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In 2001, a real world exercise tested the emergency response to a bio-terror attack to the continental United States. The operation was called "Dark Winter" within just a few days the simulation spiraled out of control. The operation predicted a rapid breakdown in the essential institutions, civil disorder and massive civilian casualties. Dark Winter has revealed how vulnerable we've become. Our lifestyle, our security, our safety depends on a delicate and unstable economy. We've created a system so complicated we no longer understand how to control it. Oil, Power, Shipping, Transport. We live in a complex world and the more complex it gets, the more fragile it becomes. The system is built on a global supply chain that gets things where they're needed just in time. We've created a house of cards, remove just one and everything falls apart. And what's fueling this system?

Money. American's can spend 90 billion dollars in a single day of shopping. Last year 200 million people swarmed their local stores on November 23rd. We call that day, Black Friday. Did you know that a flu virus can survive on the surface of a bank note for up to seventeen days? One day there will be a pandemic, it could begin during the crush of Black Friday sales. A pathogen will jump from tainted bank notes, onto human skin, onto food, toys, children and loved ones. By the time patient zero feels the first sore throat millions of people will already be infected.

From this point, the breakdown will happen fast:
Day 1 - Hospitals will reach capacity, panic will strike.
Day 2 - Quarantine zones will be established, resources will be rationed, transport will go into lock down.
Day 3 - International trade will stop, the oil will dry up, the stock market will collapse.
Day 4 - The power will fail, the shelves will be empty, the taps will run dry.
And once hunger and despair take hold, people will do anything for survival. By day five everyone will be a potential threat.

In 2007 a new presidential directive was signed quietly into law. This maps out the Government's response to a crisis, a plan to cope with a real Dark Winter. It is known as Directive 51. There are rumors of shadow agencies, sleeper cells, covert agents. But nothing can be confirmed. Our complex world is prime for breakdown, and once the chaos strikes, there won't be resources to save us all. The only question left; is what will it take to save what remains?

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The jist of the plot is at some point in the near future the United States experiences a major pandemic that cripples our economy. Directive 51 comes into effect and a small group of agents who have been specifically trained in secret to cope with such a scenario are activated to attempt to deal with the situation, restore order and utilities and combat civil unrest. I would play as one of these members and you can play as either a civilian or another agent.

Female preferred for this role, I can play either male or female. High-Casual to Low-Advance PM me if interested.

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