The following voice message was received at the Delta Green Server from Dr. Willis Hargrave a former NASA researcher and DG friendly.
Dr. Hargrave lives in Gove, KS. The area around Gove has recently been put under CDC quarantine for an Anthrax outbreak.

MESSAGE TRANSCRIPT

"the shuttle crashed
...quarantine.. .not anthrax...media blackout...."

Travel to Gove,KS, contact Dr Hargrave, and find out what is going on. You will have to use your credentials to get into the quarantine area or otherwise sneak in.

The Following recent news stories relate to the Shuttle.

CBS NEWS-BRIEF
"The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off on schedule at
8:45 this morning from the Kennedy Space Center
at Cape Canaveral. Several hours into the flight, all
systems are go on this, the most ambitious of
shuttle missions since the disastrous Challenger
flight of 1986. Mission Control at the Houston
Space Center indicates a smooth flight so far. CBS
News will follow the flight of Atlantis during its
history-making two weeks in space."

CBS EVENING NEWS
CHARLES KURALT: There was concern at
Mission Control early this morning when Atlantis
flight commander Gordon McAfee reported that the
shuttle had just passed through a 'glowing cloud.'
Aside from a slight jump in external radiation
levels, the shuttle has experienced no difficulties.
NASA scientists have refused to speculate on the
nature of the cloud.
This is the third day of a planned two-week
voyage for Atlantis.
We have in our studios the noted space
scientist, Dr. Karl Leathergan. What do you believe
the shuttle encountered, Dr. Leathergan?
DR. LEATHERGAN: Charles, we are only beginning
to understand the mysteries of the universe.
This cloud through which the craft passed
resembles the so-called 'firefly' phenomenon
encountered by John Glenn in the first U.S. orbital
flight during the early Mercury missions. That, as
you recall, proved to be probably nothing more
than crystallized waste products from the craft
itself.
But this incident is different. I believe it to be
caused by the Earth's magnetic field, probably in
conjunction with the Van Allen Belts of highintensity
radiation. A cloud of gas or ions was
trapped and contained by the powerful magnetic
fields of our planet, pulled from the Van Allen E M
and maintained as a glowing cloud, much as
reported by Atlantis.
The radiation burst reported by Colonel Gordon
McAfee, my close personal friend, corroborates the
theory.

CNN CONTINUOUS COVERAGE
The view is from a camera positioned in the shuttle
bay. Astronaut McAfee is performing an EVA in the
shuttle bay, working to retrieve a malfunctioning
satellite.
He loses a tool that floats off, and the camera
pans to follow the tool. As the tool drifts by, the
camera picks up an brief glow emanating from the
shuttle's side, then its bay, after which the glow
moves toward the airlock, leaving the camera's
view. The TV commentator wonders aloud what
caused the glow. The live pickup from the shuttle
transmits one of the other astronauts asking "Mac"
(Colonel McAfee) to hurry up and come inside,
"We're picking up a higher radiation reading than
we should be."
The camera's view picks up McAfee moving
back toward the airlock door as the voice linkup
with the shuttle breaks, followed almost at once by
the camera winking out. The scene returns to
Mission Control. (pause) "And we've lost the feed
from Atlantis. Our live coverage will return
momentarily with a statement from Mission Control.
In New York, here is Bernard Shaw.

EYEWITNESS EVENING NEWS
Houston's Mission Control reported this afternoon
that a serious malfunction aboard Atlantis prevents
voice and image communication with the shuttle
craft for the time being.
NASA spokesmen emphasized that telemetrical
communication continues, and that the flight of
Atlantis is not threatened. A news conference to
answer questions about the situation has been
scheduled for 1 Oam Central time tomorrow.

HELLO AMERICA
Reports continue to circulate throughout the Arabspeaking
world, claiming that the communications
breakdown suffered by Atlantis was fabricated by
the United States, in order to test a nuclear
targeting device over the Persian Gulf.
A State Department spokesman indicated this
morning that there was no basis to the rumors,
terming them so ridiculous as not to need formal
comment.
Atlantis-prompted riots have broken out in Cairo
and Karachi, and a major protest and rally is
schedule in Tehran this afternoon.

CABLE CHANNEL 81 (The Hot One)
This is Wayne Rucksacker, with the latest Atlantis
rumors for all you conspiracy fans.
First off, a double-wacker: ITEM! The glowing
streak appearing on camera shortly before the
communications breakdown was the creep of a
thermite sabotage fire (thermite is hot stuff, folks!)
that the Japanese set to destroy the spacecraft,
preventing us from making some crucial tests to
grow complete transistors in outer space. And
here's the.twist: NASA is going to stage a crash
landing in the Pacific next week, hoping that the
Soviets will believe that Atlantis successfully
stationed her ultra-secret NDD over the Persian
Gulf. Wack! By the way, NDD stands for Nuclear
Dispensation Device. Wow! 'This is a dangerous
world, Senator.' Wack!
ITEM! Here are the last moments of Atlantis!
This is pirated tape, folks, so get those VCRs
ready: 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 wack! This is half speed.
See that glow? Look at that! It actually flowed over
the edge of the shuttle. Need I remind you what
happened when we could NO LONGER SEE?

Agent Marshall has been contacted by Ramsey Swartz, a billionaire philanthropist. Mr.Swartz is looking to hire investigators to look into the death of one of his employees, Kyle Woodson. Kyle Woodson is a former colleague of Agent Marshall and Mr. Swartz sought him out hoping he would be interested in looking into his death in a freelance capacity. Cell A believes there may be supernatural involvement in the Death of Kyle Woodson. All available agents of Cells M,Q, and Y should aid Agent Marshall in the investigation. Keep in Mr. Swartz is NOT a delta green friendly do not disclose anything to him.

Mr. Swartz would like you to meet him in 2 days at his offices in San Francisco.

---End of Message ------

What You Know About AFAR and Ramsey Schwartz

AFAR stands for the American Foundation for Antiquarian
Research. Founded in 1927, the organization has served as a body
to fund, evaluate, and publish the work of archaeological
researchers. Although AFAR began as a tiny, primarily academic
organization, in recent years it has risen to a position of some
prominence. In 1990, billionaire Ramsey Schwartz began making
massive contributions to the organization. As a result, AFAR now
sponsors numerous archaeological projects all over the world, and
hosts an annual archaeological symposium in San Francisco.
Little is known about Ramsey Schwartz beyond his fabulous
wealth, philanthropic streak, and diverse hobbies. Widely
praised (or reviled) as quirky and eccentric, Schwartz was one of
the crop of new American tycoons, who include such names as
Trump, Perot, and Gates. His generous contributions to AFAR
have earned him a prominent position on the organization’s
board of directors, a position he has been heard to say he enjoys far more than business.

What Agent Marshall Knows About Kyle Woodson

Kyle Woodson. You recognize the name instantly. He was there
with you in Belize, back in 2002. It all ended so badly!
In the summer of 2002, the University of Pennsylvania, in
cooperation with the Programme for Belize, sponsored a field
season in northern Belize. You (and about sixty other people)
went there. The expedition was directed by Dr. Paul Hughbanks,
who wanted to complete a new survey of a large, empty stretch
of northern Belize, as well as conduct several excavations.
The season was very unlucky, with equipment failures, transportation
troubles, and logistical mishaps from the very beginning.
After a particularly nasty stomach bug swept through
camp, the season finally started to look up when a survey team
heard rumors of a large, unregistered site in the nearby jungle, a
place called El Cacao. There was no record of the place, and
nobody had ever excavated there or even surveyed the place. Dr.
Hughbanks leapt at the news, hoping that a major find might turn
the season around. The only voice of protest raised was from
Kyle Woodson. Kyle pointed out that the group had no permits
to dig at El Cacao and that drug smugglers (the second most
common life form in Belize, right after mosquitoes) were supposed
to be lurking in the area. Hughbanks would not be dissuaded,
however. He assembled a survey team, and set out on the
long hike to El Cacao.
The team got to the ruins, only to find that they weren’t
deserted. A large band of cocaine smugglers was camping among
the mounds. Before anyone knew what was happening, four students
were dead and the traffickers were chasing the survey team
all the way back to the camp. The season ended right then and
there. You always thought you were lucky to make it out alive.
There were investigations and recriminations, of course. Dr.
Hughbanks lost his tenure, his job, and any chance of ever doing
archaeology again. Lawsuits rocked the archaeology department.
Bad news. The only one who came out of it all right was Kyle.
As you recall, he was one of the few people on that dig who actually
ended up in Mayan archaeology. Most of the others had lost
their stomach for it.
You can remember Kyle Woodson very clearly. Big guy, but
soft spoken. One of those people who seems to get along with
everybody, and who really cares. He was the only graduate student
who wasn’t too high and mighty to share a tent with “the proles”,
that is, the undergrads. He really knew his archaeology, but never
talked down to you while explaining it. It’ll be good to see Kyle
again. Funny, you haven’t thought about Belize in years ....

Agents,

Cell A has been impressed with your work and feels it is time to bring you in on some of our ongoing operations. A Murder that occurred recently in Maricopa County,AZ matches the MO of an individual that Delta Green has been hunting for some time now. Please see the attached documents. I will meet you in the St. Louis Airport at 8am on December 19th in the "Cheers" bar.

Agent Cyrus

Agents are highly encourage to seek there own sources of funding. Cell A has no way to collect and redistribute funds you may acquire during operations. Cell A suggests you sock it away in a rainy day fund for that day you need high powered legal defense. Or maybe even to retire someplace warm. Setting up your own safe houses and green boxes is never a bad idea.

Speaking of safe houses. If you receive the Code Word DARK NIGHT through Delta Green Channels, then the Delta Server and/or CELL A has been compromised. All Agents should immediately go to ground at a safe house and contact their other Cell Members through alternate means.

Cell A has determined you now have a need to know the following information:

Delta Green maintains safe houses in most major cities throughout the U.S and a few in foreign countries. You may use the safe houses at your discretion. Your access level to the Delta Green Server has been increased. You may get the location of the nearest safe house by using the code word "RABBIT HOLE" when contacting the Delta Green server by phone, email, or web. If any safe house is compromised you must report in to Cell A through the server.

Safe Houses are also the repository for Green Boxes. These are boxes that agents can use to store any gear or supernatural that they do not wish to keep themselves. Agents may also use any equipment present it a green box at a safe house. Keep in mind that supernatural artifacts are extremly dangerous and should be used only in dire emergencies.

I suspect supernatural involvement in a series of murders in the Soho
District of New York City. The NYPD has officially requested the FBI
to aid in the investigation. A task fore of law enforcement
personell and civilian consultants is being briefed at 8pm 2 days
hence. Please travel to NY ASAP and contact me. I will brief you
prior to the meeting.

DG Agent William

Please Report to FBI Special Agent James Derringer, who is friendly to DG in Knoxville,TN ASAP. A situation has arisen in Tennessee that requires your attention. The FBI and CDC are officially involved. Agents Mandy and Quinton have been assigned to the case under Special Agent Derringer. Agent Yardley, Agent Marshall, and Brianna will given FBI credentials for the duration of this operation. Be Careful, Majestic involvement is suspected

Congratulations on the Success of your last operation. Cell A was very pleased with the resolution.

Adam

End Of Message

You think to yourself, this has got to be about, Groversville, TN. Groversville has become the laughing stock of the nation. People have been reporting weird lights in the sky, cattle mutilations, and alien abductions. The national news outlets have covered the story as a "news of the weird" piece. The stories don't seem very credible though. Jay Leno and Letterman have been poking fun at Groversville for months.
There must be more to it........

TO: Agent Mandy, Agent Quinton, Agent Marshall
FROM : Cell A
SUBJECT : Investigation of suspicious house in Boston, MA

A house located in Boston,MA has been the site of strange happenings. DG Friendly Brianna has asked DG to look into it. The last owners of the house, the Marciano Family went violently insane after living in the house for less than a year. Both now babble that the house is haunted. The house has been rumored to be haunted for sometime and is something of an Urban Legend in the Boston Area. Brianna will meet each of you in Boston. Agents Mandy and Quinton have been formally assigned to the investigation by their respective superiors. Agent Marshall will be "attending" a conference in Boston. Do any research on the house that you think is appropriate. Report your findings to Cell A upon completion of the mission.

Adam

Call of Cthulhu is different from the games we've played in the past. CoC is
about investigation, solving mysteries, and monster hunting. I've attached a
PDF that give you the basic idea of the game and an overview of the rules. The
actual rules are little more detailed that what is in the pdf, but it is a good
overview of the game. The thing to remember about CoC is that fighting
monsters and getting loot is not the main focus. There will be combat of course,
but it's very different from other games. If someone shoots at you with a pistol,
you could be seriously injured and possibly killed. If someone shoots you with a
rifle, shotgun, and an automatic weapon...well I hope your Dodge skill is high.
Most monsters will shrug off bullets like water. That's not to say you shouldn't
carry a firearm. Guns work great against crazed cultists, insidious government
agents, and sometimes the occasional monster. There's no resurrection or
"save your butt" points in CoC so you have to be wary about getting into a fight.
I won't be trying to kill your characters, but if you try and take on a monster
without doing some investigation first you could be in trouble. The X-files is a lot
like for Call of Cthulhu. Mulder and Scully always track down every lead possible
and follow ever clue. That's how you should think about playing CoC. For those
of you that "just like to shoot stuff" don't worry they'll be plenty of that too.

Delta Green

This campaign centers around an organization called DELTA GREEN.
In 1927 after an encounter with supernatural beings the US Government formed
a Covert Agency known as DELTA GREEN to investigate and combat the
supernatural. For more the 40 years Delta Green fought the supernatural,
including PROJECT WEREWOLF, the Nazi project to harness supernatural
powers to conquer the world. In 1969, after disastrous raid on a cultist camp in
Cambodia the government disbanded Delta Green. The leaders of Delta Green
decided that the supernatural was too much of a threat for them to simply stop
what they were doing. Delta Green began operating as an illegal conspiracy
within the US Government. In 1994, members of a rival Covert Agency, known
as Majestic (more on them later) assassinated one of the leaders of Delta
Green. As a result, Delta Green went underground. They organized on a cellstructure
with strict rules about communication. Nowadays, Delta Green Agents
only know and communicate with each other using code names.

Characters

In Delta Green there are two kinds of Characters: Delta Green Agents and Delta
Green Friendlies. A Delta Green agent is a member of the Federal Military, Law
Enforcement, or Intelligence Community who is directly involved in the Delta
Green conspiracy. A Delta Green Friendly is a regular person who has had an
encounter with the supernatural in the past. They may have run across a Delta
Green agent at work or been recruited by a Delta Green agent.

Agents

Delta Green Agents come from any of the Federal Military, Espionage, or Law
Enforcement agencies. There are many options if you want to play this type of
character.
FBI,CIA, IRS, ATF, DEA, EPA, NSA, Postal Inspectors, US Marshals, Secret
Service, even the US Fish and Wildlife Service are all possible DG Characters.
Don’t discount any of them, US Fish and Wildlife is one of the few agencies
whose agents actually how to track and receive the same weapons training as
the Secret Service.
If you want to play "the combat type" you really can't beat being a member of US
Special Operation's Command - Navy Seals, Marine Recon, Army Rangers, and
Delta Force.
Some of the Delta Green agents come from even less know agencies:
FinCen - Monitor Financial Networks and markets for signs of Criminal Activity,
Terrorism Funding, and Money Laundering.
Intelligence Directorate - Watch for Signs of nuclear weapons and technology
being bought, sold, or transported.
US Space Command - no not Nasa, these guys run all the spy satellites.
Federal Research Division - Tasked to "know everything about everything" in
support of Intelligence gathering
Bureau of Intelligence and Research - analyze intelligence from multiple sources,
correlate it and look for patterns (This agency has seen huge growth since 9/11)
It's pretty easy to get inspiration from Movies and TV for a Delta Green Agent.
Jack Bauer from 24, Mulder and Scully, and the entire cast of NCIS would all
make excellent Delta Green Agents.

Friendlies

Delta Green Friendlies come from all walks of life, they may even be law
enforcement as well just not working for the Federal Government.
The suggested careers for Delta Green Friendlies are:
Author - Any Kind if Writer really
Doctor - could be a Psychiatrist, Coroner, or any specialty of an MD
Engineer – Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear
Lawyer - Always good to have someone who can get you out of jail.
Parapsychologist - a Psychologist who studies the occult and Psychic Abilities.
Police Detective - includes Profilers, CSI's, and Forensics experts.
Police Officer
Private Eye
Professor/Scientist- not necessarily a college professor but a trained academic in
some field.
Antiquitarian - a unique career "collector of weird and unusual object and
information" might be a better description
Criminal - anything from a professional Thief to a mobster.
Dilettante - The Idle rich, not many skills but loaded with cash
Drifter - not a Bum but some one who moves from small town to small town
taking odd jobs
Computer Hacker
Journalist
Pilot
Zealot - You can call them terrorists, but they don't like monsters either. They're
pretty good with explosives too.
Anything you can think of can be a career choice for a Delta Green Friendly. In
past campaigns I've had a player who was a Truck Driver and one who was a
Street Bum. Some of these might not sound all that glamorous but keep in mind,
Indiana Jones was a professor. Nothing is keeping you from being an expert in
Anthropology AND Martial Arts.
Again there is lot's of inspiration for Delta Green Friendlies. Any of the
Characters from the various mystery shows can be a great idea for a Delta
Green Friendly. Law and Order, CSI, Criminal Minds, Cold Case, Bones, even
Ghost Whisperer.
In terms of what kinds of Characters are useful here are some Stereotypes that
work well in any CoC Game:
The Professor - who learns magic and increases their supernatural knowledge
while barley hanging onto his Sanity
The Sneaky One - who can break into places that you aren't allowed
The Face-man - who can talk people into things and talk their way out of trouble
The Combat Type- who doesn't learn anything about magic, keeps their Sanity
high, and is prepared to shoot things when needed
Physical Information Gathering - people who can examine an area for clues
Information Research - interpret clues and research facts to aid an
investigation.
Combining one or more into something new and interesting works as well; my
last CoC character was a combat type, with some thief skills, with a little
information research.

Psychic Abilities

In addition to the normal skills each character may have a psychic ability. This
isn't Xavier's school for Gifted Youngsters though. You aren't a super-hero. The
psychic powers are more akin to the Stephen King Variety like in "Firestarter."
The abilities may work when you don't want them to, not work when you really
need them, give you headaches and nosebleeds, and occasionally save your
butt. I'll go over psychic abilities more when you make your character but be
thinking about what kind of power you might want. You don't have to have one if
you don’t want but it’s an option.

Majestic

Delta Green has more than a few enemies but the big one is Majestic. In 1947,
a spaceship crashed in Roswell, NM. This was real. The government recovered
the spaceship, an alien corpse, and a live alien. Majestic was formed to deal
with aliens much like Delta Green was formed to deal with the supernatural.
Majestic made contact with the aliens and came to an agreement know as the
“Accord.” The Aliens agreed to trade hi-tech secrets to Majestic in exchange for
a few "favors"; mostly turning a blind eye to the kidnapping and experimentation
on humans. Majestic also covers up all evidence of alien activity. This didn't sit
too well with Delta Green. DG agents were bleeding and dying to protect
humanity from the supernatural. Majestic was not only allowing alien
experimentation on humans but were helping cover it up! A shadow war started
between the two agencies which Majestic assumed they had won with the
disavowment of Delta Green in 1969. However, Delta Green was still operating
illegally and continued to work against Majestic. In 1997,One of the leaders of
Delta Green discovered something about the aliens that was even more
insidious. A Majestic-12 hit team killed him and began to systematically target all
members of Delta Green. This drove Delta Green underground.
MJ also has another interest in the DG agents and friendlies. One
division of Majestic does research into psychic abilities. Their official name is
the Department of Scientific Intelligence, but everyone knows them as "The
Shop." Their research usually involves kidnapping and experimentation on
psychics. More than a few psychics end up working for Delta Green after they
are rescued from a Shop research lab by DG agents.
Delta Green as an organization has a lot of information on the supernatural,
Majestic, and the Aliens. During play, you may be able to access some of this
information, including what the Assassinated Delta Green leader found out about
the aliens and why he was killed.

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