2012 NaNoWriMo: EPOCH

Prep to write EPOCH: Brainstorming

Brainstorming

Organization


10-06-12 @ 7:20 pm EDT
Believability--What stimulated The Humana Institute's concept of orchestrating Man's Second Chance after apocalypse.

"The Ecological Balance of the Isolated Apocalyptic Cave Culture" a Lecture Series,

Genetic stability and opportunity for natural progress for mankind and the
cave ecology

"The Sociological Diversification of the Isolated Apocalyptic Cave Cult a Lecture Series,

The political organization of the cave communitySocial Democratic Foundation vs Military Dictatorship

Every person has the right to Equal Moral Expression

Majority Rule modified for the protection of the minority decenting opinion.

versus

Head of Operations and a chain of command dictating decisions for the welfare of colony survival and daily operations.


Nomadic Tribal Organization vs Democratic Equality


Head of each clan is represented as the Chief of their family group to make up the Chief Council

Then each Generation is represented as well as each sub-group within the clan; i.e., Religion, skill, niché

Lastly-every voice has equal opportunity to present their views to the Chief Council--(Community Meetings)

versus
Every person has the right to Equal Moral Expression

Majority Rule modified for the protection of the minority decenting opinion.

The presentation of Laws and the Authority to Enforce the laws

Judges
Legal Council--Defense and Offense Attorneys
Civil Council--Each party represents themselves before the Chief council.

The understanding of the origins and persistence of Religion
Why Religion is necessary for man's survival.


"The Medicinal Requirements of the Isolated Apocalyptic Cave Culture" a Lecture Series,

Control of disease: the dangers related to all communicable disease is magnified within a sealed environment, where a simple presentation of fever could escalate into immediate pandemic within the cave colony.


"The Technological Demand of the Isolated Apocalyptic Cave Culture" a Lecture Series,

Communication outside and within
Electrical Power sources
Environmental Control
Air circulation, recycling
Temperature
Food sources


10-06-12 @ 7:27 pm EDT
Believability issues and aides

inter-group relationships
A common connection binding all 50 family groups--What do all the person's in each
family group have in common so that they would be able to form the basis of co-operation
required to survive under the surface of the world for a period of multi generations.

problems with the technology:

power source

food source

interpersonal relationships


outside communication




the cave cultures--as taught by French Archaeological Professor Pensee Joy La Frambois

The remnants of Religion--beginning as taught by Professor Micene Rubious Swank
Prehistory Evidence of organized religion.
Göbekli Tepe
Natufian--The Levant--
Stone Henge and other similar sites around the world

Premise:
Roots of Religious experience embedded into human culture before the rise of agriculture and cities.

My response: Of course, why would anyone assume that nomadic groups were without mysticism in their lives? Religion would be prevalent where ever man's future was in question.

The Ecological Balance of the Isolated Apocalyptic Cave Culture


Another/continuation of story idea
The evolution of under the mountain culture

A thousand years after the emergence of The Humana Institutes's Man's successful Second Chance project


09-25-12 @ 8:32 pm EDT
Possibility of pockets of second chances (Factions)
         USA/Republic/mixed religion majority christian
         USSR/Communism
         China/Communism
         Germany/Republic
         Spain/Communism/Catholisism
         Japan/Christain/Buddist/Ancestor worship
         Korea/Communism
         Egypt/Muslim
         Arabia/Muslim
         European conglomerate/Christian republic
         African conglomerate/
         Asian conglomerate/
         Israel/Jewish
         India/Hindi/Buddism
         Australian
         South American
         Mars settlements

Introduction
         Bill and Darren
         Concept of man's second chance downunder

of survivors
         Economy
                   based on labor and production/some trade essentially everyone is equal in distribution and opportunity no favorites

         Political
         Each family represented by a 1st and 2nd generation family member (Democratic)
                   100 member council
                   Law Enforcement

         Medical
                   Dental
                   surgical
                   general medicine
                   optical
                   psycho-social
         Education
                   Research facilities
                   preschool
                   grade school
                   high school
                   college/trade
         Labor distribution
                   craftsmen and industry
         Facility maintenance

         Factions
                   Religious
                   Sexuality
                   Political
                   Sociological
of installation
         power
         food
         waste
         recreation
         medical facilities
         quarters

Problems
         unwilling occupants/forced survivors
         greed and power mongering
         disputes between families/individuals
         maintenance breakdowns
         shortages
         epidemic
         intolerance between groups
         conspiracy theories

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9-25-2012 @ 7:39 pm EDT
I began a plot structure outline today for an apocalypse story. Title so far is EPOCH may change later on...I have two characters--Bill and Darren--Brother's--and I have a scenario--Nation's of the northern hemisphere finally tipped the balance on sanity and the nuclear armageddon has happened. The southern hemisphere has less than five months before the radioactive and bio-contagions unleashed in the north contaminate and kill all life in the south... A humana project, secret world organization, designed to save a genetic, intellectual, and sociological cross section of humanity was set into motion before the missles flew. The story begins with over 1,400 people, members of 50 families from around the world, being stashed into a mountain vault somewhere in the Great Dividing Range of Eastern Australia. These people all received a winning lottery ticket for an all expenses paid private resort vacation downunder...

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09-28-12 @ 2:27 am EDT
Concept:

What if there was the total contamination of the world atmoshpere due to nuclear and bio-warfare holocaust and 50, 3-generational-family groups were all placed in an environmentally self-sufficient underground vault to wait out the radiation and biocontamination dispersal? Would they survive and thrive until it was again safe to emerge from the confines of the vault? How would their coping skills manifest and change the vault environment? What sort of problems would they face adapting to underground confinement with every aspect of their life changed forever, even to the point of what they now 'do for a living.' What effect on the older people inside the mountain, would the knowledge that the older generations of the initial family groups may never emerge from inside the mountain to again see the open world?


1 family group
main character's
         2 Brothers: Bill and Darren

                   Bill; 30 yo; William James Dilliard, Jr.; Electrician
                             Wife 24yo; Sapphire Willow RunningWolf Dilliard
                             Oldest daughter 2 yo; Opal Rose Dilliard
                             Son 6 mos.; Cougar Jasper Dilliard

                   Darren; 25 yo; Darren Jason Dilliard; Diesel Mechanic
                             wife 25 yo; Samantha Cynthia Rogers Dilliard
                             Son 6 yo; Dillon William Dilliard
                             daughter 3 yo; Sara Renee Dilliard


Bill and Darren's Parents:
         William James Dilliard; 49 yo; Mechanical Engineer
         Agatha Christine Frost Dilliard; 47 yo; grade school teacher (3rd grade)

Bill and Darren's Aunt and Uncle:
         Rebecca Dawn Dilliard; 32 yo; Historian--HS History Teacher; divorced no children
         Robert Kristoffer Dilliard; 40 yo; Dentist/Oral Surgeon; never married (Gay)


Bill's in-laws:
Sapphire's father:
         Adrian Moon RunningWolf; 48 yo; Linguist/Historian Professor of Native American Studies.; Widower

Sapphire's Aunt and Uncle:
         Storm Skye RunningWolf Johnson; Adrian's sister; 40 yo; no children; Botanist; College Professor.
         Elmer Franklin Johnson; 42 yo; Storm's husband; Ecological Engineer

Darren's In Law's:
Samantha's Parents:
         NAME ;Mathematician/Researcher
         NaMe ;Housewife/community volunteer

Samantha's Uncles:
         Mother's brother:Name ;HS English Teacher/American Literature; divorced
                    name's son; Randall ; Artist--sculptur/volunteer fireman
          ; Father's brother: Name; Optometrist