By 2000, and after several years of warfare, nukes and civil disorder, who knows who's there? It's possible the entire area was abandoned and then reoccupied by an advance force a short time before TF34 arrived.
Anyone who had occupied the area without the military's authorisation would surely have fled the moment the fleet appeared on the horizon and started landing troops. 50,000 soldiers make a persuasive argument!
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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