Welcome to sunny Biloxi, Mississippi, known for its lovely shorelines and booming casinos. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi bounced back relatively quickly thanks to the high cash flow from gambling revenues. Unfortunately, this economic stability came at a price. The convenience of the tourist docks and high cash flow proved too tempting, and Vargas Salazar, a drug lord, moved in from across the Gulf, taking over the ports for smuggling and the casinos for money laundering. Vargas brought the ruthless tactics of the Mexican drug lords to the shores of America. First, he made aggressive moves against the police when they made a push against his drug runners. Then he started hunting down cops in their homes. The tactics had worked in Mexico and would have worked in Biloxi had it not been for two things: the hard boiled police chief James Bragg and the Biloxi ERU (Emergency Response Unit). "Jimmy" Bragg took tactics from his time as a military man, and the Biloxi ERU made most city SWAT teams seem like ill-equipped amateurs. With police families being evacuated, Bragg got daring and went after Vargas's lieutenants. The details are fuzzy as to how these strikes went down--whether the dealers resisted, or if they were given a chance--but five of Vargas's lieutenants they were able to track down all ended up with bullets in them, including Vargas's brother and son.
The next night--October 25th, 2009--a handful of Vargas's men took several hostages in the hospital. Chief Bragg gave the call for the ERU. In less then 30 seconds, the ERU team was fully geared and in the van as it rolled out of the station. One block from the station the ERU van met an obstacle in the form of an rocket propelled grenade fired from the third story window of a low-rent apartment. Then came the most blatant disruption of the city since the hurricane hit: a highly organized attack on police headquarters. With gas grenades and assault weapons, Vargas and the gangsters lay siege to and invaded 170 Porter Ave, killing indiscriminately as they fought towards the equipment lockers. With reinforcements from the nearby Keesler Air Force Base, the remaining officers managed to defeat the criminals, but at great cost. The police force had been heavily depleted, having lost over a third of their numbers in the day's melee, including Chief Bragg and many of the senior officers. In the midst of the chaos many innocent people were killed. In the aftermath, the governor declared a state of emergency, establishing curfews and patrolling the streets with cadres of Air Force personnel as smaller-scale and more localized violence spread as splinters of the larger organized crime syndicate vied for control and while the BPD struggled to stabilize its own ranks as well as the streets. The police and drug-dealers were not the only ones joining the fray, however. Werewolves, vampires, mages, and all the other things that go bump in the night took to streets to work out lingering grudges that had been brewing for a long time.
A scant few months later, the state of emergency was lifted, and the PD is fighting hard to keep a firm handle on the situation, but a new incident seems to break out every day. The Biloxi Police have relaxed their hiring standards in an effort to flesh out their numbers and bring order back to the streets. So that are willing to ignore inconsistencies in an applicants file such as not much of a record before 2001, or that she only wants to work nights.
This is the environment you are entering. Drawn in by a far reaching recruiting effort by mortal and supernaturals alike, you have arrived as one of Biloxi's new enforcers. Good luck.
The next night--October 25th, 2009--a handful of Vargas's men took several hostages in the hospital. Chief Bragg gave the call for the ERU. In less then 30 seconds, the ERU team was fully geared and in the van as it rolled out of the station. One block from the station the ERU van met an obstacle in the form of an rocket propelled grenade fired from the third story window of a low-rent apartment. Then came the most blatant disruption of the city since the hurricane hit: a highly organized attack on police headquarters. With gas grenades and assault weapons, Vargas and the gangsters lay siege to and invaded 170 Porter Ave, killing indiscriminately as they fought towards the equipment lockers. With reinforcements from the nearby Keesler Air Force Base, the remaining officers managed to defeat the criminals, but at great cost. The police force had been heavily depleted, having lost over a third of their numbers in the day's melee, including Chief Bragg and many of the senior officers. In the midst of the chaos many innocent people were killed. In the aftermath, the governor declared a state of emergency, establishing curfews and patrolling the streets with cadres of Air Force personnel as smaller-scale and more localized violence spread as splinters of the larger organized crime syndicate vied for control and while the BPD struggled to stabilize its own ranks as well as the streets. The police and drug-dealers were not the only ones joining the fray, however. Werewolves, vampires, mages, and all the other things that go bump in the night took to streets to work out lingering grudges that had been brewing for a long time.
A scant few months later, the state of emergency was lifted, and the PD is fighting hard to keep a firm handle on the situation, but a new incident seems to break out every day. The Biloxi Police have relaxed their hiring standards in an effort to flesh out their numbers and bring order back to the streets. So that are willing to ignore inconsistencies in an applicants file such as not much of a record before 2001, or that she only wants to work nights.
This is the environment you are entering. Drawn in by a far reaching recruiting effort by mortal and supernaturals alike, you have arrived as one of Biloxi's new enforcers. Good luck.