Collaborators

Workers Division
Game(s)	Homefront: The Revolution
Capital	Philadelphia

" I hereby affirm my loyalty to the Emergency Administration of the United States, to our North Korean benefactors, and to the Apex Corporation. As a Liaison Officer, I promise to be a dutiful citizen, to be observant of my surroundings, to remain vigilant against dissent and sedition, to be an agent of change within my community, and act as a bridge between our two cultures as we work together to restore this country to greatness. I make this oath of my own free will."

―Oath of Loyalty

Collaborators, formally organized as the Workers Division and referred to as Liaison Officers, and derogatorily as "clabs" by the Resistance and regular citizens, were American citizens who worked with the KPA who controlled the United States in Homefront: The Revolution.

Background

Two faces of collaboration: Handing out an aid package to an impoverished US citizen...

...and executing a Resistance fighter.

Collaborators became an organized group after 2025, when Premier John Tae-se publicly delivered his promise of providing humanitarian aid to America, after shutting down its APEX-powered system and plunging the nation into chaos. Impoverished by a cascading series of crises, Americans were desperate for food, healthcare, reliable power, and jobs. U.S. President O'Reilly was forced out of office and replaced by General Steven Kyle, who served as military governor of America and allowed the KPA to operate in his nation. The KPA ensured that citizens who worked with them were granted perks and privileges. Officially presented as loyal patriots devoted to rebuilding the United States into a global power again, in reality they were used in order to maintain KPA's grip on power and sow discord among the United States citizens: They were the American face of the occupation, leading to the citizenry focusing their anger and lashing out at "clabs".

In Philadelphia, collaborators lived in the Yellow and Green Zones under the protection of the KPA. Unsurprisingly, collaborators came at odds with the regular citizens, who utterly despised them and harass and target them for working with the occupier. They viewed themselves as patriots and loyal Americans, rebuilding the nation. In many cases, collaborators recruited from impoverished and disenfranchised backgrounds, people for whom the United States offered nothing but misery and suffering. They became some of the most loyal supporters of the new regime, as it offered them security, prosperity, and dignity - something the United States completely failed to do. Some probably truly believed that they were bridging the gap between the great nations.

Organization

A Collaborator ID.

All collaborators were organized into the Workers Division, with individual members referred to formally as Liaison Officers. Anyone inducted into the Division was entered into a system with their full data, and provided with identification cards to be worn at all times. These included their name, date of birth, service type, clearances, and zone of origin, signature, and identification numbers (in a ####/####/#######). Each also had a KPA QR code for quick scanning.

Collaborators received access to regular meal rations provided by the KPA, as well as higher quality accommodations: Rather than live in crumbling buildings with limited access to utilities, they were provided with homes in renovated, model districts such as Ashgate. A limited number of non-collaborators was permitted to settle in these districts as well, both to act as a cheap workforce and to witness the benefits of the KPA Liaison Officer program. They could then readily sign up at any of the recruitment posts, in order to try their hand at the monthly examinations, taking place on the first Monday of each month. The posts doubled as distribution points, handing out pre-packaged clothes, food, water, an even cigarettes - all branded with either the KPAID or KPA logotypes. Even prisoners sent to KPA prison camps could apply to the Liaison Officer program at the end of their sentence, when the parole hearing was imminent.

Each Collaborator could be immediately distinguished by their uniform. Manufactured in bulk by the KPA, they were made from 60% nylon an 40% cotton blend, available in a variety of sizes, and fitted with an ID card holder that was actually illegal to remove. Thus distinguished from the general population, they were regimented and militarized - and easier to manage, as they'd flock together with fellow collaborators, while regular citizens would frown on them.

While it might appear that Collaborators were used as cannon fodder by the KPA, their power was a lot more nuanced. The KPA provided the backing, but Liaison Officers enjoyed a large degree of autonomy and were relied upon to maintain the occupation. The most obvious example is Mayor William Simpson, in control of the City of Philadelphia and tasked with ensuring its compliance. The KPA also used Liaison Officers to interrogate resistance fighters (with full authority to execute them on the spot), interrogate detainees, manage the scrapping of US military assets at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and in other positions of authority, and most every other task necessary to keep the occupation machine churning. Agricultural teams took priority, though many were far cry from romantic: The KPA ran a grueling schedule, with work beginning as early as 3 AM. Liaison Officers were also treated as equals of KPA Peacekeepers in regards to crime: Aggression towards both groups was punishable by immediate suspension of ration cards or detention. Those already in detention were executed on the spot.

Advancement was encouraged, giving access to even further benefits, including improving housing in completely renovated areas, such as Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Anyone wishing to advance had to volunteer specifically, demonstrate competence, and was subject to strict background checks and vetting, while handing over their outstanding tasks to other Collaborators. The KPA emphasized additional benefits and encouraged these applications, billing them as becoming the "hero of their community", a path to enhanced ration options and the aforementioned prime mainstreet properties, and of course respect. All that was necessary for success, they said, was hard work.

There were drawbacks, of course. Each Liaison block was patrolled around the clock by KPA drones and foot patrols, ostensibly to protect them from crime and terrorists, but also reinforcing social control and reminding Collaborators of around the clock surveillance. They were also subject to strict limitations, such as a ban on the possession of private radio receivers to limit the spread of Resistance propaganda. Anyone possessing a radio was subject to summary arrest and detention. Furthermore, while rations were improved, they were never plenty, and Collaborators always thought twice about sharing food with the less fortunate, such as the Restricted Zone inmates.

Interactions

Over the course of Homefront: The Revolution the Resistance and even the citizens make their opinion of these "traitors" known, with Dana Moore saying once they take America back under their control the "clabs" are going to face retribution for siding with the enemy.

When the Ashgate Yellow Zone experiences a wave of citizens fighting back (brought about by Ethan Brady and the Resistance) collaborators became the target of harassment by angry mobs. At first collaborators are merely pushed down, harassed and being threatened, and at higher levels of Hearts and Minds will see them murdered out in public.

Known Collaborators

• Steven Kyle, military governor of the United States
• William Simpson, mayor of Philadelphia
• James Crawford, high ranking Liaison Officer
• Joe Olson, a supervisor

Gallery

This is apparently a modified pre-existing poster, as the top line read Long live “Theses on Socialist Education”! and the bottom one Let’s do ocean aquaculture on a large scale!