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Originally Posted by Gelrir
Are these people going to be any use to the Project? They didn't choose to leave their friends and family behind, had no say in joining, and may not believe the Project is particularly beneficial. Plus, the giant kidnapping scheme could go tremendously wrong ... suddenly the entire Project is a giant target for law enforcement, less than a year before The Big Event.
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I don't go for the mass kidnappings in the months prior. Maybe within three weeks. It would take a Team of profilers to make the connections to why someone would want these people. If law enforcement ever actually made the connection that it was one entity at all kidnapping all these people.
Are they of special use to the Project itself? Depends upon the specialty, really. Medicine, and engineering, yes. Law, Economics, Education, those persons are saved for the reconstruction phase and would not have typically been woken up for the 3-5 year beginning of the project.
The Project
IS a big target of the U.S. Government. Has been from the start. Hence, the Snake Eaters. The Government has always been suspicious of this secretive entity it does not control.
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Originally Posted by Gelrir
"You knew the atomic war/meteor was coming, but didn't care to share your survival systems/fusion power/cryogenic hideout bunkers with the world?" Sure, player-character members of the Project are required to believe that load of hooey, but why should anyone else? They haven't drunk the kool-aid of Bruce.
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Good, more drama for the story line!
These would all be selected because they are the BEST. That was the selection criteria. The Project has to make many, many, many compromises for personnel that are acceptable. These people are the greatest in their fields and would have the most effect on the recovery period. Items like family, fame, fortune, politics, location, political orientation, etc; mean these people are to well known, or their sudden change of behavior/disappearance would draw to much attention and speculation.
Sure the Projects doctors are great, some advanced in specialties. However, having one or more Nobel Laureate awarded virologists and epidemiologists on the Team to fight a Soviet biowar plague could save hundreds of thousands.
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Originally Posted by Gelrir
And after all, these people are "unsuitable for recruitment" by definition. What's the purpose of this?
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To gather the BEST (top 1%) of many disciplines and career fields for the recovery period who could not be brought in without notice being taken of their disappearance prior to War Day.
As NPCs these characters would have skill levels far above normal. PHDs with 150% or 200% skill level in one or two advanced educational skills like Medical Doctor (NeuroSurgeon), Virologist, Nuclear Power Generation, Applied Physics, Urban Design and Development, Jurisprudence, Political Science, etc.