The Game
Internal Conflict is a passion project. No publisher, no roadmap theater. It is going to be a messy journey and we are building it in the open, with the community steering as we go.
RUNDOWN · WHAT THIS IS
- Large-scale milsim set in a fractured world, an alternate 1999
- First map: 20 by 24 kilometers of river valley. There will be more
- 200-player battles, one ongoing war per server
- Proximity voice. Friend or enemy, if you are close, they hear you
- Built on Unreal Engine 5
- Free to play, cosmetics only, never pay to win
- Crossplay is the ambition. Everybody gets to play
Recovered Material
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE COLLECTED IN THE GREY ZONE. THEY EXPLAIN THE SITUATION BETTER THAN WE CAN.
1989 // The Wrong Wall Fell
The Cold War ended the other way. The United States collapsed. The Soviet Union did not.
The River Works
For The People Now
Ministry of Public Harmony · Valley Sector
1991 // The Patrons Move In
Soviet money on one side. New-NATO money on the other. Every town in the former USA picked a backer, or had one picked for it.
SIGNAL INTERCEPT · 04.16.1999 · PROXIMITY BAND
21:04UNK-1Hold the ramp. Two trucks coming over the span, lights off.
21:05UNK-2They are not ours. Say again, not ours.
21:05UNK-1Everybody quiet. They will hear us before they see us.
21:07UNK-2Fall back to and wait for the whistle.
21:07UNK-1Copy. Good luck out there. Whoever you are.
Voices carry in the valley. Transmission range approx. shouting distance. Source unconfirmed.
1994 // The Map Stopped Holding Still
No front line. No safe county. Territory changes hands block by block, and the signage changes with it.
Kanoga Comets
J. Halloran · CF · No. 8
1999 People's League · Series II · Card 41 of 60
Collect the whole team, comrade.
They Told You
The Bridge Held.
It Did Not.
Come see who holds it now. Bring your own radio.
LISTEN FOR US ON THE OPEN BAND1999 // The War Is Everywhere
Deep in the valley the river bends around big hills, and one giant bridge decides who eats. This is where you come in.
01/06THE SHEET. RECOVERED INTACT.
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