Norad
Bi-national defense of North America since 1957.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a bi-national mutual defense organization in Canada and the United States.
Quick Facts
- Franchise
- System Shock
- Type
- Space station
- Setting
- Orbital space station
- Primary threat
- Cybernetic entities and SHODAN
- Atmosphere
- Isolation, corporate sterility giving way to cybernetic corruption
- Player role
- Hacker; survivor
Lore & Background
Established 12 September 1957 as the North American Air Defense Command, NORAD is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado. During World War II, Canada contacted the United States for protection from German aggression. Later, during the beginning of the Cold War, the U.S. and Canada formed a permanent military alliance.
Reader's Guide
NORAD has three regions: the Alaskan region, the Canadian region, and the American Continental region. The administrative offices are located in New Mexico and Arizona. NORAD has an alternate command center called Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado. NORAD has a total of 1,000 soldiers, personnel and military dependents.
Did You Know?
- NORAD was recommended by the Joint Canadian–U.S. Military Group in late 1956.
- The NORAD commander has always been a United States officer, with a Canadian vice commander since 1958.
- In 1965, about 250,000 United States and Canadian personnel were involved in the operation of NORAD.
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