Anton was a special forces soldier of Lucia, originally stationed at an important border military base in the European part of Lucia.
When the meteor struck, Lucia fully retracted its forces; the Asian part was mostly uninhabited anyway, so it wasn't a big deal, just evacuating the population and personnel from some secret military bases would suffice.
Lucia also abandoned many military bases in the European part, except for a few crucial functional military bases. Many that just housed troops were abandoned, and these soldiers were withdrawn to the capital's vicinity.
Anton also returned to the capital of Lucia with his unit for this reason.
His family was able to come to live in a shelter in the capital because of his military service, instead of staying in their small hometown.
However, Anton now regretted bringing his family to the capital, as the previous riots made him feel that the capital was too unsafe, especially with the current epidemic outbreak.
