[Fallout Equestria] Setting discussions

Harmony wrote: Re Germaneigh: I get a very distinct feeling of "here is why this very large tract of land cannot be relevant" from it.

Harmony wrote:By which I mean: here's some juicy large slice of territories populated only by people with only iron age technology that could easily be subverted by force (if one isn't above commiting genocide in the process).

Though here's a thing: they don't like technology, but what about magic? Maybe the church's scholars are actually very well versed in the arcane arts?

Cue large medieval armies led by wizards somehow rofl-stomping the Alliance's armies on the field.

Vinylshadow wrote:Doesn't matter, Germaneigh...

Would we call the residents Germanes?

Saddle Arabia:

Also, here's a look at the current alpha version of the world map:

Vinylshadow wrote:Might wanna add a compass somewhere so we know which way is which

Because the southern kingdom looks more like the Eastern Kingdom

The Southern Kingdom:

Harmony wrote:The polities outside of the Equestrian Peninsula seems a bit too big / too "unified", when compared to Equestria and the PR (the latter already seeming REALLY big in my eye)..

Like the writer / map drawer starred at the map and thought: "man that's a lot of empty land... I know, let's put a flag on it!".

Not criticizing, I know it's hard to come up with stuff. But maybe we'd want to have more diversity in term of polities, so we'd need to put more countries over the same overall area. I Mean, look at a political map of Earth: By comparison, most countries would be the size of Brazil/Canada, and there'd be less than 15 countries in the world. And we're only a single species sharing the same world. This by comparison is a world where a large proportion of the living animal species are sentient. So unless Harmony is a really big thing on Equus, it would reasonable to imagine it to be even less unified than Earth is.

Harmony wrote:One suggestion for a polity: a confederacy of nomadic steppe tribes. Inspiration: the mongols. Possible emplacement: south of the Trottoman Empire.

Vinylshadow wrote:I'd say save it for another series

I think Fallout Equestria is about as complete as its going to get

Harmony wrote:Okay, so we'll retcon Trottingham as part of the NCR. We'll have to work out how this might change things, though.

Harmony wrote:So apparently, after discussing with Hinds, it seems that Trottingham was firmly under control of the Applejack Rangers around the time of the Day of Sunshine and Rainbows.

Harmony wrote:So unless they subsequently lost it (which may be possible for all we don't know, as we're masters of its destiny at this point), given the Applejack Rangers went on to become with Gawd's Talon Mercenaries the heart of the NCR Armed Forces, it is very likely that nowaday Trottingham would actually be a full-fledged state of the NCR.

Which is mightily interesting, for the following reasons (not in any particular order):

- More people / infrastructure / land for the NCR
- A reason for the NCR to actually build and maintain a somewhat capable navy (as I suspect most trade is going to go through the coast from Manehatten).
- More reasons for the Northern League to feel threatened by the NCR, as this would put them really close to Stockhast. Though on the other hand by having possessions in the North since its foundation, the NCR may not be seen as such a stranger, and more like a particularly obnoxiously meddling neighbour.

Somber wrote:“Eh… it’s not something most folks would know.  Most folks know the Rangers for being great soddin’ gits taking whatever tech they trot across and having bloody great sticks up their arses.  Fact is, there’s more than a few of us who think these guns aren’t just for show and that we should use ‘em like Applejack intended… to protect folks.”  She snorted.  “It’s the way things are in Trottingham, mostly; without us, the beasties would have eaten everypony a long time ago.  Nearly all of the other groups are mixed or devoted to the ‘traditional’ outlook, though.  Except now, the waste recycler’s finally burst, because Steelhooves is finally facing down Cottage Cheese.  Soon as we heard it, we painted our colors.  Probably get my head blown off, but they can pike Luna’s horn up their arses if they don’t like it.”

O. Hinds wrote:Idea proposal:
To make a long story short, the griffin who would come to be known as Erika the Red was born with scarlet feathers and undeveloped wings.  While still young, she was cast out of her family and found herself alone near the ruins of Stockhast.  She located the least intestines-as-bunting crazy raider band in the area, defeated their current leader, took over, and in the following decades proceeded to forge them into a maritime warrior culture and to absorb, annihilate, or enthrall every other raider group in the area.  By Day of Sunshine and Rainbows, the Stockings, as they'd come to be known, controlled what was left of Stockhast and collected tribute from all the waterways from Fancee to Hoofington and upriver past St. Paulomino.  They weren't exactly liked, but, on the other hoof, as long as you paid them to go away, they wouldn't bother you and would keep out seafaring competition besides.  They also acted as traders in the area, and the situation, while not exactly ideal, was stable and relatively prosperous.

Now, thirty years on, Erika is in her late eighties and, while fit for her age, not expected to last too terribly much longer, and she has no clear successor.  Unless she names one, and possibly not even then, when she dies, the most powerful remaining Stockings (really not sure about that name, but it's the best that I can think of) will all attempting to take power over all.  This could either work through the semi-democratic (based on popular support) system that Erika put in, work through violence (causing losses and increasing internal divisions), or result in the Stockings splintering into two or more groups.  Meanwhile, the thralls are wanting freedom, the tribute-payers are trying to find ways to get away with saying "no" (inspired by the successful Applejack's Rangers-backed refusal in Trottingham), and the NCR flexes its muscles to the south and just a bit further up the river.

Just a simple little thing that I knocked together just now.

Harmony wrote:The way I was thinking about it, the "League" would be the Viking equivalent ruling Stockhast (the Stockings), and because they're the most powerful actors in the region (or at least the most expansive), they kind of took the lead of the alliance of interest going on up there to resist the NCR's attempts colonizing the region.

Haromny wrote:Subjective to which point? How actually good/bad is quality of life in Masozi? Feel free to answer that one in the thread.