Patchwork world

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Originally Posted by SilvercatMoonpaw

Do they test Mars rovers there? I chose the Atacama because casual research suggested space agencies test that kind of tech there.

edit: I'm genuinely curious, not saying you're wrong.

Not usually. Even though the environment is a better analog (and every bit as dry), the additional expense is seldom worth it. (The University of North Dakota sent a prototype Mars space suit to Antarctica for testing -- but it turned out to be colder in Grand Forks that day than it was at the test site.)

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by cptbutton

If you were going by corresponding area, it would be Überwald or one of its neighbors, which are the DW generic Eastern Europe analog, heavy on the horror movie cliches.

Yeah, let's go with that. The problem with importing Ankh Morpok is that they'd all die. The city is insanely populous so cut it off from it's continent wide established trade network, and they'd be eating each other in a couple of weeks.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Yeah, let's go with that. The problem with importing Ankh Morpok is that they'd all die. The city is insanely populous so cut it off from it's continent wide established trade network, and they'd be eating each other in a couple of weeks.

Except the trolls. Maybe. Depends on the geology of Poland.

[thorr-kan]

Is anybody else remembering Ken Hite's 20 Years of the Comet Suppressed Transmission from the old Pyramid Suppressed Transmissions column?

Note on Northern Michigan: Detroit is about as far south as you can get in MI and not be Toledo, OH. Northern Michigan means the Upper Peninsula, and if you're being charitable, the northern 1/3 to 1/2 of the Lower Peninsula. Which area is about as cyberpunk as baseball and apple pie, without the positive connotations of the latter.

[David Johnston2]

Australia: Banestorm. Just switch it out for Ytarria.
Siberia: Madlands

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Australia: Banestorm. Just switch it out for Ytarria.

Not bad.

I'd be nice to stick a little bit of centrum in there, centrum only needs a city or small province.

Siberia: Madlands

Someone suggested eastern Canada for that already. There may be less competition for space in Siberia though.

[David Johnston2]

Nightreign can get between North Carolina and New Jersey