It is apparent this is a severe crisis. Most people have at least heard something is wrong. The threat is escalating, and most people are abandoning their posts if not obligated by the military or government. If they haven’t already been jammed, cities no longer have passage via major freeways and most side streets are likewise unnavigable. Public utilities start to become unreliable at best.
Outlook: Grim
As the sun rises on Tuesday June 11, 2019, things look bleak and turn even worse before the sun has a chance to set. Massive insects swarms, ranging in size from that of a mid-sized SUV to several city blocks, slowly move about the city proper and then begin to make their way out to the burbs, sucking and eating their way through anything that moves. Businesses are forced to shut down by mid day, followed shortly thereafter by police, fire & rescue. Fires erupt inside the 270 loop while the outer cities and burbs hunker down under the dense swarm of flying and crawling insects. Some reports come across local radio stations of dead bodies littering streets, sidewalks, and yards. Other reports state giant rats have been seen roaming the inner city devouring everything in their path, alive or dead, and surprisingly unaffected by the swarms. One report stated that Chesterfield Valley, and adjacent Missouri River Valley Delta, was one massive swarm of insects, both in the air and on ground (unconfirmed). Some citizens have reported that even indoors isn't safe. The insects are able to find their way indoors if precautionary measures aren't taken. For the moment, most communication and utility services are still online, outside of the 270 loop. Nothing is for sure within the loop. No one has gotten communication of any kind from within the 270 loop since early this afternoon. Pillars of smoke and swarms of insect above the skyline are the only knowns at this time.
The outlook for tomorrow seems bleak at best. Local news stations and online news threads state that the president's office is expected to make an emergency press conference at 9 PM EST.
What's Next
- Survival is now a reality. What will you do, how will you survive? Will you strike out in search of safe haven, or hunker down and wait out the storm?
- From this point forward we will be in Objective/Task/Mission Mode.
- As individuals, if you are in fact alone, and not with the rest of the group or portion thereof (I'll let you decide on this), you will state your intentions (your most immediate objective), along with major tasks you believe that would involve. (we will work on this together for the first few weeks in the OOC thread until we develop a rhythm)
- We'll assign level of effort, risk, and resource allocations to those objectives and associated tasks (if required. We'll use this more so after things progress). For now just state your intentions and actions.
- I'll post more about this as we progress through the week.
- Start putting your resource lists together if you haven't already done so. We'll be using these soon enough. You can post in the CharGen Chatter thread if you like, or the H-Chat Thread
- We'll use this thread for physical actions and face to face interactions. Use the H-Chat thread for other types of communications such as Text, Phone, Email, Social Media, etc. Basically anything that isn't in person/face to face
