Liberty Free Republic

[Xeno Alliance]

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Liberty Free Republic

"Sic Semper Tyrannis"

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History: The Liberty Free Republic, LFR or Free Republic for short was born in 771 A.S, with the disruption of Liberty's plans to terraform Planet Atka in Hudson. Progress was brought to a grinding halt after the successful destruction of a Planetform vessel by disaffected xenophobes within the system. These Xenos, as they were commonly called began planning for the formation of a Liberty Free Republic to be based in the system.

It is presumed that the movement acted on these plans for two decades and up until the Hudson campaign of 792, an event that the Rio Grande would become closely associated with. After the failure to defend itself from Liberty's efforts to resume the terraforming process, the movement was presumed to have collapsed and faded into obscurity. Known only to the future Xenos that would take up residence in the system on Barrow.

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Resurgence: As with any cause tied to freedom over oppression, the Free Republic's failure did not destroy it, but rather prompted a reevaluation of the strategy used. The once overt effort at curbing Liberty's corruption and ousting foreign influence evolved into a series of underground networks which in turn maintained contact with their local terrorist cells. With the rapidly growing political movement of the Xenos among prisoners, the Free Republic's symbolism and ideals began to grow in popularity as knowledge of it spread through historical recollection.

While it was commonly agreed that foreigners needed to be ejected by way of the particle cannon, it was quickly realized that the Xenos would need more than just sheer courage and perseverance to hold their own within the most well-armed House in Sirius. And with thickening blue and red lines between the societal elite and poor at the grassroots, the movement began to soar in popularity among the less fortunate.

The combination of simple politics advocated for by the Xenos and the idea of a new and better Liberty that cared for its fellow working men resonated quite deeply with those disgruntled by rapidly worsening living standards on planets such as Pittsburgh. The LFR is exceedingly popular with the working class of Liberty, most of whom occupy the lowest rungs in society.

It was not uncommon for the Commonwealth to be criticized by the LFR's advocates, whom cited little difference between the fledgling breakaway state and its former master - Liberty. Both of whom quickly compromised on their fellow countrymen, bowing instead to the immigrants and corporations. Continuing a vicious cycle of inadequacy that the LFR believes only a strong, self-reliant and Free Liberty can solve. With the Commonwealth rendered defunct, the Free Republic has reclaimed what it believes to be its rightful place as the heart of a working man's rebellion in the heartland.

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Current events: Acting as a provisional militia for the rapidly reconstituting Free Republic, the Xeno Alliance has popularized both the ideas and dreams tied to it. Going so far as to adopt a version of the flag minus Atka's silhouette as its own banner for showing allegiance upon ship hulls. Bitter masses are once again determined to wage what they perceive as a war of independence in order to carve out a Home for themselves and people of a like mind. Ensnared in every possible position by rivals or fundamental enemies, the cause struggles to equate practicality with its radical brand of idealism and finds itself fighting to survive rather than making grand declarations as other separatist movements in Liberty had.

For all this tribulation, the Free Republic flag that is fashioned much the same as its parent House, is displayed with clipped wings instead of stripes and a stylistic representation of Atka closing off the Lonestar. It is a symbol of reverence, with the white standing for bravery; red for sacrifice. Though a previous iteration featured a broken star inverted in distress, this was soon phased out after a vote that determined more symbolically appropriate iconography was necessary.

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Future Prospects: The Free Republic's total and exclusive association with the Xenos lend it a bitter reputation among the more wealthy and influential, who typically feel threatened by the surging popularity that brutality and corporate slavery have been unable to stop. Much of the material supplies that the Xenos rely on come from its civilian networks who consider themselves affiliates of the movement, primarily sourced on the planets of Pittsburgh, Houston and a minority on Denver. This network is only likely to expand given Liberty's present trend of nationalism and paranoia, and extend into a cause for independence of the otherwise indentured and repeatedly imprisoned social classes of Liberty driven to the economic fringe.

The likelihood of insiders on the "right" side of the law also pose barriers to a proper culling of not only the ideology, but also the Xenos themselves. With the latter benefiting quite substantially and growing to be among, if not the most, numerous criminal group in Liberty. Continuing to rely on its simple politics and clever demagogues, the LFR is expected to continue growing in size and popularity. And the rate of vandalism and plastering of propaganda continues to be a worsening problem on the movement's mainstay of Pittsburgh.

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