PLEASE NOTE: This page is being tossed together in between the writing of other posts. It should not ever be considered either complete or entirely accurate; it's mostly off the top of my pointing head. (If you have suggestions, please PM me.)
CONSUMABLES: The C-130 was carrying basic nutritional supplies to the people of Tongalo, such as rice, wheat flour, supplements, etc. Some of these items were lost in the crash, either because of container damage (such as canvas bags or liquid containers), but I think that a lot of it would have survived. I'll create a rough inventory of specific items soon enough.
AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: For longer term needs, the cargo would have also included seeds, tubers, small seedlings and starts, and more, crops native to the South Pacific that are easy and quick to grow, as well as nutritious. I don't really know what these things are off the top of my head, but I found a web page with an extensive list for the islands in our region. I will play around with that list in the next few days.
LIVE ANIMALS: In addition to crops, stock animals had been aboard, including milk and meat goats, chickens, ducks, and more. Some of these died in the crash, others escaped and might be captured, and still others were still in their cages/pens. We can play with this as well.
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT: These include solar power systems, gas powered generators, water purification systems, hand tools, etc. If you can imagine a tool that could have helped people in a cyclone-ravaged community, it was probably aboard. Did it survive the crash? We can decide that together.
MORE: I'm sure there is more to consider, but right now I need to finish an IC post and go to bed.
WHAT DIDN'T SURVIVE!! Communications equipment. In order to preserve the isolation of the survivors from the outside world, we are going to say that in addition to the destruction of the aircraft's communications systems by the lightning, the only satellite phones on the plane were either damaged in the crash, destroyed by sea water, or are missing, possibly in the surf, the sand, or the jungle. Will they ever be found? Well, what's the fun in that, right?
