Here is the back story for the scenario for the coming game:
15 October: After tracking it from its departure from the port of Rajin, North Korea, the US Navy attempts to stop a North Korean flagged freighter heading to towards the port of Vladivostok in violation of UN sanctions. The freighter opens fire with light weapons against the Navy Frigate who responds in kind, sinking it outright. Within an hour of the sinking, both Russia and China claim the ship was flagged as Russian with a Chinese crew. The US presidents tweets that this is fake news and orders the US military to capture and/or sink any North Korean vessel it finds in retaliation. The president also orders the Air Force to begin mass flights of B1 bombers over the Korean peninsula as a show of force.
16 October: Russia and China both demand that the UN Security Council impose sanctions against the USA for its "aggressive demonstrations and escalations" in the Pacific region. The Security Council rejects the sanctions with an overwhelming 13 to 2 vote backing the USA. Social Media goes wild with anti-USA postings, articles and rhetoric.
17 October: Via twitter the US president denounces the UN for conducting the vote (despite rules that permit sitting members to call for votes on issues raised) and attacks the leaders of China and North Korea. He also orders the US military globally to increase readiness.
18 October: The NSA releases a statement outlining dramatic increases in Russian and Chinese "troll farms" on social media. Russia and China both begin increasing the readiness of their respective military forces.
19 October: In response to the US Navy's increased patrolling and inspection activity of shipping in the Pacific rim region, a number of vessels flagged to nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc. have put into US and western European ports to "ride out" tensions in the pacific rim region. World stock markets nose dive as fears of conflict rise.
20 October: A North Korean patrol boat is sunk 3 miles outside of the port of Ranjin by the US Navy. Later in the day, a North Korean submarine is damaged and brought to the surface within 300 yard of the entrance to the Yokohama Japan naval base by the IJN.
21 October: North Korea conducts a previously planned missile test. The US Navy fires anti-missile weapons at the test missiles as the missiles pass over US Navy ships. China immediately protests that the US ships were within the exclusion zone around one of their man-made archipelagos.
22 October: North Korea announces that in retaliation for the "attack" on its test missiles it is at war with America and her allies, threating to launch nuclear missiles at the USA.
23 October: The USA air force launches a preemptive airstrike against North Korean missile test facilities while the US Navy launches submarine based cruise missiles at North Korean command and control targets.
24 October: North Korea launches 4 missiles at the USA, 2 at Japan and 1 at Australia, while at the same time firing a massive artillery bombardment at Soul, South Korea. The missiles aimed at Japan and Australia hit home. The missile aimed at Tokyo was a nuclear warhead that failed to detonate properly but still cause massive damage to the city and mass casualties among its population. The other two missiles contained nerve and biological causing mass causalities and panic among the population. The four missiles aimed at the USA all strike targets but only one detonates properly. Chicago takes the brunt of a nuclear blast. Reno Nevada, San Diego California and Bartlesville Oklahoma are exposed to radioactive fallout from warheads that failed to explode properly. In response, the US president orders that North Korea be "wiped from the face of the earth." US military commanders dissuade the president from firing nuclear weapons due to the damage the fallout would cause to our allies so instead a massive bombing campaign is launched using every asset in the region.
25 October: North Korean forces attempting to cross into South Korea are decimated by South Korean, Japanese, Australian, and US forces. North Korean radio announces that their "great leader" has glorious died in the defense of his people. Just before midnight eastern standard time, freighters sitting in 12 ports around the USA and 6 ports in western Europe, all flagged to pacific rim nations, begin bellowing dark gray smoke from what appear to be smoke generators unveiled upon their decks. When fire crews attempt to respond the crews of the ships open fire with small arms keeping the fire crews at bay and hoist North Korean ensigns. When police forces make headway when responding to the violence, the ships are blown up by their crews as the police approach.
26 October: People exposed to the smoke generated by the ships begin displaying symptoms similar to Ebola on an accelerated rate. News reports begin reporting outbreaks of rioting, violence and mass hysteria in areas surrounding these ports as well as areas hit by the North Korean missiles. Internet outages begin occurring as reports of cyber-attacks originating out of Russia, China and North Korea begin shutting down systems on a massive scale. Riots grow as people scramble to gather food, water, and other supplies. Access to credit cards and cash machines are particularly hard hit by cyber-attacks
27 October: Electrical power shuts down across most of North America and Europe as computers running the electrical grids shut down due to the cyber-attack. Communication systems are also effectively shut down. The National Guard is called out in all states to restore order as riots spread. The emergency broadcast system is telling all citizens to shelter in place and that a curfew is in place for all areas within 50 miles of an urban area. They are also stating that the National Guard has been given shoot on site orders for any person attempting to violate the curfew.
28 October: Without food and water, you have decided to get home and the only way to do that is on foot.
