The hive mind retreated and contemplated the situation. From the 1960s to the 1990s it watched as humans urbanised at a startling rate. The cities grew rapidly and the pigeons positioned their burgeoning populations in them. Sometimes they tried their old tactics - notably in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge - but did little on a global scale.
Today, the hive mind is older, wiser and ever more intelligent. It has marshalled its forces in preparation for a final assault. Vast armies of pigeons are positioned in every city across the globe. The pigeons plan a three-fold attack:
- Disease: the pigeons are bringing into our cities diseases which do not affect them, but are very dangerous for human beings - for example, the SARS virus scare in early 2003.
- Biological/chemical warfare: using captured human terrorists, and playing on the current geopolitical situation, the pigeons will bring into our cities biological and chemical agents that will cause significant human fatalities.
- Propaganda: governments and pro-pigeon groups like PAPA are used to protect pigeon interests and try to destablise anti-pigeon movements such as the Pigeon Resistance.
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