The First Apocalyptic Calvary
Fort Prospect is the 1st Cavalry's main base. It is a military fortification built on the site of old
Fort Kearney near the Platte River in southern Nebraska.
Inside its walls is a medium to large town (pop. 1450) that includes a permanent military force of 140
troops (can accommodate 600 comfortably), families of the Cavalry men, support personnel and 60 transients.
Like most towns of the New West, Fort Prospect has a variety of both high and low technologies, as
well as mattering of magic and magic items. Weapons, power armor, and other military equipment are
common here and such amenities as electricity, plumbing and heating and cooling can be found in most
of the buildings within the fort's walls.
Currently four comparatively tiny forts (each can accommodate one company of 140 troops and
60 support personnel — most have half that number stationed there) are located in other areas.
These forts are always near a cluster of human communities troubled by D-bees and/or monsters.
Fort Tanner is located in eastern Wyoming near what used to be the city of Jackson.
Fort Defiance is located near Stockton, Kansas and serves as protection for one of the Ironhorse train routes.
Fort Charles is built on the ruins of Sidney on the border of Nebraska and Iowa, and the rebuilt
Fort Jericho (nearly destroyed by D-bee raiders) is the farthest north, located near Norfolk, South Dakota.
Fort Kearney near the Platte River in southern Nebraska.
Inside its walls is a medium to large town (pop. 1450) that includes a permanent military force of 140
troops (can accommodate 600 comfortably), families of the Cavalry men, support personnel and 60 transients.
Like most towns of the New West, Fort Prospect has a variety of both high and low technologies, as
well as mattering of magic and magic items. Weapons, power armor, and other military equipment are
common here and such amenities as electricity, plumbing and heating and cooling can be found in most
of the buildings within the fort's walls.
Currently four comparatively tiny forts (each can accommodate one company of 140 troops and
60 support personnel — most have half that number stationed there) are located in other areas.
These forts are always near a cluster of human communities troubled by D-bees and/or monsters.
Fort Tanner is located in eastern Wyoming near what used to be the city of Jackson.
Fort Defiance is located near Stockton, Kansas and serves as protection for one of the Ironhorse train routes.
Fort Charles is built on the ruins of Sidney on the border of Nebraska and Iowa, and the rebuilt
Fort Jericho (nearly destroyed by D-bee raiders) is the farthest north, located near Norfolk, South Dakota.
Composition
Manpower
5% Bandits; supposedly reformed
3% Bounty Hunters
10% Cowboys
9% Sheriff/Lawman (equivalent)
10% Sheriff's Deputy (equivalent)
20% Gunfighters
8% Gunslingers
2% Wired Gunslingers
1%Psi-Slingers
5% Cyborgs
5% Headhunted/Mercenaries
5% Wilderness Scouts
3% Practitioners of magic
5% Wild Psi-Stalkers
2% Justice Rangers (equivalent)
7% Others; including renegade Dog Boys and other mutants
3% Bounty Hunters
10% Cowboys
9% Sheriff/Lawman (equivalent)
10% Sheriff's Deputy (equivalent)
20% Gunfighters
8% Gunslingers
2% Wired Gunslingers
1%Psi-Slingers
5% Cyborgs
5% Headhunted/Mercenaries
5% Wilderness Scouts
3% Practitioners of magic
5% Wild Psi-Stalkers
2% Justice Rangers (equivalent)
7% Others; including renegade Dog Boys and other mutants
Equipment
Well equipped.
Weaponry
Well equipped.
Vehicles
Well equipped.
Structure
General Kenneth Sprite Leader
History
The day after Sprite's 19th birthday, a large group of D-bee outlaws came to town. They demanded
protection money, or else. The small town did not have very much to give, but despite some protests,
they gave the outlaws all they could. Nobody really knows just what happened next, but within hours
the town was burned to the ground and hundreds were killed — some by the fire, most by gunfire.
Only Kenneth Sprite and six others survived. This traumatic event turned an innocent young man
into a demon of vengeance. He spent the next six years hunting those responsible and killing them
including those he only suspected of being involved, but whom he knew to be brigands. Along the
way he was joined by other vigilantes who shared his hatred of D-bees and outlaws. Together they
scoured the land for these monsters and killed them where they stood. No trial or judgement other than Sprite's.
Over the years, Kenneth Sprite's rag-tag group of vigilantes became folk heroes and turned into an army.
As their numbers grew, Kenneth Sprite soon came to be called "General." As the fame of General Sprite
and his army increased, people wanted to know the name of his heroic force. Names like "Kenneth's Riders"
and "Sprite's Army" were what they had been called, but his men convinced him that the army needed a
more befitting name. Since most rode horses and hovercycles and they were always mobile, somebody
suggested the name of "The 1st Apocalyptic Cavalry." The men cheered the suggestion,
General Sprite smiled his approval, and the rest is history.
protection money, or else. The small town did not have very much to give, but despite some protests,
they gave the outlaws all they could. Nobody really knows just what happened next, but within hours
the town was burned to the ground and hundreds were killed — some by the fire, most by gunfire.
Only Kenneth Sprite and six others survived. This traumatic event turned an innocent young man
into a demon of vengeance. He spent the next six years hunting those responsible and killing them
including those he only suspected of being involved, but whom he knew to be brigands. Along the
way he was joined by other vigilantes who shared his hatred of D-bees and outlaws. Together they
scoured the land for these monsters and killed them where they stood. No trial or judgement other than Sprite's.
Over the years, Kenneth Sprite's rag-tag group of vigilantes became folk heroes and turned into an army.
As their numbers grew, Kenneth Sprite soon came to be called "General." As the fame of General Sprite
and his army increased, people wanted to know the name of his heroic force. Names like "Kenneth's Riders"
and "Sprite's Army" were what they had been called, but his men convinced him that the army needed a
more befitting name. Since most rode horses and hovercycles and they were always mobile, somebody
suggested the name of "The 1st Apocalyptic Cavalry." The men cheered the suggestion,
General Sprite smiled his approval, and the rest is history.
Type
Cavalry
Founding
35 PA
Overall training Level
Trained
Assumed Veterancy
Experienced
