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Over the Ages Episode 1: All that Remains

@Xilaw Well, you seem rather condescending and pedantic so I'll leave any further discussion on the topic to @Whoami. And, simply put, if you don't want to be here then don't.

Over the Ages Episode 1: All that Remains

@WilsonTurner Yeah, but I'm just basing this on what I see today. This takes place four thousand years in the future, farming techniques and waste recycling might be advanced to a level that I can scarcely imagine.

Think of a society in which all the nutrients are filtered from human waste to nurture the next generation of crops, which are produced in multi-tiered tanks which occupy a fraction of the space of conventional fields and do not need natural sunlight or any of the other limiters on our current fields? Well, they'd be able to make more than twice as much food. It may sound like fiction, but this is fiction.

Of course, there'd still be problems like you say, I'm just playing the devil's advocate to the normal issues of giant societies.

Over the Ages Episode 1: All that Remains

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It would bloody have to be to be able to sustain 14 billion people on it. We don't even have the resources to sustain the 7 billion of today. I propose you at least have some lore in regards to this, e.g mining facilities on other planets and, more importantly, fresh water supplies coming from other planets since there's no way in hell there'd be enough fresh water on Earth by 6000s let alone to sustain twice as many people. At least for the sake of realism (no idea why I'm insisting on it considering the plot, but it bugs me) let's say humans have been bringing fresh water from Europa, Jupiter's moon, which allegedly might have oceans of water beneath it's icy surface.
Then there's the problem with food. Apparently all of Earth is one giant urban area (which is unrealistic even with 14 billion people), that means there's no place for agriculture.

@Xilaw

Have you read the OP? The whole goal of our character's is to prevent expansion onto other planets.

As for technology, with advanced filtering capabilities which would likely be present in the future water will be completely recyclable (read up on the ISS' water supply). As for food, genetically modified crops have already proved to be the way of the future in the mass production of food, as long as we limited food-waste we wouldn't have a problem sustaining a larger population (American throws away 40% of its food).

Over the Ages Episode 1: All that Remains

@DMZ Although the technology section of the codex isn't up yet, the "Earth" and "Humanity" sections should give you a reasonable estimation of how advanced the technology will be.

The Strife of Ostaria | Fire Emblem-Inspired RP [18+]

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Over the Ages Episode 1: All that Remains

@WilsonTurner To reduce a variable to the minimum acceptable amount, given a set of parameters.

"By opening a factory in China and reducing the quality of our components, we've minimized costs!" - American CEO

"By only providing air support to the beleaguered nation, we've minimized our own military casualties!" - General

The Strife of Ostaria | Fire Emblem-Inspired RP [18+]

Alright, well I'll have college classes for the rest of the day so I might not have a window to post until late tonight.

Over the Ages Episode 1: All that Remains

@Zarkun I'm just saying that if your character hasn't been responsible for more significant events than the battle of Thermopylae in a lifetime longer than current human civilization, then he's not living up to his full potential.

The Strife of Ostaria | Fire Emblem-Inspired RP [18+]

Over the Ages Episode 1: All that Remains

@Zarkun If you're going to play as a seven thousand year old immortal responsible for shaping the history of the earth I don't think having been Leonidas is going to overwhelm you.