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As you sit within the CMU, you spot a stack of pamphlets placed within a plastic pocket on the wall. With nothing to do while you wait, you grab one and read.
The Combine Assisted Living Program
"Rest easy in the palms of Our Benefactors, good citizen."
The Combine Assisted Living Program, shortened to "CALP", is a social benefit offered to YOU by Our Benefactors. Life is made up of precious, but sadly limited time. When the time comes, the Combine wish only the most peaceful and luxurious rest of your days. Some may be afflicted by illness and disabilities that unfortunately may shorten our time here on Earth, or may render said time unbearable or inoptimal for a fulfilling life. For the sick, disabled, and elderly, Our Benefactors come to your aid. "Rest easy in the palms of Our Benefactors, good citizen."
Rest, recovery, and retirement are what we offer to you, the good citizen.
What is the CALP?
The CALP was made to provide aid to the sick, disabled, and elderly who are unable to function in a normal work environment. Whether it be general old age, genetic disability, grievous injury, or an acquired illness, we wish to provide you with top of the line medical care to either bring you back to healthy, functioning form, or provide you with the care you need so that you may live the rest of your many years in blissful comfort. Whether your participation is temporary or permanent, we provide you with the highest quality of care.
Our Benefactors, the Combine, have provided the utmost of resources for those who require the CALP. The CALP will see you relocated to a new city, City 19. Here you will find top of the line healthcare, with quality medical attention that possesses the restorative tech of Our Benefactors. Comfortable and spacious living conditions ensure that all citizens, from those in recovery from their medical treatment, to those who have now retired.
What is City 19 like?
Sunny skies.
Clear, crisp air.
Lovely temperatures.
Strong community.
Clean streets.
City 19 is made to be one of the best. From hot, cooked food made by trained chefs from around the world, to clean, idylliac streets filled with serene music. After your treatment in our top of the line medical facilities, we have made sure your stay is as wonderful as possible. Accompanied by further medical care if needed, loyal collaborators have been assigned to see to your care, and will tend to your needs in our lovely recovery, and retirement housing. Crime free and filled with friendly neighbours, green parks and calming streams and lakes await. You will even find an ocean front in City 19, where you may lounge in the sun and rest easy!
Here are but a few of the amenities that City 19 offers:
- Clear, sunny weather with optimal temperatures.
- Clean maintained streets.
- Spacious and comfortable living conditions.
- Top of the line medical care, for both initial and prolonged treatment.
- Less than 1% crime rate, with violent crime being at 0%.
- Aesthetically pleasing vistas and architecture.
- Hand made to order food and drink, provided free by expert chefs.
- A vacation like experience for those whose conditions may be treated.
- Quality assisted living and permanent residency for those whose conditions are permanent.
- Friendly and sociable community.
- And more!
How do I become eligible for CALP?
The Combine Assisted Living Program was made for those who are unable to carry out their duty as a citizen due to illness, disability, or old age. With this in mind, you must meet ONE of the following requirements to be eligible for the CALP:
- Have any untreated physical disabilities that prevents you from participating in city work cycles. Examples include: amputation of limbs, blindness, deafness, nervous system damage, debilitating pain, partial or total paralysis, loss of movement, etc.
- Have any untreated mental disabilities that prevents you from participating in city work cycles or normal society. Examples include: schizophrenia, symptoms of psychosis, downs syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe brain damage, habitual insubordination, etc.
- Are suffering from any prolonged/permanent disease or illness that prevents you from participating in city work cycles or normal society that your local Civil Medical Union is unable to treat.
- Have suffered a severe injury, whether it be at work or in your daily life, that results in one of the previous three conditions.
Note that the CALP is available to ALL citizens, as well as members of the Civil Protection and Combine Civil Authority! Members of the Collaborator's Party and equivalent may also be eligible for increased benefits!
If deemed necessary, the Civil Protection may order you for examination by the CMU for the CALP. If you meet any of the conditions above but are unable to provide proper response, you may be made required to enter the CALP.
What happens once I am accepted into the CALP?
Once deemed eligible and accepted by your local CMU, you will be issued a relocation coupon for transit to a local medical in-processing station. If you require assistance in order to make this transit, you may be admitted to your CMU's recovery units and assisted to the location upon your relocation time arriving. Upon reaching medical in-processing, you will be given a second examination to determine what medical care is needed within City 19, so that they may be properly prepared and able to render aid upon your arrival.
After this second examination, there will be a crossover period of no more than 24 hours, before you are sent on your way to City 19! You need not worry, as all major paperwork and in-processing is handled by your local CMU and City 19's in-processing procedure!
How do I find out more, or seek elligibility for the CALP?
Visit your local Civil Medical Union for any and all inquiries about the CALP. Let a CMU worker know if you seek examination for the CALP, and they will inform you of their local procedure for examination.
Remember, the good citizen rests easy in the palms of Our Benefactors.
Provided by the Civil Medical Union
Provided by the Civil Medical Union
Upon leaving the CMU, a poster catches your eye on the way back home. It reminds you of the pamphlet you read earlier.
