Yam I Am

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@Yam I AmPosted sheet for approval. Sorry I don't have a map MS-painted up, but I can do that later. I hope my territory description was fairly specific.

Nevermind, I posted a draft of my map. The furthest territories away from the coast are more sparsely populated/controlled as I mentioned.

@Wampower

Looks good. Get to postin' whenever you get the chance.

N.E.O. - New Earth Oracle

Is that Kurdistan on the map? I think I may have an idea or two.

@Jack Kestrel

Yeah, it is. It's less of a coherent idea as it stands, though. I just sorta put it up there to imply that Iraq and Syria were in a bit of a messy state to spice up the area a bit after getting some spitball ideas. There isn't anything concrete as of yet about any of them, though, so feel free to pitch any ideas and i'll get to editing the map as soon as i'm able.

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Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think Acadia Ntl. Park is only on Mount Desert island. Which is basically a tiny blip on the larger map. The Institute in that sense is more like a strong, technologically advanced, city-state than a proper nation controlling a large territory.

Maybe I can whip up an inset map or something to illustrate their territory a bit more easily.

@Andronicus23

Alright, I edited the map. That should be more representative of the territory - Though it is a bit harder to see on the map as a result.

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What faction is in Maine? I was planning on setting up there. Just an inflation of the Institute territory?

@Wampower

Yeah, that's Acadia Ntl. Park, where it was mentioned the Institute was set up.

Edit: And also i'm told that's not where they're supposed to actually control. Weird. Anyways, i'll get to correcting it after work.

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Id be honoured if someone could map all the claims

@Andreyich

It's up on the zeroth post of the CS tab.

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Havent seen it

@Andreyich

I'll do that while my mind's on the subject of mapping it all out. In the meantime...

Ok Doki folks, I'm joining with a heavily first-nations infused group in direct conflict with Ronto and to a lesser extent the Consortium in Minnesota/Wisconscin/Ontario. Sheet's up in just a moment.

@Irredeemable

Looks good, get to postin'.

For interactions, i'd talk to @Jeddaven and @DX3214, since they'd be your immediate neighbors in the region.

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That's some really helpful advice, thank you!

@Noblebandit

Don't mention it. As I implied, I think the most straightforward way to approach it would be to divide the company's management between people who just wanna keep their job, eat, and not have to worry about getting two .45's in the back of their skulls, and the management that thinks that May's just going to run the company straight into a crater if they don't step in to do something about it.

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I hope this explains my problem in that the narrative focuses too much on one character, rather than a state.

@Noblebandit

Well, looking at all of this above, this actually seems like a remarkably easy fix: She's relying a lot on people to do a lot of the basic functions of her company for her. Just in that paragraph alone, May has to deal with:

• The mercenaries, and the captains/leaders thereof, which she would have to pay what I imagine are exponentially-rising costs to maintain and enforce her bidding in the region.
• Every manager of each branch she operates in - Including robotics, caravaneering, water, agriculture, salvage, guns, and all of these other branches - all of whom would want payment in accord.
• Trying to outright assassinate or just off any one of them would inevitably result in nepotistic feuds for May's favor, and also a constant shortage of leadership, knowledge, and experience, as the position is put through a blending glass door.
• This same liquidation also would very quickly paint a target on the back of the company as a whole, which in turn would divide its mid-level leadership along pro and anti-May lines.

Though, as far as "Bandit organizations masquerading under the guise of a company" goes, I can't say I dislike the premise as a whole.

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I envisioned them being in tatters, but I'm not 100% stuck to that.

@Jeddaven

I don't think it's out of the picture for them to be on their last legs by the end of Fallout 3. With the BoS' expansion and the Lone Wanderer doing a number on them, I could see it being a case to where they'd be firmly on their back heel...or successfully integrated into the BoS.

I was gonna leave it up to the final verdict of @Crusader Lord, since they'd have the most control over that area as it stands.

It's a plutocracy. One company has managed to attain a near total monopoly over the production of their region, and keeps people in line through a mix of bribing the real politicians, and hiring mercenaries to handle troublemakers. It was kind of meant to be a New Vegas style faction, but with a post-war economic genius rather than pre-war one.

@Noblebandit

Well, to help you out, the first question I have would be, "The production of what, exactly?" Is it a particular good or resource in particular that they have a stronghold over, or is it just the general production of all goods in a certain region?

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The Talon Company, not the Gunners?

@Jeddaven

Yeah, those guys. You know, wear black, take on any job, usually operate out of the Capital Wasteland, answers to "Talon Company"...