u/CrazyWarlord1917

I've found the Hacker to be very underpowered and couldn't find any mods that buffs them so I made one myself. All the patches get buffs, not equally tho. The Staminup patch now increases the Hacker's Max health to 800, turning them into a mini boss. The Healing patch now heals 1000HP in 25 seconds, effectively becoming a painkiller. And the Berserker patch now triples melee damage. To balance things out Berserker and Staminup patches have decreased durations, which means you have to be quick with them. All the other patches get a simple buff to their durations.

Link to it: https://www.nexusmods.com/systemshock2023/mods/143

-No major ideological rival to split the communist world

-A weaker and more dependent China that would be easier to make deals with, and wouldn't be able to stop Soviet influence from spreading across Asia

-No Korean War, which means the US military would be weaker and less prepared for future conflict and also North Korea would be more developed

North Vietnam might have a harder time without a communist China tho, but there's always the possibility of the Soviets smuggling aid in anyways; either through corrupt KMT politicians(there would be A LOT of them), or direct KMT aid(they didn't like the West much and it's possible that they would back Ho Chi Minh to fight off American influence)