Red Hull / REDH

The genesis of Red Hull can be traced back to the final bloody decades of the Messer Era. The founders were not heroes or rebels, at least not at first. They were a handful of United Empire of Earth Navy medics, search and rescue operators, and combat pilots serving on the fringe systems. Under the iron-fisted rule of Linton Messer XI, they witnessed firsthand how the regime’s priorities shifted from protecting its citizens to preserving its own power. Medals were awarded for battles won, but the personnel left behind were often deemed an acceptable loss.

The breaking point came in 2781 during a supposedly routine anti-piracy action in the Tohil System. An ambush left a UEE frigate, the UES Stalwart, crippled and bleeding atmosphere. High command, unwilling to risk a capital ship for a single frigate, designated the Stalwart’s crew as “expendable” and ordered the fleet to withdraw.

Refusing to abandon their comrades, a small group led by a medic named Anya Ravan and a pilot named Kaelen Shaw defied orders. They took their Cutlass Red, a vessel already scarred and patched from dozens of engagements, and flew into the wreckage. For twelve agonizing hours, they performed triage in zero-g, pulling the wounded from the mangled ship and defending their small craft from opportunistic pirates.

Their Cutlass, its white hull permanently stained by the crimson dust of a nearby moon and the laser scoring from the firefight, became a symbol of their defiance. When they returned to base with the survivors, they were not welcomed as heroes but branded as insubordinates. Facing court-martial, Ravan, Shaw, and their loyal crew deserted, taking their battle-scarred ship with them. They were no longer UEE, but they had a new purpose. They named their fledgling organization after the ship that started it all: Red Hull.

In the chaotic years following the fall of the Messer regime in 2792, the newly formed Red Hull found its footing. The galaxy was rife with instability, and countless systems were left to fend for themselves. Red Hull’s reputation grew as they took on contracts the UEE wouldn’t—or couldn’t—handle. They escorted relief convoys, recovered black boxes from contested debris fields, and provided medical aid to colonies cut off from supply lines. Their freelance work was a means to an end, funding their primary mission of rescue and medical intervention.

Today, Red Hull operates on a simple creed, born from their tumultuous origins: When you’re in the red, we answer the call. This applies to the red line on a medical monitor, the red of a breached hull, or the red ink on a contract deemed too dangerous by others. They remain fiercely independent, offering their services to corporations, independent colonists, and sometimes even those on the shadier side of the law. While their freelancers are known for their professionalism and discretion, it is their medical division that has earned them their true renown. In an often-brutal universe, the sight of a ship bearing the Red Hull insignia is a promise—that survival is always the top priority.