Post by Adriano The Fabulous Fennec on Oct 16, 2014 7:23:17 GMT
As I know for Bedouin tribes, they don’t just ramble around a desert, they travel from one oasis to another. So, in my opinion there should be several shelters where a group of stalkers can take a rest. Old people, women and small children are keepers of such shelters.
All men older than 10 can act as soldiers. At least they know which part of sword to hold and which part is to poke into an enemy. Women do not fight at all, firstly because of remains of Islamic traditions, secondly because maternity institution became sacred in post war Turkmen society.
I'd think warriors are the ones who go in the ruins and search for items, because it is an hostile environment.
And because either a soldier or a stalker doesn't stalk or fight all his days.
They're nomadic so they don't really have to fight when their tribe is walking to another shelter.
I think bedouin wars occur in oasis, not in the middle of the desert. It could be the same here.
While the tribe is walking, some warrriors stays to protect it (maybe the quarter of them) while the others run to the ruins and the South Desert to get things to trade in the next shelter.
At least that's how I see it.
For kids, I say it's okay, their training start at ten, but maybe at twelve or fifteen they have some ritual to go through to become a "real soldier", or a grown-up.
For the women, I say you're right. Plus, radiations makes the birth of a child a very difficult thing, usually killing the mother if she's a bit weak.
But some women may be sterile. Could they fight too or will they just help raise other women's children ?
