Cults in T2K

[Raellus]

Thanks for the contributions, guys. Good stuff.

@unkated: This reminds me of the bad-guys in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. IIRC, radical environmentalists were trying to launch a virus or something to wipe out 99.9% of humanity.

A neo-Luddite cult could have a similar M.O., albeit with less emphasis on environmentalism. Their reason for destroying new tech is that they blame it for the war. They embrace a return to hand-made articles, eschewing machinery, and a barter-based economy.

@ArmySGT.: I like this idea- the name is particularly clever- but what makes this a group? What brings them together? It seems like there's a missing element here. What's the bond that makes this a cult, as opposed to nickname for certain types of hopeless individuals?

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by Raellus

@ArmySGT.: I like this idea- the name is particularly clever- but what makes this a group? What brings them together? It seems like there's a missing element here. What's the bond that makes this a cult, as opposed to nickname for certain types of hopeless individuals?

Cults are cohesive. Some are family, some are a religious affiliation; the most common and obvious reason for their communal activities.

The Violent Ends are communal in that a herd is communal. Some are more aware than others and able to gather food and water, then press this into the hands or mouths of those barely above catatonia. There is a bond without bonds, as membership doesn't require joining. There is comfort or atleast the path of least resistantance, for these sick and lost individuals in that no one presses them to act or feel.

You could I suppose give them a dramatic and tragic caregiver that sheperds them along.

I don't think it needs one myself...... Use them as a story telling tool to drive the point home that the world is broken and pitiless.

[Raellus]

Cool. I was just having a little trouble wrapping my head around the concept; your explanation has helped me to do so. Thanks.