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CREDITS Written and Designed by Matt Forbeck

Editing Hal Mangold Cover Paul Bonner

Cover Background Zeke Sparkes Interior Art Don Hillsman Michael Phillippi Justin Long

Eric Polak Richard Pollard and Curt Shoultz Computer Coloring Chuck Croft Chris Impink Zeke Sparkes Matthew Tice

Graphic Design Matt Forbeck and Zeke Sparkes Proofreading Ann Kolinsky and Pat Kolinsky

Special Thanks to Amber Bucheit Rachel Butterworth Ken Carpenter Frank Chafe Martin Forbeck Marcello Figueroa Leticia Hayler Michelle Caden and Shane Lacy Hensley Christy and Jolm Hopler Ann Kolinsky Ray Lau Jim Pinto Dave Seay Matt Tice Jennifer Wick Maureen Yates John Zinser and Jo1m and Mary Zinser

Playtesting and Advice Shane Lacy Hensley Aaron McConnell Hal Mangold Ashe Marler Zeke Sparkes and John Zinser

Dedicated to Ann the light of my life

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CREDITS Written and Designed by Matt Forbeck

Editing Hal Mangold Cover Paul Bonner

Cover Background Zeke Sparkes Interior Art Don Hillsman Michael Phillippi Justin Long

Eric Polak Richard Pollard and Curt Shoultz Computer Coloring Chuck Croft Chris Impink Zeke Sparkes Matthew Tice

Graphic Design Matt Forbeck and Zeke Sparkes Proofreading Ann Kolinsky and Pat Kolinsky

Special Thanks to Amber Bucheit Rachel Butterworth Ken Carpenter Frank Chafe Martin Forbeck Marcello Figueroa Leticia Hayler Michelle Caden and Shane Lacy Hensley Christy and Jolm Hopler Ann Kolinsky Ray Lau Jim Pinto Dave Seay Matt Tice Jennifer Wick Maureen Yates John Zinser and Jo1m and Mary Zinser

Playtesting and Advice Shane Lacy Hensley Aaron McConnell Hal Mangold Ashe Marler Zeke Sparkes and John Zinser

Dedicated to Ann the light of my life

Pinnacle Entertainment Group Inc PO Box 10908

Blacksburg VA 24062-0908 wwwpeginccom

deadlandsaolcom (800) 214-5645 (orders only)

Stop by wwwpeginccom for regular free updates

Printed in the USA

Brave New World Defiants Defiance Bargainers Patriot Superior Truth the Yankee Triumph Inc Evil Unlimited delta alpha ovenant Delta Prime

and all character names and likenesses depicted herein are Trademarks of

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TABLE Of CONTENTS WELCOME TO DELTA TIMES 4 LIVING IN AMERICA 12 CHAPTER ONE Patriots Journal United States HEW POWER PACKAGEs 109

An Introduction 5 of Anarchy 73 The Power Packages 109 Patriots Journal America the Battered 74 The Covenant 110

The Final Days 6 Atlanta 75 Covenant 117 June 16 1999 6 Boston 76 Defender 123 The Beginning 6 Crescent City 76 Genius 123 My Awakening 8 Dallas 77 Hot Shot 125 Drafted 11 Detroit 79 Screamer 125 Back to School 12 Denver 79 Shrinker 126 Delta Squadron 13 Los Angeles 80 Sneak 126 Dallas 14 Miami 82 Telekinetic 127 My Decision 15 New York City 83 Teleporter 128 Regrets 17 Philadelphia 85 Tough 128 My Delta Prime Days 18 San Diego 86 The Bicentennial San Francisco 87 ARCHETYPES m 129

Battle 20 Washington DC 88 The Cold War The State of the Union 90 THE GUIDES HANDBOOK u 145

Heats Up 21 Ufe in the Cold 22 AWORLD Of HURT 92 CHAPTER TWO The Great This Ravaged Planet 93 THE TRUTH Of THE MATTER 141

Mistake of 88 22 Africa 93 Guides Only 147 A Career Change 24 Australia 94 Patriots Journal 147 Life on the Run 25 Canada 96 Death of a Hero 149 Working for China 97 Crescent City 150

the Family 26 Europe 98 United States Leaving the Family 27 Middle-East 101 of Anarchy 151 The Defiant Years 31 India 102 Ravaged Planet 152 Redemption 34 Japan 103 America South and Central THE AUTHORS

July 41999 37 Soviet Union 106 Wh t N 155 Right or Wrong 35 America 104 AHERWORD 155

a s In a arne My Trial 38 The United Nations 107 Whats the August 4 1999 46 Game About 155

My Thoughts 156 REQUIEM fOR PATRIOT 48 Sources of Inspiration 156The Death of a Hero 49 Many Thanks 157

CRESCENT CITy 54 INDEX 159Ufe in the Big City 55 The Early Days 56 The City Today 58 The Government 60 Major Buildings 67

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PATRIOTS JOURNAL

AN INTRODUCTION If youve been living under a rock in

some God-forsaken part of the third world for the past few months let me fill you in on the biggest bit of news since the Great Mistake

The Defiant known as Patriot was captured in the streets of Crescent City this spring while attempting to rescue a newly awakened young delta woman from a Delta Prime recruitment team

This was the kind of thing Patriot did all the time Ever since he left Delta Prime back in the late 80s hes struggled to redeem himself in the eyes of the Defiant community

For doing so the goverrunent has branded him a villain of the first order and spared no expense or effort in hunting him down Despite that whether through luck or planning he always managed to stay at least three steps ahead of them

Unfortuna tely this June his long one-man assault on Kennedys America came to an end

Thankfully the young woman got away Patriot would have wanted it that way He was never afraid to risk his own freedom for that of innocents This time though his luck finally ran out

My fRlfND THf HfRO As the editor of the Delta Times Ive

known Patriot for many years When I was younger I remember hearing about his exploits on behalf of Delta Prime Even then long before he joined the Defiance I admired his heroic efforts to help those in need whether they were deltas or regs

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When I heard Patriot had left Delta Prime I cheered although quietly Lots of people had left the Primers in the past mostly moles sent to infiltrate the Defiance I said a silent prayer that thIS wasnt the case here

When I finally had a chance to work with Patriot it was easy to see where the fire in his belly came from This was a man who believed in America

Im not talking about the America you and I grew up in the fract~red nation thats torn itself apart WIth fear and loathing I mean the America we all dream about the one our teachers told us about in school the country the framers of the Constitution always intended for their descendants-both literal and figurative-to inherit

Here are some words of Thomas Jeffersons that Patriot was fond of quoting

We hold these truths to be selfshyevident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness -That to secure these rights Governments are instituted among M en deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed-That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it and to institute new Government laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to eff ect their Safety and Happiness I

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PATRIOTS JOURNAL

AN INTRODUCTION If youve been living under a rock in

some God-forsaken part of the third world for the past few months let me fill you in on the biggest bit of news since the Great Mistake

The Defiant known as Patriot was captured in the streets of Crescent City this spring while attempting to rescue a newly awakened young delta woman from a Delta Prime recruitment team

This was the kind of thing Patriot did all the time Ever since he left Delta Prime back in the late 80s hes struggled to redeem himself in the eyes of the Defiant community

For doing so the goverrunent has branded him a villain of the first order and spared no expense or effort in hunting him down Despite that whether through luck or planning he always managed to stay at least three steps ahead of them

Unfortuna tely this June his long one-man assault on Kennedys America came to an end

Thankfully the young woman got away Patriot would have wanted it that way He was never afraid to risk his own freedom for that of innocents This time though his luck finally ran out

My fRlfND THf HfRO As the editor of the Delta Times Ive

known Patriot for many years When I was younger I remember hearing about his exploits on behalf of Delta Prime Even then long before he joined the Defiance I admired his heroic efforts to help those in need whether they were deltas or regs

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When I heard Patriot had left Delta Prime I cheered although quietly Lots of people had left the Primers in the past mostly moles sent to infiltrate the Defiance I said a silent prayer that thIS wasnt the case here

When I finally had a chance to work with Patriot it was easy to see where the fire in his belly came from This was a man who believed in America

Im not talking about the America you and I grew up in the fract~red nation thats torn itself apart WIth fear and loathing I mean the America we all dream about the one our teachers told us about in school the country the framers of the Constitution always intended for their descendants-both literal and figurative-to inherit

Here are some words of Thomas Jeffersons that Patriot was fond of quoting

We hold these truths to be selfshyevident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness -That to secure these rights Governments are instituted among M en deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed-That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it and to institute new Government laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to eff ect their Safety and Happiness I

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PATRIOTS JOURNAL

AN INTRODUCTION If youve been living under a rock in

some God-forsaken part of the third world for the past few months let me fill you in on the biggest bit of news since the Great Mistake

The Defiant known as Patriot was captured in the streets of Crescent City this spring while attempting to rescue a newly awakened young delta woman from a Delta Prime recruitment team

This was the kind of thing Patriot did all the time Ever since he left Delta Prime back in the late 80s hes struggled to redeem himself in the eyes of the Defiant community

For doing so the goverrunent has branded him a villain of the first order and spared no expense or effort in hunting him down Despite that whether through luck or planning he always managed to stay at least three steps ahead of them

Unfortuna tely this June his long one-man assault on Kennedys America came to an end

Thankfully the young woman got away Patriot would have wanted it that way He was never afraid to risk his own freedom for that of innocents This time though his luck finally ran out

My fRlfND THf HfRO As the editor of the Delta Times Ive

known Patriot for many years When I was younger I remember hearing about his exploits on behalf of Delta Prime Even then long before he joined the Defiance I admired his heroic efforts to help those in need whether they were deltas or regs

Hame l

When I heard Patriot had left Delta Prime I cheered although quietly Lots of people had left the Primers in the past mostly moles sent to infiltrate the Defiance I said a silent prayer that thIS wasnt the case here

When I finally had a chance to work with Patriot it was easy to see where the fire in his belly came from This was a man who believed in America

Im not talking about the America you and I grew up in the fract~red nation thats torn itself apart WIth fear and loathing I mean the America we all dream about the one our teachers told us about in school the country the framers of the Constitution always intended for their descendants-both literal and figurative-to inherit

Here are some words of Thomas Jeffersons that Patriot was fond of quoting

We hold these truths to be selfshyevident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness -That to secure these rights Governments are instituted among M en deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed-That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it and to institute new Government laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to eff ect their Safety and Happiness I

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PATRIOTS JOURNAL THpound fiNAL DAYS

JUNpound 16 1999 Its been a danm good run but it

looks like its finally coming to an end Here I am rotting in this cell in New Alcatraz in the center of Chicago Bay Ive been in a lot of hard situations so far but nothing this bleak

Im not a man of words but Ive decided to resort to them now In the end theyre all I have left

The warden came down to talk to me yesterday Making this record was his idea He thinks Im going to give him something he can turn around and use against me in court Im sure Not that it matters Theyve already got plenty of evidence Im headed for a face down with a firing squad either way

I wonder how many bullets its going to take

Id guess that not too long after ~m turned into fertilizer this record wlll get published If the feds print it you can be sure tha t a lot of its going to be rewritten I can only hope that Truth gets her hands on a copy before its mangled by the free press

People deserve to hear the truth Of course what Im writing here

may not be the whole truth and nothing but the truth I only know what I know and thats my truth Thats what Im trying to set down here

If I hadnt been captured by that Delta Prime strike force yesterday Id still be out there fighting for the truth instead of trying to write about it Im done with that now If youre reading this the fight is up to you

THpound BpoundGINNING Where should I start I know I

know the beginning But which beginning

Do you care that I was a scrawny kid from Chicago before I became a delta Do you want to know what it was like to fight alongside Superior and the rest of Delta Squadron in the early days of my career Or what it felt like to miss out on the Bicentennial Battle Or what it was that finally got me to toss aside all my years of senrice with Delta Prime to join the Defiance

Ill get to all that in a minute First let me tell you about the

Yankee When I was a kid he was my first

and greatest hero Joe DiMaggio Bob Cousy-you can keep them Sure I loved sports as much as any other redshyblooded American boy but the deltas always did it for me and the Yankee in his star- spangled costume he was the best

Yeah looking back on it the costume was pretty damn goofy but it was a product of the times a more idealistic era Most of the heroes dressed that way in those days

You could always tell the good guys They were the ones in bright primary colors wearing symbols that hit you like a club

Of course the bad guys were almost as goofy I mean the worst villain of all time was a guy named the Devastator How corny can you get

I know Ive been guilty of that myself When I started out I was a bright-eyed kid with delusions of bringing Americans-style justice to the world I believed in my country right or wrong Thats why I called myself Patriot

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