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Revision as of 14:14, 19 February 2016

Wasteland Runners
Wastelanders-03
Important Information
Type Roleplay Faction
Sphere Wastelands
Known Members
Conventions
Las Vegas Freehold
Hellcat
Wastelander Weapons
Rover
The Wastes

Wasteland Runners are those people who scavenge and forage throughout the wasteland to make a living. Well-armed and mobile, they skirt the radiation zones, avoid the Raiders and do jobs for Strongholds here and there. 

Runners provide an important service within the Wastes. By scavenging the ruins of the Old Cities, they are able to bring back materials and components for people to rebuild. There are many bits of pre-fall technology that can still be used and when it's a matter of replacing some random spare part of a machine that pumps or purifies the water for a Stronghold, that becomes rather important.

Runners are an odd sort, they know that there's work out there in the Wastes and most of them would like nothing better than to hang up their wheels and just settle down somewhere but there's something about the freedom and risk of the open road that appeals to them. Runners are a cautious lot. They tend to never stray too far from their vehicle even when they are in the protected confines of a stronghold. Sure enough, the second that they become complacent and forget themselves, trouble will be waiting for them. They tend to travel alone or maybe with a companion depending on the size of their vehicle. 

Runner Life

The rules of being a Waste Runner are simple:

  1. Get in
  2. Get the goods
  3. Get out

There's no discussion, no contimplation or care. They tend to avoid areas with people because that makes the first rule harder and can make the second and third rules nearly impossible. Few of them have a 'cause' or a 'mission', they have jobs. They need stuff - Strongholds have stuff so they go out into the wastes to get whatever the stronghold needs in exchange for what they want. 

Values

Cash, of nearly any kind, is meaningless to a Runner. They deal in 'hard' currency; goods. Runners value three things:

  1. Fuel
  2. Ammo
  3. Food /Water

...and it's generally in that order.

Variety

Runners are part Trapper, part gold miner, part courier. If you need to get something from somewhere or to somewhere - find a Runner.

  • Scrapper: A Runner who specializes in scavening material from the ruins of old cities.
  • Scout: Those who hire themselves out as escorts and things to people who (possibly foolishly) wish to go somewhere in the Wastes.

Known Runners