Settlement Report

[bobcat]

given the mission of the morrow project one would assume they have a standard reporting form for settlements encountered. that said such also help the GM keep track when adding towns vilages and such to the game. so i figured i'd ask if any of you have created such forms or if you even use them.

granted i'm currently working on one of my own.

[bobcat]

admittedly this is a work in progress. i'm thinking of adding line numbers and brevity codes to add to the realism as if its something you would actually radio to higher headquarters to help get settlements cataloged so they can receive the needed assistance.

[mikeo80]

I think this is a very good idea. I never thought about something like this in the games I have played/GM'ed.

As I read Prime Base, most of the first contact information was passed by radio. However, this type of form makes sense.

My $0.02

Mike

[kato13]

If it was a planned program from the original project I don't see "tech level" and culture being discussed. Things would still be mostly feeding of pre war stocks and I don't see the cultural variety seen 150 years after the strikes to have presented itself yet. Yes you might have slavery or similar activities, but they would not be culturally embedded after only 5 years, but probably seen as a means to an end. (edit) There might possibly be Amerind culture being mentioned, but it would not be so radical to the project that it needs to be a focus.


I think there would be additional fields for:

Water source and quality
Food source, quality and variety.
Medical quality.
Persons of interest

[bobcat]

given that in T2K even while the war is going on a number of cities have suffered technological retrograde and significant culture shift its even a major consideration in contemporary nation building efforts.
and your right i did forget to include a large chunk of my training on that side. but i figured POI's would be included under cultural situation.

new version

[bobcat]

another reason to include technological and cultural situation is simple. imagine a team of morrow operatives finding themselves even at boom plus five years stuck operating in the deep south. they would have very little of the resources they would would have grown accustomed to from the industrial north in a radically alien culture and a generally agrarian technological situation. so it is probable that the COT would make such considerations.