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-VF) - Volksfront | Information page - The Volksfront - 03-31-2019

The Volksfront

ID: Bundschuh
IFF: Bundschuh
TAG: -VF)

Synopsis

The Volksfront is the paramilitary force of the Bundschuh movement and of the People's Party of Bretonia. It is dedicated to overthrowing the governments of Rheinland and Bretonia in order to instate the Bundschuh and the PPB as legal parties in a plural democracy and to end the Bretonian monarchy.
In Rheinland its main strategy is to persuade the common people to stand up against corporate fascism while recruiting members from the LWB, the Red Hessians and from the universities all over Rheinland. Other activities include but aren't limited to Cargo Piracy (to sabotage the economy), Guerrilla Warfare against the Liberty Navy in the Borderworlds as well as search and destroy commandos against the Wilds.
In Bretonia more aggressive tactics are used. The Bretonian Volksfront actively battles government forces through guerrilla warfare. Most of their members are recruited from factory workers on Leeds and from the many unorganized dissidents in Bretonia. Other activities include but aren't limited to piracy (to sabotage the economy and to hit the capitalistic corporations, hitting both sides in the war with Kusari as well as occasionally fighting off Corsairs.

Joint operations are mostly focused on the Omegas, where they see chances to hit their enemies together.

History

The Bundschuh was founded several decades before the actual revolution of 700AS, that ended the 80-years war, founded by young visionaries in a basement of the first Mitte-Stadt University on Planet New Berlin, who could no longer tolerate the circumstances the people of Rheinland lived in. Their Aim was nothing less but changing the society that made the rich richer and the poor even poorer - the society that dictated your status of a rich and educated aristocrat or a poor and exploited worker from the moment of your birth. It may be a common fact though, that the only thing intellectuals without influence do is discussing situations rather than change them with rough deeds. But over the decades, the Bundschuh turned out to become a well organized socialistic conspiracy that gained more and more influence with propaganda that was passed under the hands of laborers. It was financed by those who had left the halls of the universities behind and gathered wealth to fund the cause they had sworn to assemble for the benefit of Rheinland's people and its society.

And their day came.

On the von Rohe day in 700AS, they initialized their final strike when raging workers, carrying weapons and thoughts of the Bundschuh-Movement, revolted in Dresden as they could no longer maintain the war-machine that was fueled with the laborers blood - the blood of those who worked for more than 16 hours per day with no payment for months, to keep the burned out economy going that backed up the useless efforts in Sigma 13 which kept taking the sons and daughters of Rheinland away from their parents for more than 70 years. Many People claim this day to be the Birthday of the Volksfront (People's Front) even though those people who stood up for their right weren't centrally organized and only stuck together for three weeks until the revolution moved from the mining grounds of Dresden into the Reichstag of Mitte-Stadt. What followed were 15 years of a peoples coalition ruling Rheinland, that consisted of the aristocratic, the conservative, the liberal democratic and the Bundschuh Party. This short period of time wasn't used to consolidate the peoples coalition and to finally establish frequent election terms, instead, those who fought for justice had to witness their young democracy becoming corrupted. The thirst for more power of the leading party members made them obey the will of the aristocratic upper class that had the most influence in the economy and military forces. As the Bundschuh was the only party that heavily protested against this open corruption, it was prohibited by the parliament they helped to get the power over the house of Rheinland. Those parties who stuck with the power became nothing but pets of the companies they were supposed to control with the parliament's chancellor being the shameful mascot of this exclusive puppet collection.

Shortly after the Bundschuh got forced into the underground again, the Volksfront was founded. Previously, the Bundschuh had made legal attempts to become an acknowledged party. As they failed every time, the party members realized that they had to fight for their and the people's rights by using force. In the beginning it were normal people who set up a front in the underground against the government. Striking against political institutions and military installations with hit and run tactics. Backed up by the old party members who still stayed in line and supported them with propaganda or financial support. But over the time, they lost more and more influence on the common people of Rheinland who got fed with opinions delivered by the controlled media. By the following years, the Bundschuh movement literally lost more ground as the Volksfront started to operate in space as it was the best way for them to deliver the highest damage to the companies with the smallest investment of force.

Things got even worse since the end of the nomad war. The fear of the people was systematically exploited by the government to raise the competences of Rheinland's authorities and to force more control by observation of the people's private sphere, thus a higher level of oppression on them. This was eventually exploited by the commercial lobbies in order to get rid of any union rights. Health care now is nothing but a privilege to the wealthy and connected while social services have been mostly suspended. There are government black lists that prohibit the mentioning of certain topics on neural net media services. The only ones who we still have a little influence on are the college students of Rheinland's universities. The only kind of people that seeks to have an opinion of their own.

Objectives

Overthrow the government
Fighting corporate fascism

Ranks

Every member of the Volksfront is, at the same time, member of the Bundschuh Party or the People's Party of Bretonia. He will thus have two ranks: A civil and a paramilitary rank.
Paramilitary ranks are handed out by looking at what fits the character's roleplay best and how the player performs. Normally all members start out as a Aktivist/activist. Paramilitary Volksfront ranks Indicate who has the command in combat situations. The highest ranking member coordinates search operations, has the responsibility to call targets for his individual squads in combat as well as ordering a retreat when required to.
Political Bundschuh/PPB ranks Entitle the highest member to act as spokes man of a wing of Volksfront pilots and to lead conversations as a representative. He can transfer this responsibility to one ore more members of his current wing. On the Home Bases, the highest ranks are entitled to initialize Votes and Elections about, for example, foreign policies and promotion. Only the highest ranking Volksfront rank has the authority to order the engagement in a fire fight.

Oberst: The Oberst is exclusively concerned with long term strategy, personnel management and logistical issues. He or she commands both the Eastern and the Western Volksfront. Usually also the Vorstand of the Bundschuh.

Kommandant/Block Commander: The highest local rank. They advise the Oberst and deal with most local issues.

Hauptmann/Squad Commander: Commands groups of Soldaten/soldiers and Aktvisten/activists in the field.

Soldat/Soldier: These are warriors, they do most of the guerrilla warfare.

Aktivist/Activist: The starting rank, they form the main bulk of the Volksfront. They are mostly concerned with political activism rather than combat.

Vorstand/Party leader: Leads the Bundschuh Party or the PPB. Can start &/or cancel any kinds of elections and votes that concern any matter.

Revisor: Currently exclusive to the Bundschuh. Can start any vote that concerns any matter.

Genosse/Comrade: Entitled to vote.

ZOI

Frankfurt and Munich are our staging grounds in Rheinland. We maintain bases in these solar systems.
Dublin, Cambridge and New London are our staging grounds in Bretonia. The Mollies maintain bases in these solar systems.
Sigma 13: We claim the south of Sigma 13 as our own, exclusive pirating ground. Yet, we have to try to stay out of trouble with the GMG.
Bering, Hudson & Hamburg serve as battlegrounds for hit and run operations on the Liberty Navy.
Omega 54, we may visit these systems for war exercises and exchange of equipment.
Omega 3, Omega 5, Omega 7 and Omega 2 will be entered for joint operations with our Hessian allies or for joint operations
Sigma 17 and Omicron Theta will be crossed in order to resupply at Freeport 9.

Diplomacy

Allied

Bundschuh
DWR
Red Hessians

Cordial

ALG
Mollies
Libertonian Party for Freedom and Equality
LWB
The Order

Neutral

Independent Miners Guild
Outcast
Coalition

Hostile

Corsairs
GMG
Unioners

At war

Bretonia
Kusari
Rheinland
Liberty
The Wild
Nomads
BHG