Have to know a system to game a system, and it's more of a start than some folks.
[Said with a careful, deliberate optimism.]
The place definitely doesn't help with the head games. People'd be wrong for looking down their noses at preparedness, but I can't say I'd be shocked if the Admiral pulled something like that intentionally. I think I've heard about the ship being attacked before, what might be actual slip-ups -- whatever that thing was where inmates were wardens and vice versa, that wasn't a planned thing. There should be at least enough implication of danger to sell some people, and once you sell a handful I think it's easy to snowball.
How limited the setup is does make me nervous. No convincing the Admiral to open that up, but I think hitting kitchen heads all at once ought to yield...something. Set up stockpiling, plan crisis-rations. Force them to keep each other accountable when there isn't someone hovering about it.
How'd they handle protein? Were there still farms, plant substitutes-?
Frankly, if they turn you away, then you just do it yourself, for your own people. It'd be nice to be able to protect everyone, but it doesn't usually work out like that. You can always be nice to them later when the shit hits the fan and they're desperate, too. You'll be able to get them on board, though. People like you.
[By her own reckoning, Tess is too much of a shrill bitch for anyone to take her seriously. Misty will fare better.]
We still had farms, and the military secured them quick enough. Massachusetts has a lot of dairy, so we've got milk and cheese and beef in decent enough quantities, but it's all rationed, and winters are real lean. We've got a lot of cranberries and apples, too. And Boston's on the harbor so we've still got some fish. Problem there is that gas is more valuable than gold, so the big ships are a waste and smaller ships... well, I'm sure you can imagine the logistics of that. Either way, it all runs alright because the military gives out work details, sometimes as punishment and sometimes just because of need. If you don't take them then you get your rations cut, so most people take 'em.
We have it pretty good in Boston. We don't starve half as often as the poor bastards trying to live off the wilderness.
Oh, for sure - I'm not going to go without, I'm just hoping for the best. Ain't like me and mine are gonna be easier to look after if the rest of the place is looking for food anyway.
This place will never manage big livestock, but I half-wonder if the Admiral'd make room for some tiny hatchery. Worked there on the train, I wouldn't be going in as blind as I could be - protein's what worries me.
It's a good idea. Only trouble is that any animals need a lot of food and water to get by, too. It's easier with chickens or fish or whatever because they're smaller, but it's still competition when your problem is land you can grow shit on in the first place. And too many people here are bleeding hearts about animals. You'll have to get people over that.
I'm sure somebody'd step up to butcher if we needed it, it's just...not giving any space to get attached beforehand. New critters, clean slate. Start new and they'll adapt fine.
[That's a lot of talk, after that koi fish incident, but Tess doesn't let on to that thought.]
I sure hope so. There's always people in any group that just don't adapt at all, and a lot that are too slow to pick up... I do not relish the idea of having to hold anyone's hand through a crisis.
[Meal fish aren't pretty fish. Difference between livestock and pets is important.]
I'd like to think this place weeds out capable people, but it can't be that generous across the board. They'll make themselves known if it happens, I guess.
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[Said with a careful, deliberate optimism.]
The place definitely doesn't help with the head games. People'd be wrong for looking down their noses at preparedness, but I can't say I'd be shocked if the Admiral pulled something like that intentionally. I think I've heard about the ship being attacked before, what might be actual slip-ups -- whatever that thing was where inmates were wardens and vice versa, that wasn't a planned thing. There should be at least enough implication of danger to sell some people, and once you sell a handful I think it's easy to snowball.
How limited the setup is does make me nervous. No convincing the Admiral to open that up, but I think hitting kitchen heads all at once ought to yield...something. Set up stockpiling, plan crisis-rations. Force them to keep each other accountable when there isn't someone hovering about it.
How'd they handle protein? Were there still farms, plant substitutes-?
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[By her own reckoning, Tess is too much of a shrill bitch for anyone to take her seriously. Misty will fare better.]
We still had farms, and the military secured them quick enough. Massachusetts has a lot of dairy, so we've got milk and cheese and beef in decent enough quantities, but it's all rationed, and winters are real lean. We've got a lot of cranberries and apples, too. And Boston's on the harbor so we've still got some fish. Problem there is that gas is more valuable than gold, so the big ships are a waste and smaller ships... well, I'm sure you can imagine the logistics of that. Either way, it all runs alright because the military gives out work details, sometimes as punishment and sometimes just because of need. If you don't take them then you get your rations cut, so most people take 'em.
We have it pretty good in Boston. We don't starve half as often as the poor bastards trying to live off the wilderness.
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This place will never manage big livestock, but I half-wonder if the Admiral'd make room for some tiny hatchery. Worked there on the train, I wouldn't be going in as blind as I could be - protein's what worries me.
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I'm sure somebody'd step up to butcher if we needed it, it's just...not giving any space to get attached beforehand. New critters, clean slate. Start new and they'll adapt fine.
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I sure hope so. There's always people in any group that just don't adapt at all, and a lot that are too slow to pick up... I do not relish the idea of having to hold anyone's hand through a crisis.
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I'd like to think this place weeds out capable people, but it can't be that generous across the board. They'll make themselves known if it happens, I guess.