Swarming Season

A century cicada swarm erupted from a cave system below the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church north of Wichita, Kansas. Casualties began ramping up as a near-apocalyptic number of insect hosts wash over smaller towns and devour all that is edible, people and groceries alike. The UCAS Army tried responding to the crisis to the best of its ability, but the swarm's alien hivemind was faster at reacting. The threat was eventually contained with some help from Ares Macrotechnology, much to UCAS Army's chagrin. This left 2084 as a devastating year for Kansas as a region, although rebuilding efforts are rapid and fierce.

Factions

Kansas Swarm

• Estimated numbers of the swarm was anywhere from 1,500 to 4,000 hosts, most of them ranging in Force 4 to 7.
• The Cicada Queen possessed information about Ares and its former Project Pyro subjects.

UCAS Army

The primary defensive force for all metahumanity against the swarm during the conflict. Drafting a small number of unofficial mercenary forces for initial aid, the Army's response was rife with political strife, bureaucratic lethargy and indecisiveness on commanding officers not wanting to jeopardize their careers on anything except the most certain of operations. This led to unnecessary losses and stalling during the campaign.

Important Members

• Major General Harry Vought is the base commander at Fort Riley. He's been assigned to handle the conflict at hand, being in charge of the nearest military base to the catastrophe site. With a diverse set of forces in Ft. Riley, ranging from Air Force assets to mechanized infantry, General Vought isn't lacking in ordnance from his secure position in "America's Warfighting Center" as it was known in the Fifth World. Despite this, he was under extreme stress to not screw up the career-defining military operation. He shouldered much of the blame for the higher than expected casualty rate, but shot back at the accusations by calling out many of the other officers for looking after their own benefit more than the war theatre's overall health. His support in the Army hierarchy has dropped in the months following the Kansas Swarm's defeat leaving the general embittered regarding the corrupt upper brass.
• The 1st Infantry Division was a combined arms division of the United States Army and continues in that role under UCAS control. It is also the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its original organization in 1917 during World War I. It was officially nicknamed "The Big Red One" (abbreviated "BRO") after its shoulder patch and is also nicknamed "The Fighting First." The division has also received troop monikers of "The Big Dead One" and "The Bloody First" as puns on the respective officially sanctioned nicknames.
• Partnered assets that closely operate with Fort Riley are not under the direct command of General Vought but were assigned to the operation as supportive elements.
  1. 10th Air Support Operations Squadron, USAF
  2. 407th Army Field Support Brigade
  3. 902nd Military Intelligence Group
  4. Irwin Army Community Hospital
  5. 630th Ordnance Company
  6. 774th Ordnance Company
  7. 923rd Contracting Battalion

Runs

Name	GM	Date	Runners
Hegemony of the Food Chain	Asmodeus	20 November 2084	C-Unit 537 - Hunter Delphi Wychking Eidolon Nearl
Knock Knock	Asmodeus	10 November 2084	Rurosha Al-Ahmar Marrisa Red Ribbon Bunny Hop
A slightly rainy day in Kansas	Lotus	20 October 2084	Angra Mainyu Throwback Red Ribbon Lingchi
Saving the Survivors	Lotus	7 September 2084	C-Unit 537 - Hunter Pasiphae Timber
Werewolves & CIcadas	Asmodeus	21 August 2084	Cleaner Cleaner Ryuuji
Overmind Dead Body	Asmodeus	18 August 2084	Katherine Tyler Ez-Azael Pasiphae Ashford

News

Name	Date
UCAS Army Mobilizes Against Insect Spirit Swarm In Kansas	20 August 2084