Quote: (07-27-2017 05:10 AM)Dalaran1991 Wrote:
They are actually giving away castles in Italy for free, as long as you can make something out of it after 5 years.
Castles are ridiculously cheap in Europe, but they cost a lot in maintenance and property taxes.
Frankly if we have a strong enough brotherhood on the ground we could easily pile up our resources, buy a castle and fortify ourselves. If war comes a lot of country people will probably hole up in these strongpoints too.
Castles are not effective forms of defence any more, certainly not for the money required. In a soft collapse they're too expensive to maintain and during a modern war they would just simply be turned to rubble by mortars and makeshift artillery.
Surviving a modern war or collapse or combination of same, particularly one with roving gangs of "refugee" bandits, will require either a retreat to more mountainous locations or an exceptional district reconnaissance and response system.
Communicate. Move. Shoot. Without one of these things the other two are mostly useless.
The public will judge a man by what he lifts, but those close to him will judge him by what he carries.