Militia Community

[RanikOrtega]

Summary

Content "Prepper Militia Community"

Purpose of change

To create a community to represent the surviving militia members / former emergency services.

Describe the solution

Created a WiP Prototype of the community. Currently a Merchant and several NPC guards. Merchant will also give quests in later updates.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Not making it.

Testing

Generated Location via both overmap editor and by finding it via natural spawning. Entered location spoke with NPC's and tried to steal items. Spoke with trader merchant etc etc.

Additional context

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• Darby Sutton

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[Hyperseeker]

What is the plan for the equipment the members of this faction wield or wear? A lot of gun enthusiasts like to kit out their guns with absolutely everything, as well as wear all sorts of military-style equipment. For example:

• https://reddit.com/r/QualityTacticalGear/
• https://reddit.com/r/MP5/
• https://reddit.com/r/ar15/
• (basically any other gun- or tactical-gear-related subreddit)

They may or may not serve as a solid basis for what the militia might carry. I'm curious if this is something you're considering: a bunch of gun & gear enthusiasts, some with military equipment but most not, wearing gear either for the drip (even if it doesn't jive well together) or for the clout (to show off how much money they'd spent on it), and kitting out their guns for show more than actual performance.

(I'm not saying all gearheads are like that, but it may be one aspect that's worth showcasing.)

[RanikOrtega]

What is the plan for the equipment the members of this faction wield or wear? A lot of gun enthusiasts like to kit out their guns with absolutely everything, as well as wear all sorts of military-style equipment. For example:

• https://reddit.com/r/QualityTacticalGear/
• https://reddit.com/r/MP5/
• https://reddit.com/r/ar15/
• (basically any other gun- or tactical-gear-related subreddit)

They may or may not serve as a solid basis for what the militia might carry. I'm curious if this is something you're considering: a bunch of gun & gear enthusiasts, some with military equipment but most not, wearing gear either for the drip (even if it doesn't jive well together) or for the clout (to show off how much money they'd spent on it), and kitting out their guns for show more than actual performance.

(I'm not saying all gearheads are like that, but it may be one aspect that's worth showcasing.)

I would place them as more practically equipped. Some attachments on their weaponry but mainly focusing on optics rather than side rail flashlights, lasers or angled iron sights. Part of their backstory setup is the few people who did make it were less prepared than they initially had planned for. For that matter, a qood quest prompt for them might be "Hey half our stuff was confiscated by a military checkpoint here. Help us find it and you can keep some of it."

[Hyperseeker]

That also makes sense. If they're ex-military, they know how to equip well for a real firefight.

As an aside: angled iron sights are out of favor with the military. From what I've heard so far, it's easier to re-aim with a sight that's already on the same axis, than it would be to rotate the entire rifle (and offset your recoil location, making you hit outstanding tissue in the dominant arm while shooting).

Today, the US Army (and a few other branches) uses LPVOs: low-power variable optics, a scope that can change between 1x and 6x (usually) magnification. Essentially, it's your close-quarters and long-range fighting optic, all in one.

https://www.sigsauer.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2f7933e2ff16f0ec074a16ab6b6195f2/t/6/t6t-front-left.jpg

Before that, the favorable arrangement for the Army was an ACOG with an RMR mounted on top of it:

https://www.trijicon.com/uploads/product-uploads/TA01-D-100555_315-326-1565970773.jpg

We have hybrid_sight_4x: an ACOG with a sights slot atop. Add this and a red dot sight to the equipment, and you'll get a good approximation of the Army's sights layout. We do not have an LPVO in the game, and the closest to it would be the regular rifle scope. (It's possible to implement one, and I already have in my mods, though that's probably outside the scope of this PR.)

If you want to know what kinds of attachments could reasonably be expected on a military rifle, you can check out SOPMOD. It's the kit that was supplied to deployed US Army infantry for the longest time. Each rifle with SOPMOD would be equipped for a different purpose, so it wouldn't be unlikely to see a mix of different attachments/slots of a rifle.

[RanikOrtega]

Marking this as ready for review. It's mostly ready for launch but I would appreciate some heavy review if possible.

[Procyonae]

Looks cool ^-^