Third
Tensions were mounting between the Legend and the Nefarious factions. Due to rising
economic problems and various other issues, Nefarious launched a full-scale war on the
American government. Based in Russia, they had plenty of atomic and nuclear warheads.
Caught by surprise, American did not react fast enough to defend against the threat, and
as a result, the area once known as Washington D.C. turned into a desolate wasteland.
Legend, having since taken over the American government, ordered the immediate
invasion and security of Russia by force. They sent well over two hundred thousand
soldiers to the motherland, and in one night they were all killed. Having destroyed their
enemy's main army, Nefarious began their invasion, successfully taking over the United
States of America, and renaming the country New Soviet Dominion. The remaining
American citizens took to space, colonizing the planets that had been deemed fit for
living by a secret American organization. The government of the New Soviet Dominion,
not knowing of the other planets, thought their enemy to be defeated and relaxed their
army and military actions. The survivors lived in space for three decades, until president
Henry Wilkinson was elected. Wilkinson declared war on the New Soviet Dominion, and
during a span of five years, the Americans created warheads fashioned out of meteors and
asteroids. They launched seventy-five warheads into Russia, and seventy-five into the
New Soviet Dominion. The "alien nukes" punched through half of the earth's crust, and
the holes began filling in with ocean water. Soon, the continents once known as North
America and Europe became chains of islands that were uninhabitable due to the amount
of radiation from the warheads. On the largest American planet, Wilkinson was deemed
"Sovereign Protector", a position he created himself that would allow him to have
complete control over all of mankind as he knew it. The largest American planet was
named Brahnchius, and a solid gold chamber was created known as the People's Chamber.
There Wilkinson ruled, and as the years went by, he became more and more of a dictator
rather than a protector. Fed up with his actions, a group of trained assassins staged a siege
against the People's Chamber, where they got millions of people with weapons all
standing outside, shouting and rioting. Using this as a distraction, the assassins broke into
the chamber and assassinated Wilkinson. From inside they overthrew the government,
forming the "Colossus", a group including the assassins that would be the ultimate in
their power. Pure communist in their nature, the Colossus opened immigration to the
surviving denizens of Earth. Billions flocked to the planets that the people once known as
Americans had discovered. There they flourished and lived in peace.
*
Fifty years later, the assassins passed away and a new generation was brought as the
Colossus. This new generation, artificially created from the cells of the original Colossus
so that they looked identical in appearance, did not have the same views as their
forefathers. Banishing the name Colossus from the dominant English language, they
chose a new name. Gods of the Universe. The Gods, as they called themselves, assigned
each member a number and called that person by their number from then on. Many
opposed this, but none could do anything about it due to their fear of the Gods. The clone
of the leader of the late Colossus, Number One, turned the government into a dictatorship
and left the people to defend for themselves. He himself retreated to the People's
Chamber with the other Numbers and stayed there, never coming out. Years passed, and
the people did not care for their government anymore. Many resorted to theft and assault,
but since there was no law, they could not be called criminals. Because of this, the once
glorious nation known as Brahnchius fell into ruins.
