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When people begin pressing down from above, that's when disaster usually strikes. And that was exactly the case but the factory Riots of 16. Specifically this little charade went down like seemingly any other disaster of the Modern Age. In the seemingly quiet corner of City Two, production factory known as ADC-42 that was responsible for the local production of Bob Soda for the local population was provided an elevated quota to meet local demands. This order was given following a massive disease outbreak which lead to hundreds of deaths in the area and the complete drain of local moral. Needless to say, now was not a favorable time to be a common worker of the Union. Combining such dreadful recent events with the rapid deterioration of workplace conditions, tensions began to quickly grow each day as more and more restless workers started to become vocal about their discomfort. Civil Workers' Union Officials quickly attempted to defuse the masses by offering an elevated rewards to the irritated workers, but no such luxuries proved effective in extinguishing the anger and discontent of the masses. No myopic change would snuff the fires of nearly a thousand agitated workers. They wanted real change.
Local governing officials lacked any major degree of care towards the growing vocal unrest as many had the reclusive hope that such attitudes would quell naturally following the temporary quota. This would prove to be a fatal mistake that would cost City Two greatly in the grand scheme of things. Just two days before the set deadline for the quota, over two thirds of the workers of factory ADC-42 rallied together in a former department store to drum up a course of action for the dilemma in which they faced. It's still not very clear who exactly was responsible for the plans that were discussed here or who was responsible for leading them out, but investigations still claim to be ongoing to this day.
The very next day, the same 2/3rds who participated in the meeting were present at the factory and started off their day just as if it were any other. But when the morning sun was visible through the fogged factory windows, disaster unfolded in the blink of an eye. Workers rushed the on duty officers responsible for security detail and bludgeoned them to death with tools and fists of rage. The factory quickly became a jungle of chaos and disorder. Civil Workers Union personnel on site either fled the scene in a state of panic or met a terrible fate at the hands of the unforgiving mob. It didn't take long of civil Protection to be deployed to the scene but by the time there had arrived, the factory was completely occupied by the workers and and barricaded off from the rest of the world. This was when phase two came into effect.
Rioters inside the factory made use of the workshops and materials inside to make lackluster explosives out of Bob cans and nail fragments. When Civil Protection officers made an attempt to inject into the factory, they were met with a hailstorm of metal fragments and explosive injuries that left close to a dozen officers incapacitated on the scene. Not wanting to humor the rioters by allowing them the opportunity to inflict more damage on Civil Protection efforts, the other was given to level the entire factory. From a distance, ground units set the entire factory ablaze while Hunter Choppers peppered the windows with gunfire to deter any from attempting to escape from the windows in a final effort to walk away alive. As the smoke cleared from the remains of Factory ADC-42, it was clear to see who the victors were. Despite their initial success in taking the factory, all 2/3rds of the local workforce were killed within the burning factory. Those who did not partake in rioting were sent north to be displaced among other work site and factories in the area.
Out of the seven officers injured by the makeshift explosives, only two fell victim to their injuries and died off local due to blood loss.
The final death count of citizens within the factory remains unknown to this day.
The Terminal news outlet labeled the event as an accidental fire caused by faulty pre-occupation infrastructure.
The remains of the factory have yet to have be removed.
