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1. How insurmountable would it be to have the more rural/country areas produce useful crops?
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San Joaquin valley.... Very easy if there is water. Bakersfield and Tulare grow just about anything. I have an Aunt there.
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2. Would it be possible to get a desalinzation plant, power plant and some factories going in any of the smaller urban areas north of LA?
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It is a matter of scale. Windmills spinning and making 12v from alternators is pretty easy stuff. If you want 110v at 60hz another thing entirely. If you're the guy with electric lights, air conditioning, and cold beer expect trouble from criminals and dirty politicians most quick.
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3. With the huge amount of large roads around that area, and fuel being short, would it be reasonable to use scouts using bicycles or horses to avoid unnecessary fuel loss? (I was thinking they could use solar powered or wind up radios to save on batteries) If they used this kind of means they could also observe the roads without having to be on them.
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If you are able to find tires for the bikes or feed for the horses. Neither is being made alot of.
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4. If the game began in 2000, what would the numbers of refugees, scavengers and marauders/deserters be like?
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thousands.... LA is over 8 million in the 80's... the State .... 20 million?
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5. The number of tanks/light tanks/engineering vehicles is around 24. What numbers are there likely to be for HMMWVs, FAVs, APCs, artillery, helicopters, trucks?
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T2K's great failing is that the material gave how many tanks and AT weapons a unit had and failed miserably in the real reapers.... mortar and artillery tubes.
The number of vehiles a unit has or might have is driven by the type of unit itself.... A U.S. Armor company would have 4 tanks per platoon... but the HQ would have an M577 and probably an M113...... plus CUCVs for the 1SG to get chow and supply to go get everything else. Light Infantry, nothing, they rely on their Battalion, Regiment, Brigade, and Division for motor transport. This gets wierder and different from Division to Division as not all MTOE is the same across Big Army.