I agree with you on many of the US modules - Allegheny Uprising left a lot to be desired- I work in York and travel to Fayette County- and that module didnt do justice at all to the area.
And frankly some of the other details - like the total destruction of the US Navy supposedly between Satellite Down (nothing left on the Pacific Coast) and Last Submarine (only one USN sub left?) just showed a lack of understanding of the Russians capabilities versus the USN. Hurt badly - sure. Basically totally destroyed - sorry but that was one point where the game went off the tracks. Especially considering no Russian sub has ever tracked an Ohio at all - yet supposedly they are all gone, along with the Permits, Sturgeons and every Los Angeles but one? Just not going to happen.
The initial European modules were very good and really set a great tone for the game. But somewhere things went downhill - you can see in some of the later modules that they may not have had the time to really research them right and put the details into them and properly proof read them.
And frankly the whole idea of New America was offensive to me and the people I played with. I have read and heard about a lot of stuff from various militia organizations but nothing as warped as New America. Could there be a way out militia group that could have believed that in one isolated area? Sure.
But a mass of people all over the US - no that is just not possible. Not unless suddenly you have a huge outbreak of mental illness to make that many people believe that warped an idea as it was portrayed.
So breakaways from the US and areas in rebellion against the central government - sure. Heck I would totally expect that - but New America? No that I dont. So how does that carry over to my universe?
New America doesnt exist as a nationwide organization. What sprang up in the Ozarks and in Florida in my universe are seperate groups, with seperate agendas, but both in opposition to both MilGov and CivGov, with the Ozarks group being flavored with ties to white supremacy and the Klan and the Florida group being tied more to criminal families who joined together with militia groups to seize power.
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