I go for the dark dystopian future.
Those that survived were survivors because they were more ruthless, less forgiving, and even more self serving than those that did not. Those that hid food from others, those that turned away hungry people knowing if they shared their cache they would starve too before spring. Those that burned books for heat and ate their neighbors pets.
They lived. They had children, and those children had children.
The Humanity and Motivation scales for typical encounters are in the middle and lower most often.
Though villages and other survivors maybe within a days walk of one another there is no trade, no contact, and only confrontation. Those "others" may be hunting on your land. Looking in your territory for good salvage. Trying to steal your women.
It is the MP teams that convince them to open up to more than Mailmen, Emdees, and passing traders.
The MP team has to show them through skill and cooperation that more is achieved by sharing and working together with neighboring villages; not just their own village, tribe, or clan.
Such a small, small Morrow Project for such a big undertaking.
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