<div align="center"><em>This is the OOC thread for the post apocalypse game The Sky Hut. The game is based around a small group of people living in and around a flying ship.</em></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong>The Sky Hut</strong></span></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><strong>Some pictures for inspiration: </strong></div>(http://comicbooked.comicbookedllc.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Weatherlight-480x290.jpg)(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6p0NlVwXOw/T3VjABPJSMI/AAAAAAABNlc/0It4WxObxG8/s400/The%2BWolke%2B7%2Bconcept%2Bflying%2Bhouse.jpg)(http://images.ffonline.it/img/data/media/44/final_fantasy_XII__wallpaper_1024_airship.jpg)(http://www.deviantart.com/download/49992052/Skyship_1_by_Punslinger.jpg)(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs16/i/2007/142/8/1/Sky_Ship_2_by_SilverRose_Stock.jpg)</div></div><br/>In the not too distant future, the world as we know it has stopped to exist. Massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes destroyed most of civilization. Those who survived were faced with a dramatic rise in the earths temperature. Jungles expanded and many creatures evolved hundreds of times quicker than normal into massive beasts. Some looked alien, others looked normal. With the ground now soon becoming a dangerous place to live, many refugee groups were either bulwarking their hideouts enforcing their land with weapons and fortifications. Others look for different means to survive. In the direct aftermath of the eruptions, roughly 100 years ago, some people decided to leave land and live on the water or in the air. Floating fortresses based on old ships or in make shift ballooned houses.<br/><br/>This game is about a group of survivors who chose to leave the surface of the earth and rise up to the sky. The<em>Cloudweaver</em>is a wooden ship attached to a large balloon like a zeppelin. It's creator chose for wood as it would be easy to repair in the future even after iron and other metals would have been gone. The hull is reinforced with modern materials to give it more strength and the whole ship in fact is a strange mix of old technology combined with high tech. The balloon is filled with a gas many times lighter than helium giving it enough buoyancy to hold a population of around 70 people.<br/><br/>Attached to the main hull of the ship are many smaller ships each fitted with it's own balloon. Some ships are connected with wooden planks, others just by roped and rope ladders. Those not lucky enough to own their own ship sleep and live in the dormitory in the main ship's hull. A large portion of the ship's hull is filled with supplies. From mechanical spare parts to conserved food and clothing.<br/><br/>Fresh food is grown or collected on the ground. Getting it means going on the ground between the big vicious animals and the small rogue groups who still live on the surface of the earth. Going down with a reusable parachute and climbing the ladder back up to the ship requires a special kind of person. To protect the<em>cloudweaver</em>, or the Sky Hut as it's called by it's people, the ship is equipped with some mighty weapons like a few rockets, laser cannon and EMP. These weapons however are only used in an emergency as it would instantly drain the ship of all it's power generated by the sun and the wind and restocking the weapons is nigh impossible. For more frequent use, like to fight off air pirates, the ship uses harpoons and machine rifles loaded with special, easy to supply ammunition. Mounted under the ship are six small fighter planes. These are used for exploration or to fight off the enemy.<br/><br/><strong>Technology</strong><br/>The whole ship is powered by the sun and the wind but also by a technology called 'gyronetics'. This converts body movements into energy. Worn around the wrist or ankle, the gyro bracelets store the energy in a small container attached to the bracelet. Once full, it's unloaded in the main gyro storage tank in the hull of the ship. The skin of the balloon is made of a reinforced material capable of transferring sunlight into power. On the side of the hull the crew recently installed some windmills for power.<br/><br/>The overall tech level would be a mix of modern new things like the power storages but as more and more modern technology is no longer supported, once it breaks down it has to be replaced by low tech. So weapons and everything that the crew carry on them when they go down on the ground is basically handweapons like knifes, swords or bats. Some of them, maybe the guards, could have bows or crossbows or some home fabricated guns or pistols.<br/><br/>The ship has power so I'm guessing most of the every day things we have now, the crew could have on board. There is a television on board with a stack of DVD's 100 years old. Sanitation is normal as we have it. The toilets and showers use stored rainwater. Every 'house' can have it's own bathroom but the ship itself has a small group shower for those who do not own their own house. Washing clothes and everything needs to be done in a bucket with some soap as washing machines are insanely heavy and once they break down they can't be repaired and the basic sanitation is held together with scavenged parts from old cities.<br/><br/><strong>Governance</strong><br/>The cloudweaver is led by one rules. He or she is a direct descendant from the scientist who build and launched the ship 100 years ago. Below that is a small group of 'leaders'. Army, crafts, supplies, population. Each of these leaders will have a small group of people who function as a messenger. The people on the ship can talk to these messengers with complaints and things like that. The leaders and the 'captain' will then decide what to do with it.<br/><br/><strong>Special threads</strong><br/><strong>Recruitment thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=162318.0)</strong><br/><strong>Character thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163089.0)</strong><br/><strong>Game thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163163.0)</strong>