U.S.S. John F. Kennedy

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The *U.S.S. John F. Kennedy* (CVN-79) is a Gerald Ford-class nuclear super-carrier and the last operating carrier during the Zulu Alpha. It floated out of the dry dock in Newport News, VA.

Nicknamed the "*JFK*," this nuclear powered super-carrier houses up to 85 aircraft and has a crew of over 5,000. The JFK is the length of the Empire State building and five acres of flight deck with a control tower that's 5 stories tall. With twin A1B nuclear reactors, it can hold power almost indefinitely. Its water desalinization plants is capable of converting 600,000 gallons of salt water into drinkable water.

## History

### Before the Zulu Alpha

Launching a year ahead of schedule, she wasn't dry docked during the fall of civilization fell. It was said that a carrier strike group could single-handedly win a war against any nation on Earth. Started with 4,660 sailors. They lost a lot due to desertion, suicide and some tried to jump ship to get to their families.

### During the Fall

Sent out Gunny Fick and his Raiders Marine Spec Op teams 1 & 2 A company, 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion. They had radioed for pickup, fought their way to the coast, swam to the JFK. They continued to be invaluable to raiding and scavenging.

## Zulu Alpha

MARSOC is in charge of all of security and combat operations through out the strike group. They have the *Arleigh Burke* Destoryer and the *Michael Murphy* as back up. At the time of ALPHA's arrival there was a population of 2,132 and no outbreaks on the ship.

Every shore party has to be quarantined on their oiler, ammo and supplier the *Rainer.* They also had to push about half of their carrier fleet into the ocean to prevent starvation.

Ship is at about 50% sustainability now, with potato and wheat beds. Corey Westrow was one of the farmers on the JFK from a long family line of potato farmers. He helped bring soil and UV lamps from the warehouses from the Pacific Northwest, to help the grow the plants.

#### Insurrection

Before the ship had strict quarantine protocols on the ship, Brian Marlin and his team were out partying and headed home from the bar when they were attacked by Zulus. Two were dead he got a little scratch he barely noticed. Brian woke up with a headache, but brushed it off as a hangover, went to walk it off and was never heard from again. His team went ashore without him the following day, and the whole team was lost, so he was never reported missing.

The ***JFK***’s de facto ship’s chaplain, Aaron Carson, had been known as "the Preacher" for almost a year when he stumbled upon Brian. Wanting to avoid quarantine, he hid Brian instead. As he watches ALPHA fly off to mainland US, that’s when he decides “*they needed to go back home.*” He heads to the locker room and has his two henchmen grab Brian. Unbeknown to Carson, Brian had evolved into a Foxtrot Nightmare, and turned on him, biting both of his henchmen and Carson himself.

The Zealots have taken over the ship and are trying to run the *JFK* aground straight into the Virginia Coastline. They've taken over The Island, and essentially the control of the ship. When Commander Drake meet up with Wesley and Martin, Martin suggests turning off the nuclear reactor, effectively cutting off all the power to the ship. Drake has Wesley, Martin and Fick all go down to shut off the reactor, since Martin has a background in nuclear engineering.

While Ficks' Marines are handling the zulu outbreak, Drake has another situation to deal with. The Insurrection/Outbreak couldn't of happened at a more challenging time. The plane that dropped off ALPHA is headed back in, needs to refuel and leave right away. With the ships current speed and firefight going on, it makes it a challenging landing for the pilot, but thankfully he makes it. As soon as Major Lee Vesbost and his crew hit the tarmac to get to the ship, they start to get attacked by zulus. Drake provides cover for the pilots, but the co-pilot is attacked at the last minute.

Vesbost gets into the air as the battle continues below.

Eventually Fick's Marines take care of the outbreak and locate and detain the left over insurrectionists, but it's hard to tell who is who, and which ones turned when they realized they were losing the battle.

The Insurrection is a major catalyst into the safety breech of the *USS JFK*, and created the largest zulu breakout the *JFK* had seen to date.