Jack of Harts

The Second Great Depression and the Cybernetic Wars threatened all of America with death and destruction. Much of it fell, but civilization thrived where mankind was better prepared. The foreign cyber threats of the previous fifty years had concerned the Great Families of New England enough that they required all utilities that serviced their homes to install physical air gaps between the servers that operated them and the public networks. This insulated them from the Rogue AI threat that shattered the utilities in areas that were less prepared. The Families were quick to offer their expertise to all who wished the security they offered. All they required of those saved by this generosity was a willingness to work and defend the civilization they protected. Thus was the groundwork of the New England Federation laid.