Klodzko

Before the war, Klodzko was a picturesque medieval city known for its old town and baroque fortress. The town was spared direct attacks during the war, although NATO airstrikes destroyed the bridges over the river.

Klodzko was occupied early in 1986 by a group of Polish soldiers made up of a mixture of units left over from the 2nd Mechanised Division. The soldiers, commanded by a former supply officer named Lieutenant Witald Biale, are generally seen as a positive presence in the town, and have seen off several opportunistic groups of Marauders. Generally the soldiers don't interfere with the town's governance, although Lieutenant Biale has been nominated to the position of Mayor, the city's civilian government continues to run as it previously has, and elections were even held in the summer of 1986.

The soldiers have trained a part-time civilian defense force that supplements their patrols inside the town. In addition to its infantry, the Polish soldiers have three MT-LBs and 1 PT-1 Twardy. The town operates an industrial size still in order to keep these vehicles running. Many of the soldiers are garrisoned in the Klodzko fortress which gives a commanding view of the approaches to the town.

The townspeople are reasonably friendly towards travelers. Although the soldiers in Klodzko wear Polish army uniforms they don't consider themselves loyal to the Polish People's Republic government, although they are not aligned with Free Poland either. They are effectively an independent local self-defense force, although an unusually well armed one.

Klodzko fortress, in addition to the town's military supplies and defenders, holds a dark secret. The Polish government retained a small supply of chemical weapons and positioned several of them in forward positions as part of its preparations for a NATO invasion. The weapons were never used and knowledge of their positioning is lost to most people except for high ranking supply officers - one of whom is Lt Biale. The Lieutenant has no wish to use the weapons but he doesn't trust any of his men to move them. PCs who earn his trust may be given the quest Farewell to Arms.

The weapons consist of ten 120mm shells impregnated with sulfur mustards. Three of them have degraded and require a TECH-1 roll to restore them. The shells act as blistering agents with a blast power of A. They are kept in an unobtrusive supply crate among several other crates containing old uniforms in a sub-basement of the Klodzko fortress.