Major Len Carsleigh, Lieutenant General William "Billy" Starkey and others in “Part I: The Plague”

We found him; we located Campion. He crash-landed on a one-stoplight town in East Texas.

He made it halfway across the country. How'd he do that?

I don't know. But the important thing is, right now, we got a shot at containing this.

Is he dead or alive?

He's dead.

Denninger says this thing has a communicability rate of over 99%. You understand what that means? Any chance of containing this went by the window when Campion bought his first takeout burger.

We can't think that way, Billy.

Yeah, you're right. Of course you are. What about the rest of his family?

They're dead, sir. Contact with the townspeople was minimal.

That doesn't matter. We're gonna have to shut that town down, lock it up, dig a moat around it.

That operation's already on the launching pad, sir.

What kinda coverage you come up with?

Anthrax. New strain.

[Laughs grimly] Yeah, it's a new one, all right! It's real new! It's very good at its job, too! Too good.

Well, it's bad, General, but it could be worse.

Ha! How's that? What's the name of this town?

Arnette. Arnette, Texas.