Short for "JOint
COMmand". JOCOM is the militarized vestige of the United
States government that survived Zero
Hour. It was formed in the chaos of the initial days of
the holocaust, as the military and political elites of the
United States fled to secret pre-prepared underground bunkers,
leaving most of the civilian population above to perish in
the nuclear fires. A high-ranking civilian official in the
Nixon cabinet used the chaos as cover for a military coup,
from which JOCOM was born.
President Richard Nixon, Vice President Gerald Ford and all
but a few select members of Congress were liquidated. The
official responsible for the coup promptly suspended the United
States Constitution "indefinitely" and imposed a
military dictatorship, combining all of the United States
armed forces into a unified joint command: JOCOM. He then
took the title of "Director of the Reconstruction of
the United States of America", DRUSA for short.
JOCOM is administered under the pretense of restoring the
U.S. Constitution and civilian rule once "the world is
again safe for democracy." The timeline for this transition
is unclear.
As its name implies, JOCOM is the central management system
for all the armed forces: the Army, Navy, Marines and Air
Force are all part of the same organization now. They aren't
even called as such anymore, the Air force is now JOCOM-F,
the Army is JOCOM-A, the Navy is JOCOM-N, the Marines JOCOM-N/a
("a" is for "assault.").
In the 34 years since Zero Hour, JOCOM has excavated vast
subterranean complexes beneath the irradiated soil of the
continental United States, for living space, industrial production,
hydroponic agriculture… and biological research.
The precise nature of this research is speculative, but it's
rumored to involve genetics and human reproduction. Although
there is no evidence the Soviet Union survived Zero Hour,
JOCOM's strategic planners assume the Soviet elites have perpetuated
themselves in a manner similar to JOCOM and are still striving
for world domination. Thus a "reproduction race",
real or imagined, is taking place, even if it's only in the
minds of the JOCOM ruling elite.
JOCOM women are never seen, at least not above ground. JOCOM
soldiers will periodically abduct residents of the towers,
for unknown purposes. The kidnapped individuals never return. |
