[dragoon500ly]

VII. TEAM CACHES A) Mike Golf Two Three has been assigned eight Team Resupply Caches, two Emergency Resupply Caches and has access to three Survivor Support Modules. These resupply facilities are located through the use of the Autonav computer aboard the MPVs. The team has been briefed that once they have arrived at the location, they must examine the area to discover specific markers directing them to the exact location.

B) Resupply Caches are intended to provide a minimum of basic supplies (30 days-worth) that will allow the team to function until contact is made with their Group Commanders. In addition to resupply items for the team, there is also a limited amount of supplies to aid in reconstruction efforts of the area of operations.

C) The primary resupply for the Teams comes from the various Group and Regional Supply Bases. Group Bases are intended to provide the Operational Groups with up to two year’s worth of basic supplies. The Regional Supply Bases contain massive stocks of supplies as well as basic manufacturing equipment and limited stocks of raw material.

D) Each team also has access to Emergency Supply Caches. These contain reissues of personnel equipment and weapons, basic ammunition loadouts and any heavy weapons that the team may reasonably expect to need. The Emergency Caches are intended to only provide combat-orientated and basic survival equipment.

E) Cache locations are contained solely within the memory of the AutoNav. Upon insertion of a valid MPID and the input of a PIN, simply pressing the CACHE LOCATION button will show all of the caches assigned to a specific team. The teams are instructed to simply drive to a cache location on their map and then search the immediate area. The search will reveal some datum that only has meaning to a Project member.

F) Caches are usually buried and once a hole has been dug onto the top, entrance is gained through a stainless steel hatch. On one side of the hatch is a cover plate, under this plate is a power hookup (power must be supplied by a MPV), a slot for a MPID and a numeric keypad. Insertion of a MPID and the correct PIN will unlock the hatch.

G) The cache itself is a standard shipping container, placed inside a reinforced concrete box. It has no internal power source, no lights. The cache is filled with an inert gas at a slight overpressure. This gas must be vented through the hatch and it cannot be replaced without special equipment. Any battery operated equipment removed from a cache must be charged before it can be used. As a safety note, once the hatch is opened, do not enter the cache for at least ten minutes in order to allow any residue gas to escape.