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<div>= Lore =<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
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'''2037''' <br><br />
Britain's economy is bought out by Japan after declaring Full Bankruptcy. The two nations Royal Families marry into each other to cement the nations new unity. This leads to a a new nation being formed known as "Royal Empire of Shining Sun". The foundation of the new nation reverts itself to feudalism, with the Monarch at its head. This drastic change is grounded in the belief that the old ways were deemed failures and drastic change was needed to avoid bankruptcy. <br />
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'''2051''' <br><br />
Terraforming begins on Earth's moon Luna, first headed by Joint Anglo-Japanese Corporation known as "Weston-Yamada". Nations from around the globe will send their best and brightest families to establish colonies on the surface over the next 10 years, rapidly expanding as a flood of rare minerals are found beneath the planets surface drawing in a high demand for people seeking riches mining the surface and supporting the growing infrastructure required to maintain the mining efforts. In many ways it mirrors the Westward expansion of the United States in the 1800's, just more culturally separated as nations carve out their own slices of land. Still, things remain peaceful with no blood shed for many many years.<br />
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'''2075''' <br><br />
The American based company Thiokol-Rockwell invents the first FTL Drive. Weston-Yamada in partnership with many other engineering business as well as Thiokol-Rockwell announces their intent to build ships with this engine to colonize planets beyond the Sol solar system.<br />
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'''2089''' <br><br />
Waypoint Station begins constructed in Earth orbit as an international project with even the Soviets and Chinese participating in the effort. The station is to act as a checkpoint and hub for travel between Earth and the growing outer solar system colonies. Large cargo is still handled by individual countries in their own ways.<br />
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'''2101''' <br><br />
With the incredible growth of FTL travel colonization has expanded beyond what had been expected. To protect their interests beyond the stars many governments look to forming their own Colonial Military Forces. The first is the United States of America, taking from the best of the United States current branches The National Security Act of 2101 establishes the United States Colonial Marines as a department of the Space Force. After initial recruitment their number would total 160,000 uniformed combat personal.<br />
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'''2108''' <br><br />
In celebration of the strength and unity of communist nations on earth and their progress in forming joint colonies rivaling the UA and RESS, the Soviet Union and China along with their many puppet nations officially join together to form the Union of Progressive Peoples. This is the official statement, in reality it is a bid from the communist nations in an attempt to become relevant again and compete with UA and RESS.<br />
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'''2134''' <br><br />
Hadley's Hope colony is established on Acheron LV-426.<br />
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The Arikara-class patrol transport vessel is designed and begins manufacture for use by the USCM. 10 of these ships will be made in the next decade including the USS Almayer<br />
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'''2142''' <br><br />
Weston-Yamada start experimenting with new lifeforms. (Xenos hint, need more fluff)<br />
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'''2159''' <br><br />
The Sol Campaign is the first major interstellar fought between the colonial government of Mars secretly backed by the UPP against UA and RESS forces. The Sol War is fought to overthrow the administrative grasp on the colony. The casualties remain unaccounted for, but a good guess was placed within double digit millions. It was a huge disaster by all accounts due to outdated military doctrine and inefficient political procedures. The war was the start of an increasing tension between UA and RESS.<br />
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'''2164''' <br><br />
The Slaughter of Xibou takes place, leading to growing tensions in the colonies. USCM forces are deployed to Xibou and swiftly take down a colonial freedom fighter who was leading a colonial militia. He had convinced the colonies on the planet to declare their independence. The resulting massacre is largely covered up with official number of dead colonists tallying up to 258, when in reality thousands of non-violent civilians had been murdered. Back in the Sol systems no one notices, but this will eventually lead to the establishment of the Colonial Liberation Front.<br />
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'''2165''' <br><br />
Operation Canton is fought by the USCM against colonial secessionists attempting to join the UPP. Man power is drawn from other branches with the peak number of troops at any one time hitting 549,500 strong with over 9 million serving in total. Due to the Jungle climate and familiar danger and enemy tactics the conflict is nicknamed "Space Nam". Fighting lasted five years and ended in a cease-fire between UPP and USCM. The main site of combat, a colony with the name of Canton suffered total destruction.<br />
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'''2178''' <br><br />
USS Almayer is retrofitted. Upgrades included: sensor updates, implementation of the ARES AI system, expansion of troop capacity from 1 to 2 Platoons creating A Company, a rearrangement of the upper deck space with the addition of a Corporate Liaison Office, all engines being placed on the lower deck, new models of the UD-4 Dropship, Stocks of the M41 MK2 pulse rifle and L42 Battle Rifles.<br />
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The Almayer is redeployed to begin patrolling Corporate funded outer-rim colonies in UA space along the Anglo-Japanese boarder.<br />
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'''2190''' <br><br />
A CLF base has been identified by UA Intelligence. The USS Almayer along side one other USCM warship is dispatched to eliminate the base on a remote colony. They devised an operation dubbed [[After_Action_Report_No.55|Operation Tychon Tackle]] to destroy the CLF base with a swift and decisive strike. However, the enemy was much more prepared than they had anticipated and suffered a lot more casualties than expected. This had nearly depleted the USS Almayer's supplies with First Platoon's marines taking too many casualties, leaving Second Platoon to take on their assignments.<br />
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== Factions ==<br />
==== USCM ====<br />
The USCM is divided into three overarching branches, called the Marine Space Forces: Sol, overseeing the core colonies and earth, the largest of the three; Eridani, operating among the Chinese and American colonised arms; Herculis, going through the Anglo-Japanese arms and the outer fringes. Each branch operates independently, but all are responsible for protecting American space territory and working together in that goal. There is also a fourth group, the Reserves, which is stationed mostly on earth and serves to reinforce the other branches. They have not seen any active use yet, but who knows what the future holds.<br />
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==== UPP ====<br />
A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted saying in May 2168.<br />
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==== CLF ====<br />
The Colonial Liberation Front is a paramilitary group primarily located in the Tychon's Rift sector of United Americas space. Their stated goal is to secure the independence of all of the colonies in the Tychon's Rift sector. They are the largest and most active militant group pushing for the independence of the colonies. The United Americas government classifies the CLF as a terrorist organization, with membership in the organization or providing financial or material support for the CLF being prosecutable offenses.<br />
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==== W-Y ====<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
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==== RESS ====<br />
The Royal Empire of the Shining Sun is a powerful human empire formed in 2088 by the United Kingdom and Japan, along with several other emerging nations. Named after the two major powers that came together in royal marriage, the Empire is an economic and naval power-house in Sol. Being the first to colonize Sol on major planets such as Mars and Titan, RESS was able to become the first human state to reach beyond Sol and colonize the richest and most habitable planets. Like its predecessor of the British and Japanese Empires, RESS fields the strongest and most technological space force allowing them to rule the stars unhampered with the support of Weston-Yamada even while locked in a cold-war with the communist superpower the UPP. Notably, RESS was the foundation from which the dominant Weston-Yamada Corporation emerged, when the British Weston Corp merged with the Japanese Yamada Corporation.<br />
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<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
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Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial world, Weston-Yamada secured rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM. the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset. This has led to an increasing amount of hostility between the two factions.<br />
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Weston-Yamada has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans. They do black site protection detail, undertaking dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. The Company has refused to comment on it.<br />
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== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about, as a result of a prosperous merge of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation. This happened in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun. The two companies, each specializing in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments, attempting to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity. W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet. They started to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
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Following the colonization of the Sol System and end of the Sol Campaign, also Operation Canton. Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power player, equal to that of the other major nations in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM, where they exert their influence and power with specific officers. These officers identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored that various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS, are under the influence through bribes, by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and W-Y, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup. This tension is due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing, while attempting to support Company colonies, at the request of bribed higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and W-Y forces, which have been largely suppressed from the media, however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
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== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
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LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site. Known for exploring ancient temples, these structures have been sighted on the surface of the colony, origin unknown. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora, but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
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== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions'. Their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
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The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees, or those who have caught the eye of the superiors and been hand-picked. The superiors value abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives, for a large sum of money, despite of their moral beliefs.<br />
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Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
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Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
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==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite is the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or picked due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams, done in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities, providing friendly suppressive fire. They are the ultimate support force of the PMC teams, dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small, but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal, they are responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force, to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles, which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly, do their job, and pull back without any issues. They hold the lives of their fellow PMCs in their hands, but will show no remorse in abandoning one for the success of mission, sake of the company or a heavy sum of money.<br />
|}<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus Rift, in an effort to minimize asset loss and potentially strike at the leadership of the CLF, hopefully in the process curbing further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company. The USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests, as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has. It being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although, this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM. Fortunately, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM, but the Board have been summoned in front of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations with USCM.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial world, Weston-Yamada secured rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM. the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset. This has led to an increasing amount of hostility between the two factions.<br />
<br />
<br />
Weston-Yamada has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans. They do black site protection detail, undertaking dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. The Company has refused to comment on it.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about, as a result of a prosperous merge of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation. This happened in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun. The two companies, each specializing in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments, attempting to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity. W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet. They started to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the colonization of the Sol System and end of the Sol Campaign, also Operation Canton. Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power player, equal to that of the other major nations in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM, where they exert their influence and power with specific officers. These officers identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored that various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS, are under the influence through bribes, by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and W-Y, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup. This tension is due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing, while attempting to support Company colonies, at the request of bribed higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and W-Y forces, which have been largely suppressed from the media, however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
<br />
== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
<br />
LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site. Known for exploring ancient temples, these structures have been sighted on the surface of the colony, origin unknown. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora, but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
<br />
== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions'. Their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
<br />
<br />
The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees, or those who have caught the eye of the superiors and been hand-picked. The superiors value abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives, for a large sum of money, despite of their moral beliefs.<br />
<br />
Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
<br />
<br />
Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
<br />
==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite is the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or picked due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams, done in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities, providing friendly suppressive fire. They are the ultimate support force of the PMC teams, dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small, but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal, they are responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force, to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles, which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly, do their job, and pull back without any issues. They hold the lives of their fellow PMCs in their hands, but will show no remorse in abandoning one for the success of mission, sake of the company or a heavy sum of money. }<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus Rift, in an effort to minimize asset loss and potentially strike at the leadership of the CLF, hopefully in the process curbing further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company. The USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests, as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has. It being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although, this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM. Fortunately, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM, but the Board have been summoned in front of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations with USCM.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial world, Weston-Yamada secured rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM. the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset. This has led to an increasing amount of hostility between the two factions.<br />
<br />
<br />
Weston-Yamada has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans. They do black site protection detail, undertaking dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. The Company has refused to comment on it.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about, as a result of a prosperous merge of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation. This happened in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun. The two companies, each specializing in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments, attempting to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity. W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet. They started to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the colonization of the Sol System and end of the Sol Campaign, also Operation Canton. Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power player, equal to that of the other major nations in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM, where they exert their influence and power with specific officers. These officers identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored that various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS, are under the influence through bribes, by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and W-Y, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup. This tension is due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing, while attempting to support Company colonies, at the request of bribed higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and W-Y forces, which have been largely suppressed from the media, however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
<br />
== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
<br />
LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site. Known for exploring ancient temples, these structures have been sighted on the surface of the colony, origin unknown. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora, but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
<br />
== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions'. Their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
<br />
<br />
The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees, or those who have caught the eye of the superiors and been hand-picked. The superiors value abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives, for a large sum of money, despite of their moral beliefs.<br />
<br />
Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
<br />
<br />
Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
<br />
==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite is the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or picked due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams, done in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities, providing friendly suppressive fire. They are the ultimate support force of the PMC teams, dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small, but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal, they are responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force, to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles, which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly, do their job, and pull back without any issues. They hold the lives of their fellow PMCs in their hands, but will show no remorse in abandoning one for the success of mission, sake of the company or a heavy sum of money. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus Rift, in an effort to minimize asset loss and potentially strike at the leadership of the CLF, hopefully in the process curbing further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company. The USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests, as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has. It being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although, this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM. Fortunately, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM, but the Board have been summoned in front of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations with USCM.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial world, Weston-Yamada secured rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM. the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset. This has led to an increasing amount of hostility between the two factions.<br />
<br />
<br />
Weston-Yamada has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans. They do black site protection detail, undertaking dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. The Company has refused to comment on it.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about, as a result of a prosperous merge of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation. This happened in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun. The two companies, each specializing in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments, attempting to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity. W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet. They started to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the colonization of the Sol System and end of the Sol Campaign, also Operation Canton. Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power player, equal to that of the other major nations in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM, where they exert their influence and power with specific officers. These officers identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored that various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS, are under the influence through bribes, by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and W-Y, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup. This tension is due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing, while attempting to support Company colonies, at the request of bribed higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and W-Y forces, which have been largely suppressed from the media, however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
<br />
== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
<br />
LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site. Known for exploring ancient temples, these structures have been sighted on the surface of the colony, origin unknown. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora, but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
<br />
== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions'. Their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
<br />
<br />
The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees, or those who have caught the eye of the superiors and been hand-picked. The superiors value abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives, for a large sum of money, despite of their moral beliefs.<br />
<br />
Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
<br />
<br />
Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
<br />
==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite is the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or picked due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams, done in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities, providing friendly suppressive fire. They are the ultimate support force of the PMC teams, dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small, but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal, they are responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force, to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles, which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly, do their job, and pull back without any issues. They hold the lives of their fellow PMCs in their hands, but will show no remorse in abandoning one for the success of mission, sake of the company or a heavy sum of money. <br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus Rift, in an effort to minimize asset loss and potentially strike at the leadership of the CLF, hopefully in the process curbing further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company. The USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests, as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has. It being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although, this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM. Fortunately, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM, but the Board have been summoned in front of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations with USCM.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<hr />
<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial world, Weston-Yamada secured rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM. the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset. This has led to an increasing amount of hostility between the two factions.<br />
<br />
<br />
Weston-Yamada has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans. They do black site protection detail, undertaking dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. The Company has refused to comment on it.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about, as a result of a prosperous merge of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation. This happened in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun. The two companies, each specializing in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments, attempting to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity. W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet. They started to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the colonization of the Sol System and end of the Sol Campaign, also Operation Canton. Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power player, equal to that of the other major nations in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM, where they exert their influence and power with specific officers. These officers identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored that various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS, are under the influence through bribes, by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and W-Y, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup. This tension is due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing, while attempting to support Company colonies, at the request of bribed higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and W-Y forces, which have been largely suppressed from the media, however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
<br />
== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
<br />
LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site. Known for exploring ancient temples, these structures have been sighted on the surface of the colony, origin unknown. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora, but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
<br />
== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions' and their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
<br />
<br />
The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees and those who have caught the eye and have been hand-picked due to their superior abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives for a large sum of money regardless of their morale beliefs.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
<br />
<br />
Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
<br />
==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite it the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities providing friendly suppressive fire. They are ultimate support force of the PMC teams dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal that is responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly and do what they to do before getting out without an issue. Beneath them the lives of their PMCs lay in their hands but they will fully be willing to lay one down if it is for the sake of the company or making a heavy sum of money. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus rift in an effort to minimize asset loss and strike at the leadership of the CLF in an attempt to curb further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company, the USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has, being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM and the Board have been summoned infront of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<hr />
<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial world, Weston-Yamada secured rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM. the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset. This has led to an increasing amount of hostility between the two factions.<br />
<br />
<br />
Weston-Yamada has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans. They do black site protection detail, undertaking dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. The Company has refused to comment on it.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about, as a result of a prosperous merge of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation. This happened in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun. The two companies, each specializing in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments, attempting to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity. W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet. They started to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the colonization of the Sol System and end of the Sol Campaign, also Operation Canton. Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power player, equal to that of the other major nations in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM, where they exert their influence and power with specific officers. These officers identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored that various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS, are under the influence through bribes, by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and W-Y, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup. This tension is due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing, while attempting to support Company colonies, at the request of bribed higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and W-Y forces, which have been largely suppressed from the media, however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
<br />
== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
<br />
LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site, exploring rumored ancient temple likes structures sighted on the surface. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
<br />
== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions' and their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
<br />
<br />
The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees and those who have caught the eye and have been hand-picked due to their superior abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives for a large sum of money regardless of their morale beliefs.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
<br />
<br />
Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
<br />
==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite it the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities providing friendly suppressive fire. They are ultimate support force of the PMC teams dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal that is responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly and do what they to do before getting out without an issue. Beneath them the lives of their PMCs lay in their hands but they will fully be willing to lay one down if it is for the sake of the company or making a heavy sum of money. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus rift in an effort to minimize asset loss and strike at the leadership of the CLF in an attempt to curb further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company, the USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has, being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM and the Board have been summoned infront of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business. This includes dealing with high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. They also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial world, Weston-Yamada secured rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM. the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset. This has led to an increasing amount of hostility between the two factions.<br />
<br />
<br />
Weston-Yamada has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans. They do black site protection detail, undertaking dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. The Company has refused to comment on it.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about as a result of a prosperous merger of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun (RESS). The two companies, specializing individually in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments to attempt to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity, W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet, starting to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the colonization of the Sol System and the outbreak and end of the Sol Campaign and Operation Canton Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power equal to that of any major nation in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM where they exert their influence and power with officer's who identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS are under the influence through bribes by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and WY, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing while attempting to support Company colonies at the request of influenced higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and WY forces which have been largely suppressed from the media however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
<br />
== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
<br />
LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site, exploring rumored ancient temple likes structures sighted on the surface. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
<br />
== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions' and their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
<br />
<br />
The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees and those who have caught the eye and have been hand-picked due to their superior abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives for a large sum of money regardless of their morale beliefs.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
<br />
<br />
Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
<br />
==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite it the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities providing friendly suppressive fire. They are ultimate support force of the PMC teams dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal that is responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly and do what they to do before getting out without an issue. Beneath them the lives of their PMCs lay in their hands but they will fully be willing to lay one down if it is for the sake of the company or making a heavy sum of money. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus rift in an effort to minimize asset loss and strike at the leadership of the CLF in an attempt to curb further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company, the USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has, being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM and the Board have been summoned infront of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Designing your Future."</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada also knows as "the Company", has a wide range of business such as; high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. It also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial worlds, Weston-Yamada secured many rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM; the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset.<br />
<br />
<br />
Weston-Yamada also has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans, who do black site protection detail, undertake dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. <br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about as a result of a prosperous merger of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun (RESS). The two companies, specializing individually in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments to attempt to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity, W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet, starting to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the colonization of the Sol System and the outbreak and end of the Sol Campaign and Operation Canton Weston-Yamada quickly became a major power equal to that of any major nation in existence. Their influence runs very deep within even the USCM where they exert their influence and power with officer's who identity as pro-company interests or 'Songbirds' as they are often called. It is rumored various congressmen in the UA and parliament members in RESS are under the influence through bribes by WY who seek to utilize their militaries and economic strengths to expand their own interests. An uneasy relationship however exists between the Third Fleet and WY, notably those stationed in Tychon's Rift Sector under the Second Battlegroup due to the number of USCM vessels vanishing while attempting to support Company colonies at the request of influenced higher authorities in the military. There have also been a number of incidents involving skirmishes between USCM and WY forces which have been largely suppressed from the media however the worst was reported to have seen 43 marines and 32 PMCs dead with over a few more hundred on both sides wounded.<br />
<br />
== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
<br />
LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site, exploring rumored ancient temple likes structures sighted on the surface. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.<br />
<br />
== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. The tasks of the PMCs are never limited to one specific job and they are often deployed on 'shadow missions' and their deployment is often kept secret from the USCM to avoid conflict with the anti-corporate officers in the USCM.<br />
<br />
<br />
The recruitment process largely consists of those who have personal contacts with higher Weston-Yamada employees and those who have caught the eye and have been hand-picked due to their superior abilities in the field and willingness to obey company directives for a large sum of money regardless of their morale beliefs.<br />
<br />
<br />
Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
<br />
<br />
Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
<br />
==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| The Elite it the standard body of the PMCs. Handpicked or due to overdue favors, they are responsible for carrying out designated Weston-Yamada operations without question. Their equipment is superior to that of any national military and are organized in teams in order to effectively carry out the Company's wishes on a large scale.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| The Support Specialist are either trained or recruited due to their superior abilities providing friendly suppressive fire. They are ultimate support force of the PMC teams dispatched across company holdings in the galaxy. They are equipped with a smartgun and ensure the small but elite team can carry out their mission regardless of what fire-power they may be suppressed by.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| The Medic is the standard frontline medically trained personal that is responsible for the well-being of all PMC team members during an assigned mission. Their task is to ensure the team is in perfect health to carry out their job effectively and with the least casualties to prevent a unneeded loss of money.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| The Elite Responder is the hard-hitting force of the PMC Force. They are the ultimate weapon when faced with a superior force to ensure the team can move in and perform their duty without fail. They are often equipped with powerful Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles which can easily kill any soldier, civilian, or politician in a single shot and will show no remorse or hesitation in doing so.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| The Team Leader is in charge of the effectiveness and ensuring a mission success for the PMC Forces. They are the ultimate leaders and experts in how to move in quickly and do what they to do before getting out without an issue. Beneath them the lives of their PMCs lay in their hands but they will fully be willing to lay one down if it is for the sake of the company or making a heavy sum of money. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus rift in an effort to minimize asset loss and strike at the leadership of the CLF in an attempt to curb further insurrection.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company, the USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has, being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM and the Board have been summoned infront of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<div>= The Third Fleet =<br />
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|stafftype = COMMAND<br />
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|img = Commander.png<br />
|jobtitle = Commanding Officer<br />
|difficulty = Very Hard<br />
|rank = Captain / Commodore ( CO Council )<br />
|superior = [[Marine Law]], USCM High Command<br />
|unlock = [https://cm-ss13.com/forums/forms.php?do=form&fid=3 Commanding Officer Whitelist].<br />
|duties = Lead your small battalion and complete the mission.<br />
|guides = [[Leadership]] ; [[Marine Law]]<br />
|description = Your job is HEAVY ROLEPLAY and requires you to stay IN CHARACTER at all times.<br>While you support the Company, you report to the USCM High Command, not the corporate office.<br>Your primary task is the safety of the ship and her crew, and ensuring the survival and the success of the marines.<br>Your first order of buisness should be briefing the marines on the mission they are about to undertake.<br>If you require any help, use adminhelp to talk to game staff about what you're suppposed to do.<br>Godspeed, Captain !<br />
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''"How many drops is this for you, Lieutenant?"''<br />
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''"Thirty-eight. Simulated."''<br />
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''"How many combat drops?"''<br />
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''"Uh, two... Including this one."''<br />
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― Ripley, Lt. Gorman and Pvt. Vasquez, ''Aliens''<br />
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No army operates without good leadership, an army without a chain-of-command is a defeated army, it's your job and duty to represent the United Americas Allied Command and cooperate with the Company to solve the situation down in the planet.<br />
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The Commanding Officer is held in higher standard from all the crew of Almayer and expected to have the most top responsibilities from all other marines, because of this reason, the role is currently '''whitelisted''', click [https://cm-ss13.com/forums/forms.php?do=form&fid=3 here] to go to the whitelist form.<br />
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*'''Note: Once your CO whitelist application gets accepted, you will be given the rank of Captain. All CO council members will be given the rank of Commodore, which has no In-game benefits. Every rank above Commodore, will appear only in events with Admin spawn, available for any player that holds the CO whitelist.'''<br />
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=Your Mission=<br />
You are the '''Commanding Officer''' of the [[USS Almayer]] where you have been tasked with a mission to investigate an automatic distress call from the Weston-Yamada's Colony - Big Red planet or another map that you're playing. Your mission is '''to command the Marines to conduct a Search and Rescue (S.A.R) or a simple investigation on what has happened to the facility'''. Your ship contains a platoon of 4 squads of marines and the ship's crew (including the [[Military Police|MPs]], [[Staff Officer|Staff Officers]] and so on) which makes up five squads. Your sole objective of this mission is '''to find out what happened''', '''deal with the situation''', '''possibly evacuate any ground personnel and go home with minimal loses'''. The lives of your platoon rest on your decisions and abilities as the commanding officer of the ship to succeed in this mission. You will also be responsible for the lives of the men and women that fall under your command.<br />
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'''Note: If you are going to deploy, make sure you tell the next in line of command that he will be the aCO either via Comms, such as Command comms or by speaking directly to the person.'''<br />
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You will also need to brief the marines on what they will be doing as in for example: "Marines, we have received a distress call from the research facility '''Solaris Ridge''' where we have been dispatched to investigate." (This is just an example of what a Commanding Officer could say, and after that, you can assign objectives for each squad). How you want this mission to go is entirely up to you to complete the mission.<br />
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As the Commanding Officer of the mission, you are to be in RP at all times from briefing the marines to ordering squads around. '''Don't act like an idiot!''' You will be held responsible for the failure of the mission if it turns south. You will possibly be demoted if you haven't met acceptable standards. Think carefully about your decisions.<br />
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In the event that you leave the ship to oversee ground operations or otherwise, it is important to know who you will be leaving in charge. They will be following the [[Rank#Succession.2FChain_of_Command|Chain of Command]] on who ever oversees ship side duties.<br />
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'''Note:''' Do not commit suicide without a valid RP reason; otherwise you may end with a command job ban. If you are unsure about your RP reason for suicide, you can ahelp any of the staff online to make sure you won't be job banned for it.<br />
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=Your Tools=<br />
You can only go planetside and be part of the ground operation, provided you leave the [[Executive Officer]] in charge of the Almayer. That's '''EXTREMELY''' not recommended, however, since you are more useful on the Almayer for everybody - including you. <br />
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The Commanding Officer, for deployment, in case of no Executive Officer or Death of the same, can deploy if someone on the rank of Lieutenant or above is capable of taking over while maintaining his duties while on CIC, that list includes Staff Officers, Chief Engineer, Requisitions Officer, Chief of the Military Police, however, Staff Officers are '''always preferable''' over a departament head of staff since they are already there. <br />
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If the Department head selected has no other personnel on his departament, he is not elegible for taking the rank of acting commanding officer of the operation. IE.: Requisitions Officer without Cargo Technicians cannot take acting command.<br />
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As Commanding Officer, your most significant tools are not weapons and grenades, but the leadership and all military structure under your command:<br />
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*'''The Command staff''': These are the direct successors of the command if you are away and have the primary mission of helping the squads down below. They operate by using the overwatch consoles to support the squads and by micromanaging them so you won't have to concentrate on four squads at the same time<br />
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* '''The Marine Platoon''': you have four squads under your command, each formed by 1 '''[[Squad Leader]]''', 2 to 4 '''[[Squad Medic|Squad Medics]]''', 2 to 4 '''[[Squad Engineer|Squad Engineers]]''', 1 '''[[Squad Smartgunner]]''', 1 well equipped '''[[Specialist|Squad Specialists]]''' and endless waves made from fresh reinforcements of redshirts, erm... '''[[Standard Marine|Standard Marines]]'''. In the course of the operation, you have contact with them, give orders to them (but give them to the Squad Leader first) and generally maintain order, structure, and discipline of the Marines. They were trained for a long time to be the representation of your wrath on the battlefield, so manage as if they were your own pieces in a chess game.<br />
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*'''The Military Police''': A handful of '''[[Military Police]]''' and their leader, the '''[[Chief MP]]''' that answer directly to you. They are here to hunt anyone that breaks the [[Marine Law]]. Use them to make sure Marines don't get unruly on the Almayer.<br />
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*'''Medical staff''': Since they are civilians, they don't receive orders from you, although they should listen. They are led by a '''[[Chief Medical Officer]]''' and composed of '''[[Doctor|Doctors]]'''. It's recommended you let them be autonomous for roleplay and gameplay reasons since that micromanagement can make their job worse than it is. '''[[Researcher]]''' is also medical, make sure to provide them resources and ask them for exciting new experimental medicine for your squad medics.<br />
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*'''Engineering''': The shipside engineers' primary concern will be fabricating custom explosives for your grunts, squad engineers and squad specialists, loading the Orbital Bombardment Cannon, then fixing any broken thing on Almayer. It's important to note that you can authorize the '''[[Ordnance Technician]]''' to go down planetside to assist in the construction of the FOB and/or the distribution of their custom explosives should it be absolutely necessary, but make sure they are not needed in the Ordnance Workshop to fill in any pending custom explosives orders first. They are more valuable to you keeping the production line in their workshop running than exposing themselves to needless danger.<br />
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*'''Supply''': Supply is an important part of the Almayer. They provide weapons, equipment, supplies, medicine, chemicals for your Ordnance Technicians, and ammo for your ship and marines. You should always have direct contact with the '''[[Requisitions Officer]]''' to coordinate supply drops and what to order. Make sure to be explicit and direct on what you order and for which squads.<br />
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*'''Synthetic''': A stronger version of a human made from silicone and science, they're programmed to assist the Almayer in various supporting tasks and are not meant for combat situations. Remember, they completely understand Marine Law and never break it, so as long as your orders do not conflict with Marine Law, (or the rules) they will be followed through.<br />
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*'''The Vehicle Crew''': One of the most versatile assets fielded by the USCM, if only authorized. Having competent '''[[Vehicle_Crewman|Vehicle Crewman]]''' can turn the tide of any battle. The Light Tank, although not capable of taking too much punishment, can aid your efforts greatly as a mobile direct fire support platform. The APC, depending on the module outfitted, can transport small, crack strike teams to critical locations quickly, evacuate casualties from the frontline and even restore them to full fighting condition without ever needing to return to the Almayer medbay or provide frontline overwatch for a single squad and offer light direct fire support.<br />
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You also have the incredibly useful '''communications console''', with the various abilities of:<br />
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*'''Making a general announcement''': a general announcement will be heard by ALL Marines (but not xenomorphs, survivors, W-Y PMCs, UPP or anyone else). It's highly useful for making sure all marines are aware of any updated orders and the general situation of the battle, aka whether or not an area has been lost or gained.<br />
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*'''Sending a message to USCM High Command''': Even the boss has a boss. Sometimes in times of need, you need to contact the High Command to ask for their support or to inform them of something important.<br />
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*'''Send a distress signal''': Sending a signal will spawn a crew of [[Responders]] or an infected pod full of xenomorphs composed by dead players - useful for when you need help defending the ship and want to call those dead players back to the action.<br />
'''Mutually exclusive with activating Self-Destruct'''<br />
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*'''Setting Primary Landing Zone''': Allows you to select a primary landing zone, if one isn't chosen 25 minutes into the round the primary LZ is defaulted as LZ one. Setting a primary landing zone means that the other landing zone computer cannot be used by the OPFOR, an example is choosing LZ one as the primary means that LZ two's computer will be disabled for use.<br />
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*'''Initiate the Almayer's escape pods''': When everything goes haywire, you can always use this option to attempt to preserve the lives of your Marines and escape like a coward. The escape pods will take 10 minutes to launch. Note that you can only occupy three people inside the pod; otherwise the pod's thrusters will blow up due to overload capacity.<br />
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*'''Activate the Almayer's Self-Destruct Mechanism''': One can activate the Self-Destruct System if all seems lost and there are aliens aboard. Every 10 minutes, a safety rod will pop up and can be activated. After activating all 6 rods, one must go to the Self-Destruct Control Panel and can detonate the entire ship if they think the mission is lost. Remember to build defenses around and inside the SD room to have a better chance of detonating the ship. <br />
'''Mutually exclusive with sending a distress signal'''.<br />
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*'''Award Medal''': Commanding Officers (and ONLY Commanding Officers) can award medals for various marines through their heroic acts. See [[Commanding Officer#Medals|below]] for more information.<br />
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==Supply Drops and Orbital Bombardment==<br />
Please refer to [[Staff_Officer#Supply_Drop_and_Orbital_Bombardment|Supply Drops]] in the Staff Officer section.<br />
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== Your Actual Tools == <br />
As the Commanding Officer, you have access to a few unique items. While you should always be leading from the Almayer, however, there may be circumstances where you may need to lead the Marines from the front, either on the colony or on the Almayer itself.<br />
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You spawn with a special issue '''[[Marine_Equipment#Mateba Autorevolver Special|Mateba]]''', an extremely powerful auto-revolver that can dish out massive damage, it's powerful enough to knock a Human off of their feet, which is normally used for Battlefield Executions. You also have access to a '''[[Marine_Equipment#Whistle|Whistle]]''' for coordinating the marines and a special prototype weapon the, '''[[Marine_Equipment#M46C Pulse Rifle|M46C Pulse Rifle]]''' which can be found in the command armory. Additionally you have your '''[[Marine_Equipment#Command Tablet|Command Tablet]]''' which is a portable communication console on the go. It can be found in your bathroom. Finally, you spawn with binoculars, for long-range recon.<br />
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=How to Lead=<br />
Now that the Commanding Officer is a whitelisted role, some basic things don't need to be said anymore. '''Don't go AFK, don't be a super-dictator.''' As a fresh CO, there are some things you need to keep in mind. One, you might be called the Commanding Officer, but you're more suited for the title coordinator. Don't see your SLs and SOs as pawns, but rather valuable tools (that sometimes talk back to you) who have a mind of their own. With this in mind, you'll have two overarching leadership styles:<br />
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One, being a gentle guiding hand for the marines. This involves giving your squads and SOs some leeway to perform what they think is best, as they're the ones on the ground so they'll know a little bit better than you will. This, in essence, is being firm; but polite, as no marine respects a Commanding Officer who is excessively strict and hostile towards them. If you're going to go this way, I would suggest giving the two chattiest/competent squads semi-autonomy objectives, whereas the less chatty/competent squads are given things such as FoB or Power duty.<br />
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Two, be a dictatorlike Commanding Officer who is incredibly strict and stomps dissent with his Military Police. This works exceptionally well if you have compliant and quiet squads who won't be likely to oppose you. You'll want to threaten no support, brig times, and other horrible things in the hopes of getting your marines to follow your orders. With this kind of control scheme, you'll be wanting to have no autonomy for your marines and be continually giving them orders, or they'll stop listening to you. '''As a note, this can and will result in a disastrous mutiny that will get BOTH sides killed. Be warned.'''<br />
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Here are some things you'll want not to do when you're a Commanding Officer, lest a mutiny happens or the marines flat out ignore you:<br />
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* The Commanding Officer stays silent or won't talk over the console or radio.<br />
* The Commanding Officer leaves the bridge or walks around the ship without good reason.<br />
* The Commanding Officer doesn't give the briefing or delays deployment for no good reason.<br />
* The Commanding Officer provides wack-a-doodle or different orders.<br />
* The Commanding Officer insults the lower ranks regularly or expresses contempt.<br />
* The Commanding Officer insults Marines who die in battle.<br />
* The Commanding Officer refuses to acknowledge suggestions.<br />
* The Commanding Officer orders any lower rank who disagrees or criticizes them to cease talking.<br />
* The Commanding Officer refuses any responsibility for failures.<br />
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''If you as a player see a Commanding Officer checking off most of this box, alert staff via an "Ahelp" as this will allow them to take action if needed, and if it's severe enough they might be taken off the whitelist.''<br />
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=Mutinies=<br />
'''Mutinies''' can happen for many reasons, but it's mostly due to the marines not liking something you did. Expect there to be a mutiny because you didn't hand out a particular drug, didn't call up the shuttle instantly or they will simply blame you for the operation failure. Whatever the case may be, you have two options of handling it. Conceding to their demands and stepping down, or fighting them off - with lethals or not. If you decide to fight fire with fire, remember that the Military Police will always be on your side, unless High Command (Admins) grants them permission to overthrow you from Command.<br />
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Taking on the mutiny head-on can be scary at first, but remember that you've got an always loyal crew of MPs and possibly bridge staff, and an easily defendable location. You'll be able to funnel them in and hopefully tazer them down, arresting them in progress. If it comes to guns, you'll be ready to fight them off if the mutiny is relatively small. Make sure to announce over the command system that a mutiny is happening, and for any free marines on the Almayer to assist. You'll have plenty of loyalists ready to die for you and the Corps.<br />
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Of course, the best course of action is to prevent the mutiny outright. Make sure you treat your marines right, and they'll treat you right.<br />
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=Abilities: Orders=<br />
{{Issue-Orders}}<br />
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=Medals=<br />
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To show that a member of the Almayer's crew has gone above and beyond during the mission you can log into the communications computer and use it to submit an award. This award then appears after the round, and it will also print-out an actual award that can be pinned onto the deserving players. Note that abusing the system or making tons of fake awards will result in removal from Commanding Officer whitelist.<br />
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'''<big>Medal System</big>'''<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! Medal Name !! Medal Sprite !! When is it Awarded !! Example<br />
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| Medal Of Valor || [[File:medal of valor.PNG|500px]] || A silver medal awarded for acts of exceptional valor. Normally given to those who outstand themselves from the ranks, either it be in Leadership skills or actions crucial to the mission success. || For actions above and beyond the call of duty, and exhibiting exceptional courage, extraordinary decisiveness and presence of mind, or an unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his or her personal safety, in an attempt to save and protect human life against a hostile, boarding alien force. <br />
Issued by Cpt. Devereaux 8/25/2186. USS Almayer; 2nd Battalion "Falling Falcons", 4th Brigade, 4th United States Colonial Marine Division..<br />
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| Medal of Distinguished Conduct || [[File:medal of distinguished Conduct.PNG|500px]] || A bronze medal awarded for distinguished conduct. Whilst a great honor, this is the most basic award given by the USCM. || For distinguished, gallant and good conduct in the field. <br />
Issued by Cpt. Devereaux 8/25/2186. USS Almayer; 2nd Battalion “Falling Falcons”, 4th Brigade, 4th United States Colonial Marine Division.<br />
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| Medal of Exceptional Heroism || [[File:medal of exceptional heroism.PNG|500px]] || An extremely rare golden medal awarded only by the USCM. To recieve such a medal is the highest honor and as such, very few exist. || For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their life above and beyond the call of duty against an opposing force. Normally received for actions that surpass the Call of Duty.<br />
Issued by Cpt. Devereaux 8/25/2186. USS Almayer; 2nd Battalion “Falling Falcons”, 4th Brigade, 4th United States Colonial Marine Division.<br />
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| Bronze Heart Medal || [[File:bronze heart medal.PNG|500px]] || A bronze heart-shaped medal awarded for sacrifice. It is often awarded posthumously or for severe injury in the line of duty. || <br />
Awarded for being wounded or killed while serving with the United States Colonial Marines on Solaris Ridge in the name of the U.S President or U.A Security Council on or after April 1st, 2101. <br />
Issued by Cpt. Devereaux 8/25/2186. USS Almayer; 2nd Battalion “Falling Falcons”, 4th Brigade, 4th United States Colonial Marine Division.<br />
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<small>Credits to: Vispain (Cassius 'Santa' Klaus), Greg Lauffer (Snooper44), and Enyonggg (Cha Jin-Wook) </small><br /><br />
<small>Edited by Moderator Hunk1 (Jason 'Goliath' Williams) in order to add official ruling approved by Commanding Officer's Council.</small><br />
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=Your Skillset=<br />
[[File:CO_skill_set.png]]<br />
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To find out about how the skill system works head over to the [http://cm-ss13.com/wiki/The_Skill_System skills system page].<br />
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=The Third Fleet=<br />
[[The Third Fleet|The Third Fleet]]<br />
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=Sources and Reading=<br />
* [http://cm-ss13.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=4631 Marine Combat Guide (General Tactics and Strategies)]<br />
* [http://cm-ss13.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=11342 Commanding Officer Discussion Thread (Tactics, tips, and tricks)]<br />
*[https://cm-ss13.com/wiki/CO_Council_Rulings Commanding Officer Council Rulings and Clarifications]<br />
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'''Congratulations, your CO Application has been accepted and you will be able to RP as a Commanding Officer. Remember that you may and are even encouraged to try out new tactics, to improve the gameplay of everyone under your Command. Listen to your fellow Captains and Commodores as they will help you with your first steps. '''<br />
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'''Good luck Commanding Officer, you'll need it.'''</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=HEFA&diff=15390HEFA2020-06-20T12:24:26Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= HEFA Knights =<br />
[[File:HEFA_Patch.png|300px|right|thumb]]<br />
The Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade (also known as the HEFA Knights, the Knights of HEFA, and or the HEFA Order), is a religious cult that is actively opposed to the United Americas and the Union of Progressive Peoples. The Order's operations are loosely coordinated between two cell types, a 'temple' group, acting as a dispatch and administration center, and a 'shard' or more traditionally described splinter that actually carries out the strike. It is believed that all HEFA Knight 'temple' cells operate out of the derelict Kerchner 2155 Horn Nebula mining expedition way-stations due to their proximity to supply lanes leading to Tychon's Rift and other frontier sectors. The group is classified as an intergalactic terrorist organization by both the UPP, and UA.<br />
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HEFA Knight members or Shrapnelsworn, are devoted to the worship of the M40 High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade, viewing the object as a divine gift from an unknown benefactor that has influenced humanity. Order members are trained to have no regard for their personal safety. To die in battle is to die gloriously, and to solidify one's devotion to the HEFA hand grenade.<br />
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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== History ==<br />
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What would become the Holy Order of the HEFA hand grenade was founded in 2163 in the midst of the Tietsin Campaign. The founding members, LCPL. Arnold Clearsmire and PFC. Luke Schmiddt both served under SSgt. Maxime Watkins as the Rifle Team for 2nd squad, Section A in the Echo platoon, 1st company, 5th battalion, within the USCM 2nd Fleet. The third founding member, CPL. Diego Perez, was a smartgunner from Section B, 1st Squad Gun team of the same platoon. It is believed PFC. Luke Schmiddt was the first to propose the idea that the HEFA grenade would determine 'sinners' out of the group it was detonated in. The group is purported to have used this technique on civilians to identify CLF members. After various “successful” uses of this man.<br />
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Echo platoon went missing in the early months of 2163 after cooking off the munitions depot they were assigned to. It is believed CPL. Diego Perez, previously a preacher before enlisting, was a critical component in the foundation of the group. The platoon was declared MIA officially in May of 2163. As the campaign came to a close, Echo Platoon was chalked up to be for all intents permanently missing in action. Post war investigations into the sector where the group supposedly operated revealed nothing more than the aforementioned UD-4 dropships, but no platoon.<br />
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In 2174 Luke Schmiddt, Diego Perez three other members of the original Echo platoon, and four unidentified radicalized civilians reappeared in United American space and hijacked a Kerchner Company tow barge and the starport construction platform it was hauling.<br />
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After a high profile munitions raid on a USCM supply depot in 2180, Arnold Clearsmire claims responsibility on behalf of “Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade” in a holo-vid. Shortly after, the Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade officially is recognized as a terrorist organization by the United Americas, followed by the Union of Progressive Peoples in 2181.<br />
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In 2184 a group of persons wielding crudely constructed plate and Kevlar armor and explosive helmets engage in a suicide-assault on a USCM listening station in the outer rim. The attack is also claimed by the HEFA Order.<br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
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![[File:HEFA_Knight_Melee.png]]<br>Shrapnelsworn <br />
|Brother's armed specially with the power of HEFA to which they will use to punish all heretics with. They carry as much HEFA as they can via their pockets, and bags. They also come armed with a HEFA sword that works like a Lunge mine, but with a HEFA explosion.<br />
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![[File:HEFA_Knights.png]]<br>Grandmaster<br />
|A Brother who has been Chosen by the Order for their devotion and skill with HEFA to use an M92 Grenade Launcher, and lead their fellow brethern into glorious combat with those who dare challenge HEFA's greatness in combat. Alongside the GL, they come armed with the same equipment that other HEFA knights Carry.<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=HEFA&diff=15389HEFA2020-06-20T12:24:17Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= HEFA Knights =<br />
[[File:HEFA_Patch.png|300px|right|thumb]]<br />
The Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade (also known as the HEFA Knights, the Knights of HEFA, and or the HEFA Order), is a religious cult that is actively opposed to the United Americas and the Union of Progressive Peoples. The Order's operations are loosely coordinated between two cell types, a 'temple' group, acting as a dispatch and administration center, and a 'shard' or more traditionally described splinter that actually carries out the strike. It is believed that all HEFA Knight 'temple' cells operate out of the derelict Kerchner 2155 Horn Nebula mining expedition way-stations due to their proximity to supply lanes leading to Tychon's Rift and other frontier sectors. The group is classified as an intergalactic terrorist organization by both the UPP, and UA.<br />
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HEFA Knight members or Shrapnelsworn, are devoted to the worship of the M40 High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade, viewing the object as a divine gift from an unknown benefactor that has influenced humanity. Order members are trained to have no regard for their personal safety. To die in battle is to die gloriously, and to solidify one's devotion to the HEFA hand grenade.<br />
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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== History ==<br />
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What would become the Holy Order of the HEFA hand grenade was founded in 2163 in the midst of the Tietsin Campaign. The founding members, LCPL. Arnold Clearsmire and PFC. Luke Schmiddt both served under SSgt. Maxime Watkins as the Rifle Team for 2nd squad, Section A in the Echo platoon, 1st company, 5th battalion, within the USCM 2nd Fleet. The third founding member, CPL. Diego Perez, was a smartgunner from Section B, 1st Squad Gun team of the same platoon. It is believed PFC. Luke Schmiddt was the first to propose the idea that the HEFA grenade would determine 'sinners' out of the group it was detonated in. The group is purported to have used this technique on civilians to identify CLF members. After various “successful” uses of this man.<br />
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Echo platoon went missing in the early months of 2163 after cooking off the munitions depot they were assigned to. It is believed CPL. Diego Perez, previously a preacher before enlisting, was a critical component in the foundation of the group. The platoon was declared MIA officially in May of 2163. As the campaign came to a close, Echo Platoon was chalked up to be for all intents permanently missing in action. Post war investigations into the sector where the group supposedly operated revealed nothing more than the aforementioned UD-4 dropships, but no platoon.<br />
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In 2174 Luke Schmiddt, Diego Perez three other members of the original Echo platoon, and four unidentified radicalized civilians reappeared in United American space and hijacked a Kerchner Company tow barge and the starport construction platform it was hauling.<br />
<br />
<br />
After a high profile munitions raid on a USCM supply depot in 2180, Arnold Clearsmire claims responsibility on behalf of “Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade” in a holo-vid. Shortly after, the Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade officially is recognized as a terrorist organization by the United Americas, followed by the Union of Progressive Peoples in 2181.<br />
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In 2184 a group of persons wielding crudely constructed plate and Kevlar armor and explosive helmets engage in a suicide-assault on a USCM listening station in the outer rim. The attack is also claimed by the HEFA Order.<br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:HEFA_Knight_Melee.png]]<br>Shrapnelsworn <br />
|Brother's armed specially with the power of HEFA to which they will use to punish all heretics with. They carry as much HEFA as they can via their pockets, and bags. They also come armed with a HEFA sword that works like a Lunge mine, but with a HEFA explosion.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:HEFA_Knights.png]]<br>Grandmaster<br />
|A Brother who has been Chosen by the Order for their devotion and skill with HEFA to use an M92 Grenade Launcher, and lead their fellow brethern into glorious combat with those who dare challenge HEFA's greatness in combat. Alongside the GL, they come armed with the same equipment that other HEFA knights Carry.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= HEFA Knights =<br />
[[File:HEFA_Patch.png|300px|right|thumb]]<br />
The Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade (also known as the HEFA Knights, the Knights of HEFA, and or the HEFA Order), is a religious cult that is actively opposed to the United Americas and the Union of Progressive Peoples. The Order's operations are loosely coordinated between two cell types, a 'temple' group, acting as a dispatch and administration center, and a 'shard' or more traditionally described splinter that actually carries out the strike. It is believed that all HEFA Knight 'temple' cells operate out of the derelict Kerchner 2155 Horn Nebula mining expedition way-stations due to their proximity to supply lanes leading to Tychon's Rift and other frontier sectors. The group is classified as an intergalactic terrorist organization by both the UPP, and UA.<br />
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HEFA Knight members or Shrapnelsworn, are devoted to the worship of the M40 High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade, viewing the object as a divine gift from an unknown benefactor that has influenced humanity. Order members are trained to have no regard for their personal safety. To die in battle is to die gloriously, and to solidify one's devotion to the HEFA hand grenade.<br />
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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== History ==<br />
<br />
What would become the Holy Order of the HEFA hand grenade was founded in 2163 in the midst of the Tietsin Campaign. The founding members, LCPL. Arnold Clearsmire and PFC. Luke Schmiddt both served under SSgt. Maxime Watkins as the Rifle Team for 2nd squad, Section A in the Echo platoon, 1st company, 5th battalion, within the USCM 2nd Fleet. The third founding member, CPL. Diego Perez, was a smartgunner from Section B, 1st Squad Gun team of the same platoon. It is believed PFC. Luke Schmiddt was the first to propose the idea that the HEFA grenade would determine 'sinners' out of the group it was detonated in. The group is purported to have used this technique on civilians to identify CLF members. After various “successful” uses of this man<br />
<br />
Echo platoon went missing in the early months of 2163 after cooking off the munitions depot they were assigned to. It is believed CPL. Diego Perez, previously a preacher before enlisting, was a critical component in the foundation of the group. The platoon was declared MIA officially in May of 2163.<br />
<br />
As the campaign came to a close, Echo Platoon was chalked up to be for all intents permanently missing in action. Post war investigations into the sector where the group supposedly operated revealed nothing more than the aforementioned UD-4 dropships, but no platoon.<br />
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In 2174 Luke Schmiddt, Diego Perez three other members of the original Echo platoon, and four unidentified radicalized civilians reappeared in United American space and hijacked a Kerchner Company tow barge and the starport construction platform it was hauling.<br />
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After a high profile munitions raid on a USCM supply depot in 2180, Arnold Clearsmire claims responsibility on behalf of “Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade” in a holo-vid. Shortly after, the Holy Order of the High-Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel hand grenade officially is recognized as a terrorist organization by the United Americas, followed by the Union of Progressive Peoples in 2181.<br />
<br />
In 2184 a group of persons wielding crudely constructed plate and Kevlar armor and explosive helmets engage in a suicide-assault on a USCM listening station in the outer rim. The attack is also claimed by the HEFA Order.<br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:HEFA_Knight_Melee.png]]<br>Shrapnelsworn <br />
|Brother's armed specially with the power of HEFA to which they will use to punish all heretics with. They carry as much HEFA as they can via their pockets, and bags. They also come armed with a HEFA sword that works like a Lunge mine, but with a HEFA explosion.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:HEFA_Knights.png]]<br>Grandmaster<br />
|A Brother who has been Chosen by the Order for their devotion and skill with HEFA to use an M92 Grenade Launcher, and lead their fellow brethern into glorious combat with those who dare challenge HEFA's greatness in combat. Alongside the GL, they come armed with the same equipment that other HEFA knights Carry.<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Freelancers =<br />
???<br />
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== History ==<br />
<br />
Though mercenaries have been active throughout human history, many work either by themselves or for the PMCs Weston-Yamad employs. One such man, known as “Python” was the leader of a small but noticeable band of guns for hire. These mercenaries slowly gathered more and more recruits as demand for their services increased. This necessitated the official formation of the “Freelancers guild” to manage the increase in demand.<br />
The Freelancers guild or the Freelance Mercenaries officially formed during the later years of the colonisation efforts that spanned the known galaxy. Some viewed them as nothing more than a cheaper and worse alternative to security forces, like the USCM and other security firms. Other colonists saw them as the better option due to their availability to protect them, for a modest price.<br />
<br />
<br />
Their central base of operations is an old retrofitted mining asteroid located between the UA and RESS border nicknamed “Inner Sanctuary” due to being just outside the legal reach of the law. It is also where they train their mercenaries. Usually where there’s a colony in the outer rim, there’s a small Freelancer outpost, in which the mercenaries are stationed. In the Tychon’s Rift Sector, they operate the Irkala Station, a trading hub for commerce and a base of operations to send out Freelancers for assignments. Since the Dust Raiders left the system quite some time ago, they’ve received a lot more demand for their services and they are quite keen to supply them with protection for the right price.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Equipment and Training ==<br />
The Freelancer mercenaries are a mixed bag when it comes to general competence and equipment. Some are either eager colonists that want to seek adventure among the stars, while others see it as an opportunity to get out of their current situation, whether it is to pay off debts or just down on their luck. When contracted into the Freelancers guild, they’re issued a uniform and a surprisingly well crafted armour set almost rivaling the protection of lesser militaries. The firearms are reliable for their troubles, even considering the age of them. They have to pay off the equipment during the course of their contract. Some prefer to bring their own equipment, which usually consists of personal weapons and or attachments.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Freelancers are trained by retired instructors from various militaries around the galaxy. They aren’t as disciplined as normal bootcamp grunts since their main motivation is the price rather than pride of service. Their firearms prowess on the other hand is similar to the soldiers fresh out of bootcamp. The Freelance unit leaders are trained by the Lieutenants of Python. They receive much more diverse training in both leadership and first aid to properly lead the Freelancers they’re assigned to.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Elite Department ==<br />
The Freelancer guild employs mercenaries to conduct security, funding their operations. They also have a mining and salvage operation to further increase their funding. This is mostly kept as another part of the guild, so they do employ a more professional and elite mercenary group in the mining and salvage operations for “protection”. This group is far better trained and equipped, than the bog standard Freelancers that are contracted into service. They could even rival the infamous PMCs that Weston-Yamada owns. Yet such notions are rather speculative, for now.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
After the loss of the Dust Raiders in Tychons Rift Sector. The Freelancers saw this as a prime opportunity to commandeer the munitions and supplies from the now abandoned USCM bases in the sector. They scavenged through the outposts taking anything they could find. Though the Dust Raiders did manage to relocate most of their supplies back to their ship, they did have to scuttle a good portion of their munitions that they couldn’t bring back. Luckily for the Freelancers and other interested parties, they stumbled upon small supply caches the Dust Raiders failed to destroy. This gave them access to more modern firearms of the time, which also allowed them to sell USCM weapons on the blackmarket to deepen their pockets.<br />
<br />
== Ranks ==<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:Merc_Standard.png]]<br>Standard<br />
|Bog standard mercenary. Decently equipped and willing to fight for the right price. <br />
|-<br />
![[File:Merc_Medic.png]]<br>Medic<br />
|Equipped with standard issue medical supplies, the job of mercenary medics is to ensure the other mercenaries as well are fit to fight. So long as they're paid with medical care, but that's taken care of.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:Merc_Leader.png]]<br>Leader<br />
|The leader's job is to command the squad, lead them to victory (or defeat), and negotiate payment. <br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Freelancers =<br />
[[File:upp-portait2.png|300px|right|thumb]]<br />
???<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Though mercenaries have been active throughout human history, many work either by themselves or for the PMCs Weston-Yamad employs. One such man, known as “Python” was the leader of a small but noticeable band of guns for hire. These mercenaries slowly gathered more and more recruits as demand for their services increased. This necessitated the official formation of the “Freelancers guild” to manage the increase in demand.<br />
The Freelancers guild or the Freelance Mercenaries officially formed during the later years of the colonisation efforts that spanned the known galaxy. Some viewed them as nothing more than a cheaper and worse alternative to security forces, like the USCM and other security firms. Other colonists saw them as the better option due to their availability to protect them, for a modest price.<br />
<br />
<br />
Their central base of operations is an old retrofitted mining asteroid located between the UA and RESS border nicknamed “Inner Sanctuary” due to being just outside the legal reach of the law. It is also where they train their mercenaries. Usually where there’s a colony in the outer rim, there’s a small Freelancer outpost, in which the mercenaries are stationed. In the Tychon’s Rift Sector, they operate the Irkala Station, a trading hub for commerce and a base of operations to send out Freelancers for assignments. Since the Dust Raiders left the system quite some time ago, they’ve received a lot more demand for their services and they are quite keen to supply them with protection for the right price.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Equipment and Training ==<br />
The Freelancer mercenaries are a mixed bag when it comes to general competence and equipment. Some are either eager colonists that want to seek adventure among the stars, while others see it as an opportunity to get out of their current situation, whether it is to pay off debts or just down on their luck. When contracted into the Freelancers guild, they’re issued a uniform and a surprisingly well crafted armour set almost rivaling the protection of lesser militaries. The firearms are reliable for their troubles, even considering the age of them. They have to pay off the equipment during the course of their contract. Some prefer to bring their own equipment, which usually consists of personal weapons and or attachments.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Freelancers are trained by retired instructors from various militaries around the galaxy. They aren’t as disciplined as normal bootcamp grunts since their main motivation is the price rather than pride of service. Their firearms prowess on the other hand is similar to the soldiers fresh out of bootcamp. The Freelance unit leaders are trained by the Lieutenants of Python. They receive much more diverse training in both leadership and first aid to properly lead the Freelancers they’re assigned to.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Elite Department ==<br />
The Freelancer guild employs mercenaries to conduct security, funding their operations. They also have a mining and salvage operation to further increase their funding. This is mostly kept as another part of the guild, so they do employ a more professional and elite mercenary group in the mining and salvage operations for “protection”. This group is far better trained and equipped, than the bog standard Freelancers that are contracted into service. They could even rival the infamous PMCs that Weston-Yamada owns. Yet such notions are rather speculative, for now.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
After the loss of the Dust Raiders in Tychons Rift Sector. The Freelancers saw this as a prime opportunity to commandeer the munitions and supplies from the now abandoned USCM bases in the sector. They scavenged through the outposts taking anything they could find. Though the Dust Raiders did manage to relocate most of their supplies back to their ship, they did have to scuttle a good portion of their munitions that they couldn’t bring back. Luckily for the Freelancers and other interested parties, they stumbled upon small supply caches the Dust Raiders failed to destroy. This gave them access to more modern firearms of the time, which also allowed them to sell USCM weapons on the blackmarket to deepen their pockets.<br />
<br />
== Ranks ==<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:Merc_Standard.png]]<br>Standard<br />
|Bog standard mercenary. Decently equipped and willing to fight for the right price. <br />
|-<br />
![[File:Merc_Medic.png]]<br>Medic<br />
|Equipped with standard issue medical supplies, the job of mercenary medics is to ensure the other mercenaries as well are fit to fight. So long as they're paid with medical care, but that's taken care of.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:Merc_Leader.png]]<br>Leader<br />
|The leader's job is to command the squad, lead them to victory (or defeat), and negotiate payment. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<div>= Freelancers =<br />
[[File:upp-portait2.png|300px|right|thumb]]<br />
???<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Though mercenaries have been active throughout human history, many work either by themselves or for the PMCs Weston-Yamad employs. One such man, known as “Python” was the leader of a small but noticeable band of guns for hire. These mercenaries slowly gathered more and more recruits as demand for their services increased. This necessitated the official formation of the “Freelancers guild” to manage the increase in demand.<br />
The Freelancers guild or the Freelance Mercenaries officially formed during the later years of the colonisation efforts that spanned the known galaxy. Some viewed them as nothing more than a cheaper and worse alternative to security forces, like the USCM and other security firms. Other colonists saw them as the better option due to their availability to protect them, for a modest price.<br />
<br />
<br />
Their central base of operations is an old retrofitted mining asteroid located between the UA and RESS border nicknamed “Inner Sanctuary” due to being just outside the legal reach of the law. It is also where they train their mercenaries. Usually where there’s a colony in the outer rim, there’s a small Freelancer outpost, in which the mercenaries are stationed. In the Tychon’s Rift Sector, they operate the Irkala Station, a trading hub for commerce and a base of operations to send out Freelancers for assignments. Since the Dust Raiders left the system quite some time ago, they’ve received a lot more demand for their services and they are quite keen to supply them with protection for the right price.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Equipment and Training ==<br />
The Freelancer mercenaries are a mixed bag when it comes to general competence and equipment. Some are either eager colonists that want to seek adventure among the stars, while others see it as an opportunity to get out of their current situation, whether it is to pay off debts or just down on their luck. When contracted into the Freelancers guild, they’re issued a uniform and a surprisingly well crafted armour set almost rivaling the protection of lesser militaries. The firearms are reliable for their troubles, even considering the age of them. They have to pay off the equipment during the course of their contract. Some prefer to bring their own equipment, which usually consists of personal weapons and or attachments.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Freelancers are trained by retired instructors from various militaries around the galaxy. They aren’t as disciplined as normal bootcamp grunts since their main motivation is the price rather than pride of service. Their firearms prowess on the other hand is similar to the soldiers fresh out of bootcamp. The Freelance unit leaders are trained by the Lieutenants of Python. They receive much more diverse training in both leadership and first aid to properly lead the Freelancers they’re assigned to.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Elite Version of the Freelancers ==<br />
The Freelancer guild employs mercenaries to conduct security, funding their operations. They also have a mining and salvage operation to further increase their funding. This is mostly kept as another part of the guild, so they do employ a more professional and elite mercenary group in the mining and salvage operations for “protection”. This group is far better trained and equipped, than the bog standard Freelancers that are contracted into service. They could even rival the infamous PMCs that Weston-Yamada owns. Yet such notions are rather speculative, for now.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
After the loss of the Dust Raiders in Tychons Rift Sector. The Freelancers saw this as a prime opportunity to commandeer the munitions and supplies from the now abandoned USCM bases in the sector. They scavenged through the outposts taking anything they could find. Though the Dust Raiders did manage to relocate most of their supplies back to their ship, they did have to scuttle a good portion of their munitions that they couldn’t bring back. Luckily for the Freelancers and other interested parties, they stumbled upon small supply caches the Dust Raiders failed to destroy. This gave them access to more modern firearms of the time, which also allowed them to sell USCM weapons on the blackmarket to deepen their pockets.<br />
<br />
== Ranks ==<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:Merc_Standard.png]]<br>Standard<br />
|Bog standard mercenary. Decently equipped and willing to fight for the right price. <br />
|-<br />
![[File:Merc_Medic.png]]<br>Medic<br />
|Equipped with standard issue medical supplies, the job of mercenary medics is to ensure the other mercenaries as well are fit to fight. So long as they're paid with medical care, but that's taken care of.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:Merc_Leader.png]]<br>Leader<br />
|The leader's job is to command the squad, lead them to victory (or defeat), and negotiate payment. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<div>= Colonial Liberation Front =<br />
[[File:colony_house.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"A CLF base of operations in a unknown colony"</center>]]<br />
The Colonial Liberation Front is a paramilitary group primarily located in the Tychon's Rift sector of United Americas space. Their stated goal is to secure the independence of all of the colonies in the Tychon's Rift sector. They are the largest and most active militant group pushing for the independence of the colonies. The United Americas government classifies the CLF as a terrorist organization, with membership in the organization or providing financial or material support for the CLF being prosecutable offenses.<br />
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<br />
The CLF grew organically from several different groups that formed in the wake of the Slaughter of Xibou in 2164. Prior to the slaughter of Xibou the conflicts between the United Americas government and the colonists of the Tychon's Rift sector had remained mostly non-violent. The sudden increase in tensions after Xibou, combined with the images of slaughtered fighters and civilians alike, greatly increased the willingness of the colonists to take up arms against the United Americas. Several different militant groups formed in the years following the Slaughter, and as they negotiated with one another and found common cause the CLF was formed from their union.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
[[File:guerilla.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"Young CLF member"</center>]]<br />
The CLF finds it's origins in the poor treatment and economic exploitation of the colonists of Tychon's Rift combined with the increased difficulty that the United Americas has in governing the vast reach of space that it has claimed. Many of the people that traveled to the colonies did so for the promise of finding a better life, but instead found only harsh and inhospitable worlds lacking in many of the amenities that they had come to take for granted. The situation was made worse by piracy and lawlessness, though that was kept in check at first by the Colonial Marshals as well as the United Americas military forces. These issues were greatly exacerbated by the Sol Campaign of 2159 and by the Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161. The Sol campaign served to draw much if the USCM force tasked with keeping piracy in check out of the Tychon's Rift sector as they were retasked with more urgent assignments. The Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161 strictly curtailed much of the authority of colonial politicians and limited the number of weapons and supplies sent to colonies in order to prevent stockpiling of equipment. The USCM believed that stockpiling of equipment had played a major role in the Mars Militia's prolonged success, and they wished to deny the Tychon's Rift colonies any chance of developing similar stockpiles. This resulted in under equipped colonists and Colonial Marshals not being able to reliably defend themselves from hostile wildlife and pirates, while also no longer being able to effectively care for those wounded when defending their homes or those who fall sick to illness. <br />
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The lack of adequate supplies, growing piracy, and strictly curtailed ability to self govern bred discontent in the Rift, which in turn caused the Free Colonies movement to come into being. The Free Colonies movement is the general term for the idea that the United Americas in unable to effectively govern it's colonies and that the colonies, and that the people of the colonies should resist United Americas governance in order to earn their freedom. These ideas caused a series of protests and civil unrest, which was often met with violence from the Colonial Marshals as well as the Unitad Americas imposing further increased sanctions on the colonies.<br />
<br />
<br />
The situation in Tychon's Rift took a massive turn in 2164 when a colonist named Atticus Graves called for the independence of Xibou. He was a mining foreman, and his short five page manifesto called for armed uprising and open rebellion against the United Americas government. Graves believed that the colonists who live in the rift could fight off any USCM response due to their determination and their knowledge of their home colonies. He claimed that the colonial militia members have drive to fight for freedom, and that the USCM soldiers had no will to fight and die on the soil of colonies so far from their own homes. Graves believed that determined colonists could win their independence by causing the United Americas to lose the will to fight in the Rift. Graves formed a militia, and his militia overran the government buildings and spaceport on Xibou. Grave's militia also either killed or imprisoned all of the Colonial Marshals on the planet. Graves then took on the mantle of provisional governor of Xibou and proceeded to try to run his planet. His governorship was shortlived however, as USCM forces made planetfall and killed every militia member they could find. Grave's militia numbered at around 1,000 members, but they were supported by many colonists who were swept up in the rebellion and who believed in the Free Colonies movement. When the USCM made planetfall they could not readily identify which colonists were the armed militants and which were non-violent colonists. The USCM simply shot everyone that they suspected of being a militia member, resulting in many civilian casualties. This, the "Slaughter of Xibou", was a polarizing event in the colonies. While some supporters of the Free Colonies movement got cold feet and withdrew from the movement, many more became significantly more militant in their outlook. This event stands as the turning point that radicalized many of the original CLF members.<br />
<br />
<br />
This increasing militancy led to fewer protests and demonstrations and more acts of sabotage. Cells began to form and negotiate with one another. Many different groups formed in this time period. The CLF name itself stems from a sound bite from United Americas news, which described to the whole of armed resistance as a "front of colonial liberation", and later referenced it again as "... this colonial liberation front ..." <br />
<br />
<br />
The CLF has continued it's campaign of armed resistance. Recently there have been attempts by the UPP to shape the course of events in the Tychon's Rift sector as well. The UPP has begun to extend offers of material support and training to larger CLF cells in the sector. They have also encouraged some cells to prepare to again try for open armed insurrection similar to what Graves tried on Xibou. While no cells have attempted full insurrection yet, many cells are training many new fighters in preparation. It is only a matter of time before insurrection erupts on some or all of the planets in the Tychon's Rift sector. <br />
<br />
== Ideology ==<br />
There are many amoung the populace of the Tychon's Rift sector who believe in some form of independence for the sector. This common viewpoint is referred to as the Free Colonies movement. There is no general agreement as to what form this freedom would ideally take, though some of the more popular opinions are that the colonies should be completely independent, that they should join the UPP, and that they should form a confederation of colonies and self govern together. There are many colonists who support the Free Colonies movement without supporting the CLF. There are also many people outside of Tychon's Rift that support or at least sympathize with the Free Colonies movement.<br />
<br />
<br />
The CLF ideology can be classified as a subset of the Free Colonies ideology, largely drawn from Atticus Grave's manifesto. Specifically, the CLF wants the same goals but differs vastly in which methodology they believe will accomplish those goals. The CLF believes that the path towards independence for the colonies of the Rift is one of armed conflict. The CLF embraces militant conflict with any faction that would seek to control the Rift. They sometimes even come into conflict with other non-CLF factions fighting for independence for the Rift, because they see those factions as still attempting to impose their authority on the Rift. They believe that freedom for the Rift the something that only they can provide.<br />
Because most members of the CLF believe that the only path to freedom for the colonies in the Tychon's Rift Sector is one of armed uprising, CLF members are definitionally willing to commit acts of extreme violence against anyone that their leadership identifies as a threat to their goals.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Activities and Methodology ==<br />
While the members of the Colonial Liberation Front can broadly be described either as idealistic freedom fighters or terrorists, there is none the less a broad range of motivations within the group. A meaningful fraction of the ship based CLF cells only loosely adhere to CLF ideology, seeing the CLF instead as more of a flag of cenvenience to fly while engaging in acts of piracy and murder. Many ports and free stations in the Rift that refuse to have dealings with pirates will still happily deal with CLF ships. In their eyes piracy is legitimized by the flying of the CLF banner and the restricting of their prey to United Americas shipping. This means that acts of piracy are incredibly common under the CLF banner. Though United Americas shipping is treated brutally by the CLF, colonial shipping sometimes doesn't fare much better. It is not uncommon for captains of CLF ships to board "friendly" shipping and demand a hefty donation in order to compensate the CLF for the "protection" provided. This practice has led to occasional conflicts between piratical CLF factions who freely prey upon any ship they see and "idealistic" CLF cells which limit themselves to only preying upon United Americas shipping.<br />
<br />
<br />
Other illegal activities have been linked to the CLF as well. The CLF engages in many acts of smuggling throughout the colonies, bringing illegal goods both into and out of the Rift. The most commonly smuggled goods are weapons and narcotics. The CLF engages in bribery of border officials and Colonial Marshals, as well as crooked and illegal deals with the major corporations that are active in Tychon's Rift. There are also numerous acts of sabotage, vigilanteeism, destruction of property, and murder that are committed by CLF fighters.<br />
<br />
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== Weaponry ==<br />
The CLF lack any sort of standardized weaponry. Early on in their existence the typical armament for a CLF member was either a civilian pistol or an obsolete submachine gun, supplemented by improvised explosives. While these weapons are still potentially deadly in the hands of a determined CLF fighter, they still leave a lot to be desired compared to modern weaponry.<br />
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As the conflict has drawn on the cells have slowly become more heavily armed, being able to source previous generation assault rifles such as the mar-40 as well as modern plastic explosives and grenades. This has been attributed partially to the group's increased reputation and power drawing in better armaments suppliers, and partially to their improved finances due to the success of their legal and illegal ventures. Even with their more modern weaponry, the CLF tend to be critically short on heavy weapons and support weapons of any type.<br />
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In 2188 CLF propaganda appeared showing CLF fighters in posession of modern UPP weaponry. When United Americas news media aired the images there was a frenzy of speculation as to the source of the modern firearms. The popular opinion, as spurred on by media speculation, is that the newly acquired arms are from corrupt generals in the UPP moving to cash in on the rich arms market in the Tychon's Rift sector. Those weapons are actually material support given to the CLF by the UPP. Unbenownst to the United Americas media, the UPP has also equipped some cells within the CLF with significant support weaponry as well. This contributed significantly to the success of the CLF in inflicting heavy damage to the USCM forces involved in Operation Tychon Tackle, especially the anti-ship missiles that the CLF otherwise would not have had the ability to produce nor the expertise to use effectively.<br />
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The CLF also lack modern spacecraft armaments. Most of their naval forces consist of modified commercial vessels. These vessels are adequate when it comes to the acts of piracy that the CLF commonly commits, but are wholly inadequate in countering modern USCM vessels. Their naval vessels have inferior speed, range, armor, pdw, and armaments compared to USCM vessels. Most notably lacking is their armaments, which usually consist of batteries of modified ground based artillery. Although these armaments have been modified to function in space, they lack the projectile speed and tracking to operate effectively outside of several dozen kilometers. These ranges are considered to be "knife fighting distance" in terms of space battles, leaving ambush as the only option for effectively engaging USCM warships.<br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
The CLF has historically been organised into loosely associated and quasi-independent cells. There are two types of CLF cells, ship based cells and ground based cells. The ship based cells are sized according to the crew requirements of their ship, usually between six and twelve members. Ground based cells tend to be similarly sized. In larger cities or when carrying out larger operations ground based cells tend to pull multiple cells together to increase their available manpower. The cells are typically led by a captain, which is usually the captain of the vessel for space based cells. Planet or station based cells usually use the same rank, but without the naval connotations. Individual ranks vary wildly between cells, if there are even ranks at all. The generally accepted term for a standard CLF soldier is a "fighter", and the term "CLF Fighter" is used by both the USCM and the CLF themselves. While individual cells share the same overall goals and ideology, though their methods and tactics differ wildly. <br />
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Cells usually form stronger ties with other cells on the same planet or station. Usually one of the cells in such a group of cells will take on more of a leadership role when coordinating with other cells from other worlds. The leadership cells only maintain loose associations with other leadership cells on different worlds, and usually have no association with non-leadership cells outside of their own cell group. The exception to this is any ship based cells, which are more independant. They typically maintain loose associations with other ship based and land based cells but do not tend to group into larger networks. Ship based cells are also usually less likely to link up with other ship based cells in order to pool resources and manpower.<br />
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In recent years there has been some reorganization of the CLF cell based structure. Seemingly emboldened by the recent lessening of USCM presence in the sector, some cells have begun to grow larger and to claim territory as their own. Where before cells stayed in the shadows, emerging only to strike targets of opportunity, some cells are now using the lack of USCM presence in Tychon's Rift to operate more openly. These larger cells are growing to a strength of several hundred or sometimes even several thousand members, and are training in concealed camps and bases. These larger CLF organizations also typically maintain armed and armored ground vehicles and sometimes ships that have been refitted for combat duties. CLF facilities on established worlds stay hidden due to actual, willful, or coerced ignorance on behalf of the Colonial Marshals.<br />
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==== Ground Cell ====<br />
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| The standard soldier in the CLF movement. Primarily recruited from the colony population and consist of various roles such as mere janitors, desk-workers, garbage-haulers, and even miners the front-line forces of the CLF movement severely lack proper military training and are forced to make use of basic instinct and what they have on hand. However, what they lack in combat is fiercely made up for with their hearts for the cause.<br />
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| The technicians, the CLF trained engineers primarily consist of colonists who have worked as colony generator engineers and minor maintenance technicians. Lacking in most basic equipment compared to most militaries, the engineer trained are forced to utilize creativity to create shoddy weaponry to fight back against the USCM such as outdated rifles, molotovs, and dangerous stun-prods.<br />
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| The medical personal of the CLF movement. Mainly consisting of colony doctors and nurses, the CLF medics are the triage for the fighters against the USCM tyranny. They are the grease and oil that ensures the fighting machine of the CLF dues not rust and grind. <br />
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| The tactical soldiers of the CLF movement, the specially trained consist primarily of colonial marshals who have turned against their own beliefs and chose to side with the CLF. They possess greater weapons skills then that of a standard soldier in the movement and through intense training have been able to learn and make use of heavy weaponry not available to most standards on the frontline.<br />
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| The Local Leader is the brains and strategist of the local CLF cell's movement. Usually the leader is an individual who once served in the position of a colonial government or in a higher rank of a specific department on a colony. Highly looked upon by their followers the local leader coordinates the insurrection against the USCM, outgunned and outmatched they hold their ground believing that colonial freedom is worth every sacrifice.<br />
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| The CLF hold an aggressive stance against the UPP as they are openly opposed to any major power that may try to bring them under heel. However, various cells of the CLF maintain secret ties with UPP special forces who engage in smuggling weapons and military training of guerilla forces to fight the USCM.<br />
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| The CLF is openly engaged in a war of liberation against the USCM in Tychon's Rift Sector. Firmly against the USCM harsh treatment of colonies and the UA's failure to address the worries of the health, safety, and security of the colonies the CLF is dedicated to expelling the marines from the sector and establishing independence.<br />
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<div>= Union of Progressive Peoples =<br />
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A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted saying in May 2168.<br />
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== Fleets ==<br />
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!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India. It formed after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck people, which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the UA an RESS's rival in world affairs. It managed to stand on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War, which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
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Unlike UA and RESS, the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System. It also extended outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets, which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. They did not have the luxury of finding worlds, which the nation could properly colonize. They instead searched for worlds in-between, the scraps. UPP did not colonize the surface, but rather oprted for establishing colonies underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result of overpopulation, crowding became a major issue due to living underground rather than above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the Communist Party's might before it could become a major international issue. The Communist Party was extremely good at convincing the population that their struggles were temporary.<br />
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It was not until the Sol Campaign, the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol. It happened on Mars, with a outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag, and engaged in both piracy and supply runs. These activities were to the benefit of the Mars' government and it was credited as the reason for the early success of Mars in the war. It also caused heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was a rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia, but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory, however it was only a pyrrhic victory, due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost. This far outweighing, what was expected to be, a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
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The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign, with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery. This sprouted the idea of espionage and fanning flames of rebellion, in places where its rival militaries could not reach quickly. Eventually it became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Canton was their next operation, with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the Canton world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war,that would drag out for decades, by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries were engaged in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies, as they did not anticipate a rival force being able to respond as quickly, as the USCM did, so far from Sol.<br />
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The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly, like with the disaster at Canton, where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM. The UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias, doing this under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists are using a gas giant designated MV-35, located in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector. It is currently under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar and garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong). They are sitting on standby and awaiting for USCM to retreat from the sector, as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the UPP will spring forth and claim the rich, habitable planets, in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
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== Events ==<br />
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====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine. It directed how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords. The Mars Government wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP, to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training. It was all preparation for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars merchant vessels, which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
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The UPP never issued a 'formal' declaration of war, but permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars, as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces'. They often adorned face masks and removed the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes, doing heavy damage to the vital supply lines of the UA and RESS. This created a devastating attrition, that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on, the UPP's involvement became well known, however neither side desired to see the carnage to come to Earth. They opted to remain silent and ignored the blatant involvement.<br />
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The UPP saw success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign, but they did not walk out unscathed. In the end, their attempt for Mars to get independence succeed, but the attempt to take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost. The losses were unable to be formally recognized, due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved', leaving many grieving silently. The UPP realized after the war, that they could not match the armies of the allied powers. This led to a strategy of encouraging uprisings and silent warfare where the allied forces couldn't reach.<br />
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== Divisions ==<br />
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==== Standard ====<br />
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|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
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|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
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==== Special Forces ====<br />
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|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
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![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
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![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
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![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
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![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
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![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
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<div>= United States Colonial Marines =<br />
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The USCM is divided into three overarching branches, called the Marine Space Forces: Sol, overseeing the core colonies and earth, the largest of the three; Eridani, operating among the Chinese and American colonised arms; Herculis, going through the Anglo-Japanese arms and the outer fringes. Each branch operates independently, but all are responsible for protecting American space territory and working together in that goal. There is also a fourth group, the Reserves, which is stationed mostly on earth and serves to reinforce the other branches. They have not seen any active use yet, but who knows what the future holds.<br />
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Marine Space Force, Herculis, Chinook 91 GSO station is a military space station in geosynchronous orbit around the colony world Georgia 525 (70 Ophiuchi A V), and is the headquarters for the Herculis branch of the USCM. Under its control are the 4th Colonial Marine Division, 4th Colonial Marine Brigade, 4th Aerospace Wing, and 1st Colonial Support Group of the USCM. Chinook 91 reports directly to O'Neill station in Earth-Lunar space. The O'Neill station is the main communication base between the three branches. Supervising orders from the homeworld, controlling the First Fleet and rare joint operations. It is an extremely vital station and well guarded by the First Fleet in all its might. Tithonis Mountain on Bernice 378 is another large garrison of USCM troops, such as the 1st Colonial Support Group, and there are more minor garrisons along the Anglo-Japanese arm. The 2nd battalion of the 4th brigade, the Falling Falcons, and the USS Almayer are stationed in Herculis. <br />
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== Fleets ==<br />
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| Stationed in Sol, O’Niell Station, L-4 Earth-Lunar system, often regarded as ‘Sol’s Fist’. The '''First Fleet''' is the oldest space fleet beneath the Aerospace Force. Officially commissioned during the early establishment of the first Mars Colonies, the First Fleet is celebrated as the old guard among the Space Force serving in some of its most vital and early anti-piracy campaigns. They are known for being awarded the highest budget due to its priority over the homeworld.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} <center>2nd Fleet [[File:second-fleet.png|400px]]</center><br />
| Stationed in Eridani, Happy Days, Helene 215(82 Eridani11), with the expansion beyond the Sol System. The '''Second Fleet''' serves as the forefront for what is known as the inner-colonies. The Fleet gained notorious fame for its actions during Operation Canton and is regarded as the most experienced of the Fleets. This reputation is arrived from coming out the least harmed in Operation Canton, but some rumours have circulated that they utilized the Third Fleet as a shield in order to sweep in for the easy glory.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} <center>3rd Fleet [[File:third-fleet (1).png|thumb|left|200px]]</center><br />
| Stationed in Herculis, Chinook 91 GSO station. The '''Third Fleet''' is primarily tasked with the defense of the outer-most colonies and the suppression of the Colonial Liberation Front agitations. A majority of the fleet suffers from retrofitted vessels and outdated weaponry due to major damage taken during a surprise attack in Operation Canton, and reluctance of additional funding due to the unimportance of the outer-colonies compared to that of Sol.<br />
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=== Almayer ===<br />
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The '''USS Almayer''', an Arikara-class patrol transport, was christened in 2171 but designed in the 2150s during an increased need for patrol craft in deep space. The first Arikara-class patrol transports were constructed in the 2160s, and the USS Almayer was the 4th ship in the class produced. The USS Almayer was constructed in the Heinlein Memorial Shipyards located above the Earth’s Moon for low gravity workstations. The main advantages of the Arikara patrol transport over other forms of transports and combat ships, is its small footprint and rapid response time. However, the marines that serve aboard these patrol transports are either volunteer forces or conscripted. These forces are subject to long voyages in outer territories where most luxuries do not exist, while lacking proper training and supplies.<br />
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The USS Almayer underwent a Block 78A retrofit in 2178, which replaced many of the sensors and maintenance areas. Along with that, due to rising tensions between Weston-Yamada and various outer rim colonies. The need arose to include a Corporate Representative onboard, or so goes the official reports. The sum for this service was never officially disclosed, but the USS Almayer was equipped with an office for a Company Representative and sent to patrol corporate outer-rim colonies. '''For more information on the USS Almayer head [http://cm-ss13.com/wiki/USS_Almayer here].'''<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The USCM was created following the passing of The National Security Act of 2101. The act authorizing the formal formation of four combat divisions and four aerospace wings, plus the support services organic to these formations. Its task was primarily assigned to the defense of the growing colonial frontiers of the United States government. The frontier had grown during the Great Space Race, involving the three major powers of Sol, all attempting to spread their grasp across the stars. The marines would serve as a defensive and reactionary force rather than an offensive one. <br />
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It was not until after the Sol Campaign, that the American military and government made use of the USCM as an offensive might, using it to wrest control of the colonial frontier through force. Their Mars and Sol colonial assets shaken due to UPP proxy funding, and an ignited civil unrest that led to a full sized conflict costing thousands in Sol. This led to a belief for the UA that a similar fate would befall the American colonies which were farther from the reach of the standard army. The belief quickly led to the rapid mobilization and armament of the USCM, along with the adaption of unrestricted military doctrine on civilian colonies. The result caused the ignition of Operation Canton.<br />
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Operation Canton became the USCM's first offensive deployment, tasked with retaking the colony of Canton whose colonial government was overthrown in a social coup supported by the Union Of Progressive People in 2165. The number of marines peaked at 240,000 active combat Marines and over a dozen combat warships, resulting in one of the largest conflicts fought between two major super-powers in decades. Eventually both sides withdrew after the usage of nuclear weaponry, devastating the colonial population and leaving scars that would echo and become rallying calls for future colonies against falling under the banner of either power.<br />
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Current day, the number of active combat marines have dropped to 165,000, with a further 50,000 in reserve stretched across the three sectors of Sol, Eridani, and Herculis. The USCM finds itself locked in a war on insurgency mainly in Herculis with everyday seeing another colony on the frontiers go dark due to an unseen enemy, or another colony declaring itself independent and aligning itself with the loose conglomerate known as the Colonial Liberation Front. As a result of the growing concerns during the Cold War against the UPP, most military funding has been directed inwards to Sol and the inner colonies of Eridani, leaving much of the USCM forces and warships in Herculis either outdated or retrofitted. The situation only continues to grow worse with new enemies appearing daily and insufficient funding and manpower to meet the threat head-on.<br />
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== Events ==<br />
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====Sol Campaign ====<br />
Regarded as one of the largest wars humanity has seen since the Great Wars of the early 21st century. The Sol War was the first major interstellar war fought between the colonial government of Mars, secretly backed by the UPP, against the UA and RESS forces. The aim was to overthrow their administrative grasp on the massive colony. The total casualties still remain unaccounted for to this day, but body estimates fall into the high millions and also thousands of naval vessels were lost, while trying to take control of space above and secure vital naval ports.<br />
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Most casualties are accredited to failure in adapting more modern military doctrine when dealing with multi-planetary conflict. The first wave of reinforcements that was sent to put down the Mars Rebellion, resulted in the loss of over 300,000 soldiers in the first week due to poor coordination. This was failure to disable planetary anti-warship batteries, and fighting against an enemy on their homeland and home space. As a result, Mars forces was able to mobilize defenses across the colonies, creating what was anticipated to be a quick war into a long grueling conflict stretching over four long years.<br />
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The War eventually came to a close with the capital of both UA and RESS colonies' captured and colonial government leaders subdued. However, the scars would remain, even to the modern day. Leading to major humanitarian issues, children of dead families caught in the conflict, and a still recovering economy. Mars was permitted to create its own self-defense force, in order to present them a sign of friendship, however it remains severely underfunded with a limit of how many naval vessels and soldiers it may keep in its rosters.<br />
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==== Slaughter of Xibou ====<br />
The Slaughter of Xibou was a disasterous campaign for USCM and has even been accredited as the spark that ignited CLF. The mission plan was to take down a local colonial freedom fighter. The freedom fighter had managed to convince the planet of Xibou to declare independence, and this action forced the hand of USCM to make an example. The end result was countless dead colonists, which were by far largely innocent. The USCM had to go through several political coverups and not much of this affair is publicly known. Details shrouded in mysteries and information buried deep in archives. The precise reason as to why it ended in such a tragedy is unknown.<br />
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====Operation Canton ====<br />
Operation Canton was the first major conflict that USCM was deployed into, since the Sol Campaign pressured congress to bolster their funding and recruitment. The colony world of Canton suffered from a socialist-led coup, resulting in overthrowing the UA-supported government and the installment of a pro-UPP regime. American Government and USCM High Command, already haboring a deep distrust in the colonies, wasted no effort in mobilizing and deploying a massive task-force. The task-force being solely dedicated with retaking the colony by force. The UPP also not desiring to lose the opportunity to get their hands on a rich colonial world deployed their own task-force, resulting in the first major engagement between the two super-powers since the start of the Cold-War.<br />
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The Operation was extremely bloody, most notably for the civilians caught in the crossfire. The USCM had already gained a sour reputation among colonial worlds due to rumored massacring of civilians. There was also a deep dislike for the colonies by veteran officers who had served in the Sol Campaign. They foresaw Canton as the second Sol Campaign and therefore permitted marines off the record to fight unrestricted, regardless of civilian life caught on the battlefield, in order to prevent such a disaster from occuring in American history a second time. Some historians argue these cruel stances by High Command as a result of nervousness and desire to protect more American lives, however others saw it as a sole desire to uphold American hegemony through an iron fist.<br />
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The end of the conflict was the usage of nuclear weapons and withdrawal of both of the UPP And USCM forces after years of battle. The conflict failed to see a winning side with most of the colony now in ruins and referred to as 'unusable'. After the full withdrawal, a humanitarian relief force was assembled and said to have been sent to aid those left in the aftermath. However, little money actually went to the relief force. In the end after the media had blown over the incident and forgotten it. The relief force was eventually disbanded and the planet left on its own. The disaster quickly became the first rallying call for a rise to action with the belief of 'Fend for ourselves' mentality.<br />
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== Divisions ==<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
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![[File:USCM_Standard_Marine.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|A Private is the youngest and newest enlisted soldier to the USCM. They typically vary in age but at most have basic training in firearms from boot-camp. Each is assigned to a marine squad within a Platoon and answers directly to their Squad Leader who is expected to guide them in the field of battle.<br />
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![[File:USCM_Medic.png]]<br>Lance Corporal | LCpl.<br />
|A Lance Corporal is the second rank in any marine squad. Mostly, they consist of Privates who have proven their worth and have been recognized for surviving their first battle by listening to orders or by sheer luck. Some Lance Corporals also opt for additional training which is provided to them upon promotion, allowing for them to serve as Squad Medics.<br />
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![[File:USCM_SG.png]]<br>Corporal | Cpl.<br />
|A Corporal is often the senior private of any marine squad. They are survivors of various battles and may at some point have even taken command of their own squad due to its more senior leadership being wounded or killed in combat. They are straight-forward soldiers that have proven their worth in the USCM. Some marines opt to partake in training permitting them to receive a heavy hitting M56 Smartgun.<br />
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![[File:Gl_spec.png]]<br>Sergeant | Sgt.<br />
|A Sergeant is a NCO that has proved not only his combat capability but also his leadership abilities in the field of battle. These are hard-line soldiers who have survived and contributed to countless battles and USCM successes. It is not uncommon to see Sergeants placed in charge of the direction of a fireteam on the field. Some Sergeants opt for specialist training giving them access to greater and more powerful weaponry in a specific field.<br />
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![[File:SL.png]]<br>Staff Sergeant | SSgt.<br />
|A Staff Sergeant is the cream of the crop within any USCM Platoon. They are the veterans and the most senior NCOs in charge of the squads assigned to them. Due to their superior combat and leadership abilities they are put in direct communication with the commanding officers of the operation and often make personal calls in the field when faced with difficult situations. One would not expect to get into a fight with a Staff Sergeant and walk out unharmed.<br />
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====Military Police ====<br />
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![[File:MilitaryPolice.png]]<br>Staff Sergeant | SSGT.<br />
|The lowest of ranks in the Military Police Force. Staff Sergeants are tasked with the maintaining of the Uniform Code of Military Justice onboard any USCM vessel or military base they are assigned to. They are often deployed as companies and fall beneath a Lieutenant Commander. They are trained in the art of policing and are prepared to ensure the law is followed at any cost.<br />
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![[File:WarrantOfficer.png]]<br>Lieutenant Commander | LCDR.<br />
|Senior Officers in the Military Police Force and commonly referred to as the Chief of Military Police, the CMPs are regarded as veterans who are trusted with command of a Military Police unit onboard USCM vessels and bases. They are responsible for reporting to the Provost Marshal should an issue arise with their assigned Commanding Officer or if a major law crisis occurs. No lawbreaker can avoid their watchful eyes.<br />
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|The Provost Marshal is the highest authority any member of the Military Policing Force can achieve in their career. They are regarded as the judge, jury, and executioner and are responsible for ensuring that the Uniform Code of Military Justice is obeyed throughout the Fleet they are assigned to. Their power is unmatched and with only a signature they hold the authority to have any Commanding Officer be put under court-martial and have their military rank and authority stripped.<br />
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| A Lieutenant is the lowest rank in the officer-corps and is primarily composed of Officer Academy graduates who are trying to earn their role and recognition in the USCM. Their primary hope is to one day Captain a vessel of their own but until then their time is spent on Overwatch or maintaining the ship's systems.<br />
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| A Commander is the second in command of any vessel they serve on, as Executive Officers they are expected to help coordinate the ship and if the Captain has a problem they are unable to deal with is incapacitated, the Executive Officer steps in to solve it and fill in as Acting Commanding Officer until the Captain is back to good health.<br />
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![[File:Commander.png]]<br>Captain | Cpt.<br />
| A Captain is a position given to officers who have proven their worth and abilities to be trusted as Commanding Officers of vessels of their own. They serve as the sword and shield of the Fleets. The vessel they command falls in line with a division beneath a battle-group.<br />
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| A Commodore is a senior position for Captains who are awaiting admiralty and have proven their dedication as an officer both to their vessel and to the Rear Admiral they serve beneath. They serve as model examples of a Captain and often advisors to Captains below them. Due to their seniority and trust by the Rear Admiral the Commodores are placed in charge of naval divisions within the battle-group and are expected to carry out the missions and orders given to them by the Rear Admiral.<br />
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| A Rear Admiral is the first step into admiralty in the officer-corps and answers directly to the Vice Admiral. There are four Rear Admirals per fleet and each are in charge of a battle-group assigned to them. They are the highest ranking authority in charge while away from Headquarters in the field and are chosen based on their quality leadership and strategic minds.<br />
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![[File:viceadmiral.png]]<br>Vice Admiral | VADM.<br />
| A Vice Admiral serves directly below the Admiral and is the second step into admiralty. There are two Vice Admirals assigned to each fleet and they are given command over two of four battle-groups within the fleet they serve in. They are expected to carry out tasks given to them by the Admiral in the sector and make tactical decisions that result in the greatest benefit to the USCM.<br />
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![[File:admiral.PNG]]<br>Admiral | ADM.<br />
| An Admiral is the second highest ranking position a USCM Officer can achieve. There are three at a time in the USCM and are each stationed in the primary headquarters of the sector they are in charge of. They are tasked with coordinating and organizing one of the three fleets designated to them and are responsible for all military matters pertaining to their designated fleet's sector and are expected to report to the Fleet Admiral.<br />
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| The Fleet Admiral is the highest ranking officer in the USCM. They are tasked with overseeing all three sectors and fleets of the USCM and are responsible for coordinating defensive and offensive measures against any movement that would be perceived as a threat to the United States<br />
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| The Union of Progressive People and the United Americas have been locked in a Cold War for decades. Since the end of the Great Space Race and military conflicts such as the Sol Campaign and Operation Canton, movement and amassing of military forces along borders has not been uncommon. Various skirmishes between the two are common, but undisclosed to the public, as the result could escalate into a full-scale nuclear war.<br />
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| The Colonial Liberation Front are the USCM's primary enemy in the Tychon's Rift Sector. Their ideology opposing the American Government which they believe have long since abandoned the colonies. As a result, they wage a fierce guerrilla war on the Marine forces. Although under-equipped and undermanned compared to their marine enemy, they have made up for such lacking with strategic hit-and-run tactics which have proved devastating in the war of attrition with the under-funded USCM forces in the sector.<br />
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| The USCM purchases equipment from Weston Yamada in great numbers and is very close allies with its founding country the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun. However, suspicions continue to be raised surrounding the disappearance of USCM vessels and colonies on the far frontiers and traces have continued to lead to Weston-Yamada itself, straining relations intensely.<br />
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| The RESS maintains a firm but uncertain alliance with the USCM and its UA government since the early rise of the UPP and colonization of the stars. Both powers have competed for colonial expansion, such as on Mars where the planet was split between the two major powers. The end of the Sol Campaign marked the first major rift between the two as both attempted to redraw the territorial lines creating fierce tension between the monarchy and democratic nation. The USCM only grows more wary due to RESS having close ties to WY whom the military is suspicious of, creating an even greater rift between and aiding in the crumbling of relations.<br />
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<div>= Colonial Liberation Front =<br />
[[File:colony_house.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"A CLF base of operations in a unknown colony"</center>]]<br />
The Colonial Liberation Front is a paramilitary group primarily located in the Tychon's Rift sector of United Americas space. Their stated goal is to secure the independence of all of the colonies in the Tychon's Rift sector. They are the largest and most active militant group pushing for the independence of the colonies. The United Americas government classifies the CLF as a terrorist organization, with membership in the organization or providing financial or material support for the CLF being prosecutable offenses.<br />
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The CLF grew organically from several different groups that formed in the wake of the Slaughter of Xibou in 2164. Prior to the slaughter of Xibou the conflicts between the United Americas government and the colonists of the Tychon's Rift sector had remained mostly non-violent. The sudden increase in tensions after Xibou, combined with the images of slaughtered fighters and civilians alike, greatly increased the willingness of the colonists to take up arms against the United Americas. Several different militant groups formed in the years following the Slaughter, and as they negotiated with one another and found common cause the CLF was formed from their union.<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:guerilla.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"Young CLF member"</center>]]<br />
The CLF finds it's origins in the poor treatment and economic exploitation of the colonists of Tychon's Rift combined with the increased difficulty that the United Americas has in governing the vast reach of space that it has claimed. Many of the people that traveled to the colonies did so for the promise of finding a better life, but instead found only harsh and inhospitable worlds lacking in many of the amenities that they had come to take for granted. The situation was made worse by piracy and lawlessness, though that was kept in check at first by the Colonial Marshals as well as the United Americas military forces. These issues were greatly exacerbated by the Sol Campaign of 2159 and by the Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161. The Sol campaign served to draw much if the USCM force tasked with keeping piracy in check out of the Tychon's Rift sector as they were retasked with more urgent assignments. The Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161 strictly curtailed much of the authority of colonial politicians and limited the number of weapons and supplies sent to colonies in order to prevent stockpiling of equipment. The USCM believed that stockpiling of equipment had played a major role in the Mars Militia's prolonged success, and they wished to deny the Tychon's Rift colonies any chance of developing similar stockpiles. This resulted in under equipped colonists and Colonial Marshals not being able to reliably defend themselves from hostile wildlife and pirates, while also no longer being able to effectively care for those wounded when defending their homes or those who fall sick to illness. <br />
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The lack of adequate supplies, growing piracy, and strictly curtailed ability to self govern bred discontent in the Rift, which in turn caused the Free Colonies movement to come into being. The Free Colonies movement is the general term for the idea that the United Americas in unable to effectively govern it's colonies and that the colonies, and that the people of the colonies should resist United Americas governance in order to earn their freedom. These ideas caused a series of protests and civil unrest, which was often met with violence from the Colonial Marshals as well as the Unitad Americas imposing further increased sanctions on the colonies.<br />
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The situation in Tychon's Rift took a massive turn in 2164 when a colonist named Atticus Graves called for the independence of Xibou. He was a mining foreman, and his short five page manifesto called for armed uprising and open rebellion against the United Americas government. Graves believed that the colonists who live in the rift could fight off any USCM response due to their determination and their knowledge of their home colonies. He claimed that the colonial militia members have drive to fight for freedom, and that the USCM soldiers had no will to fight and die on the soil of colonies so far from their own homes. Graves believed that determined colonists could win their independence by causing the United Americas to lose the will to fight in the Rift. Graves formed a militia, and his militia overran the government buildings and spaceport on Xibou. Grave's militia also either killed or imprisoned all of the Colonial Marshals on the planet. Graves then took on the mantle of provisional governor of Xibou and proceeded to try to run his planet. His governorship was shortlived however, as USCM forces made planetfall and killed every militia member they could find. Grave's militia numbered at around 1,000 members, but they were supported by many colonists who were swept up in the rebellion and who believed in the Free Colonies movement. When the USCM made planetfall they could not readily identify which colonists were the armed militants and which were non-violent colonists. The USCM simply shot everyone that they suspected of being a militia member, resulting in many civilian casualties. This, the "Slaughter of Xibou", was a polarizing event in the colonies. While some supporters of the Free Colonies movement got cold feet and withdrew from the movement, many more became significantly more militant in their outlook. This event stands as the turning point that radicalized many of the original CLF members.<br />
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This increasing militancy led to fewer protests and demonstrations and more acts of sabotage. Cells began to form and negotiate with one another. Many different groups formed in this time period. The CLF name itself stems from a sound bite from United Americas news, which described to the whole of armed resistance as a "front of colonial liberation", and later referenced it again as "... this colonial liberation front ..." <br />
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The CLF has continued it's campaign of armed resistance. Recently there have been attempts by the UPP to shape the course of events in the Tychon's Rift sector as well. The UPP has begun to extend offers of material support and training to larger CLF cells in the sector. They have also encouraged some cells to prepare to again try for open armed insurrection similar to what Graves tried on Xibou. While no cells have attempted full insurrection yet, many cells are training many new fighters in preparation. It is only a matter of time before insurrection erupts on some or all of the planets in the Tychon's Rift sector. <br />
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== Ideology ==<br />
There are many amoung the populace of the Tychon's Rift sector who believe in some form of independence for the sector. This common viewpoint is referred to as the Free Colonies movement. There is no general agreement as to what form this freedom would ideally take, though some of the more popular opinions are that the colonies should be completely independent, that they should join the UPP, and that they should form a confederation of colonies and self govern together. There are many colonists who support the Free Colonies movement without supporting the CLF. There are also many people outside of Tychon's Rift that support or at least sympathize with the Free Colonies movement.<br />
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The CLF ideology can be classified as a subset of the Free Colonies ideology, largely drawn from Atticus Grave's manifesto. Specifically, the CLF wants the same goals but differs vastly in which methodology they believe will accomplish those goals. The CLF believes that the path towards independence for the colonies of the Rift is one of armed conflict. The CLF embraces militant conflict with any faction that would seek to control the Rift. They sometimes even come into conflict with other non-CLF factions fighting for independence for the Rift, because they see those factions as still attempting to impose their authority on the Rift. They believe that freedom for the Rift the something that only they can provide.<br />
Because most members of the CLF believe that the only path to freedom for the colonies in the Tychon's Rift Sector is one of armed uprising, CLF members are definitionally willing to commit acts of extreme violence against anyone that their leadership identifies as a threat to their goals.<br />
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== Activities and Methodology ==<br />
While the members of the Colonial Liberation Front can broadly be described either as idealistic freedom fighters or terrorists, there is none the less a broad range of motivations within the group. A meaningful fraction of the ship based CLF cells only loosely adhere to CLF ideology, seeing the CLF instead as more of a flag of cenvenience to fly while engaging in acts of piracy and murder. Many ports and free stations in the Rift that refuse to have dealings with pirates will still happily deal with CLF ships. In their eyes piracy is legitimized by the flying of the CLF banner and the restricting of their prey to United Americas shipping. This means that acts of piracy are incredibly common under the CLF banner. Though United Americas shipping is treated brutally by the CLF, colonial shipping sometimes doesn't fare much better. It is not uncommon for captains of CLF ships to board "friendly" shipping and demand a hefty donation in order to compensate the CLF for the "protection" provided. This practice has led to occasional conflicts between piratical CLF factions who freely prey upon any ship they see and "idealistic" CLF cells which limit themselves to only preying upon United Americas shipping.<br />
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Other illegal activities have been linked to the CLF as well. The CLF engages in many acts of smuggling throughout the colonies, bringing illegal goods both into and out of the Rift. The most commonly smuggled goods are weapons and narcotics. The CLF engages in bribery of border officials and Colonial Marshals, as well as crooked and illegal deals with the major corporations that are active in Tychon's Rift. There are also numerous acts of sabotage, vigilanteeism, destruction of property, and murder that are committed by CLF fighters.<br />
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== Weaponry ==<br />
The CLF lack any sort of standardized weaponry. Early on in their existence the typical armament for a CLF member was either a civilian pistol or an obsolete submachine gun, supplemented by improvised explosives. While these weapons are still potentially deadly in the hands of a determined CLF fighter, they still leave a lot to be desired compared to modern weaponry.<br />
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As the conflict has drawn on the cells have slowly become more heavily armed, being able to source previous generation assault rifles such as the mar-40 as well as modern plastic explosives and grenades. This has been attributed partially to the group's increased reputation and power drawing in better armaments suppliers, and partially to their improved finances due to the success of their legal and illegal ventures. Even with their more modern weaponry, the CLF tend to be critically short on heavy weapons and support weapons of any type.<br />
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In 2188 CLF propaganda appeared showing CLF fighters in posession of modern UPP weaponry. When United Americas news media aired the images there was a frenzy of speculation as to the source of the modern firearms. The popular opinion, as spurred on by media speculation, is that the newly acquired arms are from corrupt generals in the UPP moving to cash in on the rich arms market in the Tychon's Rift sector. Those weapons are actually material support given to the CLF by the UPP. Unbenownst to the United Americas media, the UPP has also equipped some cells within the CLF with significant support weaponry as well. This contributed significantly to the success of the CLF in inflicting heavy damage to the USCM forces involved in Operation Tychon Tackle, especially the anti-ship missiles that the CLF otherwise would not have had the ability to produce nor the expertise to use effectively.<br />
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The CLF also lack modern spacecraft armaments. Most of their naval forces consist of modified commercial vessels. These vessels are adequate when it comes to the acts of piracy that the CLF commonly commits, but are wholly inadequate in countering modern USCM vessels. Their naval vessels have inferior speed, range, armor, pdw, and armaments compared to USCM vessels. Most notably lacking is their armaments, which usually consist of batteries of modified ground based artillery. Although these armaments have been modified to function in space, they lack the projectile speed and tracking to operate effectively outside of several dozen kilometers. These ranges are considered to be "knife fighting distance" in terms of space battles, leaving ambush as the only option for effectively engaging USCM warships.<br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
The CLF has historically been organised into loosely associated and quasi-independent cells. There are two types of CLF cells, ship based cells and ground based cells. The ship based cells are sized according to the crew requirements of their ship, usually between six and twelve members. Ground based cells tend to be similarly sized. In larger cities or when carrying out larger operations ground based cells tend to pull multiple cells together to increase their available manpower. The cells are typically led by a captain, which is usually the captain of the vessel for space based cells. Planet or station based cells usually use the same rank, but without the naval connotations. Individual ranks vary wildly between cells, if there are even ranks at all. The generally accepted term for a standard CLF soldier is a "fighter", and the term "CLF Fighter" is used by both the USCM and the CLF themselves. While individual cells share the same overall goals and ideology, though their methods and tactics differ wildly. <br />
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Cells usually form stronger ties with other cells on the same planet or station. Usually one of the cells in such a group of cells will take on more of a leadership role when coordinating with other cells from other worlds. The leadership cells only maintain loose associations with other leadership cells on different worlds, and usually have no association with non-leadership cells outside of their own cell group. The exception to this is any ship based cells, which are more independant. They typically maintain loose associations with other ship based and land based cells but do not tend to group into larger networks. Ship based cells are also usually less likely to link up with other ship based cells in order to pool resources and manpower.<br />
<br />
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In recent years there has been some reorganization of the CLF cell based structure. Seemingly emboldened by the recent lessening of USCM presence in the sector, some cells have begun to grow larger and to claim territory as their own. Where before cells stayed in the shadows, emerging only to strike targets of opportunity, some cells are now using the lack of USCM presence in Tychon's Rift to operate more openly. These larger cells are growing to a strength of several hundred or sometimes even several thousand members, and are training in concealed camps and bases. These larger CLF organizations also typically maintain armed and armored ground vehicles and sometimes ships that have been refitted for combat duties. CLF facilities on established worlds stay hidden due to actual, willful, or coerced ignorance on behalf of the Colonial Marshals.<br />
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==== Ground Cell ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:CLF_Standard.png]]<br> Fighter<br />
| The standard soldier in the CLF movement. Primarily recruited from the colony population and consist of various roles such as mere janitors, desk-workers, garbage-haulers, and even miners the front-line forces of the CLF movement severely lack proper military training and are forced to make use of basic instinct and what they have on hand. However, what they lack in combat is fiercely made up for with their hearts for the cause.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Mechanic<br />
| The technicians, the CLF trained engineers primarily consist of colonists who have worked as colony generator engineers and minor maintenance technicians. Lacking in most basic equipment compared to most militaries, the engineer trained are forced to utilize creativity to create shoddy weaponry to fight back against the USCM such as outdated rifles, molotovs, and dangerous stun-prods.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Paramedic<br />
| The medical personal of the CLF movement. Mainly consisting of colony doctors and nurses, the CLF medics are the triage for the fighters against the USCM tyranny. They are the grease and oil that ensures the fighting machine of the CLF dues not rust and grind. <br />
|-<br />
![[File:gunner.png]]<br>Gunner<br />
| The tactical soldiers of the CLF movement, the specially trained consist primarily of colonial marshals who have turned against their own beliefs and chose to side with the CLF. They possess greater weapons skills then that of a standard soldier in the movement and through intense training have been able to learn and make use of heavy weaponry not available to most standards on the frontline.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Leader.png]]<br>Cell Leader<br />
| The Local Leader is the brains and strategist of the local CLF cell's movement. Usually the leader is an individual who once served in the position of a colonial government or in a higher rank of a specific department on a colony. Highly looked upon by their followers the local leader coordinates the insurrection against the USCM, outgunned and outmatched they hold their ground believing that colonial freedom is worth every sacrifice.<br />
|}<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| The CLF hold an aggressive stance against the UPP as they are openly opposed to any major power that may try to bring them under heel. However, various cells of the CLF maintain secret ties with UPP special forces who engage in smuggling weapons and military training of guerilla forces to fight the USCM.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The CLF is openly engaged in a war of liberation against the USCM in Tychon's Rift Sector. Firmly against the USCM harsh treatment of colonies and the UA's failure to address the worries of the health, safety, and security of the colonies the CLF is dedicated to expelling the marines from the sector and establishing independence.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Colonial Liberation Front =<br />
[[File:colony_house.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"A CLF base of operations in a unknown colony"</center>]]<br />
The Colonial Liberation Front is a paramilitary group primarily located in the Tychon's Rift sector of United Americas space. Their stated goal is to secure the independence of all of the colonies in the Tychon's Rift sector. They are the largest and most active militant group pushing for the independence of the colonies. The United Americas government classifies the CLF as a terrorist organization, with membership in the organization or providing financial or material support for the CLF being prosecutable offenses.<br />
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The CLF grew organically from several different groups that formed in the wake of the Slaughter of Xibou in 2164. Prior to the slaughter of Xibou the conflicts between the United Americas government and the colonists of the Tychon's Rift sector had remained mostly non-violent. The sudden increase in tensions after Xibou, combined with the images of slaughtered fighters and civilians alike, greatly increased the willingness of the colonists to take up arms against the United Americas. Several different militant groups formed in the years following the Slaughter, and as they negotiated with one another and found common cause the CLF was formed from their union.<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:guerilla.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"Young CLF member"</center>]]<br />
The CLF finds it's origins in the poor treatment and economic exploitation of the colonists of Tychon's Rift combined with the increased difficulty that the United Americas has in governing the vast reach of space that it has claimed. Many of the people that traveled to the colonies did so for the promise of finding a better life, but instead found only harsh and inhospitable worlds lacking in many of the amenities that they had come to take for granted. The situation was made worse by piracy and lawlessness, though that was kept in check at first by the Colonial Marshals as well as the United Americas military forces. These issues were greatly exacerbated by the Sol Campaign of 2159 and by the Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161. The Sol campaign served to draw much if the USCM force tasked with keeping piracy in check out of the Tychon's Rift sector as they were retasked with more urgent assignments. The Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161 strictly curtailed much of the authority of colonial politicians and limited the number of weapons and supplies sent to colonies in order to prevent stockpiling of equipment. The USCM believed that stockpiling of equipment had played a major role in the Mars Militia's prolonged success, and they wished to deny the Tychon's Rift colonies any chance of developing similar stockpiles. This resulted in under equipped colonists and Colonial Marshals not being able to reliably defend themselves from hostile wildlife and pirates, while also no longer being able to effectively care for those wounded when defending their homes or those who fall sick to illness. <br />
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The lack of adequate supplies, growing piracy, and strictly curtailed ability to self govern bred discontent in the Rift, which in turn caused the Free Colonies movement to come into being. The Free Colonies movement is the general term for the idea that the United Americas in unable to effectively govern it's colonies and that the colonies, and that the people of the colonies should resist United Americas governance in order to earn their freedom. These ideas caused a series of protests and civil unrest, which was often met with violence from the Colonial Marshals as well as the Unitad Americas imposing further increased sanctions on the colonies.<br />
<br />
<br />
The situation in Tychon's Rift took a massive turn in 2164 when a colonist named Atticus Graves called for the independence of Xibou. He was a mining foreman, and his short five page manifesto called for armed uprising and open rebellion against the United Americas government. Graves believed that the colonists who live in the rift could fight off any USCM response due to their determination and their knowledge of their home colonies. He claimed that the colonial militia members have drive to fight for freedom, and that the USCM soldiers had no will to fight and die on the soil of colonies so far from their own homes. Graves believed that determined colonists could win their independence by causing the United Americas to lose the will to fight in the Rift. Graves formed a militia, and his militia overran the government buildings and spaceport on Xibou. Grave's militia also either killed or imprisoned all of the Colonial Marshals on the planet. Graves then took on the mantle of provisional governor of Xibou and proceeded to try to run his planet. His governorship was shortlived however, as USCM forces made planetfall and killed every militia member they could find. Grave's militia numbered at around 1,000 members, but they were supported by many colonists who were swept up in the rebellion and who believed in the Free Colonies movement. When the USCM made planetfall they could not readily identify which colonists were the armed militants and which were non-violent colonists. The USCM simply shot everyone that they suspected of being a militia member, resulting in many civilian casualties. This, the "Slaughter of Xibou", was a polarizing event in the colonies. While some supporters of the Free Colonies movement got cold feet and withdrew from the movement, many more became significantly more militant in their outlook. This event stands as the turning point that radicalized many of the original CLF members.<br />
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This increasing militancy led to fewer protests and demonstrations and more acts of sabotage. Cells began to form and negotiate with one another. Many different groups formed in this time period. The CLF name itself stems from a sound bite from United Americas news, which described to the whole of armed resistance as a "front of colonial liberation", and later referenced it again as "... this colonial liberation front ..." <br />
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The CLF has continued it's campaign of armed resistance. Recently there have been attempts by the UPP to shape the course of events in the Tychon's Rift sector as well. The UPP has begun to extend offers of material support and training to larger CLF cells in the sector. They have also encouraged some cells to prepare to again try for open armed insurrection similar to what Graves tried on Xibou. While no cells have attempted full insurrection yet, many cells are training many new fighters in preparation. It is only a matter of time before insurrection erupts on some or all of the planets in the Tychon's Rift sector. <br />
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== Ideology ==<br />
There are many amoung the populace of the Tychon's Rift sector who believe in some form of independence for the sector. This common viewpoint is referred to as the Free Colonies movement. There is no general agreement as to what form this freedom would ideally take, though some of the more popular opinions are that the colonies should be completely independent, that they should join the UPP, and that they should form a confederation of colonies and self govern together. There are many colonists who support the Free Colonies movement without supporting the CLF. There are also many people outside of Tychon's Rift that support or at least sympathize with the Free Colonies movement.<br />
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The CLF ideology can be classified as a subset of the Free Colonies ideology, largely drawn from Atticus Grave's manifesto. Specifically, the CLF wants the same goals but differs vastly in which methodology they believe will accomplish those goals. The CLF believes that the path towards independence for the colonies of the Rift is one of armed conflict. The CLF embraces militant conflict with any faction that would seek to control the Rift. They sometimes even come into conflict with other non-CLF factions fighting for independence for the Rift, because they see those factions as still attempting to impose their authority on the Rift. They believe that freedom for the Rift the something that only they can provide.<br />
Because most members of the CLF believe that the only path to freedom for the colonies in the Tychon's Rift Sector is one of armed uprising, CLF members are definitionally willing to commit acts of extreme violence against anyone that their leadership identifies as a threat to their goals.<br />
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== Activities and Methodology ==<br />
While the members of the Colonial Liberation Front can broadly be described either as idealistic freedom fighters or terrorists, there is none the less a broad range of motivations within the group. A meaningful fraction of the ship based CLF cells only loosely adhere to CLF ideology, seeing the CLF instead as more of a flag of cenvenience to fly while engaging in acts of piracy and murder. Many ports and free stations in the Rift that refuse to have dealings with pirates will still happily deal with CLF ships. In their eyes piracy is legitimized by the flying of the CLF banner and the restricting of their prey to United Americas shipping. This means that acts of piracy are incredibly common under the CLF banner. Though United Americas shipping is treated brutally by the CLF, colonial shipping sometimes doesn't fare much better. It is not uncommon for captains of CLF ships to board "friendly" shipping and demand a hefty donation in order to compensate the CLF for the "protection" provided. This practice has led to occasional conflicts between piratical CLF factions who freely prey upon any ship they see and "idealistic" CLF cells which limit themselves to only preying upon United Americas shipping.<br />
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Other illegal activities have been linked to the CLF as well. The CLF engages in many acts of smuggling throughout the colonies, bringing illegal goods both into and out of the Rift. The most commonly smuggled goods are weapons and narcotics. The CLF engages in bribery of border officials and Colonial Marshals, as well as crooked and illegal deals with the major corporations that are active in Tychon's Rift. There are also numerous acts of sabotage, vigilanteeism, destruction of property, and murder that are committed by CLF fighters.<br />
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== Weaponry ==<br />
The CLF lack any sort of standardized weaponry. Early on in their existence the typical armament for a CLF member was either a civilian pistol or an obsolete submachine gun, supplemented by improvised explosives. While these weapons are still potentially deadly in the hands of a determined CLF fighter, they still leave a lot to be desired compared to modern weaponry.<br />
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As the conflict has drawn on the cells have slowly become more heavily armed, being able to source previous generation assault rifles such as the mar-40 as well as modern plastic explosives and grenades. This has been attributed partially to the group's increased reputation and power drawing in better armaments suppliers, and partially to their improved finances due to the success of their legal and illegal ventures. Even with their more modern weaponry, the CLF tend to be critically short on heavy weapons and support weapons of any type.<br />
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In 2188 CLF propaganda appeared showing CLF fighters in posession of modern UPP weaponry. When United Americas news media aired the images there was a frenzy of speculation as to the source of the modern firearms. The popular opinion, as spurred on by media speculation, is that the newly acquired arms are from corrupt generals in the UPP moving to cash in on the rich arms market in the Tychon's Rift sector. Those weapons are actually material support given to the CLF by the UPP. Unbenownst to the United Americas media, the UPP has also equipped some cells within the CLF with significant support weaponry as well. This contributed significantly to the success of the CLF in inflicting heavy damage to the USCM forces involved in Operation Tychon Tackle, especially the anti-ship missiles that the CLF otherwise would not have had the ability to produce nor the expertise to use effectively.<br />
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The CLF also lack modern spacecraft armaments. Most of their naval forces consist of modified commercial vessels. These vessels are adequate when it comes to the acts of piracy that the CLF commonly commits, but are wholly inadequate in countering modern USCM vessels. Their naval vessels have inferior speed, range, armor, pdw, and armaments compared to USCM vessels. Most notably lacking is their armaments, which usually consist of batteries of modified ground based artillery. Although these armaments have been modified to function in space, they lack the projectile speed and tracking to operate effectively outside of several dozen kilometers. These ranges are considered to be "knife fighting distance" in terms of space battles, leaving ambush as the only option for effectively engaging USCM warships.<br />
<br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
The CLF has historically been organised into loosely associated and quasi-independent cells. There are two types of CLF cells, ship based cells and ground based cells. The ship based cells are sized according to the crew requirements of their ship, usually between six and twelve members. Ground based cells tend to be similarly sized. In larger cities or when carrying out larger operations ground based cells tend to pull multiple cells together to increase their available manpower. The cells are typically led by a captain, which is usually the captain of the vessel for space based cells. Planet or station based cells usually use the same rank, but without the naval connotations. Individual ranks vary wildly between cells, if there are even ranks at all. The generally accepted term for a standard CLF soldier is a "fighter", and the term "CLF Fighter" is used by both the USCM and the CLF themselves. While individual cells share the same overall goals and ideology, though their methods and tactics differ wildly. <br />
<br />
Cells usually form stronger ties with other cells on the same planet or station. Usually one of the cells in such a group of cells will take on more of a leadership role when coordinating with other cells from other worlds. The leadership cells only maintain loose associations with other leadership cells on different worlds, and usually have no association with non-leadership cells outside of their own cell group. The exception to this is any ship based cells, which are more independant. They typically maintain loose associations with other ship based and land based cells but do not tend to group into larger networks. Ship based cells are also usually less likely to link up with other ship based cells in order to pool resources and manpower.<br />
<br />
In recent years there has been some reorganization of the CLF cell based structure. Seemingly emboldened by the recent lessening of USCM presence in the sector, some cells have begun to grow larger and to claim territory as their own. Where before cells stayed in the shadows, emerging only to strike targets of opportunity, some cells are now using the lack of USCM presence in Tychon's Rift to operate more openly. These larger cells are growing to a strength of several hundred or sometimes even several thousand members, and are training in concealed camps and bases. These larger CLF organizations also typically maintain armed and armored ground vehicles and sometimes ships that have been refitted for combat duties. CLF facilities on established worlds stay hidden due to actual, willful, or coerced ignorance on behalf of the Colonial Marshals.<br />
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==== Ground Cell ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:CLF_Standard.png]]<br> Fighter<br />
| The standard soldier in the CLF movement. Primarily recruited from the colony population and consist of various roles such as mere janitors, desk-workers, garbage-haulers, and even miners the front-line forces of the CLF movement severely lack proper military training and are forced to make use of basic instinct and what they have on hand. However, what they lack in combat is fiercely made up for with their hearts for the cause.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Mechanic<br />
| The technicians, the CLF trained engineers primarily consist of colonists who have worked as colony generator engineers and minor maintenance technicians. Lacking in most basic equipment compared to most militaries, the engineer trained are forced to utilize creativity to create shoddy weaponry to fight back against the USCM such as outdated rifles, molotovs, and dangerous stun-prods.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Paramedic<br />
| The medical personal of the CLF movement. Mainly consisting of colony doctors and nurses, the CLF medics are the triage for the fighters against the USCM tyranny. They are the grease and oil that ensures the fighting machine of the CLF dues not rust and grind. <br />
|-<br />
![[File:gunner.png]]<br>Gunner<br />
| The tactical soldiers of the CLF movement, the specially trained consist primarily of colonial marshals who have turned against their own beliefs and chose to side with the CLF. They possess greater weapons skills then that of a standard soldier in the movement and through intense training have been able to learn and make use of heavy weaponry not available to most standards on the frontline.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Leader.png]]<br>Cell Leader<br />
| The Local Leader is the brains and strategist of the local CLF cell's movement. Usually the leader is an individual who once served in the position of a colonial government or in a higher rank of a specific department on a colony. Highly looked upon by their followers the local leader coordinates the insurrection against the USCM, outgunned and outmatched they hold their ground believing that colonial freedom is worth every sacrifice.<br />
|}<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| The CLF hold an aggressive stance against the UPP as they are openly opposed to any major power that may try to bring them under heel. However, various cells of the CLF maintain secret ties with UPP special forces who engage in smuggling weapons and military training of guerilla forces to fight the USCM.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The CLF is openly engaged in a war of liberation against the USCM in Tychon's Rift Sector. Firmly against the USCM harsh treatment of colonies and the UA's failure to address the worries of the health, safety, and security of the colonies the CLF is dedicated to expelling the marines from the sector and establishing independence.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Colonial Liberation Front =<br />
[[File:colony_house.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"A CLF base of operations in a unknown colony"</center>]]<br />
The Colonial Liberation Front is a paramilitary group primarily located in the Tychon's Rift sector of United Americas space. Their stated goal is to secure the independence of all of the colonies in the Tychon's Rift sector. They are the largest and most active militant group pushing for the independence of the colonies. The United Americas government classifies the CLF as a terrorist organization, with membership in the organization or providing financial or material support for the CLF being prosecutable offenses.<br />
<br />
<br />
The CLF grew organically from several different groups that formed in the wake of the Slaughter of Xibou in 2164. Prior to the slaughter of Xibou the conflicts between the United Americas government and the colonists of the Tychon's Rift sector had remained mostly non-violent. The sudden increase in tensions after Xibou, combined with the images of slaughtered fighters and civilians alike, greatly increased the willingness of the colonists to take up arms against the United Americas. Several different militant groups formed in the years following the Slaughter, and as they negotiated with one another and found common cause the CLF was formed from their union.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
[[File:guerilla.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"Young CLF member"</center>]]<br />
The CLF finds it's origins in the poor treatment and economic exploitation of the colonists of Tychon's Rift combined with the increased difficulty that the United Americas has in governing the vast reach of space that it has claimed. Many of the people that traveled to the colonies did so for the promise of finding a better life, but instead found only harsh and inhospitable worlds lacking in many of the amenities that they had come to take for granted. The situation was made worse by piracy and lawlessness, though that was kept in check at first by the Colonial Marshals as well as the United Americas military forces. These issues were greatly exacerbated by the Sol Campaign of 2159 and by the Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161. The Sol campaign served to draw much if the USCM force tasked with keeping piracy in check out of the Tychon's Rift sector as they were retasked with more urgent assignments. The Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161 strictly curtailed much of the authority of colonial politicians and limited the number of weapons and supplies sent to colonies in order to prevent stockpiling of equipment. The USCM believed that stockpiling of equipment had played a major role in the Mars Militia's prolonged success, and they wished to deny the Tychon's Rift colonies any chance of developing similar stockpiles. This resulted in under equipped colonists and Colonial Marshals not being able to reliably defend themselves from hostile wildlife and pirates, while also no longer being able to effectively care for those wounded when defending their homes or those who fall sick to illness. <br />
<br />
<br />
The lack of adequate supplies, growing piracy, and strictly curtailed ability to self govern bred discontent in the Rift, which in turn caused the Free Colonies movement to come into being. The Free Colonies movement is the general term for the idea that the United Americas in unable to effectively govern it's colonies and that the colonies, and that the people of the colonies should resist United Americas governance in order to earn their freedom. These ideas caused a series of protests and civil unrest, which was often met with violence from the Colonial Marshals as well as the Unitad Americas imposing further increased sanctions on the colonies.<br />
<br />
<br />
The situation in Tychon's Rift took a massive turn in 2164 when a colonist named Atticus Graves called for the independence of Xibou. He was a mining foreman, and his short five page manifesto called for armed uprising and open rebellion against the United Americas government. Graves believed that the colonists who live in the rift could fight off any USCM response due to their determination and their knowledge of their home colonies. He claimed that the colonial militia members have drive to fight for freedom, and that the USCM soldiers had no will to fight and die on the soil of colonies so far from their own homes. Graves believed that determined colonists could win their independence by causing the United Americas to lose the will to fight in the Rift. Graves formed a militia, and his militia overran the government buildings and spaceport on Xibou. Grave's militia also either killed or imprisoned all of the Colonial Marshals on the planet. Graves then took on the mantle of provisional governor of Xibou and proceeded to try to run his planet. His governorship was shortlived however, as USCM forces made planetfall and killed every militia member they could find. Grave's militia numbered at around 1,000 members, but they were supported by many colonists who were swept up in the rebellion and who believed in the Free Colonies movement. When the USCM made planetfall they could not readily identify which colonists were the armed militants and which were non-violent colonists. The USCM simply shot everyone that they suspected of being a militia member, resulting in many civilian casualties. This, the "Slaughter of Xibou", was a polarizing event in the colonies. While some supporters of the Free Colonies movement got cold feet and withdrew from the movement, many more became significantly more militant in their outlook. This event stands as the turning point that radicalized many of the original CLF members.<br />
<br />
<br />
This increasing militancy led to fewer protests and demonstrations and more acts of sabotage. Cells began to form and negotiate with one another. Many different groups formed in this time period. The CLF name itself stems from a sound bite from United Americas news, which described to the whole of armed resistance as a "front of colonial liberation", and later referenced it again as "... this colonial liberation front ..." <br />
<br />
<br />
The CLF has continued it's campaign of armed resistance. Recently there have been attempts by the UPP to shape the course of events in the Tychon's Rift sector as well. The UPP has begun to extend offers of material support and training to larger CLF cells in the sector. They have also encouraged some cells to prepare to again try for open armed insurrection similar to what Graves tried on Xibou. While no cells have attempted full insurrection yet, many cells are training many new fighters in preparation. It is only a matter of time before insurrection erupts on some or all of the planets in the Tychon's Rift sector. <br />
<br />
== Ideology ==<br />
There are many amoung the populace of the Tychon's Rift sector who believe in some form of independence for the sector. This common viewpoint is referred to as the Free Colonies movement. There is no general agreement as to what form this freedom would ideally take, though some of the more popular opinions are that the colonies should be completely independent, that they should join the UPP, and that they should form a confederation of colonies and self govern together. There are many colonists who support the Free Colonies movement without supporting the CLF. There are also many people outside of Tychon's Rift that support or at least sympathize with the Free Colonies movement.<br />
<br />
<br />
The CLF ideology can be classified as a subset of the Free Colonies ideology, largely drawn from Atticus Grave's manifesto. Specifically, the CLF wants the same goals but differs vastly in which methodology they believe will accomplish those goals. The CLF believes that the path towards independence for the colonies of the Rift is one of armed conflict. The CLF embraces militant conflict with any faction that would seek to control the Rift. They sometimes even come into conflict with other non-CLF factions fighting for independence for the Rift, because they see those factions as still attempting to impose their authority on the Rift. They believe that freedom for the Rift the something that only they can provide.<br />
Because most members of the CLF believe that the only path to freedom for the colonies in the Tychon's Rift Sector is one of armed uprising, CLF members are definitionally willing to commit acts of extreme violence against anyone that their leadership identifies as a threat to their goals.<br />
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== Activities and Methodology ==<br />
While the members of the Colonial Liberation Front can broadly be described either as idealistic freedom fighters or terrorists, there is none the less a broad range of motivations within the group. A meaningful fraction of the ship based CLF cells only loosely adhere to CLF ideology, seeing the CLF instead as more of a flag of cenvenience to fly while engaging in acts of piracy and murder. Many ports and free stations in the Rift that refuse to have dealings with pirates will still happily deal with CLF ships. In their eyes piracy is legitimized by the flying of the CLF banner and the restricting of their prey to United Americas shipping. This means that acts of piracy are incredibly common under the CLF banner. Though United Americas shipping is treated brutally by the CLF, colonial shipping sometimes doesn't fare much better. It is not uncommon for captains of CLF ships to board "friendly" shipping and demand a hefty donation in order to compensate the CLF for the "protection" provided. This practice has led to occasional conflicts between piratical CLF factions who freely prey upon any ship they see and "idealistic" CLF cells which limit themselves to only preying upon United Americas shipping.<br />
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Other illegal activities have been linked to the CLF as well. The CLF engages in many acts of smuggling throughout the colonies, bringing illegal goods both into and out of the Rift. The most commonly smuggled goods are weapons and narcotics. The CLF engages in bribery of border officials and Colonial Marshals, as well as crooked and illegal deals with the major corporations that are active in Tychon's Rift. There are also numerous acts of sabotage, vigilanteeism, destruction of property, and murder that are committed by CLF fighters.<br />
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== Weaponry ==<br />
The CLF lack any sort of standardized weaponry. Early on in their existence the typical armament for a CLF member was either a civilian pistol or an obsolete submachine gun, supplemented by improvised explosives. While these weapons are still potentially deadly in the hands of a determined CLF fighter, they still leave a lot to be desired compared to modern weaponry.<br />
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As the conflict has drawn on the cells have slowly become more heavily armed, being able to source previous generation assault rifles such as the mar-40 as well as modern plastic explosives and grenades. This has been attributed partially to the group's increased reputation and power drawing in better armaments suppliers, and partially to their improved finances due to the success of their legal and illegal ventures. Even with their more modern weaponry, the CLF tend to be critically short on heavy weapons and support weapons of any type.<br />
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In 2188 CLF propaganda appeared showing CLF fighters in posession of modern UPP weaponry. When United Americas news media aired the images there was a frenzy of speculation as to the source of the modern firearms. The popular opinion, as spurred on by media speculation, is that the newly acquired arms are from corrupt generals in the UPP moving to cash in on the rich arms market in the Tychon's Rift sector. Those weapons are actually material support given to the CLF by the UPP. Unbenownst to the United Americas media, the UPP has also equipped some cells within the CLF with significant support weaponry as well. This contributed significantly to the success of the CLF in inflicting heavy damage to the USCM forces involved in Operation Tychon Tackle, especially the anti-ship missiles that the CLF otherwise would not have had the ability to produce nor the expertise to use effectively.<br />
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The CLF also lack modern spacecraft armaments. Most of their naval forces consist of modified commercial vessels. These vessels are adequate when it comes to the acts of piracy that the CLF commonly commits, but are wholly inadequate in countering modern USCM vessels. Their naval vessels have inferior speed, range, armor, pdw, and armaments compared to USCM vessels. Most notably lacking is their armaments, which usually consist of batteries of modified ground based artillery. Although these armaments have been modified to function in space, they lack the projectile speed and tracking to operate effectively outside of several dozen kilometers. These ranges are considered to be "knife fighting distance" in terms of space battles, leaving ambush as the only option for effectively engaging USCM warships.<br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
The CLF has historically been organised into loosely associated and quasi-independent cells. There are two types of CLF cells, ship based cells and ground based cells. The ship based cells are sized according to the crew requirements of their ship, usually between six and twelve members. Ground based cells tend to be similarly sized. In larger cities or when carrying out larger operations ground based cells tend to pull multiple cells together to increase their available manpower. The cells are typically led by a captain, which is usually the captain of the vessel for space based cells. Planet or station based cells usually use the same rank, but without the naval connotations. Individual ranks vary wildly between cells, if there are even ranks at all. The generally accepted term for a standard CLF soldier is a "fighter", and the term "CLF Fighter" is used by both the USCM and the CLF themselves. While individual cells share the same overall goals and ideology, though their methods and tactics differ wildly. <br />
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Cells usually form stronger ties with other cells on the same planet or station. Usually one of the cells in such a group of cells will take on more of a leadership role when coordinating with other cells from other worlds. The leadership cells only maintain loose associations with other leadership cells on different worlds, and usually have no association with non-leadership cells outside of their own cell group. The exception to this is any ship based cells, which are more independant. They typically maintain loose associations with other ship based and land based cells but do not tend to group into larger networks. Ship based cells are also usually less likely to link up with other ship based cells in order to pool resources and manpower.<br />
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In recent years there has been some reorganization of the CLF cell based structure. Seemingly emboldened by the recent lessening of USCM presence in the sector, some cells have begun to grow larger and to claim territory as their own. Where before cells stayed in the shadows, emerging only to strike targets of opportunity, some cells are now using the lack of USCM presence in Tychon's Rift to operate more openly. These larger cells are growing to a strength of several hundred or sometimes even several thousand members, and are training in concealed camps and bases. These larger CLF organizations also typically maintain armed and armored ground vehicles and sometimes ships that have been refitted for combat duties. CLF facilities on established worlds stay hidden due to actual, willful, or coerced ignorance on behalf of the Colonial Marshals.<br />
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==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
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|-. <br />
![[File:CLF_Standard.png]]<br> Fighter<br />
| The standard soldier in the CLF movement. Primarily recruited from the colony population and consist of various roles such as mere janitors, desk-workers, garbage-haulers, and even miners the front-line forces of the CLF movement severely lack proper military training and are forced to make use of basic instinct and what they have on hand. However, what they lack in combat is fiercely made up for with their hearts for the cause.<br />
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![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Mechanic<br />
| The technicians, the CLF trained engineers primarily consist of colonists who have worked as colony generator engineers and minor maintenance technicians. Lacking in most basic equipment compared to most militaries, the engineer trained are forced to utilize creativity to create shoddy weaponry to fight back against the USCM such as outdated rifles, molotovs, and dangerous stun-prods.<br />
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![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Paramedic<br />
| The medical personal of the CLF movement. Mainly consisting of colony doctors and nurses, the CLF medics are the triage for the fighters against the USCM tyranny. They are the grease and oil that ensures the fighting machine of the CLF dues not rust and grind. <br />
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![[File:gunner.png]]<br>Gunner<br />
| The tactical soldiers of the CLF movement, the specially trained consist primarily of colonial marshals who have turned against their own beliefs and chose to side with the CLF. They possess greater weapons skills then that of a standard soldier in the movement and through intense training have been able to learn and make use of heavy weaponry not available to most standards on the frontline.<br />
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![[File:CLF_Leader.png]]<br>Cell Leader<br />
| The Local Leader is the brains and strategist of the local CLF cell's movement. Usually the leader is an individual who once served in the position of a colonial government or in a higher rank of a specific department on a colony. Highly looked upon by their followers the local leader coordinates the insurrection against the USCM, outgunned and outmatched they hold their ground believing that colonial freedom is worth every sacrifice.<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
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!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| The CLF hold an aggressive stance against the UPP as they are openly opposed to any major power that may try to bring them under heel. However, various cells of the CLF maintain secret ties with UPP special forces who engage in smuggling weapons and military training of guerilla forces to fight the USCM.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
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!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The CLF is openly engaged in a war of liberation against the USCM in Tychon's Rift Sector. Firmly against the USCM harsh treatment of colonies and the UA's failure to address the worries of the health, safety, and security of the colonies the CLF is dedicated to expelling the marines from the sector and establishing independence.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Colonial Liberation Front =<br />
[[File:colony_house.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"A CLF base of operations in a unknown colony"</center>]]<br />
The Colonial Liberation Front is a paramilitary group primarily located in the Tychon's Rift sector of United Americas space. Their stated goal is to secure the independence of all of the colonies in the Tychon's Rift sector. They are the largest and most active militant group pushing for the independence of the colonies. The United Americas government classifies the CLF as a terrorist organization, with membership in the organization or providing financial or material support for the CLF being prosecutable offenses.<br />
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The CLF grew organically from several different groups that formed in the wake of the Slaughter of Xibou in 2164. Prior to the slaughter of Xibou the conflicts between the United Americas government and the colonists of the Tychon's Rift sector had remained mostly non-violent. The sudden increase in tensions after Xibou, combined with the images of slaughtered fighters and civilians alike, greatly increased the willingness of the colonists to take up arms against the United Americas. Several different militant groups formed in the years following the Slaughter, and as they negotiated with one another and found common cause the CLF was formed from their union.<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:guerilla.jpg|300px|right|thumb|<center>"Young CLF member"</center>]]<br />
The CLF finds it's origins in the poor treatment and economic exploitation of the colonists of Tychon's Rift combined with the increased difficulty that the United Americas has in governing the vast reach of space that it has claimed. Many of the people that traveled to the colonies did so for the promise of finding a better life, but instead found only harsh and inhospitable worlds lacking in many of the amenities that they had come to take for granted. The situation was made worse by piracy and lawlessness, though that was kept in check at first by the Colonial Marshals as well as the United Americas military forces. These issues were greatly exacerbated by the Sol Campaign of 2159 and by the Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161. The Sol campaign served to draw much if the USCM force tasked with keeping piracy in check out of the Tychon's Rift sector as they were retasked with more urgent assignments. The Anti-Colonial Insurgency Act of 2161 strictly curtailed much of the authority of colonial politicians and limited the number of weapons and supplies sent to colonies in order to prevent stockpiling of equipment. The USCM believed that stockpiling of equipment had played a major role in the Mars Militia's prolonged success, and they wished to deny the Tychon's Rift colonies any chance of developing similar stockpiles. This resulted in under equipped colonists and Colonial Marshals not being able to reliably defend themselves from hostile wildlife and pirates, while also no longer being able to effectively care for those wounded when defending their homes or those who fall sick to illness. <br />
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The lack of adequate supplies, growing piracy, and strictly curtailed ability to self govern bred discontent in the Rift, which in turn caused the Free Colonies movement to come into being. The Free Colonies movement is the general term for the idea that the United Americas in unable to effectively govern it's colonies and that the colonies, and that the people of the colonies should resist United Americas governance in order to earn their freedom. These ideas caused a series of protests and civil unrest, which was often met with violence from the Colonial Marshals as well as the Unitad Americas imposing further increased sanctions on the colonies.<br />
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The situation in Tychon's Rift took a massive turn in 2164 when a colonist named Atticus Graves called for the independence of Xibou. He was a mining foreman, and his short five page manifesto called for armed uprising and open rebellion against the United Americas government. Graves believed that the colonists who live in the rift could fight off any USCM response due to their determination and their knowledge of their home colonies. He claimed that the colonial militia members have drive to fight for freedom, and that the USCM soldiers had no will to fight and die on the soil of colonies so far from their own homes. Graves believed that determined colonists could win their independence by causing the United Americas to lose the will to fight in the Rift. Graves formed a militia, and his militia overran the government buildings and spaceport on Xibou. Grave's militia also either killed or imprisoned all of the Colonial Marshals on the planet. Graves then took on the mantle of provisional governor of Xibou and proceeded to try to run his planet. His governorship was shortlived however, as USCM forces made planetfall and killed every militia member they could find. Grave's militia numbered at around 1,000 members, but they were supported by many colonists who were swept up in the rebellion and who believed in the Free Colonies movement. When the USCM made planetfall they could not readily identify which colonists were the armed militants and which were non-violent colonists. The USCM simply shot everyone that they suspected of being a militia member, resulting in many civilian casualties. This, the "Slaughter of Xibou", was a polarizing event in the colonies. While some supporters of the Free Colonies movement got cold feet and withdrew from the movement, many more became significantly more militant in their outlook. This event stands as the turning point that radicalized many of the original CLF members.<br />
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This increasing militancy led to fewer protests and demonstrations and more acts of sabotage. Cells began to form and negotiate with one another. Many different groups formed in this time period. The CLF name itself stems from a sound bite from United Americas news, which described to the whole of armed resistance as a "front of colonial liberation", and later referenced it again as "... this colonial liberation front ..." <br />
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The CLF has continued it's campaign of armed resistance. Recently there have been attempts by the UPP to shape the course of events in the Tychon's Rift sector as well. The UPP has begun to extend offers of material support and training to larger CLF cells in the sector. They have also encouraged some cells to prepare to again try for open armed insurrection similar to what Graves tried on Xibou. While no cells have attempted full insurrection yet, many cells are training many new fighters in preparation. It is only a matter of time before insurrection erupts on some or all of the planets in the Tychon's Rift sector. <br />
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== Ranks ==<br />
The CLF has historically been organised into loosely associated and quasi-independent cells. There are two types of CLF cells, ship based cells and ground based cells. The ship based cells are sized according to the crew requirements of their ship, usually between six and twelve members. Ground based cells tend to be similarly sized. In larger cities or when carrying out larger operations ground based cells tend to pull multiple cells together to increase their available manpower. The cells are typically led by a captain, which is usually the captain of the vessel for space based cells. Planet or station based cells usually use the same rank, but without the naval connotations. Individual ranks vary wildly between cells, if there are even ranks at all. The generally accepted term for a standard CLF soldier is a "fighter", and the term "CLF Fighter" is used by both the USCM and the CLF themselves. While individual cells share the same overall goals and ideology, though their methods and tactics differ wildly. <br />
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Cells usually form stronger ties with other cells on the same planet or station. Usually one of the cells in such a group of cells will take on more of a leadership role when coordinating with other cells from other worlds. The leadership cells only maintain loose associations with other leadership cells on different worlds, and usually have no association with non-leadership cells outside of their own cell group. The exception to this is any ship based cells, which are more independant. They typically maintain loose associations with other ship based and land based cells but do not tend to group into larger networks. Ship based cells are also usually less likely to link up with other ship based cells in order to pool resources and manpower.<br />
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In recent years there has been some reorganization of the CLF cell based structure. Seemingly emboldened by the recent lessening of USCM presence in the sector, some cells have begun to grow larger and to claim territory as their own. Where before cells stayed in the shadows, emerging only to strike targets of opportunity, some cells are now using the lack of USCM presence in Tychon's Rift to operate more openly. These larger cells are growing to a strength of several hundred or sometimes even several thousand members, and are training in concealed camps and bases. These larger CLF organizations also typically maintain armed and armored ground vehicles and sometimes ships that have been refitted for combat duties. CLF facilities on established worlds stay hidden due to actual, willful, or coerced ignorance on behalf of the Colonial Marshals.<br />
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==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:CLF_Standard.png]]<br> Fighter<br />
| The standard soldier in the CLF movement. Primarily recruited from the colony population and consist of various roles such as mere janitors, desk-workers, garbage-haulers, and even miners the front-line forces of the CLF movement severely lack proper military training and are forced to make use of basic instinct and what they have on hand. However, what they lack in combat is fiercely made up for with their hearts for the cause.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Mechanic<br />
| The technicians, the CLF trained engineers primarily consist of colonists who have worked as colony generator engineers and minor maintenance technicians. Lacking in most basic equipment compared to most militaries, the engineer trained are forced to utilize creativity to create shoddy weaponry to fight back against the USCM such as outdated rifles, molotovs, and dangerous stun-prods.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Medic.png]]<br> Paramedic<br />
| The medical personal of the CLF movement. Mainly consisting of colony doctors and nurses, the CLF medics are the triage for the fighters against the USCM tyranny. They are the grease and oil that ensures the fighting machine of the CLF dues not rust and grind. <br />
|-<br />
![[File:gunner.png]]<br>Gunner<br />
| The tactical soldiers of the CLF movement, the specially trained consist primarily of colonial marshals who have turned against their own beliefs and chose to side with the CLF. They possess greater weapons skills then that of a standard soldier in the movement and through intense training have been able to learn and make use of heavy weaponry not available to most standards on the frontline.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:CLF_Leader.png]]<br>Cell Leader<br />
| The Local Leader is the brains and strategist of the local CLF cell's movement. Usually the leader is an individual who once served in the position of a colonial government or in a higher rank of a specific department on a colony. Highly looked upon by their followers the local leader coordinates the insurrection against the USCM, outgunned and outmatched they hold their ground believing that colonial freedom is worth every sacrifice.<br />
|}<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
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!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| The CLF hold an aggressive stance against the UPP as they are openly opposed to any major power that may try to bring them under heel. However, various cells of the CLF maintain secret ties with UPP special forces who engage in smuggling weapons and military training of guerilla forces to fight the USCM.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
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!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| The CLF is openly engaged in a war of liberation against the USCM in Tychon's Rift Sector. Firmly against the USCM harsh treatment of colonies and the UA's failure to address the worries of the health, safety, and security of the colonies the CLF is dedicated to expelling the marines from the sector and establishing independence.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Hunters =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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== History ==<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=SorokyneStrata&diff=15296SorokyneStrata2020-06-14T10:26:19Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= Sorokyne Strata =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=Corsat&diff=15295Corsat2020-06-14T10:26:12Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= Corsat =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=TrijentDam&diff=15294TrijentDam2020-06-14T10:26:06Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= Trijent Dam =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=PrisonStation&diff=15293PrisonStation2020-06-14T10:25:59Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= Prison Station =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=SolarisRidge&diff=15292SolarisRidge2020-06-14T10:25:51Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= Solaris Ridge =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=IceColony&diff=15291IceColony2020-06-14T10:25:44Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= Ice Colony =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=LV624&diff=15290LV6242020-06-14T10:25:35Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= LV-624 =<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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== Description ==<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=Kerchner&diff=15289Kerchner2020-06-14T10:25:26Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= The Kerchner Company =<br />
[[File:Kerchner_Patch.png|300px|right|thumb]]<br />
WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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== History ==<br />
???<br />
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<div>= Pizza Galaxy =<br />
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS<br />
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== History ==<br />
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{{Links_page}}</div>Vampmarehttps://cm-ss13.com/w/index.php?title=HEFA&diff=15287HEFA2020-06-14T10:25:09Z<p>Vampmare: </p>
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<div>= HEFA Knights =<br />
[[File:HEFA_Patch.png|300px|right|thumb]]<br />
The Order of High Explosive Fragmenting-Antipersonnel (HEFA) is a secretive cult lead by the Grandmaster....<br />
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== History ==<br />
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|-. <br />
![[File:HEFA_Knight_Melee.png]]<br>Shrapnelsworn <br />
|Brother's armed specially with the power of HEFA to which they will use to punish all heretics with. They carry as much HEFA as they can via their pockets, and bags. They also come armed with a HEFA sword that works like a Lunge mine, but with a HEFA explosion.<br />
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![[File:HEFA_Knights.png]]<br>Grandmaster<br />
|A Brother who has been Chosen by the Order for their devotion and skill with HEFA to use an M92 Grenade Launcher, and lead their fellow brethern into glorious combat with those who dare challenge HEFA's greatness in combat. Alongside the GL, they come armed with the same equipment that other HEFA knights Carry.<br />
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<div>= Lore =<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
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'''2037''' <br><br />
Britain's economy is bought out by Japan after declaring Full Bankruptcy. The two nations Royal Families marry into each other to cement the nations new unity. This leads to a a new nation being formed known as "Royal Empire of Shining Sun". The foundation of the new nation reverts itself to feudalism, with the Monarch at its head. This drastic change is grounded in the belief that the old ways were deemed failures and drastic change was needed to avoid bankruptcy. <br />
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'''2051''' <br><br />
Terraforming begins on Earth's moon Luna, first headed by Joint Anglo-Japanese Corporation known as "Weston-Yamada". Nations from around the globe will send their best and brightest families to establish colonies on the surface over the next 10 years, rapidly expanding as a flood of rare minerals are found beneath the planets surface drawing in a high demand for people seeking riches mining the surface and supporting the growing infrastructure required to maintain the mining efforts. In many ways it mirrors the Westward expansion of the United States in the 1800's, just more culturally separated as nations carve out their own slices of land. Still, things remain peaceful with no blood shed for many many years.<br />
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'''2075''' <br><br />
The American based company Thiokol-Rockwell invents the first FTL Drive. Weston-Yamada in partnership with many other engineering business as well as Thiokol-Rockwell announces their intent to build ships with this engine to colonize planets beyond the Sol solar system.<br />
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'''2089''' <br><br />
Waypoint Station begins constructed in Earth orbit as an international project with even the Soviets and Chinese participating in the effort. The station is to act as a checkpoint and hub for travel between Earth and the growing outer solar system colonies. Large cargo is still handled by individual countries in their own ways.<br />
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'''2101''' <br><br />
With the incredible growth of FTL travel colonization has expanded beyond what had been expected. To protect their interests beyond the stars many governments look to forming their own Colonial Military Forces. The first is the United States of America, taking from the best of the United States current branches The National Security Act of 2101 establishes the United States Colonial Marines as a department of the Space Force. After initial recruitment their number would total 160,000 uniformed combat personal.<br />
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'''2108''' <br><br />
In celebration of the strength and unity of communist nations on earth and their progress in forming joint colonies rivaling the UA and RESS, the Soviet Union and China along with their many puppet nations officially join together to form the Union of Progressive Peoples. This is the official statement, in reality it is a bid from the communist nations in an attempt to become relevant again and compete with UA and RESS.<br />
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'''2134''' <br><br />
Hadley's Hope colony is established on Acheron LV-426.<br />
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The Arikara-class patrol transport vessel is designed and begins manufacture for use by the USCM. 10 of these ships will be made in the next decade including the USS Almayer<br />
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'''2142''' <br><br />
Weston-Yamada start experimenting with new lifeforms. (Xenos hint, need more fluff)<br />
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'''2159''' <br><br />
The Sol Campaign is the first major interstellar fought between the colonial government of Mars secretly backed by the UPP against UA and RESS forces. The Sol War is fought to overthrow the administrative grasp on the colony. The casualties remain unaccounted for, but a good guess was placed within double digit millions. It was a huge disaster by all accounts due to outdated military doctrine and inefficient political procedures. The war was the start of an increasing tension between UA and RESS.<br />
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'''2164''' <br><br />
The Slaughter of Xibou takes place, leading to growing tensions in the colonies. USCM forces are deployed to Xibou and swiftly take down a colonial freedom fighter who was leading a colonial militia. He had convinced the colonies on the planet to declare their independence. The resulting massacre is largely covered up with official number of dead colonists tallying up to 258, when in reality thousands of non-violent civilians had been murdered. Back in the Sol systems no one notices, but this will eventually lead to the establishment of the Colonial Liberation Front.<br />
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'''2165''' <br><br />
Operation Canton is fought by the USCM against colonial secessionists attempting to join the UPP. Man power is drawn from other branches with the peak number of troops at any one time hitting 549,500 strong with over 9 million serving in total. Due to the Jungle climate and familiar danger and enemy tactics the conflict is nicknamed "Space Nam". Fighting lasted five years and ended in a cease-fire between UPP and USCM. The main site of combat, a colony with the name of Canton suffered total destruction.<br />
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'''2178''' <br><br />
USS Almayer is retrofitted. Upgrades included: sensor updates, implementation of the ARES AI system, expansion of troop capacity from 1 to 2 Platoons creating A Company, a rearrangement of the upper deck space with the addition of a Corporate Liaison Office, all engines being placed on the lower deck, new models of the UD-4 Dropship, Stocks of the M41 MK2 pulse rifle and L42 Battle Rifles.<br />
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The Almayer is redeployed to begin patrolling Corporate funded outer-rim colonies in UA space along the Anglo-Japanese boarder.<br />
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'''2190''' <br><br />
A CLF base has been identified by UA Intelligence. The USS Almayer along side one other USCM warship is dispatched to eliminate the base on a remote colony. They devised an operation dubbed [[After_Action_Report_No.55|Operation Tychon Tackle]] to destroy the CLF base with a swift and decisive strike. However, the enemy was much more prepared than they had anticipated and suffered a lot more casualties than expected. This had nearly depleted the USS Almayer's supplies with First Platoon's marines taking too many casualties, leaving Second Platoon to take on their assignments.<br />
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== Factions ==<br />
==== USCM ====<br />
==== UPP ====<br />
==== CLF ====<br />
==== W-Y ====<br />
==== RESS ====<br />
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<div>= Weston-Yamada =<br />
[[File:weston-yamada.png|thumb|right|300px|<center>"Building better worlds"</center>]]<br />
Weston Yamada (A.K.A The Company) has a wide range of business, such as high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. It also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.<br />
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Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial worlds, Weston Yamada secured many rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM; the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset.<br />
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Weston Yamada also has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans, who do black site protection detail, undertake dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified. <br />
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== History ==<br />
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== Contracted Colonies ==<br />
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== PMCs ==<br />
Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries. <br />
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Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.<br />
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Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life. <br />
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==== Ranks ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
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! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-<br />
![[File:PMC-Standard.png|64px]]<br>Security Expert<br />
| ???<br />
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![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Support Specialist<br />
| ???<br />
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![[File:PMC-Medic.png|64px]]<br>Medical Specialist<br />
| ???<br />
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![[File:PMC_Sniper.png|64px]]<br>Elite Responder<br />
| ???<br />
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![[File:PMC-Officer.png|64px]]<br>Team Leader<br />
| ??? <br />
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== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:UPP_Patch.png|64px]] UPP<br />
| ???.<br />
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!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| ???<br />
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!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| ???<br />
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!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Union of Progressive Peoples =<br />
{| style="border: 5px solid black; height: 300px; width: 300px; margin: 15px; float:right;"<br />
|[[File:upp-portait2.png]]<br />
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A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted saying in May 2168.<br />
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== Fleets ==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable"<br />
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;"|<br />
|- <br />
!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
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!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
|}<br />
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== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India. It formed after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck people, which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the UA an RESS's rival in world affairs. It managed to stand on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War, which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
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Unlike UA and RESS, the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System. It also extended outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets, which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. They did not have the luxury of finding worlds, which the nation could properly colonize. They instead searched for worlds in-between, the scraps. UPP did not colonize the surface, but rather oprted for establishing colonies underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result of overpopulation, crowding became a major issue due to living underground rather than above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the Communist Party's might before it could become a major international issue. The Communist Party was extremely good at convincing the population that their struggles were temporary.<br />
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It was not until the Sol Campaign, the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol. It happened on Mars, with a outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag, and engaged in both piracy and supply runs. These activities were to the benefit of the Mars' government and it was credited as the reason for the early success of Mars in the war. It also caused heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was a rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia, but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory, however it was only a pyrrhic victory, due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost. This far outweighing, what was expected to be, a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
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The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign, with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery. This sprouted the idea of espionage and fanning flames of rebellion, in places where its rival militaries could not reach quickly. Eventually it became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Canton was their next operation, with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the Canton world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war,that would drag out for decades, by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries were engaged in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies, as they did not anticipate a rival force being able to respond as quickly, as the USCM did, so far from Sol.<br />
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The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly, like with the disaster at Canton, where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM. The UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias, doing this under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists are using a gas giant designated MV-35, located in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector. It is currently under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar and garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong). They are sitting on standby and awaiting for USCM to retreat from the sector, as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the UPP will spring forth and claim the rich, habitable planets, in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
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== Events ==<br />
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====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine. It directed how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords. The Mars Government wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP, to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training. It was all preparation for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars merchant vessels, which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
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The UPP never issued a 'formal' declaration of war, but permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars, as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces'. They often adorned face masks and removed the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes, doing heavy damage to the vital supply lines of the UA and RESS. This created a devastating attrition, that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on, the UPP's involvement became well known, however neither side desired to see the carnage to come to Earth. They opted to remain silent and ignored the blatant involvement.<br />
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The UPP saw success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign, but they did not walk out unscathed. In the end, their attempt for Mars to get independence succeed, but the attempt to take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost. The losses were unable to be formally recognized, due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved', leaving many grieving silently. The UPP realized after the war, that they could not match the armies of the allied powers. This led to a strategy of encouraging uprisings and silent warfare where the allied forces couldn't reach.<br />
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====New Sevastopol Hunger Strike====<br />
Soon<br />
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== Divisions ==<br />
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Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.<br />
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==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Standard.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Leader.png]]<br>Master Serzhant | MSzh.<br />
|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
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==== Special Forces ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Standard.png]]<br>Junior Kommando | JKdo.<br />
|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
|}<br />
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==== Officers ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
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![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
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![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
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![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
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![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
|}<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| ???.<br />
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!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| ???<br />
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!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Union of Progressive Peoples =<br />
{| style="border: 5px solid black; height: 300px; width: 300px; margin: 15px; float:right;"<br />
|[[File:upp-portait2.png]]<br />
|}<br />
A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted saying in May 2168.<br />
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== Fleets ==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;"|<br />
|- <br />
!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India. It formed after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck people, which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the UA an RESS's rival in world affairs. It managed to stand on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War, which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
<br />
<br />
Unlike UA and RESS, the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System. It also extended outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets, which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. They did not have the luxury of finding worlds, which the nation could properly colonize. They instead searched for worlds in-between, the scraps. UPP did not colonize the surface, but rather oprted for establishing colonies underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result of overpopulation, crowding became a major issue due to living underground rather than above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the Communist Party's might before it could become a major international issue. The Communist Party was extremely good at convincing the population that their struggles were temporary.<br />
<br />
<br />
It was not until the Sol Campaign, the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol. It happened on Mars, with a outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag, and engaged in both piracy and supply runs. These activities were to the benefit of the Mars' government and it was credited as the reason for the early success of Mars in the war. It also caused heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was a rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia, but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory, however it was only a pyrrhic victory, due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost. This far outweighing, what was expected to be, a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign, with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery. This sprouted the idea of espionage and fanning flames of rebellion, in places where its rival militaries could not reach quickly. Eventually it became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Canton was their next operation, with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the Canton world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war,that would drag out for decades, by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries were engaged in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies, as they did not anticipate a rival force being able to respond as quickly, as the USCM did, so far from Sol.<br />
<br />
<br />
The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly, like with the disaster at Canton, where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM. The UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias, doing this under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists are using a gas giant designated MV-35, located in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector. It is currently under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar and garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong). They are sitting on standby and awaiting for USCM to retreat from the sector, as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the UPP will spring forth and claim the rich, habitable planets, in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
<br />
====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine with regards to how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords the Mars Government made wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training in order to prepare for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars Merchant vessels which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP while never issuing a 'formal' declaration of war permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces' due to often adorning face masks and removing the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes on vital supply supply lines of the UA and RESS, creating devastating attrition that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on it was well known of the UPP's involvement however neither side desiring to see the carnage come to Earth opted to remain silent and ignore to blatant involvement.<br />
<br />
<br />
While the UPP did see success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign it did not walk out unscathed. In the end their attempt to have Mars independence succeed and then take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost and were unable to be formally recognized due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved' leaving many grieving silently. The UPP had realized only after the war that they could not match the armies of the allied powers and that the best strategy was in fact to encourage uprisings where they could not reach instead.<br />
<br />
====New Sevastopol Hunger Strike====<br />
Soon<br />
<br />
== Divisions ==<br />
<br />
Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.<br />
<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Standard.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Leader.png]]<br>Master Serzhant | MSzh.<br />
|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Special Forces ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Standard.png]]<br>Junior Kommando | JKdo.<br />
|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Officers ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
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! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| ???.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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{| style="border: 5px solid black; height: 300px; width: 300px; margin: 15px; float:right;"<br />
|[[File:upp-portait2.png]]<br />
|}<br />
A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted saying in May 2168.<br />
<br />
== Fleets ==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;"|<br />
|- <br />
!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India. It formed after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck people, which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the UA an RESS's rival in world affairs. It managed to stand on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War, which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
<br />
<br />
Unlike UA and RESS, the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System. It also extended outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets, which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. They did not have the luxury of finding worlds, which the nation could properly colonize. They instead searched for worlds in-between, the scraps. UPP did not colonize the surface, but rather oprted for establishing colonies underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result of overpopulation, crowding became a major issue due to living underground rather than above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the Communist Party's might before it could become a major international issue. The Communist Party was extremely good at convincing the population that their struggles were temporary.<br />
<br />
<br />
It was not until the Sol Campaign, the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol. It happened on Mars, with a outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag, and engaged in both piracy and supply runs. These activities were to the benefit of the Mars' government and it was credited as the reason for the early success of Mars in the war. It also caused heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was a rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia, but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory, however it was only a pyrrhic victory, due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost. This far outweighing, what was expected to be, a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign, with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery. This sprouted the idea of espionage and fanning flames of rebellion, where its rival militaries could not reach quickly. Eventually it became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Canton was their next operation, with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the Canton world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war, that would drag out for decades by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries wwas engaged in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies as they did not anticipate a rival force able to respond as quickly as the USCM did so far from Sol.<br />
<br />
<br />
The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly after the disaster at Canton where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM, the UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front (C.L.F) in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists using a gas giant designated MV-35 in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong) standby and await for the USCM to retreat from the sector as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the U.P.P will be able to spring forth and claim the rich and habitable planets in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
<br />
====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine with regards to how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords the Mars Government made wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training in order to prepare for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars Merchant vessels which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP while never issuing a 'formal' declaration of war permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces' due to often adorning face masks and removing the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes on vital supply supply lines of the UA and RESS, creating devastating attrition that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on it was well known of the UPP's involvement however neither side desiring to see the carnage come to Earth opted to remain silent and ignore to blatant involvement.<br />
<br />
<br />
While the UPP did see success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign it did not walk out unscathed. In the end their attempt to have Mars independence succeed and then take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost and were unable to be formally recognized due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved' leaving many grieving silently. The UPP had realized only after the war that they could not match the armies of the allied powers and that the best strategy was in fact to encourage uprisings where they could not reach instead.<br />
<br />
====New Sevastopol Hunger Strike====<br />
Soon<br />
<br />
== Divisions ==<br />
<br />
Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.<br />
<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Standard.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Leader.png]]<br>Master Serzhant | MSzh.<br />
|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Special Forces ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Standard.png]]<br>Junior Kommando | JKdo.<br />
|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Officers ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| ???.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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<div>= Union of Progressive Peoples =<br />
{| style="border: 5px solid black; height: 300px; width: 300px; margin: 15px; float:right;"<br />
|[[File:upp-portait2.png]]<br />
|}<br />
A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted saying in May 2168.<br />
<br />
== Fleets ==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;"|<br />
|- <br />
!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India. It formed after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck people, which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the UA an RESS's rival in world affairs. It managed to stand on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War, which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
<br />
<br />
Unlike UA and RESS, the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System. It also extended outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets, which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. They did not have the luxury of finding worlds, which the nation could properly colonize. They instead searched for worlds in-between, the scraps. UPP did not colonize the surface, but rather oprted for establishing colonies underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result of overpopulation, crowding became a major issue due to living underground rather than above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the Communist Party's might before it could become a major international issue. The Communist Party was extremely good at convincing the population that their struggles were temporary.<br />
<br />
<br />
It was not until the Sol Campaign, the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol. It happened on Mars, with a outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag, and engaged in both piracy and supply runs. These activities were to the benefit of the Mars' government and it was credited as the reason for the early success of Mars in the war. It also caused heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was a rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia, but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory, however it was only a pyrrhic victory, due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost. This far outweighing, what was expected to be, a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery, the idea of espionage and fanning the flames of rebellion where its rival militaries could not reach quickly became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Tientsin would become the next operation with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war that would drag out for decades by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries would engage in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies as they did not anticipate a rival force able to respond as quickly as the USCM did so far from Sol.<br />
<br />
<br />
The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly after the disaster at Canton where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM, the UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front (C.L.F) in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists using a gas giant designated MV-35 in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong) standby and await for the USCM to retreat from the sector as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the U.P.P will be able to spring forth and claim the rich and habitable planets in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
<br />
====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine with regards to how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords the Mars Government made wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training in order to prepare for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars Merchant vessels which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP while never issuing a 'formal' declaration of war permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces' due to often adorning face masks and removing the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes on vital supply supply lines of the UA and RESS, creating devastating attrition that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on it was well known of the UPP's involvement however neither side desiring to see the carnage come to Earth opted to remain silent and ignore to blatant involvement.<br />
<br />
<br />
While the UPP did see success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign it did not walk out unscathed. In the end their attempt to have Mars independence succeed and then take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost and were unable to be formally recognized due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved' leaving many grieving silently. The UPP had realized only after the war that they could not match the armies of the allied powers and that the best strategy was in fact to encourage uprisings where they could not reach instead.<br />
<br />
====New Sevastopol Hunger Strike====<br />
Soon<br />
<br />
== Divisions ==<br />
<br />
Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.<br />
<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Standard.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Leader.png]]<br>Master Serzhant | MSzh.<br />
|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Special Forces ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Standard.png]]<br>Junior Kommando | JKdo.<br />
|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Officers ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
|}<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
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! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| ???.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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|[[File:upp-portait2.png]]<br />
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A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted saying in May 2168.<br />
<br />
== Fleets ==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;"|<br />
|- <br />
!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples (U.P.P.) was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck populations which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the U.A an R.E.S.S's rival in world affairs, now standing on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
<br />
<br />
Unlike UA and RESS the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System and extend outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. Instead of finding worlds which the nation could properly colonized they instead searched for worlds in-between. Rather then colonizing the service the U.P.P had colonies established underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result overpopulation and crowding became a major issue due to having to live underground rather then above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the communist party's might before it could become a major international issue.<br />
<br />
<br />
It was not until the Sol Campaign where the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol on mars with the outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag and engaged in both piracy and supply runs to the Mars Government which credited heavily to the early success of Mars in the war and heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was also rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory however it was only a pyrrhic victory due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost far outweighed what was expected to be a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery, the idea of espionage and fanning the flames of rebellion where its rival militaries could not reach quickly became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Tientsin would become the next operation with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war that would drag out for decades by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries would engage in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies as they did not anticipate a rival force able to respond as quickly as the USCM did so far from Sol.<br />
<br />
<br />
The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly after the disaster at Canton where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM, the UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front (C.L.F) in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists using a gas giant designated MV-35 in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong) standby and await for the USCM to retreat from the sector as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the U.P.P will be able to spring forth and claim the rich and habitable planets in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
<br />
====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine with regards to how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords the Mars Government made wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training in order to prepare for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars Merchant vessels which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP while never issuing a 'formal' declaration of war permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces' due to often adorning face masks and removing the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes on vital supply supply lines of the UA and RESS, creating devastating attrition that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on it was well known of the UPP's involvement however neither side desiring to see the carnage come to Earth opted to remain silent and ignore to blatant involvement.<br />
<br />
<br />
While the UPP did see success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign it did not walk out unscathed. In the end their attempt to have Mars independence succeed and then take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost and were unable to be formally recognized due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved' leaving many grieving silently. The UPP had realized only after the war that they could not match the armies of the allied powers and that the best strategy was in fact to encourage uprisings where they could not reach instead.<br />
<br />
====New Sevastopol Hunger Strike====<br />
Soon<br />
<br />
== Divisions ==<br />
<br />
Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.<br />
<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Standard.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Leader.png]]<br>Master Serzhant | MSzh.<br />
|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Special Forces ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Standard.png]]<br>Junior Kommando | JKdo.<br />
|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Officers ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
|}<br />
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== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| ???.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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{| style="border: 5px solid black; height: 300px; width: 300px; margin: 15px; float:right;"<br />
|[[File:upp-portait2.png]]<br />
|}<br />
A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. ''“Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”'', Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted as saying in May 2168.<br />
<br />
== Fleets ==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;"|<br />
|- <br />
!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples (U.P.P.) was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck populations which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the U.A an R.E.S.S's rival in world affairs, now standing on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
<br />
<br />
Unlike UA and RESS the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System and extend outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. Instead of finding worlds which the nation could properly colonized they instead searched for worlds in-between. Rather then colonizing the service the U.P.P had colonies established underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result overpopulation and crowding became a major issue due to having to live underground rather then above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the communist party's might before it could become a major international issue.<br />
<br />
<br />
It was not until the Sol Campaign where the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol on mars with the outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag and engaged in both piracy and supply runs to the Mars Government which credited heavily to the early success of Mars in the war and heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was also rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory however it was only a pyrrhic victory due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost far outweighed what was expected to be a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery, the idea of espionage and fanning the flames of rebellion where its rival militaries could not reach quickly became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Tientsin would become the next operation with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war that would drag out for decades by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries would engage in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies as they did not anticipate a rival force able to respond as quickly as the USCM did so far from Sol.<br />
<br />
<br />
The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly after the disaster at Canton where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM, the UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front (C.L.F) in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists using a gas giant designated MV-35 in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong) standby and await for the USCM to retreat from the sector as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the U.P.P will be able to spring forth and claim the rich and habitable planets in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
<br />
====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine with regards to how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords the Mars Government made wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training in order to prepare for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars Merchant vessels which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP while never issuing a 'formal' declaration of war permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces' due to often adorning face masks and removing the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes on vital supply supply lines of the UA and RESS, creating devastating attrition that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on it was well known of the UPP's involvement however neither side desiring to see the carnage come to Earth opted to remain silent and ignore to blatant involvement.<br />
<br />
<br />
While the UPP did see success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign it did not walk out unscathed. In the end their attempt to have Mars independence succeed and then take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost and were unable to be formally recognized due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved' leaving many grieving silently. The UPP had realized only after the war that they could not match the armies of the allied powers and that the best strategy was in fact to encourage uprisings where they could not reach instead.<br />
<br />
====New Sevastopol Hunger Strike====<br />
Soon<br />
<br />
== Divisions ==<br />
<br />
Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.<br />
<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Standard.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Leader.png]]<br>Master Serzhant | MSzh.<br />
|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Special Forces ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Standard.png]]<br>Junior Kommando | JKdo.<br />
|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Officers ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Relations ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" width=200|Factions<br />
! style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" |Connections<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|UPP}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] USCM<br />
| ???.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|CLF}}[[File:CLF_Patch.png|64px]] CLF<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|W-Y}}[[File:USCM_Patch.png|64px]] Weston-Yamada<br />
| ???<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|RESS}}[[File:RESS_Patch.png|64px]] RESS<br />
| ????<br />
|}<br />
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{| style="border: 5px solid black; height: 300px; width: 300px; margin: 15px; float:right;"<br />
|[[File:upp-portait2.png]]<br />
|}<br />
A wide-reaching and powerful socialist authoritarian state. The UPP acts as the political and ideological rival of the United States and the UA. Though they have a relatively large presence on Earth (particularly in the Eastern sphere), the UPP is also largely active in colonizing the frontier. While the United Americas have never engaged the UPP in an official war, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a UPP Expeditionary Force during Operation Canton in mid 2165. The engagement ended in a ceasefire. The reason was fears that the conflict would spread to the more densely populated Sol System. The incident greatly enraged many senior officials in the UPP, who viewed the battle of Canton as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. “Such an insult (referring to Canton) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”, Kolonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted as saying in May 2168.<br />
<br />
== Fleets ==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;"|<br />
|- <br />
!{{Anchor|Factions}} 1st Fleet<br />
| Stationed in Sol, the First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded. This is due to the importance of Sol and the constant agitation in the Cold War against the UA and RESS, which the UPP stands strongly against. The history of the First Fleet stretches all the way back to the very first colonies established in Sol, on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds. Mars and similar major worlds were at time already fully claimed by the UA or the RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign, the vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS. They hit their supply-lines as pirate vessels, loosely organized in hit-and-run tactics, to hamper the allied powers of UA and RESS from responding to the Mars Crisis effectively. The Fleet now serves as the guard of the UPP's capital and is constantly reinforced in order to match its rivals.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 2nd Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the Herculis UPP-UA border, the Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign. The First Fleet engaged in piracy activities against UPP's rivals, meanwhile the Second Fleet filled the role of a defensive fleet, that oversaw the protection of UPP assets and space. Following the end of the Sol Campaign, the Second Fleet would become the primary space force of the inner colonies of the communist territory. The Fleet was involved with its first actual combat in Operation Canton, where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet. The goal was to meet the UA's military forces head on, the first time this was happening since the start of the Cold War.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 3rd Fleet<br />
| Stationed in the Frontiers of the UPP's outer-colonies, the Third Fleet was formed following the expansive colonization of the frontiers. There was also a need, for a defensive force to oversee and protect colonization vessels from piracy and smugglers. Part of it saw extensive combat in Operation Canton in a joint task-force with the Second Fleet.<br />
|-<br />
!{{Anchor|Others}} 4th Fleet<br />
| Stationed along the RESS-UPP arm of the colonization front, the Fourth Fleet was created after the outer-colonization of the frontiers and served as the youngest of the naval forces in the UPP. Its primary task has been challenging RESS naval forces and ensuring they do not make a grab for any communist space. As the youngest Fleet it is also the most poorly funded and ill-equipped. Primarily manned by young recruits and inexperienced officers, though you will not have UPP admit that.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
The Union of Progressive Peoples (U.P.P.) was formed from major nations such as Russia, China, and India after failures for democracy to carry the large poverty-struck populations which often suffered from famine and disease due to overpopulation. The idea of communism promised equality, the abolition of society's ranking structure in terms of wealth income, and for all men and women underneath its banner to be equal. The Communist nation quickly became both the U.A an R.E.S.S's rival in world affairs, now standing on equal footing in their attempt to dominate as the world power and ideology. Various minor skirmishes and close calls with nuclear arsenals set the tense stage for the Cold War which would last up until even the modern day.<br />
<br />
<br />
Unlike UA and RESS the UPP was very late to the space race and failed to colonize any major worlds such as Titan and Mars. As a result the Communist nation was forced to settle with moons of the Sol System and extend outwards towards the frontiers, away from the more habitable and resource-rich planets which its rivals were able to monopolize and capitalize on. Instead of finding worlds which the nation could properly colonized they instead searched for worlds in-between. Rather then colonizing the service the U.P.P had colonies established underneath the surface of the planets. However, as a result overpopulation and crowding became a major issue due to having to live underground rather then above. It was not uncommon for there to be civil unrest or food riots, but most quickly fell to the communist party's might before it could become a major international issue.<br />
<br />
<br />
It was not until the Sol Campaign where the UPP saw its first opportunity against its rivals and a chance to gain strategic holdings in Sol on mars with the outbreak of war between the colonial world and its overlord governments. The First Fleet of the Communist Navy was quickly rallied beneath a black flag and engaged in both piracy and supply runs to the Mars Government which credited heavily to the early success of Mars in the war and heavy casualties on the side of the allied UA and RESS. There was also rumor of UPP Commando involvement in ground battles and training of the militia but no sources have ever been confirmed or declassified. The conflict eventually ended with UA/RESS victory however it was only a pyrrhic victory due to the massive amount of warships and lives lost far outweighed what was expected to be a speedy put-down of a minor rebellion.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP saw massive success in the Sol Campaign with both of its rivals heavily wounded and in economic recovery, the idea of espionage and fanning the flames of rebellion where its rival militaries could not reach quickly became the covert doctrine of the nation's military strategies. Tientsin would become the next operation with the overthrowing of the colonial government in a coup d'etat, aligning the world with the UPP. However, the communist military did not expect a fierce war that would drag out for decades by the now heavily funded USCM. The two militaries would engage in conflict for nearly five years for the planet, resulting in the planet's devastation and heavy losses to both sides. The end result saw the usage of nuclear weaponry and the withdrawal of both sides. The UPP began to re-evaluate its strategies as they did not anticipate a rival force able to respond as quickly as the USCM did so far from Sol.<br />
<br />
<br />
The year is 2190, instead of involving themselves directly after the disaster at Canton where they underestimated the fighting patriotic spirit of the USCM, the UPP has instead opted for a similar strategy employed during the Sol Campaign. The nation has begun covertly selling weaponry and training militias under the banner of the Colonial Liberation Front (C.L.F) in Tychon's Rift Sector. The communists using a gas giant designated MV-35 in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar garrisoned by the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong) standby and await for the USCM to retreat from the sector as it becomes clear they grow weaker by the day. So when the time comes the U.P.P will be able to spring forth and claim the rich and habitable planets in the name of the Union Of Progressive Peoples.<br />
<br />
== Events ==<br />
<br />
====Sol Campaign ====<br />
The outbreak of the Sol Campaign played a major role in the creation of new foreign and military doctrine with regards to how the nation would combat the allied powers of UA and RESS during the Cold War. Long before the declaration of rebellion against their colonial overlords the Mars Government made wasted no time in secretly aligning itself with the UPP to begin the stockpiling of weaponry and military training in order to prepare for what would become the first major inter-planetary war within Sol. The UPP also aided in the arming of Mars Merchant vessels which would play a major role in the early days of the conflict and inflict severe losses on the allied powers of UA and RESS.<br />
<br />
<br />
The UPP while never issuing a 'formal' declaration of war permitted many of its forces in secrecy to fight beneath the banners of Mars as 'hired mercenaries' or 'unknown forces' due to often adorning face masks and removing the patches that represented them as communist soldiers. Even their fleets rose black flags and engaged in open piracy and tactical strikes on vital supply supply lines of the UA and RESS, creating devastating attrition that would cost the allied powers hundreds if not millions of vessels and manpower. As the war dragged on it was well known of the UPP's involvement however neither side desiring to see the carnage come to Earth opted to remain silent and ignore to blatant involvement.<br />
<br />
<br />
While the UPP did see success on a great scale during the Sol Campaign it did not walk out unscathed. In the end their attempt to have Mars independence succeed and then take the wealthy colony beneath their iron curtain failed. Hundreds of vessels and millions of lives were lost and were unable to be formally recognized due to the UPP's status in the conflict as 'uninvolved' leaving many grieving silently. The UPP had realized only after the war that they could not match the armies of the allied powers and that the best strategy was in fact to encourage uprisings where they could not reach instead.<br />
<br />
====New Sevastopol Hunger Strike====<br />
Soon<br />
<br />
== Divisions ==<br />
<br />
Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.<br />
<br />
==== Standard ====<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable"<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role<br />
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description<br />
|-. <br />
![[File:UPP_Standard.png]]<br>Private | Pvt.<br />
|Enlisted or conscripted into the armed forces, these Standard UPP soldiers are the core and brunt of the UPP forces, armed and equipped with a standard Type 71 Pulse Rifle and their UM 5 Personal armor, these fanatical soldiers are a force to be reckoned with.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Medic.png]]<br>Korporal | Kpl.<br />
|These trained men and women have access to an array of standard issued UPP medical items akin to their USCM counterparts. While combat is not their focus, they are armed with their old but reliable Type 71 Carbine as a quick response to any threat.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Heavy.png]]<br>Serzhant | Szh.<br />
|UPP Specialists are better trained and armed than their standard counterpart. Equipped with special heavy UPP armor that is capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage, and equipped with the formidable GSh-7.62 rotary machine gun, UPP Specialists are not to be taken lightly by even the most robust of marines.<br />
|-<br />
![[File:UPP_Leader.png]]<br>Master Serzhant | MSzh.<br />
|The commander of the UPP force, the UPP Leader is charged with executing whatever mission the UPP have assigned the squad. They are equipped with mostly standard issue UPP equipment, though the Leader wears similar armor to the UPP Specialist.<br />
|}<br />
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==== Special Forces ====<br />
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![[File:UPP_Commando_Standard.png]]<br>Junior Kommando | JKdo.<br />
|The Junior Kommando consists of only hand-selected UPP military specialists. Often chosen due to their cold demeanor and uncaring attitude for human life the Junior Kommandos are the forefront of the UPP Special Forces with only the finest equipment. Those who are selected have been rumored to require a ritual involving killing their own parents.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Commando_Medic.png]]<br>2nd Kommando | 2ndKdo.<br />
|The Second Kommando are primarily made of medical specialists who have proven their worth in the field of medicine and the ability to withstand any type of battle-fatigue mental or physical which could withhold them from performing their medical duty. They are highly advanced with treating battle-wounds and have said to have hands that work equal to surgeons with P.H.Ds.<br />
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![[File:UPP_Commando_Leader.png]]<br>1st Kommando | 1stKdo.<br />
|The First Kommando is the leader of the Specialist Forces assigned beneath their command and are perhaps the most elite unit to exist in the UPP arsenal. Believed to have been selected from only soldiers who have personally shown their worth by gunning down even civilians that fail to salute the chairman, the First Kommando holds no remorse in his duties and believes only in his faith and loyalty to the greater worker's revolution of the UPP.<br />
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==== Officers ====<br />
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![[File:leytenant.png]]<br>Leytenant | Lt.<br />
|The lowest rank of the UPP forces, the Lieutenants are said to be selected from floor managers in UPP shoe manufactories due to their experience in coordinating fellow communists and showing leadership. They are entrusted with platoons beneath their commando and are eager to prove their worth to rise in the ranks and earn a better life and expand the might of the UPP.<br />
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![[File:kapitan.png]]<br>Kapitan | Kpt.<br />
|The Kapitan is the second officer-position in the UPP. Usually given command of entire vessels and battalions, the Kaptain often possesses some communist indoctrined education and is tasked with ensuring the will and might of the communist nation is enforced both within and even abroad if the situation calls for such.<br />
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![[File:mayjor.png]]<br>Mayjor | May.<br />
| Nearing the top upper ranks, the Mayjor is a senior officer in the UPP's military. Due to their position and trust by the government they are often given entire fleets or armies to oversee and are trusted with utilizing the forces given to them to protect the communist doctrine be it from democratic movements or foreign nations.<br />
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![[File:kolonel.png]]<br>Kolonel | Kol.<br />
|The Kolonel is the highest rank that can be achieved within the UPP Military. They oversee all four fleets and ground personal and are tasked with ensuring they are used to protect and expand the borders of the communist nation across the stars. They are regarded as having unwavering loyalty to the worker's revolution and are very close with the chairman who they often report to.<br />
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![[File:chairman.png]]<br>Chairman of Progressive People | CPP.<br />
|The Chairman of Progressive People is the highest ranking official in the UPP's government. They are the face of the communist regime and commander-in-chief of all military forces. Their word is the word of the communist doctrine and anyone who would dare cross them likely would find themselves, their family, and their friends six feet under.<br />
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