Chain 227: Wolfenstein - The New Order

Chain 227: Wolfenstein - The New Order

Location: Berlin, 1̶9̶6̶0̶  1946
Age: 28
Identity: Nazi Scientist
Drawbacks: [0] Early Start

[Free]      Say It Right
[100/1000]  Bloody Science
[300/1000]  Skullface
[600/1000]  Secret Thieves
[1000/1000] Da’at Yichud Library

You've heard of Project Paperclip, haven't you? At some point or another, I'm sure you have. That's how we got to the moon, after all. That's how we got ICBMs. That's how rocketry became viable outside of Germany.

Imagine the reaction of the Allies if one of Germany's scientists were to defect - claiming he'd been laboring because to speak out meant the death of not only his family but others' families. Especially when this were in the wake of a failed assassination attempt on the Axis' leadership and the destruction of half the American fleet in the Pacific. A scientist who hid his family's past in order to try to save those who were otherwise doomed to be experiments. A scientist who could single-handedly turn the tide around. Skepticism? Certainly. But the fact that he was able to get out of Germany and to the continental United States under his own power says quite a bit, to say nothing of the scraps of alien technology and the knowledge of far more that he brought with him.

Morale in the United States was certainly low at this point... but with someone that could point the way, who was in truth about as German as the President, the tide could be turned. The Germans had weaponized much of this technology, but despite the advanced nature of such things, their resources were limited. The United States on the other hand, not nearly as much so. The draft was a harsh mistress, but with the basic principles applied across industrialization? Suddenly troops could hold the line, if only just barely, where before they were being bulldozed.

Infantrymen with mech suits, each the match of a tank.

Aircraft that fired effective missiles, even if they were still propeller-using fighters.

Naval artillery upgraded to rail-propelled rounds.

Super-soldiers who wielded flashy telekinetic powers that could devastate a battlefield. (... wait a minute, I think those may have come from somewhere else.)

And as the time continued to roll on, the Axis found that while they lacked a monopoly on exotic technologies, they at least had a familiarity with it. Unfortunately... the Allies went with "good enough" and made sure all their men had sufficient weapons, rather than the latest and greatest. And of course, the Soviets had the numbers, and quantity has a quality all its own.

Berlin fell, with BJ Blazkowicz putting a bullet in Hitler's forehead personally.