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[Nirur Torir]

Torir Hegemony

Nirur Torir stood at the front of the crowded lobby. His people had been bored and cramped in nearly unlivable conditions for far too long, and it was time to discuss the future with them. "Yes, the air outside is finally breathable. Yes, our supplies are running low. No, we don't know how many others survived. No, we don't know what else is out there. However, we do know that there are two other bunkers that survived, to the east. We don't know if the people inside survived, as the radar arrays linking us to them are heavily antiquated. I expect to be able to tell you more about them by tomorrow.

Hear me now, good people. I assure you, that no matter what it takes, we will survive. I will do anything to return the standard of living you once knew and enjoyed to as many of you as possible. The days and weeks ahead may be difficult, and not all of us may survive, but we will get through this. Together.

Torir Hegemony prevails, citizens."

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Thirty minutes later, Nirur spoke to his aide, alone. "I want teams of miners digging a hallway though the back of the storage area. Have them dig as far as they can in a day, straight across from the entrance. Inform me if they find anything.
I want the scientists to figure out a design for a command center. I want to be able to directly communicate with anyone wearing one of those suits, see what they see, read their instruments, and give them instructions."
I want one diplomat sent to each of the other bunkers. Tell the other eight to split up, scouting to the west and then to the south. They shouldn't need the suits.
As for the craftsmen, I feel we'll need guns and bullets. Our people were never trained for military duties, so the guns should be simple to use and maintain."

[EagleV]

Spoiler: inteuniso (click to show/hide)

Survivors of Mossena Arcade

The three groups of miners dig the new room as indicated. (3d100 = 61,60,55)


The diplomats arrive at the other bunkers by nightfall. (2d100 = 50,49)


Your explorers decide to split in 5 groups, to search the area to the south more effectively. Group one and three find only plains (2d100 = 63,46). Group 2 discovers a rusty and unusable electronic substation. A paved road leads south. They take some scrap with them (d100 = 88, +27 scrap, # on map). However, a bigger group could take still a lot more from the station. Group 4 loses radio contact (d100 = 2)! Group 5 discovers an old farmhouse, and they find a well-hidden hunting rifle! A dirt road leads south. (d100 = 86) The hunting rifle uses a strong magnetic field to shoot an amount of pellets. It is inaccurate, but can be loaded with mere pieces of scrap metal, although those might damage the barrel. There might still be more to find in the house.

(A bit of lore: Posessing firearms was in fact illegal in New Hope, but the small police force tolerated them. As such, many people had small firearms to protect themselves.)


Your scientists study the following objects: the air generator, the beds, the cooking equipment and the water filter.

They manage to disassemble the air generator and put it together again, and they now know how a T1 generator functions, although they can't make one themselves without proper tools and materials. (d100 = 55). The beds are just that, beds. You can sleep on them, and they make a funny noise when you jump on them. One scientist wounds himself to a rusty nail (d100 = 4, 1 guy has -1% to science checks). However, there seem to be no complications and it will heal within a few days. The cooking equipment is uninteresting, even though the most absent-minded scientist puts his hand on a plate to feel if it's warm. Auch. The burn will stay a few days. (d100 = 9, other guy at -1%). The water filter is a mystery to your scientists, they daren't open it while it's working, although they might get a better insight to its working if you shut it down for a day. (d100 = 22)


Your craftsman use a total of 79 scrap, and build a nice trade depot with room for vehicles, pulleys, and even an old cash register they found. The depot is quite strong, and is built over the bunker entrance. (d100 = 80)

Status:
2900 water
2900 food
  48 scrap

Spoiler: x2yzh9 (click to show/hide)

Populus of Palus

The miners start digging away part of the room. They soon find a small aquifer, near the bunker! However, due to the softness of the walls, a part of the room collapses! The miners get out in time, though one breaks his foot. It might take some weeks to heal. The dug-out space is filled with rubble, and will take 5 mandays to clean. Once cleaned, it can be used normally. (2d100 = 72,2)


Your scientists find no ice, but they find out there are several aquifers around here. What's more, some of them contain perfectly healthy water that requires only little filtering. (d100 = 89)


The second group of miners barely avoids a second accident, and due to the security measures one part of the room is not finished yet. However, on the other side of the small room you can see a patch of some kind of mineral... It will take some prospection to know what exactly. (2d100 = 20,94)


Some scientists try to rig the radar com system to send proper chat, while others experiment with the spacesuit radios. The radar scientists succeed in sending text to other bunkers over the radar com system, the others don't manage anything but some useless rewiring. (2d100 = 74,36)


Your craftsmen start crafting two turrets and a pile of ammo. During the testing, one of the turres overheats and blows to pieces! Luckily, nobody was wounded. The other turret performs great, although this one has no automatic tracking systems and needs to be manned. It uses magnetic energy to propell custom made dart projectiles, of which you have a hundred now. It has a high rate of fire, though it is not very accurate and easily overheats. (3d100 = 18,72,81) They used 77 scrap altogether, but regained 16 from the exploded turret.

Status:
2900 water
2900 food
  39 scrap

Spoiler: Nirur Torir (click to show/hide)

Torir Hegemony

The miners manage to dig out a narrow hallway in the back of the storage room. However, one of them sprains his wrist when the ancient pneumatic drill suddenly springs loose! The guy behind him sure was lucky he was wearing his helmet... The end of the corridor is dug in a sort of light, but strong stone, and one of the crafters claims it's great for building houses. (5d100 = 8,79,19,67,46)


The scientists throw their knowledge and the space suits' technology together, and they manage to set up a communication system, allowing you to view trough cameras in the suits from the safety of the lobby, which now has a corner designated as 'control hub'. However, one of the scientists causes irreparable damage to one of the suits when he hits the main battery with a scalpel, spilling a mixture of corrosive fluid over it. (4d100 = 4,75,45,38) They need 11 scrap for the whole system, including a monitor. A radio is already included in the suits.


Both of the diplomats reach the bunker of SMA, one of them prepares to travel further the next day.


The eight remaining diplomats decide to go in two teams of four. One team finds nothin but even more farmland. The other team is lucky however, and finds a road leading norhtwest-south, and a douane post! In the post are 2 9-mm guns, each loaded with a 12-bullet cartridge, though there might be more to find. (2d100 = 45,96)


Even though the craftsmen do whatever they can think of, the best they can come up with given the materials they have are spud guns. Using empty batteries as ammo, they pack quite a punch - but can't penetrate deeply, and will at the best knock your target out. Only 2 compressors are available. One of the craftsman uses some twigs and plants from outside the bunker to craft a few bows and arrows. "Hey, dudes, this is better than nothing, right?" (4d100 = 31,27,32,16) They use 8 scrap.

Status:
2900 water
2900 food
  92 scrap

Spoiler: Current map (click to show/hide)

First turn, and already some interesting results. I await the next turn(s) eagerly

[x2yzh9]

Populus of Palus

Build a few supports to support The western room and finish mining out that space using 10
craftsmen and 20 miners
Build a small water purifier with 5 craftsmen
Send 5 scientists out to collect water

[Nirur Torir]

Torir Hegemony

Nirur and his aide watched the gun demonstration. "And ... these 'guns' ... You say they will help? Um, yea. I guess they might be useful." A stray demonstration arrow hits the wall behind him and snaps. "Um. That's, er, nice. The science team designed a command center, which I want you to build."

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Nirur spoke with his aide, alone. "I'm sure they tried hard, but try to motivate them to build something more useful next time. I suppose having enough of them would help if we wanted to quell a rebellion or something, but rebellion isn't likely.
Ask the science team about designing a motorized vehicle. Preferably one that can be recharged from our generator.
I want the miners continuing their tunnel. I remember reading some pamphlet before the incident about mineral veins being found up north. If we found a source of iron, it would be very useful.
The explorers should be returning soon, and I had instructed the diplomats sent to the other bunkers to establish friendly contact and then return.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I want to decipher this text we received earlier."

[inteuniso]

"DAMMIT!" Inteuniso cursed as he heard the crackle of static come from group 4. "I need to get a search party ready. We need to find them, dead or alive. Take 6 miners, along with 4 traders and 5 craftsmen, and start searching for them!"

"Also, get those diplomats to start hashing out trade agreements with the other bunkers. Preferably two-way ones.

He began to lay out a plan, written on his trusty E-Paper.

In a barely intelligible scrawl...
10 craftsmen... create weaponry. Use scrap to make pistols, bullets, etc.

Have 40 miners start digging into area dug out previously. Plans to make a preliminary 3x3 room.

Have my scientists reverse-engineer the hunting rifle. If we can figure out how it works-it means an army & selling rifles to other bunkers.

[EagleV]

Spoiler: inteuniso (click to show/hide)

Survivors of Mossena Arcade

The search party immediately departs, continously keeping contact over the radio. They hurry, and when they arrive, they find the search party, of what's left of it. Only one of them is still alive, and that one only barely. They all show bite marks, and before they have a chance to apply first aid, a giant wolf emerges from the bushes! He jumps to one of the miners, and buries his fangs deep in the poor man's throat! However, another miner takes his hammer from his belt and crushes the wolf's skull! The search party bind the 2 wounded guy's deepest wounds, and take the bodies and the wolf with them as well. The wolf is unlike any other seen before. (3d100 = 88,4,46)


Trade agreements will have to be established via PM. You can communicate via diplomats in someone else's base, or via communication devices. Send a copy to me as well.


The rest of the craftsmen try to craft weapons from the pile. They craft several semi-automatic pistols, however ammo is hard to make and there  is only one 12-bullet cartridge for each. (2d100 = 84,32)


The miners, well, they mine. (4d100 = 38,43,64,35)


The scientists start working on the rifle. Not only do they know now how it works, they replaced the conductors with high-powered ones, increasing bullet velocity. Your crafters now have a bonus to coil rifle crafting checks, including crafting shells that will not damage the gun. (4d100 = 39-1,72-1,44,69)


Status:
2800 water
2800 food
48 scrap

Available troops:
55 miners + 1 Heavily Wounded   (4 †)
18 scientists + 2 Lightly Wounded
15 crafters
14 traders + 1 HW

Items:
Coil Hunting Rifle
5 Semi-auto 'Mossena' pistols
5 Mossena Cartridges, 8 shots each
1 Wolf corpse
10 space suits
Coil Rifle Blueprints (crafting +10%)

Outside Buildings:
Trade Depot, space for vehicle, pulley system.

Spoiler: x2yzh9 (click to show/hide)

Populus of Palus

The craftsmen and miners make quick work of the eastern room, and even have enough time left to clean and smooth the southern room as well! They use 4 scrap plates to make clean walls.


Your craftsmen manage to recreate a standard water purifier, and although it is not nearly as advanced as the filter, it can filter up to 70 units of water each turn from an aquifer. Your scientists, however, don't succeed in tapping of the water. (2d100 = 50,13) The crafters use 10 scrap.


Status:
2800 water
2800 food
29 scrap

Available troops:
54 miners + 1 Heavily wounded
20 scientists
15 crafters
10 traders

Items:
10 space suits
1 Message-sending radar
1 Rail Turret, uses PoPDarts
100 PoPDarts

Outside Buildings:
Rail Turret Emplacement, needs 1 crew on the spot to operate.

Spoiler: Nirur Torir (click to show/hide)

Torir Hegemony

Using the plans of the scientists, the crafters easily build the command center, using another 40 scrap. It has several monitors, to see trough the cameras on the spacesuits. It also uses the radio of the wasted suit, connected to an aboveground antenna.


One diplomat arrives at the second bunker in the evening.


The scientists, after some failed attempts, manage to build an electromotor from some loose pieces. They add wheels, batteries, a seat and a steering wheel. However, the buggy behaves very irregularly and is difficult to control even at low speeds, and some more time will be needed to perfect the design. The scientists also suggest welding a protective cage, in case the buggy would flip over or crash. (4d100 = 35,25,88,70)


The explorers return, but not before searching the post some more. They found a hundred grammes of confiscated weed, and an ammo chest, containing 40 more clips! (2d100 = 68,89)


The miners continue to dig the tunnel, and eventually come across a vein of iron ore, as well as a metal unknown to the miners! However, the tunnel should be reinforced within a few days, or it might collapse. (5d100 = 48,64,15,21,80)

Status:
2800 water
2800 food
52 scrap

Available troops:
49 miners + 1 Lightly Wounded
20 scientists
20 crafters
10 traders

Items:
10 space suits
2 9mm handguns
42 9mm cartridges, 12 ammo each
2 spud guns, using AA-batteries as ammo, heavy.
50 empty AA batteries
10 bows
25 arrows
1 electric buggy, unfinished, needs testing and finetuning.

Spoiler: Current map (click to show/hide)

[Nirur Torir]

Torir Hegemony

Praise the miners!
I want the miners to mine out the iron.
I want half the craftsmen reinforcing the mine.
I want the other half of my craftsmen working with the scientists to perfect the buggy.
I want to send one diplomat with a suit to each allied bunker. They will serve as communication relays, and inform my allies that we will begin working on farming tomorrow.
I'm sending out a team of four diplomats with three suits, both spud guns, ten AA batteries, two bows, and ten arrows. I want them following the road to the northwest.

[EagleV]

Trade agreements will have to be established via PM. You can communicate via diplomats in someone else's base, or via communication devices. Send a copy to me as well.

[x2yzh9]

Populus of Palus
Send 10 scientists and 10 craftsmen out to tap the water and create a water 'rig' there, afterwards build a pipeline leading from the rig to the water purifier at base so they can be constantly supplied with clean water.
If the tapping of water is effective, have 10 scientists produce a chemical nutrient solution, the last part of a hydroponics farm.
Have 54 of the miners go out and start mining the rocks and such for ore, wich could be made into scrap?

[inteuniso]

Survivors of Mossena Arcade

Sweet! Coil rifles are mine!
Also, that's crazy about that giant wolf. I wonder if there's others out there like it. And how else life in the dome has mutated.

Have 20 miners hollow out the rest of the 3x3 room.
30 miners should dig a hallway to the north of the bunker, from the lobby.

Have 10 scientists begin to design a vehicle chassis. Preferably a small, two-seater, great for scouting.
Have 5 scientists begin to examine the giant wolf. Why is it so large? Does it have any signs of scarring or wounds, besides the miner's hammer?
Have the last 5 scientists begin to research farming techniques. Irrigation, best planting strategies, etc.

Have 10 craftsmen begin to build a kitchen in the 3x3 room. We'll need somewhere to process the plants and cook all that giant wolf meat.
Have the other 5 craftsmen, along with 5 miners, go to the abandoned substation. Have the 5 miners bring the Mossena pistols and their clips. Begin collecting scrap, and look for any other abandoned technology that might be of use. Scrap is the highest priority though.

[EagleV]

Spoiler: inteuniso (click to show/hide)

Survivors of Mossena Arcade


The miners dig the rest of the room. However, on the west side of the room is a patch of loose ground, and they won't be able to mine further to the west. (2d100 = 20,61) They also start digging a hallway north. Everything goes well, you even manage to find some native iron ore! The work is almost halted for the day when a shout from one of the miners breaks the monotonous drilling. People rush to the dig site, and nobody believes his eyes when a fist-sized ruby is carefully dug out of the northern wall... (3d100 = 56-5,92,100!)

Your scientists come up with a workable design for a scouting vehicle, a two-seated trike, abel to handle rough terrain, and still fast. What's more, they used only pieces that are in your scrap pile! Only the assembling remains now. (2d100 = 87,71)

The wolf is ripped open, and the body is that of a normal wolf, only bigger. There is an unrecognizable, bloody mass in its stomach, and some of the scientists start feeling sick, so they quickly skip over the dissection. One of the scientist, a geneticist, examines the cells of the animal, and comes to two amazing conclusions: The genes are altered in a way that is much too logical to be a mutation, and there is no collagene in the blood. If a single wound would have caused the beast to bleed to death, then how could it survive the several cuts and bruises the first group delivered it? The blood will require a more carefull examination to answer this question. (d100 = 98-1)

The rest of the scientists perform some tests, and they come to the conclusion that the ground around the bunker should require little or no irrigation to grow vegetables. Carrots, cabbage, potatoes, all should do reasonably well. (d100 = 58-1)

The craftsmen cover the sand wall without problems, and soon there is a space reserved as kitchen. One of them constructs a crude cooking plate, a bit primitive, but it works well. They use 14 scrap.

The miners and craftsmen  on expedition to the substation arrive safely. (1d100 = 52-5) They manage to bring 48 more scrap, and find no interesting objects.

Wow. Just Wow. 10 rolls, only 1 under 50,  2 times 90+ if I don't count the natural 100. This turn might just have screwed the balance of this whole game.

Status:
2700 water
2700 food
82 scrap

Available troops:
55 miners + 1 Heavily Wounded   (4 †)
20 scientists
15 crafters
14 traders + 1 HW

Items:
Coil Hunting Rifle
5 Semi-auto 'Mossena' pistols
5 Mossena Cartridges, 8 shots each
1 Wolf corpse, cut open
10 space suits
Coil Rifle Blueprints (crafting +10%)
2-seater Plan (usable once, gives +25% to creation)
1 Fist-sized Ruby. What in hell.

Outside Buildings:
Trade Depot, space for vehicle, pulley system.

Spoiler: x2yzh9 (click to show/hide)

Populus of Palus

The scientists, once more, attempt to tap the water from the aquifer. They succeed, but as they are working, a piece of rock comes loose and hits one of them on the head! (2d100 = 51,5) He survives, but due to a heavy concussion, he won't be able to work for at least a week! The crafters then proceed to build a pipe , although it leaks a little.
(2d100 = 47,19) They can pump a hundred units of water trough it, but keep it at 70 to not damage the filter. The effect will be noticable tomorrow. They use 11 scrap.

The other group of scientists manage to create a nutrient that will provide nutrition for small plants, that can grow on water only. You will be able to grow small plants, such as herbs or berries. Bigger plants might require some  work, or trial-and-error. (2d100 = 18,76)

The miners start digging oustside the bunkers. Three groups come back with ore, once copper (9 pieces) and twice iron, 4 pieces together. (5d100 = 80,75,31,87,31)

Status:
2700 water
2700 food
18 scrap

Available troops:
54 miners + 1 Heavily wounded
19 scientists + 1 HW
15 crafters
10 traders

Items:
10 space suits
1 Message-sending radar
1 Rail Turret, uses PoPDarts
100 PoPDarts
9 Pieces of Copper
5 Pieces of Iron

Outside Buildings:
Rail Turret Emplacement, needs 1 crew on the spot to operate.

Spoiler: Nirur Torir (click to show/hide)

Torir Hegemony

The miners start digging, and before long you have a nice pile of 6 pieces of Iron. However, when the miners dig further, they discover that part of the iron is magnetic! They show you 3 nice chuncks of magnetic iron. (5d100 = 96,40,55,69,34) The vein continues, though it is late now and the miners need their rest.

The craftsman start reinforcing the mine, and they get some wood logs in place. However, one of them barely manages to save his foot when a horizontal beam comes crashing down! The whole thing looks quite... crappy. It might need some revisioning. (2d100 = 36,6)
They use 7 scrap.


The crafters work for hours, though during testdriving one of them loses control and crashes into a tree! His shoulder dislocated and a few ribs broken, this guy won't be driving again anytime soon. Even worse, the buggy is ripe for the scrapheap. When the crew sits together demoralized, one of thescientists suddenly stands up. He starts explaining the others that they shouldn't give up, that ther is still time, that we have at least half of the parts still usable, and he ends it with "I'm goign to make a car. Follow me if you want to help." Most of the others decide to help, and although the best parts are irreparably damaged, they manage to rebuild the buggy - ready for its maiden voyage. (6d100 = 50,1,57,23,52,96) They use 37 scrap.

The diplomats depart to the other bunkers, and you can now start PMing with the others. freely.

Your crew of diplomats walk a while along the road, but it seems to be boring and straight for a long way, and the guns are heavy. They return with nohin but a bit of exploration info. (1d100 = 47)

Carefull - you're low on scrap. You might consider smelting the ore or wrecking a building.

Status:
2700 water
2700 food
8 scrap

Available troops:
50 miners
20 scientists
20 crafters
10 traders

Items:
10 space suits
2 9mm handguns
42 9mm cartridges, 12 ammo each
2 spud guns, using AA-batteries as ammo, heavy.
50 empty AA batteries
10 bows
25 arrows
1 electric buggy
6 pieces of iron
3 pieces of magnetic iron

Spoiler: Current map (click to show/hide)

A word on wounds:
- On a big enough fail, a second (invisible) dice will determine graveness of the wound.
- Light wounds have effect for 1 or 2 days, and have a -1 penalty to all d100.
- Medium wounds have effect for 3 to 6 days, and have a -3 penalty
- Heavy wounds have effect for at least a week. The wounded person can't work during this time. If a person wants his crew to do more work to compensate, they get a -5 penalty. So either it goes slower, or worse. So far, I've always chosen the penalty for you as it has had no noticable effects.

Ore:
- Ore can either be used directly as scrap, by refining it. It gives 2 scrap.
- It can also be crafted into a component needed for one of your creations. This will require smithing, though it will grant a scrap and succes bonus. After all, a custom-made piece wil work far better than random junk.

It is late, so please tell me of any mistakes you stumble upon.

And I'm still amazed by inteuniso's killing spree today...

[x2yzh9]

Populus of Palus

Refine all of my ore into scrap, using 5 craftsmen.

Upgrade the water purifier to be able to purify 100 units of water a day with 5 craftsmen

Mine out and build supports for the eastern hydroponics area so that at full capacity it will give 100 units of food daily? with 54 miners and 5 craftsmen.

Send a scientist out to man the turret

Send a diplomatic party of 5 traders to the Survivors of Mossena Arcade

[inteuniso]

Inteuniso could barely believe the luck the bunker was having. Having blueprints for rifles, a design for a vehicle, iron ore, and a ruby, the size of a fist. Wondering how to handle this luck, he remembered an old saying his father would tell him."Don't get too happy", he would always say. Not wanting to push luck any further, he decides to hold back on any risky ventures. Just the basics. Setting up food, getting to the bottom of this wolf business, and more.

What disturbed him most, though, was the comment of the wolf's PREVIOUS scars. What had caused these? What else is out there that wasn't known?



Have 10 craftsmen begin assembly on the trike. It shall be mine!

Have 5 scientists begin to study the wolf's blood. Have them in spacesuits in case of any District 9-ness.

Have 45 of the miners begin furrowing and planting a 4x4 farm plot, just west of the trade depot. It should grow carrots, barley, potatoes, and wheat.

Have the traders at the neighboring bunkers come back, leaving behind one of their radios for constant communication.

Have 10 scientists begin to plan their laboratory. They're gonna get it soon.

Have 5 crafters begin to make another coil rifle. When finished, begin making ammo, CAREFULLY.

Have 5 scientists and 14 of the miners go out to gather scrap. Be sure to bring the pistols, loaded.


Question: Will we get more then the beginning 100? Death and destruction is bound to take some down, and while I don't suggest birth, will scattered bunkers/survivors from the city/etc. be an option?

[Nirur Torir]

Torir Hegemony

I'll group the four traders together, naming them Scout Team 1. They'll take the supplies they took last time and will continue exploring northwest along the road.
Another three traders will be Scout Team 2. They will also take three suits, along with three bows and the remaining 15 arrows. They will follow the road south.
My last trader will take a gun, two clips, and 200 food in the buggy. He will deliver the food to the Survivors of Mossena Arcade, trade it for 30 scrap, and return.

5 craftsmen will continue shoring up the mine.
20 diggers will continue digging out ore.
All remaining personnel will begin farming efforts outside the bunker.

As a gesture of goodwill, all information pertaining to my command center will be transmitted to the other two factions.

[EagleV]

Question: Will we get more then the beginning 100? Death and destruction is bound to take some down, and while I don't suggest birth, will scattered bunkers/survivors from the city/etc. be an option?

I did think about that for a while, and I think it would be OK to have some (maybe genuinly-hostile) NPC factions that have a bit of trouble keeping their people with them.

About birth: if you were to set up a human breeding program you might get 50 babies a year, not counting miscarriages due to lack of equipment, while, well, it would take them 12 years to be of use if you consider 12yo helpfull... So you're damn right to not suggest it .

Also, it's possible to try to convince people from the other bunkers to join you.

Also also, I just got a mental image of a trader guy wearing knee and elbowprotectors, racing in a buggy over farmland, holding with his right hand to the steering wheel while he shoots down a giant wolf that was jumping to him in mid-air... Too bad I suck at drawing.