Captain Joy replied to Tom: > As far as the CR for a such a society, I'd say CR4: Controlled > [B506]. If the regulatory powers of the gov't mean they are actually > monitoring TV, radio, and Internet, then, depending on what the gov't > allows to be broadcast/sent, the society might actually be CR5. > > > I am looking at writing a treaty that bans for-profit organizations > > from owning public utilities and life support device > > what rules would you put in place (Control Rating, etc)? > > > > tom_a_sparks
Remember that CR is a highly artificial game mechanic. It describes how much trouble the characters will get when they do as characters tend to do -- solve crimes without official badges, hunt down alien infestations, keep their old starship flying one step ahead of the creditors. That means the ownership of public utilities will not affect the CR of a society directly. We can probably exclude CR 0 by the fact that the ban is enforced, and CR 6 from the fact that non-utilities can be private property, but that leaves CR 1 to 5. Another thing to keep in mind is that good game settings tend to be bad places to live in, "may you live in interesting times". Science fiction background with many settled worlds allow the exploration of extreme social systems, "this planet was settled by the Society for Constitutional Anarchy, all 23,567 members, and no other immigrants were allowed to stay without multiple character witnesses ..." Getting my two cents of real world remarks in, the recent economic turmoil shows how market forces can fail when actors either cannot get reliable information or cannot find relevant information under a torrent of chaff. Command economies have their known drawbacks, of course, but different drawbacks, and a sensible system makes a case-by-case decision how much regulation it needs. I'm perfectly comfortable with leaving my supply of fresh GURPS books to market forces, and as an informed customer I regularly spend money in my FLGS even when Amazon would be cheaper. I want more regulation on my fresh water supply. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
