You forgot the US #1 export is food. A Cornell study showed that the average American diet requires 0.45 hectares per person per year.
(http://www.farmlandlp.com/2012/01/on...eeds-a-person/)

So for 6000 people, you need about 2700 Ha.

Hmm, found a data point on Daidalos farming: "The majority of Daidalosi live in the hills and valleys surrounding the village, running the small ranches and farms that produce a large portion of the community’s food." The "compound" known as the Facility (see below) is frustratingly not mapped, but is probably the size of a small airport (it has a runway and three missile launch gantries).

Daidalos does produce food for export: "They built and maintain an extensive system of canals, fields, greenhouses and agricultural labs which have led to highly productive farming on formerly barren land within the compound. Discoveries in botany and agronomy rival advances made just before the War. The residents of The Facility produce enough to adequately feed the citizens of the city-state and still have a modest surplus for trade with nearby settlements." Of course, "modest" is a vague term. "Overall, U.S. farmers export more than 20% of what they produce." ( https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/percen...ducts-exported ). And while food production might only use 0.45 hectares per person, the use of agriculture products for non-food purposes is quite extensive in the U.S.: for example, only 10% of corn production is used for human food, with much of it going to ethanol production (which Daidalos seems to use for a vehicle fuel).

Hmm, what's an advance in agronomy made in the 21st Century ("just before the war" for 4th Edition)? The lack of much information on what Daidalos is actually growing/raising makes it hard to be specific. Recycling of water, improved cultivars, precision agriculture, genetically-modified plants and animals, electronic field and yield records, satellite weather data (and forecasting), plant tattoos (sensors on plants) ... these are all examples of advances in agronomy in the 21st Century, which lead to that 0.45 hectare per person figure.

It's just kind of frustrating that for a scenario which tracks blood type, volatility, and other characteristics for dozens of non-player characters -- they couldn't be bothered to actually describe the region the players are supposed to defend and support.

Thanks for all the attention and feedback, mmartin798, it's much appreciated! Sometime this year I'll be running a modified version of the Operation: Daidalos scenario for our "classic-era" setting local campaign.

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Michael B.

Has anyone else run this yet? Our Classic-era campaign is just now getting into this scenario.

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Michael B.

Some of the ages of Morrow Project staff given seem a bit low for the careers described. One in particular, Don Alverson, is listed as age 42; he was presumably frozen in 2009, but the module claims he was served with the "brown water Navy" during the Vietnam War. If he was born in 1967 ... that seems unlikely.

Possibly recycled from a "Classic era" campaign?

For our campaign, I've been writing up some of the other medical staff besides Dr. Herzog, since it's quite possible they'll be the first Morrow Project members that the player-characters speak with.

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Michael B.

Yeah, Mr. Alverson is a problem. The US Navy stood down its last brown water units in Viet Nam in 1970. If he served two tours of duty, that would be about 3 years, meaning the latest he could have started his Viet Nam service was in 1967. If he was 18 when he enlisted, he would have been born in 1949. Even if we try to say, "Hey, he was a Morrow Project cryosleep test subject!" and only count waking years for his age, you can't rectify that with a 22-year naval service record.

congrats bro!
 

I did not know this operation module, I find it quite interesting, as much as watching my favorite HD movies, really congratulations, personally I did not know this type of content