Notice: (Yellow! Sorry for the slow updates, but life is life unfortunately. Recently I have reread the last few chapters and realized I have made a lot of clerical/minor errors that need to be fixed. So, I am going back to completely redo the prologue and first chapter; don't worry I'm not changing the story it's mostly just cleaning, name changing, and adjusting some stuff that doesn't matter to the story now. In the meantime, chapters will likely not be coming for a while; so enjoy this in-universe segment from a book that will be introduced at some point during the story. See you later!)
"In times spanning the last two centuries; life has been hard, no doubt. With the ever damning climate, both literally and politically, America was always divided. Especially in the years leading up to the Great War; rival ideologies and parties slowly began to physically attack one another. One particularly famous example; The Hardington Riots. In Hardington, a small town in Virginia, radical elements of the Democrat-Liberty Front (DLF) staged an armed protest against unequal and unfair conscription law. At the time, lots of protests of a similar variety were occurring, as the U.S had enacted the "Call to Action" law, which allowed for indiscriminate conscription at any time. However, radical elements of the American-National Militia (ANM) happened to be in the area, and, as expected, shots were fired. The two groups had disdain from the beginning, however it was pure chance that both radical elements had shown themselves in the same place, at the same time. Soon, the entire town was under siege, and each side had blockaded themselves in with explosives, guns, and enough ammunition to level a small nation.
After a week of fighting, the National Guard got involved; and sent in a reserve Ranger platoon to negotiate a cease-fire. But, the platoon got leveled, only a few soldiers returning. However, they had negotiated a temporary peace, to allow civilians to evacuate. The National Guard used this opportunity to sneak into the town and disable the two groups. However, the casualties were huge; the civilian and neutral groups losing over 614 people to mass executions and cross-fire. Each side had a nationally broadcast trial; and each side got sentenced to the Death Penalty. This was the first civilian mass execution performed by the U.S government; and to no surprise, it led to more rioting. Soon events like this cropped up all over the nation; and what thin veil of peace and tranquility left was soon to be torn to shreds by the Great War- and this was only in 2076.
If a saying was more iconic, it would be something we could all agree on.
And that's that war, war never changes. Most definitely not now, not then, and not tomorrow."
-Chapter 12, a Recollection of Old Souls, 2128.