Team+Eden

Group Members

 * Michael
 * Josh
 * Jon

Name of Your Project Proposal [[image:ProjectEden3.jpg align="right"]]
Project Eden - creating new life from a deserted wasteland.

This is Our Problem
Within the year, a comet will impact the earth and destroy all living beings on the surface. The area around the impact will be destroyed immediately with heat and dehydration. The President has ordered the excavation of safety caves carved out of the limestone of Missouri to prepare for a comet impact. There will be room for one million Americans, and enough food to last for two years. In addition, there will be animals, books, power generators, and other necessities.

This is Our Solution

 * Politicians, judges (the cave will be split into different zones where people can run to become politicians)
 * Bookeepers, veterinarians
 * Librarians
 * Artists
 * Architects
 * Engineers
 * Professors
 * Doctors, nurses (psychologists, physicians, etc.)
 * 20,000 military members (special forces only)
 * Hospital staff
 * Financial advisors[[image:Project-eden-2010-2011.jpg width="480" height="533" align="right" caption="Team Eden Handout"]]

- Lottery system for the labor force

If everyone brings three family members, military families will take up 60,000 spaces, leaving 940,000 that need to be filled. 40,000 will be for the lottery. That means 225,000 will be dedicated to the selected group, and they will bring an additional 675,000 with them, bringing the total up to 1 million people.

This is Who We Would Choose

 * 60 years old age limit
 * No pets
 * No more than 3 people can join the chosen person in the bunker
 * No genetic diseases that affects survivability
 * No incurable communicable diseases
 * Person with psychological, physical, chemical disability that will die within 20 years not admissible
 * No one with criminal history above misdemeanor

This is Why This is the Best Solution Possible
This plan ensures that the United States will be able to rebuild quickly. The goal is to recreate America as much as possible so that the next generation will be able to take over. There is no gender ratio because the selection should eventually balance out to be 50-50 male-female. Picking the best people of their respective fields is a great way to establish the occupations. We should establish basic rudiments of a trading system. This plan includes a lottery so that anyone else can get in, albeit with lower chances. The best people will make sure that we get a head start in establishing ourselves back on the surface of the Earth.

This is Why This it is a Fair Solution
Its fair to the future generation of Americans and fair to all the people that would not have made the initial round of selections. No matter what plan there is, there always someone who will oppose it. The draft will give nondescript people a chance of survival. There are no percentages listed because the number will likely vary greatly because of the unknown eligibility and occupations of the family members of the chosen ones. There are no set percentages because everything should be kept relatively similar to the way things are right now except we will have a little more hospital staff, doctors, and nurses.

The President's Speech
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Dear Fellow Citizens of the United States of America,

My administration had received word of a comet headed for our planet. This comet will likely wipe out most life forms and send a cloud of dust to cover the sun for months. I have considered all possible options and weighed countless submitted plans. Tonight I am going to share with you what we as a nation plan to do.

Our lives will continue as usual. We have already sent and will continue to send nuclear weapons to the comet in an attempt to deflect the comet’s path. However, as a precaution, I will select one million of you to live in the caves in Missouri as a precaution should the destruction of the comet fail. One million out of 300 million of you will spend two years in the caves if the comet is expected to strike.

225,000 of you will be receiving notifications shortly about your selection. You have been chosen because you fulfill the requirements that we set and because you are one of the best in the needed occupations. You may bring up to three people with you, but they must fulfill the requirements which we will include with the notification. 20,000 Special Forces and their families will receive notices of their selection. As for the rest of America, you still have one chance. 40,000 spaces will be open for you to be part of the labor force that we need to rebuild America. Once you are selected, further instructions or choices will be sent to you. All of the chosen people will undergo one last rigorous round of testing that will include a full physical and logical reasoning test. These are some of the occupations that we are looking to save: zookeepers, librarians, artists, architects, engineers, professors, and doctors. Our primary goal will be to look for the best one million people that will ensure the future viability of our nation.

It is not easy to say that this may be my last speech that I give in front of all of you. May God be with us, and may God bless America.

The President

Public Service Announcement Radio Ad
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Epilogue: Project Terminus

 * Emergency Vice President Message