From: owner-deltagreen-digest@nocturne.org (deltagreen-digest) To: deltagreen-digest@nocturne.org Subject: deltagreen-digest V1 #42 Reply-To: Delta Green List Sender: owner-deltagreen-digest@nocturne.org Errors-To: owner-deltagreen-digest@nocturne.org Precedence: bulk deltagreen-digest Tuesday, June 16 1998 Volume 01 : Number 042 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 16:23:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Jonathan P Keim Subject: DG: Y2K problem I attended the 7th International Conference on Arms Control in Philadelphia last week and the speach over lunch on Monday was given by Sam Nunn (ex-Senator of Georgia i believe). In it he raised some very interesting points, among them some high-profile government computer hacks during the Gulf War, a 20 some year old physically and mentally handicapped fellow wandering his way through high security cyberspace, and the dreaded Y2K problem. However, he put quite an interesting twist on that particular dilemma. With the fall of USSR, some 30,000 nuclear devices suddenly had an interesting future offered to them. Diplomatic means resulted in Russia remaining the only state with nuclear capability (well, that is what they say anyway...) But, that state now suffers from a decaying early-warning systems as well as control and security measures. So, Nunn's big question was: "What is the nature of Russia's Y2K problem?" Interesting point, eh? Munch munch+@pitt.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:01:31 EDT From: Escutcheon@aol.com Subject: DG: Attack of the Mutant Seaweed I was reading in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine the other day and noticed Robert Silverberg's "Reflections" column, entitled "Mutant Seaweed Engulfs the Mediterranean". Apparently, aquarium staff at the Wilhelmina Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany imported an attractive Pacific seaweed called "Caulerpa taxifolia", which they carefully bred, subjected to ultraviolet, and possibly hybridized with another species. They then kindly shared this improved seaweed with colleagues around Europe. An aquarium in Monaco accidentally released the stuff into the Mediterranean. Now it's spreading like wildfire, annihilating all other forms of sea life in it's path. Fish won't eat it (it's toxic) and it rapidly chokes out other sea plants. The Deep Ones are going to be ticked. So much for the Med, J. Frederick MacKenzie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:28:26 -0400 From: "Jimmie Bise, Jr." Subject: Re: DG: Re: Re: New Cell Formation >Now really, Jim. This sort of thing isn't nearly revolting enough. We have >standards to maintain on this list. And besides, you left out housefly >digestion. Didn't you see David Croenenburg's remake of The Fly? > >I laughed until my wife had me sedated, but I didn't hurl, I humbly apologize, but I'm just warming up, and Agent WALLACE is a friend of mine..:-) - -Jim =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= All instruments are spiritual. Everything [musical]...is spiritual, even the stuff that's decadent. -Wynton Marsalis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:59:45 -0400 (EDT) From: The Man in Black Subject: Re: DG: Re: A Conversation with Y'golonac (or Mib's European Vacation) On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Conspiracy Victim, Gerry Mckelvey wrote: > uh....I'm not sure where the MIB gets his inspiration, but I do hope it's > not contagious.... I am inspired by the delicate beauty of nature. > Just stay on the medication next time, ok? Please? and promise me that > you'll put away all the sharp pointy objects in you're house? I promise you (and you can trust me when I say this) that I would never *EVER* poke someone with the pointy bits. The Man in Black is : your hero, role-model, paragon of virtue Novus Ordo Seclorum : Annuit Coeptus : E Pluribus Unum ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:06:03 -0400 (EDT) From: The Man in Black Subject: Re: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, wormbait Jimmie Bise, Jr. wrote: > As I recall, snakes, constrictors specifically, have that same little > quirk. I also recall that the gastropods from the War against the Chtorr > series (by David Gerrold) had the same quirk, but they were a heck of a lot > nastier (and worth looking into for a sheer killing machine-type beastie). Chtorrans are worth looking into because of the Alien Ecology Chtorraforming the Earth. The Killing machine is just a side-effect. The Man in Black is : Kenneth Scroggins Novus Ordo Seclorum : Annuit Coeptus : E Pluribus Unum ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:32:36 -0700 From: "Al MacMillan" Subject: DG: Canadian Intelligence community This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BD9883.963F23E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After running a rather lengthly DG campaign, and ALL the operative = getting "dispatched" or driven mad; one of my players asked me if i = would run a Canadian based DG Cell campaign. Now i'm faced with the task of reseaching the Canadian intelligence = community and how it works through administration, etc. Embarassing enough to be a canadian all my life and know next to nothing = about our own Intelligence. So anyways, anyone with information/ ideas for my upcomming slaughter = would be appreciated. More to come as the "chapters" unfold.... 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- ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BD9883.963F23E0-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:15:30 +0900 From: ft203004@fsinet.or.jp (Jay and Mikiko Noyes) Subject: Re: DG: Re: New Cell Formation > I'm WALLACE? I thought I was WALTER! Man, this >code-name-based-on-real-name stuff is for the birds. In Shadowrun I'd be >"Quickdeath" or "Rapidly Deteriorating Colon" or something cool and easy to >remember. And Cell W? Doesn't that mean _everybody_ is higher up than us? >(Except those schmucks in Y and Z cells. What about Cell X? There is no >Cell X. Those schmucks at Fox TV ruined it for everybody. And what the >hell do you call the guys in Z? Zed, Zach and _what_?) > Has anyone thought of a plot where Delta Green agents go rogue and begin >killing fellow DG agents higher up the pecking order just to get cooler >names? Is it just me, or are we starting to sound like a scene from Reservoir Dogs? MR PINK: Why am I Mr. Pink? JOE: 'Cause you're a faggot. _everybody laughs_ MR PINK: Why can't we pick our own color? JOE: I tried that once, it don't work. You get four guys fighting over who's gonna be Mr. Black. Since nobody knows anybody else, nobody wants to back down. So forget it, I pick. Be thankful you're not Mr. Yellow. Jay Gibber gibber, squeak squeak ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:19:59 +0900 From: "David Farnell" Subject: RE: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats - -----Original Message----- ·ol : Jimmie Bise, Jr. ˆΆζ : Delta Green List “ϊŽž : 1998”N6ŒŽ16“ϊ 3:32 Œ–Ό : Re: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats >Who knew all those Sunday afternoons I spent watching Wild Kingdom would >pay off so handsomely? :-) > Holy cow, that spawned a whole weird thread. Lotsa good, nasty ideas. (Mmmm, coffee-ground vomit.) OK, what's the name of that little parasitical worm that needs to go through several animals in its life cycle? It's eaten by a bird, then shat out, then eaten by a banana slug (I think), then it migrates up to the slug's brain where it drives the slug insane (yes, even slugs have SAN), causing it to have a cumpulsion to climb to the tops of tree or bush branches. Simultaneously, it causes the slug's antennae to swell up and glow phosphorescently. Once the slug has helplessly slithered up to the treetops, it starts waving these painful-looking antennae around, which attracts a bird...CHOMP. (I can hear the wheels turning in your heads.) Two for the price of one: How about them naked mole-rats? Hairless, eyeless, live in termite-like colonies with a queen who's the only one to reproduce, mammals but not warm-blooded, big shovel-like rodent teeth that they use to chew their way through the earth. I figure giant ones live in the Dreamlands and hunt humans in howling packs. Or normal-sized ones tunnel up under you, collapse the ground under you, and NAKED MOLE RAT PACK ATTACK! BZZZZZZT. Or mutant mole-rat maggots implanted in Agent Wallace's gut... (Hey, anybody get fooled by that Discover magazine April-Fools article a few years back? Arctic mole-rats with heat-organs on their heads, burrowing through the ice faster than a grown man can run--the author of one of the first X-Files guides bought that one hook, line and sinker, published it as if it were true.) Be seeing you, David Farnell PS: If I ever form a band, I've got dibs on "Naked Mole Rat Pack Attack" for the name. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:07:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Juneau Subject: RE: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, David Farnell wrote: > (Hey, anybody get fooled by that Discover magazine April-Fools article a few > years back? Arctic mole-rats with heat-organs on their heads, burrowing > through the ice faster than a grown man can run--the author of one of the > first X-Files guides bought that one hook, line and sinker, published it as > if it were true.) Well, something like that appears in the GURPS Black Ops book... which I seem to have left in Missoula, hmm. "Ice weasels", I think it was. Don ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:39:50 -0700 From: "Gerry Mckelvey" Subject: DG: Re: Y2K problem . With the fall of USSR, > some 30,000 nuclear devices suddenly had an interesting future offered to > them. Diplomatic means resulted in Russia remaining the only state with > nuclear capability (well, that is what they say anyway...) But, that > state now suffers from a decaying early-warning systems as well as control > and security measures. So, Nunn's big question was: "What is the nature > of Russia's Y2K problem?" Interesting point, eh? > Munch 'interesting' is hardly the way I'd put it...russia's command/control net was never the best to begin with and it's been rotting since the fall of the ussr...I don't think they've even got the $$$ to do a Y2K fix, but i'm not sure on that...in any event, that's a scary thought...every technological nation out there is gonna be a might nervous come year 2000. even the most stable are gonna have some things they forgot to fix in time... Jerry McKelvey Exitus Acta Probat. > munch+@pitt.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:12:16 +0900 From: "David Farnell" Subject: DG: Old MacDonald had a farm...(Minor Spoiler) All right, I've hammered the Christians, now it's time to go after the Pagans! spoiler alert I was JUST KIDDING, OK!? spoiler alert Now, I'm planning to use Yig in an upcoming adventure, and that got me thinking about animal spirits, totems, gods, what have you. I mean, we've got Yig with us, for sure, and now there's Coyote in the DG book. What about the others? Where do they come from, what's their Mythos connection? It's easy to make Yig out as evil, because of his (her?) association with the Serpent People, but really, is that a given? Yig seems to me pretty neutral and not necessarily as corrupting as, say, Tsathoggua (who could qualify as the Easter-Bunny-with-a-Hangover god--you have to be pretty corrupted to worship him without laughing). Thing is, Yig doesn't seem alien. (Of course there's really no evil in the Mythos, but "corrupting" and "alien" end up meaning about the same thing.) I propose the possibility that Yig belongs to the same rough family as Coyote, Bear, Spider, Raven and other spirits, animal or otherwise, who are native to the Earth. Now, before you start vomiting into your hats at this gross violation of the Mythos, think about it. How can this be used, is it useful, what are the implications, can it be incorporated into the Mythos without becoming New Agey? If these critters end up functioning as a Nodens-like save-your-ass plot device, then I say expunge them completely. But if it can serve as a further source of wonder (especially through the Dreamlands?), perhaps even a source of hope (which will of course be dashed), it might be worth using. Basically, the main thing is that this is a supernatural resource that's potentially non-corrupting. An agent who could call on Coyote wouldn't lose SAN for doing so, and might get some minor help in an emergency. It's not "safe magic," though. Dealing with spirits is still dangerous as many would be inimical to one's health. (Remember--this is all game stuff--I'm a secular humanist.) We all know the energies of those folks worshipping the Earth Mother have been diverted feeding Shub-Niggurath, after all. And Coyote sounds like an excellent disguise for Nyarlathotep. Anyway, I wanted to see what some other people thought about it. At the moment, I have no actual plans to use it my campaigns, but who knows what might turn up. David "Dog-Boy" Farnell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:42:09 EDT From: Imandos@aol.com Subject: Re: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats >> I have been told that cats can only make food go one way in their >> esophagi--once they start swallowing something, they can't stop. (Then >> again, they seem to barf with little trouble.) That sounds like an >> interesting little quirk to give a CoC creature. >As I recall, snakes, constrictors specifically, have that same little >quirk. I also recall that the gastropods from the War against the Chtorr >series (by David Gerrold) had the same quirk, but they were a heck of a lot >nastier (and worth looking into for a sheer killing machine-type beastie). Snakes can and do regurgitate food when threatened right after a meal. I have seen a garter snake regurgitate two baby birds when it felt in danger. However, this would make a nice creature quirk. Thomas Woodall Imandos@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:52:20 EDT From: Imandos@aol.com Subject: DG: gag/vomit reflex R. Menzi wrote: >Also, according to _DG:_Alien_Inteligence_, ghouls (at least the DG >ghoul-lady) lack a gag reflex and the ability to vomit. (This may be >to let the converts avoid regurgitation everytime they try to eat >their more rancid meals.) and >birds can be made to explode with Alkaseltser... Does anyone wonder what would happen to a ghoul forced to swallow Alkaseltser? Thomas Woodall Imandos@aol.com PS I hate to leave this one open for mib. I'm still laughing about his vacation. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:18:00 +0100 From: Nick Subject: RE: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats Dave wrote;- <<>> I believe they're called flukes. There's a really bad horror film called 'Slugs'(it's about mutant, man eating slugs, as you might imagine), and at one point a slug gets into somebody's salad, which he goes on to eat. He then gets consumed from within by the mutant flukes that are living in the mutant slugs. Then I decided life's too short to watch bullshit like that and turned it off. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 06:44:23 EDT From: SteveL1979@aol.com Subject: Re: DG: Canadian Intelligence community In a message dated 98-06-15 20:45:07 EDT, you write: << So anyways, anyone with information/ ideas for my upcomming slaughter would be appreciated. >> Here's a guide to intelligence agencies of the world, maintained by a Canadian institution, with links to, among others, the Canadian intel community: http://www.awpi.com/IntelWeb/countries.html This site also has links to world militaries, sites of world conflict, etc. It's often a very good source of info. Steve Long ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:47:41 +0100 From: Nick Subject: Re: DG: A Note on Club Apocalypse Great. Not allowed in the UK, now we're not allowed to go clubbing either. Conspiracy? Damn right. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:50:08 GMT0BST From: Robert Thomas Subject: DG: Byakhee Hello All, I've just been browsing through alt.horror.cthulhu and David Harvey has released a new verion of Byakhee with the Delta Green Character sheet included. Thanks David. Its at: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/4173/byakhee.html Also new tips of the day and a telegram generator and fast NPC generation. That should save time when your PCs decide to accidentally send their highly valued NPC colleagues into a dangerous situation first :-(. I think its linked to via the DG home page as well but it may need an update now? anyway on with the dissertation, Rob J.R.E.Thomas. Science Library PC Room Advisor ext 6135 / 5128. MScII City and Regional Planning Student. ThomasR@cardiff.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:06:36 -0500 From: Nightstar Subject: Re: DG: Test At 12:25 AM 6/14/98 -0500, you wrote: >I'm having problems with my e-mail account. Is anyone receiving this? > > > >Ricardo J. Mιndez >rmendez@geocities.com >PGP Fingerprint: 8D9A 2B53 5631 4594 DE6D 69DF 3DCA 37E0 C27A 4EAB > > Loud and clear! - ----------------------------------------------------------- Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel......heh heh heh. Nightstar ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:26:01 GMT0BST From: "David Jackson" Subject: Re: DG: Byakhee > I've just been browsing through alt.horror.cthulhu and David Harvey > has released a new verion of Byakhee with the Delta Green Character > sheet included. Thanks David. Its at: > > http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/4173/byakhee.html > > Also new tips of the day and a telegram generator and fast NPC > generation. That should save time when your PCs decide to > accidentally send their highly valued NPC colleagues into a dangerous > situation first :-(. > > I think its linked to via the DG home page as well but it may need an > update now? > > anyway on with the dissertation, > I believe that this is Windows95 only (damn) Does anybody out there know if there is any similar programme for those of us still stuck in Windows 3.1 (believe it or not some 'old-timers' do still exist!) thanks in advance. Until the Stars are Right, keep watching the skies David Jackson Animal Physiology and Nutrition University of Leeds LEEDS apndwj@leeds.ac.uk 0113 2333069 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:22:44 EDT From: Olaughing@aol.com Subject: DG: Delta Green Names In a message dated 98-06-15 13:42:49 EDT, you write: > I'm WALLACE? I thought I was WALTER! Man, this > code-name-based-on-real-name stuff is for the birds. In Shadowrun I'd be > "Quickdeath" or "Rapidly Deteriorating Colon" or something cool and easy to > remember. Ah, the good old days of cyberpunk and handles. I could reminise all day about my character's days in his band, "Colostomy Explosion." But I really do prefer Delta Green's A-Z under the radar names. After all, you can notify those "In the Know" about your status simply by saying "I'm Wallace Green," and nobody else will be the wiser. But if you announce that you're "painful rectal itch" in a crowded bus terminal, you may get more than a few nasty looks. Three cheers for realism. The Laughing Priest! Delta Green Friendly... Of Course! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:52:28 +0900 From: ft203004@fsinet.or.jp (Jay and Mikiko Noyes) Subject: RE: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats > >Dave wrote;- ><<coffee-ground vomit.) OK, what's the name of that >little parasitical worm that needs to go through several animals in its life >cycle? It's eaten by a bird, then shat out, then eaten by a banana slug (I >think), then it migrates up to the slug's brain where it drives the slug >insane (yes, even slugs have SAN), causing it to have a cumpulsion to climb >to the tops of tree or bush branches. Simultaneously, it causes the slug's >antennae to swell up and glow phosphorescently. Once the slug has helplessly >slithered up to the treetops, it starts waving these painful-looking >antennae around, which attracts a bird...CHOMP. (I can hear the wheels >turning in your heads.)>>> I thought I'd add to this list of weird zoological data. A Brazilian friend of mine told me about a parasite they have problems with in his area. An insect bites you and lays eggs under your skin. Eventually they hatch and start chewing on the most convenient source of sustenance... you. The parasites form a large not of black worms which is, according to my friend, visible through the skin and totally excruciating. The best way of ridding yourself of them is to get a nice greasy chunk of bacan and bandage it too your leg for a day or so. The worms will chew their way out into the bacon. Related to you as it was told to me. Jay ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:42:26 -0400 From: "John C. Detwiler" Subject: RE: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats >I thought I'd add to this list of weird zoological data. A >Brazilian friend of mine told me about a parasite they have problems with in >his area. An insect bites you and lays eggs under your skin. Eventually >they hatch and start chewing on the most convenient source of sustenance... >you. The parasites form a large not of black worms which is, according to >my friend, visible through the skin and totally excruciating. The best way >of ridding yourself of them is to get a nice greasy chunk of bacan and >bandage it too your leg for a day or so. The worms will chew their way out >into the bacon. There is an African parasite much like the Brazilian one you describe. The quoted info comes from the following website: http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/home.html *************************************************************************** *************** Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm, fiery serpent) Dracunculus medinensis causes the disease known as dracunculiasis, and the parasite is often referred to as the guinea worm or fiery serpent. This parasite and the disease that it causes have been mentioned in the ancient writings of Greek, Roman, and Arabian scholars. Some authorities believe that the "fiery serpents" that plagued the Israelites were, in fact, Dracunculus, while others state that the "serpents" depicted in caducei (various medical symbols) are guinea worms. Although the these interpretations remain open to conjecture, it is clear that this parasite and its association with humans has a rich history. This parasite has a wide geographic distribution, being found throughout much of Asia, the Middle East, Arabia, and northern and equatorial Africa. A similar parasite is found in a number of carnivores and omnivores in North America, but it does not infect humans. This parasite is often referred to as Dracunculus insignis, although it may represent a non-human strain of D. medinensis. The life cycle of D. medinensis is unusual in many respects. The female worms (which can measure up to 1 meter in length, but are only about 2 mm in diameter) are found in (or just under) the skin of the human host, most often in the legs, ankles, or feet. As the female becomes gravid, her body fills with developing embryos. Eventually, the female's body wall ruptures, and the juvenile worms are released into the human's skin. This causes an intense allergic reaction, extreme discomfort (hence the name, the fiery serpent), and finally a papule forms on the skin. The papule eventually ulcerates (breaks open), exposing the female worm and providing a means of escape for the juvenile worms. As one might expect, humans infected with this parasite often seek out water to alleviate the symptoms of the allergic reaction and to wash the ulcer, and the juvenile worms are liberated into the water. The juveniles are eaten by an intermediate host, a copepod, and humans are infected when they drink water containing infected copepods. Once in the human, the juvenile worms migrate from the intestinal tract, through the abdominal cavity, into the subcutaneous connective tissues. At this point the females are fertilized by the males, and the males die. The females then migrate to the skin, reach sexual maturity, and produce juveniles. In the human host, complete development of the parasite requires about one year. Serious complications can result from from dracunculiasis. The sores produced by the female worms can be infected with bacteria, resulting in abscesses in some instances. Some worms may not find their way to the skin and become encapsulated in the tissues, and in those instances where worms are found near joints, chronic arthritis results. There is no immunity to infection, so humans living in areas with endemic dracunculiasis are reinfected continually, and this can result in physically disabling disease. Several drugs are used to treat dracunculiasis, but most infections are treated by simply removing the female worm once the blister breaks open and she is visible. Typically, the female worm is attached to a small stick and removed by slowly winding the worm on to the stick. Although this is an effective treatment, it does not prevent much of the damage caused by the worms nor reinfection. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:28:04 -0700 From: "Gerry Mckelvey" Subject: Re: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats thanks guys, I WAS going to eat lunch.... Jerry McKelvey Exitus Acta Probat. - ---------- > From: John C. Detwiler > To: Delta Green List > Subject: RE: DG: Eyelids and balloon animals and cats > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 10:42 AM > > >I thought I'd add to this list of weird zoological data. A > >Brazilian friend of mine told me about a parasite they have problems with > in > >his area. An insect bites you and lays eggs under your skin. Eventually > >they hatch and start chewing on the most convenient source of > sustenance... > >you. The parasites form a large not of black worms which is, according > to > >my friend, visible through the skin and totally excruciating. The best > way > >of ridding yourself of them is to get a nice greasy chunk of bacan and > >bandage it too your leg for a day or so. The worms will chew their way > out > >into the bacon. > > There is an African parasite much like the Brazilian one you describe. The > quoted info comes from the following website: > > http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/home.html > > *************************************************************************** > *************** > Dracunculus medinensis > (guinea worm, fiery serpent) > > Dracunculus medinensis causes the disease known as dracunculiasis, and the > parasite is often referred to as the guinea worm > or fiery serpent. This parasite and the disease that it causes have been > mentioned in the ancient writings of Greek, Roman, and > Arabian scholars. Some authorities believe that the "fiery serpents" that > plagued the Israelites were, in fact, Dracunculus, while > others state that the "serpents" depicted in caducei (various medical > symbols) are guinea worms. Although the these > interpretations remain open to conjecture, it is clear that this parasite > and its association with humans has a rich history. > > This parasite has a wide geographic distribution, being found throughout > much of Asia, the Middle East, Arabia, and northern > and equatorial Africa. A similar parasite is found in a number of > carnivores and omnivores in North America, but it does not > infect humans. This parasite is often referred to as Dracunculus insignis, > although it may represent a non-human strain of D. > medinensis. > > The life cycle of D. medinensis is unusual in many respects. The female > worms (which can measure up to 1 meter in length, but > are only about 2 mm in diameter) are found in (or just under) the skin of > the human host, most often in the legs, ankles, or feet. > As the female becomes gravid, her body fills with developing embryos. > Eventually, the female's body wall ruptures, and the > juvenile worms are released into the human's skin. This causes an intense > allergic reaction, extreme discomfort (hence the > name, the fiery serpent), and finally a papule forms on the skin. The > papule eventually ulcerates (breaks open), exposing the > female worm and providing a means of escape for the juvenile worms. As one > might expect, humans infected with this parasite > often seek out water to alleviate the symptoms of the allergic reaction and > to wash the ulcer, and the juvenile worms are > liberated into the water. The juveniles are eaten by an intermediate host, > a copepod, and humans are infected when they drink > water containing infected copepods. Once in the human, the juvenile worms > migrate from the intestinal tract, through the > abdominal cavity, into the subcutaneous connective tissues. At this point > the females are fertilized by the males, and the males > die. The females then migrate to the skin, reach sexual maturity, and > produce juveniles. In the human host, complete > development of the parasite requires about one year. > > Serious complications can result from from dracunculiasis. The sores > produced by the female worms can be infected with > bacteria, resulting in abscesses in some instances. Some worms may not > find their way to the skin and become encapsulated in > the tissues, and in those instances where worms are found near joints, > chronic arthritis results. There is no immunity to infection, > so humans living in areas with endemic dracunculiasis are reinfected > continually, and this can result in physically disabling > disease. > > Several drugs are used to treat dracunculiasis, but most infections are > treated by simply removing the female worm once the > blister breaks open and she is visible. Typically, the female worm is > attached to a small stick and removed by slowly winding > the worm on to the stick. Although this is an effective treatment, it does > not prevent much of the damage caused by the worms > nor reinfection. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:35:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryant Durrell Subject: DG: IntelWeb Site Alas, it's been subsumed into Jane's, which is offering some sort of a subscription service for intel/terrorism open source reports. If it wasn't a few hundred bucks my cell might be interested. Probably a MJ-12 effort to keep info out of the hands of the public. - -- Bryant Durrell [] durrell@innocence.com [] http://www.innocence.com/~durrell [----------------------------------------------------------------------------] "For forms of government, let fools contest... what e're's best administered, is best." -- Alexander Pope ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:35:29 -0700 From: Joseph Camp Subject: Re: DG: New Cell Formation >Alphonse, please feel free to forward this information to the Web Site for >perusal by other Agents and COs. Also, let me know should you wish >additional personal or professional information regarding this Cell. (This goes for anyone on the list with an active cell, actually.) If you have the time, what I'd need would be write-ups of the cell members individually, in the format shown on the web site (http://www.delta-green.com/). The more the merrier, as they say! You might ask your players to put that info together for you--make the bastards do some work for a change! be seeing you, Alphonse ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 98 12:34:02 PST From: david.sokolowski@fibre.com Subject: DG: D Cell History june 15, 2000 alphonse, in light of recent episodes involving the "new" government of The Bay, here is my report on d cell's construction, goals and continued existence. specific case histories *should* follow, but please recognize how stretched our resources are; considering the current atmosphere, it is always prudent for us to keep a low profile. further communication as safety allows. until, - -darius- - -d cell- - -The Bay- - -(formerly San Francisco)- _________________________________________ D Cell History Keeping Tabs on My Mad World by Darius To say that things changed quickly would be putting it lightly. Understand that most people (still) perceive El Nino as a product of global warming -- although you and I know better -- it seemed wise to send someone to investigate possible Otherworld causes for the storms (Otherworld being D Cell's term for that which is not specifically defined within the realms of DG's existing database of supernatural). As El Nino 98-99 began pounding Northern California in September, 1998, Damen and I established covers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and D Cell was created (Darcy and Denby would later be recruited from local organizations). The storm's relentless energy took a great toll during those times, and the Bay Area doubled and redoubled its disaster aid efforts, which, as time would show, weren't enough (you will, of course, recall the televised death of 25 rescue workers and television crew when a rock slide plunged a rescue attempt into the ocean). Investigations into the storm's causes were slow at first, allowing for both the storm's growth and other events calling attention to Otherworld activities, but soon it became evident that our instincts were correct and something *very* strange was going on. (Although specific case histories will certainly illuminate my point more clearly, two stories deserve recognition for their importance in D Cell's growth: the first shows by example that we should look to *all* government agencies for recruitment. Oliver Sansham, a supervisor in the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) department at UCSF's medical center, discovered a cache of rotting corpses, each with its internal organs completely decayed as if by some advanced disease, in a storeroom under the center's power plant. His refusal to "keep things quiet," as his boss wished, led to our discovery of the case and recruitment of Oliver as a DG friendly. In the end we found that an intern was using the bodies to create a new strain of hosts for the hive-like parasite we now call Jgolranx. As stated, my specific report contains the details, but suffice it to say this intern had read about the process in the book "The Well's Bottom," a tome that continues to plague D Cell to this day, and whose author would play a very large role in D Cell's future. The other story more directly affected D Cell's development: In late October, 1998, two months into the storm's new life, five men robbed $5.5 million from BankWest in downtown SF, culminating in the bloodiest shootout in SF history. In broad daylight, the men killed all 18 customers and seven staff, then escaped through the sewers, killing eight police officers and injuring 17 more. Four of the five men escaped alive, although within three days all but one man had been found dead along with their share of the money. Reports given of the men "using superpower-like weaponry and flight to escape," were later denied by the police and city. The fifth man was never found. We now believe these men were test subjects for what we now call The Tempest. Again, details can be found in the case history, but this unusual robbery illustrated that organized crime had begun using a specific sort of Otherworld magics and equipment to get its job done - not the last time we would see this.) At no time during the growth of El Nino did we suspect Majestic 12 or any other previously encountered adversary. In fact, the only evidence we had at that point was a sense that someone or something was actively stirring up trouble in order to further propagate the already unstable and anxious atmosphere Northern California found itself in (remember that John Wright, Silicon Valley tycoon, who had donated $500 million of his own money for disaster relief, was elected governor in November, 1998, by a landslide. His ultra-extreme views and policies instantly changed the face of California government). By the beginning of 1999, as the storm and the number of casualties grew, we began hearing rumors of a cult across the bay that had been gaining members and vitality steadily alongside El Nino. Apparently this cult had been recruiting members from the ubiquitous wealthy of Marin County (in the North Bay), and using the money to further propagate whatever goals it had set for itself. Although little was known of this organization, it was to be taken as a serious and deadly threat - D Cell's first casualty came when Denby, the DG agent sent to investigate and perhaps infiltrate the cult, disappeared completely after reaching the cult's headquarters in Hepsburg (90 miles north of SF). But before other steps could be taken another defining event took place. As the world knows, on March 23, 1999, President Clinton met with San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown for a disaster relief fund raiser at the Fairmont Hotel. The rest is history - at 9:12 p.m. a van carrying a small nuclear device crashed through the secret service barricade and ------------------------------ End of deltagreen-digest V1 #42 *******************************