"If you see someone wearing this jacket, you should be afraid. We are a force not living for ourselves or for now. You have your stories, already making every day the past. We have the future!" —Isabelle to Al (Fear The Walking Dead Season 5)
The CRM are a major antagonist group encountered in AMCs The Walking Dead, AMCs Fear The Walking Dead and the AMC Walking Dead film series. They serve as minor antagonists in the second half of Season 8 of The Walking Dead and the first half of Season 9 and the main antagonists of the first half of Season 5 of Fear The Walking Dead and the main antagonists of the upcoming film trilogy. The group possesses one or multiple helicopters that are used as transportation to collect new survivors and search for supplies. Their whereabouts and motives are currently unknown. Their members are wearing black armor and are well equipped. Their members have maps of the United States which have marked territories.
History
It is unknown where the CRM originated from or if they possibly even existed before the zombie apocalypse. They mark people as an "A" or a "B" but is also unknown what exactly that means. They trade supplies in exchange for people which means they must have a large amount of food and water. Rick Grimes once saw the helicopter flying over him while he was going to Jadis for negotiations. After The Scavengers were slaughtered by Simon on the orders of Negan, The CRM lost interest in the Junkyard until one and a half years later Jadis proposed to bring them new people in exchange for safety. After Rick Grimes was presumed dead after blowing up a bridge to save his friends and family, he was captured by Jadis and the CRM. Six Years later, Rick is still missing and presumed dead by everyone along with hundreds if not thousands of other survivors.
The Walking Dead 8x05 Rick sees a helicopter
Trivia
- It is quite possible that the Helicopter Rick saw in the Pilot Episode was part of the CRM.
- Their symbol is a three-circled figure which can be seen on their helicopters and their maps.
- Secrecy is vital to the group. The only person who knows of their existence besides their members and captives is Althea although Negan, Morgan and Alicia have seen two their helicopters seperately and Gabriel heard Jadis talk with a CRM member via Walkie-Talkie but none of them found out about their existence.