1400HRS
UNKNOWN LAT/LONG, CHERNARUS
LOG DATE: 18JAN
STAFF SERGEANT THOMAS D.HES
I GRADUATED RANGER SCHOOL IN 2002 AND WAS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. LOOKING BACK TO HOW TERRIBLE I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS THEN, SHIT AFTER SURVIVING THIS LONG, CHENARUS MAKES IRAQ SEEM LIKE AN AMUSEMENT PARK!
MY RANGER CHALK WAS DROPPED INTO THE REGION AFTER NEWS BROKE OF THE WRECKED CARGO SHIP, CARRYING HIGHLY SENSITIVE SCIENTIFIC DATA; ALL HELL WAS BREAKING LOOSE AND WE WERE SENT IN TO CLEAN IT UP, LIKE ALWAYS. WE THOUGHT WE'D GET IN AND GET OUT LIKE WE ALWAYS DID, BUT AFTER WE HAD BOOTS ON THE GROUND, WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST THE HUNDREDS OF INFECTED ROAMING THE COUNTRYSIDE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ABOUT WHAT WAS ON THAT SHIP, BUT WE KNEW WHATEVER IT WAS HAD TURNED A BAD SITUATION INTO ONE THAT WAS F.U.B.A.R. WE MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO THE WRECK, BUT WERE OVERWHELMED AND HAD TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AND REGROUP.
NO ONE WAS ALLOWED IN OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE GLOBAL QUARANTINE. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS "FORCED" TO CUT US LOOSE AND REFUSED TO BRING US HOME. WE REGROUPED AND LED A SMALL GROUP OF SURVIVORS TO THE CITY OF SVETLOJARSK. SUPPLIES WERE SCARCE AND WHAT WE DID MANAGE TO GATHER WAS UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK. WEEK AFTER WEEK WE FOUGHT TO PROTECT THE CITY, BUT EVENTUALLY SVETLOJARSK FELL INTO THE HANDS OF RIVAL COLONIES AND BANDIT GANGS. THOSE OF US WHO SURVIVED THE FINAL SKIRMISH FLED TO THE HILLS IN SEARCH OF A NEW HOME, SENSE OF PURPOSE, AND HOPE.
I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE; EVEN RANGER SCHOOL WASN'T THIS TOUGH. THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO SURVIVE, BUT NO ONE EVER TALKED ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE WHEN THERE ARE NO SIGNS LEFT OF CIVILIZATION. SO WE TAKE THE DAY-BY-DAY APPROACH, APPLYING THE THINGS WE KNOW TO EVERYDAY EXISTENCE AND WORKING TO CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES INTO SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHINGS RESEMBLING CIVILIZATION.
I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I WAKE UP AND WISH I HADN'T; EVERYONE I KNEW HAS EITHER DIED FROM BEING ATTACKED OR WENT MISSING AFTER THE FALL OF SVETLOJARSK. I'VE RUN INTO A COUPLE OF LOCAL TRUSTWORTHY SURVIVORS, BUT THESE DAYS, YOU CAN'T TRULY TRUST ANYONE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, CHENARUS IS A PERILOUS LAND WITH BANDITS AND BOUNTY HUNTERS DECLARING THEMSELVES SUPREME LEADERS OF ALL. BUT TO SURVIVE IT, ONE MUST FORGET THE NORMAL AND ACCEPT THE EXTRAORDINARY IN ORDER TO LIVE.
UNKNOWN LAT/LONG, CHERNARUS
LOG DATE: 18JAN
STAFF SERGEANT THOMAS D.HES
I GRADUATED RANGER SCHOOL IN 2002 AND WAS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. LOOKING BACK TO HOW TERRIBLE I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS THEN, SHIT AFTER SURVIVING THIS LONG, CHENARUS MAKES IRAQ SEEM LIKE AN AMUSEMENT PARK!
MY RANGER CHALK WAS DROPPED INTO THE REGION AFTER NEWS BROKE OF THE WRECKED CARGO SHIP, CARRYING HIGHLY SENSITIVE SCIENTIFIC DATA; ALL HELL WAS BREAKING LOOSE AND WE WERE SENT IN TO CLEAN IT UP, LIKE ALWAYS. WE THOUGHT WE'D GET IN AND GET OUT LIKE WE ALWAYS DID, BUT AFTER WE HAD BOOTS ON THE GROUND, WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST THE HUNDREDS OF INFECTED ROAMING THE COUNTRYSIDE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ABOUT WHAT WAS ON THAT SHIP, BUT WE KNEW WHATEVER IT WAS HAD TURNED A BAD SITUATION INTO ONE THAT WAS F.U.B.A.R. WE MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO THE WRECK, BUT WERE OVERWHELMED AND HAD TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AND REGROUP.
NO ONE WAS ALLOWED IN OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE GLOBAL QUARANTINE. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS "FORCED" TO CUT US LOOSE AND REFUSED TO BRING US HOME. WE REGROUPED AND LED A SMALL GROUP OF SURVIVORS TO THE CITY OF SVETLOJARSK. SUPPLIES WERE SCARCE AND WHAT WE DID MANAGE TO GATHER WAS UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK. WEEK AFTER WEEK WE FOUGHT TO PROTECT THE CITY, BUT EVENTUALLY SVETLOJARSK FELL INTO THE HANDS OF RIVAL COLONIES AND BANDIT GANGS. THOSE OF US WHO SURVIVED THE FINAL SKIRMISH FLED TO THE HILLS IN SEARCH OF A NEW HOME, SENSE OF PURPOSE, AND HOPE.
I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE; EVEN RANGER SCHOOL WASN'T THIS TOUGH. THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO SURVIVE, BUT NO ONE EVER TALKED ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE WHEN THERE ARE NO SIGNS LEFT OF CIVILIZATION. SO WE TAKE THE DAY-BY-DAY APPROACH, APPLYING THE THINGS WE KNOW TO EVERYDAY EXISTENCE AND WORKING TO CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES INTO SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHINGS RESEMBLING CIVILIZATION.
I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I WAKE UP AND WISH I HADN'T; EVERYONE I KNEW HAS EITHER DIED FROM BEING ATTACKED OR WENT MISSING AFTER THE FALL OF SVETLOJARSK. I'VE RUN INTO A COUPLE OF LOCAL TRUSTWORTHY SURVIVORS, BUT THESE DAYS, YOU CAN'T TRULY TRUST ANYONE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, CHENARUS IS A PERILOUS LAND WITH BANDITS AND BOUNTY HUNTERS DECLARING THEMSELVES SUPREME LEADERS OF ALL. BUT TO SURVIVE IT, ONE MUST FORGET THE NORMAL AND ACCEPT THE EXTRAORDINARY IN ORDER TO LIVE.