12-23-2016, 08:23 AM
Real quick for other people who are looking to this thread for reference, here is the link to the basic layout of boot camp: https://forum.overlordcomic.com/showthread.php?tid=1086
To Tamara:
My apologies if it didn’t come across clearly, the NPC assigning someone to the barracks has said “Here is your tent assignment” and have made references to tent flaps when people come and go. So yes, the barracks are a large tent with a packed earth floor. The only buildings that are not are ones that require a controlled environment such as a medical clinic or a lab, which would be a prefab structure like a trailer and are not listed in the diagram since they’re not in the main bootcamp area.
There are buildings not on the diagram. For example, I’m sure that you answer nature’s call in a designated area and take showers in one. This is also probably a prefab and kept meticulously clean thanks to a neverending supply of recruits that need discipline.
Supplies can be procured at the check-in tent. We’ve never explicitly stated that but we wouldn’t have punished anybody for saying “I’ll go to the supply tent and get a bucket”. It’s okay to check and be sure, but unless we have a huge plot point in the supply area it’s not necessary to have it planned out in huge detail.
Washboards and soap are considered tools and are available. Consider most basic cleaning tools to be at your disposal. The line is just drawn at anything electric or mechanical. Cleaning is just expected to be done with elbow grease and not mechanical shortcuts. But if you come up with a clever means to utilize these in a clever manner, more power to you.
You can wash the linens inside or outside the tent. The general rule of thumb is ‘not in anybody’s way’. There’s probably an area with clotheslines behind the barracks to hang laundry out to dry.
Hope that helps!
To Williamswiftfoot:
Tim Curry of course.
To Tamara:
My apologies if it didn’t come across clearly, the NPC assigning someone to the barracks has said “Here is your tent assignment” and have made references to tent flaps when people come and go. So yes, the barracks are a large tent with a packed earth floor. The only buildings that are not are ones that require a controlled environment such as a medical clinic or a lab, which would be a prefab structure like a trailer and are not listed in the diagram since they’re not in the main bootcamp area.
There are buildings not on the diagram. For example, I’m sure that you answer nature’s call in a designated area and take showers in one. This is also probably a prefab and kept meticulously clean thanks to a neverending supply of recruits that need discipline.
Supplies can be procured at the check-in tent. We’ve never explicitly stated that but we wouldn’t have punished anybody for saying “I’ll go to the supply tent and get a bucket”. It’s okay to check and be sure, but unless we have a huge plot point in the supply area it’s not necessary to have it planned out in huge detail.
Washboards and soap are considered tools and are available. Consider most basic cleaning tools to be at your disposal. The line is just drawn at anything electric or mechanical. Cleaning is just expected to be done with elbow grease and not mechanical shortcuts. But if you come up with a clever means to utilize these in a clever manner, more power to you.
You can wash the linens inside or outside the tent. The general rule of thumb is ‘not in anybody’s way’. There’s probably an area with clotheslines behind the barracks to hang laundry out to dry.
Hope that helps!
To Williamswiftfoot:
Tim Curry of course.