The events that led up to the Battle of Athens showed attempts at peacefully changing the way things were being done there... the Vets didn't just rush out with their guns to take the corrupt mayor and sheriff out. they went and did all the peaceable things. They used their Soap Box AND the Ballot Box. it was only when the corruptocracy came in and STOLE the ballot boxes and was about to start stuffing them when they realized the vote was going straight to the Vets and their platform.
It's only then that the Munition Box should be used. And as seen in the Battle of Athens, the corrupt mayor and other officials had contact the governor who was going to send in the National Guard by the next day.. thus the Vets knew that troops were coming and their attempt to just lay seige to the building and used explosives to get in so they could retreive the ballot boxes before they were broken open and the vote change happening.
By the time the National Guard, State and Federal Authorities arrived and were forced to realize just how far the corruption went... they dealt with it.
And after the investigations were carried out none of the Vets who had to take up arms were charged with any crime... not even the destruction of government property.
They were seen as what they were... living up to the American Ideal, and WHY our nation allows it's citizens to own arms. To protect themselves not from criminals... but from a corrupt government.
I have a feeling that the returning vets coming from Europe who head home would be finding this kind of thing when they got back to their hometowns.
Hell, one of our legendary T2k campaigns back while in the service had our PC group going back to my character's hometown... since the CIVGOV aligned mayor had thrown my character's grandfather and father (along with others who were felt would have MILGOV sympathies) in a detainment camp so that the family farm could been 'seized' for the good of the community... and a lot of other things that comes with those corrupted by near absolute power.
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Fuck being a hero. Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, your kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. I do this because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There's not, so I'm doing it.
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