The scenario began with two questions from a 2021 discussion: what if the Soviet Union completed Graf Zeppelin after the war, and what if Sovetsky Soyuz was too advanced to scrap? The surviving hulls provide the starting point for an alternate Soviet battle fleet and carrier arm. Fleet of Oceans describes the timeline as playful and sometimes deliberately silly, while the collaboration still tries to make later ships follow from stated industrial and operational choices. The opening sets those limits before the carrier designs appear.
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Two surviving prizes launch the Red Fleet timeline
The conversation introduces an alternate Soviet fleet built around a more complete Sovetsky Soyuz and a salvageable Graf Zeppelin.