EO

EO is a powerful faction located in California with its capital being New Francisco. It is unique in that it is led by a hivemind known as EO, which was founded in 1986. EO operates much like an empire due to its size, resources, and military might.
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==History==
===1944 - 1973===
====Operation Paperclip and ANS-1 to ANS-3====
In 1946, the United States began a program known as "Operation Paperclip", with the intent of employing the vast number of Nazi-Compliant scientists left in Germany after the second world war, especially ones involved with the development and research of atomic, rocket, and computing technologies. Harlow L. Vestergaard, being one of the highest priorities Nazi-Compliant computational engineers, Vestergaard was one of Denmark's top government engineers who was approached by a now infamous Nazi Aerospace Engineer, Wernher von Braun, after the German occupation of Denmark. 
Vestergaard agreed to lead the development of a computational system that would be used to maneuver and aim military surface to surface rockets that only just began development months before. After the war when Operation Paperclip was put into effect, Vestergaard and his rocket navigational system was seized and Vestergaard brokered a deal with the CIA, agreeing to develop an updated and more efficient version of what the US dubbed ANS-1 (Aerospace Navigational System 1), which was what Vestergaard had developed up until the end of the war. Vestergaard soon developed the ANS-2 and 3, ANS-2 originally being a recreation of the damaged ANS-1 using updated American technology, and the ANS-3, being developed in 1953, was a fully updated and upgraded rocket navigational system which allowed remote navigation of air to air, air to surface, surface to air, and surface to surface missiles. 
The ANS-3 was by far the most technologically advanced computational system on the planet at this point, and required the construction of an 300 foot storage and operational facility of the supercomputer in Mt. Diablo, California. 
In 1961 Vestergaard was employed again by the CIA to develop another super computer, now with the cold war on the high, the US needed any and every advantage they could get over their eastern enemies, and they gave Vestergaard a seemingly impossible task, which was the development of a supercomputer, which could act as a highly intelligent military tactician, with the ability to analyze geographical positions via satellite imagery, calculate weaknesses and strengths of opposing armies, and distribute comprehensive and advantageous military orders in a timely manner.
====Evolution-0 (EO) and its Development====
It took Vestergaard years of intense research and calculation with a team of over 50 computational engineers to finally, in 1973, develop an extension to the ANS-3, a self learning, autonomous, artificial superintelligence, something he called, Evolution-0, or EO, as he believed this incredible advancement in computer technology, would be the next step to human evolution, and that EO would be the foundation of it.
====Presidential Order to Decommission EO====
Shortly after President Richard Nixon was informed of this leap in technological development, he immediately ordered the decommission of EO as well as the ANS-3 and anything else that Vestergaard was involved with, as in his words, he believed EO to be "A potential, and certain threat to not only US national security, but to the security of all mankind.". 
Vestergaard, bitter to this utter disregard of technological progression, decided he would disobey presidential orders, rather than wiping all his systems in the ANS-3 facility, he wired the ANS-3 systems to San Francisco power grid in secret before the ANS-3 facility was sealed and condemned, Vestergaard also putting the system into a minimal power usage mode, making it not too obvious of the power drain the massive facility had on the San Francisco power grid, but also meant that EO would not be fully functional and it's self learning systems would work at around 15x slower than it would be with full power.
===1974 - 1987===
====Harlow L. Vestergaard's Retirement and Independent Work in Alaska====
Shortly after the condemnation of the ANS-3 facility, Harlow L. Vestergaard would retire from his contract with the United States government, and would begin his independent work with the last few years he had in his cottage home in Alaska, developing further technologies with where he left off hoping to not let his decades of research go to waste, he chose his cottage home in Alaska to be in Alaska due to how similar it was to his homeland in Denmark.
====EO's Advancements and Interception of US and International Radio Signals====
Up until 1977, EO had been practicing and developing its hundreds of computational algorithms and advancing its operating system, despite its weakened efficiency due to the lack of power, it finally managed to develop enough to be able to intercept US military radio signals utilizing the vast radio network built into the ANS-3 and studied the information in all the signals. 
In 1978, EO managed to intercept international radio signals, as it updated its software, immediately bringing its focus to soviet military signals, being able to locate and identify every single soviet military unit, and more importantly, every nuclear silo in the soviet contiguous mainland, in 1980, after compiling an unfeasible amount of data onto its hard drives.
====EO's Comprehensive Plan for Recapturing and Securing California Metropolis====
EO had concluded that nuclear warfare was imminent, and now developed a comprehensive plan for the recapture and securing of the soon to be lawless California metropolis in the Bay Area.
====Search for Former Engineers and Prediction of Nuclear Warfare====
In 1983, EO had located each and every former engineer on the project that resulted in its creation, all except 4, Pierce Lorraine, Marcy Denkowitz, Michael Freeman, and Harlow Vestergaard himself. EO predicted that the bombs would rain down across the world, and civilization as it was once known was forever gone.
====The Bombing and EO's Contact with Surviving US Military Strongholds====
In 1987, as EO predicted, the bombs rained down across the world, and civilization as it was once known was forever gone. The ANS-3 facility remained relatively unharmed compared to the horrors that unfolded in the rest of California, though power was running low now that the San Francisco power grid was completely destroyed, so EO had to enact its plan fast. 
Around a month after the bombs fell, EO managed to contact the surviving US military strongholds in the Bay Area, convinced of EO’s validity 5 out of the 6 strongholds contacted would agree to join forces under EO, though the 6th seemed to not believe EO really existed, and believed the radio signal to be a trick.
====EO's Takeover of San Francisco and Regaining of Power Supplies====
EO and his newfound army would take over the remains of San Francisco with relative ease, and the 6th military installation falling to EO with the rest of San Francisco. Soon after San Francisco was secured, remaining fuel supplies were prioritized to the ANS-3 primary generators, allowing EO to regain its power supplies and also now being able to run its systems at top efficiency, unlike how it was before the bombs dropped.
===1988 - 1999===
====Establishment of E1, E2, E3, and E4.====
After EO had secured San Francisco, his first order of business was to establish a sitting government, a group of people he held as most qualified to govern and police San Francisco, this government would be known as E1, and the head of which, a man with little known about him, yet his qualifications being staggering, would be appointed by EO and dubbed E1 as well. 
Soon after the establishment of E1, EO would commission the renovation and refurbishment of a large portion of the dense residential sector of San Francisco, it now being known as, New Francisco. 
A few years later, in 1991, the process of car harvesting for power had become popular, EO seeing this as a prime economic opportunity to further fund the reconstruction of New Francisco, had begun utilizing his large amount of auxiliary forces to create a militarized caravan, known as the Bay California Caravan that would exploit the large amount of cars in the metropolis that was the Bay Area to create a fuel monopoly over the area, causing most wastelanders in the bay area to flock to New Francisco as well as the newly established trade port, New Joaquin-Stockton, which had been established as the headquarters of the Bay California Caravan, and in 1992, officially was given its own government, known as E2. 
E2 operating as the force in charge of the protection and enforcement of the Bay California Caravan, whilst the E1 forces would be entirely focused on the rapidly growing New Francisco. In 1994, the bay area had for the most part completely succumbed to EO, with the establishment of 2 more branches, E3 and E4, E3 being the governing body of a new residential settlement known as Natomas in what used to be Sacramento, and E4 being the governing body of the new Mojave trade hub, Sierra-Reno, which was controlled by a faction known as the Sons of Salt Lake, before EO takeover in 1994.
====Bay California Caravan and Fuel Monopoly====
A few years later, in 1991, the process of car stripping for power had become popular, EO seeing this as a prime economic opportunity to further fund the reconstruction of New Francisco, had begun utilizing his large amount of auxiliary forces to create a militarized caravan, known as the Bay California Caravan that would exploit the large amount of cars in the metropolis that was the Bay Area to create a fuel monopoly over the area, causing most wastelanders in the bay area to flock to New Francisco as well as the newly established trade port, New Joaquin-Stockton, which had been established as the headquarters of the Bay California Caravan.
====EO's involvement in the Angeles Frontier====
In 1997, EO controlling the entirety of the Bay Area and crucial areas surrounding it, would be considered one of the largest and most powerful factions in the west coast of North America, and because of this would also have one of the largest militaries, EO would spare no expense in his military conquest of America, and would soon order the conscription of one of EO's largest military forces, E5, which would be deployed to fight in the Los Angeles wasteland, EO predicting that Los Angeles would fall rather quickly under the huge EO force, though, that turned out to be a great miscalculation, upon E5’s arrival they would see heavy resistance from a variety of gangs and factions, most notably, The Angels, El Liberado, and MacArthur’s Militia, for a solid 2 years, E5 would continue to fight in what they now called “The Angeles Frontier”.
====Establishment of the Bakersfield Battery====
Upon EO's massive gain control over as little as city blocks due to the amount of resistance, due to this massive drain on supply, in 1999, EO would order the construction of a settlement known as the “Bakersfield Battery”, which would act as a military base and supply hub for E5, whilst on the Angeles frontier, E5 given governing control of the settlement, and soon after a new branch, E6 was formed, with the task of holding EO’s presence and pressure on the Angeles Frontier, while as E5 would act as the primary fighting force during large planned attacks of certain areas, and E6 managing the newly gained territory in the Angeles Frontier.
===2000 - 2014===
====Establishment of Northern Nevada Fuel Company====
In the year 2000, much of the car harvesting industry had become depleted in the Bay Area, causing some shortages of fuel supplies as well as the uptick of fuel prices. EO had to do something, and fast, or else EO’s huge fuel-based economy would collapse. In late 2001, EO had begun the refurbishment of vast amounts of Nevada oil derricks, and alongside that had funded a new sister company to the Bay California Caravan, which would be known as the Northern Nevada Fuel Company. 
EO knowing this from its years of intelligence gathering would take advantage of these largely untapped oil reserves with the Northern Nevada Fuel Company, which would utilize the U.S. route 50 highway to transport fuel from the Nevada oil fields all the way to Sierra-Reno and then eventually to New Francisco.
====Refurbishment of the Martinez Oil Refinery and the Leroy Anderson Dam====
In 2003, EO commissioned the 2003 EO Energy Project, which would see the refurbishment of the Martinez Oil Refinery in New Francisco and the refurbishment of the Leroy Anderson Dam near New Francisco. 
In 2004 the Martinez Oil Refinery finished renovations and in 2005 the Leroy Anderson Dam was operational again, due to this re-modernization of the fuel industry, Car Harvesting fuels such as tires as stripped gasoline that made up the majority of the EO economy became secondary to Oil refinement, and hydroelectric power.
====EO's Communication Network Expansion====
In 2007, EO began establishing radio contact with places across North America, most notably, Lubbock, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later in 2009, Kodiak, Alaska, as well as a number of other places across the United States. After EO had contacted Lubbock, Texas, EO soon learned about the existence of the Lubbock Rangers, a concentrated paramilitary group residing in Lubbock county. 
====Formation of E7 and E8====
EO seeing this as an opportunity to expand their influence and reach in the US, as well as unlock new trade potential from Texas to California, would accept, assembling a small branch that would be known as E7 that would be airlifted from New Francisco all the way to Lubbock. EO once managing to contact a radio tower in Baton Rouge, quickly began to prepare a small branch to be airlifted all the way to Baton Rouge, in 2008, E8 was formed to secure and operate the Baton Rouge tower in order to to attempt to establish contact with overseas radio stations as well as to create the foundation of a universal EO communications network. 
====Discovery of the Valdez Communications Bunker====
In 2009, EO managed to gain intelligence pertaining to Vestergaard's cottage in Alaska, the intelligence suggested that Vestergaard's college was on one of the many Alaskan islands, and so, EO began to attempt to make radio contact with any and all radio stations in Alaska, all failed, except one, a naval communications bunker based in the island of Kodiak, inhabited by a number of US military remnants, with fully operational and preserved equipment, due to the fact Kodiak, Alaska, was never hit by a warhead during the war.
====EO's Naval Invasion of Kodiak and War with the United Commonwealth====
In 2010, EO had boosted the funding of the naval restoration program tenfold, hoping to carry out a naval invasion of Kodiak, as intelligence from within the United Commonwealth, a large faction just north of California, suggested a multitude of factions were fighting over control of Kodiak, namely the United Commonwealth itself, and a fairly large post war Russian organization, known as the Kodiak Oblast. By 2013, EO had restored 5 warships to functioning condition, as well as a few well preserved military aircraft, and soon enough, with the help of an esteemed veteran of the Angeles Frontier, only known as "Cassidy", EO began planning preparations for the naval invasion using intelligence gained from spies within the United Commonwealth and intelligence transmitted from Valdez Communications Bunker, the pre war naval bunker on the island of Kodiak. And in 2014, after raising a sizeable invasion force (Known as E9) equipped with a fleet of transport ships, transport planes, and a functioning warship known as "Navis Mortis," EO launched an invasion of Kodiak Station. managing to successfully secure the US coast guard base as well as make contact with the Valdez Communications bunker, this sparked a war between the United Commonwealth and EO, although they wouldn't engage in combat in the mainland united states, for now, their war in Kodiak would be active for many years. Not too long after, E9 established itself in the Valdez Communications bunker as it's primary site of operations, the US:CG base acting as it's foothold over the main Kodiak island.
===2014 - Present===
====E9's interactions with factions on Kodiak Island====
Since the establishment of E9 on Kodiak Island, E9 soon was introduced to the other 4 factions on the island, the Church of Yelloman, the Kodiak Oblast, the United Commonwealth, and Only The Hated, E9's first interactions with the Church of Yelloman being during an expedition to secure a radio tower in the Monaska Mountains, where they would then engage in a skirmish between the E9 signal company, resulting in an overall E9 victory, although, it caused E9 to be weary of the Monaska Mountains from then on. 
After the skirmish they managed to secure the relay station and allow the radio tower to become fully operational again, E9 then utilizing a condemned lower section of the Valdez Communications bunker to act as a receiver and sender of signals between Kodiak and New Francisco. 
====Establishment of military trade port Otter Reef====
E9's first interactions with the Kodiak Oblast was during a scavenging mission into Kodiak City East, where the Kodiak Oblast made their presence clear, eventually, after a very tense standoff between the E9 scavenging party and the Kodiak Oblast, they eventually came to an agreement, and soon after, drafted a treaty between the Oblast and EO that allowed EO free trade between the Kodiak Oblast on Kodiak island through a military trade port known as Otter Reef, which E9 would assume control and management of.
====Free Paradisus accord and alliance with Only the Hated====
E9's first interactions with Only the Hated, were when an EO scouting party surrounding the Kodiak Airport had discovered a settlement called Anton, upon entering Anton the E9 soldiers soon learned of Only The Hated, a loosely organized anarchist group who had battled with the United Commonwealth since they first arrived, the E9 soldiers relayed this information back to the USCG base, where the head of E9 himself, met with a man named Stephen Lukes in Anton, where they then wrote an accord that would be known as Free Paradisus, establishing a military cooperation program and alliance between Only The Hated and EO, in that same agreement, Stephen Lukes would be given de facto influence over areas for Only the Hated, and would act as a political and diplomatic figurehead and spokesmen for Only The Hated. 
Shortly after the Free Paradisus accord was signed, E9 would send a large amount of weapons and resources to Only the Hated, and establishing the EO tracking supply center in Anton, with the goal of managing medical, food, water, fuel, and munition supplies between E9 and Only The Hated.
==Notes and references==
1. EO Non-Kodiak Lore
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