Tom wrote: > the ship get completed by NORPAC (a military organization) > 3 years later (circa 2017 )
Just by the sound of it, NORPAC could be an US or NATO command. US rather than NATO if the PAC was Pacific ... > NORPAC gave the SeaQuest DSV to the UEO ( United Earth Oceans > Organization, a global federation of nations, similar to the United Nations ) ISTR that the SeaQuest had nukes. That would put the UEO well beyond the present-day UN. > The storyline begins in the year 2018, after mankind has exhausted almost > all natural resources, except for the ones on the ocean floor. Which explains the economic importance of the oceans, but I would expect land-based nations with their existing military power grab 'em before independent sea-floor nations get started. Of course that could force the ocean-dwellers to organize and make the land-lubbers back off (cf the nukes mentioned above). Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
