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>Hi
>There has been a bit of banter about the Lunars getting supplies to WW but
>nothing about the Orlanthi point of view.
>IMOG the players raised the point of how the Orlanthi get supplies in and
>how do they get the non-combatants out. I was a bit stumped at this so we broke
>the session and chatted over coffee and pizza.
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>Well sorry for the rambling but I feel that the Lunars would have a far
>easier time of it getting kit in (Moonboats for goodness sake!) and I feel it is
>a subject which needs resoving.
This has been discussed before but the details are buried in the mass of
messages generated in the early months of this list. Working from memory
the following points arose:
- The city is not surrounded until sometime after Tatius arrives in
1620 so there are at least several months when getting supplies in and
non-combatants out is pretty easy. The main road's blocked but there's
another route up to the plateau. Sure there will be Lunar attempts to
intercept supplies but that's where your players get involved protecting
them.
- Even after the city is surrounded there are secret entrances,
including one for a nearby river although that may only be passable
to Drulz and newtlings.
- The city is designed to withstand siege so it does have a lot of
storage space even if the stores aren't there at the start of the
siege.
- By 1621 there are supply shortages within the city, it's one of
the signs that the city will eventually fall.
- Jane and I have been discussing offlist non-combatants getting out
in the last days. It's all a bit vague at the moment but we believe
there is some kind of deal done between Kallyr and Fereshori Rastilla[1]
behind Tatius's back.
- The last heros leave WW via the hero plane which is why the city
is empty when the Lunars finally take it.
[1] An NPC writeup is on the Wiki, she's also mentioned in some of
the fiction.
The Lunar supply problem is different but equally bad, they've got to
supply a seige army in what is pretty hostile territory. They also
have a horrible problem of multiple standards of equipment - every
unit requires different pieces of kit, some of which are only made
in the Lunar Heartlands. Moonboats aren't used much for general
supplies, there aren't enough of them and using them in the area of
WW is risky. I'm sure Tatius brings his wine and caviar supplies
by Moonboat but the bulk will come by wagon.
--
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/