Fore my school history class, I have what is most likely the best assignment ever assigned, except maybe for a mandatory trip to a kitten factory/arcade on the moon. My job is to think up two scenarios that involve two factions or countries that, while they never met in reality, are somehow involved in a war. Naturally, I chose Ninjas vs. Pirates without even thinking, and then when I had to think of the other scenario, Vikings vs. Samauri.
But here's the catch: I'm not allowed to stick in any extra awesomeness, like dinosaurs or jetpacks or time travel, and I must make it as realistic as possible. As for the NVP scenario, I've so far come up with something where a pirate ship smuggling illegal goods into a port in Japan inadvertantly PO's some ninjas, and they fight. I've got nothin' for the VVS thing.
Anyway, the main purpose of this thread is to brag about how awesome my assignment is.