Post by TheBrillianceKing on Jun 2, 2014 17:08:27 GMT
Dynamics of a Civil War
“Pastel scenes of surrender, darkened by illuminate halls. We wait as if in rapture, for the first shell to drop on friendly soil. We see the war on our doormat, welcoming us home. With eyes in the sky, a bible tucked down a stripper's thigh. This is a future ripe with the smell of the past, we see rot in every sorrowed eye. But there is steel in the grip of tomorrow, stronger than the will of conquerors.” - Free American Army saying
During the era of the 2000s in America, political bipartisanship created a serious cultural rift in much of the fabric of the cultural landscape of the United States. Citizens became disastisfied with their government for both liberal and conversative reasons, while the Federal government consolidated its power and spent money to spy on its own citizens. Prisons overflowed and eventually the average citizen was flagged as a criminal in a zero-tolerance atmosphere of Law Enforcement. These tensions lead to a large rift, especially as social programs failed and disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, turned regions of the U.S. to despair and poverty. Refugees and homelessness became more common and the government turned to draconian solutions using the efficiency of high-technology. Facial ID scans, genetic testing, and drug screening allowed criminals to be arrested at much higher rates than previously thought possible. But eventually the global criminal syndicates fought back, at first subtly, and then with open violence – such as the kind of cartel violence which erupted in Mexico. Most citizens saw the choice to work with either criminal enterprise or the U.S. Government as their only options. The divide lead to the first shots of a civil war.
The Conflict Zone
Those inside zones of open conflict can find their communities stuck between the military force of the U.S. Federal government, complete with armies of drone soldiers and aerial recon. Meanwhile the Free American Army often hides among civilian populations, masking their faces and performing guerilla fighting and terrorist attacks. In some areas, PMCs or mercenary forces change sides depending on who can pay the most. Criminal cartels often get involved directly, selling to either end of the conflict or taking control of a community for their own purposes. During such zones, attacks are frequent and unpredictable, loyalties are suspect, and its hard work to make sure that unmanned drones don't mistake you for a terror suspect or insurrectionist. Just staying alive can require a bit of finesse and perhaps you are forced to choose sides.
The Refugee Zone
The Refugees whose homes and businesses have been destroyed by colateral damage or who have been driven out of their community due to threat of violence, often find themselves with little more than a tent and a backpack in the wilderness – or reporting to zones designated as refugee camps by the United Nations or other relief organizations. Many of these camps provide only the bare necessities, food, water, and power from charging stations or solar panels. Food is often basic nutrient packs, dried algae, protein powder, and rice or noodles. Much of the relief food has been donated from China and other economic allies of the United States. Water is often filtered through large portable filter devices and cleaned from local sources, no matter how filthy, to be distributed to residents of the camps. Criminals often lurk within the refugee camps and can cause trouble for those who live there. Prostitution and other forms of vice become common place.
The Corporate Zone
Within many communities, the rich and wealthy wish to avoid the terrors of the war at their doorstep and this means installing security to keep out refugees, criminals, and others who would harm them. Walling off their homes into gated neighborhoods, the rich wait out war in style. Often this involves direct employment of Private Military & Security companies to protect them or the hiring of local mercenaries or criminal gangs to defend their persons as they attempt to go about their normal lives. Many of the very wealthy have fled the U.S. altogether, but their money has found a way to influence the war from afar.
The Border Zone
Some communities remain untouched by the hand of the new civil war. They are quiet towns or cities, often unchanged from before the specter of violence struck. The residents may be unpolitical or local Law Enforcement may be efficient at stopping guerilla attacks before they begin. The people in these areas attempt to make life as mundane as they can, but the shadow of attack is always on the horizon. Some communities are close to borders of conflict zones and occasionally a checkpoint or border zone fails – danger can spill over into their lands without warning, so the citizens there who think ahead often prepare themselves for when they may have to take matters into their own hands.
The Work Prisons
A large portion of the United States, under Federal control, has incarcerated so many of its citizens in the hopes to curb rebel attacks and criminal organizations, that the population of entire communities has been rounded up and imprisoned. To curb the overflow problem with these areas and to keep cities from turning into ghost towns without residents, many prisoners are allowed to return to assigned occupations under a “Work Permit” that gives them passage out of the prison with a subdermal RFID implant to keep them under the watchful electronic eye of the Law. If they attempt to escape, these individuals are hunted down by authorities and returned to prison. As long as a prisoner continues work, they gain points towards their parole and lessening their sentence. Many of these prisons are under constant inspection from United Nations inspectors to make sure that conditions are within the civil rights of those kept there, as is often the request of those who support the FAA forces. It is rumored that the U.S. maintains secret prisons inside and outside the country, where particularly important terror suspects or political prisoners are moved to.
“Pastel scenes of surrender, darkened by illuminate halls. We wait as if in rapture, for the first shell to drop on friendly soil. We see the war on our doormat, welcoming us home. With eyes in the sky, a bible tucked down a stripper's thigh. This is a future ripe with the smell of the past, we see rot in every sorrowed eye. But there is steel in the grip of tomorrow, stronger than the will of conquerors.” - Free American Army saying
During the era of the 2000s in America, political bipartisanship created a serious cultural rift in much of the fabric of the cultural landscape of the United States. Citizens became disastisfied with their government for both liberal and conversative reasons, while the Federal government consolidated its power and spent money to spy on its own citizens. Prisons overflowed and eventually the average citizen was flagged as a criminal in a zero-tolerance atmosphere of Law Enforcement. These tensions lead to a large rift, especially as social programs failed and disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, turned regions of the U.S. to despair and poverty. Refugees and homelessness became more common and the government turned to draconian solutions using the efficiency of high-technology. Facial ID scans, genetic testing, and drug screening allowed criminals to be arrested at much higher rates than previously thought possible. But eventually the global criminal syndicates fought back, at first subtly, and then with open violence – such as the kind of cartel violence which erupted in Mexico. Most citizens saw the choice to work with either criminal enterprise or the U.S. Government as their only options. The divide lead to the first shots of a civil war.
The Conflict Zone
Those inside zones of open conflict can find their communities stuck between the military force of the U.S. Federal government, complete with armies of drone soldiers and aerial recon. Meanwhile the Free American Army often hides among civilian populations, masking their faces and performing guerilla fighting and terrorist attacks. In some areas, PMCs or mercenary forces change sides depending on who can pay the most. Criminal cartels often get involved directly, selling to either end of the conflict or taking control of a community for their own purposes. During such zones, attacks are frequent and unpredictable, loyalties are suspect, and its hard work to make sure that unmanned drones don't mistake you for a terror suspect or insurrectionist. Just staying alive can require a bit of finesse and perhaps you are forced to choose sides.
The Refugee Zone
The Refugees whose homes and businesses have been destroyed by colateral damage or who have been driven out of their community due to threat of violence, often find themselves with little more than a tent and a backpack in the wilderness – or reporting to zones designated as refugee camps by the United Nations or other relief organizations. Many of these camps provide only the bare necessities, food, water, and power from charging stations or solar panels. Food is often basic nutrient packs, dried algae, protein powder, and rice or noodles. Much of the relief food has been donated from China and other economic allies of the United States. Water is often filtered through large portable filter devices and cleaned from local sources, no matter how filthy, to be distributed to residents of the camps. Criminals often lurk within the refugee camps and can cause trouble for those who live there. Prostitution and other forms of vice become common place.
The Corporate Zone
Within many communities, the rich and wealthy wish to avoid the terrors of the war at their doorstep and this means installing security to keep out refugees, criminals, and others who would harm them. Walling off their homes into gated neighborhoods, the rich wait out war in style. Often this involves direct employment of Private Military & Security companies to protect them or the hiring of local mercenaries or criminal gangs to defend their persons as they attempt to go about their normal lives. Many of the very wealthy have fled the U.S. altogether, but their money has found a way to influence the war from afar.
The Border Zone
Some communities remain untouched by the hand of the new civil war. They are quiet towns or cities, often unchanged from before the specter of violence struck. The residents may be unpolitical or local Law Enforcement may be efficient at stopping guerilla attacks before they begin. The people in these areas attempt to make life as mundane as they can, but the shadow of attack is always on the horizon. Some communities are close to borders of conflict zones and occasionally a checkpoint or border zone fails – danger can spill over into their lands without warning, so the citizens there who think ahead often prepare themselves for when they may have to take matters into their own hands.
The Work Prisons
A large portion of the United States, under Federal control, has incarcerated so many of its citizens in the hopes to curb rebel attacks and criminal organizations, that the population of entire communities has been rounded up and imprisoned. To curb the overflow problem with these areas and to keep cities from turning into ghost towns without residents, many prisoners are allowed to return to assigned occupations under a “Work Permit” that gives them passage out of the prison with a subdermal RFID implant to keep them under the watchful electronic eye of the Law. If they attempt to escape, these individuals are hunted down by authorities and returned to prison. As long as a prisoner continues work, they gain points towards their parole and lessening their sentence. Many of these prisons are under constant inspection from United Nations inspectors to make sure that conditions are within the civil rights of those kept there, as is often the request of those who support the FAA forces. It is rumored that the U.S. maintains secret prisons inside and outside the country, where particularly important terror suspects or political prisoners are moved to.