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Silo Simulation -- system flowchart
[SURFACE]
[LIFE SUPPORT]
[THE PEOPLE]
[SOCIETY]
(bad weather)
(quakes, storms)
(crop raids, fish)
(rain, thaw)
(power for farms)
(contagion)
(workforce)
(tired workers)
(sick days)
(wages)
(no job)
(poverty, hunger)
(caught)
(taxes, welfare)
(suppressed crises)
(bad leadership)
(strikes & sabotage hit infrastructure)
(parts theft, airlock breaches)
(emigrants, transfers, refugee families, exiles)
(food, medicine, water, sugar)
(exports, imports)
(how the silo is doing sets its share price)
each silo runs on its own;
neighbors and markets are its lifelines
[THE MESH NETWORK]
neighbors with their own traits, relations and kin
migrants · trade · crews · experts · fund stakes · outages
[GLOBAL MARKETS]
exports · imports · silo funds
crashes -> layoffs, crime, panic selling
[SEASONS]
winters vary · Long Dark · festivals
[WEATHER]
sun · rain · storms · snow
[DISASTERS]
tornado · wildfire · hurricane · quake · eruption · meltdown
[WILD ECOSYSTEM]
grass -> grazers -> predators
crop raids · ants · spiders
[RAIN & SNOWPACK]
rain fills the wells
snow melts in spring
[OUTBREAKS]
new flu · measles · dysentery
spread person to person
[FOOD]
crops · livestock · fish
sugar · blight · pests · heat
[WATER]
water techs · pumps
drought · contamination
[PHARMACY]
pharmacists -> medicine
imports · silo trade
[REACTOR & POWER]
engineers · automation
meltdowns · heat throttle
[AIR, HEAT & SEALS]
scrubbers · seals · waste
leaks · seal emergencies
cooling failure · heat waves
POPULATION (autonomous sims)
hunger · thirst · energy · happiness · health
each with a job, family, friends, a past and a personality
[LIFE CYCLE]
families · birth permits
children · aging · death · grief & funerals
[SLEEP & NIGHT SHIFTS]
sleep quality -> energy
24/7 crews for essential jobs
[HEALTH]
illness · chronic · Silo Syndrome
doctors · medicine · crisis
[CRIME & GUARDS]
theft · burglary · bribes · murder
breaking points · day and night watch
[18 JOBS]
essential jobs first · apprentices · contract hires
experience · know-how · porters · robots · Mentors
[WEALTH & ECONOMY]
wages · poverty · shops · the bank
shares · taxes · welfare · dividends
[JAIL]
sentences · life in a cell · repeat offenders
escapes · fugitives · maximum security
[NEWS & CENSORSHIP]
crises announced, suppressed or leaked
the colony newsletter · archivists
[PRESIDENCY]
elections · traits · censorship
impeachment · scandal · exile
[LEAVING THE SILO]
emigration · transfers · exile · refugees
open borders · job board · abandon & resettle
[CIVIL UNREST]
strikes · riots · sabotage
seasons & air
weather & water
food & ecosystem
power
health
people
economy & politics
danger
Dashed arrows: links between silos and the outside world, contagion, and unrest feeding back into the silo. Based on PROJECT_OVERVIEW.md.