William Black

General William Black is the leader of Alaska's U.S. military remnants, the New American Army, as of 2220. He serves as their "General", the supreme commander of the faction.
==Background==
William Black was born in 2042 to a family in rural Washington. He followed in the footsteps of both of his parents and joined the United States Army. By 2074 he was the commanding officer of the 90th Infantry Division of the 127th Infantry Regiment stationed in Fort Greely, a cold weather testing lab and anti-ballistic missile site in eastern Alaska.
When the Great War began in 2077, Fort Greely unleashed its arsenal to destroy as many Chinese ICBMs as possible. Unfortunately given the sheer size of the nuclear conflict, many slipped through the site's defenses. Several days later the 127th emerged from their bunker in Fort Greely under the leadership of General Black. He immediately sent out scouting teams to assess the damage to nearby communities, including Anchorage. Many members of the 127th had immediate family in Anchorage, relocated there to assist with the reconstruction effort and to be within a closer distance of their families at Fort Greely. What the 127th found in the city brought many to the breaking point, Anchorage had been completely annihilated. Attempts were made to search for survivors in the ruined city, but the endeavors only left 127th rescue teams either poisoned by radiation or ghoulified, the latter of which included William Black himself. Their families gone and themselves cut off from the world, many of Black’s men were driven to suicide or desertion.
General Black quickly sought to restore order to the remainder of the 127th, turning the grief of his soldiers into immense hatred of the communists that had wiped out their families and America. He united the 127th under anti-communist propaganda, leaving the survivors both united and bloodthirsty. More scouting teams were sent out to find what few US military survivors remained in Alaska. By 2110 the 127th was now known as the “New American Army”, the last remnants of the American military in the Yukon Wasteland.
==2220==
Under Black's leadership the New American Army has become the most well-equipped faction in the Yukon Wasteland. They scour the pre-War battlefields of Alaska for military equipment and offer their services to local settlements for food and currency. Recent rumors within the Yukon Wasteland tell of a group of Chinese remnants still living in Alaska. While General Black has sent scouts to confirm these reports, he has tasked his soldiers with preparing for this potential final battle against communism in Alaska. The New American Army works tirelessly to uncover military caches, crack open U.S. bunkers, and fix what few vehicles the New American Army has in case the rumors prove to be true.
Whispers within the NAA tell that the General may have larger plans than just eradicating communism from Alaska. Rumors suggest that he may also have plans for uniting all of the Yukon Wasteland under the banner of the New American Army in a desire he has had since the Great War to restore America, at least in Alaska.
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