Red Markets – “The Missionaries 5: Before and After”

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Jan 102018
 
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When a documentary filmmaker puts out a call for Takers to journey to a fallen enclave out in The Loss, The Missionaries answer! They’ll have to infiltrate Payton-Stokes Academy, a private high school designed during the paranoid days of bomb threats and active shooters, to get the footage the client wants. During The Crash, the school was an ideal spot to set up an enclave: good sight lines, tight security, backup power supply. However, because of the Romero Effect, the students and their families who took refuge there succumbed to a Vector outbreak, and the entire settlement collapsed. Whistler, Deacon and UNIX set off believing that they’re walking into an abattoir of roaming Casualties, but what they find at Payton-Stokes is far more disturbing. Can they wrap production on time and under budget, or will their simple shoot turn into a living nightmare?

Red Markets – “The Missionaries 4: Lights of Atlantis”

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Jan 032018
 
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For the survivors eking out a living in the enclave of Bounty, the two most essential items are water and power. Without clean water to drink from the desalination plant, the enclave would not be able to exist. Without the electricity its solar panels supply to the local enclaves, it would have nothing to trade for food and other necessities. When a power line feeding Atlantis, the enclave that controls the region’s fresh water supply, is unexpectedly severed, the leader of Bounty turns to The Missionaries to make the repair. In addition, they’ll have to set things right with Poseidon, the King of Atlantis, who insists that the interruption merits a formal apology. All goes according to plan, until a desperate plea for help from one of Atlantis’ citizens presents the Taker crew with an ethical conundrum and threatens the survival of their home enclave.

Red Markets – “The Missionaries 3: New Bern Blows!”

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Dec 132017
 
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One of the keys to survival out in The Loss is community—being a part of an enclave and having access to the skills and support it provides. Not every enclave that sprang up since The Crash has survived, however. Outbreaks of hot Blight have turned many former bastions of civilization into festering casualty traps. This week, The Missionaries are hired by their enclave to retrieve the plans for an energy-efficient windmill from just such a place, but when they arrive, they discover that the area’s real problem is the living. Can they extract the plans without agitating the Shepherds who have started using the place as a pen for nearby casualties? Listen to find out!

Red Markets – “The Missionaries 2: Till Death Do Us Part”

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Dec 062017
 
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It seems like a simple job. Go to the home of a reclusive starlet out in The Loss. Find her safe and gain access. Put the marriage license inside on a drone that will take it back to the client.

But in the Loss, there’s no such thing as simple.

When a devious trap leads Watchdog to be exposed to The Blight, the team will have to close ranks and cover each other’s backs just in case he goes vector. Oh, and the job site has been exposed to the elements since The Crash, leaving the interiors a potential death trap of rotten floors. Will the takers clear enough bounty on this job to make their bills? Can they find the safe, retrieve the document and get out without ending up in the basement? Is Watchdog infected?

Listen to find out!

Red Markets – “The Missionaries 1: An Easy Retirement”

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Oct 042017
 
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When The Crash came, with its pleading Vectors and shambling Casualties, death marches and Recession, it was only natural that people would turn to religion. The people of Bountiful, Utah, flocked to the temple, trusting in The Lord to see them through the end. But the world went on, and now, five years later, the safe haven of the Bountiful Enclave seems more like a pen than a refuge. Five Takers, eager to make a name for themselves, set out on a mission of mercy to put a client’s beloved parents to rest. On the way, they’ll encounter forgotten scenes of horror from the early days of the apocalypse, impossibly trapped Casualties, and nearly impassable obstacles. Can they reach the retirement community, locate the client’s family and get the job done, or will they join the ranks of the dearly departed wandering endlessly within the retirement community’s gates? Listen to find out, as we kick off another Spooktober with the first installment of our Red Markets campaign!

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