The Grand Council of the Rabbi stand on a balcony, their people gathered below them. After a few moments of silence, Chellah, the oldest and wisest Rabbi opens his mouth to speak, clutching an aged Torah in his hands “And the Lord saw that the evil of Man was great on the Earth, and He became grieved in His heart.” And the Lord said, "I will blot out man, whom I created, from upon the face of the earth, from man to cattle to creeping thing, to the fowl of the heavens, for I regret that I made them." And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has become full of robbery because of them, and behold I am destroying them from the earth. And I, behold I am bringing the flood, water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the spirit of life, from beneath the heavens; all that is upon the earth will perish.” This was the tale of the First Flooding of the Earth, and now we are beyond the Second. When Yaweh saw his people’s death, he took pity on us, for we are His chosen people, and so once again, the world was Flooded once more, but this time with fire. But as the fire cleansed the earth, so did Yaweh spare heathens- criminals, thieves, bandits, and simple survivors. Why? To test our faith. For these unbelievers, we have two options. We must peacefully convert them to the ways of Yaweh, to spare them from Hell. But those who cannot be converted must be destroyed with haste, lest their heathen ways take hold. This is Yaweh’s plan, eternal, and we are his people.” He pauses for effect and continues. “Now is the time for action, as Yaweh wills it. We will send eight Ayder out, each in a simple rowboat and then, once on shore they will go on foot: north, south, east, and west; and northwest, southeast, northeast, and southwest. The parties shall go out to scout and see if they can find anything- factories to scavenge from, other survivors, or even bandits. They shall move carefully with Yahweh’s blessing, and not stir trouble, nor be tempted by greed. Furthermore, all firearms not directly in use by the Ayder are to be turned in to craftsmen, who will study their workings to see if they can be replicated or repaired. In addition, all Ayder not on direct patrol will scavenge sandbags, bricks, and anything else they can find to begin building a wall around the port of our great city of New Zion. The wall should be sturdy, and high enough that you need a small platform to see above it. From this wall we will have regular patrols, and at all time have men monitoring to see if any should land in our port. We will allow in any friendly survivors and give them shelter and food. However, they are required to leave all weapons with the guard force before being integrated to our society. We shall also fly our flags high in the air to attract all people to our great city. Any radio systems we can find shall advertize our city of New Zion as a great haven for survivors. We will send a ferry back and forth across the sea to bring any new citizens in.” With that, the Rabbi leave the balcony and personally assign the soldiers to their missions. Summary: 3000 citizens
830 skilled craftsmen 40 gunsmiths
40 cobblers
60 tailors
30 blacksmiths
80 fine artists (painters, jewlers, musicians, etc.)
150 engineers (mechanical, electrical, etc.)
30 plumbers
30 electricians
240 municipal workers (teachers, builders, firefighters, doctors/healthcare workers, architects, etc.)
50 carpenters
50 masons
20 livestock breeders
30 veterinarians
1000 unskilled laborers, assorted
100 skilled merchants/buisness owners
500 farmers/fishers and food producers.
750 soldiers
300 infantry
300 archers
75 highly skilled, elite infantry
75 highly skilled, elite archers
Usable Guns:
Mauser-Norris Model 67/69 (x8)
Mannlicher M1895 (x10)
Short Magazine Lee-enfield mk.III (x9)
Mauser Model 1887 (x5)
Beretta M1951 (x3)
M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun (x2)
82-pm-41 (x1)
Ithica Model 37 (x1) (6 shots)
Unusable Guns:
Mauser-Norris Model 67/69 (x10) (84 rounds)
Mannlichter m1895 (x9) (77 rounds)
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk.III (x15) (108 rounds)
Mauser Model 1887 (x4) (35 rounds)
Baretta m1951 (x4) (8 clips)
Wz.35 Anti-tank rifle (x1) (12 rounds)
Actions (in chronological order):
Flags of New Zion are being raised and across all radio channels people are advertizing New Zion as a haven for survivors. From the buildings, a Rabbi uses a telescope to watch the mainland and see if there is any immediate danger.
If there is none, a ferry is operated, using all remaining fuel in the city, scavenged from cars, planes and any reserves they can find. The boat is brought to the mainland with 12 squadrons of men on it (6 of which are on a different mission), and shut off to conserve fuel. The soldiers who are staying hole up in the ferry office, making it as defensible as possible, and raise a New Zion flag above it. They demand that any approaching lower their weapons and enter the office to be taken to New Zion, where the weapons are confiscated, they are searched, and then kept under close watch. Once a minimum of 15 people arrive, the ferry will leave back for New Zion carrying its new passengers. The guns are given to the gunsmiths and other weapons are given to the Ayder.
Squadrons regularly patrol through the city to keep peace, and there are always at least 3 stationed directly at the port to watch for anybody entering and exiting. People that enter are greeted cautiously but non-aggressively, their weapons confiscated, and they are brought to the recruitment office to see what job they will eventually take.
Eight four-man squadrons of soldiers will move in eight directions from the city: North, South, East, West; and northeast, southwest and southeast. The groups are armed as follows: North Group 2 elite, highly skilled infantry, one with a fair quality spear and the other well with a sturdy wooden club.
2 elite, highly skilled archers, one with a bow and 24 arrows and the other with a sling and a bag of about 100 pebbles. All four are armed with knives of varying quality. South Group 2 elite, highly skilled infantry, both with fair quality spears.
2 archers, both with slings and bags of 100-ish pebbles. All four are armed with knives of varying quality. East Group 2 elite, highly skilled infantry, one with a low quality sword and the other with a well made club. Two archers, one with an Ithica Model 37 shotgun with 6 shots and one armed a bow and 24 arrows. All four are armed with knives of varying quality. Northeast Group 2 elite, highly skilled infantry, both armed with sections of metal piping
2 elite, highly skilled archers, 1 with a bow and arrow and 24 arrows and the other with 10 throwing knives. All four are armed with knives of varying quality. Southeast Group 2 elite, highly skilled infantry, both armed with metal crowbars
2 elite, highly skilled archers, both with bows and 24 arrows each. All four are armed with knives of varying quality.
The groups will move a two day mission, exploring for one day and coming back on the second, filling out maps and marking down all places of interest--bandits, factories, towns, houses, anything, but will stay as quiet and stealthy as possible. They will not engage in combat unless absolutely necessary and try to remain undetected by anybody while filling out their maps. They will remain together and not split up and will have at least one person keeping watch at all times. They will travel light and only eat dry, uncooked food kept inside their pockets. They will sleep in bedrolls with watch changing every two hours, and not light any fires, make any noise, or contact anybody. (MOD PLS)
All usable and broken guns and all ammunition not in use by the away-squads will be turned over to gunsmiths, who will examine them and try to find ways to replicate the gun parts, fix the broken ones, and manufacture more guns and ammo. (MOD PLS)
All construction workers and builders will work with the Ayder that are not on patrol around the city in constructing a wall/barricade around the land side of the city, covering all entrances and exits. The wall will be sturdy and high enough that you cannot see over the top of it, but you can easily use small platforms to look over the top and defend. There will be minor repairs done on any of the walls on Portside that need fixing. (MOD PLS)