Posted on August 29, 2023
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DP9 Contributors
As the Church began to dissolve, many of the middle-level members were torn on what to do. The upper-level leadership was embroiled in what looked to be the start of a religious civil war, while many laborers and workers were taking to the streets over various issues. Small groups began to form, which linked up to larger groups aiming to escape the coming devastation. These refugees needed a place to flee to, and to find that place they raided the Church archives. Using passcodes stolen from Church officials, they dug deep into the records of the Church. What they found was surprising and concerning. The Church had been hoarding much of the technology and equipment that it had acquired by selling Jerusalemite products to the rest of the Concordat. Scores of warehouses and depots full of advanced technology, medical supplies, and even weapons were scattered across the planet. Each warehouse was well hidden and had numerous layers of security to keep out the unwelcome. Later analysis would reveal even more irregularities in Church finance and other related areas. The refugees fleeing the collapse saw these places as safe havens and places where materials and resources could be acquired; things they would need to survive what they believed was coming. They downloaded as much as they could and deleted everything on the Church’s data servers. No one would be able to follow them.