>>>191 August 12, 2388: Captain America with members of Company E,
>>>506th Jump Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, UEDF,
>>>immediately following the Battle of Central Park in New York City.
>>
>>Is Charles Kallon in this picture?
>
>Well, yes. I didn't see the need to mention that in the note, since
>it says so right in the story text a few lines further down.

I'm just gonna chalk that one up to basic stupidity on my part and be done with it.

>
>>>1732 The IPO's regulations - and the Republic of Zeta Cygni's
>>>civil laws - regarding the undead were originally formulated to
>>>account for vampires, not spectral space marines, but hey, undeath is
>>>undeath in the eyes of the law.
>>
>>I'm curious who the vampire(s) are that led to the need for such
>>legislation, since I don't recall any having appeared in UF thusfar.
>
>The undead make up a statistically insignificant but demographically
>undeniable segment of the population in almost all urbanized humanoid
>societies. Of that small but stable population, the vast majority are
>law-abiding citizens who only wish to go about their unlives in peace,
>and the laws of most enlightened societies reflect this. Vampyri are
>by far the most common type of sapient undead to be found in urban
>areas, mostly because they have the easiest time passing for normal
>people. You get a few high-function zombies, a spectre now and then,
>the odd mummy and very occasionally some much rarer, higher-order
>undead (revenants, now and then a lich), but for the most part it's
>vamps. One simply doesn't find many barrow-wights or ghasts who want
>to put up with the tsuris of trying to function in open
>society.

Ring, ring.
"BPRD, Hellboy speaking. ... Well, ma'am, what was this ghost doing at the convenience store?... Buying trash bags? Could you give us a description?"
"Larry?"
"(Larry.) Ma'am, I'm afraid we can't do that, you see that ghost you saw is actually a barrow-wight named Larry Jacobson- Yes, ma'am I do know hi- the reason we haven't 'dealt with' him is that he is a legal citizen of the Republic of Z- Ma'am, tolerance is one of the founding princi- Ma'am, Larry is a barrow-wight, which means that his soul is tied to the place he was interred. If we we to forcibly remove him, which we have no reason to do, his soul would dissapate which would be murder... Yes, ma'am, I know he's already dead, however the laws are quite clear, destruction of an undead being is- Yes, ma'am I'm saying there's nothing we can do... Well, ma'am if you feel that stongly I suggest you put it before the electorate... Yes. I'm sure you are... Yes... Well, ma'am I'm sorry we couldn't help you, you have a good evening."
Clang.
"Stupid bitch. Illyana, could you pop over to Larry's place and tell him that Mrs. Eckersley saw him again."
Sigh.

>
>As for the IPO, several members of the force are undead. Private
>Church is classified as a spectre (a noncorporeal spirit who still
>looks like his living self, as opposed to a more indistinct form or
>one that has become monstrous or unearthly, like wraiths). Oddly
>enough, the JSA member known as The Spectre is in fact not a
>spectre under the classification system the IPO uses; she's a
>revenant.

Not too suprising given the Spectre's role as the Spirit of Vengance.
Who was this Spectre in life?

And of course there's Weapon Zero member Mina Murray, who
>works as a photojournalist (ironic, don't you think?) when not doing
>the secret bidding of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, and who
>is not merely a vampire but a first-generation descendent of the royal
>line of Count Dracula himself.

An impressive heritage to say the least.
Is the ressurction of Dracula still opposed by the Belmont family in the 25th century?

Polychrome