Editing Traiders:The Dalles (section)

==Motorcycle Gang Diplomacy==

The Dalles technologists have adopted a Traiding lifestyle where they raid nearby pacifist communities for the things they cannot easily produce themselves or acquire through trade. Traiders from The Dalles use technology and 4th generation warfare so effectively that they are  practically untouchable by the average warlord, making them the dominant force in the region. The Dalles technologists collect tribute in the form of both material goods and conscripts with technical aptitude when they can be found in technologically impoverished communities.

The Dalles has been at war with mystical religious movements affiliated with the Human Potential Movement since the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attacks]. The technologists of The Dalles see mysticism and primitivism as twin enemies of science and technology and actively hunt down and silence gurus and [[Traiders:Elfs|elfs]] who promote anti-technology sentiment.