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Subways
Subways has not been discussed in this forum. As I see it it is a excellent asset.
FOR PLAYERS: Bombshelter transportation mobile hq etc etc u could probably hide a small factory in some of the bigger tunnels FOR GMs: the subways could be infested with all kinds of dangerous shit - sewerpeople,scruffies,cannibals,mutants(if allowed), other armed enemies angry rat swarms etc etc subways also has quite a different look/feel after a nuke / conventional war has hit a city.The power is gone.... (sadly, in this picture the light fictures worked)
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I've also heard that in an emergency, if you can open a manhole cover and go down, that could provide a quick bomb shelter. Trouble is, many cities are switching to locked manhole covers so that might not be an option, in fact, my millionaire (I'm part of the poor relations) cousin is involved in selling them. Chuck M.
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but I guess it rains alot more in dc/ny than LA ?
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Are there subways in LA? I've never heard of any, and burrying a trian in an area known for earthqukes is questionable to me. But never been there, so I maight be wrong.
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In twilight chronicles a few years ago now, i had a whole series of encounters planned to entice the PCs underground. I dont think we quite got there though.
But yes, in general, i think tunnels would be great for the reasons you mention. And even if there isnt anything you can see, its often the thought of "whats in the dark" that builds the tension. There was that show on pay tv, and more recently on commercial tv in australia (where i seen it). It was called "Earth after humans" or something. In it, they said the NYC subway system has 4 million gallons (!) of water pumped out of it each day. I guess most subway systems, being underground, are "below the water line". .
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Ok the New York Subway system has 443 miles of Track tunnels and about 300 miles of supporting tunnels. Assuming a diamter of 16 feet for the track tunnels and 7 feet for the supporting tunnels. Gives about 60,959,463 cubic feet. I am going to round up to 65 million including stations. A gallon is .133 cubic feet. So the system would have filled in approximately 122 days. I would guess you could calculate other cities by comparing annual rainfall, but my guess is that most would be flooded by the time T2k rolls around. |
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I'm not arguing with your math kato. But i got the feeling from the show that the subway would fill with water within 7 days.
I quoted 4 million gallons below, but part of me is now thinking hte number was 13 million. It just sounds like so much water. Even if after a few days there was a few inches of water, or ankle to knee high, it would make travel underground wet and discomforting. And once its at waist high, with water rats swimming around ... it'd be "shivver".
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Found this
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/inside...looding/35672/ 13 million on a dry day. So you could pretty much guarantee that it would be filled in a under a month (perhaps much under) if there was any appreciable rainfall. |
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-radioactive dustclouds -various human mauraders,former militarycanibals,gangs,etc etc -fire(s) -oops forgot to say any people is probably armed with automatic rifles or the like...I could go on,... I got the inspiration to this thread after looking at Los Angeles in Google Earth... My plan was to get an escape route out of LA downtown...
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Well ... yeah ... but at least your dry :-)
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lost/hidden underground structures
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/5/528...-avenue-subway -- Atlantic Avenue abandoned subway tunnel in Brooklyn. 2570-ft long.
http://www.nycgo.com/slideshows/new-york-secrets/11/ Brooklyn Bridge (Manhattan side) Bomb shelter and hidden chambers--restocked by the folks who brought you the Strategic Reserve stockpile(s) of Allegheny Uprising? http://www.nycgo.com/slideshows/new-york-secrets/2/ -- "Lost Station" subway stop under NYC City Hall, something one of the Duke's opponents might pay well to learn of. http://gizmodo.com/how-one-inventor-...nde-1123695775 Mr. Beach's Pneumatic Subway, on Manhattan Island.
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The working lines are the Red Line (16.4 mi / 26.4 km) opened in 1993 and the Purple Line (6.4 mi / 10.3 km) opened in 2006. The Purple Line runs most of its length on the Red Line although I am unsure if it has a physically separate track and platform system (seems unlikely). Extensions are planned for the subway system but funding appears to be a big problem. The abandoned line was operating in the mid-1920s and had a short life, it ceased operations in 1955. General info about the transit system including the subways http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_R...Angeles_County) http://www.la-electric-travel.com/Lo...etro-Rail.html Map of the passenger rail system (subways are red and purple) http://subway.umka.org/map-los-angeles.html Article from 2010 about subway expansion http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/11...-system-grows/ Article from 2012 about subway expansion http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2...-25-years-off/ And finally, (the most interesting one!), the abandoned system http://www.awalkerinla.com/2012/05/1...iginal-subway/ http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/subwayarea.htm http://laist.com/2008/07/12/laistory_the_19.php |
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The old subway tunnels in Los Angeles appeared in a lot of movies in the 1980s and early 1990s. The "V" miniseries, for example, features the Toluca substation and the Belmont tunnel entrance a lot.
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LA's storm drains? Think of the potential for rumors! D'ya think they'd find any giant mutated ants down there?
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I know that Philadelphia has a subway system. IIRC, basically a north/south run on Broad Street and an east/west line on Market Street. Again, IIRC, Market Street line is both underground and above ground.
http://subway.umka.org/map-philadelphia.html I do not remember any mention of flooding on the North/South line. I used to use it to get to Temple University. While I went to Temple, the subways were a relatively safe and effective way to travel. The two years I went to Temple, I never had any problems. With T2k both V1 and V2.2, Philly gets nuked pretty hard because of massive oil refineries in South Philly. I could see maybe the north end of the subway down to say City Hall MIGHT still exist....Could be a lead in for scavenging the Temple Library as an example of a scenario.. My $0.02 Mike |
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The Philadelphia Tunnels won't flood, there a good distance from the Delaware River but the Schuylkill is another story up by 30th Street Station where the tunnels and the River are only a few thousand feet from each other. Course there both above ground but let the river overflow its banks and they will begin to flood quick.
Also don't forget that there is one or two abandoned Stops in the Philly Subway System, one quite large and connecting old Steam Passages throughout some leading quite a distance from Central Philly. I used to ride a bike through them. Tight but doable and completely hidden from most Philadelphians and leading into the sub basements of a lot of older buildings or just dead ending where new construction has obliterated those passage. Don't recommend going down there, easy to get lost and the Bums are scrappers about there territory! http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/01/t...n-underground/ Last edited by stormlion1; 02-18-2014 at 11:18 PM. Reason: added link |
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During my 1st ed. T2K, I'd look at men's adventure fiction for ideas, one about NYC stated there were 6900 miles of tunnels, subway and various utilities added together. But a subway tunnel in various stages of flooding and with brigands and critters would be a good spot for a forgotten CD stockpiles. Dungeon 21! This site has all the gear needed for a salvage job.
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Link please?
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It was a dead tree series that inspired the 1990's militia movements, hence my interest for the game. Classic b rate stuff, but the tunnel part was real, "6900 miles, most big enough for a man to move through." They found a group of disfigured cannibals lived there..... I believe it may have been the "Ashes" series. The feds started showing displeasure at the author's influence and he started taking it personal. Be warned the series is rambling and disjointed. Also classic pulp weapons handling and effects.
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Not sure I follow...is it a book series named Dungeon 21?
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I grab inspiration from Metro 2033...
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Side note: Metro any good?
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Absolutely. Both of them. Would've preferred them to be a bit more "open world" though.
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No, that was my reference to finding the extensive Civil Defense caches dismantled in the Clinton era, these had WWII small arms so particular attention was paid to destruction. The book series was the Ashes series, "Out of the Ashes was the first. Again these are shlock, not alternate history. But inspiration comes from the most surprising things at times.
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I second this statement!
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