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Originally Posted by Heffe
Certainly there would still be a small modicum of civilian shipping happening - just not enough to make a serious dent in the collapse or enough to ferry large numbers of men and equipment. That canon piece about international shipping coming to a standstill, at least in my mind, mainly refers to large bulk container ships and oil tankers. The global shipping industry is going to be locked down by lack of fuel, lack of personnel, lack of repair parts, and fear of being sunk by hostile forces. Smaller outfits probably have the means to move around, though even they would be suffering from lack of adequate access to oil and spare parts, even if they still have the manpower available.
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I agree wholeheartedly.
↑THIS↑ is a crucial premise of
any T2k timeline. It explains why US military forces around the world are dwindling by 2000, and presents a major challenge to any PCs who must cross an ocean to get home.
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Originally Posted by Heffe
That said, some enterprising and risk-taking small merchant captains could probably end up doing quite well for themselves indeed, so long as they stayed below the radar and stayed in friendly waters. That actually sounds like a great start to an adventure.
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Indeed.
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