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2.1 M2 PER OCCUPANTWATERCALORIESSEALED — NO EXTERNAL RESUPPLYTHE HAZARD IS ALREADY INSIDE AND HAS A NAMEFIG. 46SHARED VOLUME

Scenario

The Divide

You made it to the basement. Now stay human.

Nine strangers, one basement, and a sealed door. The outside is genuinely lethal and the inside becomes lethal more slowly, through hierarchy, hoarding and the discovery that a shelter is only as good as the people who reached it first.

What kills you

The other eight.

Rules

  1. 01Agree the rules on day one, while everyone is frightened and reasonable.
  2. 02Nobody controls the supplies alone.
  3. 03Sanitation and privacy are not luxuries.
  4. 04Know when the outside is survivable again. Actually measure it.

The kit

5 items

The only honest answer to 'is it safe yet' that nobody can argue with.

Medical

Dosimeter Badge Pack

A passive badge that records cumulative dose over time, rather than a live rate.

Months underground fails on sanitation long before it fails on food.

Shelter

Chemical Toilet

A sealed portable toilet with treatment chemical, for extended indoor use.

Nine people with no privacy is a fight with a countdown on it.

Shelter

Privacy Pop Up Tent

An instant enclosure for washing or sanitation where there is no room to spare.

Not for the outside. For the inside.

Shelter

Lockable Supply Box

A rigid container that closes properly, so supplies stay where they were put.

Portionable, countable, and hard to argue about.

Water & food

Calorie Dense Ration Bars

Compressed blocks built for calories per gram rather than flavour. Long shelf life and no cooking.

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