Post by rvm45 on May 10, 2023 4:22:35 GMT -6
Friends,
I have had this idea forever—but I have never been able to weave it together into good story.
#1.} A Plague of some sort wipes out 99.999% of Humanity.
#2.} The Survivors are altered to where they become Super Geniuses
By "Super Genius" I mean you can take a Call Phone; a TV Remote and a LASER Pointer and turn it into a hand-held LASER Pistol that can cut an M1 Abrams tank into two pieces.
Also, assume that whatever makes you a Super Geniuses also makes you Paranoid—built-in uncontrollable paranoia that COMPELS you to prepare for inevitable war with the other Super-Smart survivors.
Maybe—in very rare cases—these people can make friends and ally themselves—like sometimes people are struck by lightening…
Anyway, You are just ONE PERSON. The story may flow bit faster if we ASSUME the virus also made you stronger—though not Comic Book Strong. A man with the strength of a Gorilla could dig through ruins salvaging much more efficiently.
A.}You need to accumulate resources. (As a Super Genius you can foresee that every man's hand will be against every other…)
You cannot be too open. Someone may be watching with a scoped sniper rifle just waiting to eliminate potential threat…
I envision building small—2–5-Pound tiny robots to go and scavenge stuff in the dead of night. And of course, you can cobble something together that is smart enough to scavenge microchips and build more scavenging drones…
Only someone else genetically modifies rats to have opposable thumbs and enough wit to do his scavenging…
OR
B.} WHERE would you want to set up your headquarters?
Maybe a High School with Chemistry Lab; Biology Lab; Home Ec Kitchens and Shop Classes full of Lathes; Mills; Welders….
Or how about a Hospital—lots of room and labs—not to mention Drugs…
Elementary School? The Machine Shop of a good-sized Factory?
I mean, you think of good places to set up shop in and various inventions the various Geniuses make to go to war…
…..RVM45
I have had this idea forever—but I have never been able to weave it together into good story.
#1.} A Plague of some sort wipes out 99.999% of Humanity.
#2.} The Survivors are altered to where they become Super Geniuses
By "Super Genius" I mean you can take a Call Phone; a TV Remote and a LASER Pointer and turn it into a hand-held LASER Pistol that can cut an M1 Abrams tank into two pieces.
Also, assume that whatever makes you a Super Geniuses also makes you Paranoid—built-in uncontrollable paranoia that COMPELS you to prepare for inevitable war with the other Super-Smart survivors.
Maybe—in very rare cases—these people can make friends and ally themselves—like sometimes people are struck by lightening…
Anyway, You are just ONE PERSON. The story may flow bit faster if we ASSUME the virus also made you stronger—though not Comic Book Strong. A man with the strength of a Gorilla could dig through ruins salvaging much more efficiently.
A.}You need to accumulate resources. (As a Super Genius you can foresee that every man's hand will be against every other…)
You cannot be too open. Someone may be watching with a scoped sniper rifle just waiting to eliminate potential threat…
I envision building small—2–5-Pound tiny robots to go and scavenge stuff in the dead of night. And of course, you can cobble something together that is smart enough to scavenge microchips and build more scavenging drones…
Only someone else genetically modifies rats to have opposable thumbs and enough wit to do his scavenging…
OR
B.} WHERE would you want to set up your headquarters?
Maybe a High School with Chemistry Lab; Biology Lab; Home Ec Kitchens and Shop Classes full of Lathes; Mills; Welders….
Or how about a Hospital—lots of room and labs—not to mention Drugs…
Elementary School? The Machine Shop of a good-sized Factory?
I mean, you think of good places to set up shop in and various inventions the various Geniuses make to go to war…
…..RVM45
