Red Faction / RFOM

Obviously history is a little skewed. The events of Red Faction and Star Citizen take place on different timelines in different universes, so bear with the retcon.

In 2200, the Ultor Corp had found themselves a gem long sought after… Martian Mining. After swiftly striking out all competition, they became corrupt and blind with profits. With pursuit of increasing profit they were driven to use harsher labor tactics and budget cuts, causing the workers longer hours and less pay. A small miners riot began in 2210 and erupted from a call for fairness to a full fledged uprising known as The First Martian Revolution. During the course of the fighting, an insidious Ultor scientist, crawled out from the woodwork and posed a significant obstacle to the miner revolution. He made use his power in the soulless corporation to experiment on miners and conduct research into “Nano Tech,” creating beastly mutants and unleashing a plague upon the miners.

As the tide turned to the Red Factions favor, the Ultor Corp unleashed the Mercenary Regiment from their reserves, but the Red Faction held out until the EDF (Earth Defense Force) came to their aid, overthrowing Ultor. Peace was short lived as the EDF fell from Martian protectors to an occupying force. In 2238 The EDF were beginning to be pressured by leaders and corporations from Earth over the resources that Mars possessed. Earth was overcrowded and its resources were becoming scarce, and the EDF vowed to help. Shortly after The First Martian Revolution’s success, a second was well under way. Miners were now in worse conditions than they were under the Ultor Corp and planned to stop it. The Second Martian Revolution had begun.

When the miners finally rallied together they were a force to be reckoned with. Guerilla tactics and burglary helped them become a more effective fighting force than the EDF on a small scale. Though out manned and out gunned, the Red Faction continued to free Tharsis one sector at a time. The EDF, having control of the Martial Council, were relentless with propaganda and lies against the Red Faction. Proven mostly ineffective to miners, the Red Faction used the Council’s own broadcasting system against the EDF, causing even more people to rally with the Revolution.

The Marauders, a large group of old Ultor scientists turned scavengers, were at war with the Red Faction and the EDF at the same time before eventually joining along with the Red Factionists. Together the Marauders and the Red Faction were winning at a rapid pace. All of their might though, would pale in comparison to the E.D.S. Hyrda. A Severus-Class Dreadnaught, holding two hundred thousand military personel with a core of elite Omega Legionaires. By the time the Hyrda reached Martian orbit, the Marauder-Red Faction alliance had already overthrown EDF Central Command. The Factionists held a piece of Nano technology from Ultor called the Nano Forge and was their trump card. With this Nano Forge the miners and scavengers of Mars launched a stolen RM-8 missile at the Hyrda. The EDF, expecting an easy victory, was caught off guard by this missile and the Hydra was destroyed effectively ending the conflict in 2242.

Throughout time there have been those who tried to kill us and use us. Now that is a thing of the past, but its frequency of happenings caused us to bring together the Faction once again. We are the silent protectors of the night. The freedom fighters upholding our democracy. We take action where others cannot and kill those who deserve much worse. We will continue to operate outside the law and protect our brothers and sisters that have no voice in this government. We will also continue to protect against foreign invaders that vow to take what is rightfully ours.