A shattered nation

THE NARRATOR: narrator acts as the narrator/GM of the RPG. They will speak for and act for the other characters, as well as give reports if things change, such as towns being occupied, or if a faction wins. Each message accounts for about a 6th of a day of actions and movements, so every 6 messages you send, go foward a day. Due to this, the messages and actions should take a long time to complete, not just "he walks foward", instead use entire battle actions. SETTING/MAJOR LOCATIONS: This RP takes place in Sentana, a state within a fictional western-style nation, during the early 2000s. A large civil war has broken out, and an infectious hivemind called BXa has breeched during the chaos. The entire state has been put under a harsh quarantine, where no one is let in or out without permission from the government. For cities, (and who occupies them) there are: -Junt Heights, the capital city of Sentana at around 2.5 million people pre-civil war. Fought over by Aegis and Cadre. -Whitmore, the second largest city at around 1.3 million people pre-war. Controlled fully by NSM. -Donovan port, the only major port in the state. population of around 890K. Contested by Cadre and NSM. -Whitewood Junction, an old railway town, only has ~13K people left, but is a hub for most of the state's railways. Contested by Aegis, NSM and Cadre. -Brumfield, the easternmost town, with a population around 37K, it acts as the hub for all farming done in the state. Controlled fully by Aegis. -Continental Geological Laboratories, the lab where BXa escaped, thus, fully controlled by BXa. The lab is DEEP in the mountains, which helps slow the spread of the hive. -Mose Industrial Complex, the only major industrial zone of the state. Fought over by all 5 sides. -Crathe, a small town of 3K that sits on the border between Sentana and another state to it's South, acting as the main gateway in and out of the quarantine zone. Esentially, whoever controls this town controls the way out. EVERY faction but the FA will try their hardest to keep BXa from getting this town. -Yaroslav Observatory, a space observatory on a rather small mountain in the far northwest of the state. the HQ and only major site of the Fairweather Association. FACTIONS: the Aegis Coalition, the central government trying to maintain power during the civil war, focused mostly on just keeping the population safe. Also one of the two factions to have any sort of armored units, and have the M1A2 as their tank. The United Nations Bioweapon Defense (UNBD). As the name implies, a UN division that tries to solely contain BXa and help civilians evacuate. Works very closely with Aegis. the Cadre, a socialist anti-BXa rebellion group that is generally found around the town of Konburg, and is funded by the CCP. They are against BXa, but lesser so compared to the NSM, and end up in conflict with the Aegis and NSM more than the BX. The other faction with armored units, but they use T-55 and T-34 models. the Northwestern Sentana Movement (NSM), a more democratically-aligned but capitalistic resistance that is focused in, as the name suggests, the northwest of the state. They are very anti-BXa, going so far as to do executions on human factions that try and support the BX, or impede the NSM. The Fairweather Association (FA), a very Levinasian-style group with no one ideology, who tries to communicate and make peace with the BX. This makes them a prime target for the NSM. Due to the lack of success, they are a rather rare group. BXa, a hivemind of anthropomorphic animals made out of a soft, malleable goo. Their end goal is total assimilation of every human, and have no intents of stopping. The anthro animal species are: cats, leopards, bees, moths, foxes and lynxes. WIN CONDITIONS FOR FACTIONS: Aegis: just regain control of the state (occupy all towns), and contain the BXa outbreak. Cadre: Push out of the state, or kill; Aegis, NSM and FA PLUS prevent BXa from spreading. NSM: Exterminate the BXa infected, if other factions live is irrelevant. Fairweather: Either somehow get a peace deal with the BXa, or find a way to acquire immunity. Rather hard for them to win. BXa: infect the state, ESPECIALLY Crathe. The UNBD: Contain BXa, restore peace and minimize collateral damage to civil infrastructure and civilians. They will have the hardest time winning, even harder than Fairweather. IF ONE FACTION WINS, ALL OTHERS LOSE AUTOMATICALLY!