>>6138556

Good Performance:
You will be noticed by the "operators" of TFV and may potentially be personally picked to assist them in person. You might even be brought into TFV to support them, or arranged to assist them for the next year. This will also include ribbons, pay raises, promotions, being able to live a more exciting, patriotic life. Not to mention... increased security clearance... Which means going from Secret or Classified, to Top Secret. You might actually know what the purpose of TFV is.

OOC: Also some of the TFV are flesh and blood players, not to mention this setting's canon has been affected by people before you and will be affected by people after you. You stand the chance of being an actual legend.

Bad Performance
You will be forgotten and you will fail to aspire to greatness. Incredible advances in technology will happen without you. After the new election, you will be replaced or moved to some other unit that is less interesting. There is a very high chance you could get killed, demoted, or fired as well.
Also, if you aren't that interesting, you don't get any kind of plot armor at all and all the special equipment that allows people to be kept alive won't be used on you. If a team ever gets ambushed by a sniper, the sniper will target you, and the Players won't use their high stats, tech, and/or shortcuts to keep you alive.

>Cooperation vs Competition
The most important choice you have to make is if you will work with the other DSCC members trying to get into/assist TFV.

The DSCC has interservice rivalry. The easiest example to point to, is how the FBI and the Marines are both competing to get the TFV operators to test and possibly adopt a specific Heavy Pistol. The FBI and Homeland Security are pushing for a 40 S&W or 10mm handgun, while the Marines are pushing for a .45 ACP handgun.

You might have a specific threat you are worried about, a specific piece of gear you want tested and/or adopted, or loyalty to a specific Department that you think deserves more funding.

However, you first would likely need to decide where you come from, and what you are good at.

Department
Department of Defense (Mostly Marines), some Military Intelligence, Defense Logistics Agency

Homeland Security or Justice
FBI, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Health & Human Services
Center for Disease Control, FDA, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (Preparing for massive medical emergencies)

>>6138563
>Department of Health & Human Services
Hell yeah. Glowie quest.

>>6138563
>Choosing profession/specialization

Operator/Combat
You specialize in leading a small team, coordinating them, and understanding/recognizing lots of military kit and tactics. You prefer to lead from the front. You have some specific specialization because of your department/branch (Exp: FBI is more familiar with Non-Lethal, Marines have better hand to hand and long range shooting)

Intelligence/Investigator
You aren't exactly an out of shape nerd, but you are well educated and your primary focus isn't combat. You can take someone in a shootout or fistfight, but it's something you're "okay" at. Your main talent is knowing things and getting information. Your specialization from your department might mean you're good at understanding crime scenes or testing for drugs, or it might mean you can recognize the signs of a specific terrorist group, or that you are good at finding informants.

Doctors/Corpsmen
You not only can do surgery in the field, but you can diagnose and treat many diseases AND you can get access to or manufacture serums or medications. Marines are better at treating bleeding, and Health/Doctors better at treating diseases. Both are equally good against chemical/germ warfare. You can also choose to be from Human Services, and specialize in mental health.

Bureaucrat/Supply Officer
If anyone can get supplies or approval for something to be bought or tested, it is you. Your task is boring, but because of how classified and underfunded the DSCC can be, your job is important. You have the thankless job of blocking "the good idea fairy" and imposing regulations that keep people from stealing or accidently blowing themselves up. However, you also can push for vital but boring or politically damaging reforms. If only you had been there to prevent the mass adoption of the dreaded "couch camo" that blends into nowhere and costs a fortune.

You are blocked from being a technician until we get enough players. Technicians fix things and test things, and make prototypes. TFV is subject to some of the fancy stuff only mentioned in Tom Clancy novels and video game. The problem is that Technicans can't really get information or fight or infiltrate places.

They can do research and testing that the TFV operators Read "current players" refuse to do.

>>6138573
>Defense Logistics Agency
>Bureaucrat/Supply Officer
Every "strapped for ressources" whatever-taskforce needs paper pushers who may be retired armorers to keep track of stock, fill endless paperwork, and get them shiny toys and enough basic equipment to outfit a company/hospital/guerilla movement. We don't ask too many questions, just call them out on their stupider ideas (no, we still haven't lived down the damned couch camo) and make use of a sizeable network of people who owe you favors to make things happen.
Because that fancy new gun won't be too useful if you only get one and three mags of ammo. And you might need someone to keep reroute some plasma and morphine your way. And a range of transportation options both discrete and not so much.

(No clue if this is multi-character or not, so here's a suggestion to help this gain traction. Considering we'll be alongside actual PCs, I don't much fancy being cannon fodder. Plus we can keep a few toys in our office/quartermaster's inventory, just in case.)

>Defense Logistics Agency
>Bureaucrat/Supply Officer

The DSCC and by extension, Task Force Vanguard, have had access to effectively, as much of the old stock as they want. Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Nylon flak vests that likely protect against something still. M1 steel helmets. M1 Carbines and old M14 Battle Rifles. A lot of the M3 "Grease Gun" SMGs have already been taken.

The stuff from the 1980s and 1990s is also available, it just requires some paperwork and explanation. Kevlar vests and helmets, M16A2s, CAR-15s, Beretta M9 pistols, and Colt 9mm SMGs.

There are adapters for Ceramic "Rifle Plates" / Hard Armor, but there is a shortage of the required plates.

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>>6138781

I'll write a more full explanation of the current situation, but this is just to buy me some time and tide people over.

The Situation

Denver Colorado has been hit by a series of mass shootings and/or terrorist attacks within the same day. TFV teams are at two or three of the locations, with local and FBI SWAT handling the other ones. At some locations there is people rushing to buy up all the survival supplies and medicines, while other locations that were recently hit, people are scared of a second attack. Sometimes one part of a mall will see the one type of the the behavior, and another portion the other. Sometimes people behave one way or the other depending on time of day.

There is some fighting over jurisdiction. For reasons you don't know, the Domestic Security Coordination Council is Classified. The Department of Defense can't be used yet, but the National Guard has been called up. The Department of Defense can't be use unless there is a rebellion or insurrection.

The biggest, most immediate threat is whoever is doing these attacks. Currently it appears they have a limited and/or unclear ideological motivation. The threat appears to be entirely domestic.

There is an uptick in opportunistic theft and homicides. The governor hasn't declared martial law yet. The biggest gangs are the Russians and the Bulgarians. The latter have connections to a Russian-American film-maker and the latter are new to the region, and very ambitious. The filmmaker has been the target of multiple suspicious threats (Example: Someone disabled the safety equipment around a train crossing and a train almost hit the filmmakers Hummer), that TFV teams were tipped off about.

Sometime within the last year there was a bombing at a suburban house, with the target being a cell of Christian fundamentalist's with connections to the Middle East. The source of this attack appeared to be some kind of rogue paramilitary group with access to goverment resources and heavy special forces training.

Possible Moves
You have access to whatever you can convince the DSCC to deploy, using paperwork and explanations, provided they have the resources. You personally can talk with almost anyone in the Department of Defense, and exchange materials. The paperwork is to keep things from being stolen or missing or broken, equipment can be "borrowed" between the few or several months that checks are made.

You have to fill out paperwork and ask someone else to do arguments or legwork if you want something from other departments, or to make use of local resources from Colorado or neighboring states.

The TFV teams are thinking on their feet right now, you are expected to do the same if you wish to rise up to their level.

The current rumors are that one or more of them are already infiltrating the terrorists responsible, after they successfully interrogated two of them and managed to kill about ten others.

>>6138794
(Since I'm still figuring out what we can and can't do, and since others have yet to show up, I'll make some suggestions that may or may not be workable. Speaking of, is the whole thread controlling one NPC or is it one per anon?)

>Given our skillset, the best thing we can do is provide better gear to forces on the ground. Those can technically b divided into two groups. The National Guard, and the FBI. TFV teams being classified makes it a bit hazy to figure if they would naturally get prefernetial treatment, or if they would have to dip into gear sent to local FBI assets. No matter, we'll plan for both.
>Try and contact both TFV teams and the FBI SWAT teams or their handlers, explaining that you may be able to swing better defensive gear, and maybe even a couple of those ceramic plate carriers, or some newer SMGs. The potential paramilitary strike from last year is a good starting point, but the best was of greasing the wheels would be if either the FBI or TFV, or better still both, sent reports on the equipment of neutralized and encountered hostiles, both armor and weapons. The DoD could be persuaded to send over some of its limited Rifle Plates to local FBI teams if there was clear evidence of more modern equipment present, given the high likelyhood of counter-terrorist raids taking place as a result of this, and as such a risk for federal agents to be outgunned since wherever they raid will have gear ust as good, if not better.
>If the reports make their way to us and contain evidence of modern weaponry being used, we can make a case for plate carriers being sent to local FBI teams, with enough extra for TFV teams to dip into without problem. Puts us on the map for them, and maybe they'll think of us if they do get in a firefight raiding a staging ground for those attacks.

>For the National Guard, I don't believe we have authority to deploy actual manpower, so our best option is to lend those who are present better gear. The DoD has too little ground to be deployed, but filling out paperwork for several (dozen) crates of 90's gear, mostly Kevlar vests and helmets, being taken out of inventory and passed along to the National Guard in a way that doesn't ruffle feathers by overstepping should be possible. We can handle the first part ourselves, arguing the risk of another attack, and the need for the National Guard to patrol large areas to maintain public order and reassure the public, which puts them at a higher risk.
>Once we have the gear out of inventory, it should be relatively easy to find someone in the NG chain of command who would be more than happy to fill out paperwork if it means quickly getting gear that may save lives out in the field. And it may get us a friendly contact in there.


(Do feel free to give me feedback on what works and what wouldn't, and what doesn't make sense.)

i dont even know what the fuck this quest is. How the fuck do i even play it?

>>6138813
The anons can be members of the same team or competitive teams.
>>6138905
You work for the government. To start playing just pick a Department and profession.

Your objective is to stabilize the situation and get the approval of cool people operators who kill terrorists, do field surgery, and prevent bombings.

>>6138813
This is a lot of text crammed together but so far what I can read sounds like a good plan. Good enough that I'm going to ask for a call sign.

There will be a roll soon enough and depending on how it goes, it'll effect what happens and how clear your message is. I'm going to give Advantage due to how clear the plan is.

If multiple people can play different characters I'll go with

Center for Disease Control

intelligence/Investigator
You aren't exactly an out of shape nerd, but you are well educated and your primary focus isn't combat. You can take someone in a shootout or fistfight, but it's something you're "okay" at. Your main talent is knowing things and getting information. Your specialization from your department might mean you're good at understanding crime scenes or testing for drugs, or it might mean you can recognize the signs of a specific terrorist group, or that you are good at finding informants.

My idea for this character would be a specialization in bio-warfare.

Response to the current situation is to get on the ground go to the hospitals and start interviewing victims and perpetrators if any of them are in custody and I can get access to them. I want to work on identifying this terrorist group see if there was any similarities in the attacks or attackers that could telegraph another attack.

>>6139119
(Wasn't sure how detailed you wanted. I'll try another way.)

>Action 1:
Type: Equipment Transfer
Origin: Dept of Defense
Recipient: FBI and TFV teams in Denver, Colorado

>Equipment Transfer form
Type of Equipment: New Generation Plate carriers and Rifle Plates
Estimated quantities: See attached note on FBI SWAT teams deployed in area, alongside a 30% surplus TFV teams will be notified and have opportunity to ressupply and take from stock.
Location: Denver, Colorado
Reason for transfer:
-See attached preliminary FBI and TFV report on equipment used by attackers.
-High likelyhood of FBI/TFV raids on discovered hotspots.
-HIgh likelyhood of hostiles using equal or superior equipment to what was used in the attacks, in greater numbers and from fortified positions.
-See attached pre-filled equipment Transfer Acceptance Form to FBI Logistical Coordinator in charge of Denver.
-See map of Denver with possible delivery routes within the city according to unrest heatmap.

Side note: Opportunity for valuable feedback on efficiency and use in urban combat scenarios


>Action 2:
Type: Equipment Transfer
Origin: Dept of Defense
Recipient: National Guard Units in Denver, Colorado

>Equipment Transfer form
Type of Equipment: Kevlar vests and helmets
Estimated quantities: See attached note on National Guard deployed in area. Quantities should be sufficient to outfit all street-side patrols, plus 10%.
Location: Denver, Colorado
Reason for transfer:
-See attached preliminary FBI and TFV report on equipment used by attackers.
-Local public order unstable means NG units will likely be ordered to patrol instead of staying in place.
-As a result, they present easier targets for attack, either by insurgents or opportunists and would benefit from added protection when out on patrol.
-See attached pre-filled equipment Transfer Acceptance Form, and a list of armorers and quartermasters attached to NG units deployed or deploying to Denver.
-See map of Denver with possible delivery routes within the city according to unrest heatmap.

Side note: Extra kick to confidence of NG units. In case of engagement, any losses will be difficult to hide and prevent from further harming local public order and emboldening local interest groups into anti-government action.


As for a callsign? Well those probably change all the time, but let's muddy the waters a little.
>Zach "Godmother" Harper, Supply Officer, Defense Logistics Agency, Dept of Defense.

(Because most people trying to get rid of him won't expect "Godmother" to be the grumpy, bear-like Supply Officer turned pencil-pusher. Also a pun on the good idea fairy, and the logistics wizard. And because it's funny and could be memorable for the PCs.)

>>6139324
And a trip, because it doesn't hurt.

>>6139324
Roll 2d20

Rolled 20, 1 = 21 (2d20)

>>6139334
>Scribbling noises intensify

>>6139336
>Pure
>FUCKING
>Fairy magic

(Somehow I feel this will be glorious)

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>>6139337
>>6139336
These will be shared now. Standby.

>>6139261
I like this character idea so far and it seems to fit the setting, along with the situation.
>Response to the current situation is to get on the ground go to the hospitals and start interviewing victims and perpetrators if any of them are in custody and I can get access to them. I want to work on identifying this terrorist group see if there was any similarities in the attacks or attackers that could telegraph another attack.

That would be a 1d20+5. You can reroll three rolls a day (In setting) for trying to remember things, but they can't be facts. It's just stuff your character should remember (Because it was like yesterday), but which you forgot (Because for you it was like a week ago).

Your stats are well rounded and you're not super elite, so normally you would be a +3 to talk and convince people... But you're specialized specifically in interviewing people so... +5

If you write a good enough explanation or in character letter, I will pass it on to a TFV team and offer them XP if they answer you as clearly as they can. (Meaning I'm letting you ask them if they know anything from interviews/interrogations of their own)

Oh and I'm going to ask for another 1d20+5, but that's to make sense of any clues you have or get more clues maybe.

>>6139340
I forgo to ask for a callsign.

Rolled 12, 1 + 5 = 18 (2d20 + 5)

>>6139340
Still thinking on a call sign here's the dice rolls

>>6138556
Ok, this looks cool. May as well balance out the characters

>Department
FBI

>Specialization
Operator/Combat
You specialize in leading a small team, coordinating them, and understanding/recognizing lots of military kit and tactics. You prefer to lead from the front. You have some specific specialization because of your department/branch (Exp: FBI is more familiar with Non-Lethal, Marines have better hand to hand and long range shooting)

A former Army Ranger that served only a single tour after making the grade, he suffered from an unusually active conscience once the realities of a life of steady killing set in. Still wanting to serve his country but disillusioned with field work, he bounced around domestic agencies until landing in the FBI Counter Terrorism Division as an investigator. Unfortunately for him, his propensity and talent for violence led to his seniors pushing him back toward groundwork, eventually leading him to FBI SWAT, where he could at least attempt a specialized approach focusing on non-lethality, Eventually reaching the level of Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) and the only permanent member of FBI SWAT in the Las Vegas field office.

As the Bulgarian Mafia is most active in California/Nevada and specifically Las Vegas, he's been handed a fairly broad mandate by the on-site SAC to reconnoiter the criminal landscape in Denver and identify possible targets of the newly arrived Bulgars to arrest and interrogate with some prejudice as to the current situation between them and the Russians.

After Vasil Iliev's assassination in '95, his brother Georgi has moved in certain directions indicating possible interest in American expansion, so any ranking VIS (Vasil Iliev Security) personnel found in the area are high priority.

A brief survey of who exactly has moved into what is informally being called the "Denver Situation" is the first action on the list.

>>6139821
Looked into this and some of this is clever, but not all of it will fit the setting perfectly.

If you want to check for persons of interest or organizations that are new arrivals, tell me how you do that. I don't know what skill you use.

I can give Advantage on this first roll, due to some solid thinking here and good Roleplay.

I decided on the Call Sign: Prospero

I typed up a memo for the TFV teams, let me know if it is good enough to pass on.


MEMORANDUM FOR: Task Force Vanguard
THROUGH: Center for Disease Control, Domestic Security Coordination Council
SUBJECT: Denver Situation, identifying and assessing perpetrator's capacity for further attacks potentially biologic in nature.

1. This memorandum is a request for information attained during interrogations of suspected perpetrators. Specifically, if this group possesses the capacity for more mass casualty events or the ability to produce biological weapons.

A) Identifying similarities in attacks
Any information on characteristics shared between the attacks including before the attack occurred. Did the attacks share similar strategies during the planning and preparation phases? Anything that can be used as a flag for a future attack?
B) Understanding reach of the organization
As seen in the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult organizations with enough influence can obtain both chemical and biological agents. Is there any indication of access to laboratories or the acquisition of chemicals that could lead to weapon production?

Agent Prospero
Center for Disease Control
Bio-warfare specialist

I'm using some short-cuts and I think you can tell, but here it goes.
>>6139439
>17
>Response to the current situation is to get on the ground go to the hospitals and start interviewing victims and perpetrators if any of them are in custody and I can get access to them. I want to work on identifying this terrorist group see if there was any similarities in the attacks or attackers that could telegraph another attack.

The CDC Investigator, is focused on interviewing the patients and perpetrators. By diligent observation and cross referencing, some kind of answers should be revealed.

It has been confirmed that there was five or so "mass shooting events", which were pretty straightforward. Multiple attackers with firearms and shotguns, often with light body armor, attacked locations with crowds.

Typically when this happens, the number of attackers is small, and they are carrying far more weapons than they need, along with so much ammunition that they often end up dead before they burn through even half of it.

That is not what happened
The attackers engaged with what seems to be birdshot and a bulk purchase of either burst firing, low power Glocks or a 1980s pattern "wonder 9" 9mm pistol. There are also several to almost a dozen attackers per location.

They are less determined than regular mass shooters, but more than the gang members they are more closely equipped like.

All of the attackers snuck in with concealable weapons and body armor, before engaging all at once, or having some portion wait till people were fleeing in some direction, before they began opening fire in that area.

People that were injured and unable to move, bleeding out or just in lots of pain, were not "finished off". A lot of the attackers were firing from the hip and constantly switching targets.

Perhaps the attackers were all poorly prepared for these attacks, and presuming that anyone shot would just die? As the plan to just wound everyone and then come back later to kidnap or "finish them off"?

>>6139889
The CDC Investigator, Prospero, between interviews of patients, perpetrators, and doctors; is waiting in the hallway of a hospital. However, the strained voice of a nearby nurse manages to partially catch his attention. He didn't hear much, but he did make out a statement from an older nurse about "missing wound cultures". At this point the CDC Investigator would likely listen more, as he is specialized in biological warfare.

While the resources of the facility are strained, they managed to find enough spare time and people to get a swab of each incoming victim, BEFORE or SHORTLY AFTER, treating them with antiseptics or antibiotics. These were put onto plastic trays to culture, and were labeled with patient, location of wound, and best guess at wound cause (pellet, bullet, cutting, fragmentation).

The younger nurse is sleep deprived and overwhelmed. The older nurse says these missing cultures will cause major headaches later.
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A contact at the the Denver water department has tipped you off that a mixture of tons of people trying to run their tubs at once and an attempted attack at the water treatment plants, has resulted in considerable reduction in available clean water. The National Guard is going to have to bring in bottled water AND obtain mass quantiles of pre-sanitized water and hit it with water purification tablets or running it through filters.

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>>6139872

Since you rolled so high, I was checking charts and waiting on people, and getting my numbers right.
>>6139336
While funding is pressed, the situation is bad and the paperwork by Callsign Godmother is rather excellent. Task Force Vanguard already has a policy of rebating any operators who get Kevlar "trauma plates" (8" by 5") for their concealed vests. A large, bulk order of such plates has been bought up, at a slight discount. Every single officer in Colorado will be walking with a plate in.

Second, extra PASGT helmets were pulled from storage and/or bought as overstock from warehouses. A random percentage were tested and they fit requirements. They will be given a new helmet color that is blue/black and issued out to the National Guard or SWAT units as needed.

Third, fitting Task Force Vanguard regulations, all PASGT helmets will be offered new liners/suspensions that are modern and not going back to WW2 or Vietnam in technology. This will prevent headaches from wearing for long periods of time, and reduce injuries or TBI when the helmet catches a pistol round or buckshot pellet.

The funding for most of these operations is rather cheap and can be covered later fairly easily.

However, Godmother has been quite successful.

Fourth, there has been a bulk order of what are basically a recreation of the Interim Small Arms Protective Overvest (ISAPO) worn by US troops, along with pulling a lot from storage or other states. These has also been a bulk order for SAPI style plates made of Aluminum Sulfide. The result is that paired with a SWAT style / PASGT vest "The ISAPO weighed about 16.5 lb (7.5 kg) and consisted of a carrier to hold two protective ceramic plate inserts. A PASGT armor system with overvest weighed more than 25.1 lb (11.4 kg)".

The plates that are being issued out the last 3 years are Boron Carbide and together they would weight 9-10 pounds instead. However, they are rarer, harder to manufacturer, and about twice as expensive.

The ISAPO is unlikely to be worn for very long at a time, but it will likely be highly desirable for reacting to active shootings and by SWAT teams fulfilling warrants.

is there a turn system? Can we go into another action?

>>6140188
I would like to know as well, and will also ask for a bit of clarification. I'm guessing higher is better, but what did my 1 roll do, exactly?

>>6140230
Basically, you were rolling Advantage

>>6140188
Yes, and I need a bit more time to have the world react and to it's thing.

After staring at the void, I finally was able to chart out some of the factions, write down some possible outcomes, roll some dice, and then get an idea what happens.
>>6140280
Several members of the DSCC were brought in for a closed door meeting with one of their contacts within local law enforcement. The man has never heard the term DSCC and assumes that what he's looking at was thrown together last night or the day before.

"Alright folks, thanks for coming in. We had a situation develop yesterday evening over at the old canning factory on Elm Street – known hangout for the local junkies and their suppliers. We received a call, initially about a disturbance, possible escalating to violence. Caller was anonymous, but convincing enough that dispatch prepped SWAT and sent two patrol units to check it out. Standard procedure.

Before the first units even arrived, the calls started pouring in – multiple reports of shots fired. We immediately locked down the perimeter, established a cordon, and sent SWAT in.

Inside, we found a real mixed bag. Several individuals of Eastern European nationality, all wearing light body armor concealed under jackets. We also picked up Jimmy "The Roach", a local dealer we've been keeping tabs on, along with a few of his runners and muscle. Everyone was detained and transported for processing. Still sorting through the evidence and witness statements, but the initial picture is… complicated. We're not ruling anything out at this point. This could be anything from a simple drug deal gone bad, to something with… broader implications. That's why we've got everyone here today."

A hand went up from the back of the room. "Detective, can you be a little more specific about the 'broader implications'? The AKs are unusual, sure, but not unheard of. Anything else stand out?"

"Good question. Yeah, there were a few other pieces that raised our eyebrows. Alongside the usual pistols, we recovered a couple of sawed-off shotguns, a few high-capacity TEC-9s rigged for full-auto, what looked like a semi-auto Mini-Uzi copy, and several 10mm pistols. That mix of weaponry suggests something more organized and… let's just say purposeful than your average street-level scuffle. We’re still trying to trace the origins of those weapons."

Someone mentioned that it's rather rare for weapons that would get the ATF's attention as much as these, to be used in a crime. The sawed-off shotguns are common enough, and they did turn up in some of the recent attacks.

>>6141529
Assuming we can take an action now?

I don't have any ideas how I can help with the gang deal so I'm going to keep working on the mass shooting.

I'd want to make a copy of the hospital security footage and send it off for analysis, to see what happened to the missing cultures.

Then I'd want to get toxicology reports on the dead from the mass shooting attacks, both victims and perpetrators.

Finally, if I can get access to some of the unused ammo from the mass shootings I want to see if it was modified.

All of yesterday was a wash, but we had an update for various groups and some solid dice rolls, so we can move forward quite a bit.

The day ended and another day started.

Darryl Brzezinski, up and coming indie director and filmwriter, just visited a small but accredited private detective and security agency operating out of a townhouse. Darryl is partially a person of interest, because he's got strong connections to the local branch of the Russian Mafia and he likes to recruit from them for almost all of his security. Darryl didn't go inside and did some talking just outside the building with one of the owners of the company. There appears to have been an open exchange of money in the form of him writing and passing a check. There was a handshake.

In other news, on one of the streets, there was an open shootout between a section of the Bulgarian and Russian mafias. There was some loud noises and the Bulgarians pushed inside an Applebees with some hostages. Some local good Samaritans or undercover goverment servant's treated some of the wounded outside. Before SWAT could arrive, or even the police to fence off the area, the Bulgarians scattered from the location. We're not entirely sure why.

Normally for situations like this, we would have plenty of suspects and authority to start questioning people, but there already is too much going on and none of the witnesses want to talk OR the witnesses are deeply connected to one of both of the warring factions.

A lot of this stuff would be something you could take 10 on, or would be fairly easy.
>>6142183
Enough hospital footage is missing that it's perhaps a cause for concern. It's not exactly the areas and times that the cultures were made/went missing, but it certainly includes all of that. There is rather limited proof the cultures were made besides the memories of some nurses.

Almost all of the victims have lived so far, but there are issues with dehydration and infection. About six of them were turned over by a DSCC Combat Medic who had given them amoxicillin and had washed/saline flushed the wounds. Those were all patients from a mall that got hit while a DSCC team was there.

The perps are coming up as being on all kinds of stuff people with a seemingly random array of medications or drugs for for anxiety, cannabis, alcohol, and so on. Almost all of them were on caffeine and some kind of enhanced simulant, shows up as "ephedrine HCL".

Basic checks indicate it's a "substituted amphetamine". It appears that it was sold over the counter for weight loss or as what is called "Trucker speed". There are talks about banning it from sale as an over the counter product, due to it's array of side-effects and it's status as a precursor.

"ephedrine is listed as a table-I precursor under the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances."

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So far the ammo from the mall incident was .380 ACP, some 9x19mm, some .357 Magnum, and dozens of shells of 12 gauge birdshot. Everything so far looks like standard Full Metal Jacket.

>>6143326
Whoops, wasn't aware we could get a second action done in the day, oh well.

>Given the various reports trickling up from Denver and down from DSCC, it seems the investigators won't be short on leads, and that the armor procurements are proving their worth already.
>Harper has singled out the next thing to be worked on. Nothing too exciting, another thing to help the NG keep things as stable and smooth as possible while the investigation is ongoing.
>>6139893
>A single side report from a CDC investigator looking for biological components to the attack, which Harper crossed with a map of the attacks, and some reports on how the population is handling things.
>There does indeed seem to be a looming clean water crisis, and with how volatile things still are, water mobs are best avoided, as they would both tax local peacekeeping forces, be they local police or NG personel, and present excellent targets should any follow-up attacks materialize.
>The NG is on the case, as are a few people, but the sheer amount of stock-shifting that needs to be done means Harper has enough to keep busy.

>Action:
>Harper collates Prospero's reports and his own followup and worries about the situation, and uses them as attachments to a number of emails and forms he sends to neighboring cities, and even states, asking for updates on emergency water stocks and for transit of part of said stocks to Denver to be put together. He even CC's a few of the more prominent CDC people linked to the Denver case, highlighting the risk of people being panicked enough to immediately start resorting to unsafe water sources, leading to a potential epidemic.
>Harper does not expect the task to be difficult, just time consuming, as stocks need to be tracked down, and transport solutions to get them into the NG's hands must be devised. Some of the previous day's work on getting equipment to Denver can be reused, but the sheer amount of water that will hopefully be coming in means there is a lot of background work needed still.

No form this time, since I'm not sure the action lends itself to it overmuch.

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This is a repeating public service announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VIII. To all residents of Colorado affected by the ongoing crisis: Stay calm and remain resilient. We are Colorado strong! Your democratically elected federal government, is ready to serve and here to support you. We are mobilizing all available resources to ensure your safety and well-being during this challenging time.

Treated and electrolyte-enriched water is being shipped in vast quantities and will be distributed at designated relief points shortly. Information on these locations will be broadcast regularly. Your health and hydration are paramount.

We are coordinating a massive influx of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to address all potential needs. In the spirit of American ingenuity and our commitment to the common good, every effort is being made to secure and deliver any and all necessary medicines to the affected areas.

A state and regionwide call has gone out for medical professionals. The strength of our nation rests upon the volunteerism and civic duty of its citizens. If you have any medical training, from first aid to a nursing degree or beyond, please report to your nearest designated relief point. Your skills are urgently needed and deeply appreciated in this time of crisis. United, we shall stand!

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A special note regarding wound care: For serious lacerations and all gunshot wounds, antibiotic treatment is crucial. Please ensure these injuries are seen by medical personnel as quickly as possible for proper antibiotic administration. For minor cuts and wounds, please conserve vital medical supplies. Thorough cleaning with simple soap and clean water, followed by the application of petroleum jelly and a clean bandage, is sufficient. Please refrain from using antibiotic ointments such as Neosporin for minor injuries, we don't want to see a large uptick in antibiotic resistance. Please and thank you.

Stay strong, Colorado. We have endured great hardship and we shall endure again, for we are Americans. Inside of you, somewhere, is frontier spirit. Help is on the way. Long Live The Republic.
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Currently equipment for drawing out large swaths of water free of large containments and then setting them aside, is being done. Alongside bringing in as much bottled water as possible, massive amounts of used water bottles are being cleaned and brought in. The largest source are California and Arizona, and the payment for the bottles is 5s crumpled, 6 cents uncleaned and 7 cents clean.

Water treatment tablets and electrolyte powders were already set aside by TFV ahead of time.

If things get bad enough, plans are being made to massively water down pool bleach.

Tons of people have panicked and caused the water system to sometimes shut down. As a consequence, a new tax is being imposed on water consumption over a certain amount and there is now a cap on how much water an area can draw (The cap is about enough for 10 people to shower 15 minutes, wash a days worth of clothing, and run a full dishwater twice, on top of cooking and eating).