The Resistance

So, I’ve been chatting with Shadow online, about his plan to build Runner sanctuaries.

It’s a great plan. But, and you knew there was a but coming, Runner sanctuaries don’t often last long. Too many people in one place for too long. Even if you have some method of protecting the place, that often isn’t enough.

Hope generally being cited as the ur example of this.

On the other hand, I want to smack anyone who says a Runner organization can’t exist and won’t work. The state of the blogosphere is proof of concept; we have bartering going on, communication, training, team ups. It’s messy and requires you to be following a lot of people, but it works better than being alone and unaware there is even anyone else out there who has seen the same thing you have.

The key to an effective Runner society is decentralization. A physical network similar to the electronic one, where if one site is taken out its tasks and people can be redistributed to the others, and where there is a constant rotation between sites. Ideally each site would be no more of a greater target than the others, would work in a similar way, and a new one could be cheaply and quickly rebuilt in a different location if another was destroyed. Something similar to Pilgrim’s Houses, or the hut system here.

This safety in numbers plan gets more effective the more sites there are, of course. This is where I’m coming in. Every so often, someone has an opening at their house. Again, finding who is currently willing to temporarily shelter Runners is an exercise in blog checking, so I’m creating a ‘master list’ which you can see over on the right there, and will be keeping it updated. Adding to or updating the list is both appreciated and easy; all you have to do is email me or comment on one of my posts saying so. In addition, if I follow you and you say in a post that you have a vacancy, up on the list it goes. Unless you’re a Proxy. Sorry, but you’ll probably be vetoed; I don’t like the idea of sending people into a meat grinder.

As a general rule, the format is:

Name

Contact Details:  A way for people who want to take you up on your offer to discuss things like the precise location and logistics privately. Email addresses, that sort of thing.

Location: Nothing ‘Proxies can find me’ detailed, just a general idea of state and country so that no one has to go halfway across the world when there’s a site not far from where they are.

Vacancies: A general idea of how much room you have.

Notes: Anything else that might be useful, such as ‘right next to the forest’, ‘willing to train in combat’ or ‘has lab access’.

Let’s see how this goes.

EDIT: It’s New Zealand Music Month here. Have a song, before I forget and it’s no longer May anymore.