Warlock's wildcard.....

[.45cultist]

Yes, somehow people who might be needed are frozen.

[ArmySGT.]

That could be an adventure in itself.

The PCs are all MARS and tasked with transporting all these specialists to Prime Base from the collection depot.

So 4-6 PCs are tasked with 10-25 NPCs of various specialties.

The NPCs have had no training and were essentially kidnapped.

Except it is all the usual funnies. 150+ years. No functioning project.

One V-150 APC, One V-150 with Turret. Then one Rhino Runner bus to transport all these people.

http://www.thearmourgroup.com/pages/runner.html

You should have enough tension and drama for a made for tv movie just having the interactions between the protected assets themselves. Then their reaction to being kidnapped and the kidnappers are their saviors.

Then you have to keep them safe from a world that would exploit them or at the least eat them.

[RandyT0001]

TMP could have staged some "conferences" for collecting some of these individuals into concentrated locations. Send out special invitations to important doctors, scientists, scholars to speak at these conferences stationed in remote areas unlikely to be hit by bombs but with good "vacation" appeal. Honorarium and expenses paid for the individuals and thier guests by TMP. If TMP can afford to build fake towns in the desert then it can afford to build a few "luxury" hotels in more remote regions to protect the highly valued doctors, etc. in basement cyrotubes.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by RandyT0001

TMP could have staged some "conferences" for collecting some of these individuals into concentrated locations. Send out special invitations to important doctors, scientists, scholars to speak at these conferences stationed in remote areas unlikely to be hit by bombs but with good "vacation" appeal. Honorarium and expenses paid for the individuals and thier guests by TMP. If TMP can afford to build fake towns in the desert then it can afford to build a few "luxury" hotels in more remote regions to protect the highly valued doctors, etc. in basement cyrotubes.

How do you time that with the final day? Even Bruce Morrow could not predict the actual day.

[kato13]

An Indo-American businessman purchased the abandoned mining town of Kitsault,_British_Columbia for the purpose of making it a distractionless facility for advanced research.

http://www.bcbusiness.ca/natural-res...bcs-ghost-town

The project could do something like this. For people that are wanted for the project but deemed a security risk they could just live here year round.

[stormlion1]

While the Morrow Project might not be sure of the exact day they do have a roundabout time frame so they could do a few judicious kidnappings in the months prior to the Nukes. Best bet would be to make it look like they either went up and disappeared on there own or stage fake deaths. People would notice if too many people, important people went missing.

[RandyT0001]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

How do you time that with the final day? Even Bruce Morrow could not predict the actual day.

If the Morrow teams wait for the "Final Day" when the bombs are starting to drop to start trying to snatch people off the street and out of offices then race out of the city with their captive the chances of success are slim. Considering that the EMP of the attack wrecks the communications and telephones how will the really "know" it is the final day. However, people do know about 2017 EM9 several months in advance. It's arrival can be predicted to a degree. Morrow would know about EM9 before the astronomers do. If TMP built the hotels about two or three years before EM9 and started the weekly, week long conferences about six months before it's estimated arrival in locations like Franklin, NC; Port Charlotte, FL; Lake Placid, NY; etc. then a number of doctors, scientists, etc. would periodically attend as it would be a "retreat" without them having the reputation to be a "asteroid prepper survivalist". The Morrow personnel snatch them out of their rooms (along with spouse, children, mistress, etc.) take them to the secure location where the cyrotubes are. You are not going to get the very best minds in the various fields though. With 2017 EM9 approaching the government will already do that themselves like in Deep Impact.

[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.

"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.

And after all, these people are "unsuitable for recruitment" by definition. What's the purpose of this?

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Michael B.

[.45cultist]

The people I'm adding were "picked" by a mysterious benefactor and eventually shown the cryotubes post war. Most will be useful, all have 21st century knowledge, skills. Sometimes "Mr. Warlock" would give a person a lottery ticket. Then see how they used the money. Sometimes he would be "rescued" by a good Samaritan.

[ArmySGT.]

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.

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.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Gelrir

And after all, these people are "unsuitable for recruitment" by definition. What's the purpose of this?

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.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by RandyT0001

If the Morrow teams wait for the "Final Day" when the bombs are starting to drop to start trying to snatch people off the street and out of offices then race out of the city with their captive the chances of success are slim. Considering that the EMP of the attack wrecks the communications and telephones how will the really "know" it is the final day. However, people do know about 2017 EM9 several months in advance. It's arrival can be predicted to a degree. Morrow would know about EM9 before the astronomers do. If TMP built the hotels about two or three years before EM9 and started the weekly, week long conferences about six months before it's estimated arrival in locations like Franklin, NC; Port Charlotte, FL; Lake Placid, NY; etc. then a number of doctors, scientists, etc. would periodically attend as it would be a "retreat" without them having the reputation to be a "asteroid prepper survivalist". The Morrow personnel snatch them out of their rooms (along with spouse, children, mistress, etc.) take them to the secure location where the cyrotubes are. You are not going to get the very best minds in the various fields though. With 2017 EM9 approaching the government will already do that themselves like in Deep Impact.

Far easier to be selective and pick up one or two off the street or from their homes with 2-3 personnel. It is about the best persons, not suitable ones.