LETTER #1:
To the Citizens of Steel Horse Crossing and others residing in the region,
I apologize for my absence from last trade meet; my work became rather pressing at short notice so I was required to drop all plans in order to adapt. So is the life of a member of the Ossuary Society and others who work with the Mortis Amaranthine.
You may already be aware of the recent prevalence of Grave Bloom at your settlement. What you may not be aware of are the causes and origin of this disease: an overactive Mortis Amaranthine. In this case, it would appear that a number of recent occurrences at Steel Horse Crossing have intensified one another leading to an unsustainable amount of infection growth, such as a recent uptick of deaths due to the Society of Raider Research (SORR) and associated fallout, as well as alleged infection farming and elevated levels of psionic activity. However, we have reason to believe there are further factors not yet accounted for.
Upon meeting with my colleagues among The Helldivers, it has been decided that a number of exploratory expeditions into the tunnels below town are necessary to research the corruption we are dealing with. At this time it is unclear which factors can be mitigated, which have cemented their influence within the Mortis Amaranthine, and how best to navigate the situation going forward.
As such, we are requesting aid from the people of Steel Horse Crossing, members of the Ossuary Society who are not currently occupied, and any other brave individuals across the Wasteland willing to endanger themselves to help protect the settlement.
Sweeny of The Prognostic Order of the Ossuary Society
Letter #2:
Wow that sure is a lot! For those of us not fluent in “Morgue Nerd”, I have a quick translation.
Steel Horse Crossing is in a bad way. So bad, they don’t know how bad it is yet. Their local Gravemind is overactive, or sick, or both. These guys are looking into how sick (or overactive) exactly and what to do about it, but to do that they need help.
There are plenty of reasons why the Gravemind is sick: psions, fanatics, infection farmers, but that’s just a lot of surface level information. It doesn’t tell us how bad it actually is, or how to fix it.
Sounds like they want deeper info. Like literally deeper.
But if you live here don’t panic yet. You probably have at least a week or two to leave before everything hits the fan.
From the desk of Igz, assistant to Sweeny