Jack of Harts

The Second Great Depression. Some people call it the Second Civil War. Others put emphasis on the Drug Wars. Or the Cybernetic Wars. The Republic of Texas fought them all. Texas was ready. Mostly. Some cities fell into chaos, and the points of failure were heartbreaking. But Texas survived the opening stages of the federal government finally collapsing under decades of overspending and wild partisan governmental swings. Texas boasted one of the most well-rounded mixes of production and service economies in America, and was one of the few States that still maintained its own State Guard military forces separate from the national units. When the federal government lost control of its own functions, Texas was simply better prepared to continue operating than most other States. And the majority of military bases and units in Texas either officially joined the Texas State Guard or effectively chose to operate with it when federal leadership evaporated. This gave Texas an impressive amount of military power under their control when the Mexican Drug Cartels thought they could profit from the chaos running rampant through America by making inroads into Texas.