Population

[Matt W]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

Hmm, Well any way you like. That's your game. I just think that in any place that is that well recovered is not going to need the Project, even going so far as to being hostile to the Projects meddling.

The Project personnel are going to get frozen out, as hardly capable hired guns at best. Not enough persons or materials to affect anything when it is an six man team and Texas has 3 million.

Actually, I should revise my figures. I just checked "Operation Lonestar" and my memory was incorrect. The module lists the population of Texas as 5 million

I understand your point about the relative importance of a small team when it's dealing with a City-State rather than a village - but I don't it think it's too difficult to provide a scenario that will work

For example, let's steal a plot from Shakespeare (I always recommend stealing from the best). It wouldn't be difficult to look at "Julius Caesar" and transfer it to a "New Presidency".
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A successful General has expanded the borders. Security, Economic Opportunities, The Rule of Law and something resembling peace are now in existence. The real problem is that many Senators suspect that he intends to remove the last vestiges of Democracy & make himself a dictator.

What does the 6-person team do? Try to protect the new Caesar? Help another candidate run for the election? Try to help in the assassination? Go for the Brutus role or Mark Anthony's? There's likely to be a Civil War if they can't handle it safely. Can the Morrow project broker a truce? If not, whose side will they pick?

[mikeo80]

Originally Posted by Matt W

A successful General has expanded the borders. Security, Economic Opportunities, The Rule of Law and something resembling peace are now in existence. The real problem is that many Senators suspect that he intends to remove the last vestiges of Democracy & make himself a dictator.

What does the 6-person team do? Try to protect the new Caesar? Help another candidate run for the election? Try to help in the assassination? Go for the Brutus role or Mark Anthony's? There's likely to be a Civil War if they can't handle it safely. Can the Morrow project broker a truce? If not, whose side will they pick?

IF a Morrow Team plays true to form, they will remain neutral. Or possibly remove themselves totally from the picture. Let the locals figure out what is what and who is who. Kinda like the "Prime Directive" from Star Trek that various and sundry Captains kept breaking to solve their own issues.

One place Morrow Team can be is a truce maker for the treatment of ALL injured. Especially if there is an on going civil war. Help both sides equally. That should confuse the issue with facts!

Another place Morrow can be neutral is in teaching technology. If the team sees a TL C or less, then a course on water treatment, sewage treatment, crop rotation, fertilizer utilization, etc can be given to any one who wants it.

A third level of neutrality is talking to the locals about where they (the team) came from and what the team's goals are. A little shock and awe can't hurt.

Plus if any side wants to get rought with the team, a short demonstration of firepower should resolve the issue. Something like using a .50 (or if you are lucky, a 20 mm) to destroy a large rock. Or a little bit of C-4. No one hurt...but damn those boys with the funny uniforms have some SERIOUS voo-doo magic!!!

my $0.02

Mike

[robj3]

Matt, you wrote:

Actually, I should revise my figures. I just checked "Operation Lonestar" and my memory was incorrect. The module lists the population of Texas as 5 million

You don't need to revise your numbers - you gave a range of 20-25 million and are still in range. As I previously posted, the physical limits to population are pretty wide, given modern agriculture.

I understand your point about the relative importance of a small team when it's dealing with a City-State rather than a village - but I don't it think it's too difficult to provide a scenario that will work

Good scenario - a little bit different to the fare published in the modules.

Six people can make a difference. Heck, one person can change history. They just have to be in the right place at the right time.


Rob