[gurps] Treaty on Public Utilities and life support devices

[Captain Joy]

Hmmm, I notice you the ban is against "for-profit", which does not  
necessarily mean gov't control of said utilities.  I.e. not-for-profit  
private concerns could own/operate just ventures.  To that end, I'd  
make relevant devices one Legality Class less than the Control  
Rating.  I.e. The gov't would know where all such devices where and  
who owns them; to obtain a device you would have to show need.

As far as the CR for a such a society, I'd say CR4: Controlled  
[B506].  If the regulatory powers of the gov't mean they are actually  
monitoring TV, radio, and Internet, then, depending on what the gov't  
allows to be broadcast/sent, the society might actually be CR5.

Just curious, what is the context for this.  I run an early years Star  
Trek campaign wherein individual planetary societies have a fair bit  
of autonomy.  So, I occasionally have to think about such things,  
although I've never gone so far as "writing a treaty".

On Feb 27, 2009, at 5:41 AM, Tom Sparks wrote:

> I am looking at writing a treaty that bans for-profit organizations  
> from owning public utilities and life support device
>
> the public utilities i am think of are:
> water, Air (for life support), food
> free-to-air TV, radio
> Internet
>
> what rules would you put in place (Control Rating, etc)?
>
> tom_a_sparks

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