The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
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Summary
Within just three episodes , The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Livehas already bid a multitude of new reveals about the CRM . Characterized thus far as the primary scoundrel ofThe Walking Deadfranchise , theCivic Republic Militaryhas cast a foresighted shadow on the various shows in its universe . Even so , The walk Dead has managed to asseverate a grade of enigma when it come to the CRM , what they want , and what their chronicle is .
The Walking Dead : The World Beyond’stwo - season story take several steps in lifting the head covering off the CRM and explaining who they are . The walk Dead : The Ones Who Livehas continue whatWorld Beyondstarted byformally introducing Major General Bealeand diving deep intowhat Rick Grimes has been up tosince Jadis hand him over to the organisation . In doing so , Rick and Michonne ’s spinoff has exposed several of the CRM ’s enigma .
10How The CRM Divides A & B Survivors In The Walking Dead
It ’s been understand for a while that the CRM sort out some survivor as As and some as Bs , and though there have been hint about the meaning of the two label , a thorough explanation was hold back untilThe walk Dead : The Ones Who Liveseries premiere . Donald Okafor , a high - rank officer in the CRM , excuse that an A is a person " willing to die for what they conceive in,“or someone capable of becoming a leader . The B identification , on the other hand , represents " quotidian people who are just try on to survive . “The CRM actively recruits Bs but either putting to death or experiment on As .
9The Civic Republic Is Still Using Dollars As Currency
InThe Walking Dead : The Ones Who Live’sopening tantrum , Jadis can be date purchasing french fries from a street vendor in Philadelphia with American money . This confirms that despite the change the CRM has made to how company works , it ’s still using the U.S. dollar as its currency . It has n’t held much note value in previous shows due to the state of the human beings , but the CRM - like the Commonwealth - has pull ahead to a point where money matters again .
8The CRM Used To Be The Pennslyvania National Guard
A chronicle example from Major General Beale confirmed thatOperation Cobalt fromThe walk Deadseason 1is like a shot related to the blood line of the CRM . As excuse early on on in the master series , the military machine conducted Operation Cobalt , which saw them launch bombs at their country ’s own cities in an effort to stop the spread of the virus . Beale claim that after the military pose waste to Atlanta and Los Angeles it sprain its attending to Philadelphia , which was being defended by what ultimately grew into the CRM , the Pennsylvania National Guard .
Okafor , then acting as a member of the Air Force , turned on its allies and dropped turkey on the military instead . With the military machine ’s forces destroyed , Philadelphia was able to survive Operation Cobalt . Okafor ’s heroic meter effectively pave the way for the Pennsylvania National Guardto transform into the CRM .
7The CRM Isn’t Aware Of A Military Force Stronger Than Them
There might be an organization strong than the CRM hiding somewhere inThe Walking Dead’suniverse , but if there is , the CRM does n’t know about it . That was confirmed by a conversation between Rick Grimes and Beale , who described the CRM as " what is likely the most powerful military on the planet . " In other language , Beale know enough about the international public to believe that there is n’t any force out there with greater manpower and imagination than them . Whether it ’s honest or not , the CRM sees itself as the strongest force in the zombie Revelation of Saint John the Divine .
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6Rick Survived For So Long Because Of A Secret Plan To “Change” The CRM
Rick ’s escape from the CRM , as shown inThe walk Dead’sending , raised an of import question : why does n’t the CRM just kill Rick ? There was no rationality to think he ’d be more of an asset than a liability . The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Liveaddressed this mystery through the instauration of Donald Okafor , who turn out to be the mortal behind Rick ’s continued presence in the franchise . As an A , Rick is n’t someone the CRM would typically welcome , but Okafor used his clout to keep Rick around , all in a game to finally place him in a position of say-so so that he can facilitate " alteration " for the better within the CRM .
5The CRM Has A 500-Year Plan To Rebuild The Walking Dead’s World
The CRM have it away that reconstruct culture is not going to be a quick process . In fact , it has a 500 - year architectural plan for its future . This was explained to Rick by Jadis during instalment 3 ’s flashback shot . agree to Jadis , the CRM intends to in full eradicate the zombie terror and " remake " civilization to something even better than it was within five centuries . Based on this timeline , the CRM does n’t exactly have any lofty ideas about fix society ; rather , it ’s take a more pragmatic and measured approach .
4Where Rick’s Cellphone In The Walking Dead Season 10 Came From
involve a walk through Philadelphia allow Michonne to receive out at first hand where Rick ’s cellphone fromThe walk Deadseason 10 came from inThe Ones Who Liveepisode 3 . She come across an artist who seemingly shares an offscreen friendship with Rick . He draws pictures on old cellphones at the request of his client and sell them . Rick described Michonne and Judith to the creative person , who drew their semblance onto one of his earpiece .
3The CRM Has A Secret Mountain Base
The CRM operate several adeptness in the current landscape of the zombie apocalypse . In add-on to its headquarters in Philadelphia , it runs a base on the United States ' west coast . Known as Cascadia Forward Operating Base , the CRM facility is hidden in the mountains . It was stated by Thorne that the drawing card of the CRM would be holding a summit there . Cascadia ’s position ontheWalking Deadmaphighlights the impressive reach of the CRM .
2The CRM Is Directly Responsible For Michonne Not Returning To Alexandria
Not only did the CRM ’s actions lead to Michonne leaving base , but they ’re also the cause why she has n’t had an opportunity to return . InThe Ones Who Liveepisode 2 , an geographic expedition ofMichonne’sWalking Deadjourney after time of year 10revealed that she and her new group were victims of a gas attempt by one of the CRM helicopters . Recovering from the long - term effects of the chlorine flatulency left Michonne unable to journey for a lengthy period . And when she did endeavor to go back home , another encounter with the CRM put her behind their wall in Philadelphia .
1The CRM Doesn’t Know Alexandria Exists - Yet
For years , there have been theories about the CRM ’s knowledge of the outside worldly concern , especially in connection to Alexandria . After all , Jadis - who lived there for a fourth dimension - is an officer at the CRM and easily could have inform them . As it turn out , Jadis has entertained the notion of revealing Alexandria ’s location and has told Rick it ’ll be exposed if anything materialise to her . But for now , at least , the CRM does n’t know Alexandria exists , which means they ’re safe for the metre being inThe walk Dead : The Ones Who survive .
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