![]() After Green's death, one of his lieutenants, Colonel Adrik Thorsen, continued terrorist strikes in the name of the Optimum Movement, and by the 2070s, gained control of Great Britain. Even so, some wished to keep fighting, like Colonel Green and others of his ilk. When the extent of the devastation became clear, the remaining governments gathered in San Francisco to sign a peace accord. ( DS9 novel: The Lives of Dax: "Second Star to the Right.") ( Star Trek: First Contact The Lost Era novel: The Sundered)įor two months following the "outbreak" of World War III, Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas served as the operational command center for Colonel Amber's Regimental Volunteers and was the site of the final battle of the Siege of Las Vegas. The economy of the United States was devastated, and most of its citizens were reduced to living conditions worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s. Numerous small-scale conflicts erupted across the globe. The drug-controlled troops were used as cannon fodder in conventional ground battles after many global computer systems were sabotaged. The post-atomic horror that followed severely destabilized civilization all over the world as governments fell and terrorist groups and rogue states detonated "suitcase nukes" and released biological weapons. Nearly half a billion people died in the initial blasts Washington, DC and the surrounding three states were "blown off the map", and Earth was plunged into a nuclear winter that lasted most of the next decade. ![]() Asia was hit hardest, followed by the United States. World War III reached its peak on, when nuclear weapons were detonated over London, New York City, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Mecca, Beijing and other cities. Sometime before the war's peak, parts of New York City were mostly abandoned and was invaded by a faction of the Eastern Coalition. ( TOS novel: Star Trek: The Motion Picture) The Mind Control Revolts of 2043- 47 occurred during this period. However, the group's efforts met with failure. ( Star Trek: First Contact, TNG: " Encounter at Farpoint", TNG novel: Federation)Įven during this period of global turmoil, the New United Nations worked for peace, and in 2036 declared that "no human being would be held accountable for the crimes of their race or forebearers". Various factions, including Green's cadre and possibly the ECON, used drugs to control their military. ( TOS: " Space Seed", " The Savage Curtain", VOY: " In the Flesh", ENT: " In a Mirror Darkly, Part II", " Demons", " Terra Prime")Īmong other parties in the conflict were the Eastern Coalition ("ECON"), which fought against the United States of America and the European Union. Green and his troops executed hundreds of thousands of people with "impurities" like radiation sickness, claiming that their deaths were for the good of future generations. Some linked it to the Eugenics Wars of the late 20th century, and while the seeds of the conflict may have been planted then, most scholars agreed it really began with Colonel Phillip Green's ecoterrorism in 2026 which resulted in 37 million deaths. Historians of later centuries had varying opinions on the exact nature of the war and its origins. The flag of Colonel Green and the Optimum Movement. 2 Aftermath, first contact, and the legacy of WW3.
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