The Therapocalypse

Rise To Power
The Therapocalypse was a shenanigan occurring directly after the Great Alula War. The event began after Lamplighter, having inherited control over the Refuge and Glen from Anti-Alula upon her defeat by Therapybot and the Silverist Army, abdicated the throne and ceded all power to Therapybot.

Only minutes after promising to use his power responsibly, Therapybot had instituted several widely protested reforms, the most notable of which being the Niko Cat Declaration. Opposition to this decree led to the attempted arrest of two major dissidents, Techno and Niko, but both escaped.

By this time Therapybot had completed negotiations with Commander McPants for supreme control of The Barrens(becoming the first individual to hold authority over all three regions), declared himself Lord Therapist of the Therapy Federation, and created death squads to enforce his will. He had also enlisted Alula, the new British Ambassador, to assist him in subjugating the people.

Revolution Begins
Civil unrest was, unsurprisingly, at an extreme high. While most Federation citizens obeyed Therapybot's maxim in fear of being killed(or in direct support of the federation), some were willing to risk death in order to rebel. Techno, Viper, and Trickmint came together as a team to resist Federation rule.

Revolutionary activity began as a series of bombings on Federation armories, factories, warehouses, and infrastructure. These bombings were perpetrated primarily by Trickmint. In response to this, the Federation initiated a series of captures, taking various citizens hostage and holding them prisoner in critical locations to discourage bombings. They then proceeded to blame the revolutionaries.

In order to counter this strategy, rebels shifted focus onto hostage extraction efforts. Techno, through tracking devices set up before they had fled, had acquired the coordinates of Lamplighter's holding facility and collaborated with Viper to organize a rescue. However, plans were leaked to the Federation, who ordered Alula to move the hostage into Combine custody. Viper attempted to shoot down the plane Lamplighter was being transported on, but was not successful.