Interesting concept
Seems like an interesting idea. How do you intend to handle the existence of heavy censorship by the Security Service? Not only would the 'folks at home' not know about a great deal of stuff (except via clandestine radio and the BBC) but they would have been precluded from divulging events considered useful knowledge to the Allies - eg, the results of a local bombing raid, the transfer or frontline experience of a family member ("Your brother, Kurt, was recently injured in the retreat from Benghazi last month." etc)
How will the 'letter' appear onscreen? As a popup? I would suppose that Scones will be the guru for that since they will be part of his commander program.
Is the group listed at the beginning the entire group writing, or are you accepting volunteers with some writing experience and a reasonable command of the language?
I should think that the writing group will be rather small and, thus, able to communicate via personal email. Perhaps a free email account used by all - such as Lycos, Qmail, hotmail, Juno or some equivalent - would suffice. In that case writers can move product around the horn with ease and rapidity and keep the suspense behind the tapestry, as it were. I would not broadcast too much to the sim world or the randomness and mystery will be at least diluted if not destroyed.
Might be helpful to see if one can involve a female writer. Hairy males are at a disadvantage when it comes to simulating "Anna" or "Schwester Liese" or a mother.
I seem to remember Scones working on an Award Project in which certificates equivalent to awards would somehow become part of the Commander's file. Perhaps this would substitute for that.
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