Congreveopia Daily Herald
Attack on Archibald Dam!
The Archibald Dam generates over 50TWh annually.
The government just announced that at 12:41 today there was an explosion at the Archibald Dam, and the facility's structural integrity may be compromised. In a brief statement today, the government asked residents in towns beneath the dam to not panic. However, they have also begun evacuating the nearest town of 600,000 people is being evacuated, and there is a warning issued to 8 million people who would be in danger if the dam failed. Many residents are beginning to flee the area.
Message from Congreveopia to other governments:
Security: StandardPlease do not make this message publicly known.
Today, at 12:38, an unidentified man approached the main entrance to the Dam control station. He was ordered to stop and did not comply. Security officers disabled him with a ranged electric stun weapon (a TASER). Once they approached him, explosives concealed on his person detonated, wounding or killing eight officers. An exact casualty count cannot be determined at this point, because following that someone concealed on a nearby hill began firing on the remaining security personnel, forcing them to retreat. The firefight is still in progress, with at least two officers KIA. Judging by reports from the personnel there, the hostile is an experienced sniper. Shortly following the start of this attack, a civilian boat upriver of the dam crossed into the restricted area surrounding the dam. This went unnoticed due to the first attack. By the time someone noticed the boat, it was too near the dam for anyone to intervene, and proceeded to crash into the dam and detonate a large quantity of high explosives aboard, destroying the boat and compromising the structural integrity of the dam. The facility is now in lockdown, and it is unknown whether the dam will be able to withstand the damage. There are unconfirmed reports of multiple shooters on the hills around the dam firing on security personnel there.
Any help you can send is appreciated. Please make sure to contact us so that we can brief you on developments as the situation progresses.
OOC Stuff:
Rules:
1) No godmodding and other obvious rules.
2) Try to avoid one-liners. It's fine to make short post when the situation calls for it, but I'd like you to try to put in at least three lines most of the time.
3) Yes, you can help however you want. You can try to figure out who was behind the attack, try to fix the dam, try to evacuate people, etc. All help is welcome.
4) If you want to pose as responsible, please TG me.
5) Realism is good. Let people know if they did something impossible. Let me know if I did something impossible. Just try to stay polite and constructive.
6) PAY ATTENTION TO TIME. This is the big one. Something that always irks me is how time is disregarded in RPs. I've seen battlegroups travel around the world IC while people are having a conversation IC, and that makes no sense unless the battlegroup is in orbit or the people are having a month-long philosophy debate. A good rule of thumb is that if you want to post about something more than 5-15 minutes in the future, just post that you're starting it. For example say "Relief workers take off for Congreveopia." not "Relief workers fly to Congreveopia and begin repairing the dam."
Handy info:
- The time is about 12:45 right now.
-Here is a rough map of the attack thus far:
- Here's a diagram of the dam. Your governments will be able to easily find this online.
Here's the OCC thread. Insert witty remark here.
