The Nuclear War

The Nuclear War, otherwise referred to as The Nuclear War of 1993, The Night of Red Suns, and The End of the World, was a global nuclear war fought between April 12, 1993 and April 13, 1993 that resulted in the nuclear devastation of Earth and the fall of human society (as it was known at that point).

The true cause of the war is of much conjecture, as the events leading up to the nuclear detonations are mostly unknown.

Events
On April 12, 1993, allegedly around 10:00 PM, television news networks around the world began broadcasting nuclear missile warnings. As the word spread of detonations in New York City, Moscow, and Washington D.C., panic ensued and rioting began. Those that had prepared fallout shelters and stockpiled supplies retreated underground, while everyone else scrambled to find some way to survive. Many hid in basements and public fallout bunkers, while others gathered in urban sewer systems.

While nuclear explosions continued to ravage the world, many of those unable to find shelter started to act on their animal instincts; murdering, stealing, and otherwise committing various crimes without worry of arrest, as many of the world's police forces had scattered to do the same.

Organizations like NATO and the Warsaw Pact attempted to coordinate contingency plans to lessen the effects of the attacks, but the chaos made this task nearly impossible. Some remaining military units from various nations tried to control the rioting to little effect, as they were simply outnumbered by the masses.

By 4:00 PM on April 13, 1993, the world was engulfed in nuclear explosions and firestorms. The sky was completely covered in soot, marking the start of the nuclear winter, and anyone who wasn't in a nuclear fallout shelter had died, or was already feeling the cruel effects of radiation.

Aftermath
Following the nuclear devastation of Earth, the human race was forced to survive day-by-day; something many hadn't done in an extremely long time. Those in fallout shelters had to ration food and water for almost two decades, all while lacking the resources they took for granted not so long ago. Without the wonders of modern medicine, many people died from previously trivial diseases. And without human contact, some were even driven to insanity; others to suicide. Many survivors tried to leave their shelters and live in the outside world, only to find that it was now a fiery hell of radiation, with no food or water to be found.

Once the nuclear winter had passed in most places (roughly 20 years after the war), the world had changed. Pockets of radiation were found all across the world, especially near the ground zeroes of the nukes, and the planet had almost no sustainable food or water sources. Countless left their shelters, only to starve or fall ill to radiation poisoning. A very unlucky few became first generation mutants.

Cause
Main article: Circumstances of the Nuclear War

No one is quite sure what the cause of the Nuclear War was. Many believe that an unknown terrorist organization sabotaged the world's nuclear arsenals. Others speculate that world leaders simply reacted to false claims of nuclear launches.