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Originally Posted by Targan
What President? From MilGov's point of view there was no legitimate President until 2020.
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And this is one of my BIG problems with the cannon. The powers who were involved "...creep across the threshold to armageddon, never knowing they had done so until it was over...." BUT the various combatant's civilian governments are still wiped out. If they "crept across the threshold of armageddon," There would have been PLENTY OF TIME to initiate COG. This means that at least ONE civilian US leader (The President, Vice President, or Speaker of The House) along with at least some of Congress would STILL BE LIVING.
This also begs the question of why the rise of "CIVGOV." How would this entity (along with "MILGOV") actually grow to a national movement in the wake of even a limited nuclear war? How would it gather resources and use communications almost exclusively controlled by military assets? Why would BOTH entities EVEN TRY to send much-needed manpower and assets to Europe when there are foreign invaders on US soil (Alaska and the Southwest)? This just doesn't make sense. Why would the states even accept such a directive? My guess is that they wouldn't. I don't see a "CIVGOV" Movement as being anything more than a group of "5th Column conspirators" INSIDE MILGOV/COG established command working against what it sees as an increasingly "totalitarian" regime. I doubt it would ever reach the status of a "competitor" to MILGOV/COG.
New America COULD show up, though. All that's needed is the absence of the federal government and a breakdown in local government to rear its ugly head. This threat could be comprised of the various US Militia Groups, The Sovereign Citizen Movement, and a number of "Conspiracy Theorists" who are seeing their worst nightmares come true under the harsh governance that is COG.
Finally, I wonder why the Dev's never considered the largest threat to a post-nuclear US...The rise of Independent States. There would be literally NOTHING from preventing Ohio or PA from simply "withdrawing" from the Union in the face of ever increasing demands from either a "MILGOV" or a "CIVGOV" entity. Unlike "CIVGOV," the States HAVE the organization and the infrastructure to say "enough" and, in fact, succeed in a withdrawal from The US.
These are just some of issues I have with the original Cannon.