The Divided States: Stories from the Second American Civil War
Vic for Background Civilians
Not all those who fight are soldiers. Civilian leaders feature prominently in TDS. They organize relief efforts for refugees or form the core of daily life under the stress of civil war. Below are various snippets.
All right, let’s get these folks out of the cold. Carol, can you look in the back and see if we have firewood for these good people? Some of them are wounded too, so get Allison from the medic tent to come down and check if we need anything.
This is ridiculous! The Chairman was set up, set up I’m telling you! This is a disgrace to the Revolution, and if we don’t stop the Sorelians from grabbing power we will slide into totalitarianism like the USSR!
I don’t think much about the war, but the war sure seems to be thinking of me. Soldiers came by, requisitioned my truck and hauler. I’m just lucky I still have animals to plow the fields I reckon. [Mocking] Or perhaps our good president Langdon will plow the fields himself.
