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Old 04-10-2012, 12:08 PM
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It's around here somewhere. When I have some time, I'll either find it here or assemble the requisite materials off my hard drive.

In Poseidon’s Rifles, Bath Iron Works is engaged in much more mundane work than producing new warships. Fishing vessels are the lifeblood of First District. Also, the machine shops at BIW are engaged in producing arms, armaments, and spare parts. Ditto the facilities at Portsmouth, NH. Towards the end of 2000, the various surviving governments in the region began talking about stepping up trade and attempting to coordinate their industrial efforts. If they can make this happen, then there is every reason to believe that the defense forces of northern New England will be able to equip themselves with enough machine guns, mortars, and ammunition to defeat the emerging threat of marauder super-gangs called hordes. If everyone is very lucky, they will realize that scattered among the various cantonments of New England are enough people with the right kinds of experience to operate the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, many of the surviving specialists worked at Vermont Yankee and now reside in the United Communities of Southern Vermont under the leadership of the Black Watch. The Black Watch is not especially cooperative. They have bad blood with the Vermont government at Burlington, the MPs at Westover AFB, the New Hampshire government at Manchester, and the Vikings who effectively run Nashua. This is a shame, because the benefits to all of bringing Maine Yankee back on-line at even a fraction of its potential would be a huge boon to the whole region.
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Last edited by Webstral; 04-10-2012 at 12:09 PM. Reason: Posted too quickly
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