"Operation Reset" and "The free city of Krakow"

[kato13]

I replaced reset with something similar to the Linux operating system. Except rather that it being a development of Linus Torvalds it was a development of a Polish Grad student who was working in field of Cryptography.

Related

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywaqbg/collapse-os-is-an-open-source-operating-system-for-the-post-apocalypse

[rcaf_777]

My Take on the Reset Materials

[rcaf_777]

A great option for the flying carpet its kept out of sight so the PC only finds that it is like this until after they get a pilot and mange to get into the hanger.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

From memory of Free City of Krakow, the Flying Carpet was based at the Wawel Castle. Back in 2010 I managed to spend some time wandering around there, specifically with T2k in mind.
I think FCoK had the helo in the main courtyard in a hangar but I recall thinking that there's not too much room for a helo the size of the Mi-17 as well a hangar. I would think it's easier to make a temporary shelter over the helo that you can remove when you want to fly the machine.

Regardless of how it's stashed though, unless you actually get inside the castle, you will not be able to see the helo because the castle walls are too high plus the castle itself is located on high ground and none of the nearby buildings are tall enough to see over the walls.
In short, you're never going to know they have a helo there unless you can actually get into the Wawel and see it for yourself.

However...
This was unknown to the writers of FCoK because if they had known, I feel certain they would have mentioned it. There are caves under the Wawel castle, they've been used in the past to get fresh water. They are the reputed lair of a dragon that caused a few problems during the reign of king Krakus until it was slain, either by his sons or a cobbler, depending on which bit of folklore you read.

Apparently there are a few entryways to the caves from the castle, the one for tourists to use when I was there in 2010 was in the west wall but there is also an entry point outside the walls and was the way the dragon entered and left the caves.
When searching any maps, look for Smocza Jama or Smok Wawelski for the general location of the concealed entry into the caves.
Google maps - Wawel castle, Krakow https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sm...9.9337576hl=en

So... there is a way for the PCs to get into the castle without having to go through the gates but locals have known about the caves for hundreds of years so you can bet whoever is guarding the castle, has that cave entry guarded as well.
Still, it'd probably be easier to overpower a few troops guarding a cave entry than it would be trying to assault the castle gates...

[Olefin]

If I remember right the whole point of the Med Cruise was to get to the Romanian scientists who had a cheap power idea that MilGov could use to get the US back on its feet. You could possibly use that instead of RESET but make it be information that you have to gather that leads to the scientists location and what they have invented - thus you have a direct lead up to the Last Submarine Trilogy if you want your players to eventually get to that.

RESET would then be an incomplete set of plans or possibly the work of a coworker of theirs that came close to completion but needed those scientists to be able to complete the work. One leads to the other.

[Olefin]

Hello:

I never liked the Operation Reset theory so I changed it something more interesting... a chemical formula for a synthetic fuel alternative... much more valuable.

For instance an ethanol or biodiesel that would either allow it to be used for aircraft or that would get a lot more energy out of it or that could brew faster and allow for more fuel production in a lot less time. All of which would be of huge use considering how much Europe and much of the rest of the world has switched over to alcohol based fuels.

[Targan]

Krakow has been voted the best city break destination for a third year in a row

Old news. The PCs in my first campaign had the same opinion decades ago. Admittedly there were fewer cheap airfares and package deals back then, and if you failed to pay your bar tab you were enslaved, but still...

[Legbreaker]

[chrono117]

My theory is Operation Reset is the plan to reactivate the ruins of the Loop from Tales from the Loop / Things from the Flood.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Someone was writing a 'blog that was their T2k campaign, narrated. They played the various modules, and got part of the way through Armies of the Night but it then went away...pity, it was a great read.

But, in his campaign, Operation Reset was a cold fusion device which I thought was a very neat alternative.

[Tegyrius]

Oh man. Yeah. Later Days. Also notable for integration of Dark Conspiracy into T2k without breaking theme or mood.

For the newer readers - we've had a few threads on that blog over the years, including one where the referee and a couple of the players stopped by. Be prepared to lose a few hours...

- C.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Oh man. Yeah. Later Days. Also notable for integration of Dark Conspiracy into T2k without breaking theme or mood.

For the newer readers - we've had a few threads on that blog over the years, including one where the referee and a couple of the players stopped by. Be prepared to lose a few hours...

- C.

That was it. Later Days. God what a read. Pity it ended. And yeah, the Dark Conspiracy incorporation was brilliant. Just the kind of thing to tease along players who might not be wholly in to the "No, all it is, is that the world ended, and you're soldiers trying to rebuild it" vibe of "straight" T2k.