| From: | graht1@*****.com (Graht) |
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| Subject: | The new SR4 map (Contains Spoilers!) |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:47:41 -0600 |
> Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
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> > Graht wrote:
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> > > Or, it was a major fragging earthquake on a scale that would have
> > > knocked down every building in California and neighboring states.
> > > That's not an earthquake with an epicenter, it's a massive
> > drop/slip
> > > along 300+ miles of faultline. At first it sounds like a
> > cool idea,
> > > until you start to think about it and the actual results of
> > that much
> > > energy being released.
> > >
> > > I'm gonna go with option 1 and say that he map is "not to scale"
;)
> >
> > I have a theory for you all paranoids...
> >
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> >
> > The nukes split off a part of california.
>
> Yeah, see this is where is gets a little gray. I can understand the argument
> that something like this adds excitement and diversity to the game world,
> and if they can provide a VERY good SR-specific explanation (like magic
> cleanly cut the land away from the continent somehow, and the "island" was
> then teleported to its new location, simultaneously teleporting the water at
> the new location to the old location, so as to nullify the secondary effects
> of such an upheaval), then I would be more inclined to accept it.
Well, since GenCon has started, I think it's safe to do this. If not,
I'm sure someone will sue me ;)
This is from the last playtest version that went out just before layout started.
"CalFree finally saw the last of Saito, but not the last of its woes.
In early 2069, a pair of major earthquakes coming from the San Andreas
Fault line and the San Pedro Shelf caused widespread flooding and
destruction, killing tens of thousands. Much of Southern California
and the Central Valley found themselves dropped below sea level and
were inundated with tidal waves. While San Francisco and the Bay Area
were mostly spared, waters have flooded most of the Central Valley and
Los Angeles (which, if nothing else, had at least fortified their sea
walls in the more affluent corporate areas decades ago). They say that
the floodwaters may recede after a year or two, but we'll see.
Meanwhile if you want to visit, you'll either have to fly or learn to
swim."
So according to this, the map is wrong, and the flooding isn't as bad
as the map makes it look (otherwise some sections dropped 500+ feet
and there's no way a 10-20' sea wall would stop that). If we went by
the map then *millions* of people would have been killed by the
flooding.
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-Graht
