“The Nation Has Not Fallen. It Has Withdrawn.”
Active Federal Remnant
Government-in-Exile
Asset Reclamation Authority
The United States still exists as a sovereign entity.
It no longer governs the country—it asserts claim over it.
Following the rapid collapse of civilian governance and the fragmentation of military command structures during the first weeks of the Blood Plague, remaining federal leadership enacted Continuity Protocol Atlas, abandoning the lower forty-eight and consolidating authority, intelligence, and force in Alaska.
From this refuge, the government now operates as the Federal Continuity Authority (FCA)—commonly referred to by survivors simply as “the USA faction.”
They do not attempt to save cities.
They do not rebuild communities.
They recover what belongs to the United States.
The USA faction’s doctrine is simple and brutally pragmatic:
Preserve Federal Leadership
Secure Strategic Assets
Prevent Rival Sovereignties
Prepare for Long-Term Reclamation
Every action taken by the USA faction supports one or more of these goals.
Cities like Redhaven are not viewed as populations.
They are viewed as contested asset zones.
Alaska serves as:
Federal seat of power
Military command nexus
Research and logistics hub
Strategic fallback nation-state
The terrain, climate, and existing military infrastructure made it the only region capable of sustaining centralized authority.
However, the retreat came at enormous cost:
Most continental stockpiles were lost
Fuel and vehicles were abandoned
Advanced equipment fell into civilian or faction hands
Command cohesion fractured
The USA faction now hunts its own shadow.
The USA faction does not negotiate ownership.
If an individual or group possesses:
Military vehicles
Aircraft
Heavy weapons
Power infrastructure
Medical research assets
Classified or experimental equipment
They are considered temporary custodians of federal property.
Reclamation follows three escalating phases:
Radio outreach
Diplomatic framing
Offers of protection, integration, or relocation
Resource denial
Targeted intimidation
Asset isolation
Proxy interference
Covert operations
Internal collapse
Removal of leadership
Direct seizure
Redhaven is currently assessed as Phase Two approaching Phase Three.
Conventional military units operating with:
Reduced manpower
High autonomy
Broad rules of engagement
Their mission is not occupation—it is extraction.
They move fast, seize targets, and withdraw before resistance can consolidate.
Elite reconnaissance and strike units drawn from:
Special forces
Arctic warfare specialists
Intelligence operatives
They scout cities like Redhaven for:
Power nodes
Faction leaders
Aircraft
Heavy vehicles
Often unseen.
Rarely engaged directly.
The most controversial arm of the USA faction.
When regions prove too resistant—too organized, too factionalized, or too dangerous for overt intervention—the FCA deploys criminal destabilization assets.
High-level criminals held in federal black sites were offered a choice:
Permanent incarceration
Or conditional pardons in exchange for service
These individuals are:
Armed
Equipped
Air-dropped into contested zones
Given broad operational freedom
Their mission:
Destabilize entrenched powers
Sabotage rival factions
Eliminate leadership
Support aligned assets
They operate like overseas black-ops proxies:
Deniable
Disposable
Effective
In places like Redhaven, these units are rumored to have already been deployed.
To the FCA, criminals are ideal:
Morally unburdened
Highly motivated
Willing to commit acts soldiers cannot
If they survive long enough, they earn their freedom.
Most do not.
The USA faction does not care about morality.
It cares about alignment.
Groups that:
Share intelligence
Surrender assets
Cooperate with federal goals
Avoid sovereignty claims
May receive:
Protection
Supplies
Recognition as provisional authorities
Those that do not are categorized as:
Hostile
Obstructionist
Or expendable
The Beacon is currently listed as Unaligned Dominant Actor—a threat, but not yet an enemy.
President of the United States
Commander-in-Chief (Continuity)
Robert Estes was never supposed to be president.
A career military officer before entering politics, Estes earned a Silver Eagle for valor and a Purple Heart after losing his leg during a classified overseas operation in which his unit was nearly wiped out while ensuring civilian evacuation.
He survived when others did not.
That shaped him.
Estes believes survival requires sacrifice—especially by those in power. He does not flinch at morally compromised decisions if they preserve the nation’s future.
He authorized:
The Alaska retreat
The Criminal Asset Program
Broad reclamation authority
He does not expect history to forgive him.
He expects it to exist.
To civilians and enclaves, the USA faction is:
A rumor
A threat
A promise
A warning
They arrive in clean uniforms.
They leave with generators, vehicles, and people.
Some call them saviors.
Most call them thieves.
All agree on one thing:
When the USA faction shows up, something important is about to change hands.
Redhaven is a priority observation zone.
Reasons:
One of four powered cities
Dense survivor population
Active faction warfare
Presence of aircraft, armor, and infrastructure
The FCA has not moved openly.
Yet.
The USA faction is not the final enemy.
They are the measuring stick.
Every faction in your world—Beacon included—is judged against one question:
“Are you a temporary problem… or a future government?”
The answer determines what comes next.