07-27-2014, 07:00 AM
//Be advised: all information here is currently under revision to better reflect the changes in lore that have been made necessary since the conception of the faction. A post will be made soon when the revised version is made public.
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Tag: |+|-
ID/IFF: Outcast
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[+]=======Background:
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While the Outcasts have been viewed as a single entity from those on the outside, the true nature is much more complex. With families such as the Contari, La Torre, and Armando, power was always a valued commodity that many families sought amongst the Outcasts of the northern Omicron systems. In the olden days of Outcast expansion, many families sought their fortune amongst the stars, or in the cultivating of Cardamine. A small group of families though sought power in another way: The power of the holy faith, or what would better be known as the “Crimson Cross”.
Lead by the La Torre familia, this holy order sought power through the Gods rather than wealth. Rising in prominence since the early days of Outcast expansion, the Crimson Cross were devout believers and requested missionaries of their order be sent with the varying colonists and explorers, in order to spread the word of the Cross. Eventually becoming one of the most powerful of families with their influence, they soon attempted to create an Outcast ecclesiarchy. This, as history has shown, was not without obstacles and disagreements from the other families vying for power. As their influence increased, the Cross eventually had their ranks filled with holy knights of the Cross, whom both fought internally to protect the Crimson Cross, as well as protecting the external heretics whom sought to end their spread of faith of the Gods.
In the year 719 A.S., Crimson Cross expansion eventually brought the attention of the heathens, or publicly known as the Corsairs. With a combined effort of multiple Corsair organizations, which was thought impossible by the Cross, surgical strikes hit them hard and fast. With most of the holy fleet destroyed, including 75% of the Archbishops and Cardinals whom in their pompous attitude thought their faith would protect them, the remainder of the Crimson Cross fled back to their home on Malta. The La Torre family devastated, faith amongst the other families fell, and their ability at controlling their wealth and influence was all but ruined. This moment was when the Armando family struck.
A family of politicians as well as believers in the Gods, they saw the falling of the La Torre family as a sign of weakness and disapproval of the Gods. They saw the La Torre family as unworthy of power, unworthy as the servants of the holy faith. Using their own influence in swaying other prominent figures within the families of Malta, the heads of the Armando family hatched a plan to once and for all remove the La Torre’s from their positions. Within a period of two days, they struck when the majority of the Cross were in conclave, praying to the Gods for forgiveness and help. As the last Cardinal fell, the faithless ones as the Armando’s named them, were at last purged.
Over the years, the Armando family had the incredibly large task of rebuilding the Crimson Cross from it’s near death. Revamping the holy faith in an almost totalitarian organization, the Armando family was ruthless in their devotion and faith in bringing the teachings to all those they encountered. Eventually the Armando family rose in prominence behind the Crimson Cross as one of the three most powerful families of the Outcasts.
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[+]=======Present Day:
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As the families of the Outcasts rose and fell, the holy faith remained, it’s servants devout in their belief that the Crimson Cross would rise again. Rise it did, and in the year 820 A.S., the Crimson Cross reformed it’s organizational structure and ascended to their seat amongst the dealings and workings of the Outcast nation. Rebranding the Crimson Cross into an ecclesiarchy of sorts, the now feared holy knights of the Cross, under the control of the newly formed Crimson Council, began their plan for purging of heretics and those who deny the Gods and the holy faith.
Over the course a year, their ranks increased as well as production of a new fleet of the Cross. As many fighter craft were constructed, the Crimson Council unanimously agreed on retrofitting the old flagship of the Cross, the “Syracuse”, which lay dormant in the graveyard near Cartagena shipyard. Once the Syracuse is completed, the Crimson Council plan on launching their holy knights amongst Sirius, establishing what the Cross have already named the “Magnum Defaeco”, or the Great Purge.
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[+]=======Ranks:
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Command Ranks-
|+| Cardinal - Overseers of the Crimson Cross. Title reserved
|+| Inquisitor - Responsible for investigating and dealing with all potential threats. Title reserved
|+| Archbishop - Responsible for systems and the spread of the holy faith. Title reserved
|+| Bishop - Responsible for singular systems and the spread of the holy faith. Title reserved
Officer Ranks-
|+| Capitan - The field commanders of the Holy Knights, Captains often command the Cross's Storta-class vessels
|+| Teniente - An elite of the Holy Knights, the Tenientes may captain gunboat vessels
|+| Sargent - A proven member of the Holy Knights, maintains access to more experimental weaponry
|+| Soldado - Newly enlisted officers of the Holy Knights, must prove his faith to the Cross and the Lights
Conscripts-
|+| Initiate - Crusaders-in-training, or before any major training. These are usually assigned to an officer of merit to ensure safekeeping until such a time that training is complete.
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[+]=======Naming:
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Capitals-
|+|-MNS-<Maltese, Spanish, or Italian town>
Gunboats-
|+|-<Maltese, Spanish, or Italian descriptor>
Light craft-
|+|-<character.name>
Transports-
|+|-ET-<Maltese, Spanish, or Italian descriptor> ("embarcacion transporte")
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[+]=======Diplomacy:
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Allied +0.9
Maltese Entities
The Commune
Lane Hackers
The Sisterhood of Dreams
Golden Chrysanthemums
Liberty Rogues
The Oracles
Friendly +0.7
Division 9
Junkers
Mollys
Aoi Isejin
Neutral 0
K’Hara
Gallic Brigands
Zoners
Bretonian Armed Forces
Bretonian Police Authority
Bretonian Intelligence Service
Bretonian Privateers
Rheinland Military
Rheinland Federal Police
BDM
Bretonian Corporations
Unfriendly -0.55
The Council
Maquis
AI
Blood Dragons
Hostile -0.7
Independent Miners Guild
Liberty Navy
Liberty Police Inc.
Liberty Security Force
Liberty Corporations
Kusari Naval Forces
Kusari State Police
Kempeitai
Kusari Corporations
Hogosha
Unione Corse
Gas Miners Guild
SCRA
BHG
BHG Core
At War -0.9
Corsairs
Gallic Royal Gavy
Gallic Royal Police
The Order
Cryer
Colonial Republic
Tag: |+|-
ID/IFF: Outcast
_______________________________
[+]=======Background:
_______________________________
While the Outcasts have been viewed as a single entity from those on the outside, the true nature is much more complex. With families such as the Contari, La Torre, and Armando, power was always a valued commodity that many families sought amongst the Outcasts of the northern Omicron systems. In the olden days of Outcast expansion, many families sought their fortune amongst the stars, or in the cultivating of Cardamine. A small group of families though sought power in another way: The power of the holy faith, or what would better be known as the “Crimson Cross”.
Lead by the La Torre familia, this holy order sought power through the Gods rather than wealth. Rising in prominence since the early days of Outcast expansion, the Crimson Cross were devout believers and requested missionaries of their order be sent with the varying colonists and explorers, in order to spread the word of the Cross. Eventually becoming one of the most powerful of families with their influence, they soon attempted to create an Outcast ecclesiarchy. This, as history has shown, was not without obstacles and disagreements from the other families vying for power. As their influence increased, the Cross eventually had their ranks filled with holy knights of the Cross, whom both fought internally to protect the Crimson Cross, as well as protecting the external heretics whom sought to end their spread of faith of the Gods.
In the year 719 A.S., Crimson Cross expansion eventually brought the attention of the heathens, or publicly known as the Corsairs. With a combined effort of multiple Corsair organizations, which was thought impossible by the Cross, surgical strikes hit them hard and fast. With most of the holy fleet destroyed, including 75% of the Archbishops and Cardinals whom in their pompous attitude thought their faith would protect them, the remainder of the Crimson Cross fled back to their home on Malta. The La Torre family devastated, faith amongst the other families fell, and their ability at controlling their wealth and influence was all but ruined. This moment was when the Armando family struck.
A family of politicians as well as believers in the Gods, they saw the falling of the La Torre family as a sign of weakness and disapproval of the Gods. They saw the La Torre family as unworthy of power, unworthy as the servants of the holy faith. Using their own influence in swaying other prominent figures within the families of Malta, the heads of the Armando family hatched a plan to once and for all remove the La Torre’s from their positions. Within a period of two days, they struck when the majority of the Cross were in conclave, praying to the Gods for forgiveness and help. As the last Cardinal fell, the faithless ones as the Armando’s named them, were at last purged.
Over the years, the Armando family had the incredibly large task of rebuilding the Crimson Cross from it’s near death. Revamping the holy faith in an almost totalitarian organization, the Armando family was ruthless in their devotion and faith in bringing the teachings to all those they encountered. Eventually the Armando family rose in prominence behind the Crimson Cross as one of the three most powerful families of the Outcasts.
_______________________________
[+]=======Present Day:
_______________________________
As the families of the Outcasts rose and fell, the holy faith remained, it’s servants devout in their belief that the Crimson Cross would rise again. Rise it did, and in the year 820 A.S., the Crimson Cross reformed it’s organizational structure and ascended to their seat amongst the dealings and workings of the Outcast nation. Rebranding the Crimson Cross into an ecclesiarchy of sorts, the now feared holy knights of the Cross, under the control of the newly formed Crimson Council, began their plan for purging of heretics and those who deny the Gods and the holy faith.
Over the course a year, their ranks increased as well as production of a new fleet of the Cross. As many fighter craft were constructed, the Crimson Council unanimously agreed on retrofitting the old flagship of the Cross, the “Syracuse”, which lay dormant in the graveyard near Cartagena shipyard. Once the Syracuse is completed, the Crimson Council plan on launching their holy knights amongst Sirius, establishing what the Cross have already named the “Magnum Defaeco”, or the Great Purge.
_______________________________
[+]=======Ranks:
_______________________________
Command Ranks-
|+| Cardinal - Overseers of the Crimson Cross. Title reserved
|+| Inquisitor - Responsible for investigating and dealing with all potential threats. Title reserved
|+| Archbishop - Responsible for systems and the spread of the holy faith. Title reserved
|+| Bishop - Responsible for singular systems and the spread of the holy faith. Title reserved
Officer Ranks-
|+| Capitan - The field commanders of the Holy Knights, Captains often command the Cross's Storta-class vessels
|+| Teniente - An elite of the Holy Knights, the Tenientes may captain gunboat vessels
|+| Sargent - A proven member of the Holy Knights, maintains access to more experimental weaponry
|+| Soldado - Newly enlisted officers of the Holy Knights, must prove his faith to the Cross and the Lights
Conscripts-
|+| Initiate - Crusaders-in-training, or before any major training. These are usually assigned to an officer of merit to ensure safekeeping until such a time that training is complete.
_______________________________
[+]=======Naming:
_______________________________
Capitals-
|+|-MNS-<Maltese, Spanish, or Italian town>
Gunboats-
|+|-<Maltese, Spanish, or Italian descriptor>
Light craft-
|+|-<character.name>
Transports-
|+|-ET-<Maltese, Spanish, or Italian descriptor> ("embarcacion transporte")
_______________________________
[+]=======Diplomacy:
_______________________________
Allied +0.9
Maltese Entities
The Commune
Lane Hackers
The Sisterhood of Dreams
Golden Chrysanthemums
Liberty Rogues
The Oracles
Friendly +0.7
Division 9
Junkers
Mollys
Aoi Isejin
Neutral 0
K’Hara
Gallic Brigands
Zoners
Bretonian Armed Forces
Bretonian Police Authority
Bretonian Intelligence Service
Bretonian Privateers
Rheinland Military
Rheinland Federal Police
BDM
Bretonian Corporations
Unfriendly -0.55
The Council
Maquis
AI
Blood Dragons
Hostile -0.7
Independent Miners Guild
Liberty Navy
Liberty Police Inc.
Liberty Security Force
Liberty Corporations
Kusari Naval Forces
Kusari State Police
Kempeitai
Kusari Corporations
Hogosha
Unione Corse
Gas Miners Guild
SCRA
BHG
BHG Core
At War -0.9
Corsairs
Gallic Royal Gavy
Gallic Royal Police
The Order
Cryer
Colonial Republic
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