[center][h2]The Visitor[/h2][/center]

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[indent]This roleplay is a small scale casual game centered around a special forces team and its mission. The setting is Earth, in an alternate near-future where the USA has been divided and is no longer a superpower. Russia and the EU wage war across Europe and in space. In the midst of chaos, an unidentified object appears suddenly in Earths orbit. It makes no demands, gives no message or reason, but it quickly destroys most of Earths fledgling space fleet.[/indent] 

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[center][i]390 km above earth...[/i][/center]
[indent][i]...Checker 12 calling Moscow, Enigma Object visual in 3...2...1, request orders Moscow.[/i][/indent]
[indent][b]Visual received Checker 12, response to request for orders: destroy the object, weapons-hot a go.[/b][/indent]
[indent][i]Affirmative Moscow, engaging target[/i][/indent]
[center]18 seconds pass..[/center]
[indent][b]Checker12 this is Moscow, we read multiple weapons fired. Status of the object? Any sign of EU forces?[/b][/indent]
[indent][i]...Lt. Yenin reporting....mander dead. Mult..pl...e...boge...ys.....gro...und...support..nee..d...Not EU...some..thi..ng...els..e...some..thing alien.[/i][/indent]
[center]communications go silent[/center]
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[h2][center]Space Industry in 2024[/center][/h2]
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[indent]By the year 2020, the major powers had sizeable assets in space exploration, colonization and industry. In 2019 Russia put the first semi-permanent base on the moon-heavily armed and fortified-The EU responded by petitioning the [u]Atmospheric Weapons Enforcement[/u] agency to deploy Orbital Platforms to safeguard against ICBM attacks by Russia and it's allies. The new space race was well under way.[/indent]

[h2][center]The Russian Republic[/center][/h2]
[indent]The Russian Republic declared a general war on the EU as the first anti-ICBM weapons platforms were lifted into orbit by the [u]Atmospheric Weapons Enforcement[/u] agency. Already at war with Turkey and Iran, the Russian military astounded analysts with its quick, decisive victories in Eastern Europe, reclaiming territory formerly under old Soviet rule. The [b]AWE[/b] ensured that the war was contained to Europe and the no nukes or major civilian populations were engaged. New rules of War had been established with the rapid advances in laser weaponry, advanced shielding and the development of Space Weaponry.[/indent]

[indent]Long-time [i]President Mikhail Denikin[/i] consolidated power over two decades in the leadership. An ex-military man, Denikin lived through the cold war of the 60's and 70's in the field. An outspoken supporter of Russian European-Asian dominance, Denikin holds command of the largest military force on earth. Russian corporations churn out military surplus for the Russian war machine. [u]Muscovy AeroSpace[/u] is a multi-national corporation with industrial complexes and airfields in 39 countries across Asia and South America.[/indent]

[h2][center]The European Union[/center][/h2]
[indent]Following the collapse of the global economy in 2008, the EU reorganized economically and politically. With the United Kingdom and Germany at its head, the EU made an astounding financial rebound and quickly moved into the Aerospace industry in an attempt to grab marketshare before Russia could dominate the field. With the second largest space fleet in the world, the EU is at war with Russia.[/indent] 

[h2][center]The Western United States[/center][/h2]
[indent]The Western United States (WUSA) seceded from the union following the collapse of the American offensive in Iraq-2005. Debt and two tiresome and costly wars took a toll on the American people. When rising sea levels and increasing storm activity flooded the southern middle states, the parties finally split.[/indent]

[indent]A new party, based in San Diego comprised of both center leftists and conservatives drew the new American border just east of Texas. Texas would claim sovereignty 180 days later as it invaded Mexico...but that is another story.[/indent]

[indent]President Mark Carver initiated sound economic policies and foreign trade agreements. The WUSA was invited to the Atmospheric Weapons Enforcement summit in 2009 and joined in 2011, signing the charter along with 178 other countries. The WUSA provides personel,intelligence and technology to the AWE.[/indent]

[h2][center]The Eastern United States[/center][/h2]
[indent]After the failed military campaign in the middle east, and the devestating news of the WUSA leaving the Union, the president and vice-president resigned together. The House Speaker resumed office until 2008 when President Michael Turner was elected for an unprecedented life-term. Multiple media sources within (and outside) of the EUSA said the election was a sham and that Turner bought his office. A conservative from South Carolina, Turner recalled all major military forces in Europe and Asia just as Russian tanks crossed the Ukranian border and seized Crimea. The EU felt abandoned and NATO collapsed. To fill the void, the Atmospheric Weapons Enforcement agency was created. Many critics claimed the EUSA had been bought by Russian money. [/indent]