That was the "Info Dump" briefing that tool place at the beginning of
Chapter 29; 2/3. I summarized it
HERE, but the juicy parts you are referring to are:
- Ch. 29 2/3 @ 1:32 "There has been a great deal of time and energy establishing a decent range of communications." (Implies relay stations.)
- Ch. 29 2/3 @ 1:42 "This map shows Irwin and all the current locations of our personnel." "They're scattered all over." (Rescue, Special Ops, Recon mentioned later.)
- Ch. 29 2/3 @ 3:12 "...and how many out in the field?" "By last count, I think 182." (The "in the field" count may not include outposts.)
Something worth mentioning in the second pass minutiae vein was something that happened later that relates to the content of the briefing. (I also mention it with the summary.)
During the siege and fall of Ft. Irwin at 11:43,
Kimmet kicks
Michael and
Puck out of the C&C. Before Michael leaves he steals a sat phone and a directory. Later at 11:59, "
What'd ya swipe?" "
One of the sat phones and the directory. All the line numbers."
Continuity of Government, also known as
Continuity of Operations, is a fascinating, yet eerily terrifying subject. Not just Regan era... the entirety of the Red Scare "Duck and Cover" Cold war era. Also included among them are the Civil Defense,
CONELRAD, the
NEAR Program,
Autovon and the
DSN,
EBS &
EAS... Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary and so on layers of operational redundancy that are a rabbit hole of operational contingencies. It's no wonder that some of those programs and activities use names and phrases from Alice in Wonderland. Operation Looking Glass, Wonderland and so on.
Among those, I would like to know the status on NORAD at
Cheyenne Mountain. The facility was built to withstand a 30 megaton blast within one mile of the facility. I'm sure once it went hermetic,
nothing would get in there.
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