TEXT: The Morrow Project Travel Guide - North Carolina
  NORTH CAROLINA
  1) NUCLEAR TARGETS
  Charlotte, SS-N-8 
  Greensboro, SS-19 
  Winston-Salem, SS-N-8 
  Raleigh, SS-N-8 
  Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, SS-N-8 
  Charlotte Army Missile Plant, Charlotte, SS-N-17 
  Seymour Johnson AFB, SS-17
  Discretionary Nuclear Targets: 
  Camp LeJeune, SS-N-17 
  Cherry Point MCAS, SS-18M2 
  Brunswick nuclear reactor, Southport, SS-N-8
  2) MORROW PROJECT ASSETS
  Morrow Operations Rework Facility Bravo (MORF Bravo): A vehicle and light equipment rework factory
  hidden in a pre-war paper mill near Canton. See detailed description below. 
  Recon Team F-22: Bolthole located 6 miles northwest of the town of Spivey's Corner. Frozen on December 3,
  1987. Their mission was the reconnaissance of central North Carolina and northern South Carolina. One
  Commando V-150. There is at least one Psychology Specialist on the team, as the Project was fully aware of the
  prevalence of racial tensions in the area, which would, no doubt, be exacerbated by the war.
  3) OVERALL SITUATION
  Situation, pre-war: North Carolina was one of the first areas settled during colonial times. Although famous for
  its swamps and marshes, most of the state has a very productive agriculture region, producing tobacco, corn,
  soybeans, cotton, wheat, and peanuts. Besides agriculture the states other major industries included textiles,
  lumber and paper products, and a small amount of mining. Most industries were located in the crescent formed
  by Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Raleigh-Durham. The state was home to a large military
  presence, more then 110,000 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, and Coast Guard personnel. There was also a large
  Amerind population, particularly Cherokee and Lumbee.
  Situation, the war: North Carolina was hit hard in the War. All of the cities in the industrial crescent were
  destroyed. Fort Bragg, Cherry Point Air Station, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base were also hit, as was the
  missile plant near Charlotte. All of the strikes completely disrupted major communication and travel arteries.
  Shocks from the Charlotte and Winston-Salem bombs cracked the dams along the Catawba River, sending a
  flood down the river into South Carolina. Although not a nuclear target, the city of Burlington was destroyed
  when fighting erupted around the Army ordinance depot there. The depot itself was blown up and a good deal of
  the city went with it. The military survivors from Ft. Bragg, Camp Mackall, and Camp LeJeune spread out and
  declared martial law. The soldiers who moved out were very capable and led by professionals. Civil order was
  quickly reestablished.
  Situation, post-war: Dependent on external sources for 99% of its energy needs, the economy of North Carolina
  ground to a halt almost immediately. Although the soldiers kept the peace and distributed supplies as well as can
  be expected, starvation was common. With the loss of power, the water treatment plants shut down and water
  supplies quickly became contaminated. Medical supplies were quickly consumed, and diseases of epidemic
  proportions appeared. The winter of 1989, the harshest on record, killed hundreds of thousands of people. Ten
  
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  years after the War, only 100,000 people remained alive in the entire state. By the mid-22nd century the
  population has increased to 300,000.
  4) THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND
  General: Localities are frequently independent. Governments are usually democratic, and are rarely any larger
  then countywide. A few areas are controlled by an Overlord of some sort, and even elected governments are
  corrupt in some places. Most towns have a mayor and sheriff, elected at a town meeting. Town Sheriffs are in
  charge of the militia, when it is called up. This is infrequent, and is usually done only for escaped murderers and
  other large scale threats to the peace. There is still a fair amount of military hardware in private hands, salvaged
  from the many military bases in the state. A large number of people own an M16 assault rifle, though
  ammunition is scarce. Nearly everyone owns a flintlock. Trade goes on frequently throughout the state, and gold
  and silver are welcomed as standard currency. Technology is set somewhere in the late 18th century. Water-
  powered mills process cotton into textiles, timber into lumber, and grain into flour. There is no major steel mill
  or metal works, but most communities have a blacksmith. Most crafts practiced in the late 18th century can be
  found in a number of places in the state. Education is not very common and 80% of the population is illiterate.
  The only surviving college is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with an enrollment of less then 200
  students per year. The education is a liberal arts one with a medical school as well. Technical and vocational
  education is usually done by apprenticeship. Traveling peddlers are very common. All carry a staff, to fend off
  dogs and highwaymen. Most sell simple household supplies like needles, thread, pots and pans, linens, buttons,
  simple spices, knifes, pins, beads, and laces. There are a few knife sharpeners, with a grindstone mounted in a
  one-horse wagon. Traveling cobblers and tinkers make regular circuits. Trappers are also widespread, and many
  areas offer a bounty for wolf, panther, and wildcat kills.
  Groupings: For simplicity, the people of 22nd century North Carolina can be divided roughly into three groups;
  descendents of Africans, descendents of Native Americans (American Indians), and descendents of Europeans
  and Asians. While there is some mixing, these three groups are sufficiently distinct to require listing them as
  separate cultural groups.
  Africans: In some parts of the Coastal Plain, people of African descent outnumbered people of European or
  Amerind descent. Over the years after the war, there have been times when non-Africans were made to feel
  uncomfortable and encouraged to move. Today, the Coastal Plain is largely populated by these people, and most
  are essentially similar to Europeans.
  Amerinds: At the time of the war, there were more then 65,000 Amerinds in North Carolina. The largest and
  most visible groups were the Cherokee and the Lumbee. After the war and the general depopulation, all of the
  Amerind groups began to expand, retaking the land and lifestyle that had once been theirs. Nearly all Cherokee
  have flintlock rifles or Trade Rifles from Kentucky. 10-20% of any band is composed of men of fighting age and
  health. The Amerinds of North Carolina take their rights and lands very seriously, and are quick to use force to
  defend themselves. After the war, the Lumbee began to return to parts of their traditional hunter/gatherer
  lifestyle. Today, half the Lumbee farm, and half hunt. The Lumbee have blended the traditional and the
  European. Other tribes in the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont frequently roam all over the state. Hunting in the
  woods in winter, when deer hides are thickest, turning to the coast in spring and summer to fish and gather
  shellfish, returning to tribal plots to harvest crops during the late summer. The tribes are always on the move.
  The Waccamaw tribe now hold several tens of thousands of acres in the Coastal Plain which they jealously
  defend.
  Europeans: These people live throughout the Piedmont and Mountains, living in small towns and on farmland.
  Farms are usually 15-20 acres at a minimum, and may be as large as 100 acres. Families are large. A family with
  fewer than 5 children is unusual, while a family with 10 children is not. Illiteracy is nearly universal, and there
  are few schools. In the mountains especially, the lifestyle is relaxed, as though there was a law against hurrying.
  Mutants: North Carolina was hit by a number of warheads, and fallout spread over large areas of the state.
  Maggots or Children of the Night may be found in some abandoned cities. Giant wolverines, bats, mink,
  
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  mosquitoes, porcupines, skunks, slashers, snappers, and giant rattlers might be found in some areas of North
  Carolina.
  5) WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  Asheville: The center of a very fertile valley in the mountains. Asheville was spared most of the insanity
  associated with refugees. Even the destruction of Knoxville didn�t produce many people willing to try to cross
  the Great Smokey Mountains. Although the east side of the city was abandoned, the rest of the city continued its
  existence.
  Hickory: A trade town along the Catawba River, Hickory also relies on the roads and railroads connecting
  Winston-Salem, Asheville, and parts of South Carolina. Many of the pre-war industrial plants were abandoned,
  but a few survived or were modified. Today, wagons, barrels, and railcars are made in town. The rail cars are
  pulled by oxen, but they are otherwise superb in all respects. The town has almost 600 residents within 5 miles,
  and another 4,000 within twenty miles.
  Lincolnton: In the center of one of the most productive wine areas west of the Catawba River, the town also has a
  large woolen mill and several mines and quarries. A good deal of lime is mined here, and transported to the
  neighboring counties. Almost 2,000 people live within the county.
  Gasionia: Once a home of dozens of textile mills, Gasionia was hit hard by the war. Refugees from Charlotte
  ransacked the town, and loss of electricity and consumer demand shut down most of the mills. Today there are
  three textile mills in the area, all water-powered. There are also iron mines and iron works in town. The nearest
  thing North Carolina has to a steel mill may be found in Gaston County. Most of the trade that goes on between
  the interior of the "Catawba Pocket" and Carolina Confederacy passes through town.
  Lenoir: A small town, Lenoir has less then 100 residents, and only 1,000 farmers and lumbermen within 20 miles.
  The town is run by an Overlord, Arthur Jackson, a man whose great-grandfather took control of the town using
  captured National Guard weapons. His troops patrolled the town and prevented any looting and fires. Today,
  Arthur Jackson is the government; collecting taxes maintaining the peace, and trying court cases. He has a half
  dozen "deputies" armed with M16s. For the most part, the Jackson�s have been tolerable rulers, no worse then
  any other elected governments have been.
  Morganton: A small town on the Upper Catawba River, Morganton is a major trading post for the mountains.
  The Catawba is not navigable above Morganton, so river traders often trade with local men in town, who then
  carry the goods into the mountains. These traders then load their boats with fine furniture, tanned hides, lumber,
  and gold. The actual pre-war urban center of town has been abandoned, and most of the locals have relocated to
  the east. There are two lumber mills, a hospital, and a number of furniture makers and wood carvers. The town
  boasts nearly 400 residents, but the surrounding area has only a few farmers, no more then 2,000 within 20 miles.
  Another 1,000 local residents are lumbermen and gold miners. A good deal of the gold in circulation in North
  Carolina was mined here.
  Shelby: A small, agricultural trading post, Shelby�s only other industry of note is a small tin mine. The region
  produces a lot of wheat, some cotton, a small amount of tin and very little else. What little trade the town
  conducts, is concerned with the export of tin to the east and wheat to the west.
  Canton: Home of the Morrow Operations Rework Facility Bravo. North Carolina facility was also a vehicle and
  light equipment rework factory disguised as the former Blue Ridge Paper Mill (one off the oldest paper mills in
  the US) and under scrutiny for pollutions issues. The Project bought the facility in 1972 and continued producing
  paper on a small scale using green technology and cleaned up the surrounding area. They also created the Power
  System Integration Program on site. The town of Canton was dependent on the mill for jobs, and although the
  production decreased by half, the payroll expanded and overtime was guaranteed. The population was ecstatic
  and loyal. High paying specialist positions were created and training was done on-site. The townsfolk were slowly
  and carefully trained to work within the secret side of the plant, and although everyone suspected the plant was
  
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  no longer primarily producing paper, they did not care. Prosperity and job security caused the town to became a
  fiercely loyal supporter of the Project, even though few, if any of the townspeople had any idea what the project
  really was. All they knew for sure was that the air was cleaner, the water was safe to drink again, everyone who
  wanted a job had one and their standard of living was improving steadily. So loyal were the townspeople that
  they would turn in any visitors who looked at the plant too long, asked too many questions or acted suspicious.
  They felt they had a great friend in management and did not want anything to jeopardize it. The Canton MORF
  produced turrets, reworked chassis, and integrated the fusion plants from the Eudora MORF until 1985, when
  fusion production moved here. The Canton MORF trans-shipped the finished vehicles and equipment from the
  factory floor to bolthole locations around the nation (mostly by truck). The factories also turned out (in small
  amounts over a long period of time) Air Scouts, FAVs, SPADs, Gamma Goats, Powered Armor, and the high-
  tech Resist Weave armor for all the Morrow Teams. The facility shut down on Warday and the remaining stocks
  of materials were shipped to area boltholes or bunkered in a custom built cave near West Canton. The Fusion
  Production Power Plant facility was shipped in its entirety to Prime Base Beta in Missouri. The townspeople
  helped the factory staff into their cryo bunkers in the cave complex to sleep until needed and promised to wake
  them when the time was right. They then sealed the cave face and went about the business of survival.
  Unfortunately, a plague of unknown origin wiped out the entire town that first winter and the secret of Facility
  Bravo was lost to time. Within the cave complex are 44 cryo tubes with the sleeping engineers and technicians of
  Facility Bravo, as well as three Airscouts, four FAVs, three SPADs, four Gamma Goats and six sets of Powered
  Armor. There is also a small arsenal of Project weapons and 313 sets of Resist Weave in various sizes.
  6) CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  Albermarle: A small town with only one cotton mill, Albermarle is dependent on trade along the Yadkin River,
  which is not very navigable to the south. All the railroad lines are damaged and unusable. The town's population
  is only 74, but there are nearly 3,000 people within 20 miles. Something that might catch the attention of a
  Project member is that Morrow Mountain is less then 10 miles from town.
  Kannapolis: Burned to the ground by refugees from Charlotte, Kannapolis is nearly empty today. It is rumored
  that a group of Cannibals live here, leaving to attack local farmers at night. A few people have gone into the town
  to search for useful salvage. Few have returned alive.
  Statesville: Home of several important industries, including a large flour mill, a gunpowder mill, and a cotton
  mill, Statesville sees a lot of traffic along its roads and railroad. There is a large rural population, and there are
  more than 6,000 residents with 20 miles, in addition to the 750 people in the town proper. Although the
  government is elected, Iredell County today is notorious for corrupt politics. In one election, nearly 3,000 votes
  were cast for one candidate, despite there only being 2,000 registered voters. Most of the local mayors, county
  supervisors, sheriffs, and judges are competing to see who can skim the most money from taxes, bribes, and
  patronage. Anyone who tries to disrupt the system can find himself in jail at the whim of the sheriff.
  Salisbury: Between the Catawba and Yadkin Rivers, Salisbury is an overland route between the two water
  highways of the Piedmont. Salisbury also has a number of granite quarries nearby, and produces a large amount
  of dressed stone. There is also a rope plant in the town, and these ropes are traded throughout the Piedmont.
  Almost 600 people live in town, and 20,000 live within a 20 mile radius. The militia of the town is most often
  called out to protect the local farmers from attacks from Cannibals from Kannapolis.
  Asheboro: A small trading post exists here and a few families have homesteaded near the town. They scratch out
  a meager existence farming, and occasionally they will supplement their income looking for salvage in the ruins
  of the old town. The population of the surrounding area is less than 4,000, all living a rural lifestyle.
  Chapel Hill: The home of higher learning in North Carolina, Chapel Hill has a number of other industries,
  including iron mines and soapstone quarries. If any place in North Carolina would lead the unification of the
  state, it would be Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has an enrollment of less then 200
  students per year. The education is a liberal arts one with a medical school as well. Most of the important books
  and papers that could be salvaged were turned over to the University. Orange County has nearly 10,000 people,
  
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  but the militia is not well organized.
  Reldsville and Eden: A lot of tobacco is grown in Rockingham County, but the biggest post-war industry has
  become the mining of coal. There is actually a small coal-fired electric generator. The output of this power plant
  is rationed by the county board, but some places have electric lights, running water, and even refrigeration. One
  of the largest gunpowder mills in the state is here. The railroad, which used to run through Greensboro, is being
  rebuilt towards Chapel Hill. There are 7,500 people in the county.
  The ruins of Greensboro/Winston-Salem/Raleigh: All nuked badly during the war, this strip of ruins are mostly
  avoided, though brave salvage parties still pick through the ruins of the suburbs. This whole area has been
  termed "The Dead Zone," by the locals. 150 years of reports of strange lights and sounds mixed with strange
  odors have served to build a paranoia about this area. Maggots, Blue Undead and mutant animals are said to be
  in the ruins, but few people want to find out for sure.
  Durham: The largest city in North Carolina that avoided being bombed, Durham did not survive the loss of
  electricity. With water, electricity, and sewer services gone, the town became a deathtrap of disease. Today, the
  outskirts of the town have been re-populated, forming a ring around the ruins. Local farms produce the finest
  tobacco for an hundred miles. The 4,000 residents of the county are all connected with the tobacco trade.
  Vicker's Freefolk: The "Freefolk" are a fairly well-equipped and extremely well-organized isolationist
  community, made up of gleaners and salvagers. The singular is "Freeman" or "Freewoman." They hide
  themselves about 5 miles southeast of Durham, beneath what was once the 7,000 acre Research Triangle Park.
  Before the war, this largest industrial research park in the world had over 20 million square feet of developed
  space. Despite horrendous damage and destruction above ground, there remained more than enough basements,
  garages, and other subterranean areas to hold what would eventually become the intricate warrens of the
  Freefolk. The "Seven Progenitors" of the Freefolk were led by a charismatic black man named Roger Anton
  Vickers--an Army Reservist, a dental X-ray technician, and a mean hand with a shotgun. Vickers cemented the
  new underground community together until it was strong enough to endure. They survived by scavenging, and
  by bartering dental X-ray film, useful for providing early warning of radioactive hotspots. Their home in the first
  years after the War was in the bowels of what had once been the large and well-appointed main bus station of the
  Triangle Transit Authority, in the midst of the research park. The Progenitors were afterwards mummified, and
  have since been revered as cultural heroes. In remembrance of Vickers, the Freefolk decided to take his name for
  themselves.
  The Freefolk today: Since that time, the Freefolk have greatly expanded their dwellings into sewer areas, and
  have installed water wheels in some of the gravity-fed pipes, providing electric power. They drink filtered
  rainwater, grow algae for food, and supplement their diet with certain stocks of fish. They are literate, and have
  a radio, but it cannot be moved. Their weapons are mostly spears, as well as sawed-off shotguns crudely made
  from pipes. They have one oberable Stoner rifle, with 71 rounds in case of emergency. The rifle serial number
  traces back to Morrow Recon Team F-22, but the explanation is completely unknown. Even today, the Freefolk
  have not migrated back to the surface, but have instead become habituated to what is underground. The surface
  is a place of fear and danger for them, compounded by their culturally ingrained (and justifiable) paranoia about
  being raided and enslaved. Any kind of surface tasking has to be something essential, and the Freefolk will
  dispatch the absolute minimum number of people needed to do it. These always come from the warrior caste, the
  "Black Knives". Other than children born to Freefolk, the Freefolk add to their numbers by adopting those
  whom they rescue from enslavement. By now, there may be several hundred Freefolk, but no one knows for sure.
  Because the Teachings handed down from the Progenitors specify that "all human beings must work together
  cooperatively and anything else is an outrage", Freefolk despise prejudice and slavery. Therefore, there can be
  surface missions to rescue slaves from Slaver coffles that are being marched over territory "belonging" to
  Freefolk--if the safety margin for the Freefolk is high enough. In doing so, they have become very skilled at
  covering up the evidence of what has happened. Even though the local surface is populated again, almost no one
  in Durham has any idea that Freefolk exist.
  Lexington: The center of a wheat growing region, Lexington is also one of the mints of North Carolina. Nearly all
  
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  of the silver coins in the state are mined and minted here. The population of the area is nearly 5,000, and the
  militia is very well-organized, especially around the mines. The sheriffs and deputies have fully automatic M16s
  and a lot of ammunition.
  The ruins of Fayetteville: Abandoned when Fort Bragg was destroyed. The fallout that spread across the town
  has ruined agriculture in the region. Even people making their living on salvage will stay away from this place.
  This town has "that curse of the radiation".
  7) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  The gently sloping pine and oak forests of the coastal terraces are home to a number of small settlements. These
  people are generally insular, keeping their trade and travel limited to the immediate region. Along the coast, in
  the marshy swampland and river mouths, several large port towns have become centers for the active coastal
  trade routes.
  Greenville: A large farming town with a problem. Swept by an epidemic of anthrax this summer, the rat
  population has blossomed and typhus is certainly coming soon. Many of the people have fled north and east, out
  to the countryside. The hope is that the winter will help kill off the rats enough to allow the town to be
  repopulated.
  Kinston: A few hundred Black Muslims are now living in the old town of Kinston. They are led by a man named
  Abraham, and despite being heavily-armed and strongly Islamic, they have given the other local farmers in the
  county no trouble and even try to help them out on occasion. This Islamic community has its roots in a band of
  travelers from New England whose boat was shipwrecked off Morehead City in a squall. After spending several
  years in Morehead City, they were obliged to move further inland to find a place where people were more
  accepting of them. The small farming settlement of Kinston was happy to accept this influx of people to help with
  the farms and fields.
  The ruins of Camp Lejeune: Back in the war, the submarine-launched missile targeted on Camp Lejeune Marine
  Corps Base suffered a propellant malfunction in the atmosphere. The warheads scattered about 50 miles to the
  northwest. The base's reprieve was short-lived, however, as the base took a nuclear cruise missile the next day,
  destroying much of the infrastructure. At the time of the war, the base's resident division was spread across the
  planet, leaving only support and training staff to try and survive the war�s aftermath. The nuke hit, plus the
  raging riots and epidemics doomed the survivors and the base was abandoned by the end of the year. Today,
  little remains that hasn't been looted or battered to pieces by summer storms.
  The Dead Zone: The informal name given to the area around Clinton and Warsaw, where the errant nuclear
  warheads fell in 1989. While radiation counts have fallen to a point where travel through the area is possible, few
  people have the desire to do so. Wild reports of mutant wildlife also serves as a deterrent to wanderers and
  travelers.
  Morehead City: This port town is a minor trade center, serving as a companion port to Wilmington. Ships come
  and go regularly and the residents have grown fairly rich on the business of serving the traders and sailors.
  Much trade is done both with the Carolina Confederacy and with the USA in Virginia. As the Carolina
  Confederacy has difficult relations with the Wilmington community, nearly all that empire's seacoast trade stops
  here exclusively. There about 1,800 people living here now, many of them the families of traders who have
  decided to base their operations out of here. There is an old Coast Guard station at Fort Macon offshore, and a
  single cannon-armed sailing cutter assists incoming tradeships, as well as patrolling the Intracoastal Waterway
  for pirates and smugglers. Home to the "Morehead Militia", a unit raised from local residents. Manpower is 200
  men divided into four companies. Each company serves for one week each month (so approximately one fourth
  of the unit's manpower is available at any time), unless the entire unit is called up for some reason. The militia is
  relatively well-equipped, with about half armed with pre-war military weapons and the rest with an assortment
  of black powder rifles and melee weapons. The Militia is headquartered in the old police station. Over the
  decades, the Militia has had a working relationship with the Marines down in Wilmington. The Marines have
  
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  trained a number of Militia commanders, as well as providing some weapons and ammunition, in exchange for
  favorable trade concessions for Wilmington fishermen.
  Wilmington: With its docks and infrastructure intact untouched by the bombs and the majority of the chaos,
  Wilmington has retained a relatively comfortable life over the last 150 years. Many of the people here are the
  descendents of the 8th Regiment, a US Marine unit that made its way to Wilmington in the aftermath of the war.
  Settling down here, the Marines set about securing the port from outside forces and maintaining internal
  stability. Very soon, the Marines realized that they were alone in this new world, the last organized US military
  unit left in this part of the nation. The nuclear impact zones to the north of the port ruined a great amount of
  once-productive farmland, and killed off thousands of people in small towns in the area. However, the misses also
  served to steer most of the refugee streams from the cities away from Wilmington, which turned out to be the
  single most important reason that the town survived those first few years.
  The Marine staff worked with the community leaders in Wilmington to meet the citizens� needs, distributing
  food and supplies as best they could, and helping to control the fear and desperation that was commonplace in
  people. Things were going fairly well until the newly-resurgent Carolina Confederacy movement took an interest
  in Wilmington. A CC force marched up from South Carolina and attempted to take the town. The Marines still
  retained much of their pre-war weaponry, and with their training and defensive positions, the CC force was
  soundly beaten. The Carolina Confederacy pulled back immediately and has never tried to interfere with
  Wilmington since.
  Wilmington then settled down into a century of farming, fishing and making babies. The Marines have always
  remained an important part of the community, though over the decades of relative inactivity they have become
  more of a militia. The still-hot wastelands to the north have served to isolate Wilmington from the rest of the
  state, allowing it to grow and prosper without too much outside stress.
  Trade is conducted up the coast with Morehead City and coastal communities around the mouth of Chesapeake
  Bay. Relations with the Carolina Confederacy have been cool but cordial for the last century, with very little
  trade and contact taking place. Long-range Marine patrols occasionally penetrate into CC territory looking for
  loot or chasing bandits, but neither side has the heart to challenge the order of things. The Carolina Confederacy
  has its own, much bigger, problems with the Kentucky Free State looming over its northern border.
  There are rumors that across the Atlantic in West Africa there exists a large empire, based on the ideas and
  organization of the old USA. This empire was founded by US Marines and sailors who gathered there after the
  war. It is thought that when (if) these people venture back to America, a sense of military heritage might bring
  them to the old ruins of Camp Lejeune, and by default into contact with the Marine descendents here.
  People who have contributed to this entry: 
  John Raner 
  Michael Cessna 
  Julian G. 
  Karl Zohler
  
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