Colonel’s Challenge: With the wasteland seeming to at last settle down after generations of chaos and bloodshed, there seem to be more people out there looking for a permanent home. How should we treat these people, as possible immigrants, refuse, or perhaps even as potential slaves?
Peanut Island Public Forum: Final Decision on Immigration
As the commander of Peanut Island, we realize there might be other humans beyond those surviving few in our bunker complex. As we have all lived sheltered lives, we do not know the full scope of the dangers or the ways to survive beyond what we've scraped for ourselves. Even acknowledging the risk of outsiders to our secure community, the Peanut Island Council has agreed to accept those from the Wasteland as immigrants.
To ensure the health and safety of this community, we have set up a tiered system of citizenship for immigrants. To allow anybody from beyond this bunker access to the high tech weaponry and stockpiled resources would be risking theft, if not worse. There will be three Classes of residents on Peanut Island.
Class 1 citizens, which includes all 300 hundred of us gathered here, are granted full access to the bunker complex, including the signing in and out of weaponry and ammunition.
Class 2 citizens are immigrant arrivals who have made it through the immigration process. They will be allowed access to the surface of Peanut Island, and some communal areas, like the mess, communal sleeping areas, and entertainment facilities. They are, however, restricted from entering any areas like the armory, storage facilities as they have not proven their loyalty. They will be allowed to access weaponry, but on restricted basis due to emergency or designated duties, as well as being accompanied by a Class 1 citizen when leaving Peanut Island.
Class 3 residents are Wastelanders expressing an interest to become citizens. They will be screened and processed at the soon to be established Immigration Center at the opposite end of the bridge. They will be medically examined for diseases and addictions, and quarantined if necessary. They will also be interviewed to screen out any threats to Peanut Island, like spies, criminals, cannibals, and communists. This would also allow us to assess their skills and assets to our community. Class 3 residents will be treated with respect, and families will be kept together until they're cleared for entry. Class 3 residents are not entitled to any weapons, but can keep their personal inventory, including weapons, as long as they accept constant monitoring from security personnel. Upon given citizenship, weapons should be secured in the armory, but any personal effects would still be retained by the citizen in question.
We view these as reasonable precautions to safeguard Peanut Island while still providing us with the benefit of immigrants to help bolster the health and wellbeing of this great island bunker.
Signed,
Colonel Grant Sherman
Cosigned by Peanut Island Community Council
