"The new normal." Never forget, they were saying this out loud BEFORE this hit. I can maybe, MAYBE reason that Event 201 was just a coincidence. Not really, but hear me out. We all know we should be prepared in case something arises, so I can see exercises like this being useful. However, when I hear the "the new normal" just months before this hits, it tells me their message was planned. Why would their message be planned if the event was not planned? That has always been the smoking gun, to me. Yes, having all the evil characters involved is a damn good sign something nefarious was up. "The new normal" just sealed it for me.
"The new normal." Never forget, they were saying this out loud BEFORE this hit. I can maybe, MAYBE reason that Event 201 was just a coincidence. Not really, but hear me out. We all know we should be prepared in case something arises, so I can see exercises like this being useful. However, when I hear the "the new normal" just months before this hits, it tells me their message was planned. Why would their message be planned if the event was not planned? That has always been the smoking gun, to me. Yes, having all the evil characters involved is a damn good sign something nefarious was up. "The new normal" just sealed it for me.