   Here is the latest Gazetter Article.  Very soon I'll hopefully
be selling this through Cottrell Enterprises.  I have Dewayne
Jelks, Rob Beck, John Balch, Dave Jesster, Walt Rauch, & most
especially Gary Gore to thank for any success.
   As always, this is only a brief discribing the conditions in
the vicinity of Atlanta, GA.  And it is Copyrighted by Scott Hann
1997.

Scott Hann    ElevenMike@aol.com

The Ruins of Atlanta (or:  Deep in the Dark Heart of Dixie)
   
      The 25 mt weapon that struck Atlanta detonated 2,000 feet
AGL above the intersection of Northside Dr & Wesley Ave.  The
area of total destruction extended from the East/West segment of
I-285 in the North to the Omni Coliseum in the South, from the
town of Oakdale in the West to Tocoville in the next county East. 
Due to confused upper air wind patterns, the mushroom cloud full
of radioactive fallout came to Earth just over five hours later,
with the swath of the Primary Fallout Zone extending past
Chattanooga.
 Everyone in Chattanooga died before sunrise the next day, even
though no weapon was targetted on the city.
   The city of Atlanta is, 150 years after WarDay, called the
Rock by it's inhabitants and it's enemies.  And this does reflect
the situation well.  For the Stars & Stripes flies inside Atlanta
and the Stars & Bars outside.  
   The 3rd Infantry Division (Mech) took up residence in Atlanta
just after the war.  When it and the units that followed the 3rd
arrived, they took over reconstruction efforts.  Ultimately, the
Division Commander took a seat on the city's emergency council. 
And outside, the New Confederacy took shape.
   Slavery returned within a generation.  The Plantations came
back, too.  And those that could, ran to Atlanta.  
   Only Gypsy Truckers are immune to the Seige that the Rock has
withstood for 150 years. For if the Confederates tried to tell
the Gypsies they couldn't go to the Rock, then the free-spirited
Gypsies just wouldn't come to the Confederacy.  Only the Krell
deny passage to the Clans.
   Due to the surviving industriequipment in Atlanta, the 3rd
Infantry Division still has fairly modern equipment.  TOW missles
are in short supply, but there are still some available.  120mm
Discarding Sabot steel penetrator rounds can kill anything the
Confederates can come up with.  And then ther is the 75th
Infantry Regiment (Ranger).
   The 75th is the decendant of two training and one line Ranger
battalions stationed in Georgia before the war, along with the
regimental HQ & the US Army's Jump School.  All of these units,
plus several more, followed the 3rd Division Commander's lead as
tensions built up before the war.  They were all in the field
(and some were actually off the military reservation) when the
missles started flying.
    The 75th Infantry Regiment is now the Rock's primary commando
& scouting force.  A company of Rangers that catches it's enemy
unawares is worth a battalion (five times it actual size) of
regular infantry.  While the Confederates pride themselves on
thier elite cavalry, the Rangers are the best troops to be had on
the continent 150 years after WarDay.  And they belive in the
preservation of freedom.  A part of the Ranger Creed states:
 "I will fight on to the Ranger Objective, though I be the lone
survivor."  
 Confederate troops fear the Rangers just as US troops fighting
the Indian tribes feared them.
    The city prospers, despite, or because of it's enemies.  It
does have things it needs, but it does without when it must.  To
bring fresh water to Atlanta just after WarDay, the Divison's
engineers diverted the Chattahoochie River and blew the dam
upstream.  The plentiful rubble was used to make fortifications. 
The remains of the city's police became an Intelligence Service,
with the County Sherriff and his Deputies policing crime.
    Life goes on in Atlanta.  And the Confederates wince every
time the Rock is mentioned, for there is nothing they can do to
take the city.  They know, they've tried.

