They drove your family off the Farm ten years ago. The
Corporations rolled in, took over the land, and put
rent-a-cops all over the place. It wasn't the first time
it'd happened; it wouldn't be the last. Gradually, your
family fell in with a bunch of other homeless families,
and they met another group... until you'd create a Nomad
pack of nearly two hundred members.
Now, crammed into a huge, ragtag fleet of cars, vans,
busses and RV's, your Nomad pack roams the freeways. You
look for supplies, odd jobs and spare parts in the world
where society has fragmented. The pack is your home - it
has teachers, Med Techs, leaders, and mechanics - it's
virtually a town on wheels in which everyone is related
by marriage or kinship. Sometimes the Pack pulls into a
town just to fuel up or get grub. Other times, it swings
south to follow the harvest; you pick crops in trade for
cash or food. Less terrorizing cities and hiring out as
muscle in Corporate wars. For obvious reasons, the cops
don't like Nomads. But it doesn't matter - your vehicle
are usually well armored and bristling with stolen
weapons; mini guns, rocket launchers and the like. Every
kid knows how to use rifle, and everyone packs a knife.
Being homeless in the 2000's isn't easy.
The most visible members of the Pack are the Scouts -
leather armored riders on bikes or in fast muscle cars,
who protect the convoy from attacks and hunt up safe
campsites. As a Scout, you're on the lookout for trouble,
and you usually can find enough of it, with rival Nomad
Packs, the Law, and the cowboy, you ride the hard trail.
You've got a gun, a bike and that's all you need. You're
a Nomad.
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