06-06-2016, 03:04 PM | #31 | |
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Re: [ATE/IW] Ecological Collapse
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There's a lot of etc., etc., etc. in all of this. But I'm not making it up- this is some of the stuff that climate scientists worry about. Wikipediate hothouse Earth, the Azolla event (which is the exact opposite of what I described above) and, hell, anything on the hockey stick model. If you want dire models they are there to be had. Just go with the worst predictions you can find- I'm sure there are some terrifying ones out there. You could combine a few motifs. The above causes strain on the world's (green revolution) agriculture and attempts are made to genetically engineer a way out of it, which results in some sort of accidental viral blight, and so on. But there is all sorts of stuff on Wikipedia. Start here and follow links as whim strikes you.
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06-06-2016, 03:55 PM | #32 |
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Re: [ATE/IW] Ecological Collapse
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06-07-2016, 09:14 AM | #33 |
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Re: [ATE/IW] Ecological Collapse
One thing to keep in mind is that all historical collapses have been regional and temporary. If one part of the world is in trouble, some other part of the world is flourishing. Fiction often approaches the issue of collapse as if they are global and permanent. From the standpoint of an RPG, it's perfectly ok to have a temporary regional collapse. Thus, playing out the lives of PCs caught in North America during and after the Yellowstone Caldera blows can be exciting, even if tea time is uninterrupted in the UK.
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