I. Timeline of Events


A. SUMMARY
THE earliest days of the so-called 'Tricky Pope' are enigmatically shrouded in mystery and secrecy, out of sheer respect and fear. Legends of old apprise of an ancient prophet — a messiah — ever unaging; His meticulous planning and execution that would construct the thousand-year regime that we live in today. A prophet of enlightenment; the bringer of the profusion of both joy and suffering of life.

After the collapse of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) in 1991, the seeds of unrest that had been planted were now sprouting. Extremists proclaiming death to unbelievers now walked the planet, and Tricky Pope would have none of it. The mighty, thalassic icon of His beliefs commanded their destruction. And so it was: Tricky Pope ventured across the globe to exterminate these Kalashnikov-armed heretics (see Figure x for details on the controversy surrounding the weapon type). This coincided with the declaration of a 'War on Terror' in 2001 by the United States of America (USA), which He used as a front for His holy crusade in the name of His piscine master. Armed with His powerful and reliable, holy anointed relic shotgun, He shredded the foes that stood in His path.

Although the war against terror was winding down, and Tricky Pope feared He would have to give up His blatant atrocities, another conflict was brewing. For years, the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were competing economically and politically, the former having become wealthy after reforms in the 1970s. After a skirmish in the Pacific between a USN carrier group and PLAN ships in 2020, the prophet enlisted himself through third-party means. The advances in technology since the last war proved potent; He was known to be a fierce warrior against both surface and air targets with the power of guided munitions.
After the war, He slipped back into the shadows of obscurity, having made a name for himself as a mercenary of sorts. But it was not long until the tides of war would come again; that would be His time to rise into the spotlight. He knew that the sources of global energy were dwindling by the day. Petroleum reserves ran dry, and conflicts erupted worldwide by 2050. China had licked its wounds and was prepared to inflict retribution on its foe. The snowy cliffs of Alaska were enveloped in a fierce battle between the two great powers by 2066.

Tricky Pope knew this was His time to wreak havoc once more. He organized a warband of His followers and companions through His powerful religious connections. The Legion of Henry emerged. They would go on to battle in His mother country, a sideshow to the main conflict. That is, until in 2077 when His forces stormed into the silos hidden deep under the jungles. Tricky Pope personally took the helm, dialing in the launch codes himself. The missiles landed all over the territory of His enemies and vaporized what stood against him for many years. In the midst of the tension and uncertainty of these launches by an unknown party, the dragon and the eagle launched their own retaliatory salvo.

He and His clique emerged from their holes to find that the world had been leveled to the ground. For vast stretches, in any direction, were heaps of smouldering ash and rubble. This was the rotting cadaver of the old world. The one Tricky Pope would bury.

The Legion crossed the ocean to reach the former powerhouse of the United States. Although the nation was mostly wreckage, and the ruins of civilization, His theological companions had informed him of hidden caches, buried with the pinnacle of technology before the war. This, He would utilize, to rebuild.

And so He arrived on the west coast, smashing through pathetic brotherhoods, would-be republics, and self-styled enclaves. He scoured the nation for these technological wonders, and in but a small time span, He reignited the high technology industry by 2100. He reformed His warband into something mightier. An empire, no, an imperium. He dubbed the sovereignty after His glorious motherland. The Imperium of Myanmar. It was now time to assert His dominance on the rest of the world, and the armies of the former legion set out once more.