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Originally Posted by Targan
I loved The Road but it definitely was a depressing read (the movie was suitably depressing too). The after-war timeline written by GDW was included in the first edition of Traveller: 2300 which was published in 1987, which makes it T2K v.1 canon, not 2.x. Also, there is no suggestion in Howling Wilderness that the drought affecting much of the US in 2000-2001 continues after that time. The rains may have been plentiful from 2002 onwards, that's pretty much up to each individual GM to decide. Having said that, I completely understand your motivation to have a future timeline where the drought never happened and you ignore the T:2300 back-history. If you're trying to create a specific 'feel' more akin to The Road and charting a long, slow, hard road to recovery for the CONUS, writing your own timeline from 2000 onwards is probably the best way to do it.
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Ah, I was under the impression they did the after-the-war timeline when they tried to match up v2.X and Traveller. Having never read either very deeply, I can see where I would err. Same with Howling Wilderness when I think about it...I just flipped to New England and left it from there, call it bias.
I basically had cantonments of survivors outside of the urban areas that didn't get hit by nukes (In my writings I placed that enclave in the Buffalo/Niagara International Airport) slowly become enclaves that grow in size as the years go past. They started growing crops, fishing through the ruins for needed supplies, and trying not to anger neighbors or marauder bands.
I'm also thinking about throwing the French in there somehow, with helicopters and tanks. They've been expanding since 2000, and they're moving down from the Quebec area...mostly because I find the idea of the 'super-power' France fun and I often throw those tidbits in with other T2k things I've done.