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(Originally Posted Wednesday 7-21-21)<\/p>\n

This one I called \u2018nuke trio\u2019 in my notes when picking this one as a Creativity Post. My first thought was this would have to be in the future of The Merc Series as there\u2019s no place that looks like this in the current setting. But I thought the picture was cool and could still be used somehow.<\/p>\n

My second thought was they were in America somewhere after a bomb\/nuke had gone off and I\u2019d need to figure out where as that would have huge ramifications throughout The Merc Series Universe (everything\u2019s connected). But as I looked more at the pic, I noticed the buildings (what\u2019s left of them) look less America and more European.<\/p>\n

Whether that\u2019s true or not doesn\u2019t matter for this process but that\u2019s the direction I\u2019ll go in. A European country somewhere. Maybe Germany if we wanted a big impact or maybe a small made up country. One that\u2019s next to Germany. That could work actually. Plus, more freedom to play around with.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d say these three guys are highly skilled and ex-military for this country. But not Special Forces. (CP#27<\/a> will explain why not) They know their way around the area and have spent a lot of time in these ruins.<\/p>\n

The big question to ask would be why do they stay in this area if there\u2019s other places to go that are safe and not destroyed. The world isn\u2019t post-apocalyptic, only this country\/area. Maybe this has a big trade route that still has to be traveled through by other nations (this would need research) and these guys are guides or more likely bandits\/raiders who make a decent living robbing these trade routes.<\/p>\n

Maybe we could get rid of the nuke option and it\u2019s just a destroyed wasteland but now no radiation to worry about. Maybe this spot was gassed with a weapon of some sort, hence the masks, but there\u2019s still hidden loot to be found. That option gives better explanations on why stay behind.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s definitely a lot of potential storylines to be found here.<\/p>\n

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