The Nova Scotian Federation

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The Nova Scotian Federation is a coalition of settlements across Nova Scotia. Formed in 2180, the Federation was founded upon the ideals of rights for all and reconstruction of the Old World.

## *History of the Federation*

It all started as a loose confederacy of settlements, made specifically to preserve trade and crackdown on raiders. They gained massive popularity after the annihilation of the raider gangs that plagued them, and as news spread across the wastes of Nova Scotia, they steadily grew across the region. Eventually, as they grew and grew, they began reaching out to settlements in their area, raising civilian armies and crashing in on raiders and gangs. As the enemies of the Federation began disappearing, they began getting more to join, and instead of just going by settlement, they built settlements across the roadways which secured trade ways and their main control. As raiders saw other gangs evaporating, they decided to act, and after months of treaties and agreements, a coalition of raider gangs was established to fight against the Federation. But a lot of these gangs hated each other, and even though they hated the settlements worse, some gangs decided to fight with each other, saying that the others weren't with the Coalition. As the Coalition began collapsing in on themselves in a civil war, the settlements (Currently called the "Confederacy of Settlements") crashed down upon them, disintegrating the alliance of raiders. Eventually, as the Confederacy grew, they began their ideas of a federation where everybody has a voice. As the raider gangs who fought against them disappeared, they became known for clean streets, and with the threat that any raiders found would be killed without trial, if anything, blew the raiders north and east out of The Federation. As gangs were sent north, they finally decided to act, and many began making alliances to fight against the Confederacy. The Confederacy revealed their ultimate weapon, powered combat armor. As gangs fought the Confederacy's armies, they were set upon by PA Operators, with the Confederacy's Operators being known to hammer raiders out of windows. With the raiders being promised no harm if they surrendered. Many just left their gangs, and as the gangs lost the majority of their members they were pushed into dust. As the Confederacy occupied all of Nova Scotia, they began pushing their ideas of old-world values. They wanted their democracy, and they raised the idea of a greater Nova Scotian state, where everyone had a voice and where everyone was safe. Finally, they established a parliament and an executive branch that was specifically elected by the people. Issues would be settled in a yearly census, and if the people wanted change, the government would be forced to step down. Even with the dozen leaders who tried to expand the power of the executive branch, none succeeded, and one quote is heard when the people march on parliament, it came from the Halifax Revolution on March 9th, 2232, where the organizer of the revolution stated this: "People should not be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of their people.". After the Halifax Revolution, the government went under serious change, resulting in the Charter of 2233, which dictated that the army shouldn't be picked by the government, but should be conscripted based on talent and that unless parliament approval, guards are not allowed into the main room. As the government expanded and the cities of Nova Scotia rebuilt, they began the use of banknotes, where you could send x amounts of caps to the bank's vault. In exchange, they would gain a note which was worth said amount of caps. This system, quickly becoming known as the Scotian System, became used across the nation, with the government buying out other banks with the same note. As a central bank arrived, they founded the first bureau, the Bureau of Finance, which became the biggest and most important bureau. As the years passed, a dozen more bureaus came out, such as the Bureau of Expansion, Bureau of Population, and the Bureau of Relations. Eventually, the current prime minister was elected, one Reginald Green, and he ordered the immediate sending of 200 men to New Brunswick.

## *The Armed Forces*

The Armed Forces had been neglected for years, but eventually, after the Halifax Revolution and the election of Reginald Green, the Conscription Act and Quaker Doctrine were put into full effect, here's a quick summary of what the two did:

### The Conscription Act

The Conscription Act was signed in 2268, which detailed the establishment of professional armed forces by focusing on healthy people, and this set the paved the way for Quaker Doctrine. The Conscription Act also detailed that 5% of the population could be conscripted at once and that they can't conscript over 1% of the population without parliamentary approval.

### Quaker Doctrine

Quaker Doctrine is named after James Quaker, the General of the entire Nova Scotian Armed Forces at the time. Quaker Doctrine is where civilians over the age of 17 and in decent physical health may take out loans of up to 1,000 caps, but the catch was that for every 100 caps you take out, you get 1 mandatory year of military service and you can only get loans in hundreds, but they could only conscript them with parliamentary approval.

These events, followed by the establishment of the Bureau of Military and the promotion of soldiers with 10+ Years of military service to officers, made their military more organized and made it known not as some disorganized wave force but as a unified and organized force.

Their Armed Forces consist of 3,000 current conscripts with 4,000 in reserves, each of which were divided into 3 battalions of 1,000 who were divided into 10 companies of 100 each. The companies had several different types, here are each:

### *Infantry Company*

Infantry Companies are the backbone and most common company in the battalions, these groups are one of three battalions designated specifically for combat. They're equipped with rifles, pistols, shotguns, grenades, and pre-war military uniforms including rigs, gloves, balaclavas, goggles, helmets, parkas\*, vests, elbow & kneepads, and steel-tipped boots.

\*During winter and months leading up from and after it.

### *Energy Battalion*

Energy Battalions are elite units specifically trained to use laser weapons, usually used in defense or during raids on large forts. They're equipped with the same uniforms as the Infantry, though they have light plate armor and on their left breastplate and they have a symbol of a laser rifle with a lightning bolt behind it. They have mostly just laser rifles, but they've made a special rifle, a Tri-Beam Automatic Laser Rifle, which has become a staple of their energy division, though some other weapons they use are: Modified Laser Rifles, Laser Pistols, Gatling Lasers\*, and Plasma Grenades\*\*

\*Gatling Laser Troops are usually equipped with either an Exosuit or a PA Suit of arms, chest, and a helmet (Usually T45 but for spec-ops T51)

\*\*Plasma Grenades are only used for special operations

### *Grenadier Battalions*

The Grenadiers are the newest battalion meant for combat, only being used for special operations. They are equipped with the same uniforms as the Infantry Battalion but with a gas mask and long coat and are equipped with the following weapons: Flamers, Napalmers, Incendiary Rounds, and Missile Launchers.

#### *Power Armor Corps*

While more of a Sub-Battalion, the Power Armor Corps is usually seen in the Energy and Incendiary Battalions due to them being the ones regularly used in combat. The Power Armor used is either T-45 or T-51, they do have a single suit of X0-1 but it will never be used, as it is being reverse engineered to make a better suit of Power Armor.

### *Engineer Battalions*

Engineer Battalions are primarily used to construct military fortifications and refueling stations, being the only battalion with direct access to Jeeps and ATVs. They're usually equipped with .44 Magnum Revolvers and Combat Rifles, usually wearing the same uniform as an Infantry Battalion Unit, but with a metal mask and an apron, usually with thicker gloves.

### *Medical Battalions*

Medical Battalions are the main medical professionals, usually off the field, they're responsible for keeping our units in tip-top shape, being equipped with Autodocs at the main base and a medical kit when out scouting or in the field. Their uniform consists of a tank top, camo jacket with a patch on their right arm (a red cross surrounding a white circle), a satchel full of medical supplies, a backpack with their medkit, some cargo pants, and steel-tipped boots, sometimes seen wearing vests marked with the caduceus rod.

### *Scout Battalions*

Scout Battalions are specifically trained to map out areas that can be used in strategic positions, and/or to shorten travel between locations. They've been known to be so effective, that it took them 20 Days to mark up the entirety of Nova Scotia after the reconstruction. They are equipped with sniper rifles and pistols, usually given binoculars and telescopes\*. They wear leather boots, running shorts during summer and spring, wear snow boots and jeans during Autumn and Winter, sometimes wearing snow pants during extremely cold days; they wear t-shirts and helmets similar to the MK2 British Helmets during Summer and Spring, and during Winter and Autumn they wear balaclavas and gas masks, but during every season, they use mittens to keep a better grip on their goggles, having only 1 split between the Index finger so they can use guns and push-buttons.

## *Faction Relations*

### *The Commonwealth Provisional Government (Minutemen)*

The Nova Scotians view the Commonwealth as an extremely democratic state and view them as the closest possible relative of the American Government (Not knowing of the NCR.)

### *The New England Rangers*

They have a NAP with the New England Rangers since they both want New Brunswick, so they agreed to split it between the two factions.

### *The Church of Atom*

They haven't had many interactions and the Church doesn't have a single follower in Nova Scotia.