*nods* Samantha's suspicious nature aside, I had a feeling that might be the case. Sam's just outright distrustful of all authority figures. I'll keep an eye on this project, though.

A thought: If you're going the 'defense force' idea, you can also do voluntary sign ups for players interested in helping the project or being 'drafted' to assist in the defense/repair of certain areas. A sign up ICly or OOCly could help here a lot, especially if you can get at least 5 others to help as heads.