UPP

Union of Progressive Peoples

The Union of Progressive Peoples (UPP) are the rivals of the United Americas in many aspects. They're highly trained socialist soldiers, ready to fight for the UPP. And their goal is to eliminate anyone who are against the UPP.

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 the Tientsin Campaign in mid 2165. Though the engagement ended in a ceasefire, over 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 Tientsin as an attempt by the United States to annex UPP sovereign territory. “Such an insult (referring to Tientsin) can only be repaid in American blood. Mark my words, this will happen”, Colonel Ganbaatar of the UPP Armed Forces was quoted as saying in May 2168.

Fleets

1st Fleet	The First Fleet of the UPP Navy is the oldest and most funded 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. its history stretches back to the very first colonies established in Sol on the moons of major planets, as opposed to on major worlds such as Mars which had already been fully claimed by the UA and RESS. The Fleet saw its first major military operations during the Sol Campaign where vessels beneath the fleet raised the black flag and raided UA and RESS 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.
2nd Fleet	The Second Fleet saw its creation during the early phases of the Sol Campaign, with the First Fleet engaging in piracy activities against UPP's rivals 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 be the primary space force in the colonization of the frontiers by the communist nation. Due to missing out on the space race it'd be tasked with the escort of large colonization vessels to frontier worlds in order to spread the UPP's borders further across the galaxy. The Fleet would see its first actual combat in the Tientsin Campaign where it deployed a task-force in a joint operation with the Third Fleet to meet the UA's military forces head on for the first time since the start of the Cold War.
3rd Fleet	Ships
4th Fleet	Ships

History

The Union of Progressive Peoples (U.P.P.) is a powerful socialist nation that acts as a rival of United Americas (U.A.) in the eastern sphere. However, as years go by, so does the spark of rivalry between the U.A. and U.P.P. as well, with mounting tensions between the two becoming more and more prevalent. Though the U.P.P. has never engaged in wars against the U.A. or USCM, hostilities broke out between a USCM Task Force and a U.P.P. Expeditionary Force during the Tientsin Campaign in mid 2165. It later ended in ceasefire. However, many enraged officials and commanders view this firefight as an attempt for the USCM to take control of UPP territory. 3 years after the Tientsin Campaign there is still an unstable relationship between the U.P.P and the U.A.

In 2186, for the past 14 months the 17th battalion known as the Smoldering Sons (six hundred able-bodied soldiers, strong) have been stationed at a gas giant designated MV-35 in the Anglo-Japanese Arm of the Tychon's Rift sector under the command of Colonel Ganbaatar.
MV-35's only facility, the helium refinery, Altai Station has been the only UPP-held territory in the Tychon's Rift sector for many light years, the soldiers deployed to MV-35 have spent most of their military career holed up in crammed quarters in near darkness, waiting for supply shipments and transport escort deployments.

Divisions

Do not expect to climb these ranks without a serious dedication to the cause.

Standard

Role	Description
Private | Pvt.	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.
Korporal | Kpl.	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.
Serzhant | Szh.	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.
Master Serzhant | MSzh.	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.

Special Forces

Role	Description
Junior Kommando | JKdo.	???
2nd Kommando | JKdo.	???
1st Kommando | JKdo.	???

Officers

Role	Description
Leytenant | Lt.	???
Kapitan | Kpt.	???

Relations

Factions	Connections
UPP	???.
CLF	???
Freelancers	???
Weston-Yamada	???
RESS	????