Aug 1st 2068| Seattle, UCAS (Net23) –
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In the weeks and months following the public discovery of the plague affecting the meta population the community reacted violently. Lone Star and Knight Errant unable to contain the rioting population sealed the known entrances to the underground in response to attacks on the general populace.
The CDC, who has suspected the source of the plague to originate within the dark tunnels of the extensive underground, has recently released a report that the virus was not a natural occurrence as suspected by many anti-meta groups. Further data indicates that the newly classified HMHVV-7, otherwise known on the streets as the “Twisting Ghouls” or less favorably as “CEE” or the Chest Evacuating Event, has the ability to mutate to affect humans as well as the meta population at large. This new development has the civilian, corporate, and government agencies within the Seattle area on their highest alarm.
Several of the AAA corporations have notified the UCAS government of pending closures, sealing their population off from the rest of Seattle at large. Many of these arcologies are self-sufficient and able of hosting thousands of citizens. Most, however, will only accept employees and families of employee’s refuge within their walls. The UCAS has assured its citizens that all measures will be taken to protect the city and those within it.
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