FEMA

FEMA, known as both the Federal Emergency Mobilisation Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Administration at different times, is a government agency of the United States of America. Operating as part of Homeland Security, it is a powerful agency responsible for much of the underhanded and secretive activities of the US government.

2020s
In the, FEMA was known as the Federal Emergency Mobilisation Administration. . It operated under the provisions of the Revised Homeland Security Act (2012), endowing it with considerable amount of authority over other government agencies.

FEMA was one of the principal governmental agencies involved in keeping the United States under control. It achieved this through both legal and illegal means, including counter-insurgency operations and detention camps for seditious citizens. After the attack on Sarif Industries Headquarters in 2027, Joseph Manderley used his position at FEMA to help block an in-depth investigation into the incident and obscur the involvement of the Tyrants, and later aided in the organization of a false flag attack against one of Sarif Industries' primary production facilities, located at Milwaukee Junction. Again, he also used his influence to block subsequent investigation.

Adam Jensen witnessed the scale of FEMA's operations while pursuing leads in the wake of said attack, infiltrating a FEMA detention camp in Highland Park. This vast underground facility was one of many set up to process the millions of detainees expected to be placed in custody under REX-84, and designed around processing hundreds, if not thousands of American citizens and holding them indefinitely.

2050s
Over the next 25 years, the might of FEMA expanded. After Majestic 12 broke away from the Illuminati under Bob Page, the Agency - now the Federal Emergency Management Administration or Agency - became a core element of the plan to take overt control of the United States, by leveraging the REX-84 operational plan and combining it with existing laws, such as President Kennedy's Executive Orders 10990 (permitting seizure of all modes of transportation), 10995 (control of the media), and 10997 (control of natural resources), as well as the sweeping provisions of the National Security Act and Defense Production Act. All that was necessary for the plan to succeed was a national emergency and the appropriate Executive Order declaring martial law. FEMA would have total control over the United States virtually overnight, controlling transportation, media, the police, and even the Armed Forces. The emphasis on efficiency would also ensure no oversight from the President or anyone else, at least until the end of the emergency. It would be, in effect, a bloodless coup. and placing FEMA in the hands of the right man. That man was Walton Simons, right hand of Bob Page, installed as Director after Page blackmailed one of the reticent US senators, exchanging access to Ambrosia for supporting Simons' candidacy. By 2051, preparation for assuming total control over the United States and ushering in a New World Order were in their final stages. FEMA and Simons quietly subverted other government and international agencies, most notably UNATCO, turning them into unwitting pawns of Majestic 12. Many of MJ12's Troopers, Commandos, Men and Women in Black were deployed as part of FEMA, providing a convenient cover for the group's activities.

Although tabloids revealed the nature of REX-84, few believed them, and FEMA continued its operations unopposed. In fact, the fact that an agency nominally responsible for disaster management cooperated closely with anti-terrorist agencies was widely reported in mass media, with nobody batting an eye. The declaration of martial law in the state of New York (officially at the request of Governor Walpole) was a trial run for RX 84, prompted by the final preparations for the activation of the Aquinas router. FEMA gained full control over Manhattan and surrounding boroughs, as well as UNATCO and local law enforcement, with NSF operations as an excuse. A curfew was declared in effect from 9 PM to 7 AM, and all public offices (city, state, county) were shut down, together with public schools, municipal buses, garbage collection, road maintenance, and all air travel to and from New York's JFK and LaGuardia airports. Travel within the city was also tightly controlled with district passes and selective shutting down of subway stations citing "terrorist action". FEMA also opened a new cremation center at the Yankee Stadium, mandating that all bodies be cremated immediately after death. Public Health Directive 27, although overtly aimed at the Gray Death, also prohibited delivering dead bodies in person and ordered citizens to rely on FEMA as intermediaries - effectively allowing unrestricted use of the crematorium to dispose of virtually anyone. Anyone not complying with this or other FEMA directives would be punished by a sentence of minimum 3 years in jail and/or a fine of up to ¢10,000. New Yorkers did not respond well to the restrictions, and New York City became a war zone. The situation further deteriorated with rumors of a cure for the Gray Death surfacing. Rampant rioting and widespread deployment of UNATCO troops and riot police to contain the unrest did little to alleviate the situation. UNATCO troops even set up shop in clinics in the area, monitoring all medical traffic and rounding up individuals. It was for all intents and purposes a war, deliberately escalated by Simons, who wasted no time taking control of any assets necessary for the success of the operation. Anyone who opposed him could expect to be court martialed post-haste.

The chaos wrought in NYC was soon followed with a nationwide martial law, allowing Simons and FEMA to take full control of the United States as per RX 84 and other orders. Although President Mead did appoint Simons as the head of an interim council, much of the United States refused to follow suit, resulting in mass desertions, insubordinate governors, and open defiance from the military. Shortly thereafter, The Collapse happened, plunging the world into a new Dark Age, and wiping what remained of FEMA out.