MC GANGS

[General Pain]

Hi again.

Have anyone written anything on the various MC Gangs of the US, or other places?
I'd guess they would hold goods,guns,fuel & transport in a Post-Apoc. Environment.

[mikeo80]

Originally Posted by General Pain

Hi again.

Have anyone written anything on the various MC Gangs of the US, or other places?
I'd guess they would hold goods,guns,fuel & transport in a Post-Apoc. Environment.

General,

Good to see you on the forum again! It seems like it has been a long time.

MC Gangs. I do not recall any posts on this topic. They would have a short term advantage over anyone else in the weeks following TDM. IF they were away from the cities during TDM, they would have a coherent group, usually armed to the teeth, and willing to take whatever they wanted. After a month or so, I do not see them having any mobility advantages. Their cycles need gas and oil just like any other vehicle. The destruction of the US fuel backbone would shut down the availability of petroleum based products for the Hells Angles just like it would for every one else. I do not know if EMP would affect the bikes. Probably not.

The MC gangs would be an interesting campaign as both MilGov and CivGov would be anxious to curtail their activities. I could see a tie in with the US Mail thread as either or both governments would offer a "deal" to the MC gangs. Deliver the mail, we make sure you have gas. Get out of line, we step on you with both feet.

My $0.02

Mike

[.45cultist]

1ST Ed Twilight 2000 treated them like any other marauders. I can see them used as scouts or rapid response by any local powers and army. While most 1%ers are white, I don't see New America being a favorite patron(too restrictive of a society).

[Raellus]

I think that OMGs have a couple things going for them in a SHTF scenario. First off, most of them are surprisingly well organized, some with nationwide profiles. They're also very mobile, and I don't just mean their wheels. A lot of those guys don't live in any one place for very long. They're used to moving around a lot. Lastly, any OMG worth its salt is going to be relatively well armed. A lot of OMGs partake in a little gun running in addition to their other extralegal activities (drug trafficking mostly, and often prostitution rings). They're going to have access to unregulated/illegal full auto firearms, cut down weapons, and silencers. OMGs also have contacts in other parts of the criminal realm. I don't think that fuel would be a major issue, at least in the short run. I expect a lot of these gangs would revert to banditry in order to keep themselves well gassed after civil disorder begins. That should keep them in the gasoline for a while, probably long after most of the rest of the country had ground to a halt. After that, I'm sure that a lot of OMGs would have people who could figure out how to convert their bike engines to burn alternative fuels. In a lot of ways, OMGs are a perfect marauder template.

[Targan]

IIRC there are multiple references in the CONUS modules and sourcebooks to OMGs as being at the cores of various armed groups. Those sorts of people have the benefit of not requiring much (or any) lead time in moving to methods involving extreme violence and brutality as civil order decays.

Originally Posted by Raellus

I don't think that fuel would be a major issue, at least in the short run. I expect a lot of these gangs would revert to banditry in order to keep themselves well gassed after civil disorder begins. That should keep them in the gasoline for a while, probably long after most of the rest of the country had ground to a halt.

Absolutely. I think that a significant proportion of fuel tanker heists during the breakdown of civil order in the CONUS during the Twilight War would have been conducted by OMGs and similar groups with the benefits of strong leadership, strong esprit-de-corps and a bit of logistical forward-thinking.

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by Targan

IIRC there are multiple references in the CONUS modules and sourcebooks to OMGs as being at the cores of various armed groups. Those sorts of people have the benefit of not requiring much (or any) lead time in moving to methods involving extreme violence and brutality as civil order decays.



Absolutely. I think that a significant proportion of fuel tanker heists during the breakdown of civil order in the CONUS during the Twilight War would have been conducted by OMGs and similar groups with the benefits of strong leadership, strong esprit-de-corps and a bit of logistical forward-thinking.

Interesting concept ...fuel-tanker heists

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by mikeo80

General,

Good to see you on the forum again! It seems like it has been a long time.

MC Gangs. I do not recall any posts on this topic. They would have a short term advantage over anyone else in the weeks following TDM. IF they were away from the cities during TDM, they would have a coherent group, usually armed to the teeth, and willing to take whatever they wanted. After a month or so, I do not see them having any mobility advantages. Their cycles need gas and oil just like any other vehicle. The destruction of the US fuel backbone would shut down the availability of petroleum based products for the Hells Angles just like it would for every one else. I do not know if EMP would affect the bikes. Probably not.

The MC gangs would be an interesting campaign as both MilGov and CivGov would be anxious to curtail their activities. I could see a tie in with the US Mail thread as either or both governments would offer a "deal" to the MC gangs. Deliver the mail, we make sure you have gas. Get out of line, we step on you with both feet.

My $0.02

Mike

It's good to be back. - Thanx for the quick reply

[General Pain]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...torcycle_clubs

Something tells me I or someone should make a sourcebook of motorcycles old an new

[.45cultist]

That would be cool, I think I'd left a rough organization for the gangs under "the original 1%". One area that GDW needed to clear was the difference between road and offroad cycles, these needed different stats.