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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
Considering that the Project was meant to awaken its teams 2-5 years or so after the wars end but they ended up sleeping for around 150-200 years I tend to think that they would have planned for maximum numbers of survivors and not minimum numbers. I do seem to recall that part of their mission was to get further supplies from the local region so they weren't going to carry "everything" in their supply caches.
I mention this more so for the RP side of things, it makes life more "interesting" for the Players but it is a part of game design that appears to have been given little thought.
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Cynic,
I tend to think along the same lines about "rescue" supplies and the purpose of caches; while elaborate and huge caches are cool, I think they would be the exception to the rule (except for Specialist teams) and not devoted to relief supplies but reconstruction materials.
Regarding the idea of a "refugee camp in a box":
1) The Project's mission was reconstruction. Therefore, planning extensively for relief and rescue efforts is a case of "mission creep". That is, they can make provisions for additional capabilities beyond the core mission but at the almost direct expense of that mission.
2) Given the wakeup window of 3-5 years, it's doubtful anyone will need immediate assistance. If the government is recovered enough it's their responsibility to provide large-scale assistance through FEMA (and similar organisations in Canada, Australia, etc.). There will be NGOs like the American Red Cross already devoted to relief efforts. If there are, they will be far more capable than the Project at administering relief efforts and delivering supplies. On the other hand, if things are really bad then there's little the Project could do in the short term to mitigate these effects.
3) My personal view is the caches are to provide local sustainability for teams that cannot be supplied by the Group and regional logistical systems for whatever reason, not provide bulk supplies (which are stored in the permanent depots, according to TM 1-1). Further, at least for Recon/Recce units, teams are supposed to remain mobile to do their jobs because proportionally there are so few of them. Having teams engage in immediate disaster relief efforts ties them down and they can't engage in reconnaissance. Likewise other teams need to concentrate on their core missions and not get caught up in administering local relief efforts for thousands of people.
This also isn't meant to be a flame, but more asking if adding capability for refugee relief is putting the cart before the horse.
Tony