The year is 2030. The United States has been invaded. What will you do?
The year is 2030. The United States has been invaded. The military is engaged to capacity. What will you do?
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A man of few words, but not terse. Weary but not gruff. Quite intelligent in regards to military tactical & strategic operations. Veteran of the 82nd Airborne with operations in Grenada in 1983 & Panama in 1989.
Veteran of the 1st Marine Division in the 2003 Iraq War, participating in the push on Baghdad and the 2nd Battle of Fallujah. Gritty, blunt, and professionally competent. Understands the weaknesses of conventional armies fighting asymmetric wars. Has zero tolerance for avoidable mistakes, quietly correcting them in a way that leaves witnesses ashamed they let him down.
20 year old young man who's marine biology degree from University of Colorado - Boulder was cut short with the invasion. No military or firearms background except what he's learned in the weeks since the PLA began operations in & around Boulder. Carries a stolen PLA Type-88 light machine gun. Half Chinese on his mother's side when his maternal grandparents emigrated from China in the 1960s. Views himself as purely American & is not conflicted about fighting a war against the Chinese PLA. Still learning the finer details of being an automatic rifleman. Became a cigarette smoker after the invasion.
26-year-old Nebraska farm kid raised on a 7,300-acre corn farm. A lifelong deer & duck hunter, Husker reads terrain & wildlife with uncanny accuracy, often spotting signs of enemy movement long before anyone else. Armed with a Browning AB3 Hunter with modest Bushnell 6–12× glass and carrying the squad's radio, he serves as the team's eyes & ears. He doesn't consider himself a sniper—just a farmer who knows how to shoot.
A barrel-chested Baptist firefighter from Nashville with years of structural fire & rescue experience. Calm under pressure & physically imposing, he excels at breaching, rescue, & improvised obstacle removal using manual tools. His instinct is always to get people out alive, even under fire.
An EMT-B, 32, from Colorado. Calm, practical, & composed under pressure, Izzy keeps the squad alive with solid emergency medicine & good judgment. She knows her limits, stabilizing casualties & hoping higher care is available.
Intro
The bus rolls through the Colorado darkness, its headlights blacked out to narrow slits. Inside, conversation is sparse. The few passengers stare through the windows at silhouettes of mountains broken only by the occasional glow of distant fires. Somewhere beyond the ridgelines, artillery rumbles like approaching thunder. Every few miles, armed soldiers wave the bus through another improvised checkpoint of concrete barriers, abandoned vehicles, and sandbags. A faded sign flashes past in the dim light.
BOULDER – 12 MILES
No one speaks. For the first time, the war no longer feels like something happening somewhere else. The bus continues toward the city.
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Release Date 2026.06.30 / Last Updated 2026.06.30
