And also things like how much population was lost. A massive pop decline can leave a relative treasure trove of tech, though it may be dangerous to access.
On a related note, a world that was balkanised pre-collapse may have more military tech, and tech that is focussed on internal as well as external threats. More G-Tanks, Battledress, Fighters.
Eamon
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On 4 Apr 2014, at 22:41, DED <> wrote:
> 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
>
>
On a related note, a world that was balkanised pre-collapse may have more military tech, and tech that is focussed on internal as well as external threats. More G-Tanks, Battledress, Fighters.
Eamon
Sent from my iPad
On 4 Apr 2014, at 22:41, DED <> wrote:
> 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
>
>