[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for October 9th

[Michael Cone <Michael.Cone@apollogrp.edu>]

BROWNSVILLE REFUGE, SOUTH TEXAS- the town elders have called in Law Dogs to
quell a riot. Less than a week after the Reclamation Crew announced the
discovery of the possible location of Warehouse 23, six of the ten members
have turned up dead. Three have been the victims of throat slitting in the
late evening/early morning hours, one has been the victim of a Syker's
"Melonhead" power, one had her eyes gouged out and the last was discovered
broken in half and stuffed in a trashcan. 
The remaining four Crewmembers have vanished and the wasters that showed up
in town for the hiring call have started to turn ugly. Rumors have started
to fly as rival scavvie crews have begun to accuse one another of doing in
the Crewmembers. Now no one knows where to start looking for the Warehouse
and there is talk that someone or something may be trying to keep the
location a secret. The wildest rumor involves the ghosts of Texas Rangers
that have fallen in the line of duty have came back to protect something
still kept in the Warehouse.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA- Nevada Carl the mutie gunslinger logs a report with
the local Law Dogs of the state. Carl happened to be bartering for supplies
in the Texarkana Trader's Bazaar when he spotted someone resembling Surtur,
the renegade King of the Raiders, purchasing a large amount of powdered
Ghost Rock in a secretive backroom deal. Among those in the room were
another Syker covered in primitive tribal-type scars, a Loyalist Doomsayer
and a woman with compound eyes, insect wings and bright yellow skin. The
gunslinger also spotted two figures in black body armor and helmets. Surtur
reportedly paid for the mineral with a wagonload of purified water.

OLD MESILLA POST HEADQUARTERS, NEW MEXICO- Beverly Smalls, a veteran
postwoman, arrives back to the Post Office in the fortress town with a
report of a new settlement discovered at the old Running Indian truck stop
between Deming and Lordsburg in New Mexico. The residents are looking to
trade clothing and wood for food.