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The world of Crimson Skies is an alternate 1930s diesel punk United States. Crime and piracy inundate the land, sea, and most prevalently, the skies. The United States has fractured into warring states
Instead of a unified country enduring the Great Depression, a series of catastrophic events systematically tore the United States apart throughout the 1920s. In 1920 there was the The Influenza Pandemic: A devastating regional epidemic caused states to panic, shut down borders, and rely entirely on local resources. Prohibition Bitterly Divides: Hostility flared between "wet" states that refused to outlaw alcohol and federal-aligned "dry" states. The Crash of 1929: The economic collapse served as the final straw, causing states to formally secede from the union to form separate coalitions. Due to constant regional warfare, the ground transportation system collapsed. Railroads and highways were left broken and unusable, shifting all trade and transit upward into the sky using massive propeller driven zeppelins which also serves as carriers for aircraft.
The aircraft of this world are exclusively propeller driven. They embody the spirit of innovation driving the often exotic and unconventional designs to the very bleeding edge of performance. The aircraft often break from the standard monoplane style seen in World War 2. They have pusher prop designs, twin boom bodies, construction, or Armed with machine guns, autocannons, flak launchers, magnetically guided rockets, and dropped bombs factions vie for control of trade routes, advanced aircraft designs, factories and goods.
Cities are designed around aircraft as the primary means of transportation. Huge sky scrapers dominate the skylines, often with built in airstrips and Zeppelin docks.
Factions include:
The Empire State: Centered around New York, a wealthy, aristocratic corporate hub protected by high-tech air militias. Fairchild F6II Brigand: A massive, dual-pilot heavy fighter powered by a thunderous 16-cylinder engine. It acts as a flying tank, brandishing four forward-facing 20mm cannons and an electrically operated rear-gunner turret to rip through swarms of fast-moving raiders.
The Nation of Hollywood: Located on the West Coast, a flamboyant, celebrity-run republic that uses Sea Haven as a coastal refuge. Signature plane: Hughes P21-J Devastator: The undisputed icon of the franchise. A tailless fighter featuring a distinct "pusher-prop" configuration (propeller on the back) and forward canards. It is heavily armed, wildly versatile,
The People's Collective: An agricultural, socialist block occupying the Midwest bitterly bordering the industrial states, using the heavily armed, hardy, tough but slow PR-2 Berkut.
The Industrial States of America. The reformed Midwest with Chicago as its capital. Heavy industrial capacity and sprawling manufacturing oriented cities. The center for 1930s quasi- Nazi German influence, seeking a foothold in the fractures USA. Signature aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw 193 Hellhound: Imported directly by the German Luftwaffe forces operating covertly across North America, this plane is a masterclass in European engineering—combining terrifying acceleration with tightly grouped nose weaponry. The industrial states also host large organized crime families who vie for control of Chicago and its wealth.
Arixo: A vast, lawless, and desolate desert state built from the remnants of Arizona and New Mexico. Deseret Air U-23 Cloud Raider: A light, high-climb fighter specifically engineered to scramble quickly from mountain bases or elevated zeppelin hangars to strike unsuspecting trespassers from above
The Navajo Nation: A highly militant, isolationist tribal territory that seized land from its neighbors to protect its borders. Signature Aircraft: P-45 Sky Fox, a nimble, lightly armed fighter with four .30 caliber machine guns in its wings that can fly circles around its competition.
