Fortress of Unyielding Power and Authority
Names: Fortress of Unyielding Power and AuthorityFUPAthe FoopLos Santos
First appears in Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin, chapter 18 ([ 13 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 18The stronghold's name got locked as Fortress of Unyielding Power and Authority after the Sledge and changelings fought over it; Carl dubs it the FUPA.
- Ch 18The fortress's throne room must be a specific size and may be guarded but cannot contain traps or defenses.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 7 · Ch 18Herman's suicide bombing foiled
Herman the Fleet, covered in explosives and compelled by Sensation Entertainment, nearly kills Carl's group until Baroness Victory axes him and Carl stows the body in his inventory.
- Book 7 · Ch 19Carl discovers Shi Maria's attempts
In the flag room, Carl finds hundreds of suppressed notices showing Shi Maria trying to cast through him, including a Gloom Wraith Phase that could have detonated Herman's bombs.
- Book 7 · Ch 19Victory's war briefing
Baroness Victory explains the four phases of combat and the Ramp-Up rules, and reveals about 100,000 enemies massing on the northern border.
- Book 7 · Ch 27Faction Wars Phase One begins
With the ceasefire over, the base scrambles to send troops to the northern and southern fronts as enemy artillery pounds the FUPA's shield.
- Book 7 · Ch 37Assault on the Posse castle
Enemy flyers drop paratroopers, saboteurs destroy the anti-air battery and hangar, Reavers enter via a saferoom door, and worm-controlled mages kill defenders from within.
- Book 7 · Ch 37Carl kills a worm-controlled mage
Carl beats Charles Andrew to death and kills the worm Goldblum, warns the army about brain worms, and orders Tina unleashed.
- Book 7 · Ch 38Defending the castle entrance
Pinned behind shields at the castle's only entrance, Carl, Donut and the defenders pick off invisible Monkeywrenchers while worm-controlled Lonnie disables the castle's protections from the enemy lines.
- Book 7 · Ch 38Donut unleashes Tina
Kiwi refuses to let Tina fight; Carl relents, but Donut orders Tina out, rallies the troops from the castle roof, and leads a charge on the paratroopers.
- Book 7 · Ch 39Destroying the Reaver beachhead
Tina charges the cyborg paratroopers while summoned card monsters join the fight; Carl detonates their bomb automatons with Tripper, and the defenders finish them off.
- Book 7 · Ch 39Killing the last worm-controlled mage
Carl kills an invisible assassin on the barracks roof, then leaps onto the fleeing worm-controlled Lonnie; the Reaver door vanishes.
- Book 7 · Ch 39Bracing for the main assault
Reinforcements arrive as the enemy's main armored force, possibly led by Prince Stalwart, approaches the castle.
- Book 7 · Ch 69Dream battalions teleport to the FUPA
The Dream mass-teleports battalions outside the FUPA; Rosetta sends half the 105th to help Tipid defend.