City of Angels Rewrite?

[Olefin]

it wasnt fun - I was there for the riots and the Marines went in loaded for bear - heck they stopped flights going into LAX because they were worried someone was going to shoot one down

[Silent Six]

Many years ago, I seem to recall that some of us thought about doing a re-write or new material, even. I can pitch in to some extent, even help set up a writing list. I'm better at editing and proofreading than coming up with a lot of creative work out of thin air, though.

With regard to the LA riots twenty years ago, I know there was a lot of concern for the Marines and the Guard going in to restore order. The last thing they wanted was to have to face off against rioters with heavy weapons. Particularly some of the National Guardsman who, I think it was revealed later, were only issued one bullet each to get them deployed sooner (I don't have a citation for this, so I can't confirm).

Doing some quick web searching...those riots were twenty years ago on 4/29. Time flies.

[rcaf_777]

I currently working some Adoc units made of former state guard and national guard troops

Los Angles Rangers - based in LA County

Los Angles City Guards - A unit formed to protect the city like the ORMO

[SongofWar]

Let me know if you guys need a hand. I always thought that area of the country had a lot more game potential than was realized in the City of Angels module.

[TrailerParkJawa]

As a Californian I'm always interested in any T2K works on my state. I didnt personally care for City of Angels too much. As mentioned already it felt sorta comic bookish.

Personally, I would rather see new material developed from scratch than a rewrite. LA is huge, even with the nukes there should be lots of salvage potential in the Southland.

One thing to keep in mind though is water. Without power the water distribution network in California comes to an end. No pumping of water over the Grapevine, or from other sources like Colorado river.

So LA is now essentially a very dry place as are many parts of California. And since there are surviving forces up near Sacramento or Stockton any water works there would be used locally.

Sorry for the musing, but I certainly would lend any ideas or proof reading to a California project.

[Olefin]

Thats a very valid point. LA, before the extensive water works were created, was a much smaller city that could only support a fraction of the population that was there in 1997.

Without that water many areas in LA, even if they were still habitable, would be a very hard place to live in. Much of it would rapidly revert to the semi-desert conditions that existed there prior.

[Matt Wiser]

I'll echo TPJ's sentiments: I'm also a Californian, and would like to have seen more material about the Golden State.