(Pictured above - a map showing the current segmentation of the Burroughs, the People Below's sections of political territory, with annotations showing the leaders of each. Which Burrough do YOU reside over?)
Public Information File 55661: The Molemen/The People Below.
The Office provides this information to the extranormal public in order to educate about our neighbors Below. Let's learn about the Molemen - together!
The Molemen first appeared on the Office's radar in 1965, when one Thaddeus Marsh, an expert in soon-to-be illegal genetic engineering and anatomy manipulation, began to talk to colleagues in the extranormal sciences community about retreating underground. Fearing nuclear annihilation in the Cold War, many of his associates agreed with him.
Using currently-classified anomalous technology, they created a series of self-replicating bunkers deep underground, starting with small rooms that expanded into massive complexes that gradually connected via long tunnels. Railroad systems were established in these tunnels, and by 1971, enough work had been done that Thaddeus Marsh felt confident moving people underground.
The work was quick, but the other scientists, hired workers, and civilians drawn by the promise of safety had not expected Marsh's mental deterioration. All of the personnel who moved underground were trapped and subjected to extranormal genetic and anatomic manipulation to "better adapt" them, in Marsh's belief, to a life underground.
From 1971 to 74, Marsh, now known as the Underking Murmur, ruled with an iron fist. His territory expanded under the lower 48 states, and parts of Canada and Mexico. His madness seemed to grow with his power, kidnapping cavers, miners, and other surface-dwellers to induct them into his army. Developing unimaginably vast factories, he created digging machines capable of moving anomalous amounts of dirt. By 1974, his plan to invade the surface world with these machines became widely known among the People Below.
The organizing body responsible for the incredibly complex logistics of moving so much earth, the Miner's Union, fomented a revolution in the Underground in mid-74. After three months of vicious fighting, the loyalty of the Underking's minions was tested and found wanting. Underking Murmur was deposed, and in its place the Union members created a council. The Underking's territory "balkanized" into 12 loosely-allied "Burroughs" that the Office recognizes as the political authority of the People Below.
With recent diplomatic efforts, the Office for the Preservation of Normalcy has welcomed the People Below to the surface under our Legal Extranormal Persons program.
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A friend of mine found a really big hole in his backyard, allegedly. He says that he can't take photos of it because his phone immediately dies if he tries, and he doesn't have an actual camera to see if that would work instead. From what he said, it appeared overnight, is roughly 20 ft or so wide, and has strange sounds coming from it. He's thrown a few things down it, and he hasn't heard them hit the bottom. Any idea what it might be?
Ah, another Mel situation. We saw one of these in the late 90's - pretty rare to see a truly bottomless pit, so typically we can send some people out to do both mundane and esoteric measurements.
My big advice is to keep both people and animals away. On the off chance that something made the hole, we don't want it being bated out. Don't listen to the voices, you'll probably hear voices. They'll tell you it's so beautiful in the Hole, how much fun it is in the Hole. They are lying. There is no beauty or fun in the Hole.
The other possibility is that this is something from the mole people. The People Below have been, since our recent diplomatic efforts, very good about not breaching visibly to the surface. However, the mole people are kind of a...commune? I'm not sure what the proper term is for their form of government, but the People Below operate in discrete coalitions of regional "boroughs" that cooperate at their discretion - we've gotten them all mostly on board but there's always a chance that a borough isn't playing along.
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True Rules for Life by Brace Belden and Liz Franczak
Below is a nonexhaustive list of certified life tips offered by Brace Belden and Liz Franczak from the investigative comedy podcast TrueAnon. While generally good advice to live by, I highly recommend the following for any Delta Green agents in the field:
Don't smoke marijuana out of a pen, smoke it out of a pipe or bong. Don't do drugs in concentrate.
If you're pushing through a land reform program of any kind on behalf of the peasantry, push it through very quickly without telling anyone first.
The coalition always fractures.
Always get the Interior Minister position. Do not let anyone else in the coalition get the Interior Minister position. If they do, have a random person assassinate them first before they assassinate you.
Never ride in a helicopter. (Unless you're a door gunner, or getting MEDEVACed.)
A large plane is always safer than a small plane.
Always watch your ratio of officers to enlisted, you don't want too many or too few.
Don't talk about the coup in public, do it day one or just shut the fuck up about it until you do.
If you sentence a guy to death, kill him the next day.
If you fly, don't all fly together.
Never, ever, give up your nukes. If you don't have any, BUILD THEM. If you absolutely have to get rid of them, always keep ONE hid in reserve.
Treaties are fake. NO ONE is maintaining your territorial integrity for you.
Never release political prisoners to placate protestors.
Never let the opposition delay elections.
When someone you know gets really into German runes (or really any kind of runes at all) get them out of your life.
Never trust a South American with a German name. Be careful around any with Italian surnames.
Never move anywhere for a religion, especially South America.
If your affinity group starts any sort of compound, don't move in. Be the guy that works and lives outside the compound. Better yet, become their lawyer or some other type of public facing middleman.
Never go into sewers unless you're a sewer guy. (Molemen, professionals, etc.)
If someone is trying to talk you into committing a crime, assume they're in the FBI.
Never become an FBI informant, they will never let you go. If you do become an informant, record EVERYTHING Nixon style.
Never relinquish your arms-- if you're going to get patted down, hide your first weapon as a decoy weapon. Act like they found your hidden weapon and let them take it, but keep a secondary weapon in an even more elaborately concealed area. If you can, bring a third even smaller even more well hidden weapon in case they find the secondary weapon.
Aim for the eye at point blank. It doesn't matter how small the caliber is, if you shoot someone in the eye they're cooked.
Always get it in writing. Duplicate that writing.
If you keep gambling, you'll eventually win. The long arc of the universe favors the gambler, the house just thinks it can outlast you.
Never talk to cops without a lawyer. You think you know this one, everyone thinks they know this one, but you're gonna forget. You're gonna want to seem helpful or honest and they'll try to sound friendly. It doesn't matter if they're nice to you, they already think you're guilty. That's why you're being arrested or interrogated dumbass.
Pay taxes on crime money. They don't get you for the crime, they always get you for the taxes. Get an accountant.
Never deal with an "explosives expert." If they know what they're doing, they're probably an informant. If they don't, they'll get you all killed. If they know a very specific, seemingly perfect spot to place the C4 they're *definitely* with the FBI.
Always duck if you're getting shot at. Then, shoot the other guy. If you don't have a gun... then you haven't followed the other rules, have you? As a last resort, wait for them to run out of bullets then roll away.
Distractions work, and they're a really good move. Learn the art of distraction. Example-- take your jacket off, throw it over their head, and fucking punch. Or bend down to tie your shoe, then throw pocket sand.
Never let a woman see you play videogames.
Never talk to journalists, they're just like cops. There's no such thing as "off the record."
Don't fuck your roommate.
Always pay your guys on time. Don't try telling them you can pay them later, the moment you admit you don't have the money they're no longer your guys.
Keep your dollars in money.
Don't give up your passport. Take the other guy's passport.
Everybody snitches. Not *us*, I'll never snitch. And I know you're not going to snitch. But you have to treat it like everyone else that you ever did anything with is snitching.
If a guy with an analog camera wants to take your picture, they're trying to have sex with you.
Whenever the FBI foils anything, assume it's fake.
Always shoot first. If you find yourself thinking "am I gonna need to shoot this guy" you probably do, and if you have to shoot someone just do it immediately. Ideally when they aren't looking. Honor is fake.
Under the waste isn't attempted murder. If you shoot someone under the waste, it's legally a warning shot.
Never warn anyone just attack.
Always keep it loaded.
Always keep cool, baby.
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