The Great War

Era beginning/end

The entire United States is bombarded with nuclear warheads. Automated recording systems are forced offline. Within two hours, human civilization is decimated with nuclear weapons. As America and China launch, so do other nuclear powers.

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The Great War

  12:03 a.m.: The commander of the United States Pacific fleet reports 3 Unidentified Submerged Objects off the coast of California to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.   3:37 a.m.: The United States Air Force detects a squadron of airplanes off the coast of the Bering Strait.   9:13 a.m.: The Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System reports 4 nuclear launches. DEFCON is raised to 2. The National Guard and the National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary are given a 29-minute warning from the Defense Intelligence Agency about the incoming nuclear strikes. Both organizations put in motion their respective contingency plans, setting up civilian evacuations, relief centers for medical treatment and military checkpoints for radiation clean-up sites.   9:17 a.m.: NORAD confirms the launch of Chinese nuclear missiles. DEFCON is raised to 1.   9:26 a.m.: The United States President orders nuclear response scenario MX-CN91.   9:42 a.m.: First nuclear missiles strike Pennsylvania and New York.[219] The west coast is hit immediately after. News spreads to Washington D.C., prompting citizens to begin entering fallout shelters.   9:47:51 a.m.: The entire United States is bombarded with nuclear warheads. Automated recording systems are forced offline. Within two hours, human civilization is decimated with nuclear weapons. As America and China launch, so do other nuclear powers.   Entire cities, their populations, and military units are wiped out. Salt Lake City is hit by thirteen nuclear warheads. Randall Clark's family is among the casualties. Washington, D.C. suffers a massive attack and the resulting fires consume the city for days.Military losses include relief units under the NCRA, wiped out after being caught in nuclear blasts.