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Franke "FM" Mercury

**Franke Itharius Navarone Bulsara** (born October 29th, 2040), known professionally as Franke Mercury, is a well-known North American radio DJ and host of daily morning radio program "AM/FM with Franke Mercury". He created the liberal-leaning program with producer and longtime friend, Nathan Graine, after five years at the helm of a more conservative radio show, Mercury Rising*.*

His parents, Evita and Rainn were both writers; Franke's middle name, *Itharius Navarone*(which he insists "isn't two middle names. It's one name"), is that of a character Rainn created and used in several stories.

Although he has little memory of it, he is a survivor of the North American transition from the U.S. government to that of the Federation, during the early 2040's.

Franke Bulsara met Nathan Graine while both attended Bal Biden University of the Arts in East Washington. Franke majored in Communication, concentrating on broadcasting and media production. Nathan majored in Audio Engineering. Franke adopted the name *'Mercury'* shortly after the end of World War 3, which he said he'd considered for many years in his youth. When his uncle, Amel, went on a killing spree at a shopping mall in the Grand Falls Republic, Franke finally adopted *'Mercury'* to disassociate himself from the *"great shame brought upon the Bulsara name by Amel's actions".* It was around this time that he and Nathan began to create the format for what would soon become *Mercury Rising*.

When Mercury Rising debuted in 2062, Franke considered himself a conservative, and was billed as a *'young face with a fresh conservative outlook'*, something that, within a handful of years, he began to despise.

In 2067, Rainn died. This profoundly changed Franke, as he and his father were extremely close. *Mercury Rising* ended less than two months later, and from the ashes of this would rise AM/FM with Franke Mercury.

Franke is also an avid historian, mostly of the 19th century onward. He is well-studied on the majority of modern wars, particularly the three World Wars, and the politics and proxy wars in between. He is semi-fluent in nine languages, though he insists he isn't nearly confident enough to speak six of them outside of a handful of simple phrases.

Nathan Graine on Franke: *"He was born to walk the path of the scientist, he has a very scientific mind. Being raised by Rainn and Evita, though, meant a childhood sandwiched between politics and creative fiction. Now although these are essentially the same thing, what developed for Franke was, one, an intense love of history...really, of anthropology and of empires...stemming from Rainn's world-building and attention to the detail of his worlds...and two, the quick mind and fast-tongue of a person standing behind a podium, or on a stage. I think it was me who first mentioned radio, and Franke had no qualms, because to him, we were 'going to be famous but needed to maintain some anonymity on the streets'. I think that's an exact quote."*
Erich Woodhead

**Dr. Erich Wilhelm Woodhead** (February 14th, 1965 - November 10th, 2026) was a career diplomat and member of the United Nations Security Council. He was a founding member of UNMOVIC, and participated in numerous weapons inspections. He was an early mentor to Kurtis Redfield.

Several accounts maintain that Erich Woodhead was an agent of the CIA.
Geoffrey Belzer

Geoffrey Marlon Belzer (November 4th, 2006 - April 17th, 2083) was a Federation citizen of The Great Falls Republic, father, and grandfather, who died of brain cancer.

Contained in numerous journals he left behind are explicit admissions of his participation in the founding of pre-WW3 crypto-terrorist organization, 4A.

From the preface of the first journal: *“I am Geoffrey Belzer, and for close to eighty years I have enjoyed this very splendid life. Father of three. Grandfather of nine. Chief Elder of the Vale of Triumph Church on Eleanor Drive. Architect. Teacher. Friend. Lover. Barbeque aficionado. And despite years of grief for being so, an avid collector of old comic books(Go Saberman!). Everyone knows me as Geoffrey, or simply Geoff/Jeff. I have seen and done much, and most of it was done so as a member of the Brasser community, twenty four miles east of Sioux Falls, Great Falls Republic.*

*As many of those in my life know, and to those that could or would ever read my records, I moved to the American Federation from Montreal in 2043, experiencing the new nation’s transformation first hand as a member of Unification Abroad, serving as a regional kitchen staff leader and later a neighborhood layout design assistant to UA Charter Member, Dr. Leonardo Burke. I moved to Brasser in 2046 to find work among the booming architectural community of the time. I built my home here in 2047, with the help of some friends. I married here. I raised my children here and later helped to raise theirs. I am thoroughly and firmly planted here, and I’m proud of it and what I've accomplished. Nothing could ever change that. I love and appreciate so many people. I see clearly enough to notice that this is reciprocated in kind, and I could not be happier for it.*

*On August 17th, 2082, a malignant tumor was found in my brain, and I was diagnosed with Glioblastoma multiform soon after. I am bedridden, and have little time left to live. Naturally, I wish to alleviate myself of the things that haunt me, so I can spend my remaining months at peace.*

*With that said, my birth name is Zane Zappa, and I was a founding member of the crypto-terrorist organization, 4A.*
Enzo Cider

Lorenzo Franco "Enzo" Cider (born August 16th, 2024) is a well-known French author and contributor to numerous political publications worldwide. He is married to Eleanor Cider, founder of Spectacle Media Group.

Enzo is the creator of the popular fictional poltergeist hunter in French comic books, *Abraham Denmark*.
Saber Publishing Company

Saber Publishing Company, better known as Saber Comics, was an American publishing company formed in late 1892 by lawyers Richard Gaines, Joe Lambert and Michael ‘Skeeter’ Goldman. They formed it on a bet, and named after a Turkish saber(kilij) recently acquired by Gaines at the 1889 Paris World's Fair. The men were very savvy, and the company became successful. Goldman spend a considerable amount of his free time with his cousin, Gordon Bennett, who was a well-known Philadelphia artist. Together, the two conceived of a ’mascot’ character to represent the company on advertisements. It was a small man in green wielding a very tall sign with the name ‘Saber Publishing’. There was a saber hanging from his belt.

Sometime in late 1893, the green ‘Saber Man’ character became quite popular, helping to increase the companies business. Goldman and Bennett decided to develop a comic strip based on him; it debuted in an early 1894 edition of the Boston Daily and ran a monthly strip until 1902, after which it was changed to a pulp magazine format. The stories were expanded, and it soon earned a large fan base. It wasn’t until the outbreak of World War 1, however, that ‘Saber Man’ developed the traits of a superhero. When America entered the war, so did Saber Man. Popular illustrations of the day -propaganda of course- included him strangling the Kaiser, and one particularly controversial one with his saber impaling the Kaiser, and the French hanging wreaths on the protruding end of the blade. After the war, his popularity soared.

Although Saber Publishing did publish other material, it was the iconic Saber Man that carried the torch. Between 1924-1936, Gaines, Lambert and Goldman all died; close friend Gary Moss became president of the company, with Bennett becoming lead designer of Saber Man. When WW2 erupted, the superhero joined the propaganda machine. He battled Hitler and the Nazis, Hirohito and the Japanese, Mussolini and the Fascists. An extensive story arc taking place deep in China near the end of the war became one of the most popular in the series’ history. It was also Bennett’s last bit; he retired in May of 1946. With the wars’ end came the infamous decline of interest in superheroes. Saber Publishing tried to keep Saber Man alive, but were suffering following severe paper shortages, and few workers. In 1956, the company went under. Many of it's staff would soon find work at Odyssey Comics.
Odin Orbital Colony

The Odin Orbital Colony was the first of the Orbital Colonies to be completed and inhabited. Construction was completed in 2036.

At 2pm on June 1st, 2083, the Odin Colony was destroyed from a series of internal explosions, leading to the deaths of 928,228,061 people in a span of less than ten minutes. The tragedy became the most-widely publicized event in human history, swamping every conceivable media outlet. A major investigation was launched by the Skyship Committee immediately afterward, leading to the detainment on Zeus of Odin Premier Administrator, Stafton Sawyer, for questioning.
Elwood Benkaiser

**Elwood Russell Benkaiser** (March 12th 1998 - July 9th 2068) was an American-born businessman and philanthropist who founded biotechnology company, *Core Protocol United*, with friend Antonio Bachmann. *CPU* was one of the companies commissioned by the Allies during WW3 to advance the field of battlefield medical technologies, much of which were still in their infancy. In 2048, evidence arose shining light on the fact that, during the war, CPU had provided the Chinese with "information related to the Allies and their war effort". However, before any sort of case could be put together, CPU was acquired by Hybrid ULTD and was reformed; it's remnants became the building blocks for the system responsible for monitoring and maintaining the LIN embryos.

Elwood was known to have a rivalry with fellow businessman, Hadi Makai. It apparently began when they were both young and coming up in the world. Following Hadi's death in 2065, Elwood temporarily became a suspect.

It has been implied that Elwood and Antonio were lovers, despite the latter being married for thirty years.
Federation Admistrative Regional Observation and Underground Tracking (F.A.R.O.U.T.)

The official name for the Federation’s “Criminal Factions Abroad and Black Market Monitoring and Tracking” faction. Highly-funded by the Federation -a personal order from the Archbishop himself, FAROUT works across the globe. As of 2083, the faction lost millions in annual funding as a punitive action(and impulsive lashing out) by the Archbishop for “failing to obtain one singular piece of useful information regarding the location and activities of even a single member of the shadow organization, the Wrathmen”.

Because of their activities, agents of FAROUT are among the most head-hunted individuals across the planet by criminal factions and guerilla governments, and therefore operate in almost complete isolation and receive “temporary identity erasure” from Federation (and Allied) servers, for their protection.
Fox AB Commando Assault Rifle

The **Fox AB Commando Assault Rifle**, FABCAR, or more popularly, FAB, is a modern medium weight full-power combat rifle developed by Hybrid Defense Systems in 2046. Their versatility is unmatched across the board, with instant-locking accessories that give the rifle numerous upgrades for a variety of different tactical applications, from blind cover fire enhancement and Obstacle Breakers(OB's), to SPYFLY shortspan recon drones, SmartFire Pulse, and RAIN warheads. The accessories capabilities are only accessible through the sync mode active between the rifle and the accompanying outfit (Hybrid Defense Systems 'Commando Unit Field/Firearm Living Instrument Neural Canopy', "CUFFLINK") worn by a signature operative, rendering the rifle and it's add-ons unusable if procured by a *foreign host*.

The modern widespread availability and usage of VECHS rifles is said to be in response to the rise of complex hardware weaponry like the Fox AB.
Joren Chaser

**Joren Christos Charalambos** (born July 9th, 2048), known professionally as Joren Chaser, is a Greek-born musician famous for being the co-founder and primary songwriter of the pop-rock band, Young Actors.

He is widely considered to be a musical genius, and although he works primarily in Young Actors, he has a hand in many other things. He is a songwriter for multiple other artists, he writes music for a number of friends who put on stage shows. He has published two books on music, and has taught it in private classes throughout the world.

Known by his friends as Joren "Chaser" Charalambos when he was in his twenties, as more often than not any non-alcoholic drink he was seen with was usually accompanied by liquor from a flask. He has admitted before that he is a functioning alcoholic, and that it gives reason to why he isn't married nor a father. *"I couldn't do what I do if I didn't oil the machine, and I couldn't do that if I had the responsibilities that come with creating and maintaining a family. I have my father, and for the most part he's the same way. Obviously he had me, but he's admitted that it wasn't intentional. And so I rarely date, you know. Maybe I'm a sort of asexual, or something.""*
The Franklin Commission

The Franklin Commission was a group of seven individuals, appointed by the Skyship Committee in 2052 to gather together intelligence concerning the immediate establishment of broad satellite mining operations. Led by mining industrialists Calvin Franklin and Veríl Verigo(a Skyship Committee founding member), the Commission presented it's results less than six months after its founding.
Kyraglucose

Kyraglucose, often mispronounced as Kyroglucose, is a highly-addictive chemical drug found on Earth and the Colonies. It was synthesized sometime in the late 2050's - early 2060's, in response to the elimination of concentrated sugars on the Colonies, and is deemed illegal nearly everywhere. It's status on Earth is controversial, because in some places it isn't treated as a drug, but as a high-end confectionary treat. This is where manufacturing facilities have begun to spring up in recent years, and the problem has been heavily addressed in monthly meetings between Earthen governments and the Skyship Committee.

Notorious Colony-based crime lord Thug Weiland is believed to maintain the largest and most lucrative Kyraglucose organization in existence.
Eve Praag

Eve Adrienne Praag (March 7th, 2030 - June 1st, 2083) was a French-born cytophysicist responsible for directing the R&D of the Intelligent Germ strains *A. Praxxis, A. Posterix, A. Pandacyllin, A. Plastura, A. Komera*, as well as being a noted contributor to early development of *"net operis Posterix” .*

Born in Grenoble, France, in 2030 to two engineers, young Eve and her parents moved briefly to Marseille before joining the first few thousand to leave Earth for the Odin Colony.

Eve was one of the 928,228,061 victims of the Odin Disaster of 2083. She was 53.
West Washington

West Washington(Спутниковое Вашингтон, *Satellite Washington*) refers to the western half of the former U.S. state of Washington now occupied by Russian military forces, who have held it since 2055, following the lengthy Russian campaign that began with their numerous synchronized invasions of Canada and Alaska.

Following the ascension to power of Timur Kolesnikov, and the fragmentation of the *United Defense Faction*, the occupied regions have come to mirror those held by warlords in East America. However, because of the international situation stemming from the Treaty that ended the Third World War, the American Federation is reluctant to stir things up, and so areas such as West Washington continue to prosper.
Raife Galahan

Raife Galahan Goodwin (born April 27th, 2024) is a Canadian engineer and former systems analyst for Hybrid ULTD's *Starlight* AI program. In the fall of 2055, he completed the design of a pet project computer system that would, near the end of the war, be released as the Expo Graybox through one of Hybrid's subsidiaries, Blake-Mendes Corporation.
Praxxis Strain

A new strain of Intelligent Germ created by Lavis Facilities, in the Norgwerin Lab Consortium on Indra, in the summer of 2051, under the direction of both Dr’s Eve Praag and J. Stanton Grandin. They were created to repair cancerous cells, essentially helping to pave the way for the *Embryonic Passenger Strains* of the late 2090’s. Dr. Praag herself stated that her inspiration was drawn mainly from pioneering cyto-engineer, Komarcy Berenzin.
Operation Warhead

**Operation Warhead** was a combined British and French covert operation during World War 3 to subvert Russian shipping lanes from Finland, utilizing information obtained from the sleeper agent in Boden. It was the third of five phases of Operation Invictus, whose ultimate purpose was to dislodge Russia from northern Europe.

Russia maintained a relatively simple series of shipping lanes from western Russia, straight through to Norway. This was mostly due to the constrained power status in Russia, where decisions in Moscow were more often than not scrutinized by the Chinese occupiers. Flaws in Russian intercommunication procedures in the occupied territories were also to blame. Cutting off the flow of materials to and from Norway and Sweden was the key to *Warhead*.

Sweden's eastern ports were regularly flowing with traffic; it was obvious the Russian's weren't planning to leave anytime soon. The specifics of Operation Warhead were to be determined pending the success of Calico. From here, the operatives would make their way southwest from Boden, to the Älvsbyn Municipality, specifically Korsträsk. Here, there was a guarded power station containing an access module to the shipping lanes network. Russian infighting led to the local commandant getting his way, access to the network so as not to feel inferior to other privileged fellow commandants. The operatives were up against a small guard presence at the power station, but managed to access the shipping network without alerting a single one. The sleeper agent's intelligence again came into play here, with an algorithmic code implemented into the network, upsetting the system and ultimately causing it to crash. The code prevented the crash from being noticed by the larger parent network, and so the operatives were able to "continue on as ghosts". The crash was not noticed for eleven days, displaying the seemingly absent-minded nature of the Russian occupiers. The confusion at the ports led to build-ups of ships, creating good targets for Allied cluster bombs launched from batteries in Germany.

From here began Operation Strawberry Fields.
Committee of International Concern over Sino-Russo Relations during the Third World War

The **Committee of International Concern over Sino-Russo Relations during the Third World War** was a Chinese-Russian formed organization created to formally address seemingly endless international concern over Chinese conduct during their 29-month occupation of Russia following the Darkening of the World. With hundreds of thousands of deaths attributed to the Chinese occupation, and no follow-up investigations done whatsoever on the part of either Asian power, dozens of organizations have petitioned over the years for some kind of official, active international response. The Committee of International Concern was formed to confront such "aggressive agitation", although it's dialogue during meetings of world leaders has thus been vague and rather informal.
Morrik Dietram

Brian Maurice "Morrik" Dietram (born February 11th, 2048) is a computer programmer with the team responsible for *Titan Harmonic*, the primary operating system of the Colony Infrastructure Networks.

He is the only son of Terrence "Trance" Dietram, co-creator of SavageTrance technology, the precursor to *Advent Tektonic*.
Jorma Janssen

**Jorma Ingo Aric Janssen** (December 2nd, 1942 - March 1st, 1991) was a renowned Belgian-German physicist, engineer, and polymath(something he deliberately attempted to sway attention away from), credited as a modern day Isaac Newton for his vast, years-ahead-of-their-time ideas and early dissertations, many of which came to fruition. Despite his reputation as a sort of "prodigal son", he remains mostly unknown in history. This is due to the nature and evolution of his work. The number of works he either hid prior to his death or took with him to his grave are believed to be quite extensive. Most known for his founding of Lavis Facilities and partnership with Serj Eteyas. Married to Camille Silva from 1968 until her death in 1981. In 1971, Camille gave birth to twin sons, Jens and Hugo.

It has been said by many, including Serj, that Jorma's doppelganger was George Harrison of The Beatles.

One of his favorite things to eat, as, again, noted by Serj, was a tuna fish sandwich with mayonnaise and ketchup. Jorma only ended up eating this particular type of sandwich about halfway through his life.

*“For Jorma Ingo Aric Janssen, genius was no equal. Socrates and Newton would be right among his people. His ideas forever shaped the world, but alas he was unquenched. Never taking stock in his accomplishments, his pride forever benched. When came the dusk and all was calm, little did this man have left. The path of self-abasement, his feet forever locked in step.“* -Serj Eteyas, from his book *‘This Mad, Manned World’*

*"Jeremiah was a bullfrog, he was good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him drink his wine
He always had some mighty fine wine"*
Spectacle Media Group

Spectacle Media Group is a major news media corporation based out of California, with offices across the globe, as well as on the Colonies. They focus primarily on international events and geopolitics.

Spectacle Media Group was a 2054 reformation of *Ardent Garden*, a media group founded by billionaire business magnate, Eleanor Cider, years earlier.
X Van Chavez

Alexander Aaron Costas Van Edwin (October 12th, 2019 - August 2nd, 2069) was an international bandit-turned-East American warlord who, at the time, headed the largest and most powerful faction in the region. He is widely considered to be one of the first warlords to come to power.

He was born in San Pedro Sula in 2019 to British Commodore-in-exile, John Van Edwin, and his native wife, Ana Rosales. John had many enemies abroad, many debts and many marks on his head. Several of those seeking his demise located him in Honduras in early 2022, attacking him one afternoon while he was outside his home with his family. He was killed, as was Ana. Alexander was spared, for as sinister as John's enemies were, they had no desire to kill a child. Ana's sister, Marisol, took him in, raising him until he came of age. In his teenage years, he developed a strong bond with her friend and neighbor, Dorian Chavez, whose name he would take during his rise to power.
AM/FM with Franke Mercury

**'AM/FM with Franke Mercury**is a popular daily morning radio show, hosted by Franke "FM" Mercury, with occasional commentary from his producer, Nathan Graine. The six-hour show runs Monday through Friday; aside from music breaks, and banter between Mercury and Graine, everyday sees numerous guests from a broad spectrum. The shows' title is both a reference to *amplitude and frequency modulation* (which was considered a dead technology following the Darkening of the World), and an abbreviation of *ante meridiem* ('AM' or 'morning) and Franke's initials.

AM/FM was, until 2083, produced and distributed by Amora-Hastings Inc. Following the Monychav Group's acquisition of half of the company, the show has since been by Amora-Hastings-Monychav.

The original incarnation of AM/FM was a morning show called Mercury Rising, which ran from 2062 - 2067. Aside from the more conservative nature of Franke at the time, the show shared a similar format with it's successor. It was produced by Nathan who was, at the time, operating as an independent agent. The two were friends since college, and when Nathan was offered a producing position with Amora-Hastings, he took Franke with him. *Mercury Rising* as it was, however, wouldn't last, before Franke and Nathan reformed it into something called *Morning Mercury*. It was felt this new name was too similar to *Mercury Rising*, so it was expanded into AM/FM with Franke Mercury in the spring of 2068. The tagline *"Your Morning Mercury"* was used for the first several years.
Automatic War Guns

The Automatic War Gun was is a large artillery cannon that fires massive bullets much like an automatic rifle. They were first developed by the United States early in World War 3, and while schematics were drawn up by numerous other nations soon after, it wasn't considered feasible to make them considering the costs. The U.S. developed 748 of them before their collapse during the Darkening of the World.

Although few of them existed, they were greatly feared, and this continued until the end of the war, when they were already considered antiquated(although still widely used). Because of their growing usage as the war progressed, major reformations in defensive technology took place.
Tanner Barbaras

**Tanner Rockford Barbaras** (born August 7th, 2040) is a North Carolina-based warlord in East America, and one of the Federation's "Big 20".

On February 1st, 2083, Tanner was captured in his neighborhood by Federation forces. Operation Meringue saw the downfall of Barbaras and his organization over a week-long span. In that time, five of his eight lieutenants were killed and most of his facilities burned or scrapped. He blames one of his lieutenants, a survivor named Kimbra Kersey who also happens to be his sister-in-law, but now lacks the power or authority to pursue a path of vengeance.

The operation that brought Barbaras down, Operation Meringue, was named so because in her youth, the warlord's mother worked in a bakery(one that actually supplied bread to the localized military training camps during the first few years of World War 3).
Comet Fever

**Comet Fever** is an extremely potent chemical substance used as a drug by millions on both Earth and the Colonies. Little is known of it's origins, other than that it was synthesized sometime in the mid-2060's, catching on in nightclubs and the like shortly thereafter. Where it first appeared is unknown, although numerous sources exist that all claim different regions. Dr. Zora Yemenkin, in a recently published report, insists that the drug was created on Zeus, specifically at the Blue Park University. According to several sources cited in Dr. Yemenkin's report, the components of Comet Fever were, for various legitimate purposes, all prevalent in chemistry labs at the University at the same time the drug appeared, while the same was not true for any other university at the time. A subsequent investigation turned up little physical evidence to back the claims.

Comet Fever has many street names across the board: *Fever, rom com, come on, hey yo, dirt, Serbian Steakknife, saloonshine, break break,* etc.

It is the only modern synthetic substance with a higher rate of abuse than Kyroglucose.
Better World Foundation

The Better World Foundation is a charitable foundation dedicated to the *"Ideas that draw us together as people, with the desire to prevent another world calamity".* It was founded in 2060 through a collective of various online anti-war networks, primarily *Help Us All*, that found considerable funding, leading to the initiation of numerous programs.

As of July 2082, the BWF main offices are located on the Zeus Orbital Colony.
The Odin Disaster

The Odin Disaster, often referred to as the Odin Tragedy or simply Odin, occured at 2pm on June 1st, 2083; a series of major explosions in the core of the Odin Orbital Colony led to the failure of several key components, and in the span of less than two minutes the entire colony literally came apart. At the time, there was a population of 928,228,061 people on the colony. None survived, and it was determined that they all perished within the first minute.

The cause of the disaster has yet to be determined, although it was determined that it probably began within the gravitational monitoring and pressure system, which would explain why the colony came entirely apart as it did. As Odin was the first Orbital Colony, and the only not utilizing Titan Harmonic technology, any blame placed may have to endure a lengthy period of political and economic scrutiny.

Within days of the disaster, nearly 100 million people began immediate preparations to emigrate back to Earth, all fearing a similar fate for the other colonies. Of that 100 million, 75% were from Zeus, the second oldest colony.
Judd Marsden

Judd Thomas Marsden (born April 14th, 2041) is a North American Generel in the Armed Forces of the American Federation of Republics. Most recently, he has served as a board member of the internationally-formed North American Military Embassy and League of Emerging Sovereign States(N.A.M.E.L.E.S.S.), spending much of his time playing ambassador.

The decree lowering the military service entry age to 15 in the American Federation occured when Judd was 11; he joined at 15, beginning an extensive military career; he was in boot camp and then stationed in Chicago in the last couple years of World War 3.

Judd met Huxtable Arrowrock in Chicago in 2058 when the latter was stationed there temporarily following the disbanding of the 6th Army Group. The two more-or-less remain friends to this day, seeing each other rather often now following Judd's transition to emissary work.

Judd had an older brother named Arnold that died in combat over the Pacific in 2046, and another named Blake who died on Moloka'i in 2051. Because of the spiritual successor law to the Sole Survivor Policy(one of the U.S. laws that was kept intact), Judd had a rather tough time getting his foot in the door, but eventually began attending North Star Military Academy in 2056.
Angola Network

The **Angola Network** was a complex CIA network centered in the Republic of Angola. It was formed in 2002(immediately following the end of the Angolan Civil War), and served to maintain a net over the African continent. It's mission statement was the *"observation of geopolitical activity related to the United States' foreign policies in the new millennium"*, although it actually encompassed much more, including drug, weapons, and human trafficking networks, corrupt real estate projects, and extensive, clandestine government contracts serving various U.S. special interest groups.

Angola was not the only network of it's kind; there were up to three more.
Kurtis Redfield

**Kurtis Redfield** (October 18th, 1985 - April 9th, 2042), known mostly by his clandestine moniker, *"Dark Cry"*, was a former UN weapons inspector and, later, an international criminal kingpin. During his brief stint as the latter, his handy work in Africa in the early 2020's led directly to the Central Africa Crisis, and the eventual spawning of the African Consortium, the militant faction responsible for helping to accelerate events that led to the outbreak of World War 3.

Kurtis began working for the UN in 2003, and got on to the Analysis and Assessment division of UNMOVIC in 2005. He participated in various small-scale inspections of facilities in North Africa and the Middle East alongside Dr's. Erich Woodhead and Jacobin Parnell and their respective teams.

After the dissolution of UNMOVIC in 2007, Kurtis moved to China for eight months before being recruited to an extensive UN project in Caracas, Venezuela. It is believed to be during this general time frame that he began his ascent to power, utilizing his connections and technological savvy. His motivations, however, remain a mystery.

Kurtis met arms dealer Kyle Ferrera in South Africa sometime in 2010. Many postulate that Kyle himself suggested the moniker '*Dark Cry'*, although this claim is seldom considered, as Kyle's own tag, '*Kills'*, was not of his own creation.

Kurtis Redfield has been called the "Henry Kissinger of Central Africa".
Yarrossi Vipers

Yarrossi Vipers are small, one-pilot fighter craft that were used by the Yarrossi during their conquests of the Great Yarrossi Enlightenment. They can be deployed from bases or from Yarrossi Hive Ships. Usually, the Yarrossi Vipers flew in and overwelmed their opponents by sheer numbers. They are dart-shaped, with a laser at the tip that can fire up to four times a second. They are mostly dark chrome with gold highlights.
Living Instrument Neural Canopy

**Living Instrument Neural Canopy** (L.I.N.C.) is a broad-range modern technology developed by Hybrid ULTD in the early 2040's. The LINC project originally began as a venture into cloaking technology commissioned by the Allies, in response to major advances in Chinese technology immediately following the Darkening. The impenetrability of the Chinese CK defense network (utilized as well by her allies) called for a reformation of Allied defensive abilities, so for the next few years Allied operations progressed in a cloak-and-dagger style. To ensure the success of the operatives during this time, as well as protection of large resource stockpiles kept in foreign fields, cloaking technology was under great demand.
Dom Wilkerson

Dominic Brooks Wilkerson (August 15th, 1956 - January 11th, 2016) was an American businessman and restaurateur most known for founding Tex-Mex fast-food restaurant chain, Taco Dynasty in 1984. He was the younger brother of Iowa republican congressman, Colin Wilkerson.

He personally managed the first store in Bettendorf, Iowa, for two years before the operation expanded such that he could no longer do so. In 1987 the company went public. In 1994, Dom opted out of the company, and the following year, Taco Dynasty was sold to Sterling-Harper International for upwards of $50 million. It was majorly reformed and rebranded at the turn of the millennium.

Dominic died in 2016 from complications following a stroke. He was a staunch Democrat, and much of his personal wealth had gone to fund various democratic events, campaigns, etc.
Jargon Media Group

Jargon Media Group is a major news media corporation based out of the Greater Texan Republic, with offices across the globe. They focus on large-scale international events, geopolitics, and Colony-related news with a small percentage devoted to tabloid news.

JMG was founded in September 2052 by Arnell Bengalis, in association with Gallop Enterprises.
Darwin Pact

The Darwin Pact was a diplomatic agreement created by the Australian government in January of 2060, immediately following the end of World War 3, and signed by numerous allied nations. It lamented concerns over the extreme military expansionist policies of China, which seemed at the time to have no end in sight. Through various political manipulations, on top of existing military victories, China had weaved itself a strong web, where, through ceasefire agreements, armistices, surrender instruments and treaties, it was siphoning it's now-signature power from the life blood of numerous nations. Australia had suffered greatly at the hands of the Chinese during the war and, pending the removal of their fortifications from Australian soil, saw no fortuitousness in remaining beaten and broken. The Darwin Pact was the cornerstone of a new bulwark against China.

Written in the city of Darwin(hence the name), and signed by most participants there, the Pact was intended to be a secret, as much so as could be. The Australian government knew it had scant time before word got out, and so it tried to accomplish it's related goals with as much haste as it could muster. This was not easy, as Australia had yet to even really begin rebuilding it's infrastructure.

Japan was the first to sign the Pact (the same day it was drafted), followed by South Africa.
The Wrathmen

**The Wrathmen** is an alleged ultra-secret organization that are, by most who subscribe to the theories, perceived as a world-wide phenomenon. They have eluded all but the slightest reveals of their existence and, according to the aforementioned peoples, continue to operate within shadows cast by the modern geopolitical landscape.

It is believed that the Wrathmen were formed after the Darkening of the World, by former members of various U.S. security and intelligence agencies, specifically ones that dodged the net of the American Federation during the purges of the early 2040's.
Amora-Hastings-Monychav

Amora-Hastings-Monychav, formerly Amora-Hastings, is a major North American multi-media production company. They are the third largest media production company in North America, and rank as one of the largest in the world.

Evan Amora and Anessa Hastings founded the company right out of college in 2045, and built it to great success, anchoring themselves in the newly-reforming nation.

Amora-Hastings-Monychav produces a broad range of things from musical acts to stage shows to corporate events, films, and even international acts and entertainment. They also contribute to both the Olympics and the Cloud Olympiad.

One of the company's most powerful and influential brands is AM/FM with Franke Mercury, which they've produced since the program's inception in 2068.

In 2083, holding company Monychav Group became owners of 52% of Amora-Hastings; aside from the addition of *Monychav* to the name, and renovation across the board for company-owned facilities, little has changed.
Lavis Facilities

**Lavis Facilities** is a major international conglomerate involved in a broad range of product manufacturing, industrial services, military hardware and software R&D, and numerous sciences. Created as Lavistar Industries in 1971 by Serj Eteyas and Jorma Janssen. The name 'Lavis' itself has become synonamous with the measure of power and success of major conglomerates.

Since the mid 2050's, Lavis has operated primarily from the Colonies. It is, to date, the most powerful conglomerate in history.
Bellows Barkander

**Bellows Barkander** (born sometime between 1985 - 1992, now deceased) is generally agreed by those with enough knowledge of the subject to have been the founder of the shadow organization, the Wrathmen. This implies that he was more than likely a key player within one or more of the former United States intelligence agencies. Little to nothing is known of him, and to date, nothing of substance has been found.
Nathan Graine

Nathan Astor Graine (born April 19th, 2036) is a North American radio producer, most known for his work on AM/FM with Franke Mercury. He met Franke in college, and the two have been working together since then. Despite their strong friendship, on the air their relationship is portrayed as much less, with Nathan often the fodder for Mercury's quick-witted on-air presence.
The Big 20

The Big 20 is the name of the top twenty East American warlords most wanted by the American Federation. Since the power of these individuals is constantly fluctuating, the list is not in any sort of order based on said power.

The list, as of 2084, is as follows:

2. Arthur Grandin
3. Cristo Rayner
4. Gerald Drath (killed during Charles Grandin's purge of the Drath Family)
5. Marshall Avalon (killed in 2060)
6. Rivers Cavill (killed in 2079)
7. Tanner Barbaras (captured during Operation Meringue on February 1st, 2073)
9. Pablo Kumero (captured in August 2076 by Federation forces, escaped hours later)
10. Antonio "Nero" DeLuca
12. Phillip Jameson (killed in 2081 by Federation forces)
Vidian and Vistazia Boyd

**Vidian Luxor Boyd** (born September 10th, 2036) and **Vistazia Marie Copperfield** (born January 23rd, 2045) are celebrity entrepreneurs, nightclub owners, advertisers, and spokespeople who live and operate mainly on Zeus.

They have been married since 2066.

Their exploits are infamous and their clubs are insanely popular, seeing millions of patrons a month. Vistazia has been one of the four main models of fashion designer Ilevad Oren's attire through his company, Azari Inc, for six years. Vidian is a heavy investor in Colony infrastructure improvement. He is co-chairman of *Ambit Horizon*, an independent group contracted by the Skyship Committee to streamline the dynamic elements between the hard and soft infrastructure networks of the Colonies.

Since the mid 2070's, Vidian and Vistazia have been repeatedly accused by crooks-in-custody of being high-ranking operators in Thug Weiland's criminal organization. Their credibility has thus far allowed them to avoid any major inquiries into their business; those that were done turned up nothing incriminating.
German-Russian relations during World War 3

German-Russian relations during WW3 were quite complicated, and historians have varying opinions, drawn from sources themselves often mired in complexities. The image of the German fighting for his country, when it again entered the public consciousness, seemed to retain prejudice against it earned from Germany's treatment of it's enemies during the Second World War. A solid member of NATO, and a major political power, Germany did as it's allies did when war broke out it East Asia in 2029. It supported to contain the situation, providing mostly material support at first. When China entered the frill, German diplomats met regularly with those of the former to attempt to bring an end to the burgeoning conflict. Re-militarized Russia's declaration of war on Norway(following the Barents Sea Incident) in 2031 left Germany in a precarious position. While NATO made it clear that aggression against it's member nations by what it considered to be a rogue state would not be tolerated, German ambassadors sought alternate means. Afterall, nobody in the German government saw war with Russia as a remotely wise idea.
Sir Ian Brasser

**Sir Ian Brasser,** KBE (June 20th, 1976 - last seen in 2046) was a British Royal Marine who succeeded David N. Harmon as Commandant General Royal Marines in 2026. In 2029, as the tide of World War 3 was coming in, Ian was succeeded by Major General Devin Carr.

Ian was Knighted in 2018.

In 2030, Ian departed Britain without informing anybody. He grouped with several trustworthy contacts, to begin sowing the seeds of what would, a year later, become a formidable Private Military Company, the Global Entity Net-centric Totality.
Nemesis Omega

**Nemesis Omega Uboya** (December 31st, 1982 - August 9th, 2026) was a Sudanese warlord, arms dealer, drug kingpin, soldier, short-time politician, physician, and military theorist who gained infamy as the founder of the radical Central African *Damu Amri* (Swahili: Blood Order), the technical precursor to the Africa Consortium. His father Abasi Uboya, a radical militant commander, showed little to no love to the boy or his eleven siblings, and was absent more often than not from the slum they lived in. Despite this, he spent most of the free time he did have with them, introducing them to the world of constant warfare.

Nemesis was around arms and armaments since his first days. He had developed ample skills with his own, personalized AK-47 by the age of seven, and by ten he was familiar with an array of battle techniques. Abasi's sons joined him in battle before they reached puberty, and in a two year span, six were killed in the field. Nemesis suffered numerous injuries over the years he fought in his father's guerrilla unit, but also developed a keen taste for war. He was said to have been seen indulging in human blood during this time, although this was never confirmed nor witnessed in subsequent years, and thus is dismissed as a falsehood.

Abasi was extremely religious, insisting that devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ would lead to a form of immunity, despite the loss of his own children in battle. Nemesis did not inherit his father's super-zealous Christianity, instead turning his mind to deeper, more ancient mythologies. In July of 1996, Abasi, along with two of his sons and half a dozen of his men, was killed in an attack by a grenade launcher. They were blown to bits, with Nemesis only meters away bearing witness. He was captured by enemy forces, and held for two months, forced to endure horrific forms of torture. He was freed from the camp he was being held in by one of his older brothers.

Nemesis grew deeply disturbed following the ultra-violent death of his father and brothers, and the subsequent period of torture. A sack stolen from the enemy camp, believed to contain food, was actually filled with books. Nemesis turned to them for solace, and his immense thirst for knowledge was born. With the help of his remaining family, he made his way to South Africa to pursue a burgeoning interest in the medical sciences. He had to work from the ground up, from nothing.

He met Qhonqholotsane Thomas Burger (known as Tom, Thomas or, by close friends, "Kong") in 1999, as both were trying to enroll in the University of Cape Town. Nemesis didn't have a chance, as his educational record was practically nonexistent. Kong, whose wealthy family had ties in powerful places, had strings pulled that allowed Nemesis to enroll, as it was apparent that he did have some natural prowess and could succeed. Nemesis, having little money left to continue supporting himself, is invited by Kong's family to live with them. Patriarch, Mosmodi, took a particular interest in Nemesis due to his troubled past.

By 2005, Nemesis and Kong had graduated from Cape Town and took up internships at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital.
** wrathmen history **

\*\* Rubio Faulkner, through methods still unknown, managed to steal IRIS from Harland Akerman(who had used it to create and maintain 4A); he had become preoccupied with Shroud and Zen; the former a sort of "shed skin" of something infinitely more powerful than IRIS, the latter some kind of key to it. With IRIS, however, Faulkner was able to bend much to his will, specifically the collapse of the U.S. by bringing forth the Darkening of the World in 2039. It was, and still is, widely believed that 4A was responsible for the Darkening, an irony that never stopped haunting Akerman(that and him losing IRIS to Faulkner in the first place).

The agents of the varying U.S. government agencies that formed the initial Wrathmen were all involved or entrenched abroad, some amidst operations that had been ongoing for over two decades. One of the group's founding principles was an enhanced hunt for 4A, believed to be responsible for the current world state. Akerman spent many years in seclusion in New Zealand, in possession of the Shroud and Zen. He was present on Hawaii when the Hawaiian Accord was being signed. Here, through close friend, Bard Bolin, a young Huxtable Arrowrock was chosen to inherit Zen, where it was to be hidden "in" his person for the foreseeable future. All of this was done as Akerman believed that Faulkner was on to him, and that he probably knew everything. This is right about the time that Harland Akerman left Earth for Zeus, underwent cellular regeneration therapy, and changed his name to *Grant Hefron*(The Man with Three Names).

\*\* Bellows Barkander, after the Darkening, utilizing his power position in the collapsed CIA to establish the *Wrathmen*. This took some time, of course, as the world itself had only just begun recovering from the worst technology-related disaster since the dawn of the industrial revolution. There were six individuals in the initial Wrathmen lineup. This would change as time went on, and a new generation of Wrathmen took the world stage.

\*\* Certain contemporary historians believe that Kurtis Redfield became Bellows Barkander after the Darkening, although this is not true.
Kingston Corporation

**Kingston Corporation** was a transnational corporation based in West Africa. It was involved in economic infrastructure development, environmental preservation campaigns, and local supply depots. Despite offices in six other countries outside of the African continent, West Africa was where it operated primarily.

Sometime during the later years of the war, it became known that, since the late 2020's, Kingston had been bought out by Chinese military industrialists, and became a sub-branch of China's Maker Corporation. China abandoned Kingston in the early 2030's; it lost all ties, manufacturing slowed to almost nothing, and the corporation eventually suffered dismemberment by local militias. These militias could often be seen using stolen and (often)modified Kingston supply trucks to haul military-grade hardware, itself usually plundered from Kingston warehouses.

Kingston Corporation existed from February 2004 to late 2034, when the majority of it's remaining surplus was absorbed into the African Consortium following the summary execution of company president, Benjas Mundra.