1. It would depend on where Sniper was looking, as some of the outlets for rumors are a lot more outlandish. Some social media accounts have a conspiracy running that the government and UNA were working together to create a giant creature to protect the megacities, and it got out of control. Others suggest that the government is helping one of the corporations cover up their mistakes. There are some groups that believe these creatures are a divine event, one that we should all be glad to experience, but the most widely held belief is that it was a result of the extreme environmental changes the Earth has undergone.
2a&b We would need to know more about how Sniper intends to go about this, so we recommend that they approach a more subtle approach to fomenting unrest - IE through the internet, and reaching out to these conspiracy groups with the evidence that they have to compel people to believe these things. In their other research, they would be able to determine which outlets are more likely to be taken seriously.
3. No, there was and is nothing on the market capable of inducing obedience. The closest would be any drugs similar to roofies - sex workers would talk about these a fair deal, passing information about the latest strains and any signs to watch out for. Many of the dealers who sell these drugs also sell devices to check drinks or similar for them, essentially playing both sides of the market, but they would have no idea about anything as total as what player characters experience on arrival.
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1. It would depend on where Sniper was looking, as some of the outlets for rumors are a lot more outlandish. Some social media accounts have a conspiracy running that the government and UNA were working together to create a giant creature to protect the megacities, and it got out of control. Others suggest that the government is helping one of the corporations cover up their mistakes. There are some groups that believe these creatures are a divine event, one that we should all be glad to experience, but the most widely held belief is that it was a result of the extreme environmental changes the Earth has undergone.
2a&b We would need to know more about how Sniper intends to go about this, so we recommend that they approach a more subtle approach to fomenting unrest - IE through the internet, and reaching out to these conspiracy groups with the evidence that they have to compel people to believe these things. In their other research, they would be able to determine which outlets are more likely to be taken seriously.
3. No, there was and is nothing on the market capable of inducing obedience. The closest would be any drugs similar to roofies - sex workers would talk about these a fair deal, passing information about the latest strains and any signs to watch out for. Many of the dealers who sell these drugs also sell devices to check drinks or similar for them, essentially playing both sides of the market, but they would have no idea about anything as total as what player characters experience on arrival.