Manhattan Outbreak

= Manhattan Outbreak =



General
The Manhattan Outbreak was the first area of Red Plague infection. In late 2021 Red Plague escaped Harran Research Facility in upstate New York. It moved through towns infecting people. However these towns were able to be quarantined as Red Plague has not developed enough. Red Plague however chose ground zero for worldwide infection. New York City. At first Red Plague outbreaks were contained. However soon millions were getting infected. Mass paranoia spread and people began an attempt to escape the island. NYPD and US Armed Forces bombed tunnels out of the city and boats were unable to enter the Hudson or East rivers. As the plague ravaged Manhattan millions attempted to escape on bridges out of the city. However US forces had blockaded the bridges and set up quarantine zones. Rich people were able to bribe there way out of the city by helicopter unknowingly carrying the infection. Soon quarantine zones were overrun by millions fleeing Manhattan. Millions were infected when attempting to escape. The operation failed and airstrikes were conducted on all bridges and tunnels out of the island. Manhattan was completely overrun with infection and hundreds escaped carrying the virus and spreading it.

Military response
After hundreds appeared in hospitals CDC and Hospital agents are going missing are being investigated. Live TV networks depicted nightmarish conditions in hospitals. NY Hospital was ground zero for infection. After Red Plague infected escaped they spread the virus across the city. NYPD attempted to establish curfew but chaos ensued with hundreds infected at Times Square and Central Park. Military forces began arriving in huge numbers by the fourth day. The entire city was quarantined with experiments being done on citizens. NYPD was dissolved as martial law began. Red Plague continued spreading overrunning several outposts on the island. By day 12 the military evacuated to the bridges completely and began carpet bombing. Millions overran checkpoints and blockades and deadly force was authorized. Conditions got so bad airstrikes commenced on major contaminated zones and bridges in an attempt to stop the infection. However Red Plague had escaped the city and soon most of the world would be infected.

Casualties
Civilian - 7,500,000

NYPD - 32,000

Hospital - Wiped out

Civil - Wiped out

Military - 25,000