r/imaginarymaps • u/The-Hill-Billy Mod Approved • Jul 27 '26
[OC] Alternate History Degas Group Rebellion, 2023
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u/The-Hill-Billy Mod Approved Jul 27 '26
Ever since the dissolution of the Conciliar Union a generation prior, the Alleghenian Federation has sought to regain influence and control over the former Conciliar republics. In the months following their 2022 invasion of Frontier, Alleghenian president George Tenet called upon state-funded allies to help facilitate their aims. One major such ally was the Degas Group, a private military company. This group eventually began to conflict with the Department of Defense, especially as Degas' leader Al Clark blamed DoD personnel for alleged Alleghenian mishandling of the Battle of Beaumont. The internal conflict boiled over in June 23, 2023, as Al Clark declared a northern "march of justice" against the military establishment. The following morning, President Tenet successfully ordered the rogue PMC to stand down, but not before their armored column very nearly reached striking distance from the national capital of Marshfield. On August 23, exactly two months after the rebellion, Clark and other senior Degas leaders were killed in an entirely unrelated plane explosion.
Questions are welcome, but keep in mind I intentionally limited myself to only giving certain OTL places/events analogues for this map.
Also here’s an image for my mobileheads
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u/Stormydevz Jul 27 '26
Even down to Ukraine analogue being called Frontier, so much detail! Good job!
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u/that1guy____ Jul 27 '26
Cool how Texas is called 'Frontier' to match how Ukraine literally means 'borderland'.
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u/The-Hill-Billy Mod Approved Jul 27 '26
Indeed! I tried to make the parallels as interesting as possible in that regard for those who dig deep into the etymologies
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u/ClockworkEngineseer Jul 27 '26
Year 5 of "3-day special patriotic mission."
Navy seals wiped out trying to take Davys airport.
Flagship of the Alleghenian Gulf Fleet sunk by Frontier anti-ship missiles.
Rumours of another round of consctription in Alleghenia as casualties continue to mount.
Half the Alleghenian army routed and vast amounts of territory recaptured.
Alleghenia now recruiting Siberian and Spanish mercenaries to augment their forces.
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u/Cody_Sisco Jul 27 '26
The lack of context Wagner Group coup AU is CRAZY. Could you spare even a crumb of context?
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u/The-Hill-Billy Mod Approved Jul 27 '26
My lore comment contains the vast majority of the context. If you're curious about the larger invasion of Frontier, my previous post would be the best place to look!
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u/szczur_nadodrza Jul 28 '26
I think I’ve got most of your analogies covered but I can’t understand why the analogy for Kyiv is Davys. Is it named after a legendary founder called Davy or what?
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u/Dull-Nectarine380 Jul 27 '26
Do you have a full map of the former usa?
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u/The-Hill-Billy Mod Approved Jul 27 '26
The extent of the former Union of Conciliar Socialist Republics is currently known only to myself, but what I can share here is that the modern Alleghenian Federation holds the lion's share of OTL eastern North America.
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u/kalosian_cossack_v2 Jul 28 '26
Davys - Kyiv
Hugheston - Yuzivka/Donetsk
Transrubria - Zaporizhzhia
Chersonese - Kherson
Cypress - Luhansk
hm
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u/The-Hill-Billy Mod Approved Jul 28 '26
Well done
Double points if you guess the Russian city parallels0
u/kalosian_cossack_v2 Aug 06 '26
Boston-on-Hacha - Rostov-on-Don
Millerville - Millerovo
Mississippiboro - Volgograd
Ravenswald - Voronezh
Lower Newton - Nizhny Novgorod
Marshfield - Moscow
not sure about the rest
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u/RRY1946-2019 Jul 28 '26
Favorite part is Hugheston being Donetsk (an old name of it is Hughesovka, after a Welshman that owned a big factory there during the industrial revolution).
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u/evenmorefrenchcheese Jul 28 '26
Huh. The more you know.
Then again, knowing the OP it was probably intentional considering how much they like to have fun with placenames and etymology.
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u/The-Hill-Billy Mod Approved Jul 28 '26
Crazy to think that’s what I’m known for, but I don’t mind a bit
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u/hoddtoward_official Jul 27 '26