One important concern I have to address is transportation within the Great Machine.<\/p>\n
First, let\u2019s look at transportation between cities, or over long distances.
\nIt is already well established that airships are used for the transportation or resources. They are well-suited to this purpose: they\u2019re fuel efficient, outside the range of prospective bandits, and their low speed isn\u2019t a significant factor in routine transportation. However, intercity travel that is time-sensitive, such as political traveling or the transportation of perishable goods, must be conducted much quicker.<\/p>\n
To this end, the Great Machine has implemented a network of trains. Steam trains would plausibly emerge from the global system as it stands, can fulfill several story roles (providing backdrops for robberies or disasters), and can provide a certain classical visual aesthetic, with the speeding, hissing, smoke-belching beast lurching through canyons or across plains.<\/p>\n
Trains, being run by the Great Machine, would not require a fare be paid by passengers. This allows migration to areas of work or simply by travelers.<\/p>\n
Businessmen that transport their goods often rent space on airships or trains, all of which are owned and run by the government to reduce the threat of piracy or black-market dealings. However, there do exist some back-alley transporters who fly airships (illegally, falsely) under the flag of the Great Machine, sneaking past authorities and undercutting government transport rates.<\/p>\n
As far as civilian transport goes, bicycles are common within the cities. Perhaps a network of inter-city, tram-like steam cars would serve in the larger cities to move passengers with speed and efficiency throughout the city.<\/p>\n
Rangers, who patrol the wastes in the search of resources, tribes, or (in some cases) fugitives\/dangerous animals often use a sort of steampunk mountain bike to move cross-country quickly.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it for today\u2019s (rather short) post. Next week, I\u2019ll be looking at the denizens of the wasteland\u2026and I\u2019m not just talking about the humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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