Chernarus "Wasteland" 1987 , the story ...

Posted by benevolentdevil on Aug 12, 2018; 6:45pm
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( Based on Olive's SP/Daizy modified mission)

 It's very hard to describe what's going on over in the region of Chernarus currently.  At first glance, everything seems to be normal.  Go through any given town , and everyday folks just like yourself, are simply trying to live and get by , going about thier business as best they can.

 However, it's not really that simple if you look hard enough.  

 While the "war" officially ended , it left Chernarus as a whole, with-out a true working government.  The fall of 'communism' hit the country hard, as it tries to adjust to a more capitalist society. Backed by US green dollars , to encourage trade and business.
 
 It was during this lull and peace-talks , I got a job as a truck driver over in the odd country.  
 For a bit less than a year , that's what I did, working for a company, driving supplies and industrial needs here and there.
 
 That was, until ... well, I don't know what the "official reports" say, or what news broadcast are saying back home ... , but it seems the Country is under yet another type of civil war.  
  I was on my route one day, as usual.  It was a rare sunny day , quite warm, nothing was out of the ordinary. I was my way to deliver a load, even had my log books up to date for once.  
  I noticed up ahead, the road was blocked by some sort of checkpoint , which I had never seen in previous runs.  Russian soldiers were stopping traffic, ... it just didn't "feel right" to me ... I decided to turn my truck around before getting there , and hope I could find an alternate route to my destination.
  Next thing I know, an armed helicopter flew overhead ... I watched it as it circled back around , and lowered towards my truck.  
 I slammed on the brakes, and barely got out of the truck when the chopper launched small missiles right into my truck.
 
 I was left stranded out there , in a country I definitely can't understand the language ...
By the time I made it back to our company office , it was cleaned out and empty.   I went to the airport , and was turned away , then to the port ...
 Both places had US and other military personnel and equipment unloading.   I was told I had missed the evacuation , the airspace and navy had quarantined off the area, aircraft leaving the zone, would be shot down.  Any ships passing a certain point, turned back or be blown out of the water.
  They let me use a satellite phone, I tried calling my company ... , they gave me the run around, and tried saying I wasn't ever employed. That I never existed as far as they were concerned.

 So, I became stuck here.  
 I have heard , I wasn't the only civilian caught behind enemy lines here, but I've not met any yet.
 I've been labeled a "survivor" by the locals.  They are not hostile towards me, but they aren't exactly friendly either.  They don't really know what to make of me.

 So, what ever military flare up has happened ... sparking up another flash point ...
has pretty much left the entire country in a state of chaos and uncertainty.  
 Like I said, there really wasn't any stable form of government as it was.   This has created lawlessness all across the country, and with it those that would take advantage of it.  
 The locals call them "bandits" , those that murder and steal ... just because they can.

 Here and there, local "police" still try to do thier job , or at least keep the civilian populations of thier towns safe from bandits, marauders, and undesirables.   I'm not entirely certain, they even get paid to do it or not.  But with-out the governing laws in place, it's not like there are courts or legal systems ... Cops seem to shoot first, ask questions later when encountering undesirables.

 What's going on between what I call the Us side and peacekeepers, and the "reds" ... I honestly do not know.  Most citizens don't seem to know either.  They are conflicted in what they want , they want freedom , they want stability ... I'm not entirely sure they care how that is achieved though.

 The latest rumor and growing fear that's circulating is that the Russians have grown tired of uprisings, constant war over the disputed country of Chernarus ... , and they have developed some sort of super-biological weapon.  Rumors say, if unleashed ... it not only kills , but those that survive it, become infected with something very contagious , and ... well from there , imaginations seem to run rampant.

 I'm stuck here, no way out.  But I need to survive, make my own way ... luckily , the recent flash point has opened up somewhat of a trading system, and some enterprising people, even have managed to deal in weapons.   These and locals alike, are still using the new cash-currency system put in place.  
 There doesn't seem to be much money going around ... but, I've noticed small profit margin in taking down or killing bandits ... and seems to impress the locals as well, doing so.