Soviet Union
Names: Soviet UnionSovietsUSSR
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 32 (10)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 42Soviet citizens celebrated with dancing in the streets and demand that MacGregor's proposal be implemented.
- Ch 63The Soviet Union is disintegrating through revolts in Central Asia and Azerbaidzhán, and has declared war on all Islamic nations while delaying force.
- Ch 66Near disintegration with conflicts in Transcaucasia; its military mistook the Simbiari fleet for a Chinese secret weapon and sent MiGs.
- Ch 72The Soviet dictator is dead; the Politburo begs exiled Soviet operants to return and unify the nation amid civil war, offering them power.
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 63Soviet operants arrested
Kumylzhensky declares war on Islamic nations but delays force. He arrests all Soviet operants as suspected traitors, which later shifts world opinion against anti-operant prejudice.
- Book 1 · Ch 66Soviets misread the manifestation
When MiGs approach and Soviets suspect a Chinese secret weapon, the Magnate declares the Lylmik ploy a failure and orders the fleet back into orbit and invisibility.