Recent content by Peabody-Martini

For those who don't know, DSO, or Distinguished Service Order, was a British Military Order that was awarded to Officers for Operational Gallantry and Leadership just short of being awarded a Victoria Cross. It won't take too many guesses as to where Sir Malcolm's went.

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven 21st July 1980 Moscow, Russia Blood doping and testosterone were the words that were on everyone’s lips as the Summer Games moved into their third day. It seemed that the IOC had developed the means of detecting their use but had not told...

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Six 19th July 1980 Munich, Bavaria “You are flying out on Monday?” Vicky asked, with a bit of trepidation. She was seven months pregnant and Kiki had present at the births of her other children. She knew that she could trust Kiki without...

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Five 17th July 1980 Kashmir, North-West India For the last several days Malcolm had been hiking ever upwards, gaining in elevation as well as distance. The forested slopes had given way to snow covered mountains towering over steep baren valleys...

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Four 14th July 1980 Dorotheenstadt Cemetery, Mitte, Berlin It was a pleasant summer afternoon with the sun peeking out of. With it being a Monday, the cemetery was empty except for them. Kiki could hear birds in the trees, the buzz of insects...

Not quite, but there are restrictions for the US Military operating within the territorial United States. Operations do occur though, the Riverine Navy operating in the Sacramento Delta and the Napa-Sonoma Marsh, and Mississippi River system were mentioned. Still, there was a reason why USCG...

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Three 11th July 1980 Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island When Mike had arrived at Surface Warfare School in Newport, he had been told that he would spend most of his time studying. What no one had told was that beyond learning systems in the...

Inga was a Nun in the Order of Saint Clare for 20 years. While she didn't leave for any particular woman, she grew tired of living the monastic life to maintain the pretext and left for Berlin where no one would care if she were openly Gay.

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two 6th July 1980 Tempelhof, Berlin Sophie looked at the frame of her bicycle and wished that the paint would dry faster. All the parts were in boxes scattered about the shed and she needed to have it reassembled and tuned before she left for...

ITTL the partition didn't occur. The politics are interesting.

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-One 5th July 1980 Berlin For Inga to have one of the teenagers that she worked with being her niece was not a surprise. Most of her nieces and nephews had gone through similar things and some of them had even spent time with Inga, it was what...

Yes And Nancy who is understandably fed up with one of her daughters doesn't want to hear the opinions of the other at the moment. Gretchen hasn't exactly been a delight either.

The mid-70's VW Passat B1 2-Door Sedan. Possibly one of the least glamorous cars ever made.

Chapter Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty 29th June 1980 Kiel, Germany Erich had been a bit embarrassed when Gretchen had first seen his car, a VW Passat Sedan that had seen better days. The truth was that she didn’t care as she looked out the passenger side window at the street going...

For those of you who don't know what a Smallsword looks like. It is easy to see why Marie would have one.