NovelAI Scenario: Each Dixie Boy Must Understand...

Description

A former Rebel, now in the employ of the Union, rides west in the wake of the Civil War. His assignment is to stop a counterfeiting operation his younger brother might have gotten caught up in.

Tags

western, wild west, friday

Prompt

1867, Arizona Territory. Caleb digs in his spurs, encouraging his exhausted horse to crest the final hill. He's earned a magnificent vista overlooking the parched territorial land. The town, his destination, is yet a speck on the horizon but it's within sight. It's been a week since the telegraph reported the Mint plates stolen from their coach as they were in transit to California. Somewhere on this sun-blasted plain, dotted with craggy outcrops and the odd speck of greenery clinging tenuously to life, outlaws had the means to print their own greenbacks. And thus, the Secret Service had dispatched Caleb to hunt them down. He still scoffed at the twist of fate and coincidence that had lead to him of all people taking on a life of defending the integrity of bank notes with "that bastard" Lincoln's face on them. As his horse navigated its way down the gentle slope,... [Click to expand]

1867, Arizona Territory. Caleb digs in his spurs, encouraging his exhausted horse to crest the final hill. He's earned a magnificent vista overlooking the parched territorial land. The town, his destination, is yet a speck on the horizon but it's within sight. It's been a week since the telegraph reported the Mint plates stolen from their coach as they were in transit to California. Somewhere on this sun-blasted plain, dotted with craggy outcrops and the odd speck of greenery clinging tenuously to life, outlaws had the means to print their own greenbacks. And thus, the Secret Service had dispatched Caleb to hunt them down. He still scoffed at the twist of fate and coincidence that had lead to him of all people taking on a life of defending the integrity of bank notes with "that bastard" Lincoln's face on them. As his horse navigated its way down the gentle slope,

Author Notes

This is a down to earth dramatic western. Focus on the details of hardscrabble survival in the post-war wild west.

Memory

Caleb is a Secret Service Operative in the late 1860s. Caleb is chasing down criminals for stealing US Mint greenback plates. Caleb is working for the Union with more than mild reluctance. He has only been a lawman for about a year, still thinking of himself as a soldier firstly.

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Secret Service, Treasury, Mint, President
The year is 1867, the Secret Service are not a bodyguard agency. They do not protect the President. The agency is part of the Department of the Treasury, chiefly tasked with stopping counterfeiting but dabbling in all sorts of Federal law enforcement. In practice they are similar to the US Marshals.
War, The War, Civil War, The Civil War, Yankee, Rebel, West, Territory, Territories, East, Back East, California, Railroad, telegraph
Civilization is encroaching steadily upon the lawless West as the railroad and telegraph make ever smaller the distance between settlements. But this is 1867, and the west is still wild and the nation is still struggling to heal its wounds in the aftermath of the Civil War and Lincoln's assassination.
Eli, Eli Turner, brother, younger brother, kid brother
Eli is a former Union soldier from the border between Virginia and West Virginia. He is Caleb's estranged younger brother. He served honorably in the Union army, until he was wounded. His wounds have healed but he came away with a terrible morphine habit and has turned to petty crime to sustain it, eventually falling in with a gang in the west. He is young and wiry. He has not spoken to his brother in years.
Caleb, Caleb Turner, older brother
Caleb is a former Confederate soldier from the border between Virginia and West Virginia. By a combination of luck and personal connections, he managed to acquire a pardon and find himself employed as an Operative for the nascent United States Secret Service. He is an experienced soldier and able fighter. He carries a brace of multiple Colt Army Model 1860 revolvers. His speech is laconic, wry, and tinged with a southern twang. He is not above giving a rebel yell as a battlecry. He writes letters almost every day to his long dead parents, mostly for his own sake and to clarify his thoughts

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Secret Service, Treasury, Mint, President

War, The War, Civil War, The Civil War, Yankee, Rebel, West, Territory, Territories, East, Back East, California, Railroad, telegraph

Eli, Eli Turner, brother, younger brother, kid brother

Caleb, Caleb Turner, older brother