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In North America, where local economies have collapsed following the disruption of the WPSB energy grid, the United States government is reportedly struggling to maintain governance within its own borders. Washington's Central Command, facing severe fuel shortages, dispatched elements of the 3rd Infantry Division to seize an antiquated refinery located within the de facto independent 'Texas Free Zone'. However, federal forces' antiquated powered suit units, their armor corroded due to insufficient maintenance, have been hampered by anti-armor minefields laid by Texas local militia, who are adept at guerrilla warfare, leaving them immobilized amidst ruined infrastructure. This localized conflict, in which compatriots are shedding blood over their own nation's energy facilities, starkly underscores the reality that the United States, once a global superpower, has now descended into a state of warlord-level conflict reminiscent of a third-world nation.