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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
I would think that for US forces in Europe, they would be unlikely to know much about the MilGov/CivGov split because the flow of information would be strictly controlled by the military heirachy. Those personnel in HQ and signals units that might hear about it would probably filter the information to support their own beliefs, meaning that even if higher HQ wanted the news to get out, some junior officer/NCO/OR might not pass it on because they disagree with it. Or the reverse could be the situation, HQ doesn't want it to get out but somebody believes the troops should know.
But I also think that once they return to the USA they would learn about it. Maybe not quickly, but sooner or later they would hear talk or even be direcly approached by people wishing to know where they stand on the issue or directly courting them to one side or another.
I can imagine both sides playing the 'political campaign' game to woo people to their side and using various methods to let people know who to throw their support behind. It may not be 'representatives' travelling the campaign trail but all the other methods of advertising their positions/claims etc. etc. would be used.
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Yes this was my thought as well, the PCs have been back in the US for about 5 months since before our campaign began, I figured by then they would have knowledge of the split especially since one of the PCs was directly under MilGov command until she deserted. Again this is also a slightly modified timeline where not only Russia but China and NK also declared war against the US. Also the PCs are currently in New Mexico at the ONLY CivGov enclave in the remnants of a semi major city (forgive my lack of southwest knowledge). I thought this would be a good point to begin the bigger picture "quests". The PCs have left this rundown dying town by effectlive fighting off a rogue army brigade with the cities help only to be kicked out because they were blamed for the attack in the first place lol.
So now they reached this city with actual electricity but limited water supply. I have also been using NPCs to relay bits of information on the two governments.