Map of the Caribbean in 2245: The Vacation Wasteland
In the decades preceding that fateful day in 2077, Latin America — and especially the Caribbean Islands — became a game board between the United States and China for who could control the region.
When that fateful day did come, however, the game came to a draw as both players were bathed in atomic hellfire and left the pieces to fend for themselves.
168 years later, the Caribbean Islands, now dubbed the “Vacation Wasteland”, is the heart of yet another conflict. Now, between the Cartels and the Flotilla.
Before the war, the United States funded and supplied various drug cartels in exchange for destabilizing their own governments to allow for greater American influence and control. Now, these same cartels and their descendants hold a tight grip on the wasteland; offering safety, wealth, slaves and chems to those who ally with them in their endless struggle against those who oppose them.
Founded shorty after the war by remnants of the United States Coast Guard and Navy, the Flotilla is the title of the massive fleet of ships that patrol the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico as one. Their goal is to maintain order, and wipe out any raiders, pirates or smugglers unfortunate enough to enter their line of fire.
This conflict came to a head five years ago, when an alliance of Cartels, pirates and various others with grudges against the Flotilla trapped the Flotilla within the Windward Passage and attacked from all fronts. The following battle would devastate both sides, killing off various powerful leaders, greatly reducing their numbers and leaving both limping and bleeding.
Now, after both parties have had time to regather their strength and learn from their mistakes, many see signs of a fast approaching Second Battle of Windward Passage (or something to that effect) — and it is unlikely to end in a draw.