Disrupt

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**Disrupt**

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Organization Information
Status
Determinant

Mission
Remove Advance from Power
Reverse policies enacted by Advance
Return redistributed wealth back to the wealthy

Affiliation
Alan James (Determinant)
J-Zuss
Gordon Goodman (Determinant)
Rymmington-Svist (Determinant)
Stank Beverages (Determinant)

**Disrupt** is an anti-government political Group in *Not For Broadcast*.

## Description

Disrupt is a rebel group formed in response to the Advance administration. They start out akin to a silent resistance but become more public in their activities over time, culminating in an attempt to overthrow the government.

### Claims and Promises

Disrupt claims to stand for freedom and civil rights in opposition to the policies of the Advance government (particularly wealth redistribution via taxation schemes such as the Assets and Wealth Act, euthanasia through Transition Centres and mandating Team Membership Cards), they promise to remove Advance from power and demand new elections.

## History

### Early Activism

Disrupt begins as a silent resistance movement, leaving graffiti of their clenched fist symbol across the country. As they gain more public attention, their acts of resistance escalate, holding protests, riots, and destroying warehouses owned by Advance, although their inner workings are kept secret and their leaders unknown.

### Public Reveal

In Episode 2, Alan James publicly reveals himself as the spokesman of Disrupt in a tape provided by Jeremy Donaldson and sent to every major news broadcaster worldwide, which can be played by Alex during the hostage crisis of Day 296: The Heatwave. Alan later attempts to interact with the viewers of Channel One by hijacking the National Nightly News broadcasts, and on Day 371, multiple cells of Disrupt across the continent are killed off by nuclear attacks perpetrated by Advance as a result of the World Council's blockade.

### Insurgency

After Advance unites the foreign nations of the continent with the Territory as the United Territories, Disrupt further escalates its militancy by staging an armed uprising against the government, attempting to hijack the National Nightly News to encourage citizens of the Territories to join a rebellion and storm Team Headquarters with the demand of resuming elections. The uprising is defeated by the military under the orders of Prime Minister Julia Salisbury, and depending on whether or not Alex supports the uprising by following the instructions of Alan James (sending coded messaging to Disrupt operatives through the news broadcast to aid them in resisting the military crackdown), Disrupt will either totally collapse as the military launches an airstrike on Alan's position, killing him and his troops, or be defeated but successfully shooting down the jets carrying out the airstrike, allowing them to flee and return to operating underground with Alan James surviving.

### Return

During Day 1975: The Sterility, roughly three years after the defeat of Disrupt, the NNN broadcast gets hijacked briefly amidst the end of Stacey's speech. If Disrupt's orange waveform is let through on the Interference Machine, one of two different transmissions are shown, depending on the fate of Disrupt during their uprising:

* If Alan James survives the Uprising, Disrupt's orange fist is shown against a black background. Paint drips down it as white text is visible, reading "IT'S NOT OVER." The transmission glitches repeatedly, and the phrase "Stand by" is repeated by a robotic voice.

* If Alan James died during the Uprising, and Jeremy Donaldson remained alive after his breakdown, Disrupt's orange fist is instead shown on a white background, appearing cleaner and without the paint dripping down it. The text "From The Ashes" appears in front of it, and the transmission similarly glitches repeatedly.

### Fate

#### Jeremy Alive, Alan Alive

If both Jeremy and Alan are alive they will return to overthrow Advance in the finale by raiding the Channel One broadcast centre while Prime Minister Salisbury is participating in a broadcast of the Nightly Show, Jeremy will offer Alex the choice of whether or not to play leaked hidden camera footage he has recorded exposing Disrupt's leadership. The standoff will end peacefully and lead to free elections in the Territories, the possible results of these elections being determined by public support for the factions and whether or not Alex plays leaked hidden camera footage captured by Jeremy exposing the leadership behind Disrupt.

* If the footage is not played, possible results include: The successful election of Disrupt's leadership to power, Disrupt's defeat at the hands of Advance, or a coalition with no party gaining a majority.

It can be assumed that if Disrupt loses to Advance they disband as a party, but in the other 2 outcomes they will remain a significant power in the Territory.

* If the footage is played Disrupt's leadership are exposed as a cabal of rich elites who maintained hidden sources of wealth after their "visible billions" were lost to the taxes of the Assets and Wealth Act, including "addicts" (possibly drugs), "livestock of all ages" (sex trafficking) and foreign aid. The cabal discusses their plans to provoke riots that will create a power vacuum the cabal is then able to fill, re-establishing their rule over society. One member of the cabal, former Prime Minister Jacob Hamilton-Mann reveals that after taking power they aim to put everyone "back in their place" under "strict order" and separate the classes with an end to "ungodly acts", promising that there will be no more "living side by side with ill educated savages" and that they will "let the plebs pile up in the ghettos" in a complete reversal of the equalisation policies carried out by Advance, the cabal tells Jeremy that they plan on leaving the Territory under their influence with elections taking place their control and that Alan James will be disposed of as well.

As a result of the footage's broadcast, regardless of public opinion towards the two factions, both Disrupt and Advance will lose the election and receive only a tiny share of the vote each, being replaced by a new party known as Accord, it can be assumed that Advance disbands or becomes irrelevant as a result.

#### Jeremy Dead, Alan Alive

If Jeremy is dead Alan and Disrupt will return in the finale without his support and the standoff will instead lead to violence as Julia offers her own footage exposing Disrupt that Alex can choose to play.

Regardless of whether or not the footage is not played, Alan will kill Julia Salisbury, finally succeeding in Disrupt's goal of overthrowing the government.

* If the footage isn't played the the Nightly Show crew will die as Alan detonates a bomb vest strapped to his chest, destroying Advance's media mouthpiece.

Presumably this allows Disrupt's ruling cabal to take over the Territories and remove any remaining influences of Advance or other rivals. The epilogue here is a children's television programme starring Frankie Fun as himself and a disgruntled Geoff Algebra as Doofnut.

* If the footage is played it shows the cabal behind Disrupt plotting to kill tens or hundreds of thousands of civilians in each nation of the United Territories in an "industrial procedure" in order to ensure any possible challengers to their rule are wiped out, stating that "facilities" will be needed to do so. The cabal agrees that "no fertile ground" should be left for ideas of resistance and that even relatives of potential "intellectuals", "radicals" and "free thinkers" who question their "natural order" could be a threat, in light of this they consider that the number of killings could escalate to even the millions with the potential for "possibly more" and Advance's Transition Centres could be repurposed for carrying out the plan, the group also discusses disposing of Alan and his rebels, stating that they will allow him be consumed by his passions when he is no longer useful. After the footage is displayed Alan will attempt to detonate his bomb only to find it has been disabled, he be killed by the security forces who then cut off the news feed.

If public support for Disrupt is high this leads to military rule and it can be assumed that Disrupt disbands as a result of Alan's death, however their benefactors could possibly hold sway over or control the military regime. If public support favours Advance instead, the nation will descend into anarchy with numerous groups and clans warring over the Territories, it can be assumed Disrupt disbands with the loss of Alan's leadership, but the group's former militants presumably play some role in the territorial conflict.

#### Jeremy Alive, Alan Dead

Alternatively if Alan is dead but Jeremy lives, he will arrive at the Nightly Show studio for the finale broadcast on his own (with the help of some of the news team, particularly Megan and Jenny) and offer Alex leaked footage related to Advance which exposes a major scandal.

* If the footage isn't played Jeremy will be arrested while Megan and Jenny will back down from their attempt to expose the government, and Advance will remain in power with Julia Salisbury as leader.

If Disrupt is the dominant faction, Jeremy will be killed during his time in custody. If Advance is the dominant faction instead, Jeremy will later return to the Nightly Show in the epilogue, having been re-educated through "Betterment" and converted into an Advance loyalist, either way there is no further challenge to Advance's government and the Territories remain firmly under Julia Salisbury's leadership as Premier.

* If the footage is played Jeremy, Megan, Jenny and the rest of the staff are arrested as Julia is left alone to try and justify her actions to the audience.

If support for Advance is high enough the party will reform as the "New Look Advance Party", with economist and Advance supporter Katie Brightman taking power, with Disrupt presumably disbanding afterwards. Otherwise former Prime Minister and Disrupt benefactor Jacob Hamilton-Mann will take office.

#### Jeremy Dead, Alan Dead

If Alan and Jeremy are both dead Advance will be guaranteed to remain in power and no intruders will appear during the Nightly Show's broadcasting for the finale. However, Alex can potentially interrupt the show by playing another piece of leaked footage (this time provided by the head of Channel One and Alex's boss, Boseman), his decision will determine who leads the party into the New Future.

* If the footage is not played the broadcast continues on schedule and ends as intended, Julia Salisbury will remain as Prime Minister of the United Territories and the leader of Advance.

if support for Disrupt is at a high then some segments of the nation will fragment and Advance will be forced to reinforce their power over Territory One while leaving some other areas to remain outside the control of the government in a state of insurrection, if support for Advance is high instead the whole nation will remain firmly under the party's control.

* If the footage is played, Julia will be condemned by the news team and storm off, ranting that the footage is both illegally obtained and falsified as part of a conspiracy, she is later replaced by Katie Brightman as Advance leader and Prime Minister.

Regardless of the public's perception of Disrupt they will remain out of power, public opinion of Brightman's Advance will later reach a high as she is revealed in the epilogue to have been re-elected with overwhelming majority for a three terms, she announces numerous planned policies including a 4 day working week, free education and a universal basic income.

## Trivia

* Disrupt's fist logo is a representation for the five basic freedoms according to Alan James.
* Disrupt's foreign backers are from Irkistan and Konislava. (Mentioned by Alan James in the Day 371 interference, later confirmed by (Irkistan Foreign Minister) Ivan Vodovitch's appearances in the Disrupt finale footage)
* In older versions of the story, Disrupt were the adamant "good guys" and instead held the name of Advance, but this was later changed as the developers felt the game was lacking nuance and didn't accurately reflect politics or their values.

## References

1. ↑ https://notforbroadcast.fandom.com/wiki/File:FactionFavoritism.png