Once again the United States Military
is on the brink of widespread invasion of Central and South
America.
The US has been fighting its drug war against central and south america
for nearly 50 years. with the stakes escalating to actual war twice in
the 90's. The new plague resistant "synthcoke", developed after the US
decimated the drug trade in the mid 90's, is flooding the streets more
rampantly than ever before. The media fuels the rage against this,
giving
the US military the popular support it needs to once again
re-enter the war. In reality, the drug war is, and always has been, an
excuse for prolonged covert military action in south america, keeping
Americas interests, as well as American revenue earned from both sides
of the drug trade, well in check.
conflict. When the columbians nuked New York, it was
crippling to the United States economy, and was the first of a string
of events that led to the US pulling out of the first CentAm Conflict.
It was the rallying cry for the second South
Am war, when again,
political and economic disater at home forced the US to once again pull
out.
The US military has NEVER quite recovered from the tragedy of
both
the unfullfilled mission of the last conflict, and the tragedy of its
departure, stranding so many of its
citizens behind.
collapse
forced them to not only withdraw support for the expansion, but it also
caused them to lose control of the canal completely.
wouldn't last long,
except that the drug cartels of South and Central America have thrown
their full weight into bolstering and supporting the Mercs in control
of the Canal. The EDF also has covert advisors working with both
groups, not only to further their own
interests in the region, but to
have the added bonus of even more humiliation and hardshid heaped on
the North Americans.
Panama,
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuala. The chances are strong that
Bolivia, Honduras, Northern
Nicaragua and Atlantico (as the US helps
secure the atlantican border against the North Nicaraguans) are high.
the two superpowers is hoped to be avoided, but
EDF advisors working with the mercs at the panama canal and region
surrounding are bound to come up against US forces eventually. The same
can be said for EDF advisors working with the cartels. These advisors
are mostly made up of Special forces teams, training and
providing
intelligence to the mercs and cartels, as well as intelligence and
strategy agents. Unlike in Africa, where there ahs been a near
total media blackout, there is no way to keep the media out of South
America, so if a situation does erupt between the two superpowers, it
could very well escalate into a much larger conflict. The
Neo-Sovs and Chinese have similiar presences in the region, and
tensions are running high.
that it would lead
to open conflict
on the high seas, the
first true naval battles fought since WW2. The likelyhood of this
leading to full scale war between the US and europe is high, so the
situation must
be handled very very carefully.
bolster their
number. Militech and Lazarus have both been contracted to
supplant and suppport American Troops. Militech will issue their
own 
equipment, but Lazarus troops will be issued identical equipment and uniforms to that of the United States
Military. In addition, prisons
are being culled for able bodied men, judges sentencing convicts to the
combat duty in the military and volunteers being given reduced or sentences and even pardons upon the completion of their
military
service. This influx of hard core
felons, including murderers,
rapists, drug dealers, gang members and other scum, are yet one more
explosive element added to a powederkeg.
For
more information on the United States Armed Forces in the world of
Cyberpunk
2020, please see the sourcebooks Home Of The Brave and Maximum Metal.
