H.O.T.D. SAN DIEGO EXODUS

PROLOGUE:

3 days... All it took was 3 days for San Diego to turn from a busy city into quiet necropolis.

When the Infection first hit, nobody knew what was happening. Some thought it was a mass protest; others thought it was a riot caused by some perceived insult on a sensitive subject. It never occurred to anyone that it was the beginning of a world-wide Bio-hazardous Outbreak

By the end of what was known as Z-day, most of the city's emergency services were beginning to or were already overrun by the infected or what the people were know calling zombies. On Z-day +1, the U.S. Military and National Guard were called into service. While the regular military would focus on fortifying defendeble locations like bases and building complexes outside of the cities, National Guard units were deployed in their respective states to affected cities in an effort to combat and contain the infection. However, despite being briefed on the infected and how to eliminate them; the California National Guard encountered heavy resistance and suffered heavy casualties on the units that were tasked with entering the city to evac survivors and establish F.O.B.s (Forward Operating Bases) to serve as evac zones. This situation was mirrored in other cities in the country.

At this point, the Firestorm Protocol was put into effect. The JSF was currently in a supporting role, but with Firestorm being declared, all regular military units were put under the command of the Joint Strike Force. When the JSF took command and assed the situation, they realized that with the rising number of infected, containment was no longer an option. With this info, the commander of the JSF, Lieutenant General Scott Mitchell, ordered all units, JSF and Regular Military, to identify civilian strongholds in their assigned zones and to reinforce and defend them until they can be evacuated to more secure locations.

The way this was carried was simple. Teams of JSF Spartans and Pioneers would conduct Deep Strike Insertions in infected cities. Their destinations would be survivor strongholds detected by aerial recon. Before the teams move in, the JSF would attempt to contact these strongholds to assess whether the civilians were friendly or hostile. If friendly, they would be informed that help is on the way. If they were hostile, Command would mark the location and notify all friendly units to avoid it until a unit can be dispatched to pacify or eliminate the hostiles.

The Military weren't the only ones actively operating during the outbreak. For the Private Military Company, Raven Tactical Solutions, LLC or Raven PMC offered the use of its troops and resources to combat the infected. Raven troops were instructed to report to the nearest JSF units and inform the commanders that Raven troops are now under their command. Raven air forces assisted with the movement of men, equipment and supplies for the military and other crisis forces in their zones. Their logistical units helped ease the strain on military supply lines. This allowed the JSF to focus on the combating the infected without worrying about their supply lines being overwhelmed. Raven Combat Teams also participated in combat operations against the Undead. Both forces also helped in evacuating civilians from the infected zones.

There was one agency that was prepared for this type of scenario. This agency had proven itself during the Manhattan Bio-terrorist Attack that crippled the city and forced a quarantine to be placed. They were instrumental in preventing the total collapse of society in Manhattan as well as helping the civilians trapped there. They were able to track down and eliminate those responsible for the attack. They were the Strategic Homeland Division or SHD. In the field, they are known as the Division. Just like the Manhattan Bio-Attack, Division operatives are active and operating in the field doing what they can to protect civilians and combat the infection.