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Originally Posted by Badbru
Have you considered the later happening before the former? That way he is "legitimately" in controll of, a segment atleast of, the City food distribution.
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I had not considered that idea. To be honest, I see the immediate seizure of food and fuel by the government as a foregone conclusion. If there are any preparations made by the government regarding nuclear strikes against CONUS, I believe seizure of food and fuel stocks will be at the top of the list. Not every scrap of either resource will fall into government hands on D+1. Private stocks of both probably will remain untouched by the government, unless the government knows about them and thinks obtaining them is worth the potential trouble. But fuel distribution points and warehouses, storehouses, and processing facilities will be well known to local governments and the local military leadership. I see food flowing from the government controlled warehouses and other stockpiles through the hands of the chairman's organization to the people on the Strip. I'd be very willing to consider an alternative point of view, though.
Now I suppose it's possible that Tokugawa assumes his new position on the Strip prior to the organization of a city-wide rationing system. Even then, though, the best that could be said is that stores already inside the zone of control of the new chairman would be "let go".