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Fort Boise Bone City The Chinook The Combine The Democratic Republic of America The Hand of Jehovah The Klamath The Makah The Mountain Walkers The Pale Riders The Purity Corp The River Folk Salish Tribes around the Skagit River The Willamette Valley Oregon City Beavertown Scappoose The Yakima-Colville Confederation Ratings Trade categories Technology levels

IMPORTANT NOTE

The information presented here is not available to all characters by any means.

The referee trusts the players to not act on information their characters would have no way of knowing.

 

 

Fort Boise

• sources:  prolonged contact by the team

Bone City

• sources:  rumors from River Folk, a couple short visits
  

The Chinook

• sources:  rumors from River Folk and at Oregon City
  

The Combine

• sources:  contact at Oregon City, however the team has not had contact with any Combine citizens north of the Columbia River
  

The Democratic Republic of America

• sources:  limited contact at Bonneville Falls, rumors from Oregon City and the River Folk, and a one-day visit to Astoria
  

The Hand of Jehovah

• sources:  rumors from Oregon City and the River Folk
  

The Klamath

• sources:  visits by R54 and R36

The Makah

• sources:  the River Folk and the DRA

The Mountain Walkers

• personal contacts

The Pale Riders

• sources:  confrontation and salvage at Bend and Sam Hill Bridge
  

The Purity Corp

• sources:  rumors from Oregon City and the River Folk
  

The River Folk

• sources:  prolonged contact and membership by the team

Salish Tribes around the Skagit River

• Very unfriendly to "motor vehicle white guys", due to attacks from the Purity Corp and R54. They speak New Coast Salish, which is a combination of English, Puget Sound Salish, and a few other languages.

The Willamette Valley

 

 

Oregon City

• sources:  prolonged contact (in fact the team has a home there)
  

Beavertown

• sources:  limited contact and rumors at Oregon City
  

Scappoose

• sources:  rumors at Oregon City and from the River Folk and DRA
  

The Yakima-Colville Confederation

• sources:  rumors from the River Folk

 

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Ratings

 

     More information here.

 

Trade categories

 

• AG:  agricultural -- able to export agricultural products
  

• NA:  non-agricultural -- must import agricultural products
  

• IND:  industrial -- able to export industrial goods
  

• NI:  non-industrial -- unable to make industrial goods
  

• R:  rich -- relatively well-off
  

• P:  poor -- relatively
  

 

Technology levels

 

Technology Levels
level	name and era	weaponry
A	Atomic Age, 1980+	might even have fusion or laser weaponry.
B	Late Electric Age, ~1955 AD	semi-auto rifles, assault rifles, light machine guns
C	Early Electric Age, ~1920 AD	magazine rifles, hand grenades, simple grenade launchers, semi-auto weapons, machine guns, flamethrowers
D	Late Steam Age, ~1880 AD	early cartridge weapons, including revolvers
E	Early Steam Age, ~1840 AD	muzzle-loading rifles
F	Late Iron Age, ~1770 AD	muzzle-loading smoothbore muskets
G	Early Iron Age, ~700 AD	bows or crossbows
H	Bronze Age, ~00 BC
I	Stone Age, ~3000 BC

 

     Technology refers to what an encounter group or community possesses, not what they can create. So a Morrow Project team is by default Tech Level A.