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Originally Posted by unkated
The things I don't see are:
The sudden massive burden of supporting the populations of eastern texas
The cost of the effort to rebuild the even enough infrastructure to supply the campaign
And these suddenly new American citizens - I'd like to see a counter-demand to bring their families from the chaos of Mexico.
Shepherding missions could be fun.
I notice that you don't include anything about the civil war in mexico - or are you not including it?
(IMHO, The Mex civil war would be a reason to have pulled the loyal troops uselessly in the US out to support the Federale gov't anyway)
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Thanks for posting your thoughts, I was hoping for me feedback either way actually.
So in my campaign, a much larger Operation Omega force lands in Texas and starts the systematic pacification of each county of East Texas starting around Jan12001. This section of the state has alot of resources to use for the rebuilding efforts elsewhere.
What I have done is taken all the pre-war populations and used a custom spreadsheet similar to the one floating around with "US Populations" from Chico I think. 60% base mortality with 15-25% more for war torn areas but I used the increased 2014 numbers to simulate the Mexican refugee situation.
Using a 3 person to one acre ratio and only utilizing 1% of the total available land in each county determined how many people I could feed, providing a surplus.
I also did the same thing with oil production from each county, only using 1% pre-war output to determine that I can refine almost 20000 gallons of diesel per day. There are at LEAST 3 non nuked refineries in the eastern part of the state.
So thats a quick rundown on the infrastructure from a very high limited level.
We would count on that demand to "help my family in Chihuahua" drive the surge of American states in Mexico. Skills/mineral resources/salvage potential are all things you gain from accepting a Mexican state into the "Union".
As for the Civil War in Mexico, we have included it but haven't worked it out too far. Although the idea of the Mexican government pulling loyal units back to Mexico City is a good thought we haven't looked it. Thanks!