RED DIRT - JAUNT INFO

[powersthatbe]

RED DIRT
Space, cowboys, and metaplot
July 7 - August 16

Mars, 2148. The greedy corporate barons that run Mars ration technology as a way to keep their industrial workers and colonists in line. The black-market smuggling this leads to has created a thriving underworld, and one of the premier pieces of contraband is… well, cattle, due to their ability to feed on the tough, inhospitable grasses that hold down the Martian topsoil, and, er… create new, better topsoil of their own.

The citizens of Ridge Rock, tired of being ground down under the heel of the corporate overlords, have decided to take matters into their own hands, with a little help from the local ne’er-do-wells. Every Founders’ Day, Erebus Corp shows off its wealth by importing a fresh herd of cattle from Earth, and this year is no exception - so why not steal as many of those cows as they can and bring them home, tipping the balance of power and becoming a little more self-sufficient? Of course, managing a herd of cattle in the low-gravity deserts is easier said than done, and before they can declare it a success they have to get those cattle home.

Enter the Travelers - but not, as quickly becomes apparent, to usual circumstances. Who are these handful of mostly unfamiliar faces claiming to be Travelers? Why are a couple of the very oldest guard positive that they’ve been here before, and not merely in the general sense? What brought them back, and what must they do before they leave? Have the stakes on any jaunt ever been higher?

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Comments

Re: QUESTIONS

[uzoda]

So this has come up indirectly in a few questions, given that there are chickens that lay eggs, but... for the poorer people of Mars, what is their diet like? What does it consist of? Where does most of the food come from? I'm already aware that cow-based dairy and meat products are generally reserved for the wealthy, but what foods are common for lower-class folk to grow and/or eat?

[leftbehindagain]

Whatever vegetables people have managed to get seeds for (zucchini and carrots have been mentioned in-thread; tomatoes and potatoes seem likely as well), eggs, poultry only when a bird has otherwise outlived its usefulness or for special occasions. Drink mixes along the lines of Tang - not great but more vitamins than they might get otherwise.