[With President Howard Oliver rescued by Kara Green, Jacob Barnes, and Tex Nolan just as he was about to announce the decentralization of the US, Allison Shaw suddenly takes the stage further pinning President Michener's death and other events on the Nathan James]
... We are strong people, and we have survived worse than this. And those who still love life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have come together and formulated a plan to move forward. So in the absence of any working federal government, and deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, your regional leaders, Price, Castillo, Wilson, and Croft hereby call for the immediate suspension of the government of the United States. Each region will be able to govern itself and focus on reconstruction until such time as a central authority can be safely reestablished.
Yeah. In other words, never.
By the time you hear these words, control of the Armed Forces will have been split among the regional leaders, and I would like to assure you that the military turnover has been peaceful, thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between the nation's highest-ranking generals and your four regional leaders. All enlisted men and women are to report to regional military offices immediately to become part of one of four localized armies under the command...
Captain, I can't get the generals on the line... Any of them. I tried to raise an entire Naval base. It's a coup, Captain.
Thank you and God bless.
Those men are already dead.
If there's no military, what's that mean for us?
It means we're all alone.
We lost our country, Tom.
Not yet. Captain, set a course for Naval Base San Diego, all ahead full. Take us home.
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