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Flag: A black gladius facing downwards in the center with black wings on either side starting halfway down the blade on a white background.


Population: 8,000 prewar survivors and their children along with roughly 70,000 locals and mutants that are considered citizens.
Military:
9 fighters, single jet engine fighter-bombers equipped with 6 front-facing .50 caliber machine guns for soft targets and a pair of 100lb bombs for hard targets. Based on the P-51 Mustang.

 13 Vertibirds with various modifications.
 A small number of artillery pieces and mortars.
2 modified 900ft long cargo ships built for troop/cargo transport with modest self defense capabilities. Each are armed a total of six 4 inch artillery guns and numerous smaller cannons and machine guns.
1 1,200 foot long cargo ship modified into an aircraft carrier, serves as the flagship of the Angels of War fleet. It is armed with two 6 inch artillery guns, one at the bow and one at the stern. It has numerous smaller machine guns and cannons around the edge of the deck.
It can have up to 8 vertibirds in the air at once as well as up to 2 fighter craft.

2 frigates armed with one 6 inch gun each and two 4 inch guns each.

15 speedboat sized patrol craft armed with a single 2 inch cannon and a pair of .50 caliber machine guns with a crew of 8 men each.

25 Republican Guard: 
   These are the finest soldiers the Angels of War have to offer. They are chosen from the ranks of the Stormtrooper Sergeants to become the personal bodyguards of the senators and/or the dictator. They are equipped with T-60 power armor and miniguns and are expected to guard their charges in 12 hour shifts, 2 men per senator and 5 extra for the dictator if there ever is one elected. Their armor and weapons remain immaculately painted jet black at all times.
250 Stormtrooper Sergeants:
    Prewar mercenaries cybernetically augmented and preserved in cryogenic stasis to make them live far longer than the average human. They are clad in T-60 power armor and equipped with fully automatic service rifles, Chinese assault rifles, and miniguns. They always have their machetes for close quarters combat and often carry grenades. These troops are nearly unstoppable but are also in extremely short supply so they are mostly kept far away from any sort of combat and are used to train new Stormtroopers. Their armor and weapons are all steel gray with black highlights and all share the signature red stripe down the center of their helmets and across their right shoulder plate that signifies their rank. Some of them are designated flag bearers who have a flagpole attached to their backs with the flag of the Angels of War flying triumphantly from them.
2,000 Stormtroopers:
   These are often the children of prewar survivors who have grown up and trained to become the special forces and shock troops of the Angels of War or veteran locals who have proven their worth and passed the rigorous training and screening practices that all potential Stormtroopers must pass to be accepted into the program. They are clad in T-45b power armor and equipped with Chinese assault rifles and machetes. Grenades are uncommon among Stormtroopers. Their armor is extremely personalized to each soldier, allowing them to bond with their armor and increasing the likelihood that they will bring it back with them after a tough battle.
250 stalkers:
   These are the Angels of War’s scouts and snipers. They travel in two man teams with camouflage uniforms often with sticks, leaves, and grass glued to them to help keep them hidden. They are often deployed to areas about to come under attack by the Angels of War and are often regarded as omens of an invasion. They are equipped with anti-materiel rifles and 10mm pistols. They are not meant to fight at all so they are extremely lightly armored but they do carry medical supplies and rations as they are usually gone for weeks at a time. They are excellent snipers and are valued as such.
250 Infiltrators
   Infiltrators are the spies and saboteurs of the Angels of War. They are often sent into enemy held regions and allied regions alike. When used as spies they integrate into local communities and use remote radio beacons to transmit as much information as they can back to Fallback Alcatraz where it is analyzed and turned into usable intel. They are also used as saboteurs against targets that brute force would be costly to use. They are skilled in the crafting and use of regular explosives as well as IEDs. They are often used to destroy troublesome fortifications or vital supplies like food and electricity supplies, or poison water and dump gasoline and ammunition. They often carry 10mm submachine guns or pistols for personal defense.

5,000 Infantry:
   These are the basic infantry forces of the Angels of War who hold the line and do most of the fighting. They are trained rigorously and held to one of the finest standards in the Wasteland along with their equipment. They are all issued olive green reinforced combat armor and a mixture of Automatic Rifles and Chinese assault rifles. They also are given steel helmets similar to ones worn by US troops during WWII.

The military strategy of the Angels of War is a blend of prewar and postwar. While basic military strategy from the postwar period is used, much of the prewar technique is demonstrated by commanders like Renault. Things like efficient use of combined arms, spies and saboteurs, shock and awe, and the blitzkreig are often used to great effect against postwar commanders that have never seen these tactics before.

Territory: 
   The Cayman Islands heavily fortified under the codename ‘Fallback Alcatraz’ and some territory on the southern border of the US extending into Mexico.
Government type: 
   Democratic republic during peacetime controlled by a 10 man senate, or a temporary dictator elected by the senate during wartime.
Economy type: 
   Mostly Libertarian. The main staple of the economy is ballistic weapons, ammunition, armors, and high tech equipment. Resources bought from other nations or collected from occupied territory is sent to the Armory, a heavily defended factory in the ruins of Brownsville where it's made into armaments to be sold on the domestic and international market. The government also organizes mercenary work for its armed forces in exchange for a portion of the payment. The large oilfields and iron deposits in mexico fuel an urge to develop gasoline burning vehicles and machinery, as well as allowing the mass production of weaponry from the iron mined and brought to the Armory and its outlying facilities.
Cultural Stances:

   The culture of the Angels of War is a hybrid of prewar and postwar. Many people are from before the war and still retain, albeit modified, values and cultures of the prewar United States, Germany, Russia, China, France, and Britain. The Angels of War highly value personal liberty and freedom while they despise oppressive governments and crimes against humanity. While most of the Angels of War are from this time period some of the oldest Stormtroopers and civilians are some of the original 5000 base personnel from before the Great War. They are shown immense respect almost and many will gather round to listen to them tell stories of before the War.
   Many prewar languages other than English are spoken as secondary languages or code languages as only prewar people can understand them, making them vital radio operators with almost unbreakable codes. Most of the able-bodied males serve in the active armed forces while women work in factories and labs. Equality for the sexes came about not out of compassion, but necessity. 
   The Angels of War discovered that there were not enough men to both defend them and work all of the jobs that needed to be worked. This led to women being given the right to work and vote, which was soon followed by total equality as the Angels couldn't afford to lose the backbone of their workforce if they decided to strike. Mutants followed the same path as they were granted citizenship shortly after the Angels of War made landfall and were greeted by various mutants, some friendly and some not. Things like prostitution and drugs are legal, though with taxes and basic regulations.

Technology:
   The Angels of War rely heavily on prewar designs and blueprints from their databank array in the deepest recesses of Fallback Alcatraz. Things like Fusion Cores, Vertibirds, advanced power armor and machinery, vehicles, strategies and techniques are stored there on data tapes and terminals numbering in the thousands. While much of it has been rotted away by time the Angels of War still possess a store of knowledge to rival the brotherhood of steel or perhaps even the NCR, though a large amount of it isn't practical to the problems the Angels currently face. 
   Only the major cities and other facilities have amenities like running water, electricity, and plumbing while the smaller towns and settlements make do with whatever they can get. The Angels of War’s military arm also invests heavily into robotics to make up for the crippling lack of population growth but they do not have any machines under mass production as of right now.
Slavery: Not allowed unless they are serving time for crimes or prisoners of war. Crime rate is 500 for every 50,000 people.
Genocide: Abhorrent and must be punished.
Mutant policy: Mutants are treated like everyone else in the eyes of the law, though they face discrimination from the non-mutant population.
Religion: Freedom of religion, completely unregulated/unrestricted. Attracts more immigrants especially from countries with rigid religious restrictions but often causes internal strife due to religious differences.
Notable People: Marcus Renault, a pre-war ex-USMC officer left in cryogenic stasis until a year ago when he was released by an Angels of War scavenging party.
John Lenix, a grizzled old commander who has led the Angels faithfully throughout his military career. He is no stranger to personal combat or to commanding troops but as he is in his mid-50’s his age is beginning to catch up with him. He served as Dictator during the War of Hoover Dam and has been a commander for 38 years.
History:
   The Angels of War have existed since before the Great War as a mercenary company that was often contracted by the US government. They worked with the USMC Lieutenant Marcus Renault as their liaison officer in the field. Renault admired their ability and willingness to do whatever needs to be done and they fought together on many occasions. After Renault retired from the USMC he decided to join the Angels of War. On that fateful day in 2077 when the bombs fell much of the base personnel was stored away deep inside of the bunkers on Fallback Alcatraz in cryogenic stasis chambers. 

   They were sealed away for 150 years until they awoke in 2227 to find Fallback Alcatraz a shadow of its former self. The base hadn’t been hit by any nuclear weapons but large amounts of radiation in the air had irradiated most of the exposed metal objects on the base. The Angels of war reclaimed Fallback Alcatraz over the next few months living on stored food but supplies were running out. Fallback Alcatraz was not suitable to farm or to ranch as the entire base was comprised of concrete and defensive positions so the decision was made to refit 2 900 foot long freighters in order to ship what remained of the Angels of War’s ground troops to the mainland to gather supplies and to make their presence known. 
   
They landed on South Padre Island and then moved inland, claiming territory as they went until they discovered a large weapons factory in the ruins of Brownsville occupied by a group known as the Gun Runners. In 2228 the Angels decided to take it and use it as a headquarters on the mainland as it was easily defensible. They renamed this location The Armory and continued to expand into the area surrounding Brownsville and southwards into what used to be Mexico. They began shipping equipment to the Armory and supplies back to Fallback Alcatraz. This was soon followed by the construction of a fortress near The Armory as the Angels began raiding into the surrounding countryside including into the Texan frontier, killing settlers of the Texan Confederacy. 
   This nearly erupted into war but in 2230 a peace treaty was signed along with a trade agreement. The Angels of war expanded deeper into Mexico over the years and deepened relations with the Texan Confederation while remaining mostly isolated from the rest of the Wasteland. During the Texan Confederation’s war with Vault 99 Angel stormtroopers were deployed during the battle of New Austin to defend their Texan friends. The Angels of War maintained a mostly isolationist policy for the next few decades until the War of Hoover Dam where the Angels of War threw their full support behind the Texan Confederation. They supplied the Texans with vast stores of weaponry and ammunition as well as troops. Angel Stormtroopers, elite shock troops clad in power armor, deployed to the front en masse in an attempt to swing the battle in the Texans’ favor. The war ended in a stalemate but had taught the Angels of War a very valuable lesson, the world isn't, and never will be the same again.
   The five years that the Treaty of Goodsprings held the various factions of the Wasteland from each other’s throats were spent rebuilding the military arm of the Angels of war which was limited by one sole factor, population. The population has been steadily, if slowly, been increasing over time and now the Angels of War are as powerful as they were before the War of Hoover Dam. The Armory was expanded to accommodate the massive arms race that was the time set by the treaty, allowing the economy to boom and leave the horizons bright.

   The Angels of war have since finished the formidable Fort Harken and expanded The Armory to meet the needs of a nation and its allies ready to stand tall in a world where power comes from the barrel of a gun.
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