Emergency Protocols in Effect
It was less than six hours after the initial outbreak of B9-ZD. The virus was a mutation of an already existing zombie virus. The group responsible for creating B9-ZD was "Purification First" (PF), a terrorist cell that believed the world's population was actually the virus, and that a "Zombie Plague" would be the cure. The group was known of for some time, but became majorly active only recently. Earlier in the day, a member broke into an Imperial Ministry of Health Research Lab containing the EMAXX virus, an already existing zombie agent which was polluting South Archipelago Bay. Later that same morning, the individual broke into the GloboLife Biotech Firm, and combined the EMAXX virus with something else stored in their vault, B9-BD; a deadly bio-weapon which can adapt to treatments. This created the ever-deadly B9-ZD pathogen. The thief eventually was detained, but not before giving the sample of B9-ZD to his compatriots, who mass-produced it.
Soon enough, the virus was spread across the world by PF sleeper-cells. The Empire of Ammerinia's military initially had the infected population contained, but the virus adapted to the military's tactics. Undead hordes were now appearing in any Imperial city with a remotely dense population.
With the Imperial Army and Military Police dealing with the undead uprising, subdivisions of the Mystic-14 Black Operations Taskforce have been sent to battle the PF bioterrorist cells across the Ammerinia, and the world, for that matter.
12:01 AM EMERGENCY BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT
[The face of a woman shrouded in a faint blue light comes onto the screen.]
SPECIAL AGENT: Citizens of the Empire, and anyone else listening, this is Special Agent Tanya McClark of the Mystic-14 Black
Operations Task Force. I interrupt your programs to inform you of an imminent threat. At this very moment, a suspect leading
the "Purification First" terrorism group is preparing to release a deadly pathogen derived from EMAXX, called "B9-ZD". It
affects the victim's brain or cybernetics, creating an intense animosity and rage causing the affected individual to attack
everything they see. We've tried our best to fight against the outbreak when it first began, but--
[Suddenly, the feed becomes fuzzy, and suddenly changes to a group several armed figures, standing behind a single man
dressed in red.]
BIOTERRORIST LEADER: I'll take things from here.
BIOTERRORIST LEADER: Good evening, ladies, gentlemen, and non-gendered sapient species of the Empire, as well as
anyone else tuning in. You are all about to participate in a very unique biological revolution. Should you choose not to
participate, you will all die by the hand of the infected or our own. Should you choose to participate, only some of you
will die. No pressure! [Chuckles]
BIOTERRORIST LEADER: Phase one of the undead uprising is already in progress, so you'd better decide quickly.
If you try to cure this pandemic, the virus will adapt itself so the cure will be useless next time it's used. Happy hunting!
Haha--
[The terrorist leader's feed rapidly distorts before cutting back to the woman.]
SPECIAL AGENT: Otto, keep us online!
OFFICER: Aye, ma'm.
[The woman turns to the camera again.]
SPECIAL AGENT: Listen everyone, I'm not going to tell you all to remain calm, because we are obviously past that.
But i assure you, help is on the way.
SPECIAL AGENT: The virus affects both augmented and non-augmented, by taking over the brain or re-animating
them via cybernetics. The virus takes 4 minutes to turn someone completely infected. It's also transmitted via
bodily fluids, such as bites, so make sure to stay far away from the infected.
SPECIAL AGENT: The Empress has declared martial law and state-of-emergency nationally. If you are inside a
building or home, do not go outside under any circumstances. A curfew from 4PM to 6AM has been mandated, and any
individual violating it will be quarantined.
SPECIAL AGENT: Make sure to lock all doors and windows. Grab a weapon if you own one, and do your best to
stock up on rations, as it's going to be a while before it's safe to go out.
SPECIAL AGENT: The Imperial Army, Military Police, and Black Operations are being deployed to every major
city across the country. If they tell you to evacuate, evacuate. If they tell you to go out, go out. C.U.R.E. missiles
will be launched every six hours, and are designed to cure multiple hordes of undead at a time. Due to the virus'
self-adapting nature.
SPECIAL AGENT: Remember, we must fight together to have any hope of surviving this. If any of us neglect
to follow these protocols, divided we will fall. Good luck. Agent McClark, out.
12:26 AM
The sleek, black VTOL de-cloaked as it approached their target - an abandoned mansion in the hills above Britan City, which was now crawling with infected after the military pulled back to New Eden. As the VTOL landed in a clearing about 60 meters from the mansion, its engines powered down, and seven heavily armed Mystic-14 agents jump out of the rear door, sporting their signature black power armor with blue night-vision eyepieces and gauss assault rifles outfitted with laser pointers.
The team marched in an echelon formation, moving towards the mansion's outer fences, which were electrified to prevent unwanted entries by trespassers, or undead. The team's leader, Agent Tanya McClark gave the gesture to stop. She took out a small device from her pocket, and turned it on. A bright laser that glowed red in the darkness was quickly used to silence through the fence. After a hole had been cut, the team moved through, and took up position under the mansion's back patio, where a single PF terrorist with a handgun was standing guard. Agent Tanya put her hand near the earpiece built into the helmet she was wearing.
"This is Oured squad. We've breached the mansion's outer perimeter. One contact sighted outside. Do we have confirmation the target is here? Over."
"Oured, this is Central. Our orbital imagery confirms the leader, Saccharin, is in the building. We're not sure if the generator is too, but be on the lookout. for it. Over."
With that, the squad went into action. They sprang up from their position under the deck, and unloaded a single round into the terrorist guarding the patio, causing him to drop dead. The agents then placed a sonic charge near the large, dusty windows adorning the mansion's side, and primed it. A loud whistling noise filled the area as the windows shattered, momentarily stunning the terrorists inside. The squad wasted no time and sprinted in. They came across two PF members sitting at a table, who were rapidly killed by a salvo of gauss projectiles from the squad's weapons.
The room's main door creaked as another PF member holding a scattergun walked inside. He fired once at an agent. While the shells caused said agent to reel back, they even didn't penetrate the armor, allowing him to quickly recover. The squad then ducked into cover as Agent Tanya jumped in front of the armed man as he racked the slide on his gun before Agent Tanya shot and killed him.
The scream is heard from a nearby room with four PF members sitting in the tattered living area with several security monitors haphazardly set up in the center. The members all look at one another, and back at the security feed as they see the agents moving in. Without hesitation, they pull a series of syringes out from their pocket, each labelled "B9-ZD" and inject the contents into themselves.
After a few minutes of clearing the mansion's many rooms on the first floor and engaging some lone enemies, the squad finally approaches the stairwell leading to the second floor. Suddenly, however, banging was heard from a nearby door. Before the agents had time to react, the terrorists that injected the virus into themselves came rushing out, clearly having been infected.
An infected terrorist grabbed one of the operatives by the armor. Thinking quickly, the operative punched the terrorist. The many experimental strength augments in her arm gave the punch enough power to send the terrorist flying backwards, crashing into the wall.
The remaining infected PF members were swiftly gunned down. The squad then climbed up the rotting wooden stairs, and made it to the second floor, where a single reinforced door blocked their target. The squad leaned close to the door, and heard a voice from within.
"Quickly, they're coming!"
It was that of the PF leader, Henry Saccharin. Charges were swiftly placed around the door, which blow it open.
"GET ON THE GROUND NOW!"
"... Message repeats. Quickly, they're coming!"
As the squad entered the room, they noticed there was not a soul inside. Just a speaker and playing a pre-recorded message.
"This is Oured team. 1st and 2nd floors are clear. Neither Saccharin nor the generator are here. Over."
"Copy that Oured team. You're to... Wait..."
"What is it, Central?"
"Oured, at least 90 heat signatures in the basement, they're all coming towards you! Get out of there now!"
Just as the voice crackling through the radio finished speaking, a mixture of footsteps and snarling were heard from the stairwell as the door flew open. Infected subjects poured into the room as the agents attempted to gun them down. However, it was no use, as they quickly ran out of ammo and didn't have the chance to reload. Three of the operatives managed to fling themselves out the window before making a mad dash for the VTOL. The rest were lost.
To: Anyone listening
From: Empress Catherine Calculus
As many of you may know, the Purification First bioterrorist group, which is headed by a psychopath named Henry Saccharin, has started unleashing the newly mutated virus upon the world. Our request to all nations is as follows; help us, and everyone in tern, fend off the terrorists spreading the undead menace.
Signed,
~Empress Catherine Calculus
~Imperial Council
