Re: Handmade high-tech

Dan? writes:
>I think that this type of culture is interesting, however. What happens
>to visitors to the planet?

[email removed] writes:
> That's what I want my players to find out some day ;-) They get treated to
> anything from a cold shoulder to physical abuse, depending on the bigotry
> of the native.

If the world is fairly isolated from regular offworld traffic, there
will probably be people very eager to leave as well, like any
restrictive society needs an escape valve. Witness the number of
Pennsylvania Dutch children who leave the community to make their way in
the big city in popular society, or people from small towns or students
from the 3rd world who never go back. Or people from Eugene Oregon who
leave for Portland or Seattle (I can sure see why :-).

Or think of the two characters from _Doc_Hollywood_ who wanted to leave
their home town and go to LA. The young lass would have done nearly
anything to get Ben Stone to take her with him. Maybe an idea for a
plotlet in there. "Back to the Interstate, Ben Stone".

On the other hand, maybe the planet is famous for its quirky goods and
has a lucrative trade business. There's still people eager to leave the
Squash capital of the south.

(Acck, I have succumbed to Pop Culture and visual media instead of
literature to get my point across, I am unmistakably a member of
Generation X! Acck!)

James (having a personality crisis)

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Dan? writes:
>I think that this type of culture is interesting, however. What happens
>to visitors to the planet?

[email removed] writes:
> That's what I want my players to find out some day ;-) They get treated to
> anything from a cold shoulder to physical abuse, depending on the bigotry
> of the native.

If the world is fairly isolated from regular offworld traffic, there
will probably be people very eager to leave as well, like any
restrictive society needs an escape valve. Witness the number of
Pennsylvania Dutch children who leave the community to make their way in
the big city in popular society, or people from small towns or students
from the 3rd world who never go back. Or people from Eugene Oregon who
leave for Portland or Seattle (I can sure see why :-).

Or think of the two characters from _Doc_Hollywood_ who wanted to leave
their home town and go to LA. The young lass would have done nearly
anything to get Ben Stone to take her with him. Maybe an idea for a
plotlet in there. "Back to the Interstate, Ben Stone".

On the other hand, maybe the planet is famous for its quirky goods and
has a lucrative trade business. There's still people eager to leave the
Squash capital of the south.

(Acck, I have succumbed to Pop Culture and visual media instead of
literature to get my point across, I am unmistakably a member of
Generation X! Acck!)

James (having a personality crisis)

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