Alternate Biographies for the Red Alert Universe

[Xen]

I've always wanted to start one of these, but I've always been beat to them.

Alternate Biographies for the Red Alert Universe

Let us assume the space time continuum is altered for the final time after the events of Red Alert 3.

The world looks like this, both the Soviet Union and the Empire of the Rising Sun have been defeated, and had been occupied by the victorious allies until the late 1990’s. The Soviet Union has been dissolved, and the Tsar (descendents of Vladimir) has been restored. In Japan the Emperor was forced to abdicate, and a Republic established. Both are now rather docile.

These are the rules, nothing too extravagant, but important

1) Do not contradict another poster
2) Lets keep these biographies in the modern era (1950-present)
3) For the sake of argument we will assume the First Red Alert War occurred in the 1950's and the Second Red Alert War (and subsequently third) Red Alert War occurred in the 1970s, with the Yuri War being butterflied away by the Third Red Alert War. Yuri is dead! No fear from him.
4) Be somewhat realistic, but since the parallel universe is a bit fanciful, embellish a little.
5) No altering the timelines (IE there is no CSA so do not mention it)
6) If a country is not listed above, then its free game, do what you will with it

Here we go

Barrack Obama – US Air Force Colonel, and graduate of the Air Force Academy. Obama currently commands the Allied Apollo base near the Turkish capital, Istanbul

John McCain – A Second Red Alert War veteran, and navy pilot best known for leading the allied defense at Pearl Harbor. A highly decorated sailor, McCain was killed at the Battle of Tokyo Bay in 1973.

George W. Bush – A battle hardened combat pilot who served during the Second Red Alert War in Europe. Bush is the leading voice for the Veterans for Peace movement, stating “War is Hell; we don’t need some political type persons sending men to die so they can get votes.”

Rosie O’Donnell – A comedian and television personality, O’Donnell is the star of the Comedy Channel’s Rosie Report.

Stephen Colbert – A liberal political commentator for Fox News and co-host of the popular Hannity and Colbert Show. In spite of their political views, Sean Hannity and Colbert are close friends.

Bill Clinton – A conservative American evangelist who rose to national prominence in the late 1970’s. Clinton served in the US Navy during the Second Red Alert War, and spent two years in a Soviet POW camp. During his time in the Navy, Clinton met his future wife Susan Atkins at a strip club in San Francisco.

Charles Manson – A grunt in the Allied Army, Manson was killed defending Brighton Beach from Soviet Invasion.

John F. Kennedy – Like so many others of his generation, JFK served during the Red Alert Wars, Kennedy fought in the North Atlantic during the First Red Alert War on board the submarine, USS Bonefish. After the war Kennedy settled in New York and became a journalist for the New York Times, and a renowned playboy, amongst his many scores (which includes Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and Jane Russell) was his sister in law, Jacqueline, with whom he fathered a son Patrick.

Hank Aaron – Was en route to becoming baseball’s homerun King when Soviet Troops invaded the United States. Aaron led the Atlanta resistance and lost a leg from the knee down after a botched attack on a Soviet barracks. Aaron was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1977, and died in 2003.

George Lucas – A former Air Force pilot and Second Red Alert War veteran, Lucas’ Airwing participated in the Battle of Leningrad, and was in the formation that destroyed Premier Cherdenko’s rocket. Following the war, Lucas got involved in directing and screenwriting, out of his own pocket he produced a low budget Star Wars film which has become a cult phenomenon and was remade using state of the art graphics in 2004 with Peter Jackson as the director.

Erwin Rommel – A German Field Marshall, and Allied hero during the First Red Alert War. Rommel’s abilities are credited with turning the tide of the war in Europe. During the war, Rommel developed many close friendships including with American General Douglas MacArthur. Following the war, Rommel was elected President of the Federal Republic of Germany, and died in 1969, just a few months before the Second Red Alert War.

 

[Xen]

Ya know this probably belongs in the ASB forum

If so can someone please move it there, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking about that when I posted this.

 

[Xen]

What no takers? I thought this would at least get one or two people interested.

 

[Xen]

Jane Fonda - American movie actress who was forced to serve against her will as a Soviet Comfort woman. She was rescued by Allied forces in Hollywood and joined the American resistance and was awarded multiple times for her bravery.

Joseph P. Kennedy - Elected Vice President of the United States in 1956 as the running mate of Lyndon B. Johnson, and succeeded him as President when he was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy was married to Jacqueline Bouvier with whom he had two children daughter Rosemary and son Joseph III. It was discovered his youngest child Patrick was fathered by his younger brother John. Kennedy lost his bid for re-election in 1968 to Republican Senator Michael Dugan of Michigan.

John Lennon - An English rock star famous for being the frontman of the Beatles. Lennon unwillingly found himself pressed into service and served on the frontlines of the Allied defense at Brighton Beach where he was ultimately wounded and confined to a wheelchair.

Alyssa Milano - An American Athlete who broke the gender barrier when she made her major league debut with the Los Angeles Angels in 1990. Milano has been elected to the all-star team 11 times, and has won two AL MVP awards, 1990 Rookie of the Year, and 5 gold gloves as a second baseman.

Shannen Doherty - Known best for her porn career, Doherty is a pioneer in merging the porn industry with mainstream Hollywood.

Kari Wuhrer - Is an A-list actress best known for her role as Special Agent Tonya in the movie based around the Second Red Alert War. The resemblance between the real life Agent Tonya and Wuhrer is uncanny.

Elizabeth Hurley - A British born Allied Special Agent, throughout the late 1980's and 1990's Hurley's semi-nude image appeared on recruitment posters across the Allied nations encouraging young men to join her in the fight to preserve Democracy.

Tom Cruise - An allied Naval Officer currently serving on the Aircraft Carrier USS Michael Dugan operating out of the Allied base in Pearl Harbor.

 

[Strategos' Risk]

These are cool ideas.

 

[Angel Heart]

Vladimir Zhirinovsky - A dissident and leader of the anti-Soviet movement who wants to restore the Russian Empire.

Vladimir Putin - Former KGB agent during RA2, head of the Soviet enterprise Gazprom and protégé of the Soviet premier. The Allies refer him as "Doctor Gasfield". He was portrayed by Daniel Craig in the latest James Bond Movie "A Pipe on the Line".

 

[Blue Max]

Hmm, a few others:

Jack Chick: American Tourist killed in Brest-Litovsk during "the Maydays" at the start of the second war.
Bai Chongxi: Strongman leader of the Republic of China, after the 1951 death of Chiang Kai-Shek. The Soviet decision to invade China instead of attempting to support the Communist Factions solidifed Nationalist rule in the Country.
Hermann Goring: WW1 war hero turned right wing radical; died of a drug overdose in 1947.
Nikolai Yezhov: The "Bloody Dwarf" came to power riding a wave of purges in the Soviet Union as Stalin's head of the NKVD. After Stalin's Death in 1953, the purges would escalate as the Hatchetman became the new master of the Soviet Union.
Steven Hawking: Brilliant US Physicist whose work on quantum mechanics would allow the devastating "singularity bomb" to be deployed against Japan.
Adolf Hitler: Child killed by abusive father in a drunken fit of rage, his father, Alois Hitler, would die shortly afterward.

 

[President Al Bundy]

Adolf Hitler: Child killed by abusive father in a drunken fit of rage, his father, Alois Hitler, would die shortly afterward.

Inpossible, Spoiler

Einstein took him into another dimenson, thus creating the RA-Universe.

 

[Hades]

Lavrentiy Beria : head of the nkvd, hanged for crimes against humanity after the first Red Alert war.

Donald Rumsfeld : President After Dugan. His administration can be best described as a scandal filled presidency which led to him losing to Ted Kennedy

Ho Chi Minh : leader of the terrorist gorup the Vietcong. Killed by one of his own traps.

Shah Mohammed of Iran : Led Iran's forces to victory against the Soviets.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad : former Iranian Special forces Officer. He is now a Science fiction writer.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Osama bin Laden- Playboy millionaire and fervent anti-Soviet and anti-Communist. bin Laden was presumed to be funding anti-Russian terrorist groups.

Ed Wood Jr.- War documentary director for the army during the Red Alert war. Wood was famous for exaggeration and hyperbole in his work (both in content and speech) and was one of the directors responsible for stirring up anti-Russian sentiment over "horrendous atrocities of godless devils". In between the wars, Wood was notable for directing horror/scifi westerns and war movies. Wood was shot in the head in 1974 while filming on the battlefield during the Second Red alert war. He died 3 days later.

An avid believer in extraterrestrial life, rumor has it Wood caught scores of UFO footage while filming during the wars, and the shot that killed him was really an assassination by the government to shut him up. Though the conspiracy theory is doubted, footage shot by Wood was discovered recently which appear to show alien craft and has yet to be officially debunked. This has been used by many UFO believers to support their claims.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Charlston Heston-Democratic governor of California and President of the United States (1980-1989). Although accused by critics of being only "an actor playing the President", Heston had a very successful term both economically and socially, and is seen by many as one of the greatest Presidents in US history. It was brought up many times to carve his figure into Mt. Rushmore, though it has yet to come to fruition.

Ronald Reagan-Noted Conservative actor, later turned outspoken Conservative radio host as well from the 1960's to early 1990's. Reagan was notable for many films, including a variety of war pictures during the war with Russia, and his later role as lead in the award winning film "Genghis Khan" from 1956 (which today is seen as anti-Russian propaganda by some). Reagan was asked to run against Heston for Governor of California, and later to run against him for the presidency of the United States. Both times he declined.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

If no one else is going to add, I'm going to say what the heck and keep adding things. (These first 3 violate the 1950-Present rule, but do deal with a universe where Hitler and WW2 isn't there in the immediate time).

Franklin Roosevelt-President of the US (1933-1945; Democratic party) whose policies pulled the United States out of the Great Depression by 1942.

Harry S. Truman-Vice President under Roosevelt, and the successor upon FDR's death, serving from 1945 to 1948.

Thomas E. Dewey-President of the US (1948-1956; Republican party). Truman continued FDR's New Deal policies and was president during the Great World War II (also known as the First Red Alert War). Dewey was instrumental is founding the post-war world, though he is also blamed by some for causing the next world war by his treatment of the defeated Soviets during the second one.

Martin Luther King-Famed Civil Rights leader during the 1950's and 1960's. In the 1980's, King turned to politics and became vice president under president Heston from 1980-1989. King would serve as President following Heston, serving from 1989 to 1993. Considerably more liberal than Heston, King was widely detracted by Conservatives, and even led to somewhat of an increase in the conservative camp (though he also led to increased popularity in liberalism as well), however his term was widely considered a successful one. King was assassinated on April 4, 1993. His death was commemorated with a massive state funeral in Washington and he has since become a symbol of liberalism and his presidency is nostalgically recalled as a golden time of national optimism and relative innocence. The third Monday of each January -a date around King's birthday- became a holiday in the US shortly after his death, both in honor of his activity in the civil rights movement and of his presidency.

Joseph P. Kennedy - Elected Vice President of the United States in 1956 as the running mate of Lyndon B. Johnson, and succeeded him as President when he was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy was married to Jacqueline Bouvier with whom he had two children daughter Rosemary and son Joseph III. It was discovered his youngest child Patrick was fathered by his younger brother John. Kennedy lost his bid for re-election in 1968 to Republican Senator Michael Dugan of Michigan.

You have two opposing things here. Is he assassinated or does he live and lose a third term run?

 

[Xen]

You have two opposing things here. Is he assassinated or does he live and lose a third term run?

Thats just bad wording, Johnson was assassinated in 1963 and JPK succeeded him, then lost his reelection bid in 1968

 

[gtrof]

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev- Served as a Political Commissar in the Soviet Southwestern Front during the Second World War. Was captured in Kiev with the headquarters unit of 8th Guards Tank Army. Avoided post-war tribunals and was returned to the Soviet Union in 1958. Rose in rank to that of the Foreign Minster under Premier Romanov. Khrushchev was killed attempting to flee during the Allied chrono-invasion of Moscow.

Gen. Creighton Williams Abrams- During WWII was a combat command commander in the 4th Armored Division. Often serving as the spearhead unit in attacks on the European Central Front. Commanded the 2nd Armored Cavalry regiment, and 3rd Armored Division in between the wars. During World War III, Abrams was commander of the US Southwestern Army Group. He skillfully used Marine and Army troops in ambushes of Soviet forces advancing into the US. Planned and executed the American assault on Mexico City.

He was to become the Army Chief of Staff following the war, but died from lung cancer before assuming the position.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Thats just bad wording, Johnson was assassinated in 1963 and JPK succeeded him, then lost his reelection bid in 1968

Alright, my misread.

J. Edgar Hoover- Notoriously corrupt and power hungry director of the FBI. When, in retaliation after pressure from Joseph P. Kennedy, Hoover revealed that Patrick Kennedy was the child of an affair between John Kennedy and Jacqueline, JPK in turn revealed Hoover's homosexual relationship with Clyde Tolson (which he and the secret service had managed to get evidence of without Hoover's knowledge). Without any leverage over Kennedy left and with his reputation destroyed, Hoover was fired from his job and spent the remainder of his life in a government prison for a number of crimes, among them numerous counts of treason.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Lee Harvey Oswald- Soviet spy, sleeper agent, and devoted communist. A former marine sharpshooter who had served in the Red Alert war (in which he had become a communist and turned against the United States), Oswald was an ace shot which Moscow used to its benefit for a number of secret political assassinations. Oswald assassinated President Johnson in 1963 (whether or not this was ordered by Moscow or something of his own volition is unknown, though the mafia was suspected to be involved in either case).

He and co-conspirator and -assassin Jack Ruby were executed on live television in 1964.

Jack Ruby-Mafia hitman. Ruby was the second known assassin in the plot to kill LBJ.

James Earl Ray-A would-be assassin who attempted to kill President Kennedy while on tour in Memphis in 1966. Ray was killed by secret service agents while caught in the act.

Timothy McVeigh-White supremacist who assassinated President King in 1993. He has since become the focus of a number of conspiracy theories which say he may have been a part of a larger group of conspirators. Per the King family's request, he was not executed.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Mike Ditka-Soldier in the Second Great War (First Red Alert War), and a four star General in the Third Great War (Second Red Alert War). Ditka later went on to politics, running and winning the presidency in 1992 (Republican), where he carried with him his very conservative and anti-communist politics. It is notable that Ditka was the first president -at least in modern times- to carry his own pistol for protection, and the only president to beat his own assassin to death. He was also one of the first presidents in decades to smoke, his choice of tobacco product being cigars.

Newt Gingrich-Vice President under President Ditka. Gingrich's career was later destroyed when it was revealed that he had enlisted the services of numerous prostitutes for years. Gingrich later became a noted writer of Alternate history, such as one story where it was Fascism and Nazism, not communism, that became a threat and where the minor German figure Hitler, instead of mysteriously disappearing, went on to lead the Nazi's to power and eventually led a Germany that started the Second Great War. This novel has been criticized by some historians for being unrealistic, notably the sweeping rise of Nazism and such a minor figure as Hitler, Germany's rapid recovery and unchallenged expansion early on, and the fighting of a world war when much of the world was still recovering from the Great Depression.

Joseph McCarthy-Rapid anti-Communist and a noted figure of the 1950's Red Scare. McCarthy was the leading figure in the successful campaign to build detainment camps for Communists and Russian citizens during the Second World War, and is notable for his connection to the House on Unamerican Activities Committee. While popular among conservatives, many Americans grew fearful of his growing power, disregard for civil liberties, and almost fascist like behavior.

Amid his -waning- popularity with the right wing faction of the Republicans, he became a nominee for the GOP candidate for President in 1956. However, McCarthy was censured in late 1954, and it was revealed that McCarthy had had connections to various fascist organizations in the past which derailed his campaign (along with the fact that he had called president Dewey a pinko and traitor, among other things).

However, McCarthy ran for the 1956 election on his own third party, known simply as the "American party". He gained 9.9% of the popular vote.

Charlie Chaplin-British comedian. Chaplin was notable for his left wing politics, and was called before HUAC in the late 1950's. Though conservatives felt they could finally shut up Chapin, he appeared at the hearing as the Tramp, lampooning and derailing the affair amid laughter from the audience. Because of this and the HUAC's subsequent downfall, Chaplin is attributed with destroying McCarthy's Red scare, and doing serious damage to McCarthy himself.

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Here is a list of US Presidents so far*. Note, my Charlston Heston post is in conflict with another, so I don't know which one the OP wants to go with as canonical. I personally like the parallel Reagan that this Heston is, but ... whatever is wanted.

1933-1945 Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)
1945-1948 Harry S. Truman (Democrat)
1948-1956 Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1956-1963 Lyndon Johnson (Democrat)
1963-1968 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (Democrat)
1968-1976 Michael Dugan (Republican)
1976-1980 Donald Rumsfeld (Republican)
1980-1989 Either Charlston Heston or Ted Kennedy (Democrat)
1989-1993 Martin Luther King Jr. (Democrat)
1993-???? Michael Ditka (Republican)

*Dugan's end of term is just a guess.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

George S. Patton-General during World War II and later Republican senator of California. Though rabidly anti-Communist, he called McCarthy one of the most dangerous threats to American democracy and when called before the committee on such remarks, proceeded to blast McCarthy and the tribunal with every word in the book, thus saving himself from being black listed. This, along with Chaplin, helped end the dominance of the Red Scare and McCarthyism.

Patton later ran in 1956 and 1960 as the Republican candidate for President of the United States, both times losing.

Patton later died December 26, 1975 at the age of 90.

R. Lee Ermey-Staff Sergeant during the Great World War III later turned actor.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Bill O'Reilly-Republican Senator from Wisconsin, and head of the HUAC and head of the Bureau of Soviet and Communist Activities (BSCA). O'reilly also took control of Ronald Reagan's radio program after his affliction with alzheimer's, renaming it "The O'reilly Factor". O'reilly has been criticized many times with cries of corruption and purgery, and of being a demagogue.

 

[Redem]

The Biography should be larger

Thank BlackWave for the inspiration

Will Smith:Willard Christopher Smith, Jr, was Born in Phildalphia in 1968, that city fell to Soviet invasion during the second Soviet War. His mother used the young will to hide several message for the American resistance. She was however shot when she openly questioned the soviet text book at the school she was teaching to. His father fearing for his life tried to move away from the soviet occupied zone, without success. The two stayed on the move for quite a duration of the war and even afterward. His father working on the various reconstructions sit around America. His creative skill would pick up during that period becoming interested in old time comic book a mostly dead form of artwork because of television prior the first soviet war.

Will Smith a keen businessman saw the cheap price of the various characters that had been abandoned for a while. He purchased a large number of them and started to publish them under the sign of Prince Comic. He reinvented Superman some of them, making the story of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman taking place during the first soviet war. While making a second line taking place during present time. He made heroes of his own called the devastator, Gearhead and the arachnid and his most popular Handcock. His sucess as a writer was only matched by another Prince writer Spike Lee

He’s currently one of America most powerful and wealthy publisher, he is a rather shy public figure. Only appering at rare occasion during Phidaldephia base convention.