Bionic Commando

FEDERAL STATES OF AMERICA

SUMMARY

A nation born from a political and economic crisis in the United States of America in the early 21st century.

HISTORY

Due to its turbulent conception, the FSA government took a hardline approach to politics, putting libertarian values aside to maintain law and order. Despite its youth, the FSA has had an eventful history.

Most notable is the Imperial Incident a decade previous, when a military faction seeking to revive fascism attacked several FSA cities. Wild rumors abounded across the FSA in those days, including that the Imperials had launched a massive floating air-fortress, and that they had found a way to revive the dead. The threat was eventually overcome thanks to the deployment of the first Bionic Commando, Nathan Spencer.

Afterward, bionics became the issue of the day. Many championed the technology after the success of the technology in defeating the Imperial threat, and appealed for it to be released into civilian use. However, many others were fearful that the unknown technology could lead to ordinary humans becoming “obsolete”. The issue came to a head when a Presidential directive was issued to shut down the controversial bionics program. In what came to be known as the “Bionic Purge”, TASC’s bionics program was closed, and TASC personnel with bionic augmentations were ordered to turn in their bionics or have them forcibly removed. But this heavy-handed tactic backfired, as pro-bionic followers rioted, and many of TASC’s bionic operatives chose to flee instead of giving up their artificial parts.

PRESENT

Despite suffering several terrorist attacks from pro-bionic groups, the chaos eventually subsided, and the FSA once again knew peace. But with BioReign's attack on Ascension City, the nation is facing its greatest crisis yet.