Deleted Storylines

The following is a list and brief summary of storylines that were once considered for Map Lore, with varying degrees of work put into them, before being dropped and thus were never part of the canon.

## GUISS

### Gwok Hoon's return- 'I am inevitable'

By 2235 the Supreme Soviet was in chaos with both the PPG and RP failing to meet the wishes of the people. While in session on the 2nd May a mysterious, soaked and hooded figure enters the Hall of Soviets shooting the guards next to him. He reveals himself to be Gwok Hoon and declares that he can solve all of GUISS' political problems. With Gwok Hoon in charge, GUISS would once again enter isolation from the international stage. Hoon would also echo his old foreign policy, that being his positive view of Tekin's regime in Neo Europe, with Hoon condemning Franz's removal power claiming that the "bureaucrats had once again taken power in Neo-Europe".

## Nordica (The Realm)

### The hunt for Sebastian Bauer

Plans were in place for a continuation of the Sanctorum Crisis, when its leader, Sebastian Bauer escapes arrest by Panamanian led forces. From here, he goes on the run, while those loyal to him continue to carry out attacks on his behalf. Each relocation would see a new wave of attacks that would hit across the Realm, including a number of these in Indomalaya, likely alongside more in Neo-Europe. Once Bauer was instead arrested, the attacks in Indomalaya were redistributed in the initial time period, which further pushes the 'Fall of Nordica', specifically that Nordica only defends others when a tragedy strikes.

### A resurgent Mirravirus

At one stage, The Realm was to be hit with a mutated strain of Mirravirus, as a far off effect of the third world war. however, with the scavravirus pandemic emerging not long before this would be set up, the storyline was ditched.

### A new cold war

With a successful transition of power from Ekrim Tekin to his adoptive son, Franz Stuttgart-Tekin, Neo-Europe would enter into a cold war with Freya's Atlantic Empire. However, Franz's death, and the collapse of the Tekinian regime put an end to that. Freya would build the Atlantic Confederation regardless, instead manipulating multiple nations into a union, rather than using an external threat to galvanise the people. Regardless, it would have been an interesting change, and one that almost happened, as can be seen below.

## Neo-Europe

### Tyrant Emperor Oliver

Emperor Oliver Von Stuttgart was perceived as a tyrant by his opponents. In actuality, he was a little misguided, but his actions weren't malicious in nature. Yes, he tried to close the commons. What now stands as a mistake was initially the start of Oliver removing his opposition and installing an autocracy even greater than that of his grandfather. This Oliver would have seen Franz as too weak and compromising, so he would have liked to restore glory and power to the Stuttgarts. This was dropped for no apparent reason, other than simply forgetting about it. Instead, we see tyranny in the form of Oscar Murphy. Speaking of which...

### Murphy Faked his Death

It is known that General Secretary Oscar Murphy died from a brain tumour in 2147... or did he? In the correct timeline, he was out of public view for nearly two years. It was briefly considered that Murphy would 'die,' then reappear shortly after, having 'miraculously recovered' from his illness (in actuality he would have either never had it, or it was not as serious). This would have given NESR the boost they needed in the war, as announcing Murphy's death was one of many failures that would plague NESR and ultimately contribute to their failure in the conflict.

### Supreme Marshal Ader

Before Ekrim Tekin was conceived as a character, provisional ideas were made for war hero Albert Ader to be the one to stage a military coup against Alexander Miliband. Due to his high status, he would have had the support of many, but it would have also seen him lose popularity. While this did not go very far, if it did, the military dictatorship would likely have ended sooner, given Ader's age, or it may have fully ingrained itself into Neo-Europe. It was dropped due to there being greater potential with a new character, as well as the change in Ader's behaviour - after all, he fought to restore democracy and the monarchy to Neo-Europe. Elements of this idea remains in places and were quickly substituted for Tekin - for instance, he was a protege of Ader instead of Ader himself.

### Tekin dies in the Falklands

This was briefly considered - Tekin was to have died in the Falklands skirmish and clone rebellion of 2194. However, this was soon changed for it to be a clone playing as Tekin, with the real one hiding in a Turkestani bunker. It being a last-minute change can be seen in how the clone acted exactly as Tekin would, i.e. shooting the leader of the clone centre, and wanting to do the mission himself. It was dropped simply due to Tekin being such a fun character, as well as him not yet being used to his full potential. If this were to happen, it is likely Ghislaine Fabron would have continued Tekin's regime, albeit ultimately fail and cause a country-wide rebellion, with many more consequences.

### CEHN Win

This idea was toyed with. At one point, CEHN was to have been a permanent addition to Map Lore as a rebel nation away from the grips of Earth, intended as a parallel to early America (which the war itself is also somewhat inspired by). Obviously, their relationship with Neo-Europe would be very strained. This was dropped primarily because Neo-Europe's space colonies were still useful to the nation, and Tsatsos had to be elswhere... doing stuff....

### A Dynasty of Tekins

It was once considered that Tekin's legacy would be more permanent; he would be the first in a long line of related Supreme Marshals to rule over Neo-Europe for centuries to come. The main reason this was dropped early, embarrassingly, was so Ernest Jackson could take power in 2239, as notes stated he remembered the Third World War. That's it, that's pretty much the reason why...