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PENNSYLVANIA

1) NUCLEAR TARGETS
Date Type Target
10/28/62 SS-7 Philadelphia
10/29/62 1 mT bomb Pittsburgh

2) ORGANIZED MILITARY FORCES
28th Infantry Division
------Div HQ/2nd Brigade--Harrisburg (1000 men, 2 AFVs)
------55th Brigade
------------HQ Section--Scranton (70 men)
------------1/109th Infantry Regiment--Scranton (250 men)
------------337th Engineer Battalion--Scranton (100 men)
------------2/112th Infantry Regiment--Lewiston (100 men)
------------1/108th Artillery Regiment--Scranton (80 men, 1 AFV)
------------2/103rd Armored Regiment--Scranton (100 men, 3 AFVs)
------------3/103rd Armored Regiment
------------------Baker Company--Lewisburg (75 men, 1 AFV)
------------------Able and Charlie Companies (Rogues)--Williamsport (90 men, 1 AFV)
------228th Forward Support Battalion--Fort Indiantown Gap (200 men)
------28th Aviation Company--Fort Indiantown Gap (100 men)
------28th Military Police Company--York (150 men, 1 AFV)
------109th Artillery Battalion (Rogues)--Carlisle (100 men, 3 AFVs)
------56th Brigade (Rogues)--Delaware Forest (200 men)
------------111th Infantry Regiment--Hazleton (250 men)

3) PHILADELPHIA
The war and aftermath: On October 28, 1962, Philadelphia was hit by a 6 megaton SS-7 air burst aimed at the oil refining and storage facilities and the naval port. The center of the city is now a complete and utter wasteland, the skyscrapers are just metal and concrete skeletons. The Delaware River is still on fire in 1964 as the nuked oil refineries along the west bank are still burning out of control with little hope of closing the broken well heads anytime soon. The black cloud of oil soot stretches for thousands of miles, they get occasional black snowfalls in Connecticut and Boston. The nuclear attack created an unofficial "forbidden zone" along the Delaware as far north as Trenton. Downtown and along the riverfront, signs of life are limited to a few crows and buzzards. Of humans, there is no sign except an occasional scavenger. Scattered individuals do inhabit the northern half of the city, although most suffer from "dement" symptoms. Of the 15,000 hiding in the ruins, only 200 are "normal," and they are extremely wary of the prowling human animals. Only brave or crazy people venture toward the ruins of downtown Philadelphia for any reason. The dements are solitary types, with any groups numbering less than a dozen, and luckily they have not exhibited any sign of organization.
Islands: Due to it's location near the edge of the devastated area in eastern Philadelphia, the Bryn Mawr College campus was chosen as the headquarters for the local relief effort in the days following the nuking of the city. Today, the area is still a large enclave of security. Modifications to the college have been done for the sake of security. Key areas around the campus have been sandbagged and an eight-foot high concertina wire fence envelopes the campus, with beer cans woven into the stuff as an informal alarm. The Campus Police HQ was hardened, with firing loops around the building, and has affectionately been termed "Check Point Charlie". The garrison unit is currently a unit of Pennsylvania State Police with a few M59 armored personnel carriers loaned from the CivGov 28th Infantry Division. The unit has been at platoon strength, 40-50 effectives, since the cholera outbreak in August and is requesting to be rotated out to recover. Some three miles from the college is the large, bleak brick buildings of the Haverford State Hospital. A detachment of State Police is here salvaging the medical equipment. Another detachment, augmented by some US Army engineers and civilian workers is beginning to salvage the Boeing-Vertol factory for parts for helicopters. The plant, located on Route 291 along the Delaware River south of the city, has been ravaged by the weather and looters, but many of the invaluable dies and machine tools are still intact.
Other areas of the city: However, even with huge expanses flattened or burnt, major sections in the northern reaches of the city around the airport and Huntington Valley are still standing, though empty. Salvage is more abundant here in the north, primarily in the industrial neighborhoods along the Delaware north of the fallen Betsy Ross Bridge. This has not been tapped by the Jersey salvage crews, however, as the area is isolated by two fallen bridges, long stretches of residual contamination, and legends of missing salvage teams.
Rogues: Valley Forge National Historic Park in the southwest is held by several bands of kids--orphans who have turned the park into their personal hunting grounds.

4) EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
The area of industrial cities and pastures north and west of Philly between the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers was rampaged over by swarms of refugees from Philadelphia and New York and was swept away. Although not nuclear targets, the cities of Lancaster, Lebanon, Reading, Easton, Pottstown, Allentown, Scranton, and Wilkes-Barre are still in anarchy, and are nearly as devastated as The City of Brotherly Love. In each city the overall conditions are pretty much the same. The suburbs are home to refugee camps. Including the original inhabitants, each now numbers just a few thousand. Sanitary conditions are abysmal, but shelter is relatively easy to find as many undamaged buildings are available. They all have a militia, though it is usually haphazardly armed, trained, and led. The cities cannot agree, even among themselves, upon any course of action. I-80, I-78 and I-76 across the state were main evacuation routes for urbanites fleeing Philadelphia and New York. The eastern halves of the interstates are carnage, wrecked cars and overturned trailers caught in the crush of traffic trying to escape in those first few days after the nukes came. The wolves ate well that first winter. The flood of hungry refugees stripped and looted most of the small towns along the interstates, leaving them empty shells to this day.
Delaware State Forest: This wild, wooded forest stretches for many miles along the west side of the Delaware River in the northeast corner of the state. In refugee migrations of 1962, some 80,000 refugees entered the forest, trying to escape the chaos in the cities. By today, however, only 2,000 have survived the cold winters, bandits, lack of supplies, and lack of hope. The refugee camps, which number between 50 and 500 in population, suffer raids by bandits and the southern camps are sometimes raided by marauders from New Jersey. The northern camps are better off and some refugees are able to get work on some of the smaller farms in the area. This will probably end as food supplies get tighter. A group of note in the area is the remnants of the 28th ID's 56th Brigade, which was stationed in Philadelphia and was largely destroyed by the nuclear strike there. The unit tried to reform but was under too much pressure and went rogue during that first winter and what still remains (about 200 men) is now holed up in the Delaware State Forest.
Scranton: The HQ and main strength of the 28th ID's 55th Brigade is stationed at the Scranton-Wilkes Airport. A powerful transmitter has been erected atop Montage Mountain, near the Airport to keep in touch with the division's scattered units. The whole compound is huge (almost 3 square miles), and nestled in the mountains near Pittston and Avoca. Total manpower in the compound is around 600 men. There is a civilian workforce numbering about 200 men, and a training company that accepts recruits and runs them through Basic of sorts. Main intact units of the brigade here include the Headquarters section (70 men), the 1st Battalion/109th Infantry Regiment (250 men), the 337th Engineer Battalion (100 men), the 2nd Battalion/103rd Armored Regiment (100 men with one M103 heavy tank and two M75 APCs), and the 1st Battalion/108th Artillery Regiment (80 men with one M40 SPG {w/o ammo}, three 81mm mortars and six 60mm mortars). The division has ample stocks of ammunition for most of their weapons, thanks to a small ammunition plant in Scranton and the Tobyhanna Depot to the south. The airport is home to some 15-20 aircraft, including helos, prop planes, and jets, both civilian and military. All sizes are represented, from tiny Cessnas up to a C-130. Aviation fuel is even scarcer than gasoline or diesel, and so, as valuable though they are, the planes are grounded pending aviation fuel. Most are stored in improved bunkers, with hopes that someday they can operate again. There are numerous ground vehicles within the compound, again both civilian and military, and of all sizes/purposes. Most common would be the jeeps or civilian 4x4's pressed into military service.
White Aryan Alliance: At the northern edge of Scranton is the Baptist Bible College and Seminary and the Griffin Reservoir. The hills surrounding the reservoir are the home to the "White Aryan Alliance", a white separatist group formed from a core of fundamentalist Baptist students. The Alliance is made up of three distinct classes: the lowest are the Foot Soldiers of God who are the rank and file soldiers, next in line is the Professors who are generally over 40 years old and who run the day to day operations of the Alliance, and at the top of the list are the White Berets Special Forces. The White Berets are the best the Alliance has to offer, a combination of senior leadership teamed with demonstrated combat skills, the WB lead from the front and are the top leadership of the Alliance. Surprisingly, the goals of the Alliance are not to hunt down non-white people and kill them, but to exist as their own separate state. Conflicts with the WAA are rare, due to their isolationist nature. The current “top hat” of the WAA is Wyatt Carmichael, late XO the US Army Special Forces 10th SFG, who was visiting his son who was attending the Baptist college when the war broke out. Total strength is over 1,000, most are Foot Soldiers of God but approximately 50 are Professors and about fifteen are WB. Major vehicles include 4x4 trucks and modified civilian cars mostly. They are also in possession of three WW II-vintage M2 half-tracks and several commercial armored cars. There are signs that there is disagreement as to whether they should try to take a more dominant role in area politics, but for now things are calm.
Wilkes-Barre: A former large factory town to the north of Philadelphia, now the center of power of the "Red Raiders", a motorcycle gang originally from the Jersey City, New Jersey area. They occupy the Wilkes University campus and hold court there weekly. They fancy themselves as knights errant, always on the lookout for fair damsels to rescue and riches to protect. Except that the “rescue” and “protection” means being taken to their base and used as they see fit. Total strength of about 150 men, with mostly motorcycles, a few trucks, and several “liberated” police vehicles. They eventually want to take over the old Harley-Davidson plant in York and are planning on moving down there next year.
Pottstown: The small survivor enclave at Pottstown was hit by marauders from Philadelphia in May 1963. During the raid, the local militia, which had been reasonably successful at holding out before then, was caught out in the open while constructing earthworks. They fought while their ammo lasted, but were cut off and the marauders ran rampant through town. Thirty families (some 300 people) still live here now, but keep out of sight. Pottstown was an industrial town, with Bethlehem Steel, New England Auto Parts Co, Dana Corp, and other heavy industry fueling the local economy before the war. Some of the milling machinery is still intact, though slowly rusting in the wet Pennsylvania winters.
Reading: The factory town of Reading was reduced to a ruin during food riots in the spring of 1963 after its population, swollen by refugees, ran out of food following a period of reduced rations. Afterward, it was raided by a number of marauder and scavenger bands, which reduced its ability to defend itself. Its current population is less than 2,000, most of whom hide from each other as well as any outsiders. There is very little of value left in Reading. The Reading Railroad Yards on the west side of the river were once the largest freight classification yard on the East coast. Back in the 20's, it would be nothing to see hundreds of blue Conrail diesels sorting cars and making up trains here. Now the yards are wrecked, the twisted metal of once-busy tracks resembling an overturned bowl of spaghetti. Hulks of engines, and charred frames of freight cars are all that remain. The "Pagoda", a famous restaurant/tourist trap/reputed 19th century ex-brothel, located on Mount Penn overlooking Reading is now the keep of a local marauder overlord. His forces are small, but there is little for him to control. The warlord has yet to discover the treasure of Reading. Further up the Schuylkill River is a little oil reclamation company know as Berks Associates, which recycled various petroleum products. While inoperable, the stocks of oil and gas here would be quite a find in these fuel-starved times.
Lebanon: Lebanon and the surrounding area is under the control of a marauder gang called the "Blackhawks". The Blackhawks were not the first marauders in the area, but they have stayed in the area since late 1963. They "tax" the local residents a share of produce for their protection, which is spotty at best and winter supplies are running low. Fuel, medicine, and ammunition are all confiscated by the gang as part of taxes. The Blackhawks actively patrol as far north as I-78 and as far west as the edges of Harrisburg, but normally just to forage. The area is sparsely populated, with about 2000 families left in Lebanon itself, though there are as many families living outside on small farms as in the town. Of the towns surrounding Lebanon, Cleona, Sand Hill and Iona are each home to about 30 families and actively patrolled by the Blackhawks. In the deserted town of Quentin, destroyed by fire after a marauder attack, the Blackhawks maintain a watch station at the west end of town, guarding Highway 322.
Lancaster: Lancaster was home of a State Center for MH/MR clients. 100 clients are still there in 1964. The city was also home to a Regional HQ for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). It was a nuke-proof shelter constructed in the 1950's and supposedly well stocked with cookies, blankets, and so on... everything you would need for a come-as-you-are disaster. Marauder/guerilla activity is real hot in the area with displaced city gangs roaming the countryside, stealing livestock and killing those who resist. The deserted streets of Lancaster have seen action between marauders and local militiamen.
Hazleton: Hazleton is doing very well, actually. It is home to a small US Army garrison, remnants of the 56th Brigade's 111th Infantry Regiment (250 men), and a MASH hospital set up in the high school gym, one of the only sources of medical aid in the area. Generators keep the power running to vital facilities and people are flocking here. Stroudsburg, once a vibrant survivor enclave, was destroyed last month by a terrible tornado, leaving houses and corpses scattered everywhere.
Raven Rock/Site-R: This is the underground Pentagon, operational since 1953, but largely forgotten about in the years following the atomic strikes. As the staff of the Pentagon was mostly killed in the strike on Washington in 1962, alternate national command was never transferred to Raven Rock. Over the last two years, most of the staff here has been transferred to Mount Weather (see Virginia), leaving just a caretaker force behind. Recently, the remnants of the Marines from Camp David have moved up here on orders from the President to keep the locals from looting the place. It’s located near Waynesboro just north of the Maryland state line.

5) CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
The Susquehanna River valley cuts through the center of the state, a lush valley of farms and urban centers that has suffered much in the last two years. While there were no nuclear targets in the region, the chaos still invaded here. For the first few months after the collapse of authority, marauding bands stripped the central Susquehanna Valley clean of food, vehicles, technology, and other equipment--literally anything of value was either taken or destroyed. Disease and starvation claimed hundreds of people's lives in small communities and riots wracked the larger cities. By now, however, the bandits have been largely run out, the fields replanted and life is struggling to go on. For the purposes of this gazetteer, we will deal with the section of the valley stretching from Williamsport in the north south to the Maryland border, including the cities of Harrisburg and York. The dominant force in the valley is the CivGov 28th Infantry Division, a Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit which was moved into the region in 1963 to help restore order and continuity of government in the state capital. In the past year the division has pacified the bandits and kept the peace relatively well, but has also fragmented, several subunits even turning rogue.
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania’s state government in Harrisburg is besieged and is really just a city government by 1964. The bulk of the 2nd Brigade of the 28th Infantry Division and the division's HQ is here in the city now, having moved here in 1963 to help bolster the government's attempts to stay in control. They have about 1,000 men and one M88 ARV and one other AFV here, and several subunits stationed in select communities in the river valley. These National Guardsmen protect the capital and quell the numerous riots and unrest in Harrisburg, with the three surviving officers of the 2857th Special Search and Rescue Squadron providing direct bodyguard security to the governor. The 2857th SSRS was a pre-war unit based at Olmstead Air Force Base sout of Harrisburg, whose mission was to rescue the President from the Executive Shelter under the White House in the event of a nuclear war. In the hours after Washington DC was nuked, the team made the attempt, but were turned back by engine failure in their plane. These three men are all that is left of the unit today, and they are probably the best trained killers in the state. Amongst the local militia, morale is bad, security worse and the civilians are beginning to feel the effects. The local populace has ceased voluntary food contributions to the unit and forced collections are now necessary. Fuel is drastically low, severely limiting the units mobility. One of the last remaining commercial radio/TV stations broadcasts from Harrisburg, and the news from there is "limited" by the government. The downtown Capital complex has become an armed camp, with heavy concrete barriers set up to discourage car bombs, machine gun posts atop the Capitol building and the State Museum. The riots and gang activities in the Capital contribute to the danger in the city, and no patrols generally go out in less than two-squad (section) strength. The state government still claims power over the state, but in reality just blows steam and the few hundred State Police in the capital are really it's only strength other than the 2/28th ID.
Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP): Located just a few miles to the west of Harrisburg, the Naval Inventory Control Point houses not only a store of valuable military hardware but also the Green Beret team "Brightstar". Brightstar occupied the NAVICP during the first days after the nuclear strikes and have been providing site security ever since. The Green Beret members have worked with the staff of the NAVICP to provide a safe, secure location for the local survivors. Brightstar's commander is Ridley Fox, though nominal civilian leadership is through the base's civilian manager, Dan Klinger. The NAVICP has an agreement with York Hospital to supply material and protection in return for medical assistance. The security forces here well equipped, but this one was equipped better than most. Add the Green Beret team, and the NAVICP became a veritable fortress. Under Fox's leadership, the base has become a haven of stability in an area where there are no organized communities, just lawlessness. Total strength is approximately 500. There are 17 men of the original 20 man Green Beret team left, they provide the core of leadership in military affairs. The inhabitants are armed with a variety of modern military weapons and are trained in small unit tactics. The NAVICP has several jeeps for base security, as well as half a dozen M8 Greyhound armored cars that were provided for defense. Also on-site is one fire battery of 75mm AA guns. All personnel have a deep feeling for family and friends and are well aware of the losses that have been suffered during and since the fall. They realize that they are sitting on a gold mine for the future, and will act to preserve the site. The future generations will need supplies, and the NAVICP will be there to provide it. The inhabitants rarely venture off the base so not much is known on how they operate.
Fort Indiantown Gap: The pre-war headquarters for the Pennsylvania Department of Military Affairs and the Pennsylvania National Guard, "The Gap" is now home to the 28th ID's 228th Forward Support Battalion, Company F (Medical) (200 men) and the 28th Aviation Company (100 men). The AvCo is strong for the times, with helos collected from all over the PA, NJ, NY, WV area, some coming from even further south. All told, there are fifteen CH-34 Chactaws and two CH-21 Shawnees, variously armed with rocket pods, door guns, and forward-firing MGs on the skids. However, there is little fuel left, and a security platoon has been formed from out-of-work aviators, air traffic controllers, aviation electronics techs, air weapons techs, chopper grease monkeys, and fuelies. This platoon is named Platoon 5 and is a bit over-strength at 78 effectives. The base garrison sends out patrols in squad strength, usually augmented with one or two vehicles, and regular convoy service is operated with Harrisburg. There is some sort of Communist Party "Fifth Column" movement operating in the area, and occasional raids are directed at the base.
Carlisle: Further to the west of Harrisburg is Carlisle. Early this summer, elements of the 109th Artillery Battalion, a 28th ID unit that was garrisoned here, turned marauder. Today, most of the men (about 100) are cloistered at the US Army War College. They are short on everything--food, ammo, and medical supplies. Further rogue elements of the 109th are thought to be scattered south of Carlisle and Harrisburg at various points in Adams and York counties. The rogue camp in Carlisle has one M-60 tank, one M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, one M84 (M59 APC with a 107mm mortar mounted), one M75 APC, two deuce-and-a-half trucks, and some civilian vehicles mounting MGs.
Lewisburg: Lewisburg is the main home of the local 28th ID's 55th Brigade's 3rd Battalion/103rd Armored Regiment (35 men), which was moved up here early this year to act as a picket for marauders in central Pennsylvania. Since that time the unit has fallen apart at the seams and many men have deserted to either wander home or to become marauders themselves. Able and Charlie Companies deserted and are now in Williamsport. What is left of the 3/103rd (a reformed Baker Company) has reorganized and is now a tight unit. They welcome any and all who would swear loyalty to the civilian government and it's officially appointed representatives, to join them and many local civilians have joined the unit recently. The camp is surrounded by multiple rings of wire and pillboxes made from sandbagged concrete highway dividers, and they a Civil War-era M1848 6-pounder fieldpiece and one M75 APC. Perhaps half of the 1,200-1,600 total civilians still living in Lewisburg live on the grounds of Bucknell University, a private, nearly Ivy League school, farming the extensive open greens of the university. The "Loyalists", as some referred to the 3/103rd troops here in the garrison, maintain an agricultural area west of the town, and they are currently setting up trade agreements with some farmers from Mifflinburg.
Williamsport: To the north, Williamsport is an ugly town of squatters and dirty refugees, now in the hands of 90 deserters from the 3/103rd camp at Lewisburg. These men are almost the entirety of Able and Charlie Companies. The Williamsport Community Hospital, once specialized in cancer treatment and rehab, and is now the marauders' prize. It is staffed by three doctors, forced into many of their decisions by the soldiers. There also is a National Guard Armory here in enemy hands. The soldiers are the ones who run things--they can shoot anyone, anytime, anywhere. The people mostly toe the line, they're scared. This group has some vehicles at their disposal including an M84 (M59 APC with a 107mm mortar mounted), two jeeps, two cargo trucks, and the groups prize "toy"--a M48A1 Patton tank (ammunition for its main gun is scarce, however, and the group is anxious to get more).
Mansfield: Home base of the "Bucktails", the nickname of the "Northern Tier Militia". This is an actual unit which fought at the Battle of Gettysburg before being converted into a state militia. They claim as their territory the counties of Potter, Tioga, Bradford, or Susquehanna and much innocent blood has been spilled supporting those claims.
Lewiston: Home of the 55th Brigade's 2nd Battalion/112th Infantry Regiment (100 men). This unit is still claiming loyalty to Brigade HQ in Scranton, but it is doubtful that they really mean it.

6) YORK
The city is in anarchy and is divided up into areas controlled by different groups.
Ghouls: The center city area of York is the territory of the "Ghouls", an amalgam of gangs that somehow survived the collapse. They earned their name from the cannibalistic activities that are ritually practiced. They are most active at night, although anyone entering their territory is fair game. They have few weapons other than small arms, but are thought to have an M-31 ARV stashed somewhere in the city. Their domain is clearly marked by banners and small piles of skulls on street corners and they generally do not venture outside of their territory, except for some trade and to visit the hospital.
The Company: The area along Route 30, between Sherman Street and I-83, is controlled by the group known as "The Company", the remains of the Pennsylvania National Guard 28th Military Police Company that was stationed at the Eden Road Arsenal in early 1963 and has since been largely on it's own despite the main body of their parent 28th ID being just up the road in Harrisburg. The Company controls the hotels overlooking I-83, the Harley-Davidson plant, the old Coles plant, and the Caterpillar Tractor factory, their major holding is the old Scrivner’s food warehouse at Sherman and Route 30. They keep a watchful eye on the road and are willing to trade food for other needed items. Since almost everybody in this group rides Harleys, locals have started calling them, “Harleys Angels,” much to the displeasure of The Company. Company people are fair, and practice a code of military honor, they consider themselves the last bastion of the way things were, and will use all means necessary to keep it that way. This unit is a veteran of Mexico, the Middle East, and Black Sea. The Major, who is the leader of the Company, is a shrewd man, prone to take proactive options, rather than to just sit and wait for things to happen on their own. It is this trait that has given the Company some of the fearful reputation that it has with some of the more troublesome groups. Total strength is 150 effectives with two M113 APCs, one M-60 MBT, several jeeps and semi tractors. They usually keep the heavy metal under wraps.
Hospitals: The area between Rathton Road and Albermarle Street house York's two college campus’. Since the collapse, the York College campus has absorbed Penn State-York campus. Before the collapse York College had a nursing program in conjunction with York Hospital. That has been kept, but in a more reduced capacity. The program now focus’ more on practical medicine than theory. The college also offers education to children so the new generations will not loose all that earlier ones found. Strictly neutral in alliances, YCP does have one alliance that is rock solid, the one with the Hospital. There are approx. 150 people here and a small defense militia is kept at the college to deter any looting and to act as a tripwire in case anything more serious were to occur. The Senior Professor, Dr. Harold Angstler is beginning to push for an increased fee for education and also for more real power.
Church: The York Fairgrounds to the west are the home of the "New Church of Apocalyptic Enlightenment". The church was founded in the last days before the fall by Joseph Deeviers, a radical environmentalist. His view of Christianity was that God was returning the world to the way He had intended it to be like, no evil industry to pollute the environment, a minimum of humanity to corrupt the world, and an end to the political system he had fought so hard to bring down. The Church is opposed to the use of animals as anything but “life companions”, and is a vegetarian society. Deeviers rules the Church with an iron hand disguised as the soft hand of benevolence. If there is dissent, then that person is invited to the church in the main building and shown how he is disrupting the harmony the Church has brought to so many happy people. There are actually two classes of people in the fairgrounds; the common congregation and the "Gaian Guards", the church's soldiers. The only contact the Church has on a regular basis with the outside world is during the market at the shopping center next to the old Vo-Tech. They do not readily accept outsiders and often turn them away rather than let them enter the fairgrounds. Total strength is about 400, with about 50 additional Gaian Guards. They have some cars and light trucks modified to run off of alcohol, and numerous pieces of construction equipment. Not normally violent, but have been known to engage small groups of wanderers. Extremely antagonistic toward the Ghouls.
Gun club: To the northeast, the Rocky Ridge Park area is controlled by the Rocky Ridge Rod and Gun Club. The club, which dates back to the 1900's, is situated on the north slope of Rocky Ridge and contains the main compound, the ranges, and the lake. The main compound, dominated by the stone clubhouse, is home to the majority of the club's population. George Stein is the leader of the club, elected President by the members at the end of last year. Under his guidance and leadership, the club has fortified its grounds and withstood several marauder attacks. The members of the club are good, honest, Americans who are trying to keep the memories of what once was America alive. Not interested in an ideological crusade, the Club views most groups that have some sort of ax to grind with suspicion and distrust. Total strength is about 200, and of those, most are capable of using weapons and about 40 have had prior military/police training. Several British-built Land Rovers and dirt bikes are here and they also have a semi with a modified dump trailer. The Club has no goals for expansion, they remember what America was and what it stood for. They are extremely displeased with the fictionalization they see happening to the York area but realize that they are in no position to make others see things the way they do. They are hunters and they know the art of the hunt; concealment, ambush, fire and move, and use it to good advantage. They have access to sophisticated weapons, many of the members being collectors or sport shooters, with a level of firepower surprising for such a small group.
Dead Zone: South of York, the southern York county area around the towns of Fawn Grove and Peace Bottom has been termed "The Dead Zone," by the locals. Reports of strange lights and sounds mixed with strange odors have served to build a paranoia about this area. And the fact that few people who venture into this part of the county ever return.
Depot: Southwest of York is the Letterkenny Army Depot, in operation since 1942. While mostly depleted of stocks by the government to feed the war in Europe, there are sure some vehicles, explosives, Nike-Ajax/Hercules missile components, ammunition, refurbished artillery, tools, food, and lots of other good things to plunder.
Other groups: To the northwest of York is Wellsville, home of the Bowhunters Warehouse & the Archer Irregulars, and Roundtop Ski Park and Gifford-Pinchot State Park, both home only to slavers and general riff-raff.

7) CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
The remote mountains of the area are insular from the rest of the state, and the east-west highway artery of Interstate 80 is terrorized by bands of marauders. Militia groups and survivalists abound in the sparsely populated northern forests and hills. Most of the fallout from the Pittsburgh strike was cast due east, spreading deathly silent across the fields and farms and rugged hills of central Pennsylvania.
Altoona: In the wooded hills of western Pennsylvania, Altoona was a gritty steel town of about 25,000 people when the war began. Dusted by fallout from the Pittsburgh strike, many of the citizens died off that first winter, and by the winter of 1962, it had been flooded with refugees. Although most of them were gone by the following spring, chased off by hunger or bandits, some still 4,000 remain in small camps along the Juniata River just south of town. Some refugees march into town for work, accepting small amounts of food as pay. Altoona is just far enough from the major cities not to be bothered by them, though there are enough smaller wandering bands of marauders to keep the militia busy. The current population is about 2,000, with another 2,000 on small farms within eight miles of the town. The center of Altoona is occupied, with many of the streets blocked off with rubble and there are ruined buildings all around the outside of town. There are usually 100 resident militia members on duty at any given time and they charge a toll to pass through town on I-99 or Highway 22. The militia also maintains a small outpost in Ashville that observes traffic on Highway 53, though they are a bit at odds with the few residents here who have refused to relocate to Altoona, and the militia will not come out to defend them. The Altoona militia also maintains a similar outpost in Water Street that observes the crossroads in the center of town where Highways 22, 453, and 45 meet. The outpost's mission is to merely report on traffic to Altoona.
Johnstown: Johnstown is home to about 24,000 people, a mix of locals and refugees. The Cambria County Airport is an important meeting place for large numbers of survivalists and such who live in the area.
State College: Penn State University in State College seems to be doing OK , still functioning as independent communities. They have everything they might need, structures, their own power plant, educational resources, educated personnel, and agricultural equipment and supplies. If they could find some more soldiers and more ammo, they might be able to hold the area long enough to make a difference. The local militia, consisting of militamen and some National Guardsmen, patrol the region daily. They have emplaced a couple of pieces of medium artillery (155mm or up) sited on Nittany Mountain which are able to dominate quite a bit of territory. State College is also the home of the "Nittany Lion Farmers Co-Operative". This group consists of several farming groups in the State College area. They provide a large portion of the fresh food at the various farmers markets that now operate in the town. They are very clannish in their group organization and have a strong sense of loyalty to that group. There is no leader per se, but Lynette Harlow is the "spokesperson" for the Co-Op. She is in her mid thirties and runs the most productive farm in the Co-Op. The different farms are all fortified into small forts, able to defend themselves from the casual raider, but not from any sort of organized military action. The Co-Op barters most of its crops and animal products at the markets. They are one of the most important groups in the area due to the food they produce. Realizing this, they are slowly starting to exercise that power to increase the value of their goods. If you displease one Co-Op member, you risk your entire group being cut off from food. There are about twenty farmsteads in the Nittany Lion Co-Op area. Each farmstead houses from ten to forty people. The farmsteads are armed with a variety of weapons, about half are civilian sporting weapons and the rest are military of police in origin, they also have some heavy weapons in the LMG class and farm equipment and light trucks. For winter use there are a large number of snowmobiles. The current goals appear to be focused on gaining more leverage over the other local inhabitants of the area by controlling the food supply. Currently the hospital has been very solid in its refusal to pay the higher premiums, it just raises the rates for Co-Op members accordingly. This has caused some friction in the past several weeks. Hospital leadership feels that the Co-Op has the potential to be the spark that starts mass conflict in the area if its practices keep up. The Co-Op operates much like its pre-fall counterpart; sort of a farmers union or guild to control the prices paid by the consumers. Where other groups may operate in a strong arm or predatory fashion, the Co-Op uses the economics of food to fight their battles.

8) PITTSBURGH
The war: On October 29, 1962, a Russian Tu-95M Bear A slipped through the weakened ring of fighters and missiles and dropped a nuclear bomb on Pittsburgh. The 1 megaton weapon exploded nearly on top of the US Steel plant right downtown near the confluence of the three rivers. Only the streets are constant now, still faintly visible headed towards the hypocenter. Rain has turned the crater into a lake. Following the nuke, the urban sprawl around Pittsburgh dissolved into chaos, taking most of the locals with them. Much of it now looks like a cross between Hiroshima and Berlin, circa May, 1945. Depopulated and then repopulated by refugees and scavengers, entire sections of city are leveled, fallen or in disrepair and precariously standing. The city is now teeming with rats and ferocious feral dogs, along with billions of cockroaches. Local government has long ago broken down and in 1964 the city is run by marauder warlords.
The Madman cometh: Due to the hilly terrain of the city's eastern side, most of the eastern suburbs escaped much of the direct blast and heat effects of the bomb. It is in these areas that life struggles on today. In Pittsburgh, real gasoline can be purchased, and electric service can be had, from a certain syndicate of businessmen. There is some manufacturing going on, but it is geared to military and agricultural needs. Still largely intact though struggling with the problem of large numbers of refugees and a lack of food. Large parts of the city have been burnt down, and cleared for planting crops, but there is neither enough land or food to feed everyone and the situation is boiling over. The largest marauder band in the region is led by Jeremy Fitzpatrick, the former Congressman from the 12th District, who is in fact the puppet of the "Steel City Madman", a powerful pre-war celebrity turned warlord. He is a former professional wrestler and rock star idol in Pittsburgh, but also well-educated and once an Olympic wrestler. They have established their base in a huge shopping mall in the eastern suburb of Monroeville, which is the area of the largest refugee concentrations. They also have bases at the Pittsburgh-Monroeville Airport and at Boyce Park. The marauders are armed with a variety of arms, including M-14s, a few .30 cal LMGs, 3.5" bazookas, grenades and such from ransacked National Guard armories. The Madman often is seen in his prize possession, a fully functional M60 tank found in another armory. Power and wealth is provided by the huge coal mines that line the Monongahela River, the same mines that made Pittsburgh the city it was. The largest of these is now in the suburb of Homestead, where slave labor is used to chip the rock and pull the carts under armed guards. Conditions are deadly and the miners are fomenting rebellion daily. Ironically, this was the same mine that in 1892 was the scene of one of the nation's worst mining strikes and the scene of much bloodshed when the Pinkerton Agency was called in to break it up. The most prosperous, marauder-free area is the southern suburb of Clarion. Clarion is well defended and organized, with schools and trade and has a population of around several hundred. They are occasionally raided by marauders from Pittsburgh who are looking for spoils and slaves. The airport at the western suburb of McKeesport is home to the Madman's small air force, consisting of a couple of DC-3 transports, and an old turbo-prop cargo plane.

9) SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Uniontown: Uniontown is home to a band of mountain militiamen known as "Jurgen's Ridgerunners". They are about 200 strong and are based in an old British 18th century fort above the town.
Washington: To the southwest of Pittsburgh, Washington is home of the "Washington Militia", who are trying to keep the Pittsburgh warlords from expanding too far south. The HQ is in the Washington Courthouse.
Ruff Creek: At this small town on I-79 is forming a local rebel movement. Right now it is just a collection of men and women, miners, former National Guardsmen, and such, and going by the name of the "Citizen's Liberation Group.". They have plans to eventually liberate Pittsburgh from the Madman's grip.

10) NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Northwestern Pennsylvania was not densely populated before the war. Small mill towns or farming communities dot the hills and forests. The oil boom first struck here, but left as the wells dried up and easier drill sites were found in Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, and California. The Allegheny Mountains run through here. Travel off the roads should be considered in mountains unless within 45 miles of Lake Erie. Much of the area is also wooded. Fortunately for the local inhabitants, there are no worthy nuclear targets nearby, so the area has not suffered too much from nuclear effects. A fairly quiet region today as most of the excitement in western Pennsylvania is centered further south. There are few marauder bands about and very few remaining farmers. However, neither group is friendly. Otherwise, towns and villages are isolated, under populated, usually hungry and unfriendly. There hasn't been much authority, law, or order around here for nearly two years.
Allegheny National Forest: South of Warren is the expansive Allegheny National Forest, a large hardwood forest preserve between the south bank of the Allegheny River, the New York state border, and US-219. The forest is rough territory, little settled before the war. The few towns along its few roads have been mostly emptied by marauders, but there is little to keep the marauders here, either. A few villages of very tough local farmers have successfully banded together for defense here.
Erie: After the nuclear attacks, Erie found itself as a last stop for refugees from points west and south trying to enter New York. The population swelled beyond anything the local authorities could cope with and by the spring of 1963, no authority in Erie had any control and services broke down. There were riots over food and shelter--but there was none to be had. Gangs arose to seize by force what authority no longer offered. Many died, some fled south, and some fled across the lake to Canada. Many people live in hovels and shantytowns, the shells of warehouses and factories--few people live alone (for safety). Gang warfare, rioting, and bandit raids have decreased the population to less than 10,000 by now and the death rate from starvation, disease, and violence is still high. All strangers are attacked for any food, medicine, and weapons by any number of gangs numbering between five and 100 people. There are even rumors of cannibal gangs attacking others for food. I-79 passes by the eastern outskirts of the city and some gangs stay in that area hoping for pickings off the highway. In fact, they sometimes fight each other for the right to block the road.
New Castle: New Castle is home to a very large refugee camp. Total population of the camps is around 188,000. The city was the scene of a pitched battle between refugees and local land owners fought near a large refugee camp.
Butler: The life of this town changed when the nuclear fireball swept over Pittsburgh, spawning chaos and anarchy throughout the area. After some semblance of order was restored, it was found that the facility and base came away almost half-intact. The local National Guard unit that had been stationed in Butler was able to defend the community with the help of citizen militias and the community survived that first horrible winter into the spring. They repaired and then started expanding as they grew ever so slowly. The survivors realized that knowledge was power in this new world, and thus they guarded their knowledge and the men with the smarts. When the community was finally settled down, they realized there was a way that they could help themselves and other settlements relatively nearby. Rudimentary production lines were set up and immediately began producing and reloading ammunition. The community started exchanging this valuable commodity with the other settlements for food or other necessities. Today, some 10,500 people live in the immediate area. Butler is also the site of an old IRS underground storage bunker holding duplicate tax and social security records.
Sharon: Sharon is home to a militia band known as "Alli's Rangers" numbering several hundred who control a long stretch of I-80. The population of the town itself is about 6,000.
Oil City: After waves of refugees flooded through the big town of Oil City, some staying, others driving out the original residents, the population stabilized at about 4,000 by this past summer. Then came a marauder band called the "Razz", from Cincinnati and led by Malcolm Xavier, who beat the town militia in a series of skirmishes and battles in July. The Razz are now based in Oil City in the police station and an adjoining building. They keep a tight rein on the town and the surrounding area, though they do not range as far from Oil City as the Blackhawks do further north. The locals are not happy about the Razz, who rule with a distinctly heavy hand. The locals, however, are disorganized, demoralized, and mostly unarmed. The Razz run regular patrols mounted in pickup trucks, jeeps, and 4x4s. Rouseville, north of Oil City, and Reno, to the west, are both nearly empty except for Razz outposts. Movement through either will be reported to Oil City, prompting a strong Razz patrol. Razz patrols and Franklin militia have clashed in Reno in recent weeks. The Razz's leaders became aware of the potential oil in the area when they caught two would-be salvagers who wandered into check for existing wells, though the Razz do not know of any working wells in the area.
Meadville: Meadville is the Crawford county seat, but has lost control of anything more than a dozen miles beyond town. Its population first swelled with refugees then shrank as people left looking for safer places and its current population is about 1,600, with another 800 living on a couple dozen farms within a seven mile circle. It's militia, developed from the county sheriff's office, numbers about 90 and is armed with a variety of sport weapons and two M14s. This "county" militia has fought a number of skirmishes with the Razz over the past month and has held them off, but needs to keep part of its strength guarding the town from other directions. The seldom venture out to protect outlying farms.