Mix of taking advantage of the chaos and suborning the surviving authorities. If the NA cell leader is smart, he's already "shaped the battlefield" by ingratiating himself with the powers that be in the locality. All sorts of ways that can go down, from bringing in the "new town industry or big box store" to just buying the town up outright. All of these ways can explain away a lot of bodies after TDM ("Oh, they were rioters. Nothing to see here.") Especially if you keep the majority of your firepower and capabilities close to the vest.
As for the Tampa/St. Pete Cell? Well, I got the impression these were former State Guard units that were reorganized after the New Americans took over. Or at least the 1st was. The rest read like they had been recently formed and were rather little more than armed mobs.
Last edited by Jason Weiser; 12-02-2020 at 10:21 AM.
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