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OOC-Things that may help make the story clearer:
-Hyderabad is the capital of the Sultanate of Central India. Secunderabad is the sister city separated by an artificial lake. The RL combined population total is around 6 million.
-Elephanti Dinars are of equal value to RL Kuwaiti Dinars with a KWD$1.00=USD$3.43 conversion rate as of 9/14/05 on xe.com, also, common slang for a Dinar is simply a D
-If the title makes any sense to you, you know what’s going to happen. Please don’t give it away. It isn’t very suspenseful, but at some point I’d like to make this better and un-NationStates it.
-When speaking, it may be English, Arabic, Hindi, or Telugu (a common dialect in the area), but as I only know a tiny bit of Arabic, and no Hindi or Telugu, I’m writing it in English

In-character

Kiran Kumari sat in the back seat of her employer’s sedan as it wove through the bustling streets of Hyderabad. Virginia Smith, her boss, was driving her back to her house, as she did every night. While Virginia, a Nebraskan business woman, spent all day at work, Kiran stayed at the house, watching her children, cleaning, and cooking.

They turned a corner, and Kiran prepared to leave. While her apartment was several blocks from here, this was as far as Virginia was willing to go. With a “Thank you ma’am,” in stuttered English, she got out of the car. Off it sped, like a silver bullet, rushing out of what some called an “undesirable” neighborhood.

“If this was ‘undesirable,’ what would they call my neighborhood?” she mused to herself as she slowly walked towards her apartment. City operated subways ended six blocks from here, and the buses stopped at the next corner. Beyond that, not even the most determined tax official would go. While many legitimate businesses, mostly dingy food stalls, were in the slums, drugs, prostitution, and arms trading were all more profitable industries. Much of the area was ruled by gangs. However, the rent was cheap, and on a maid’s salary, that was all she could afford.

“If only I had listened to my mother and married early,” she muttered under her breath as she turned a corner, the sidewalk becoming noticeably more cracked and bumpy. It was a notion she had entertained several times before, but now it was probably too late. No one would want a poor girl from the slums as his wife, except perhaps a poor man from the slums, but that wouldn’t solve the problem at all.

“Oh well”

She was almost home now, but she had a stop to make. Mr. Sharma ran an apothecary near her apartment, and she needed to pay him a visit. It was much cheaper than a pharmacy in the better side of town, and she had no insurance anyways. She stepped into the store, one room full of strange powders in jars with indecipherable label. There were onions, roots, and dead rabbits hanging from the ceiling. Apothecary Sharma sat at a table, making notes in a language she couldn’t read.

“Hello, Mr. Sharma, how are you doing today?”
“Very well, Madam Kumari, very well. Is something troubling you?”
“Well,” she paused, “I’ve had a bad headache since last night, and I feel rather feverish.”
“Ah, yes, you do look a little sick, probably just a lack of sleep though. I’ll whip you up something for your head, then?”
“How much?” She asked, pulling a small change purse out of her sari (traditional Indian dress for females)
“Ummm...how about a D and a half?”
Kiran reached into her purse, and counted out the coins. Her purse, considerably lighter, was returned to a pocket in the deep folds of her clothes.

She left the store with a bottle of thick brown liquid, and orders to take two spoonfuls after every meal. She had eaten before she left the Smith house, so she would have to endure the headache until the morning.

She neared her dirty apartment complex. The front door to the building was gone. It had been broken in a gang fight several months before, and had not closed since.

“Perhaps the landlord removed it,” she thought, a brief smile illuminating her features. Whatever the landlord did with the improvements deposit, he didn’t improve the building. None of the intercoms had worked for years, the stairs were rotten and bare, the paint fell off the wall in small flurries of chips, the pipes clanked, and only last week did an exterminator come to drive off the rats, who had lived in the building longer than any tenant.

When she got to her apartment, the first thing she did was to check on her small money stockpile. Eleven Dinars were there, her stockpile in case of an emergency. Her money safe, she quickly jumped in her lumpy bed covered with threadbare blankets. Despite the oppressive heat, she felt cold. Her headache troubled her all night, but eventually she managed to get to sleep.

Ms. Smith waited at the corner impatiently. In seven years, Kiran had never been late once. She was supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago. Virginia did not like this side of town. She did not feel safe here. She wanted to be near her home, or perhaps close to the insurance firm where she worked. This shantytown was full of criminals and vagabonds. Eventually she decided she could not wait any longer, and drove off.

Ten minutes late, she rushed into work, briefcase in one hand, coffee in the other. Trying to slip into her budget meeting as quietly as possible, she took the open seat, took out her notes, and got ready to present.

At lunch, she sat in the building’s cafeteria, silently watching the news and eating her sandwich. The station went through its regular cycle of commercials, weather, traffic, more commercials, violence in the slums, and then began important news. Following information on the latest shootings (3 dead), a report from the 7th City Park came on.

Reporter: “I’m reporting live from the 7th City Park, where an unidentified body has just been found. The female was found half an hour ago by a police patrol. While the cause of death has not been announced, police officials did say there is no evidence of a gunshot or stab wound on the body. It looks like they’re loading the body into an ambulance now.”

(Cuts to shot of medical professionals loading a body bag into an ambulance, then cuts back to reporter)

Reporter: “That ambulance is off to the Secunderabad morgue for an autopsy and identification. We’ll keep you updated on this and other stories after this break from our sponsors.”

temporarily on hold as poland and israel develop

Secunderabad City Morgue

Dr. Arup Patnaik, head mortician of Secunderabad’s public morgue wheeled the gurney over to the inspection and autopsy room. Usually one of his subordinates would be assigned to this task, but this was a special case. He had ordered that everyone else leave the morgue, and made sure the room was airtight before breaking the vacuum seal on the body bag. The woman was dressed in a dirty sari, which he cut away, carefully looking for any belongings in pockets. He found a small change purse and a pair of keys. Putting them aside for later, he inspected the body. It was obvious she had a terrible affliction, massive buboes had developed on her lymph nodes. The policeman who found her had been right about the symptoms, but this was not a mere infection. He had never actually seen this disease before, but he studied it in his medical history classes. This disease had claimed millions over the years. The most famous occurrences were the Antiqua outbreak, more commonly known as the Plague of Justinian, the Medievalis outbreak, or the world-famous Black Death, and the Orientalis outbreak which rose from China over a century ago. What was it doing here?

Filled with dread, Arup quickly rushed to incinerate her clothing and belongings, aside from her Identification Card, which he put in a jar of strong disinfectant. He obtained a blood sample to be sent to a laboratory, most likely in Madras, pulled the plastic vacuum bag over the body, sealed in, and placed it in a secure containment room. He had to tell the Department of Health now!

Empty Warehouse, Zarzis, Greater Carthage District, Grand Duchy of Carthage, Federal Carthaginian Union

It was late at night in Zarzis, the second-largest city in the Federal Union of Carthage. Outside an abandoned warehouse in the Zarzis industrial district, a group of people in black trenchcoats were walking towards the building. They moved quickly and quitely, not wishing to be seen. When they entered the building, they quickly walked to a closet, got in, and closed the door. One of the men, with blond hair and blue eyes, opened looked around for a button, which he then pressed. A door opened in the back of the closet, and they walked into a bright white room, with the flag of Imperial Carthage in the background. Shedding their trenchcoats, it was shown that the man who had pressed the button was wearing a white suit, while the rest were wearing blue ones. A group of people, armed with machine guns, had been waiting for these 5 people, and they quickly assembled. The man in the white suit walked up to a podium beneath the flag of Imperial Carthage and began to speak.

"The operation in the lands of our enemy Elephantum is underway," he began. "For too long have these devils from the south, who stole OUR land, been leeching off of the glorious Carthaginian nation. Our people have become the putty of the world, trying to appease everyone. Our nation is so divided, one needs passports to travel from one area to another! But starting tonight, this will change. The agent has been released, and already the dead are beginning to appear. And we have weapons to be detonated elsewhere, to unleash the agent among more of our enemies! We are preparing to hit those vile Romans, the evil Cots, and the ungrateful Layartebians. And we are not just striking our foreign enemies, mind you. We have many enemies here at home. The weak Suffete, the manipulative technocrats, the pompous Caliph, and at the top of the list, our "Grand Duke". We must prepare for war against the enemies of the Empire! Our last attempt failed, due to our bluntness. However, this new wave cannot fail! For years, we have waited, until all thought we were a defunct organization. Little do they know, we number in the hundreds of millions! Tonight, we restore Carthage to its former glory!"

OOC: If your nation was mentioned and hasn't participated in this thread, note that it says we are preparing too. That means that they haven't already hit you, and are just planning.

http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=Elephantum

says 1.3443D = $1

bad news there man...economy is problem :)

http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=Elephantum

says 1.3443D = $1

bad news there man...economy is problem :)
I really only use the name and currency of my NS nation. Population is lower, industries are different (I'm a major oil producer, not doing basket weaving or whatever that industry is. I use a smaller budget, do not charge 100% income tax, etc. Basically completely different.

I had it tied to the Kuwaiti Dinar, decided that was too high, and lowered it to the Bahraini dinar. In not very long it'll end up getting closer to Iraqi currency, which is something like 2000=$1 USD.

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TLS, can I locate and kill those terrorists who are plotting to attack me in this thread, or shoudl I make a new one?

Elep, sorry for the hijack.

I really only use the name and currency of my NS nation. Population is lower, industries are different (I'm a major oil producer, not doing basket weaving or whatever that industry is. I use a smaller budget, do not charge 100% income tax, etc. Basically completely different.

I had it tied to the Kuwaiti Dinar, decided that was too high, and lowered it to the Bahraini dinar. In not very long it'll end up getting closer to Iraqi currency, which is something like 2000=$1 USD.

LOL just don't be like pre-WWII Germany...like 1B = $1

Well, we might be a bit German-esque when it comes to invading neighbors, probably with a more than healthy dose of nationalism tossed in.

OOC: I gave a little window for the disease to spread, if you pay attention below. While I can’t force you to end up with some contagion, in a modern world with massive cities and increased transportation, this can spread anywhere and everywhere.

Manmohan Singh, the head of Health and Welfare for the Sultanate of Central India, felt worse than he ever had before. It was not a physical sickness, but a feeling of shame. How could this happen under his management. He had expanded the vaccination programs for children against polio, rubella, and other deadly conditions. Dozens of clinics for the poor had been opened, and laws had been passed enabling better access to health insurance. This was something he had never expected. He read over his speech, which would interrupt regular news traffic on all Elephanti channels, and was made available to all foreign presses, aside from those whom had a Flag Act passed against them. At a cue from an assistant, he began reading.

My fellow Elephantis,

Today I come to you with grievous news. In our Sultanate, like our southern neighbors, disease has been our greatest enemy. Despite all our attempts at combating disease, today we find an ancient contagion attacking us. Bubonic plague, a disease which has killed millions around the world, has resurfaced in Elephantum. Kiran Kumari, an Elephanti citizen living in Hyderabad, was found dead in the 7th City Park of Secunderabad five days ago. The chief coroner and doctors in Madras both agree she had symptoms of the disease, and her blood tested positive for the plague.

This is the only confirmed case, but Ms. Kumari’s employer, Ms. Smith, the two Smith children, and two others have been admitted to area hospitals for supervision. If further cases are found, we will close Hyderabad International Airport, and likely quarantine the city. This is no cause for panic, only necessary to contain the spread. We would also advise those planning on traveling in the Hyderabad postpone travel until we can contain the plague.

The source of the plague is unknown, although we suspect it has lingered in the area since the Orientalis outbreak. The bad conditions of the city slums provided an excellent place to grow, and it only needed a host. Unfortunately, Kiran Kumari was its first victim. We have not, however, ruled out the possibility of an attack.

The Undersecretary of Health, Disease division, Dr. Kushwaha, will now go into specifics of the plague.

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TLS, can I locate and kill those terrorists who are plotting to attack me in this thread, or shoudl I make a new one?

Elep, sorry for the hijack.

Sure.

But I'm also going to create ANOTHER thread for my upcoming civil-war, so you might wanna do it there.

OOC: My civil war thread, which will affect my posts here as well.

Deus ex Machina (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9780732#post9780732)

HEALTH OFFICE BRIEFING

"We have new information in on the number of plague victims. Police in Hyderabad have found another twenty-seven (27) dead, mostly near the first case. One hundred and seven (107) people reporting to Hyderabad area hospitals have confirmed cases."

"In more distressing news, we have unconfirmed reports of cases in other large urban areas, including Bangalore. Specifics will be released on confirmation."

"In response to this, the entire Sultanate of Central India will be shut to non essential traffic."

HEALTH OFFICE BRIEFING
Nine Sultanates now have confirmed plague cases. Only Antarctica, Bahrain, and Qatar have not had any confirmed. In the Indian Sultanates, the picture is grim. Over 1,000,000 have been infected and 10,000 are dead already. As a result, all non-essential trade and travel in Elephantum has been shut down. Combined with the threat of war with Germania, Pantheaa, Huahin, and various Carthaginian troops, full martial law has been declared.

Message
To: Elephanti Government
From: Amgen Co.

Amgen Co. would like to assist the Elephanti citizens with containing this plague. If we could acquire some of the deceased for research, or perhaps some viles of the isolated contanigen, we may be able to discover a cure.

ooc: Amgen is a sub-company of Visara Co. operating in Roman California. This might be a good way to spread it there as well...

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Emergancy Containment Law, Medical Office, Celtayoshi

In response to the growing threat of disease from Elephantum the following measures are to come into force with immediate effect:


All travel to and from Elephantum is suspended with immediate effect. Celtayoshi citizens in Elephantum shall be transported to Siberia to await the results of tests.
All imports from Elephantum are to be ceased with immediate effect. Any livestock recently imported will be culled. Exports will also cease.
Any people who have been in Elephantum, no matter how briefly, in the last month are to phone the National Disease Control Centre immediately, failure to do so will result in the death penalty.
Any tourists who have been in Elephantum in the last month are to report to their nearest hospital.
The Government reserves the right to restrict civil liberties at any moment should the disease status of Celtayoshi be threatened.

Message
To: Elephanti Government
From: Amgen Co.

Amgen Co. would like to assist the Elephanti citizens with containing this plague. If we could acquire some of the deceased for research, or perhaps some viles of the isolated contanigen, we may be able to discover a cure.

ooc: Amgen is a sub-company of Visara Co. operating in Roman California. This might be a good way to spread it there as well...
At this point the only way we can help prevent lives from being lost is stopping the spread, which we are trying to do. However, vaccination supplies have run out (military, first responders, and high government officials were vaccinated before the plague, as well as being vaccinated against several other common biological weapons, but there are not enough for the entire nation. We can send your nation a vial of Yersina Pestis, which is responsible for the disease, along with a few doses of vaccine we have kept for reproduction. If you wish to help, we will send it to you for reproduction at your facilities, as ours are nowhere near capable of meeting the demand. Even though it is a relativiely small portion of the population infected, the percentage vaccinated is even smaller.

At this point the only way we can help prevent lives from being lost is stopping the spread, which we are trying to do. However, vaccination supplies have run out (military, first responders, and high government officials were vaccinated before the plague, as well as being vaccinated against several other common biological weapons, but there are not enough for the entire nation. We can send your nation a vial of Yersina Pestis, which is responsible for the disease, along with a few doses of vaccine we have kept for reproduction. If you wish to help, we will send it to you for reproduction at your facilities, as ours are nowhere near capable of meeting the demand. Even though it is a relativiely small portion of the population infected, the percentage vaccinated is even smaller.

So be it, we will start mass-production of the vaccine immediatly, but the vaccination is not a cure. For those infected there appears little hope at the moment. Amgen Co. would like to study this micro-organism to determine a possible way to fight it after infection.

So be it, we will start mass-production of the vaccine immediatly, but the vaccination is not a cure. For those infected there appears little hope at the moment. Amgen Co. would like to study this micro-organism to determine a possible way to fight it after infection.
At this point we have no medicines capable of treating the disease, only drugs to treat the symptoms. Thus our primary goal has been to contain the spread. Over 1 billion people need the vaccine, and production has been our biggest problem.

OOC-TLS, if you want to have a car bomb or something at the main Elephanti plant, thats fine with me, and actually would help our various storylines. For the sake of argument, lets say its in Basra.

Amgen Co.

Onshore Facilities

Amgen onshore facilites have begun mass-production of the vaccine along with ampicillin and tetracycline. Initial tests show that some forms of Yersina pestis have already become immune to these anti-biotics. The production capacity of Amgen Co. is not nearly enough to supply the vast numbers being infected as we speak. Amgen Co. insists on prioritizing its vaccinations to women and children first.

Offshore Research Facility, Roman California

Within days vials of the bacterium Yersina pestis were being duplicated and studied. This form was slightly different from the common form that plagued Europe centuries before.

Although both forms maintained their Gram negative cell walls, the new form was capable of surviving in open, highly hydrated atmosphere for an amazing 10-15 seconds. This in turn would lead to far more cases of Pneumonic plague rather than Bubonic plague. Symptoms were very similar to its predecessor. Bjornoyan scientists are currently debating if this new form of Y. pestis qualifies as a new species entirelly.

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The honorable Dr. Savannah Arcanis, leader of the Neo-Y. pestis research project sat alone, looking at the California coast-line from one of Amgen's Offshore facilities. The reports were quite disturbing. Amongst the various tests, one particular form of the bacteria seemed omnipotent. A single cell first survived strenous atmospheric conditions. When introduced to streptomycin, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and tetracycline in succesion, its offspring rapidly adapted to its environment. This plague was no longer its easily vanquished fore-father, no. This was a superior breed. A lone vial sat, sealed in an air-tight container. Alone, like he was, the vial gurgled as the micro-organism reproduced. It was...simply ugly.

But the bacteria was not his top priority. Vaccinations were still effective against this, but a cure was becoming more and more impossible. The rate at which the disease could kill was extraordinary. Normally, the Pneumonic form would take at least a full 24 hours to kill its host. This form could kill in two. The Bubonic form was even scarier. Aside from swelling lymph nodes, this new form could infect the blood stream. The toxins produced by the micro-organism would overcome the immune system, and eventually tear apart the main veins and arteries. Death normally would come in about 3-4 days, but the 'Bubonic' form of this new breed, once it set in, could kill within a day and a half.

Dr. Arcanis would not release his findings, the population and governments were already in a big enough fervor. Unneeded stress would solve nothing. He knew from some documented cases this form was out there, but he prayed it would not spread quickly. If the host died fast enough, the chances of a dead man spreading the disease were less likely than a live one, although non-human involvements would worsen the scenario.

The doctor picked up the vial, and brought it back into the lab for further investigation. This prisoner was to be interrogated, tortured, and with luck eventually killed.

The first Norwegian case of the plauge emerged on a Boeing 747-400 ER belonging to the Braathens airline on its way from Dubai to Oslo. The jumbojet was over the Skagerak strait between Norway and Denmark when the captain of the jumbojet decided to contact ground control.

"Gardermoen Approach, Braathens 8-2-5 heavy. We've got someone sick up here."

"8-2-5 heavy, Gardermoen. How do you mean, sick?"

"I mean really sick. He's got a very high feber and some strange bumps in his skin."

The controller was quiet for a moment, then came back on the radio, sounding sick.

"8-2-5 heavy, Gardermoen. Return to holding pattern and await further instructions. Change frequency to 2-5-0-5 and stand by. Copy."

The captain and the co-pilot looked at each other. 2-5-0-5 was a military frequency, and the jumbojet was a civilian-owned airplane. It was carrying over four hundred people. Something was definately up. The captain changed the frequency to 2-5-0-5 and waited while the co-pilot returned the jumbo to its holding pattern over Moss. Two minutes later, two smaller aircraft came quickly towards the jumbo. First, they were seen as small dots against the horizon, but soon, they became F-37C Razor fighters, the newest addition to the Royal Norwegian Air Force's arsenal (and Secret IC). They were fitted with two 370-gallon droptanks on the shoulder pylons, four visible AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons, four AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles on the center pylons and six AIM-204B Dødsengel missiles internally each, not to mention the 750 rounds they carried for their BK27 Mauser cannons. The thing that worred the pilots of the jumbo the most was that the missiles were painted white, something which meant that they were live missiles instead of the blue-painted training missiles.

"Braathens 8-2-5 heavy, this is Gold flight, Gold lead speaking. Change heading to 2-9-7, climb to Angels 3-6 and follow us. Any attempt of escape or deviation of your course will result in immedate termination. Do you understand? Over."

"Gold lead, 8-2-5 heavy. Understood, we'll follow you."

The jumbo climbed to 36 000 feet and followed the course given, and flew it for one hour and twenty minutes before it was ordered to land at RNoAF Andøya. It did, and the Razors veered off and disappeared.

The jumbo rolled over to a remote area of the taxiway and stopped. Immedately, it was surrounded by six M2008A1 Dingo APVs fitted with MG15 heavy machine guns and more than 100 soldiers dressed in NBC protection gear, armed with AG4 carbines. This was definately bad!

The passengers were ordered out of the jumbo. All but the very sick man did, but one foolhearted passenger attempted to run away. The gunner on the closest Dingo traversed his MG and fired ten shots. All hit their mark, and the man was cut to pieces by the 15.5 x 115 mm rounds. It became clear for the passengers that the soldiers went business.

They were escorted into a hanger and down into a underground cavern which normally held P-7A Orion II surveilance planes. It had been quickly gutted and instead fitted with cots and medical equipment, as well as manned light machine guns at the exits. There, more soldiers waited along with doctors and nurses, all dressed in biological protection suits.

"You have been brought here because we think you're all infected with the black plauge," one of the doctors said. "We're going to help cure you, but you must understand that we cannot allow you to go freely untill we are sure that you're not infected. Anyone who does will be shot by the sentries. It is important that you obey these rules. Your families have been informed of the situation. Think of your families when you feel like escaping or breaking the rules. You don't want to infect them with the black plauge, do you?"

None of them wanted to do that, and the treatments began. As for the sick man, he was helped out on the tarmac and euthanized using a 6.8 x 43 mm round in the neck. After all, it was much more merciful than being eaten away by the plauge, wasn't it?

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Announcement from the Ministry of Health

We have registered our first case of the black plauge in more than 600 years, but have taken the required measures to ensure that it does not spread. We are hereby initiating the following measures.

All Norwegian citizens that has been to Elephantum in the last 30 days are to report to the nearest medical facility immediately to recieve vaccination/treatment.

All imported food/plants/animals from Elephantum is to be destroyed immedately to ensure that the plauge does not spread.

All imports from Elephantum is to stop immediately. Goods already on its way will be quaranteened and destroyed immediately upon arrival in Norway / colonies.

Faliure to comply will result in severe punishment. Should the plauge spread in Norway / colonies, a state of emergency will be announced immediately.

Dr. Arcanis and his team had been in the lab for three days straight, making little progress and finding cures that merely went around in circles. A substance that may have helped initially would end up turning on the user, weakening them and letting the disease re-grow and overcome. They could only prolong the inevitable.

So far the extremely dilligent Bjornoyan scientist were able to work under these extreme conditions without any major incidents. The plague had ravaged Bjornoyan territory centuries ago, and many thought that those who survived were immune to it.

Dr. Arcanis stood, staring blankly at one of the many E. coli cultures producing possible anti-bodies for the Neo-Y. pestis. They were amazingly simple. Plasmids with resistence genes to ampicillin attached to the gene for whichever anti-body they wanted to produce would be presented to them. They could either assimilate this plasmid, produce the anti-body, breed, and repeat, or they would not assimilate the plasmid, and once introduced to ampicillin they would perish. For a moment, Arcanis fealt extremely intimate with the organism. How was he any different? Either produce what the will of the transcendent empowered wanted, or perish in a sea of anguish.

"Comrades, I don't think I can take this anymore..."

Arcanis stretched. Three days without a break, he needed something. He needed to get out. 1:00 AM, he knew where he could go to find a way out. He took the elevator to the top floor of the offshore laboratory, summoning a helicpoter pilot to bring him to shore. He did not want sleep, he did not want food. He wanted to go to the Anacapa Brewery Co.

Eastern Asia Minor

Even though the Hellenistic Empire took steps to prevent the plague from Elephantum to spread into Asia Minor that didn’t stop thousands of Elephanti refugees to flee into Eastern Asia Minor with the help of Turkish smugglers. Some left to escape the plague and war and some to get much needed jobs. A lot of them carried forged documents showing to Greek authorities that they carried Hellenistic Empire Foreign Citizenship.

Most of the refugees left toward the Asia Minor-Syrian border to apply for a job on the construction of the Metaxas Wall. Among them where a few refugees that carried the disease but it didn’t start attacking the body yet. Exactly 2,000 Elephanti got jobs in the Metaxas Line. The other 800 Elephanti are all over Eastern Asia Minor looking for shelter and to start over there lives.

OOC: Will post more.

Eastern Asia Minor

Even though the Hellenistic Empire took steps to prevent the plague from Elephantum to spread into Asia Minor that didn’t stop thousands of Elephanti refugees to flee into Eastern Asia Minor with the help of Turkish smugglers. Some left to escape the plague and war and some to get much needed jobs. A lot of them carried forged documents showing to Greek authorities that they carried Hellenistic Empire Foreign Citizenship.

Most of the refugees left toward the Asia Minor-Syrian border to apply for a job on the construction of the Metaxas Wall. Among them where a few refugees that carried the disease but it didn’t start attacking the body yet. Exactly 2,000 Elephanti got jobs in the Metaxas Line. The other 800 Elephanti are all over Eastern Asia Minor looking for shelter and to start over there lives.

OOC: Will post more.

OOC: A wall on the Syrian-Asia Minor border? Say what?

I'd rather not be walled it, to say the truth...

OOC: A wall on the Syrian-Asia Minor border? Say what?

I'd rather not be walled it, to say the truth...
It's a defensive wall to protect the Hellenistic Empire's borders. Don't worry this won't effect trade or anything.

EDIT: Here is the link: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=452228

In light of the recent plague infestations in Elephanti territory, the Empire is taking extra special caution with all foreigners and citizens coming back from travelling abroad. The Empire will be screening all passengers coming on all forms of transportation. Any individual who tests positive for infestation will be quarantined and deported when possible.

(OOC: Sort of forgot about this, so I'm skipping ahead to the end)
The plague had largely run its course through Elephantum. While it would never truly be eradicated, the Elephanti measures had largely contained the spread. A breakdown of cases, by severity is shown below:

Severe Outbreaks {<10,000 cases}
Southern India
Central India

Major Outbreaks {<1,000 cases}
Iran

Moderate Outbreaks {<500 cases}
Iraq
Kurdistan
Kuwait
Jordan

Minor Outbreaks {<1 case}
Arabia
Bahrain
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Lebanon
Small States (Antarctica, Socotra, and just about everywhere else)

Fatalities: 750,000-1,000,000

While the southern Gulf territories were spared from much of the plague, especially Bahrain, which only had one case, a retired teacher, who recovered. The Sultanates northward, though, were not prepared, and a shortage of vaccine caused problems. However, Iran fared the worsed of all the Middle Eastern lands. Many isolated communities were devastated, and had no access to medical care. City-dwellers, however, were largely spared.

By far the worst damage was in India. The massive shantowns surrounding cities were devastated, and hospitals were quickly overwhelmed by massive numbers of cases. Unlike in Iran, rural communities were largely spared.

As a result of the plague, which was confirmed to be a weaponized strain, Elephantum is increasing vaccine production, especially for common biological agents. Training for medical professionals in proper procedures has begun, and several new hospitals are being planned for areas hardest hit. While we were not as prepared as we should have been, we are learning from our mistakes.