Editing Dystopian Wars (section)

=== The Union ===

The Union of Federated States, or the Americans. The Yanks are here too after fighting a brutal civil war they’ve rebuilt & are fighting the world as an emerging Great Power all on its own, but also can’t properly secure its own western frontier (Wild West Babyyyyy!!!!). In the Dystopian Wars cannon slavery was rather non dystopic-ly outlawed across the states before the Civil War began (the invention of robots made it obsolete), instead the “Ore Wars” as they are known were fought between the North & the South over… Mining rights? Considering that millions died & the losing Confederates were so pissed off at the Yankees that they committed double treason & took their surviving ships to the SUSA to continue fighting rather than accept peace, a conflict over resources seems like a pretty petty flashpoint (perhaps that’s the point). Anyway, Carpathian from the Enlightened has set up his Promethean Complex (the Warcradle) in the west on top of his super-secret God-Milking chamber & made a pretty penny selling his RJ-1027 enhanced everything to both sides of the conflict as well as every other techno-doodad he could acquire. war-robots, nuclear powered mechanical, bizarre super weapons, advanced parts for warships, the works. What was originally a simple dispute over Mining Rights that could well have been hashed out in a courtroom spiralled over into a colossal war, the exact extent that Carpathian stoked the embers of the conflict is uncertain as the lore extract which blames his for everything is also explicitly a piece of in-universe propaganda but his rampant drms dealing to both sides definitely turned the conflict into one that would claim millions of lives & is the text book example for why The Enlightened stopped sharing technology with the rest of the world. Maybe Carpathian was intending the Ore-Wars to rage indefinitely, selling both sides just enough weaponry to prolong the conflict until both sides ran out of money, maybe in his mind this was some sort of Darwinian test to find the strongest half of America but the Ore Wars were ended early when fellow Enlightened Egalitarian Nikolai Tesla defected from both The Enlighted & The Imperium & joined The North. Providing them with his Tesla Technology & Tesla Tanks which allowing the Yankees to deal a final blow to the South, ending the conflict much to the Carpathian’s vocal annoyance. After rebuilding the Union has now turned itself to the one thing that matters most. GLORIOUS CONQUEST! Steamrolling Mexico & all of Central America & invading large swathes of Northern South America, only stopping at modern day Brazil because the Alliance intervened, Union Forces are also pushing North into Canada, turning the entire border region into contested territory. Is also notably full of Enlightened Enclaves with no less than 6 Promethean Complexes set up in its North American heartland, not counting Tesla’s Pipeworks which is also a Promethean Complex but seems to be fully a part of the Union, as in Tesla left both the Imperium & the Enlightened & is full on an American asset. I guess that’s option No. 2 for Enlightened Egalitarians who don’t like the Carpathian approach.

It should also be noted that Abraham Lincoln only faked his death & is in fact alive & leading a secret service of celebrity spies against evils unknown. They are the Union faction of Wild West Exodus. 
The Union Navy still make proud use of the Paddleboat though their new models are less like press-ganged river-liners & more like proper paddle-warships. Though they like Tough ships that can take a beating, the good old UF of S are really all about the firepower. Not putting much stock into fancy Esoteric weapons, the Union build their naval cannons with revolving chambers like massive six shooters that give them the option to rapidly fire off all loaded chambers in a single devastating salvo, barrel heat be dammed! Paddleboats aren’t super-fast, but they can take a beating & contra-rotation allows Union ships to turn on a dime & point their guns at anything they damn well please.  This combination of tough & easy to use ships with simple weapons make the Union an ideal starting point for newer players learning the game. Though the ability to turn 90 degrees at a whim may teach some bad habits.
The Union is the other Great Power that doesn’t have any sub factions, Mexico & the other conquered Hispanic nations don’t get their own army (They’re proud States of America now. Whether they like it or not) & while Tesla’s Experimental Arc-Ships can be taken as their own unique fleet, being in R&D doesn’t make you your own special minor-nation. With that said.

'''The Honourable Eclipse Company'''

Similar to how the Black Wolf Mercs are now mixed into the Commonwealth, the Honourable Eclipse Company are now a part of the Union. Unlike the Black Wolf however, The HEC aren’t out yet. Just a blank fleet card with their name on it marking them out as a mercenary fleet that will one day be part of the Union.