02-12-2012, 05:04 PM | #11 |
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If you drop them in Caithness near Baroness Bronwyn of Durham then they can fit into her underground engineers pretty easily and probably avoid the Ministry of Serendipty (or the like).
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02-12-2012, 05:52 PM | #12 |
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Don't forget the benefits of the local ROTC cadre, as well.
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02-12-2012, 10:07 PM | #14 |
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Castle Defiant is a good location. Far from officials and they can really use the help.
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02-12-2012, 11:22 PM | #15 |
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Of course, you can always run this as a more embracing conspiracy rather than a murderous one. "Come with me if you want to live." The local outfit shelters people with technological skills because there's distrust between them and the other anti-tech groups.
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02-13-2012, 05:27 AM | #17 | |
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The Lost Regiment series by William R. Forstchen is an interesting look at the "lost in time" genre. It also illustrates some of the benefits of advanced military science and motivated volunteer troops against what was known before...(plus I am a large fan of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the hero of the books is basically an expy of that great man). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_...ce_Chamberlain Actually now that I think of it he would make a nice model for your Lost U president...heroic veteran with military experience, some political and governmental experience (4 Term Gov of Maine), and taught every subject matter in the curricula at Bowdoin except Mathematics... Also depending on the school age and location it is Possible they might have their own steam plant...even if they really do not use it anymore (except as an on paper backup and perhaps a teaching device).
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02-13-2012, 06:40 AM | #18 |
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That was close to my thoughts. Have a strong ROTC and a National Guard Unit associated with the school. The Orcs would be scared for long enough for the school to get better defences. Have an Elf who was scouting the Orclands teach them magic 101.
In the Orclands or in the Djinni lands southwest of the great forest, they'd have a chance to establish themselves. Technology might be attractive to the Elves as it might give them an edge against humans.
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02-13-2012, 07:07 AM | #19 |
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Rethinking the map of Yttarria, aren't there habitable lands west of the Great Desert? Drop the school on a Catalina sized island, with arable land and a mild climate, a few miles off Yttarria's west coast. It would take them several years to get to exploring, survival would have to come first.
The idea of a lost/exiled elf scout finding the school and teaching them useful magic would still be sound.
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