[Log extracted from Lithuanian Archive, auto translated to English]
AREA WARNING [RADIATION]
The Moscow Exclusion Zone (MEZ) is not to be approached within 300 kilometres.
For anybody seeking loot – there is nothing of value.
Just like D.C., even the most expensive diamond rings will kill you in less than a year.
And nobody would buy that, either way.
There are believed to be survivors, although no existing physical countries would dare send aid.
Those who read the leaflets and escaped are now seeking refuge across Europe, especially old Germany and Scandinavia.
Since nobody’s technically using that land, it’s prime real estate for a lot of people, especially those fleeing still ongoing Water Wars in the Southern Hemisphere.
Like the White House, the Kremlin is now a pile of atomic waste and rubble.
Any authorized personnel investigating the site are advised to take extra caution when approaching political and military landmarks, as these are often ground zero.
The United Republic of Siberia (URS), with monetary backing from its EATU allies, have sent groups to find survivors, and have reported a 14% return rate, and 2% returning without needing medical attention and/or with a refugee. The percentages drop every year.
The MEZ is theorized to have a dropping population, either through migration, successful URS missions, or, most commonly, death. Do not attempt to save anybody unless you are being paid to do so.
There have been reports of some areas with functioning walkers and other assistants, notably builder class. No new structures have been made, so it seems that for some reason any admin class machines are either offline or damaged. Majority are presumed to be the former given the condition of the detected machines.
The destruction of Moscow also includes their branch of the Cloud, meaning any upload stations that were built were either destroyed or have the high potential of malfunctioning, which often results in death. Do not attempt to use any upload stations in the MEZ, as some have been confirmed to not be linked to the Cloud and can only assume to exude a fate worse than death. As of now, the Cloud has not deployed any maintenance walkers and it’s unlikely if they ever will.
