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The Trojan Horse was called "The Cure: America's Sadness." The group had decided that their cover story would be that they were filming a documentary about the proliferation of the condition throughout the country. This way they could gather film, interviews and photographic evidence without tilting their hand to the powers that be. Of course they knew they would be lied to and that they would receive a ration of disinformation in order to disguise the truth. However, they hoped that somewhere along the way the might uncover some classified information to reveal the range and scope of the conspiracy. 

It was decided that Murkin would stay behind and out of sight, the group could not risk the chance of him being identified and compromise the mission. After a long discussion they decided a group of five was the most manageable and believable size for a documentary crew. Betelgeuse opted to pose as the host of the film while another board member Zigoat offered to be cameraman. Another user Matrix11 did lighting and Chupacabra posed as a writer. Finally, KATTeyez a red headed minx elected to hold the boom mic and employ her womanly wiles to extract information should the opportunity arise. 

The nearest holding camp was just over 300 miles away from their meeting point.  The team had access to a car but due to the stringent regulations on energy consumption they were only allotted one full charge of the Nissan Leaf's battery. Even though mileage ranges had increased in the years approaching the epidemic there was no way that a car packed full with five adults and supplies could make it to the holding camp and back on one full charge.