 2099 sees the onset of the US-Upland war.Every logistical aspect of the war has been meticulously designed by the US to fulfil a new legal bureaucratic order (for instance, the war must officially conclude before the turn of the century and take no longer than 72 hours in all), Slater contending that the real war takes place in the courts.Gradisil and her young nation lie under siege for months, their supply lines cut off by USUC forces.