The road to hell

[Diego Escriva]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

Part 1: The Past

The commonwealth, the hellfire legion, the harmony. Borders were erased, as three groups became one, but how did it start? Could the origins of their appearance tell us how is it evolved into what it is now?

Once upon a time, the commonwealth was a group of friends, who followed zoner traditions. Diplomacy over conflicts, peace above war. Hard to believe it, isn't it? They were once Gauls, which after the Gallic liberation the Taus moved themselves in the search of riches to collaborate with IMG and exploit Niobium Fields. They tied themselves with zoners at this moment and embraced being non violate group.

Trading, specializing in economy, diplomacy, and research. They were a promising looking group, who made their contribution to fight nomad infection, as many zoners before and after them.

Gaul mercantilism did not leave them though and made them being developed with their own ideology and traditions. Greed and power slowly consumed their minds, turning them from what could be peace bringers fighting the nomads, into the heartless syndicate not afraid to use any means to increase their influence and fill their pockets with wealth. Thus, the commonwealth was born.



Time changed them, as their ways turned from diplomatic talks to acts of terrors, bribery, suffocating their competitors on the path to wealth. Military power became to be needed.

Their eyes fall on Liberty, with its government where corruption running from bottom to top, they were able to found weak chain link Drake Thastus, who was at that moment a loyal officer to the republic. Manipulating him, they orchestrated his fall, turning his friends to enemies, and his country against him. This was not a hard thing to make, as they just made him digging into directions his superior officers didn't like.

Fallen officers, dock workers, transport captains. A force was born, Hell Fire legion, which became a military arm of the commonwealth, to move commonwealth goals in whatever it would take on the path to greed and power.

Years passed. The battlegroup of Harmony survived from being destroyed by its former colleagues and appeared nomads, who made their roots once again planted through Liberty,. The new resistance vowed to fight against the infiltration of aliens and one day being able to change the course of the cold war.

An enemy of my enemy is my friend? Apparently able to find common ground with other former Liberty Navy officers. The ones which became known separatists were able to break chains between commonwealth and hellfire legions, turning later against its masters.

Part 2: The present



A sound of alarm started to beep in sleeping quarters, waking up its captain Oscar Mills, commanding of Hell-Fire battlecruiser "Judicator" series. Even the captain room can't be comfortable here, as it's a military ship and not a cruising yacht.

"You've got mail" synthesized female voice reaches the ear, as he was struggling with remains of sleep while drinking his coffee to wake up completely. Opening the mail, he started to read, surprise-filled his facial expression, and the forgotten cup of coffee was dangerously leaning to spill precious liquid all over the place.

Once he finished and processed the orders about subduing commonwealth, he was double surprised with finding the cup in his hand which he finished quickly. A yellow alert was activated by him and his commanding voice boomed through corridors and terminals

- "All ship crew, yellow alert, proceed to your battle station in half of hour. A battle operation begins, I expect all of you being ready and ship systems in proper conditions."

A time later, the ship and its crew participated in seizing control over AMERICA FREEPORT in Kansas. Maraderuing through the station, they swept which supplies they were able to find, as well as raiding the research department with weapon storages. Their luck was high today, as they came across Prototype Heavy Mass Driver "Breakers" which were prepared for commonwealth ship being equipped. Finders are keepers, their ship would be more prepared to survive future struggles.