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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 1852415" data-attributes="member: 893">After talking to a few members of the group I'm considering ditching the laser weapons and cybernetics since I mean heck our computer technology hasn't advanced enough to accomplish either and this is 60 years later.  The undead and some of the magic I'm thinking of keeping, just because there is a great deal of evidence supporting the fact that Himmler was trying to develop magical means to both extend and grant a second lease on life.  I basically just took this to a HOLY CRAP it worked! conclusion.  Magic and undead would be exceptionally rare however since I'd apply zombification as a template that allowed the recipient to retain all of their skills but have no memory of who or what they are.  This would have Himmler mostly raising small numbers elite troops from both sides and throwing them back into combat.  They would also have limited cognitive abilities and become very confused and disoriented if their mortal SS officers were killed.  I'm kind of shying away from D20 modern since the magic system seem to be less compatible with the highly complicated ritual's that I would rather be using.I haven't even begun to overhaul the economics system yet.  I'm thinking that currency would have basically ceased to exist except for small items that are still easy to get a hold off.  Anything else requires ration cards; there would be meat, bread, vegetable and milk cards as well as Gasoline (very rare) and clothing.  Businesses can exchange the ration cards they receive to get wholesale cards that allow them to purchase slightly more stock.  Wages are now paid by the government in ration cards and most people have been moved to government owned tenements near their places of work.  This allows the population to be spread out more lessening the chance of another nuclear bomb causing huge casualties and allows the smaller apartment complexes which are designed like mini bunkers to be more effectively defended.  For the most part though the players wouldn't either have or have to worry about large amounts of money.  Their food, clothing weapons and armour would be paid for by the goverenment and though they might have a bit of spending money to send home or blow when they're on leave there isn't much they would need to buy.As for computing technology I actually see them as being a little bit behind where they were in the mid 60's.  The microprocessor hasn't been invented yet and the few computers that do exist are mostly giant tactical processors, helping generals determine the outcome of battles and the like.  This is mostly because with most of the worlds university age population fighting there has been a shortage of young scientists to fill the shoes of their predecessors.  The scientists that are working are primarily concerned with the development of new weapons and the development computing technology is seen as being too time consuming and resource dependent to be worthwhile.One other major factor is that few schools still focus on many of the arts, mathematics of sciences.  Physical education and political indoctrination has become paramount.  The first six grades are still largely similar to earlier days but after that almost all children enter a sort of boot camp for the remainder of their education.  They are still taught the basics but their education is primarily concerned with training them to be the next generation of soldiers.One other important development is the role of women in the army.  For the most part commanders are still reluctant to place them on the front lines, they are however very common sights in support regiments and other non combat jobs.  Think along the lines of how women are treated in most Western militaries today.</blockquote>

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