The year is 2021, and Civil War rages across America. Across major cities, communists rise under the banner of the Proletariat Revolution. In the Northwest, a fascist warlord state has emerged to provide order and security. The East Coast is consumed by fighting between military remnants, warlords, and U.N. Peacekeepers. Texas has formed its own republic, and the West Coast has turned into a Chinese puppet managed by corporate fiefdoms. The world's going up in flames, and nobody knows what tomorrow will bring...

You are the Messenger (former name: Walter White) and you lead the Sun Belt Crusaders. Your group is best described as a radical Catholic cult claiming the papal throne fueled by meth, violence, and cunning. Having fled your native Southern California, you have established a presence in the village of Mobile Arizona southwest of Phoenix.

Your faction has had some success since settling down. You've secured a patron in nearby Maricopa, which provides significant support in exchange for your services. You also enjoy a close relation to Maricopa's autonomous Reservation after helping a local figure execute a coup and establish a new government. Militarily, your faction has won a number of small skirmishes, has taken over (at Maricopa's behest) a mountain base previously used for raids in addition to minor mercenary work in Phoenix, trading blood for wealth. And on the religious front, you have recently had your first 'real' priest swear fealty to you, a watershed moment in the difficult battle to be accepted as the genuine faith and not the 'psychotic warlord band' as some detractors might put it.

There is an unusual calm. Threats such as the prisoners turned raiders seem busy elsewhere. Tensions with the red superpower to the north have cooled, with trade promising peace in the near future. It appears that you will have the breathing room to start executing on longer term plans. Or maybe not. The Arizona Badlands are nothing if not fickle.

Beyond your small territory of Mobile lie the many dangers of the Badlands. These range from yet more convicts turned raiders, cartel actors, hostile government agents (perhaps even in your own faction), and a myriad other groups you're slowly discovering. Looming over all is the former capitol of Phoenix, consumed with a massive war raging between the revolutionary Phoenix Occupied Zone and a loose coalition opposing it. If either faction takes control of the city, it will become the regional hegemon and likely take over the Badlands. And, finally, an outside faction such as Chinese-controlled California or even Mexican warlords could start making moves in the area at any time.

Your short-term goal is to continue surviving and expanding. Your longer term goal is to somehow secure Phoenix and the Badlands. Your ultimate goal is to bring the Glory of Christ to the entire country no matter the cost in blood, meth, or tears...