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no, this is exactly what I wanted to discuss. I know the NCR is a full on nation, like the USA of old, but I wanted to discuss the logistics of their manufacturjng processes. would they have mines and quarries for raw metals? Likely not, as there's enough already extracted for salvage. this post is mostly for speculation. I fully believe that the ncr manufactures the fatigues from scratch, but with what material? surely not cotton given their water problems. I also just can't quite decide what their breastplates are shielded with. I wanted for this to be a space where people could speculate on the theoretical industries and manufacturing processes of the NCR, not a refusal to see that they exist.
I for one am a Pittsburgh truther, and believe that the NCR has exported all their industry to Ashur. /j
It's two hundred years from the war, it would be really hard to salvage steel with it being exposed fot this long.
They probably started with scavenging but moved to mining it. Even depleted mines usually contain enough material it's just can't be used due to small volume, but when your whole nation is 1-2 million people it will work.
They can make fabrics from whool, or nettle or any native local plant.
Somehow I hadn't considred steel degradation, though I suppose it makes sense. I assumed salvage would be a good pathway since a lot of the work extracting it from the Earth is done for you, but I am absolutely in love with the idea of the NCR bringing old mines back into operation, I must admit.