---
key: mechanic/settlement-management--t106
type: mechanic
id: settlement-management--t106
lang: en
title: 'Crises, accidents and recovery'
summary: >-
  A crisis breaks normal system dependencies, requiring diagnosis, damage
  containment and prioritized restoration.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
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tags:
  - Organization and settlement management
  - Mechanics and variants
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    title: RimWorld
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attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: 'Crises, accidents and recovery'
    description: >-
      A crisis breaks normal system dependencies, requiring diagnosis, damage
      containment and prioritized restoration.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/strategy-rimworld-09.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: RimWorld
      sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/'
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      credit: Ludeon Studios / Ludeon Studios
      rights: © Ludeon Studios / Ludeon Studios. All rights reserved.
      caption: A fire spreads around the settlement
      alt: A fire spreads around the settlement
      markers:
        - x: 25
          'y': 53
          label: Burning woodland creates a spreading threat
        - x: 52
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          label: Colony buildings stand close to the fire
    tips:
      - >-
        Support priorities for containment, rescue and recovery after a
        disaster.
    examples:
      - title: RimWorld
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/'
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provenance: >-
  Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design
  examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests.
  Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not
  every proposed variant.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Crises, accidents and recovery

id: settlement-management--t106
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/settlement-management--t106
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/settlement-management--t106/

A crisis breaks normal system dependencies, requiring diagnosis, damage containment and prioritized restoration.

## At a glance

![A fire spreads around the settlement](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/strategy-rimworld-09.webp)

[RimWorld](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/) · © Ludeon Studios / Ludeon Studios. All rights reserved.

1. Burning woodland creates a spreading threat
2. Colony buildings stand close to the fire

- Support priorities for containment, rescue and recovery after a disaster.

- [RimWorld](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/)

## How it works

A crisis breaks normal system dependencies, requiring diagnosis, damage containment and prioritized restoration.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t106-variants"></a>

- Isolation contains a damaged subsystem. <a id="t106-v1"></a>
- Reserves temporarily replace a failed source. <a id="t106-v2"></a>
- Cascades spread shortages through dependencies. <a id="t106-v3"></a>
- Recovery chooses the order of service restart. <a id="t106-v4"></a>

## Design example

A power-station failure stops pumps, so backup power first restores the water intake.

Prototype check: Test whether the system distinguishes the initial failure from subsequent dependent service outages.

## Context and limits

Organization management allocates space, time, staff and services among competing needs. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [Factorio: Content](https://www.factorio.com/game/content) (id: source-96be186d8ada50a0)
- [RimWorld](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/) (id: source-f672c9b9d82b6e7d)

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