Talk:Creating a Safe Haven/@comment-96.44.96.133-20130103180127/@comment-5920880-20130104224909

I think, the point is that the plague not only affects people's health, but also, as a side effect, social bonds and cooperation. But these people are attempting to cooperate again, and so to reduce chaos by themselves. Helping them favours this.

Furthermore: The officer (who leaves back into "civilization, or what's left of it") and the city watch have a discussion, where one of them says something like "apparently there's a whole new group in charge, but that doesn't change anything for us down here". This implies that Havelock, as new (self-proclaimed) Lord Regent, does not change orders and policy he inherited from Burrows, and continues chaos. Preventing the successful execution of Burrows'/Havelock's orders is a step towards reduction of chaos.