I'd add that it also depends on what happened to the world during the
Rebellion. Was it a Black War site? Was it the site of a major naval
battle? Was it ever subjected to nuclear strike or non-nuclear but
sustained bombardment? And then what happened when Virus showed up? If
everything just shut down, that would be great. Was it hit early by a
suicider? Did some destroyer, doomslayer, or other organics hating
vessel showed up and blasted the crap out of the place, that's obviously
going to hamper recovery efforts.
A GM is going to have to decide how much hell rained down on the world
in their TU. I know that in the 1248 sourcebooks, there were tables to
roll on to determine how far a world crashed and how much it recovered
by the time 1248 rolled around. But if you're gaming in 1202, I'm not
sure how useful they'd be to you.
I don't know if the recovery efforts in Europe and Japan after WW2 are
good examples for modeling recovery times, but they could be looked into
and extrapolated from, taking into account proximity (travel distance
adds to recovery time) and tech level of those involved. The jury may
still be out on more contemporary infrastructure building in other war
zones, particularly those where there remains a sectarian divide.
Bootstrapping a balkanized world still engrossed in conflict is trickier
than decapitating a TED, unless there are active opposition groups with
conflicting ideas on how to run the place.
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
==================
Tim O'Reilly wrote:
They'd have to take the long view. First is the power plant - what kind
is it, what needs to be done (as you've mentioned) to get it working
etc. Does that power plant type need to be the one running or is an
older type better for the meantime? Transmission lines ... how is power
brought from the power plant to the factory(ies) and residences? How
far is it? More questions would surely arise in the process.
Tim
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 4:17 PM, Richard Perks wrote:
>Does anyone have any thoughts about those RCES
bootstrap missions. If they are trying to restablish a world's pre-coolapse
industrial base, how much of the old industrial stuff still remains, and
how
much effort does the RCES have to make to get factories etc. back up and
running.
>
>A large supply of power is obvious as is the tech
knowledge to run it. They will obviously have to replace certain
components -
ones with limited life such as seals, but is that it. Is it just
spending a few
£ to get the plant back up and running or is it a major rebuild
job.
>
>If they are goimg to have to spend in the orer of
50% of the buiuld cost to get pre-collapse plant up and running, then
the RCES
plans to expand over diaspora and build sufficient infrastructure are
not going
to happen in a few years but will take a decade at least - even if they
only
fully uplift a few choice worlds.
>
>Cheers
>Richard
Rebellion. Was it a Black War site? Was it the site of a major naval
battle? Was it ever subjected to nuclear strike or non-nuclear but
sustained bombardment? And then what happened when Virus showed up? If
everything just shut down, that would be great. Was it hit early by a
suicider? Did some destroyer, doomslayer, or other organics hating
vessel showed up and blasted the crap out of the place, that's obviously
going to hamper recovery efforts.
A GM is going to have to decide how much hell rained down on the world
in their TU. I know that in the 1248 sourcebooks, there were tables to
roll on to determine how far a world crashed and how much it recovered
by the time 1248 rolled around. But if you're gaming in 1202, I'm not
sure how useful they'd be to you.
I don't know if the recovery efforts in Europe and Japan after WW2 are
good examples for modeling recovery times, but they could be looked into
and extrapolated from, taking into account proximity (travel distance
adds to recovery time) and tech level of those involved. The jury may
still be out on more contemporary infrastructure building in other war
zones, particularly those where there remains a sectarian divide.
Bootstrapping a balkanized world still engrossed in conflict is trickier
than decapitating a TED, unless there are active opposition groups with
conflicting ideas on how to run the place.
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
==================
Tim O'Reilly wrote:
They'd have to take the long view. First is the power plant - what kind
is it, what needs to be done (as you've mentioned) to get it working
etc. Does that power plant type need to be the one running or is an
older type better for the meantime? Transmission lines ... how is power
brought from the power plant to the factory(ies) and residences? How
far is it? More questions would surely arise in the process.
Tim
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 4:17 PM, Richard Perks wrote:
>Does anyone have any thoughts about those RCES
bootstrap missions. If they are trying to restablish a world's pre-coolapse
industrial base, how much of the old industrial stuff still remains, and
how
much effort does the RCES have to make to get factories etc. back up and
running.
>
>A large supply of power is obvious as is the tech
knowledge to run it. They will obviously have to replace certain
components -
ones with limited life such as seals, but is that it. Is it just
spending a few
£ to get the plant back up and running or is it a major rebuild
job.
>
>If they are goimg to have to spend in the orer of
50% of the buiuld cost to get pre-collapse plant up and running, then
the RCES
plans to expand over diaspora and build sufficient infrastructure are
not going
to happen in a few years but will take a decade at least - even if they
only
fully uplift a few choice worlds.
>
>Cheers
>Richard