The Big Cache Thread
 

This thread is for when you painstakingly generate found items for the PCs and you think it's worth sharing with the community so other GMs have a store of stuff they can use if they suddenly need to detail a camp, building or whatever the characters stumble over.

Bandit Camp

This is a list of the found items for a large camp of bandits, around twenty in all.

Hurricane lantern, 0.5kg/e, x2
Cot (mil.), 10.0kg/2, x6; Sleeping pad (civ.), 1.3kg/e, x7; Hammock, 1.0kg/e, x4
5KW generator, 100.0kg
20W hand-crank generator, 0.4kg
1000w double construction light [tripod]. 1.5m cord, x5, 5.0kg/e
500w work light [floor], 1.0m cord, x1, 1.8kg
15amp extension lead, orange, 30m cord, x2, 4.4kg/e
Stove, "tent". wood-fired, 30cm flue sections x7, 18.0kg
Assorted pots, bowls, mugs, cutlery, (chipped, mismatched) enamel steel (15 persons) 8.0kg
Tub, galvanised. 80 litres, 3.5kg (bathtub size)
Tub, galvanised. 40 litres, 1.8kg x2
Suitcases, civilian. (25kg cap.) 5.0kg/e, x3
25mm ammo crate, (43cm x 35.5cm x 19cm) 6.0kg/e, x3
40mm ammo crate, (45.5cm x 15cm x 25cm) 6.5kg/e, x4
105mm ammo crate (96cm x 31cm x 17cm) 12.0kg/e, x1
Drum, steel. (200 litres), 10.0kg/e, x4
Rope, hemp. 6mm, 1.5kg, 52m (in sections, requires splicing)
Rope, hemp. 16mm, 8.2kg, 42m (in sections, requires splicing)
Tie-Down Strap, 50mm (2,500kg), 3.1kg/e, x17
Tarpaulin 9.1mx9.1m, 19.5kg x2
Net, camouflage. 3.0mx3.0m, 3.1kg x1
Net, camouflage. 6.6mx3.5m, 6.0kg x4
Protector, ears (green) 0.2kg, x2
Telephone, field (Sov.) TA-88, 3.0kg/e, x3
Telephone, line [reel] (US) WD-1, 600m, 10.kg
Sandbags, 0.2kg/e, x81
Barbed Wire, Concertina, 16m (w/8 poles) 32.0kg(wire) 24.0kg(poles)
Acetylene Bottles 54.5l, 59.00kg each x1
Oxygen Bottle 54.5l, 59.00kg x1
Oxygen/Propane hoses with 5/8" UNF fittings 5m x2 (7.0kg)
Oxyacetylene torch/regulators set x1 (2.0kg)
Folding map table, German. 1.5m x 2.0m, 3.0kg
Headlamps (AA) x2 (weight neg.)
Bundeswehr military dog harness, 3.0kg

Building Site

This is a large building site that for some reason the crew just walked away from. It is the sort of thing that would be really useful if the players intended to create a canton to overwinter in.

- Mobile 25t crane, four-wheel drive, as ten-ton truck. This has four wheels and a crane only as structure, and is abysmally slow on the road.
- 3x Hoists, each hoist lifts a steel, 1m high, 'basket' about 3m², the hoist gantry is three sided and runs on an inbuilt generator. Each gantry section was 6m long. There is no 'floor' button on each level; an operator at the foot of the gantry controls it. Total gantry length would be about 60m but it wouldn't be safe up to that height!
- 8x Oxy Acetylene welding kits, usually about 60% full. There was a supply container (20') onsite for welding supplies.
- 18 wheeler and pup trailer, dumper.
- 2x Compressors (trailer size, mondo)
- First Aid demountable shed, well stocked
- 20x temporary power poles, steel, 6m high
- 100m power cable
- 2x mini refrigerators
- 4x civilian sedans
- 3x civilian utilities (pick ups)
- 2x civilian vans
- 1300m² form-boards, 16mm 12ply. We were making the structures out of concrete. This is sufficient to make an eight-story building with three lifts in one shot. Of course, it was spread over eight buildings.
- 3x bobcats and interchangeable tools
- Four wheel drive forklift, about 8t
- 100x pallets of concrete block bricks
- 13x 20' shipping containers
- 4x 40' shipping containers
- 2x backhoes
- 1x excavator
- 1x concrete pumping truck, the arm had a ten-story reach.
- 2x concrete trucks
- 7x demountable sheds, with sinks.
- 2x demountable toilet/shower blocks, filthy.
- 14x power-boards
- 8x garbage skips
- 870x star pickets (star droppers, steel stakes)
- 3000m x 3m (9m sections) Green plastic shade cloth
- 3000m x 3m (9m sections) steel 'cyclone' chain-link mesh
- 3x 25' cabin cruisers (I have no idea either)
- 35' yacht (ditto)
- 60x (2m x 3m) 'cyclone' chain-link mesh frames with 2" steel pipe frame.
- 10x 40m (40mm) Water hose (we were always pumping)
- 5t truck with extendable crane and bore for footings
- 5x 50m coils copper water pipe
- 20' container plumbing supplies
- 20' container paint supplies
- 20' container power tools and expendables
- 20' container electrical supplies
- 20' container safety supplies

There's a mini-adventure built around this concept that was published in Challenge Magazine issue #50, titled "If you go into the woods today". It's a short piece about an abandoned and booby trapped Soviet supply truck.

Community Disaster Cache

A Community Disaster Cache is a stock of supplies designed to support a local population in its response to a disaster. This scalable cache is designed to enable a local community to survive without outside aid for a 72-hour period following a disaster. Local community, in this instance, is defined as the students and staff living within walking distance of a given school (could include community colleges, technical schools, etc.) containing a cache.

Siting of the caches varies, school attics, basements, or other unused rooms or buildings or shipping containers in school parking lots. The listed quantities are per each one hundred (100) persons.

Containers used for the various items within the cache will vary (Sterilite, Pelican, Rubbermaid, plastic bags in open “milk crates”, etc.) depending on location and possibly the finances of the group that outfitted the cache.

Food and Water
Cup. Disposable -- 200
Drum, 55-gallon water filled -- 6
Jug, 5-gallon -- 5
Case, MRE (12) – 9, 16 or 25 (1, 2 or 3 per day per person)
Pump, Water Barrel -- 2
Straw, Water Filter (20-gallon capacity) -- 100
Survival Food Bar, 2400 calories -- 200
Survival Food Bar, 3600 calories -- 100
Water, Survival 4.225oz -- 200
Water, Survival 8.45oz -- 100

Medical
Gauze, 4 x 4" (2) -- 300
Gloves, Exam S/M/L/XL – 100 each
First Aid Kit, 20-person -- 5
Mask, Procedure -- 100
Tape, Medical 1" x10 yd -- 5
Tape, Medical 2" x 10 yd -- 5
Trauma Kit, 100-person -- 1
Wipes, hand (1000) -- 5

Shelter
Blanket, Mylar -- 100
Blanket, Wool -- 50
Cap, Watch -- 100
Forearm Lifting Straps -- 2
Hand Warmers -- 100
Poncho, Rain -- 100
Rope, 3/8" poly 500' spool -- 5
Sandbags, 14" x 26" -- 200
Stake, 12" spike nail -- 25
Stool, Step – 1 (3-step ladder to help reach when erecting tents)
Tarp, 10' x 20' – 5 (for tent floors)
Tarp, 12' x 20' -- 5
Tent, 10' x 20' (steel frame canopy) -- 5

Sanitation
Bag, Composting (100) – 2 (toilet liners)
Bucket, 3-gallon – 4 (for sand)
Bucket, 5-gallon with toilet seat -- 8
Tent, Pop-up – 2 (for toilets)
Trowel -- 4

PPE
Glasses, Safety -- 10
Glove, Work S/M/L/XL – 4/6/6/5
Hat, Hard -- 10
Mask, Dust (1000) -- 1
Mask, N95 – 20

Miscellaneous
Bag, Construction, 2' x 4' -- 40
Bolt Cutter w/2 spare blades -- 1
Box Cutter -- 5
Crowbar -- 2
Flashlight, Hand Crank -- 5
Gun, Staple -- 2
Hammer, Claw -- 2
Mallet -- 2
Plywood 8' x 4' -- 20
Box, 8D Nails – 1
Box, 16D Nails -- 1
Radio, AM/FM/Weather Hand Crank -- 5
Shovel, round nose -- 2
Shovel, square nose -- 2
Sledgehammer -- 2
Staples (500) -- 5
Tape, Duct -- 5
Visqueen, 20' x 100', 6mil clear -- 2

FEMA Urban Search & Rescue caches
I’ve been working, in fits and starts on the cache concept described below. If there is interest, I can post what I have currently (list is complete, need to add item weights) and/or when I manage to get the majority of the individual weights for the 1100+ line items added in. The real-world concept necessarily limits use to an US based scenario.

The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System, established under the authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1989, is a framework for organizing federal, state and local partner emergency response teams as integrated federal disaster response task forces. The 28 US&R task forces can be deployed by FEMA to a disaster area to provide assistance in structural collapse rescue, or they may be pre-positioned when a major disaster threatens a community. SOP calls for activation of the three (3) task forces nearest the disaster area.

The US Army’s 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, based at Ft. Belvoir, VA is modelled on a FEMA US&R Task Force and provides additional support in the National Capital Region. Additionally, some states and other jurisdictions have created and equipped secondary task forces, such as TX-TF2 sponsored by the Dallas Fire Department.

Each of the 28 task forces maintain an equipment cache designed to sustain the task force for four (4) days in the field. The 16,000+ pieces of equipment are cached and palletized for quick access and transportation. The complete load of equipment weighs approximately 60,000 pounds and is designed to be transported by tractor-trailer or in the cargo holds of two (2) C-130 transport aircraft.

The cache contents are broken into five (5) basic categories: Communications, Logistics, Medical, Search & Rescue, and Technical Support.