With the Dino war effort suffering a series of series set-backs and a collapse in morale in some quarters i decided to do a little crystal ball gazing and look into a near future where the Dinos did not manage to turn things around...
The date is the 1st of July 2113, almost exactly a year after the end of the massive war between the DDS, Dinos and their allies and the Bolitic/ABBO alliance when DDS bombers launched a nuclear strike on the Bolitic Emperor's palace on Castarian killing Borca and finally ending resistance.
The Dinos ended the war shattered, Pulsin had been lost and Dino-Land badly damaged in a series of Bolitic raids. Their fleet was in poor shape and the aura of invincibility of their army gone for ever. Talks between the Dinos and DDS about the Dinos joining the DDS as a Tier 1 ally began as soon as the war ended and the Dinos applied to join the UNP.
The Dinos were forced to lose what was left of their arrogant pride and become a mere part of the DDS war machine. Dino Army units were reorganised to form part of the New DDS Army which started the war poorly but ended up a formiddable force. What was left of their fleet were given DDS pennet numbers but the old XT production line finally ended. The PT remained in production but new ships were be in DDS colours. The SS became a local police force in charge of traffic control.
Some pride is gained from the fact the Dinos have their own DDS command, DDS Dino-Land which has a Dino commander (Zanus being the first commander) and the Dinos have a person on the DDS ruling council (Cruggson is the first) but independance has gone. The future of the Dinos now lies as part of a greater UNP/DDS whole and with a war with the HCS seemingly inevitable within a year or two the Dinos could soon see themselves fighting and dying for the DDS.
So that is how is could be if the Dinos do not turn things around. Unlike large powers like the Utrek and even the Bolitic the Dinos are a small faction and cannot rely on vast resources and territory to enable them to retain relevancy and regenerate their strength. The Dinos need to keep winning to retain their aura of strength and at the moment that aura is fading away.
