JTF-10

Joint Task Force 10 (JTF-10) was a United States military joint task force led by Colonel Edward De La Hoya and based in Tucson, Arizona.

While the original objective of the task force is unknown, JTF-10 rose to prominence through their involvement in the anti-government response to the Hot Zone Crisis and subsequent Battle of the Mojave.

History[]

When the federal government deemed some areas of the Southwest uninhabitable and instituted forced evacuations through an Executive Order known as 73-H, De La Hoya and the members of his task force were furious at what they perceived to be government overreach. Many high-ranking JTF-10 officials had family members in the affected areas.^[1]

Along with the evacuations, the federal government also used eminent domain to seize mining operations in the hot zone regions. Roberto Medina, a rare earth mining tycoon and champion of the 73-H dissidents, enlisted De La Hoya and JTF-10 to protect his assets and seize control of other resources valuable to those who resisted evacuation.^[1]

This resulted in sustained conflict between JTF-10 and its own federal government in what became known as the Battle of the Mojave. On August 20, 2037, De La Hoya and the members of JTF-10 were killed in the explosion that put an end to the fighting.^[2]

Combat[]

Colonel De La Hoya was a skilled pilot. As such, he and members of the task force used jets known as F-38 Razorwings to out-maneuver the federal government’s General Synthetics (G-Syn) battle drones.^[3] While the government initially employed “non-lethal” tactics, by May of 2037 the G-Syns were firing live rounds on members of JTF-10.^[4]

JTF-10 was skilled in combat across all terrains in the region; they fought in the jungles, mountains, and desert of the southwest.

Deification by the Tenakth[]

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Approximately a decade after the conflict ended, the Mojave Battlefield Memorial Museum was established at the location of JTF-10’s Mojave base and the adjacent blast site. The museum initially presented a broad history of events, however, some exhibits were altered in a bid to satisfy Roberto Medina’s daughter, Maria Medina, who had become a Senator.^[5][6] As a result, the displays in the main exhibit hall emphasized the heroism and resilience of JTF-10.

After the new humans were released from ELEUTHIA-9 and each group eventually separated and developed into independent tribes, one found the Memorial Grove. Its holographic "visions" inspired a particular group of people who would eventually become the Tenakth tribe, specifically, three clans would be formed out of three specific holographic presentations depicting JTF-10 conflicts on the desert of the Mojave, the mountains of Sierra Nevada, and the forest to the west. The Tenakth's deification of JTF-10 was born due to the nature of their Human vs Machine conflict as well as their general fight for survival. These conflicts resonated with the people that would become the Tenakth tribe as they were facing similar obstacles in a world dominated by machines.

Known Members[]

• Col. Edward De La Hoya
• Roberto Medina
• Cpt. Sueiro, JTF-10 Third Squadron
• Hodgins, Third Squadron
• Kana Mungrove^[7]

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