ClocktowerEchos

Just a new person to this (:

Welcome! May you learn of the wondrous powers of roleplaying! (And le memes)

GAME: Crush A Wish

Granted but it causes slow and painful death as it kills off all your body cells in all manner of painful agony as your body self destructs.

I wish we could have world peace and a utopia which has no dirty secrets.

American Dream: A Shattered Union

@ShorticusI'm going to reserve the right to give a general guideline of an area but ultimately leave the details to the player.
So say you're invading a place like Massachusetts, I'll say:

The Massachusetts Commonwealth devoutly follows Americanism and are styled much like the old America just that it only has a figure head president and a republic senate which leads the nation. While lacking in a large professional army, they have a large number of irregulars and militia which are well regulated and decently equipped but lack strong, tactical commanders and discipline of regular troops.

I'd let the player describe the exact units/economy/etc.
If multiple people have an interest in one area, I'll put them up as an official NPC in the chars tab.

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You may not be able to find any replacement parts since I don't think old radios are the most in production anymore outside of some cars; but even then those are being changed around to a much more digital interface than an analogue. The method of broadcasting may have changed.

Short-range radio broadcasts I can see being easy enough to manage since you won't need much more than a small generator and I would put into the realm of possibility if for aesthetic purposes, provided you can find the fuel or something. But being further out west than most of us he might be able to reuse more solar panels than the rest of us here.

@Dinh AaronMk

Alright then, seems like short-range radios is now officially an allowable piece of old world tech that's still common enough for some decent use.

Also, who exactly are you declaring war on in you IC post? My mind is a bit groggy atm so pardon if this is a dumb question @_@

American Dream: A Shattered Union

@Dinh AaronMk

So should radios be classified as a more common type of old world tech? My main concern is how easy they are to fix/repair.

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I hope I'm not using too many radios.

On that, actually:

The idea in my head is that radios in the four nations of the League are an important source of information. There's mostly operable radios in pre-war vehicles; there's a few radios in big social centers (such as a bar, inn, or marketplace), and there's radios in the hands of important people (like the Secretary General). Besides that, they're not common.

There's also only two radio stations: a government one which plays music all day (except to bring up news alerts and any big warnings / announcements) and another which plays different music and has a popular radio evangelist that preaches anti-Evol behavior and some fairly conservative rhetoric.

@Shorticus

I don't have too much of an issue with this as long as said radios tend to be a bit unreliable at times since they're old and most likely salvaged and put back together with spare parts. @Dinh AaronMk Might be a bit more knowledgable on the realism of this but from my point of view, they're okay as long as you take into account the obvious draw backs.

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@KingWillardYour history, its... a bit unimaginable.

Before The Great Dying, the cult of Olldarism had created a floating city. A fortress of technological achievements, a small city designed for up to 10 million people that floated along the waves. It took seven years to complete the entire leviathan, complete with self-sufficiency: farms, clinics, schools, and churches that were worked by passengers/citizens. It was named the USS OLLDAR. The OLLDAR could not move on it's own, though, it required a strong tug boat named the USS FIN to move it around Earth's vast oceans. The OLLDAR started it's maiden voyage on February 20th, 2017. It's purpose was to house the Olldarian believers during the oncoming apocalypse. Whether it was actual foresight or just plain coincidence, the apocalypse happened no more than 2 months after setting sail.

By this it sounds like you are saying a cult had built something larger than an aircraft carrier and some how got more the the entire population of NYC to believe in it and go on a giant boat? That's kinda ridiculous to be quite honest and unless you some how had a lot people in the higher ups of the old federal government to allow for this kind of construction since a ship since it would cost an absolute metric fuckton cubed to build. The US today couldn't even build something like that, it'd cost billions if not trillions of dollars and much, much longer than seven years even if they put the most morally questionable labor practices in place.

The modern cruise ship doesn't even get past 5000 occupants and the largest aircraft carrier ever made can only hold 6000; to say you some how made a ship to hold 10 million is insane. You wouldn't have a "small city", you'd have basically the entirety of NYC in landmass and population on the ocean. The shear size of the space which living cabins would take up would be massive, never mind all the other buildings.

That along with some formatting things is the reason why I'm going to have to reject this NS.

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@Dinh AaronMk
I decided to make it officially 50 years after the end (51 technically since its currently 2067 unless I have once again fucked up). Sorry for any confusion as well as my own previous indecisiveness.

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@IluvatarThere are a two things I feel the need to point out:

1) You have a very disconjointed and separated nation, literally anyone can just come in and wipe and island out seeing as most people have armies larger than your entire population. I highly recommend you find a strong ally in one of the places you wish to trade so you aren't instantly nommed on. (The Grand Commonwealth Union is available for such a relationship if you want :p)

2) As Shorticus mentioned, there is no real way of producing rubber and whatever electronics you have is best kept to yourself. Unless you some how got an expedition into Africa and is now sending your copious amounts of rubber, I don't see it being too likely you'll be exporting rubber. While synthetic rubber might be an option, again I feel that its something best kept to yourself along with electronics as its probably one of the things that would keep you alive.

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In other news, I've decided to make @Dinh AaronMk co-GM as he clearly knows what he's talking about technology and other crucial things on a level which surpasses my own.

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@ShorticusYeah, I put the start a few years ahead because fuck the police.

Also, an idea about the el dorado bunkers, I have a bit saying how the Appalachians now have massive tunnel networks underground. I'm debating if I should allow for the Rockys to get the same thing and have the lost cities actually be somewhere deep in the mountains. Just give people something to do it they wish it