This is my overall scheme of warfare in the late 19th-early 20th century that underlies my VSFery. Of course, I reserve the right to change any and all details as I see fit...
The 'First Martian War', 1881; Martian Invasion of Earth (this is the War of the Worlds incident, lasting a couple of months)
'Second Martian War', 1886-1895; Earth nations, particularly British (as they have best access to Martian technology and eventually start to work out interplanetary travel) invade Mars - this is a colonial scramble leading to diferent competing zones of influence and control, but is fairly short-lived as war is hard to sustain at such a distance and colonies continue to slowly develop
'Third Martian War', 1909-16; this is more of a series of space-battles, between the Aether Fleets of Britain and Russia versus France and Austria (and allies of all of these) for control of the aether between Earth and Mars, and over territorial rights in outlying parts eg the Asteroid Belt
'Fourth Martian War', 1921-27; Re-invasion by Britain of Mars, to combat Franco-Austrian gains, but both Russian and Austrian ('The Astro-Hungarian Empire') zones (especially in the Asteroid Belt) are in revolt.
Now, what's happening on Venus in this time is...
CONAN , the board game
9 years ago
Inspired by one of the photos in the WIP posting, of a Ruritanian Anarchist pointing a pistol, and King albert of Ruritania in the firing line, I think the trigger for the Third Martian War may very well be the (?attempted ?succesful) assassination of Albert II of Ruritania in or around 1908 or maybe a little earlier... that seems like a good trigger for a war betweeen Austria and Russia, pulling in Austria's ally, France, and Russia's ally, Britain, doesn't it?
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