1984 scenario

[Ozymandias]

I've always imagined the war as one being deliberately held in a sort of WW1 trench-warfare state, without the possibility of breakthrough. The only weapon system I recall (and it's been a LONG time since I read the book) was the "floating fortress" which would seem to underline the supremacy of defensive measures.

Given the delicate balancing act a nation would have to undergo to maintain the literally most basic standard of living for its people while actually (and, of course, in the book, "actually" is a question) at war, I can easily imagine an "accidental" breakthrough on some distant front throwing off -- or threatening to throw off -- the entire delicate balancing act and true 3-way global war ensuing.

Just a thought.

Best,

Oz

 

[Spacer One]

I've always imagined the war as one being deliberately held in a sort of WW1 trench-warfare state, without the possibility of breakthrough. The only weapon system I recall (and it's been a LONG time since I read the book) was the "floating fortress" which would seem to underline the supremacy of defensive measures.

Given the delicate balancing act a nation would have to undergo to maintain the literally most basic standard of living for its people while actually (and, of course, in the book, "actually" is a question) at war, I can easily imagine an "accidental" breakthrough on some distant front throwing off -- or threatening to throw off -- the entire delicate balancing act and true 3-way global war ensuing.

Just a thought.

Best,

Oz

The "accidental" break through being "Goldstein"???

Trench warfare is a great idea...with "rockets" fired from outposts...
Make "Nukes" a wonder as noone acctually fires them??

 

[TheQuietThing]

The "accidental" break through being "Goldstein"???

That would be the best way.

Also nukes should be a unit, because the intention was always to use them, Orwell explains the overall strategy of the powers as being, more or less, isolation of one, nuke them into oblivion, and then a fight to the death of the other two.

Is there a floating fortress unit out there, or could someone do one?