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== Background ==

{{Quotation|'''A FATE'S TALE'''|Led by the specter of Catherine the Great, the Soviet Empire has flourished in a brave new world of mysticism. But while her deeper motivations are often obfuscated from the world stage, one thing is for certain: she hates being a ghost. To this end she has tasked The Empire’s spymaster with one goal: find a way to make her corporeal once more.<br><br>Relentless in pursuit of his task; the operative known only as "The Raven" has scoured the Earth looking for strange artifacts, apocryphal writings, and wisdom of the life beyond. Now in New York, Raven looks to find a way to tether Catherine’s spirit to the mortal coil.}}

=== Lore ===

Raven mentions [[wikipedia:Grigori_Rasputin|Rasputin]]<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 08.mp3|transcription=Rasputin has best not meddle in my plans.}}</ref> and the [[wikipedia:House_of_Romanov|Romanovs]].<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 09.mp3|transcription=The Romanovs don't take kindly to failure.}}</ref>

Raven hopes the [[OSIC]] will be cooperative to his plans.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 05.mp3|transcription=Hopefully the OSIC will be cooperative.}}</ref>

== Character interactions ==

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* Raven is referred to in the files as '''Operative'''.

* The name "Soviet Empire" may be considered an oxymoron in the real world, as the word "[[wikipedia:Soviet_(council)|soviet]]" defines socialist worker councils that were opposed to the [[wikipedia:Russian_Empire|Russian Empire]]. However, the literal meaning of the word before the [[wikipedia:Russian_Revolution|Russian Revolution]] was just "council".<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_Americana_(1920)/Soviet The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Soviet] on Wikisource - ''"SOVIET (pron. sävyet'), a Russian word signifying council, advice, harmony, concord; sovietnik = councillor. Under the old régime the Tsar's Council of Ministers was called the 'Soviet of Ministers,' but the term has been invested with a new meaning since the Russian Revolution of March 1917."''</ref> It is currently unclear how much the Soviet Empire diverges from the real world [[wikipedia:Soviet_Union|Soviet Union]] in the ''[[Deadlock]]'' [[Storyline|timeline]].

== See also ==

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 == Background ==
 {{Quotation|'''A FATE'S TALE'''|Led by the specter of Catherine the Great, the Soviet Empire has flourished in a brave new world of mysticism. But while her deeper motivations are often obfuscated from the world stage, one thing is for certain: she hates being a ghost. To this end she has tasked The Empire’s spymaster with one goal: find a way to make her corporeal once more.<br><br>Relentless in pursuit of his task; the operative known only as "The Raven" has scoured the Earth looking for strange artifacts, apocryphal writings, and wisdom of the life beyond. Now in New York, Raven looks to find a way to tether Catherine’s spirit to the mortal coil.}}
+=== Lore ===
+Raven mentions [[wikipedia:Grigori_Rasputin|Rasputin]]<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 08.mp3|transcription=Rasputin has best not meddle in my plans.}}</ref> and the [[wikipedia:House_of_Romanov|Romanovs]].<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 09.mp3|transcription=The Romanovs don't take kindly to failure.}}</ref>
+Raven hopes the [[OSIC]] will be cooperative to his plans.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 05.mp3|transcription=Hopefully the OSIC will be cooperative.}}</ref>
 == Character interactions ==
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 * Raven is referred to in the files as '''Operative'''.
+* The name "Soviet Empire" may be considered an oxymoron in the real world, as the word "[[wikipedia:Soviet_(council)|soviet]]" defines socialist worker councils that were opposed to the [[wikipedia:Russian_Empire|Russian Empire]]. However, the literal meaning of the word before the [[wikipedia:Russian_Revolution|Russian Revolution]] was just "council".<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_Americana_(1920)/Soviet The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Soviet] on Wikisource - ''"SOVIET (pron. sävyet'), a Russian word signifying council, advice, harmony, concord; sovietnik = councillor. Under the old régime the Tsar's Council of Ministers was called the 'Soviet of Ministers,' but the term has been invested with a new meaning since the Russian Revolution of March 1917."''</ref> It is currently unclear how much the Soviet Empire diverges from the real world [[wikipedia:Soviet_Union|Soviet Union]] in the ''[[Deadlock]]'' [[Storyline|timeline]].
 == See also ==