THE BOSUN TRIBE

nchan
Phil
towlmanat
carrotbat

N: The setting ISN'T modern.
P: The setting IS underground.
T: The world IS flat.
C: The surface IS inhabitable.
N: The underground HAS anarchists.
P: The people underground ARE NOT aware that the surface is inhabitable.
T: The underground DOES have artificial light sources.
C: The people underground DO have a mythology about the surface.
N: The people underground ARE split into different tribes.
P: The tribes ARE NOT in overt conflict.
T: The tribes DO NOT trade, either.
C: The quality of life underground IS vastly different depending on which tribe one is in.
N: Some tribes DO have class systems.
P: Individuals in the various tribes DO participate in barter.
T: The tribes ARE seperated by great distances.
C: Individuals in the tribes ARE allowed to change tribes at several predetermined points in their lives, if they so choose.
N: The tribes DO have some knowledge of the lifestyles of other tribe.
P: There IS an elaborate "web" of tribal connections that one must follow when changing affiliation.
T: There ARE equine creatures to ferry the people from one tribe's territory to another's.
C: The existence of the equine creatures IS central to the religion of several tribes.
N: There ARE strict laws that protect the existence of equine creatures.
P: Many of the anarchists DO NOT obey the protective laws.
T: There ARE only three species of birds underground.
C: The anarchists ARE spread out among the tribes.
N: There IS a huge equine poaching ring among the anarchists.
P: Most of the anarchists ARE NOT involved in serious crime.
T: The anarchists DO have laser guns to kill the equine things with.
C: The laser guns ARE modified from equipment meant for other purposes.
N: Laser guns DO kill equines effortlessly without mess.
P: The equines ARE sentient.
T: The equines DO NOT eat the same things the anarchists eat.
C: The food underground IS very bland.
N: Equines DO interact with the tribes that have them as central religious figures.
P: The equines ARE NOT organised at any high level.
T: The anarchists DO have a difficult time growing enough food.
C: The equines DO visit the surface.
N: The anarchists ARE shunned in their individual tribes.
P: Each tribe IS named after an occupation on a spaceship.
T: The Captain tribe IS the most influential tribe.
C: The tribes ARE NOT aware that they are named after spaceship occupations.
N: Spices ARE NOT widely available underground.
P: Most people ARE NOT aware that the equines are intelligent.
T: The equines DO NOT want the people to know they are intelligent.
C: The underground IS NOT naturally created.
N: The equines ARE aware of their dwindling numbers due to poaching.
P: The equines WERE provolved by the tribes' ancestors.
T: The equines DID influence the tribal naming conventions.
C: The equines DO have plans for when their population reaches a predetermined unacceptably small number.
N: The anarchists DO NOT want to overthrow their individual government systems.
P: The birds ARE prized as a very rare delicacy by the tribes.
T: The equines DO NOT approve of bird-slaughter.
C: The birds ARE NOT sentient.
N: The birds ARE NOT attacked by anarchists.
P: It IS illegal for people of the same tribe to have a sexual relationship.
T: This law IS NOT strictly enforced.
C: Water IS plentiful underground.
N: IT IS considered an honor amongst all tribes to have an intimate encounter with a bird.
P: People ARE being born with more and more genetic problems due to the lack of enforcement of the coupling law.
T: The equines ARE pleased by this.
C: The genetic problems ARE NOT always un-beneficial.
N: The medicine practiced within the tribes IS outdated.
P: The occurence of "positive" mutations within the tribes IS much higher than the evolutionary norm.
T: The tribes DO actively burn any books written.
C: The underground IS largely unmapped.
N: The tribes DO have a religious holiday that involves racing equines.
P: The world IS a massive cylindrical spaceship.
T: The 'surface' DOES house the reactor, which makes it so inhospitable.
C: The equines ARE aware of the function of the reactor.
N: The birds ARE able to live on the surface.
P: There ARE two surfaces, one at either end of the cylinder.
T: The space ship DOES operate itself.
C: The space ship DOES have manual controls, however.
N: The spaceship HAS a connection to "positive" mutations within the tribes.
P: The spaceship IS sentient.
T: The spaceship IS looking for a certain planet.
C: The inhabitants ARE NOT aware of this.
N: The birds ARE the spaceship's flunkies.
P: The equines ARE working in the shadows to keep the tribes in the dark about the reality of their location.
T: The equines DO know where the manual controls are.
C: The spaceship IS lost.
N: The spaceship DOES use its technology to regulate the underground via the positive mutations.
P: The Bosuns ARE close to finding a way to the surface.
T: The reactor DOES use a zero-point energy source.
C: The ship IS NOT looking for Earth.