A World Without Electricity - A Post-Apoc Nation RP - Games

[QUOTE=Native Hunter;44483082]at least spell right mate[/QUOTE] It's supposed to be a butchered version of Norse, mixed with Icelandic. Vinkingar is what the word is in Icelandic. I don't think that's much reason to box :v:

[QUOTE=Masterofstars;44483089]It's supposed to be a butchered version of Norse, mixed with Icelandic. Vinkingar is what the word is in Icelandic. I don't think that's much reason to box :v:[/QUOTE] I dont think there's a need to revenge rate, or make comments about rateings

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;44480295]Great Lakes is a prime position. Pezgod how do you feel about rebuilding the Erie canal? That way we can sail from the Midwest to New York overland.[/QUOTE] Sure, I'll help you with that. Could I join that mutual defense pact you got going too? I'm not going to be annexed by these filthy USA imperialists anytime soon.

Its not being annexed. You have to be an actual country to be annexed, its reuniting the American people. I mean if I lost and you took me it would be a successful rebellion, but if I were to do it to any of you its squashing rebellion. If you guys do it to each other its really just rebellion infighting.

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;44483244]Its not being annexed. You have to be an actual country to be annexed, its reuniting the American people. I mean if I lost and you took me it would be a successful rebellion, but if I were to do it to any of you its squashing rebellion. If you guys do it to each other its really just rebellion infighting.[/QUOTE] Then may I say; here's to a successful rebellion, chaps.

A little edit to the rules. Territorial expansion is optional, and omitting it could be a consideration for more rural areas. If you also want to put special statuses on provinces, such as maybe having them not fully integrated into your country but rather a protectorate or vassal, then you can establish that in your turn.

[QUOTE=Pezgod1;44483284]Then may I say; here's to a successful rebellion, chaps.[/QUOTE] Chaps? What kind of American uses the word chaps? Unless... oh god, the fall wasn't because of a solar flare! Its a secret weapon designed by the British meant to allow the them to finally reign in their rebellious colonies!

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;44483811]Chaps? What kind of American uses the word chaps? Unless... oh god, the fall wasn't because of a solar flare! Its a secret weapon designed by the British meant to allow the them to finally reign in their rebellious colonies![/QUOTE] The Brits? You'll have enough fun dealing with with the russians, long live Tsar Vladimir

House of Bismarck, House of Minot, House of Fargo, and House of Dickinson cosign that you all shall give us walleye. Because walleye tastes awesome, and is apart of a balanced Dakotan breakfast. [editline]8th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Telepethi;44481389] I'll agree to that.[/QUOTE] Alrighty, well if that's the case we'll meet our borders there, and we can come to an agreement to meet at Oklahoma and Northern Texas, and I'll split west?

Im going to have to request you guys dont expand into canada, New Russia needs lots of land

By the way, Malos... You removed the quotes of how to submit turns and such :v:

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;44490108]By the way, Malos... You removed the quotes of how to submit turns and such :v:[/QUOTE] Ah fuck. Give me a moment.

Hows this flag? [img]http://i.gyazo.com/cbcc366583c8864819f11ea5958b4920.png[/img]

It's looking good, I'll add it to the OP. [editline]8th April 2014[/editline] Just a quick reminder, you can submit a turn even if you've declared your country this turn. I can see there's already tension brewing between the countries (yes good), so you guys should probably get on that.

I sent in my turn Malos, going off what Telepathi and I were talking about earlier.

Malos can you add a turn template that doesn't have anything in it so we can just copy/paste it?

Done. I kept the example in there so that newcomers can easily figure out what type of events go in which section.

I have a question. What should we assume about buildings that were likely shielded against EMP?

I would imagine many military structures, power plants (especially nuclear), and military vehicles/communications devices would be still in working order. The issue with that is finding what's necessary to run them. Fuel for the vehicles and power plants (especially enriched uranium for the nuclear plants), electricity for the structures, and batteries for communications devices. IIRC most transformers and electricity infrastructure is designed to withstand electromagnetic pulses, it's the trillions of consumer devices plugged into them that aren't. If you can get a power plant running again you'd likely have a working power infrastructure but getting anything that'll work with that power is the biggest hurdle. It'd have to have been shielded, which means military and government sector, but most of those devices are portable which means batteries.

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;44497942]I have a question. What should we assume about buildings that were likely shielded against EMP?[/QUOTE] It wasnt an EMP it was a solar flare, capable of knocking out and frying anything electrical

Native you do realize that a solar flare's effect upon Earth is exactly an electromagnetic pulse right? And generally, much weaker than ones emitted from nuclear weapons or specialized devices.

[QUOTE=Telepethi;44500921]Native you do realize that a solar flare's effect upon Earth is exactly an electromagnetic pulse right? And generally, much weaker than ones emitted from nuclear weapons or specialized devices.[/QUOTE] Actually, a solar storm has greater strength than 100 million hydrogen bombs.

When I was thinking of this RP, I was thinking of an event much like the geomagnetic storm of 1989, except instead of it being localized to one power plant, it's everywhere and is much, much more powerful, more akin to the Carrington Event than anything. Even after 25 years, there are still no safety standards when it comes to space weather, and nuclear power plants have not formed precautions on what to do in case something like that does happen. The world's infrastructure is still very much vulnerable in most places. Again, though, this RP is assuming the possible worst, which is the collapse of civilization due to electricity loss and the entire destruction via a massive solar flare of the electrical grid. Also batteries work. If batteries didn't work, that would mean electricity would have ceased to exist entirely, which would also kill you.

[QUOTE=Crossu88;44501693]Actually, a solar storm has greater strength than 100 million hydrogen bombs.[/QUOTE] Out in space, yes. But by the time it hits earth, and is dissipated by earth's magnetosphere, no. [editline]9th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Malos;44502473]When I was thinking of this RP, I was thinking of an event much like the geomagnetic storm of 1989, except instead of it being localized to one power plant, it's everywhere and is much, much more powerful, more akin to the Carrington Event than anything. Even after 25 years, there are still no safety standards when it comes to space weather, and nuclear power plants have not formed precautions on what to do in case something like that does happen. The world's infrastructure is still very much vulnerable in most places. Again, though, this RP is assuming the possible worst, which is the collapse of civilization due to electricity loss and the entire destruction via a massive solar flare of the electrical grid. Also batteries work. If batteries didn't work, that would mean electricity would have ceased to exist entirely, which would also kill you.[/QUOTE] How long has it been since the storm in the RP? Batteries have a shelf life, after all. And they're not quite as stable or resilient as their packaging would have you believe.

For those curious, [URL="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110302-solar-flares-sun-storms-earth-danger-carrington-event-science/"]this[/URL] sort of speculation actually drove me to make this RP, since it just seemed super interesting wondering how society would recover from something like that. [editline]9th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Telepethi;44502484]How long has it been since the storm in the RP? Batteries have a shelf life, after all. And they're not quite as stable or resilient as their packaging would have you believe.[/QUOTE] Good point. Didn't think about that. AF means "After Flare", so it's been about 11 years since the event happened, so pre-flare batteries are pretty much gone. I meant the concept of batteries themselves, mainly.

So should I assume a building like the Pentagon would still work if I had access to power plants and or generators? Along with other objects that are underground? I mean I know not every military building is going to be EMP shielded but I'd imagine some more important structures are.

If you managed to get enough diesel to power backup generators or somehow get power plants working and repair the wiring going to important structures, you could possibly make it work.

Hey Malos... Have you ever studied the actual Operation Dark Winter? It's some pretty creepy shit, and might actually benefit you with some things regarding the RP.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;44517589]Hey Malos... Have you ever studied the actual Operation Dark Winter? It's some pretty creepy shit, and might actually benefit you with some things regarding the RP.[/QUOTE] I don't really see how a weaponized smallpox attack simulation in 2001 is at all related to a game happening 11 years after a solar flare fried all electronics in what I assume was 2014

[QUOTE=Telepethi;44517740]I don't really see how a weaponized smallpox attack simulation in 2001 is at all related to a game happening 11 years after a solar flare fried all electronics in what I assume was 2014[/QUOTE] Well it's more about the after-effects. The small-pox attack also simulated a national blackout thanks to power-plant workers dieing. It showed how quickly society would fall into disarray without certain things.