The economic collapse might be the most complex of all of the scenarios to analyze on its own. The assumption of a completely dead currency is in play and neglects the possibility that something else comes and replaces it such as an alternative reserve currency produced by the BRICS nations. Thus restoring banking and trade system infrastructure would be possible with a massive but not catastrophic result. Assuming the worse, the destruction of the US economy would have long lasting and devastating results. So devastating in fact, that the general collapse of social services, such as police, fire, and most importantly healthcare would begin to fade. The elements in these sections fast-forward past the sections that describe the collapse of healthcare and the assumption of martial law and the introduction of military controlled “Hot Zones” where the infected are held until they can be helped, they get well on their own, or more likely… they die. 

This mission takes on the clear and present objective of creating a mechanism by which medical supplies can be dropped to those who need it inside. Those workers on the inside are assumed to be absolutely overwhelmed with the volume of infected people and will not reach everyone, or most people for that matter, in a way that will ensure a healthy recovery. The ARK agents take matters into their own hands and devise a way to drop the meds into a very specific location within the confines of the military controlled hot zone.