 Keeping the Lights On, Who's Got the Power? |
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 Jul 9 2006, 04:07 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 27-October 02 From: Chicago Containment Zone Member No.: 3,504  |
I've been working on a Chicago write-up based off the information originally presented in the NAGNA, and I got to the power plants that are based in the Southside, which got me thinking.
Now, I am planning on having these power plants under the control of Exelon, a modern-day power utility giant, but I was wondering what other power companies there are in the Shadowrun Universe, and their relative size. The two I know of from the Seattle power production side of things are: -Shiawase Atomics (division of Shiawase, so therefore rather easily spread out) -Gaeatronics (Salish-sponsored company, so more Pac-Northwest) And on that matter, are nuclear power plants still operational post-Awakening? It seems that most of them have failed or are no longer functioning. |
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Jul 9 2006, 12:41 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Some nukes were disrupted, but as long as you add a maintenance step to clean out the spontaneous toxic salamanders, you can keep one running nicely.
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Jul 9 2006, 01:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
I can't think of any others specifically mentioned, but S-K seems a likely candidate.
Oh, and Renraku runs (ran?) the Seattle arcology with nukes, so they're also contenders. I'd wager that every AAA and most AAs have the means to provide such a service. |
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Jul 9 2006, 06:27 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 24-June 06 Member No.: 8,774 |
Imperial Japan owns and operates solar satellites that supply cheap energy. One would assume such cheap, easy methods would dominate the market.
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Jul 9 2006, 09:42 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
since when is maintaining a sattelite constellation and downlink power sites easier than sticking a bunch of uranium together?
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Jul 9 2006, 10:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 27-October 02 From: Chicago Containment Zone Member No.: 3,504 |
Probably since spontaneously appearing toxic salamanders became an issue for the maintenance teams ;) |
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Jul 9 2006, 11:50 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
The only thing you really need is an Atom Shaman who can sit in the reactor all day, soaking up the gamma rays and taking control of the toxic salamanders who spontaneously appear. The spirits can be quite useful.
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Jul 10 2006, 10:45 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Never make the Atom Shaman angry.
You wouldn't like him when he's angry. |
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Jul 11 2006, 01:19 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Why? I heard if you threaten him, he just splits. |
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Jul 11 2006, 02:16 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
Solar power satellites shouldn't be cheap n easy to build, unless you use the wildly optimistic estimates of SPS proponents. But then, nuclear power plants shouldn't be able to explode, let alone blow past their containment domes. So in SR, maybe SPSs are cheap. Or the Japanacorps were providing power at a wildly marked down price to undermine the competition while getting the Japanese gov't to subsidize the high SPS costs. |
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Jul 11 2006, 03:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 27-October 05 From: Waterloo, ON Member No.: 7,900 |
Native American Nations points out that Aztechnology provides a significant chunk of power to North America.
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