines to cooperate in giving more oil because they are also running on fumes. Germany realizes that if it cannot secure those pipelines within two months, it's economy will collapse.
;)
p.s. you'll probably have to mention how Germany's alternative energy source experiments never lived up to their potential and Germany has been living in a virtual blackout for a whole month and people are starting to get very angry and riots are taking place everywhere.

Either way, writing is VERY fun.
Story telling in general is.
I love story telling whether it's writing a story, drawing cartoons or making scenarios for games (GHOST RECON!!)
 
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Or you could just use original material presented in a coherent manner instead of asking people that you dont even know to write you plot for you...

Write a documentary on Uganda before writing a fictional war book...
 
History books contain a lot of information you could use for fiction.
Often fiction is based on fact. It's just portrayed in a different place and time with different people.
 
As stated, write about something you know.
Something on a subject where you think you can contribute with your knowledge.

Oh, and why do you want Sweden to go to war with the US?

//KJ.
 
I have a better idea:

Sweden loses to the US in the final game of Ice Hockey World championship.The Swedes think they lost un-fairly and start violent protests. The US Navy ship in Stokholm harbor gets blown up.
Vou la!

You can do in reverse - US loses the World Cup...
 
HAHA brilliant!!!!!
Boris, you are a born writer.
Spanish - American war --> Swedish - American war.
Norway declares neutrality and the Americans have a free trip into Sweden. Sweden denounces Norwegian cowardice but the Norwegians claim that this is really a hillarious "f*ck you" to a previous incident.
 
Two holes in that scenario.
1. Sweden would never loose a hockey game to the US.
2. Norway loves us, we were their fair rulers for a few hundred years..

But good thinking outside the box..heh

//KJ.
 
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KJ said:
Two holes in that scenario.
1. Sweden would never loose a hockey game to the US.
2. Norway loves us, we were their fair rulers for a few hundred years..

But good thinking outside the box..heh

//KJ.
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According to the last World championship records
http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournamen...re/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=96

Sweden has lost to USA 3:2 in the preliminaries and 2:1 in the finals

However, i had given you two-way scenario:)
You can use whatever outcome you like:)
 
i dident even bother pulling out the sweedish and usa order of battle....but seriously, thats not a good case for the sweeds. there is no good reason for two western democracys to wage war with each other....
 
Either way, a story of being a resistance fighter under US occupation would be a rather bland read.
I mean, those guys would have it relatively easy with all those lawyers and press practically rooting for their side.
You could name a resistance under the Russians and THAT would be an interesting read. Basically pick an enemy who's country doesn't really believe in human rights. Now that's a story.
 
KJ said:
As stated, write about something you know.
Something on a subject where you think you can contribute with your knowledge.

Oh, and why do you want Sweden to go to war with the US?

//KJ.
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Well **** i don't like them,plus a recistance get's alot more credit if making progress against a much more superior power.
Plus í whant to have a story of a Swedish U-Boat sinking an aircraft carrier.
 
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