USSDF

The **United States Special Defense Force** was a deep science branch of the United States government focused on defending the Earth from high-level homeland security threats and paranormal phenomena.

## History

### **Cold War Era**

#### **Nazi Technology and Defense Projects**

Following the end of World War II, Harry S. Truman created a secret branch of government to recover secret Nazi technology, and, if possible, reverse engineer for the US defense arsenal. They were headquartered at Site (REDACTED).

The USSDF was successful in obtaining some technology and was able to cultivate some secret weapons for the US. The two most prominent were the Dopplerganger Virus/Project *Ceres* (later obtained by Prosperia) and the Antimatter Bomb/Project *Galaxy*, both of which were created following the Tsar Bomba test by the Soviet Union.

#### **Soviet Espionage**

As tensions eased between the US and the USSR towards the end of the war, weapons testing was stalled and President Carter ordered *Galaxy* to be put into storage due to its incredible destructive capabilities. However, to compensate, the USSDF began conducting espionage missions in Russia.

### **2000s**

The USSDF was mostly inactive between 1991 and 2020, while annual meetings were still held by top

government officials. Under Clinton, Bush, and Obama, funding to the program was drastically cut, however, sometime during his presidency, Obama appointed genius engineer Kevin Dawson as chairman of the USSDF. The Trump administration returned funding to the USSDF in 2019. Alan Friction would later call it the "only positive of Trump's presidency."

Major strides in technological defense initiatives were made under the Trump presidency, and Dawson became popular with government officials. In 2024, Dawson ran for the presidency and won, thus forcing him to leave his chairman position. By his request, Friction was appointed chairman as his successor.

### **2020s (Pre-*Talisman*)**

With Dawson as commander-in-chief, more funding was poured into the USSDF program. As foreign relations had been strained under the Trump administration, Dawson called for the resurrection of *Galaxy,* in what would be known as the "Valentine's Initiative," as the bomb was moved from Albuquerque to Site (REDACTED) on Valentine's Day 2025.

Around the same time, the USSDF began new experiments with eugenics and genetic engineering, in a project labeled Project *Duet*, with the goal of eventually replacing the United States military with superhumans known as Augments. CIA operative Marcus Philip was selected for experimental injections and supplements. By the end of the year, the results of Phase One of *Duet* was presented to Dawson, as Philip began exhibiting enhanced strength and cognitive awareness. Dawson was impressed at the research and approved further experimentation.

Beginning in 2026, select US prisoners and ICE detainees were transported to an new government facility in Utica, FAE Center. By September, approximately three thousand humans were bioengineered with Augment tech. At this time, the USSDF transported the Augments to New Provenance, Nevada, to observe how Augments would behave when left to their own devices.

USSDF supervision recorded increasingly hostile Augment mob behavior as they realized they were biologically superior to humans. As a precautionary measure, Friction ordered 50 military personnel to report to New Provenance in November. Almost as soon as they arrived, they were taken hostage by the Augments as part of the Augments' desire for sovereignty. Around this time, Philip rose up as the Augments' leader.

An emergency meeting a month later between Dawson and Friction saw the creation of the USSDF's new primary initiative, Operation Talisman, and Friction transferred all authority of the USSDF's forces to Dawson himself.

All other USSDF endeavors were terminated during the events of *Talisman*, as all squads were deployed in the hunt for rogue Augments. The organization briefly teamed up with the Russian Secret Service to track the Augments through Russia. When the Augments reached Mongolia, the USSDF fell behind and soon all clues to their whereabouts were nonexistent.

On July 4, 2027, the Augments dropped a dirty bomb in Washington, DC.

## Known Ventures

### **Operation *Galaxy***

*Main article:* Operation *Galaxy*

Operation Galaxy was the first major USSDF project. Using a secret recovered Nazi-era weapon known as Die Glocke, the

## Chairmen

Ernst Weber, 1946-1975

Gordon Mazzuchelli, 1975-1999

Nathan Kane, 1999-2013

Kevin Dawson, 2013-2024

Alan Friction, 2024-2030