Just a thought:

What's the world political situation like in your setting? Is it all one big happy one-world goverment ala the Federation or are various nation states still around?  If it's the latter, and the plague is contained within the US/western Europe only, I could see some other nations taking advantage of the opportunity to do stuff while the west is otherwise occupied.  Perhaps China decides to land "temporary" forces on Taiwan in the name of protecting public health, etc...

Quote from: wulfgar;250797Just a thought:

What's the world political situation like in your setting? Is it all one big happy one-world goverment ala the Federation or are various nation states still around?  If it's the latter, and the plague is contained within the US/western Europe only, I could see some other nations taking advantage of the opportunity to do stuff while the west is otherwise occupied.  Perhaps China decides to land "temporary" forces on Taiwan in the name of protecting public health, etc...

The same as today, except that 9/11 never happened, and with it no Coalition invasion of Afghan/Iraq.

And those nations with major wet navies today have the exact same fleet as FTL vessels.

There are seven epicenters evenly distributed across the globe.

As to political events, the campaign will focus upon the USA, but there are some 'world news":

Nations with FTL navies seize the FTL transports of nations which do not have FTL navies.

The USA has a very brief orbital conflict with Brazil.

The PRC nukes Taiwan, and gets hit by the US. Several orbital clashes until peace is restored.

India & Paki have a nuclear exchange.

ANZ, South Korea, and Cuba manage to seal themselves off.

Overall, those nations with space transports (USA, UK, France, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Israel) evac their gov't and portions of their population off-world or to secure zones. The four nations noted above ride out the storm.

Every other nation on Earth collapses.

The virus is (mainly) confined to Earth.

QuoteNations with FTL navies seize the FTL transports of nations which do not have FTL navies.

The USA has a very brief orbital conflict with Brazil.

The PRC nukes Taiwan, and gets hit by the US. Several orbital clashes until peace is restored.

India & Paki have a nuclear exchange.

Is that all going on since the outbreak of the virus, or is that backstory between "today" and the time the game starts in?

Quote from: wulfgar;250804Is that all going on since the outbreak of the virus, or is that backstory between "today" and the time the game starts in?

That occurs since the outbreak of the virus, mainly the four weeks prior to game start and two weeks thereafter. I'm still working on details of longer-term; the EU is giving me some problems, and some of the heavily-militant Third World regions could go either way.

Quote from: wulfgar;250797Just a thought:

What's the world political situation like in your setting?

There are three primary nations representing the leading edges of progress: Darokin, Minrothad and Karameikos.  Darokin is the leader in trade and finance, and their economy is by far the most powerful and developed in the world.  Minrothad is an anarchic pirate haven were personal freedom rules the day.  Karameikos is a fuedal society stumbling towards democracy, where new ideas about religious freedom and the rights of man are in development.

These three nations are form a triangle, and are surrounded on all sides by either mountains, sea, or danger.  To the northwest is dread Glantri, a once powerful magocracy that outlawed clerics...and is now sliding into the grip of necromancers and demon-possessed warlocks.  To the Southeast are the crumbling empires of Alphatia and Thyatis, caught in each other's death grip, and slowly grinding each to ruin.  Should either side finally break and a victory be declared, the now ruined winner will turn their eye towards plundering the wealth of the Trade Triangle.

Meanwhile, relations between Darokin and Karameikos are strained by growing religious movement in Karameikos, and relations between Minrothad and both Darokin and Karameikos are strained by the Minrothad governments inability (or is unwillingness?) to deal with the problem of pirates.

Quote from: Jackalope;250971There are three primary nations representing the leading edges of progress: Darokin, Minrothad and Karameikos.  Darokin is the leader in trade and finance, and their economy is by far the most powerful and developed in the world.  Minrothad is an anarchic pirate haven were personal freedom rules the day.  Karameikos is a fuedal society stumbling towards democracy, where new ideas about religious freedom and the rights of man are in development.

These three nations are form a triangle, and are surrounded on all sides by either mountains, sea, or danger.  To the northwest is dread Glantri, a once powerful magocracy that outlawed clerics...and is now sliding into the grip of necromancers and demon-possessed warlocks.  To the Southeast are the crumbling empires of Alphatia and Thyatis, caught in each other's death grip, and slowly grinding each to ruin.  Should either side finally break and a victory be declared, the now ruined winner will turn their eye towards plundering the wealth of the Trade Triangle.

Meanwhile, relations between Darokin and Karameikos are strained by growing religious movement in Karameikos, and relations between Minrothad and both Darokin and Karameikos are strained by the Minrothad governments inability (or is unwillingness?) to deal with the problem of pirates.

WTF???  :confused:

Quote from: OneTinSoldier;250977WTF???  :confused:

Holy crap.  I'm sorry.  I posted this early in the morning before I had my coffee.  For some reason i thought I was reading the first page of the thread, and that wulfgar's post at the top of this page was a general question to everyone.

Dur.  Total brain fart.  Abort Retry Fail

Although if zombie plague breaks out in the Known World, I'm getting in my car and making a b-line for the Broken Lands

Bad news OTS, my wife disagrees with my plan. She would prefer somewhere warmer. When I asked where, she had nothing as most "desirable" spots have lots of people. I then pointer out Door County (specifically Washington Island):
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Door%20County%20WI&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

http://www.doorcounty.com/

And said maybe. I think she would change her tone if the POCIS were pounding on the door.

FYI: Linda is a Chemical Super Freak and has her degree in Environmental Engineering. Thus why I put Solar Panels, wind power and would add plumbing and water mill supplies. Linda wants to "save" a few people because she does not like lifting heavy things.

Bill

Quote from: OneTinSoldier;250977WTF???  :confused:

That would be the old Known World Gazateers setting for Dungeons & Dragons.  It actually had lots of fun bits in it, though it wasn't what you'd call a rationally realistic setting.

He left out the super power nations of that world like Alphatia which is ruled by a council of thousands of 36th level wizards.

Quote from: Jackalope;251000Holy crap.  I'm sorry.  I posted this early in the morning before I had my coffee.  For some reason i thought I was reading the first page of the thread, and that wulfgar's post at the top of this page was a general question to everyone.

Dur.  Total brain fart.  Abort Retry Fail

No harm, no foul.

QuoteBad news OTS, my wife disagrees with my plan. She would prefer somewhere warmer.

Too late. I'll just note she dumped you while you were in prison.

You might remind her, though: according to the availble literature, any unaccompanied male lead in this genre will inevitably encounter a hot, uninvolved female of the same age group within a short time.

Whereas uninvolved female leads build a budding romance that takes forever to get going and ends up with the prospective boyfriend shooting himself on the dock.

She might want to compromise on this issue.

Quote from: OneTinSoldier;250460The Question: What would you do?
Keep in mind the military is fully activated, so military hardware of all sorts, aircraft, space craft, etc., are securely in gov't hands. Public transport's non-existant.

In most countries, the government keeps laws on the books which the government to call up for service people who have been in the millitary within the last ten years.

So I'd be among the soldiers shooting the infected. Yay!

Well I live literally across the street from an American army base, I'd try to get there ASAP as there's no way in hell I'd be able to get out of Seoul in the middle of a zombie outbreak without help.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;251454In most countries, the government keeps laws on the books which the government to call up for service people who have been in the millitary within the last ten years.

So I'd be among the soldiers shooting the infected. Yay!

Yeah, but at least your family's Eagle-Lifted to safety.

QuoteIn most countries, the government keeps laws on the books which the government to call up for service people who have been in the millitary within the last ten years.

So I'd be among the soldiers shooting the infected. Yay!

This.  I'm still IRR, so if the zombies are all really that bad and nukes are going off around the world, I might be getting a call from Uncle Sam and putting the cammies back on.