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Gonna see if I can dump DotI here.
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Since the Union of the Freedom Party fell back in 165, the world of the Scoye has never been the same. Outside tyrants and warlords have been colonizing and committing mass murders, the new nations struggled to agree on borders, and, more importantly, a new union was formed, currently called the Yaleshire Union for its capital city and the place it was conceived of. This, though, was about forty or so years ago, and about twenty years ago these same Yaleshire assemblies decided it would be profitable to invade the entire region of the Scoye and unite it under their glorious banner.
The Yaleshirists don’t kid around, I tell you now. These bastards put their citizens in labor camps for a mere bad remark of their supreme leaders or misplaced glance at an officer of the law. They do not allow their people to leave the nation unless they are soldiers heading to the colonies or government officials heading on vacations. The Yaleshire Union has a history of isolationism and totalitarianism, which leads people to doubt they had actually risen to power diplomatically, as their official reports claim they did, over forty years ago.
Over in the colonial area, or Integrated Territory, conditions and laws are worse, and citizens aren’t all falling for the Union’s illusions like they would in the homeland. Here in the Northwest Integrated Territory, or what’s left of the Gora Republic, depending on who you ask, the neighbors to the West are still trying to get land off of us and terrorism kills off most people before they reach the age of thirty. Revolutionary groups, guerillas, and religious cults all battle each other and the new state, and, at some point in time, you decided to participate in one of said groups.
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The geography in Scoye is bland, to say the least. Most of the land is either a desolate wasteland of dirt and gravel or a dismal crag, crumbling and blackened from the nukings of the Great Wars. Trees grow in clusters around lakes or coasts, and are a valuable asset in this world, despite most lakes being volcanic craters prone to eruption at any moment and not actually lakes. The coast is jagged and dotted with large, newly-constructed, Union ports, and cities that very rarely exceed a population count of over five thousand.
Living conditions in Scoye, at least since the original occupation of the area, have been steadily declining to the point where a mere single-room apartment would put you at middle class. Jobs usually include hard, physical, labor, and the heat doesn’t help. During warm seasons, droughts tend to last months and flies tend to come by the thousand, while during the cold seasons there tends to be an everlasting blizzard going on. Geysers are scattered all over the land, but provide no more than iron-contaminated water and some odd-colored stones.
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Most rebel groups are identified by the same terms: Separatists, nonconformists, dissenters, heretics, you name it. The Union really doesn’t care who you’re fighting for, or why you’re doing it, they just arrest whoever moves out of line and call it a day. Though they all have generally the same goals, being something along the lines of getting rid of the Union presence in the area, most have different intentions of why the wish to do it and what they plan on doing after they have achieved this goal.
The most common rebel group is an unconventional force known as the Separatists Movement. The Separatists have no central leader and are split up into hundreds of different communities of about fifty people each. When not fighting the government, they fight amongst themselves, but can unify in times of dire need. Their goal is to simply get rid of the Yaleshire Union presence, and, for the most part, they really don’t care what happens after that. It would be hard to describe how they operate, though, as it varies between the smaller groups.
The second faction is the Gorsk Necromancer’s Army. The GNA is a branch of the Separatists, only defined by their motives of bringing back the Gora Republic, which existed before the occupation. They are a bit more organized and many of the groups consist of ex-Gorsk government or military officials who managed to raid the armories before they were salvaged or destroyed by the Union Forces. The name of the GNA is based around how the Gora Republic is dead and they’re trying to bring it back.
The last section of the partisans are the smugglers. They have no definite name, but are usually allied with other factions, but from foreign countries, selling weapons and equipment to aid the rebellion, while actually completely disinterested in the whole conflict. They sole purpose is to make some extra money out of the situation and probably backstab a few people in the process.
The last nation-wide organization is a religious group of people who follow no God, but rather a lifestyle known as the Way. This religion seeks to reform or eliminate the government in order to gain back their religious freedom, as the Union is highly atheistic and takes religious matters very harshly. The group, known as Jarun, actively sorts out terrorist attacks on government buildings, but has cold relations with the other rebels for one reason or another.
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The Yaleshire Union employs several different government security and defense forces in the Colonial Integrated Territory, ranging from the common sentry stationed at the street corner to hostage rescue teams. The main force you see around the cities is the Civil Protection Force, or CPF, which pretty much anyone with a spotless record can join and serve in. The CPF tends to be armed with either a pistol, light carbine, or, in a dire situation, a sub-machinegun. CPF officers can be identified by their black jumpsuits, anti-stab vests, and black baseball-type caps, and, if they have to drive anywhere they will utilize their standard-issue pickup trucks or sedans, depending on how urban their area is.
The next tier up from the CPF is the National Defense Service, which is comprised of prestigious CPF or those who are sent to academies at age five. The NDS is basically the group which is given the task of hunting down terrorists, (though they do a terrible job at this) espionage, and tactical operations which require more firepower than the CPF has access to. Most officers of the NDS don black jumpsuits, plate carriers, full helmets, visor and all, when operating in the field. They have access to rifles, sub-machineguns, shotguns, and are always equipped with a sidearm and knife or bayonet. Some squads of NDS are also equipped with automatic riflemen and grenadiers, which give them access to belt-fed machine guns and gas grenades.
Skipping all of the local special forces teams, the most dangerous nationwide government-based group is the armed forces. Divided into the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, and Colonial units, the Yaleshire Military is massive and the government isn’t afraid to show it off. There are parades in the capital city almost weekly and airfields littered around the desert. Colonial forces tend to be armed with automatic rifles, machine guns, anti-materiel rifles, and just about any other type of expensive and powerful weaponry you can name. Their uniforms vary depending on the unit, but in battle they mainly wear olive-drab jumpsuits with plate carriers and gasmask
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guns list is /IThRN6 - it’s a shortened google link, as in goo-dot-gl.
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