| From: | Bull <chaos@*****.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Cal Free State Pirates |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Dec 1996 02:08:16 -0500 |
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>The runners ended up with Captain Monday, at Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo.
>Now, today San Luis Obispo is some 40,000 people, and Morro Bay is some
>30,000. However, from what the Cal Free State sourcebook says, about 90% of
>the population fled after the succession of the Cal Free State and the
>withdrawal of government troops and authority from the region. This places
>the population of Captain Morros domain at 5,000-10,000. That's still a lot
>of people. What I'm curious about is, well, what the frag do they all do?
>They can't all be smugglers, pirates, and associated miscreant criminals.
>What drives the local economy (smuggling, I know - but just how do the
>dymanics of smuggling work, where's the money come and go, what kind of
>things are smuggled, to where, from where, who does it, etc.)? What kind of
>local order, law enforcement, control, "government", etc., is present? I
>assume the latter is run by the local Pirate baron.
>
Well, you're going to end up with a town full of places to give smugglers
and pirates something to do when they aren't smuggling or pirating...:)
Bars, Dance halls, gambling halls, restaurants, whore houses, grocery
stores, and of course, churches...:):)
In other words... exactly the sort of place your average Shadowrunner would
love... BUt I doubt they'll find much in the way of their usual work
there... Maybe they could become pirates for a while...:)
Bull
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