The First San Andreas War

by Wedgininja06

After years of civil unrest in the island state of San Andreas, the state government creates a law enforcement agency to help contain and protect the safety of the public. Little do they know, after 50 years of changes and additions to the main mission of the agency, the so called "ISA" would be the main military fighting force of the state, soon facing it's greatest challenge.

1. Chapter 1

Just off the coast of California, lies a small island home to thousands of residents. This island is known as the state of San Andreas, recognized for it's contributions to the movie industry, as well as its addition to the worlds greatest military's. Over the course of just forty years, the small state of San Andreas would participate in one of the worlds most well known mini-wars history would ever record. It would be recognized as the First San Andreas War, and the story begins here.

Our story begins (quite obviously) in the small island state of San Andreas. More specifically, with the national guard of the state. Now, San Andreas is in many ways different from the other states, even the distant ones like Hawaii and Alaska, in regards to it's law enforcement agencies. Lets wind the clock back to the year 1953 to get a good feel for our setting shall we?

In 1953 San Andreas was recuperating from the strain of military occupation during World War Two, having been used temporarily as a staging point for U.S Air force bombing and strategic attacks on the Japanese islands and the mainland of Japan itself. The small state had been home to many wartime factories, most of which had capitalized on the flood of government contracts given out to companies for essential wartime products. The main industry during the war, was steel. Over one hundred automotive plants and shops swapped out their car making machines for high quality steel plate, turning out thousands of tons over a span of six years. But the problem arises after the wars end, when business tapers down and most of these plants are forced to shut down, leaving many without work.

By 1953 the people were angry, demanding that the state government urge companies to stake a claim in the state and lower the taxes on steel so the remaining companies could hire more workers. When the government did next to nothing, the people resorted to rioting and protesting to light a fire under the figurative ass of the poorly functioning state government. Soon, the LSPD was overwhelmed and could not spread enough men across the state to uphold the law, leading the government to pander to the United States Marines stationed in the nearby Fort Zancudo. Upon approval, three small groups of Marines took to the streets to quell the riots, but the presence of armed military personnel only angered the public more. Firefights broke out between the soldiers and Second Amendment touting citizens, all the way up until June of 1954 when the state government agreed to urge businesses to set up shop, as well as offering support to newly started companies.

Satisfied, the riots slowly bubbled down until peace had been restored and the Marines were sent back to their base with much thanks from the state government. But things weren't over yet, in fact the lack of ability to cope with these types of situations led the state government to launch a program for a type of national guard, as the state's guard was little more than an average police officer in a different uniform with a bigger gun. This program, called "Defense Bill number 14" would permit the creation of an agency to tackle the problems of large scale civil unrest, as well as to deal with gang related terror that had plagued the state since the early twenties. The new agency birthed from this bill would at first be called the "Inner-state Security Agency" or ISA for short. These men, compiled of ex soldiers and police officers, was tasked with maintaining the state's safety on a larger scale than the LSPD, FIB, or IAA. On June the 17th, 1954, the ISA took to the streets for the first time.

But there was a problem. These poorly trained and even more poorly armed men were just not fit for duty, often being pushed around by criminals and gang organizations with little to no respect or fear from anybody. To solve this problem, the state government turned to the newly created automotive customs shop, Tribal Die. Since 1945 Tribal Die had been customizing and repairing vehicles around the state, growing in size steadily and showing it's capability for expansion. The ISA was the opportunity, with millions of dollars being offered for the company to sell and maintain a large fleet of customized cars. This opportunity would no doubt launch Tribal Die into the top ranks with many other San Andreas based companies, with even more chances to expand into the automotive steel and die cast business as well as the weapons business not far down the road. But founder and CEO Michael Schmidt time and time again refused the offer, even as the bid went up. In fact, the final bid would be lower than the highest bid that had been previously offered. Thankfully for the ISA, Michael's son eventually talked him into accepting the contract. Soon, Tribal Die was armoring, painting, tuning, and servicing a fleet of one hundred and fifty cars and trucks.

The government would later make more contracts with other companies, providing better quality weapons to the agency, and classes were created after months of research and assistance from local Marines and police to create a top notch training program. By the end of 1955, the ISA was more than well equipped to fight crime in the state, and would continue to do so for may years to come.

Now it's the year 2004, and the ISA has more officers than ever before. Their force exceeds that of the local police, FIB, and IAA combined. In terms of overall firepower the ISA had it's very own air force, as well as tanks, armored squad and interceptor vehicles, riot control trucks and troop transport trucks. All of these provided by the now global company, Tribal Die, which had advanced to producing the weapons, as well as vehicles and research for these things for the ISA. The agency had earned the title of official National Guard, without being changed or named under it. Though the name was different from the name of the 1950's, as the recent terrorist attacks on the mainland U.S had shown any city with tall buildings or even small buildings could be subject to attacks. In April of 2002, the ISA was officially renamed "The San Andreas Anti-Terrorism and Gang Authority". But most people continued to use the now dated acronym "ISA" as an easier alternative to the long name it now bore. Yes the ISA was a military through and through, and would soon face its largest challenge yet, squaring off against another nation of similar size.

Hope you guys enjoyed this exposition to my new story. I've been writing it as a whole on my computer, so its gotten pretty complicated in the way of needing at least some exposition to get you guys acquainted with the basic plot line. I can't say when exactly, but I will be posting the beginning of the actual story some time soon. If you're into military stuff I'm sure you'll like it, but I've written it in a specific way for non enthusiasts to be able to enjoy without getting lost in military lingo and complicated plot lines.

More to come!

-Wedgininja06