The Scrapper Union

The Scrapper Union, was an loose alliance of united settlements in western Pennsylvania, following an ideology of Machine Worship and Union-Syndicalism. Controlling multiple forges, factories and train stations, the Union had a semi-peaceful relationship with the nearby raiders from the Pitt, until Anthony Dunwitch took control, forming the Cult of Ug-Qualtoth and starting a campaign of merciless expansion, that would lead to the destruction of the Union

History
Little is known about the History of the Scrapper Union, as nobody survived the bloody annexation through the forces of the Cult of Ug-Qualtoth. Earliest records of the Union speak from a lose coalition in the region of Youngstown, along the I80. Expanding carefully, the Scrapper Union began to integrate minor settlements and local tribes, soon spreading into central Pennsylvania, dominating the scavanging in the region ,and securing lucrative deals of trade, with the surrounding factions.

Somewhere around the year 2260, a new religion, based around pre-war books made the rounds in the Union, leading to a massive shift in organization, leading to an growing output of scrap, yet also to violent attacks on other scavangers in the region, until the Union finally took full control of all scrapping grounds north of the Pitt.

Unable to match the Cults ferocity and numbers, the Union was entirely destroyed in 2277.

Culture and Religion
The little knowledge that remains of the Culture of the Union is almost entirely mystified and turned into hear-say and legends. Few fractions of Information remain, claiming that the Union saw labor and scrap as sacred goods, while machinery was seen as gifts from the great worker of the past.

Each member of the Union had to organize himself with his fellow peers into a union of their own, and negotiate their labor with other union. The majority of these were scavenging unions.

Military
The Scrapping Union was no military powerhouse, yet able to protect its territory against raiders, mutants and slavers. Its armed forces, or as they called it "the War-union", were well equipped with scrap bikes and trucks, and as such highly mobile.

Foreign Relations
The few survivors that escaped slavery fled the cult expansion, with some settling down in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the capital wasteland and New York.

Appearance in the RP
While the Scrapper Union no longer exist as a faction at the start of the Rp, it was mentioned by multiple times and at Page 14, Marie and the grim guardian come past the ruin of Rust Bridge City.