https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6po9SOazC1c"These are time's that try men's souls."
- Thomas Paine
The year is 2052.
Again, the world stands on the brink of total war as resources every nation relies on begins to run dry. Petroleum. With it's constant use for all walks of life, those who have the precious material hordes or inflates its value. Market prices sky rocket while countries are launched into absolute depression. Economies begin to falter. Countries begin to declare bankrupt. War blooms on the horizon.
With diplomacy failing, the world splintered off into factions formed under mutual agreement or aggressive expansion. With all sides claiming it was necessary for their preservation, it was this splintering that would be the catalyst to the great transformation that humanity would inflict upon itself. Nuclear Holocaust.
November 11, 2053 marked the beginning of the resource wars. With the Russian Empire invading China and the European Coalition, the United States and her allies maintained a policy of isolationism akin to that of pre-WWII. With policy makers realizing the ramifications of an invasion of their own, Congress and the President sued for consolidation and preservation over aggressive expansion that the Empire followed.
However, while the North Atlantic Trade Federation (US, Canada, South America, and Japan) sought to stay away from war, war found them
Months after the conflict started, The European Coalition successfully halted the Empire's advance under the leadership of authoritarian power. With the Empire focused on the Chinese, the coalition stockpiled its defenses while sending agents to the United States to prep for an invasion of its own.
Though many of the Coalition's agents were caught, the ones that weren't wrecked havoc amongst the command structure of the United States' Armed Forces. With America's war machine thrown into disarray - albeit temporary - the Coalition launched its invasion. With key states on the East coast taken, America's policy of isolation transformed into a sacred mission of preservation and extinction. With US armed forces fighting back against the invaders, those within the captured cities of the Coalition wage a war of their own.
As the occupation continues, citizens continue to resist as three idealisms form. Follow the Coalition or resist the Coalition. Regardless of how distant one places themselves, everyone has to make the choice. Neutrality is a relic of the past.
"To live free is not a privilege but a honor earned. To be a citizen is not a birth right nor is it a god given right of any man or woman. A citizen is a patriot, fighting America's enemies regardless of occupation. The Armed forces is the American people's sword. The citizens America's shield.
"As our forefathers before us charged the fields of Concord and Lexington. As our forefathers stormed the beaches of Normandy, so must we storm the fields of our homes once again and fight off this evil force.
"No longer can we abide by the illusion that is isolation. War has found us my fellow American's. We sought it not, but it sought us. We live in dangerous times. Times where the threat of nuclear war is as apparent as ever. We cannot give in to appeasement nor sacrifice our way of life simply due to the whims of mad men.
"Fight. Fight in whatever capacity you can. Know that your struggle is not singular, but the purpose of this grand nation. Let us show our resolve to those who walked before us that we - the people of the United States of America and her allies - deserve the freedom we all are charged with protecting."
-Excerpt from President Abrams declaration of war.
Scout