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  CARNIVAL 
  A rough plot idea for a Cyberpunk 2020 Adventure    
  Written by Deric Bernier  (droc@mc2k.com) 
   
      
      
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  Crime in Night City is rampant, the media and 
  the public are clamoring for their government 
  to make them feel safe, to punish the wicked, to 
  make the streets safe to walk again.  The 
  Combat Zone is a growing tumor of violence 
  and anarchy.  Growing corruption in the 
  highest levels of the government in Night City is 
  threatening to be exposed.  With the Mayor 
  caught in a sex scandal with a 17 year old girl, 
  and the Governor of Northern California so tied 
  to the italian crime families, something had to 
  be done.  The mayors office and the governors 
  committee met in a secret cabal to determine 
  how to best deal with the problem of the Combat Zone, and how to best steer 
  public interest away from their personal misadventures.  The solution they 
  devised was so diabolical, so ingenious, and so utter insane, it would change the 
  face of Night City forever.   They would declare open war on their own streets, 
  all in the name of justice. 
   
  (The following describes an event of enormous magnitude in Night City, it is 
  meant as an adventure hook for GM's to insert their group at any point, on any 
  side.  I am not writing an adventure, I am telling you the events that take place 
  to allow you to write your own adventure around it.  You and your players, if 
  you choose, will be a part of an event in night city that will be talked about for 
  years.  While Carnival is written for Night City 2020, it can easily be used in 
  any Cybergeneration or V3 game, or any other near future game with little changes.) 
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
  WEEK 1 
  Flyers and Posters begin appearing everywhere in 
  night city, especially near the Combat Zone.  Upon 
  them in simple bold text written in English, Chinese, 
  Spanish, Japanese, and Russian, is a simple 
  message... "CARNIVAL IS COMING!".  The 
  posters and flyers bear the official seal of both the 
  Mayors office and that of the Governor. 
   
   
   
  WEEK 2 
  Construction begins on a wall 
  around the Combat zone.  The wall 
  is built section by section, most of 
  the construction is done at night.  
  Each section of wall consists of a 
  20'x20' solid plate of steel 8 inches 
  thick brought in by chopper and 
  reinforced with concrete.  The 
  sections are topped with video 
  cameras and razorwire.  In response 
  to opposition, city hall explains that 
  this wall is the only way to stem the 
  growth of the Combat Zone into the 
  surrounding areas and contain the 
  crime that is spreading outward like a disease.  
  Business owners and families caught on the edge 
  protest actively, afraid of being caught on the wrong 
  side of the growing wall. 
   
   
   
  WEEK 3 
  Construction of the wall continues.  Finished 
  sections of the wall are covered in the posters every 
  night.  Street openings are left in the wall every mile, 
  and are left open.  However armored security booths 
  are installed, and razor wire topped gates are 
  installed.  The ads escalate to television, radio, and 
  advert airships.  They still only contain the cryptic 
  message "CARNIVAL IS COMING!" 
   
   
   
  WEEK 4 
  Overnight all the posters and flyers and other 
  advertisements change.  Now a date is added 
  proclaiming that this "Carnival" will begin in 4 
  weeks.  No other information is given, protests over 
  the wall being built around the Combat Zone 
  continue.  Both City Hall and the Governors office 
  remain tight lipped about the nature of Carnival. 
   
   
  
   
   
  WEEK 5 
  Construction of the wall is completed.  The Combat 
  Zone is now completely sealed off from the city, the 
  only way in or out is through the gates set up every 
  mile around the city.  The only response the 
  Government gives to the media and the protesters is 
  that a new policy is about to take place to make the 
  streets far safer for the law abiding citizens of Night 
  City. 
   
   
   
  WEEK 6 
  The gates are now manned by heavily armed and 
  armored National Guardsmen.  No one entering the 
  Zone is stopped, but those leaving are subject to 
  having their identification run against active 
  warrants.  Felons are arrested, word spreads 
  quickly.  A spokesperson for City Hall breaks in to 
  all Radio and Television broadcasts.  With a sober 
  and imposing tone the Mayor and the Governor 
  make the following speech.   
   
   
  "Citizens of Night City, for far to long, the so 
  "Citizens of Night City, for far to long, the so 
  "Citizens of Night City, for far to long, the so 
  "Citizens of Night City, for far to long, the so 
  called "Combat Zone" has been a blight upon our 
  called "Combat Zone" has been a blight upon our 
  called "Combat Zone" has been a blight upon our 
  called "Combat Zone" has been a blight upon our 
  fair metropolis.
  fair metropolis.
  fair metropolis.
  fair metropolis.     A place where the worst 
   A place where the worst 
   A place where the worst 
   A place where the worst 
  criminals can hide without fear of retribution.
  criminals can hide without fear of retribution.
  criminals can hide without fear of retribution.
  criminals can hide without fear of retribution.        
  Cops don't go there, and innocent people who go 
  Cops don't go there, and innocent people who go 
  Cops don't go there, and innocent people who go 
  Cops don't go there, and innocent people who go 
  there are rarely seen again.
  there are rarely seen again.
  there are rarely seen again.
  there are rarely seen again.     This area has 
   This area has 
   This area has 
   This area has 
  become a boil upon the ar
  become a boil upon the ar
  become a boil upon the ar
  become a boil upon the arse of our society, and 
  se of our society, and 
  se of our society, and 
  se of our society, and 
  this boil must be lanced and drained in order to 
  this boil must be lanced and drained in order to 
  this boil must be lanced and drained in order to 
  this boil must be lanced and drained in order to 
  save the healthy tissue surrounding it from 
  save the healthy tissue surrounding it from 
  save the healthy tissue surrounding it from 
  save the healthy tissue surrounding it from 
  becoming anymore infected.
  becoming anymore infected.
  becoming anymore infected.
  becoming anymore infected.     Only then, when this 
   Only then, when this 
   Only then, when this 
   Only then, when this 
  nest of villainy has been cleansed, can we as a 
  nest of villainy has been cleansed, can we as a 
  nest of villainy has been cleansed, can we as a 
  nest of villainy has been cleansed, can we as a 
  city begin to heal and prosper.
  city begin to heal and prosper.
  city begin to heal and prosper.
  city begin to heal and prosper.     It is for 
   It is for 
   It is for 
   It is for this 
  this 
  this 
  this 
  reason, that we have decided to commit to a 
  reason, that we have decided to commit to a 
  reason, that we have decided to commit to a 
  reason, that we have decided to commit to a 
  policy the first of its kind.
  policy the first of its kind.
  policy the first of its kind.
  policy the first of its kind.     Our police, and even 
   Our police, and even 
   Our police, and even 
   Our police, and even 
  the national guard, don't have the resources or 
  the national guard, don't have the resources or 
  the national guard, don't have the resources or 
  the national guard, don't have the resources or 
  the manpower to scour the Combat Zone free of 
  the manpower to scour the Combat Zone free of 
  the manpower to scour the Combat Zone free of 
  the manpower to scour the Combat Zone free of 
  scum, so we are turning the task over to you my 
  scum, so we are turning the task over to you my 
  scum, so we are turning the task over to you my 
  scum, so we are turning the task over to you my 
  fair citizens
  fair citizens
  fair citizens
  fair citizens....     We are calling this program, 
   We are calling this program, 
   We are calling this program, 
   We are calling this program, 
  CARNIVAL...
  CARNIVAL...
  CARNIVAL...
  CARNIVAL... 
   
  Carnival begins on monday, two weeks from now.
  Carnival begins on monday, two weeks from now.
  Carnival begins on monday, two weeks from now.
  Carnival begins on monday, two weeks from now.        
  During this time, we will publicly post the 
  During this time, we will publicly post the 
  During this time, we will publicly post the 
  During this time, we will publicly post the 
  photograph, history, and all relevant 
  photograph, history, and all relevant 
  photograph, history, and all relevant 
  photograph, history, and all relevant 
  information on every wanted criminal in Night 
  information on every wanted criminal in Night 
  information on every wanted criminal in Night 
  information on every wanted criminal in Night 
  City.
  City.
  City.
  City.     In addition, each of these c
   In addition, each of these c
   In addition, each of these c
   In addition, each of these criminals will 
  riminals will 
  riminals will 
  riminals will 
  have open bounties, dead or alive, placed on 
  have open bounties, dead or alive, placed on 
  have open bounties, dead or alive, placed on 
  have open bounties, dead or alive, placed on 
  their heads.
  their heads.
  their heads.
  their heads.     These bounties will be 
   These bounties will be 
   These bounties will be 
   These bounties will be 
  standardized, based on the threat level of the 
  standardized, based on the threat level of the 
  standardized, based on the threat level of the 
  standardized, based on the threat level of the 
  Wanted and his crime.
  Wanted and his crime.
  Wanted and his crime.
  Wanted and his crime.     The Bounties will be rated 
   The Bounties will be rated 
   The Bounties will be rated 
   The Bounties will be rated 
  1 through 5 stars, and pay out as follows:
  1 through 5 stars, and pay out as follows:
  1 through 5 stars, and pay out as follows:
  1 through 5 stars, and pay out as follows: 
  1 Star = 1,000eb
  1 Star = 1,000eb
  1 Star = 1,000eb
  1 Star = 1,000eb 
  2 S
  2 S
  2 S
  2 Stars = 2,500eb
  tars = 2,500eb
  tars = 2,500eb
  tars = 2,500eb 
  3 Stars = 5,000eb
  3 Stars = 5,000eb
  3 Stars = 5,000eb
  3 Stars = 5,000eb 
  4 Stars = 10,000eb
  4 Stars = 10,000eb
  4 Stars = 10,000eb
  4 Stars = 10,000eb 
  5 Stars = 20,000eb
  5 Stars = 20,000eb
  5 Stars = 20,000eb
  5 Stars = 20,000eb 
  The list of Wanted will be posted online, and 
  The list of Wanted will be posted online, and 
  The list of Wanted will be posted online, and 
  The list of Wanted will be posted online, and 
  accessible for free from any dataterm, private 
  accessible for free from any dataterm, private 
  accessible for free from any dataterm, private 
  accessible for free from any dataterm, private 
  computer, or cybermodem.
  computer, or cybermodem.
  computer, or cybermodem.
  computer, or cybermodem.     The list will be 
   The list will be 
   The list will be 
   The list will be 
  posted the Moment Carnival begins, 12am 
  posted the Moment Carnival begins, 12am 
  posted the Moment Carnival begins, 12am 
  posted the Moment Carnival begins, 12am 
  Monday mo
  Monday mo
  Monday mo
  Monday morning, 2 weeks from now.
  rning, 2 weeks from now.
  rning, 2 weeks from now.
  rning, 2 weeks from now.     Bounties on 
   Bounties on 
   Bounties on 
   Bounties on 
  the Wanted may be claimed at the Bounty 
  the Wanted may be claimed at the Bounty 
  the Wanted may be claimed at the Bounty 
  the Wanted may be claimed at the Bounty 
  Reclamation centers located every half mile 
  Reclamation centers located every half mile 
  Reclamation centers located every half mile 
  Reclamation centers located every half mile 
  along the inside of the Wall.
  along the inside of the Wall.
  along the inside of the Wall.
  along the inside of the Wall.     The wall, out to 
   The wall, out to 
   The wall, out to 
   The wall, out to 
  50 meters from it is considered a safe zone, and 
  50 meters from it is considered a safe zone, and 
  50 meters from it is considered a safe zone, and 
  50 meters from it is considered a safe zone, and 
  will be patrolled heavily by National
  will be patrolled heavily by National
  will be patrolled heavily by National
  will be patrolled heavily by National Guard 
   Guard 
   Guard 
   Guard 
  troops.
  troops.
  troops.
  troops.     Any resistance or eruptions of violence 
   Any resistance or eruptions of violence 
   Any resistance or eruptions of violence 
   Any resistance or eruptions of violence 
  in this area will be dealt with harshly and with 
  in this area will be dealt with harshly and with 
  in this area will be dealt with harshly and with 
  in this area will be dealt with harshly and with 
  finality.
  finality.
  finality.
  finality.     We strongly urge any law abiding 
   We strongly urge any law abiding 
   We strongly urge any law abiding 
   We strongly urge any law abiding 
  citizens in the Combat Zone to evacuate before 
  citizens in the Combat Zone to evacuate before 
  citizens in the Combat Zone to evacuate before 
  citizens in the Combat Zone to evacuate before 
  Carnival begins.
  Carnival begins.
  Carnival begins.
  Carnival begins.     We also urge all criminals in 
   We also urge all criminals in 
   We also urge all criminals in 
   We also urge all criminals in 
  the zone wis
  the zone wis
  the zone wis
  the zone wishing to avoid harm to turn 
  hing to avoid harm to turn 
  hing to avoid harm to turn 
  hing to avoid harm to turn 
  themselves in before Carnival starts.
  themselves in before Carnival starts.
  themselves in before Carnival starts.
  themselves in before Carnival starts.     Right 
   Right 
   Right 
   Right 
  now, if you have no warrant on you, you are free 
  now, if you have no warrant on you, you are free 
  now, if you have no warrant on you, you are free 
  now, if you have no warrant on you, you are free 
  to leave the Combat Zone, after checking out 
  to leave the Combat Zone, after checking out 
  to leave the Combat Zone, after checking out 
  to leave the Combat Zone, after checking out 
  through one of the security gates of course.
  through one of the security gates of course.
  through one of the security gates of course.
  through one of the security gates of course.        
  Once Carnival starts, and at all times durin
  Once Carnival starts, and at all times durin
  Once Carnival starts, and at all times durin
  Once Carnival starts, and at all times during it, 
  g it, 
  g it, 
  g it, 
  no one, absolutely no one, other than National 
  no one, absolutely no one, other than National 
  no one, absolutely no one, other than National 
  no one, absolutely no one, other than National 
  Guard personnel will be allowed to leave the 
  Guard personnel will be allowed to leave the 
  Guard personnel will be allowed to leave the 
  Guard personnel will be allowed to leave the 
  Zone.
  Zone.
  Zone.
  Zone.     Any attempts to breach the wall will be 
   Any attempts to breach the wall will be 
   Any attempts to breach the wall will be 
   Any attempts to breach the wall will be 
  dealt with harshly.
  dealt with harshly.
  dealt with harshly.
  dealt with harshly.     Entrance will still be 
   Entrance will still be 
   Entrance will still be 
   Entrance will still be 
  permitted to anyone wishing to partake in 
  permitted to anyone wishing to partake in 
  permitted to anyone wishing to partake in 
  permitted to anyone wishing to partake in 
  Carnival, but once you en
  Carnival, but once you en
  Carnival, but once you en
  Carnival, but once you enter you are there for 
  ter you are there for 
  ter you are there for 
  ter you are there for 
  the duration.
  the duration.
  the duration.
  the duration. 
   
  Carnival will last for 7 days, all posted 
  Carnival will last for 7 days, all posted 
  Carnival will last for 7 days, all posted 
  Carnival will last for 7 days, all posted 
  bounties will be paid dead or alive via cred 
  bounties will be paid dead or alive via cred 
  bounties will be paid dead or alive via cred 
  bounties will be paid dead or alive via cred 
  stick.
  stick.
  stick.
  stick.     Anyone attempting to bring in a person 
   Anyone attempting to bring in a person 
   Anyone attempting to bring in a person 
   Anyone attempting to bring in a person 
  without a bounty on their head will have a 
  without a bounty on their head will have a 
  without a bounty on their head will have a 
  without a bounty on their head will have a 
  bounty placed on their own head and be 
  bounty placed on their own head and be 
  bounty placed on their own head and be 
  bounty placed on their own head and be 
  arr
  arr
  arr
  arrested immediately and charged with either 
  ested immediately and charged with either 
  ested immediately and charged with either 
  ested immediately and charged with either 
  assault and false arrest if the person is alive, 
  assault and false arrest if the person is alive, 
  assault and false arrest if the person is alive, 
  assault and false arrest if the person is alive, 
  or first degree murder if the victim is dead."
  or first degree murder if the victim is dead."
  or first degree murder if the victim is dead."
  or first degree murder if the victim is dead." 
   
  
  This message is repeated 4 times a day 
  on all stations for the next two weeks, 
  local and cable, as well as being 
  continuously run on Media Blimps.  
  Protests explode onto the streets in 
  front of city hall, police stations, and 
  the Governors office from liberal 
  groups.  Conservatives on the other 
  hand support the measure, claiming its 
  about time the people got tough on 
  crime.  Small skirmishes erupt at 
  the gates and several attempts are 
  made to breach the wall.  The 
  National Guard troops are 
  reinforced with tanks, APC, and 
  ACPA, as well as AV's.  The 
  troops are given orders to retaliate 
  against all hostiles with deadly 
  force. 
   
   
   
  WEEK 7 
  Non felons and law abiding citizens of the combat 
  zone are continuously urged to evacuate the Combat 
  Zone, those with felonies are urged to turn 
  themselves in for their own safety before Carnival 
  begins.  Bounty Reclamation and Holding points are 
  set up along the inside of the wall.  These 
  Reclamation points are essentially heavily armored 
  pods, with  a Computer tying them into the FBI 
  database.  Manned by two armed guards who will 
  check any bounties ID through visual identification, 
  fingerprinting, and if possible, DNA.   All air traffic 
  above the zone  is banned with the exceptions of 
  Police, National Guard, and unmanned remote 
  broadcast airships.  Even in the sewers the 
  perimeter is maintained by all available Police and 
  National Guard Full Conversions and robohounds.  
  Bounty hunters, mercenaries, and professionals 
  from all over the world descend on Night City in 
  preparation. 
   
   
   
  WEEK 8 
  0:00:00 hours monday 
  morning the Bounty 
  List is posted and 
  Carnival begins.  The 
  Combat Zone is sealed, 
  no one is allowed to exit, 
  though they allow 
  anyone entrance.  The 
  city holds its breath, 
  watching the live broadcasts as virtually every 
  media outlet sends in small unmanned remote 
  controlled broadcast 
  airships as they have 
  access to.  Some Media 
  Corps even go so far as to 
  hire teams of solos or 
  contract with bounty 
  hunter teams to document 
  their actions via constant 
  live feed.  These teams are 
  outfitted to their hearts 
  desire with the promise 
  that their footage will win 
  them their own "reality" 
  style program.  
  Mercenaries, off duty 
  cops, bounty hunters and even regular citizens pour 
  into the zone. 
   
   
  
   
   
  DAY 1-2 
  Total chaos, all hell 
  breaks loose in the 
  Combat Zone.  Gunfire, 
  screams, and explosions 
  are constant.  
  Remaining business 
  owners and families 
  barricade themselves in, 
  opening fire without 
  mercy on anyone they perceive as a threat.  Bounty 
  Hunters comb the streets, most work with 
  netrunners who can quickly identify anyone they 
  come across as being either 
  wanted or civilian.  Other 
  hunters in the Zone have less 
  compunction and simply kill 
  anyone they see, identifying 
  them after they are dead, any 
  without bounties they leave 
  where they lie.  It's a true 
  free for all, and the abominations committed on and 
  off camera quickly expose this as being an extremely 
  bad situation.  To better defend against the hunters, 
  booster gangs join together for protection.  The 
  hard-core denizens of 
  the zone either hole up 
  in defense of their 
  homes or take the 
  fight to the streets.   Reports of rape, indiscriminate 
  murder, looting, and all manner of horror come 
  filtering back in through the media.   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  DAY 3 
  Things quiet down a bit.  Gunfights and explosions 
  still erupt and half the 
  zone is burning or in 
  rubble.  Most of the 
  remaining Wanted are 
  well holed up.  Food 
  and water are 
  becoming scarce and 
  the electricity has been 
  shut off in most of the Zone.  Anyone armed or in a 
  group traveling through the streets faces constant 
  sniper fire and barrages of molotov cocktails.  
  Hunters have to conduct building to building 
  searches, facing heavily fortified and well armed 
  Wanted and citizens alike, dug in hard for the 
  situation.  Looters and profiteers prowl the alleys, 
  sneaking through any standing and unoccupied 
  buildings to scavenge what they can.  Hundreds of 
  people gather huddled 
  against the inside wall, 
  trying to escape the 
  violence.  Heavily armed 
  Guardsmen provide relative 
  safety, opening fire with 
  deadly precision against 
  anyone attempting to breach 
  the wall or committing a 
  violent act within the 50 foot 
  perimeter of the wall.  The 
  Bounty holding centers are 
  overflowing, but not as bad as the pods set aside for 
  the dead Wanted, which are replaced via Military 
  AV at a rate of about every 6 hours.  It is estimated 
  that over two thirds of the hunters who entered the 
  Zone are now dead or dying.   New Hunters still 
  arrive, though the rate of entry has slowed to a 
  trickle. 
   
  
   
   
  DAY 4 
  The combat gang 
  Maelstrom loads up 2 
  school busses 
  (armored with steel 
  plating welded to the 
  frames) with its lower 
  ranking members.  
  The heavily armed 
  boosters prowl the streets, raping and killing anyone 
  they catch in the open.  The busses are immediately 
  picked up by NET 54 media 
  blimps and followed.  They 
  catch one of the busses 
  engaging a single man backed 
  up only by an unseen sniper.   
  The solo and his sniper manage 
  to kill 12 of the boosters before 
  the bus and remaining 
  members retreat.  
  Unfortunately the Solo is then 
  seen succumbing to his wounds.  Footage of this airs 
  constantly.  Slaughterhouse, the rival gang of the 
  Maelstrom, and second largest booster gang in the 
  zone, turns on the lesser gangs it has allied itself 
  with, killing their leaders.  Maelstrom matches this 
  move by turning the leaders of the lesser gangs it has 
  allied with in for the bounties.  The remaining 
  members of the lesser gangs either join the 
  respective larger gangs, or are turned out on the 
  street. 
   
   
   
  DAY 5 
  Maelstrom unleashes 
  their secret weapon, a 
  punknaught they had 
  been constructing for 
  months.  The leader had 
  been planning to use it 
  against Slaughterhouse, but an overeager young 
  lieutenant takes it upon himself to gather 25 other 
  members of the gang and uses the punknaught to 
  make a run on the gates.  This incident is the only 
  successful breach reported during the entirety of 
  Carnival.  The punknaught makes it a total of 2 
  blocks, when while trying to turn a corner it swings 
  wide and crashes into a building.  Police and 
  national guard descend upon 
  the punknaught and its crew 
  like an angry horde.  In the 
  ensuing gunfight all the 
  Maelstrom, 10 police officers, 7 
  guardsmen, and 5 civilians are 
  killed, including a 7 year old 
  child.  This is captured and 
  broadcast live via a WNS 
  media blimp. 
   
   
   
   
  
   
  DAY 6 
  Public outrage over the 
  punknaught incident 
  erupts into a full scale riot 
  outside city hall.  The 
  mayors aid is drug into 
  the streets and beaten to 
  death.  The NCPD riot 
  squad, backed by both 
  SWAT and E-SWAT disperse the crowd and in a 
  surprise move arrest the mayor.  Watching all this 
  unfold live on, the Governor puts a loaded gun in his 
  mouth and pulls the trigger.  The federal 
  government steps in, immediately declaring 
  Carnival to be over.  The National Guard is 
  reinforced by 
  the red cross 
  and given new 
  orders..  Many 
  civilian doctors 
  and emergency 
  workers 
  mobilize into 
  the zone.  
  Anyone seeking 
  medical aid is seen to, serious injuries are extracted 
  vi Trauma Team AV with the city picking up the 
  bill.  A complete Ceasefire is ordered and broadcast 
  across the Zone.  Troops are ordered to only fire if 
  fired upon.  All the Wanted still in the zone with a 
  bounty of 3 stars or less are given a presidential 
  pardon as long as they report to a reclamation 
  center to receive the proper 
  paperwork and are properly 
  registered.  4 and 5 star Wanted 
  are given a temporary reprieve 
  for as long as the relief efforts 
  last.  They are not permitted to 
  leave the zone without being 
  arrested, but remain 
  unmolested by the troops and 
  aid workers.  The gates remain restricted as well, 
  entrance is permissible only to emergency 
  personnel.  Leaving is allowed but you still must go 
  through the secured gates.  Everyone leaving is 
  searched for illegal weapons and contraband.  The 
  Bounty Reclamation centers have been converted to 
  Pardon Registration, and to be pardoned you must 
  register.  If you are one of the 1-3 star Wanted, you 
  must go here and have the papers in order to leave 
  the Zone.  In addition to medical personnel, 
  firefighters come in to put out the major fires, and 
  the water and electricity are restored.  Private and 
  military trucks are called in to gather and remove 
  bodies. 
   
   
   
  Residents of the Zone who do leave will be 
  automatically eligible for a place in the new low 
  income housing megaplex being built by a 
  conglomeration of corporations including Arasaka, 
  Militech, Biotechnica, General Foods, and others.  
  They will be provided space rent free for 6 months 
  with the option to stay as paying tenants after that 
  time is up.  Adults will be offered jobs with the 
  various corporations, and education centers will be 
  set up for the children. 
   
   
   
  The reclamation of the Combat Zone will last 10 
  days.  After all the injured who wish to leave have 
  been evacuated, all the bodies have been removed, 
  and all the utilities are running again, the 
  emergency forces will pull out completely.  No 
  reconstruction will take place, and all those left 
  inside the zone will be left once more to their own 
  devices. 
   
   
   
  AFTERMATH: 
  The Mayor will be put on trial and convicted, 
  sentenced to 25 years maximum security.  The entire 
  affair is widely publicized, and the resulting outrage 
  
  is a harsh blow to the Republican party, allowing 
  the Democrats to sweep the elections in Northern 
  California. 
   
  Any unclaimed bodies from the incident are sold to 
  Biotechnica for research purposes. 
   
  Debate over whether to tear down the wall will 
  continue for months.  In the meantime the gates will 
  remain manned and monitored by police.  Entrance 
  into the zone will be freely permitted, leaving 
  however still requires an identity check, and random 
  searches of vehicles will occur based on suspicion. 
   
  Maelstrom and Slaughterhouse emerge from the 
  Combat Zone as the reigning power in the area, all 
  smaller gangs are either wiped out completely or are 
  subsumed into the two larger gangs. 
   
  Stories of heroism, survival, and atrocities from the 
  Combat Zone incident dominate airwaves for 
  months and even years after.  Some of the worst 
  offenders are actually private teams hired by Media 
  Corps. 
   
  The total death toll in the Zone will never be 
  known.  Estimates put it as high as 5,500.  Of the 
  2,986 bounties turned in, over two thirds were 
  brought in dead.   Of the estimated 400+ Hunters 
  that went in, roughly 20% survived.   Property 
  damage is impossible to determine, since many of 
  the buildings in the zone were already condemned. 
   
   
   
  GM notes:  The ideas presented here are intended to give game 
  masters a chance to put their players through all out hell.  For 
  the 6 days of Carnival they will have to deal with survival 
  during the absolute worst possible conditions.  I have provided 
  many plot hooks to get your players in the Zone during 
  Carnival, be they Hunters themselves, privately or sponsored, 
  residents of the zone just trying to survive, they could even be 
  members of the National Guard stationed at the wall.  Or 
  alternatively, they could be outside the zone, perhaps trying to 
  find a way to smuggle friends and family out, or involved in a 
  political fight to bring the situation to an end.  The possibilities 
  are endless.  I have purposely left most of this scenario as open 
  ended as possible, allowing you to customize it to your own 
  game, however I will clarify a few points: 
   
  Each Section of the Wall has an SP of 250 and an SDP of 300. 
   
  It IS possible to hack into the government files and obtain 
  information about Carnival before the event begins.  Doing so 
  is extremely difficult however.  Getting the Bounty list is even 
  harder. 
   
  Feel free to change anything you wish about this to suit your 
  own game. 
   
   
   
   
  
  Written by Deric Bernier, images from Deric Bernier, Metal, Sillage, Sky Blue, Mospeada, HK, Luis Royo and other unknown artists. 
   
  For more of the best Cyberpunk 2020 goodness available, go to 
   
   
  http://datafortress2020.110mb.com/ 
  To e-mail the author: 
  droc@mc2k.com 
   
  
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