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==Overview==
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{{Player Faction|Red Hessians}}
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{{Faction Infobox
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| name = Rote Hessen Armee
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| image = RHA Logo.png
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| origin = {{House Link | Rheinland}}
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| affiliation = [[Red Hessians]]
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| alignment = UNLAWFUL
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| founding_date = ~ 810
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| dissolution_date =
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| leader = Generalmajor [[Anna Heinrich]]
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| founder = Admiral [[Heinrich Kessler]]
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| primary_role = Deposing the Rheinland government and corporations by any means necessary
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| secondary_role = Protection of Rheinland from outside threats
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| base = [[Vogtland Base]], [[Dresden]]
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| base2 = [[Freital Base]], [[Omega-11]]
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| primaryID = Red Hessian
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| secondaryID =
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| IFF = [[Hessians]]
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| tag = <nowiki>[RHA]</nowiki>
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| recruitment = 36136
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}}
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The Red Hessians are a loosely grouped organisation of Rheinland workers and miners who have fallen on hard times and taken to a life of rebellion and piracy. They constantly struggle to carve out their own realm against the gluttonous Rheinland corporations. As it stands, the current Rheinland government is weak to the point of being under the near-total control of three massive and shady corporations in the homeland: Daumann Heavy Construction, Kruger Mining, and Republican Shipping.
  
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'''Naming Convention:'''
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While the typical [[Red Hessians|Red Hessian]] has the reputation of a pirate or brigand with nothing but personal gain in mind, the leaders of the '''Red Hessian Army''' have not lost sight of their goals: resisting the corporate oppression of [[Daumann Heavy Construction|Daumann]] and [[Kruger Minerals|Kruger]], implementing Hessian views on society and government, establishing a recognisable presence in the Omega sector and finally freeing [[Rheinland]] from the choking grip of its deceitful government.
  
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But the challenges faced are far greater than just that. These same leaders constantly struggle to keep in line a faction based on a sense of wrath and retribution, where former miners and exiled criminals alike fight hand in hand against their common foes, coached further by the prevalent revolutionary propaganda and the deadly realities of the deeper Omega systems, to hate their enemies with a unique kind of passion. While the Red Hessian Army still fights for a seemingly good cause, the methods in their employ can only be described as questionable.
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'''Tag:''' Red Hessians
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==History==
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===Overview===
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Although being the third largest unlawful group in [[Sirius]], the [[Red Hessians|Red Hessian]] movement is not much older than a hundred years. It originated around 700 [[A.S.]] from the ashes of the [[History of Rheinland#Popular Revolution (672 A.S.)|Popular Revolution]] after the Rheinland industrial machine finally crumbled from the eighty years of strain and war time economy. Rheinland companies on the edge of collapse pushed their workers more and more, even though the massive inflation made it unable for them to pay wages. Revolts fueled by the populist [[Bundschuh]] party started taking over, and Rheinland was forced to sign several pacts with Liberty in order to save the economy. The currency became worthless overnight, and the majority of the corporations declared bankruptcy.
  
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'''ID:''' Red Hessian ID
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[[Image:Daumannchase.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Red Hessian Odin class fighter chases down a Daumann security ship.]]
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The Revolution finally took place after mining stations in [[Dresden]] were seized by enraged miners, and the system slowly spiralled out of Rheinland control. With the Bundschuh delivering supplies to the striking workers and Rheinland's mineral resources being effectively held hostage, the government finally agreed to hold a meeting with the representatives of the working class. Three weeks from the beginning of the revolt on [[Von Rohe's Day]], the Bundschuh political leaders legally walked into the Reichstag on [[Planet New Berlin|New Berlin]] for the first time since the creation of the movement. Surrounded by prominent revolutionary figures and common miners, the people gathered there signed the document abolishing imperial rule and electing a democratic government. It was a breakthrough, many laws were declared to keep worker abuse to a minimum and wages to a respectable level. New economic plans and subsidies for foreign companies halted the inflation that wrecked the currency, and Rheinland slowly began to rebuild.
  
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'''Used ships:'''
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A few years later the democratic government was a mockery. Corruption raged unchecked as the formed political parties continued to sell themselves out to foreign companies and rich manipulators, with the only opposition being the Bundschuh. Eventually a rigged and setup vote was passed, and the Bundschuh were once again outlawed from the Rheinland government and forced to go underground. Outraged at this course of events, large groups of workers abandoned their posts in Dresden in an attempt to restart the Revolution by once again disrupting the mining industry. They attracted lots of followers: compatriots, victims of the arising gluttony and abuse of the new major players in the mining industry, defectors from the [[Rheinland Military]] and the government itself as well as simple people with nothing to go back to after losing everything to the economic crash.
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*Asgard line (Loki LF, Odin VHF, Thor Bomber)
 
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*Borderworlds line (Dagger LF, Scimitar LF, Stiletto HF, Sabre VHF, Falcata Bomber)
 
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*Red Hessian Cruiser, Rogue Gunboat, Hacker Gunship
 
  
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'''Duties:''' scanning traders for contraband, protecting civilians and allies against pirates and terrorists, assist the Armed Forces when needed.
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This attempt however did not go so well. The people of Rheinland, being effectively disinformed by the new government, did not jump out in support this time around. The miners were left without a heavy handed hammer to force the needed change with, and were brought down to piracy and attacking transports to prevent the corporate cargo from reaching it's destination. As time moved on, they constructed large bases in various [[Hazardous_Areas#Clouds.2FNebulae|nebulae]] or [[Hazardous_Areas#Asteroid_Fields|asteroid fields]] close to major trade routes in order to attack transports quickly and efficiently. They also changed from a small group of revolutionaries to a major unlawful group in Sirius, dealing in stolen corporate goods to keep their movement running and expanding their influence into the uncharted Omega sector and further towards [[Bretonia]]. This inevitably put them at odds with the ever-oppressive and expansive [[Corsairs]] and eventually sparked one of the bloodiest persisting conflicts in Sirius, very much rivaling the Outcast-Corsair war.  
  
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'''Operations:''' disruption of trade in Rheinland, hindrance of Daumann and Kruger operations, disruption and forcing of Daumann and Kruger out of Dresden, defense of Rheinland and Omega systems against Corsairs (elimination of threat included)
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[[Image:Vogtland Base.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Vogtland Base|Vogtland]] is currently the primary headquarters of the Red Hessian Army.]]
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Close to a century of strife and conflict later the Red Hessians were embroiled in a stalemate on all fronts. Support in Rheinland was wailing with the progress of the reactionary forces stalled, aside from stopping the Corsair advance into [[Stuttgart]] and severely hurting their operations in [[Omega-3]] and [[Omega-7]]. The ideological element finally decided to act. A structure for an organisation within an organisation was formed, a militarised and disciplined group with good funding and a heavy handed approach, enough to mire even the brute force of the Rheinland Military. New ship designs were drafted specifically for use of the Army, and a specific modus operandi was created. The Army was dedicated to taking control of Rheinland territory and holding the line in the Omega sector. With funds acquired primarily from whatever spoils the rest of the [[Red Hessians]] would manage to bring in as well as anonymous donations from all across Sirius, the ''Red Hessian Army'' could completely focus on eradicating threats to house Rheinland - including the Rheinland government itself.
  
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==Description==
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In the hard times of 817 A.S., Rheinland is led by a corporate fascist dictatorship in the hands of a madman. The opposing movements of the Fatherland rally, as the [[Unioners]] return to the fold, leaving the Red Hessian Army as always at the edge of any attack against the oppressive government. With much outside support and an extensive supply ring, the movement wages a guerilla offensive against the [[Rheinland Military]], both the regulars as well as the Nomad infested force hiding in the deep Omega systems. All this amidst a never-ending absolute war against the terrible and murderous [[Corsairs|Corsair]] threat. Being at the forefront of the most battle hardened Hessian veterans, it is up to the Army to spearhead the assaults.
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The story of the Hessians emerges from the turbulent history of the Dresden system, the mining heartland of Rheinland since the beginning of the third century. Mining there was dirty, dangerous work, but Daumann and Kruger had little reason to lose sleep over the welfare of their employees. The price of the occasional disability pension or life insurance policy was nothing compared to the money made from extracting and refining the metals and materials that fed Rheinland industry.  
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===Spezialoperationsabteilung===
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As the 80-Years War wound down to its ignoble conclusion, Rheinland found itself virtually bankrupt. Kruger and Daumann released thousands of employees throughout Rheinland. Promises of bonuses were left unfulfilled, and in many cases, miners were left completely destitute. An uprising was almost inevitable. A group of miners took control of the Daumann Heavy Construction facility on Von Rohe's Day in 700 AS.  
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The '''[[Spezialoperationsabteilung]]''' (''Department of Special Operations'') or '''SOA''' is a relatively small group within the RHA led by Brigadegeneral Fridrich Dresner. It has been commissioned in 816 A.S. on the eve of the declaration of cooperation between the [[Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army]] and the [[Rheinland Revolutionary Alliance]], in order to support the Coalition in their research and development. The department was since called to assume command over RHA anti-Nomad operations as well as unconventional warfare operations, including (but not limited to) espionage and funding foreign revolutionary groups.
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The revolt soon spread from Dresden to the rest of the Rheinland, gaining widespread backing from the legions of newly unemployed workers. The industrial heart of Rheinland stopped beating; the Popular Revolution had begun.
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Currently the main task of the SOA is research into specialist warfare against Wilde mind control in an attempt to immunise all Hessian and allied forces to the effects of Wilde psychic weapons, hoping to reduce significantly the amount of victims the Wilde use as cannon fodder against the Hessian forces in the Omega systems. The SOA has notably been able to strike significant breakthroughs in research around the start of 817 A.S., however an intelligence leak allowed the then Outcast [[Reapers of Sirius]] to react to the situation, and a large part of the research was destroyed in a Reaper attack against the Hessian convoy carrying the goods to [[Omega-52]]. The repercussions of this attack can be felt in the Red Hessian Army to this day, with the leadership emphasizing complete awareness of and pre-emptive hostility toward any Outcasts that might be encountered by the movement. As of this day, the SOA continues their work on recovering the lost research as well as trying to gain new information on Wilde weapons and abilities.
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Within five months a new coalition government was established. Both Kruger and Daumann were required to pay reparations, and all Rheinland companies were forced to comply with a newly ratified Workers' Rights Convention. The subsequent replacement of the Rheinland Kaiser with a newly appointed Chancellor was to be the shift everyone was looking towards. Shortly after however the Bundschuh activist party was outlawed and Rheinland begun to spin towards a dictatorship all over again. The subsequent iron grip imposed on the Rheinland economy by Daumann and Kruger had left many workers and miners bitter and enraged over their lost effort. Knowing that the only way to remove the Chancellors power was by attacking the ones providing it to him, many of the former workers decided to form the Red Hessians, a group dedicated to destroying the companies Daumann and Kruger.  
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===Modern doctrine===
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''Read more: [[Volksrevolution (doctrine)]]''
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It was not long before Red Hessian political ideals were replaced by greed, which has led them to become more like pirates than activists. The police have been forced to maintain a significant presence in Dresden in an effort to prevent Hessian strikes from clogging the gears of Rheinland industry.  
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==Character Information==
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The Hessians have gradually expanded, assisted by their close proximity to Stuttgart Food shipments and an extensive Jump Hole network within the southern Sirius Sector. They now own a string of bases in the southern Rheinland Border Worlds. In Omega-5 they encountered their first real obstacle -- the Corsairs. They have fought the Edge World faction to a tenuous stalemate, with the Ronneburg base barely holding on against the stronger Corsair presence in that system. Fortunately, they live in a rich area of Sirius in terms of raw materials, especially Diamonds. Their preferred targets are Daumann and Kruger, although almost any shipper is vulnerable to attack.
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Characters are named as follows:
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* For fighters and bombers: '''[RHA]''Firstname.Lastname''''' or '''[RHA]''Callsign'''''
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* For gunboats: '''[RHA]RHGB-''Callsign'''''
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* For cruisers: '''[RHA]RHC-''Callsign'''''
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* For battleships: '''[RHA]RHB-''Callsign'''''
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* For transports and freighters: '''[RHA]RHT-''Callsign'''''
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* For mining ships: '''[RHA]RHMS-''Callsign'''''
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Characters use a Red Hessian [[Tag|IFF]] and [[Red Hessian ID]].
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==Operations==
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As the revolutionary hammer of the people of Rheinland, the Red Hessian Army prefers to use all the tools at its disposal to hurt the enemy forces in any way possible. This includes:
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* Offensive and defensive actions against immediate threats to the Fatherland and its people, from the outside as well as within
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* Indiscriminately attacking enemy targets of opportunity with the goal of inflicting maximum damage at a minimum cost
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* Humiliating the enemy in the public eye by decisive victories
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* Heavily taxing or stopping altogether the military and luxury material trade in Rheinland (especially the diamond trade)
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* Disrupting and emptying various corporate transports
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To achieve these goals, self-discipline and knowledge of tactics is as important as any other skill. Those are the two key factors which bring swift victory to the movement.
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==Zone of influence==
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[[Image:Rhastarmap.jpg|right|frame|RHA zone of influence map.]]
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===Dresden===
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[[Dresden]] is the birthplace of the Hessian movement, and also the location of its most important base: [[Vogtland Base|Vogtland]]. Within the system are also a series of important jump holes that lead to the rest of southern Rheinland, and allow the Hessians easy access to their allies, the [[LWB]] and [[Bundschuh]].
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===Omega-54===
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A inner Hessian system, it is a training place, shipyard and sanctuary for many battlegroups, including the Red Hessian Army. [[Omega-54]] survives untouched by enemies mostly due to its hidden nature, with the only jump holes leading to it either from behind Hessian lines or from within dangerous environmental hazards.
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===Rheinland===
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Most of [[Rheinland]] is controlled by the iron grip of the Military, the Chancellor's own. The Red Hessians tread carefully in the central and northern systems of house Rheinland, but with the knowledge that all Rheinland systems also offer at least one place of refuge within their plentiful asteroid fields or other sensor disrupting phenomenae.
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Allied bases:
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* [[Kaiserslautern Depot]], [[New Berlin]] ([[LWB]])
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* [[Kreuzberg Depot]], [[New Berlin]] ([[Junkers]])
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* [[Darmstadt Depot]], [[Stuttgart]] ([[LWB]])
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* [[Bruchsal Base]], [[Frankfurt]] ([[Bundschuh]])
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* [[Wedel Mining Facility]], [[Hamburg]] ([[Unioners]])
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* [[Cloppenburg Base]], [[Bremen]] ([[Bundschuh]])
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* [[Eltmann Outpost]], [[Munich]] ([[Bundschuh]])
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* [[Leipheim Base]], [[Munich]] ([[Unioners]])
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===Omega-5===
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[[Omega-5]] is a battlefield system, contested for its strategically valuable jumpholes that allow access to the majority of southern [[Sirius]]. The war between the [[Corsairs]] and the [[Red Hessians]] has lasted there for the better part of the last 80 years, and has managed to clear the centre of the system from rocks, creating a large empty space in the middle (also known as the Hammen Hole). [[SCRA|Coalition revolutionaries]] are also frequently sighted within the system, helping the Hessians during their engagements.
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Owned bases:
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* [[Ronneburg Base]]
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===Omega-11===
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[[Omega-11]] is one of those systems where the Hessians can and do make a difference. Controlling much of the system, their only organised opposition within is the [[Daumann]] mining base [[Solarius Station|Solarius]], and the occassional [[Corsairs|Corsair]] raid from [[Omega-41]].
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[[Image:Freital Base.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Freital Base|Freital]] is an important staging area for the RHA, and serves as the headquarters of the SOA.]]
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The reason this system is so contested is because of the plethora of natural riches within, manifesting itself in the form of a ring of carbon asteroids around the system's dying sun. These rocks can be made into diamonds so pure, and in such quantities that they serve as a reasonable source of funding even for the Hessians, who frequently capture Daumann transports on their way to [[Stuttgart]], and even sometimes employ captured Daumann [[Mining Ship|mining ships]] to extract the diamonds on their own from the more dangerous parts of the system.
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Owned bases:
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* [[Freital Base]]
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===Omega-47===
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[[Omega-47]] is a large system, controlled primarily by the Red Hessians, though also riddled with Bounty Hunters and Corsairs, both looking either for passage to a different system or for a fight. The Hessian line extends through the middle, leading from the Omega-5 jump hole through Viernheim to the formerly Corsair Casablanca Base.
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Owned bases:
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* [[Viernheim Base]]
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===Other locations===
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Red Hessians are frequently spotted within other systems as well, though mostly on a passing by basis, for the purpose of cargo interdiction, or for very specific missions. These systems are:
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* [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Omega-7]]
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* [[Omega-15]]
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* [[Omega-41]]
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* [[Omega-49]]
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==Equipment==
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Our supply rings give us access to some of the most deadly weaponry and most effective equipment in all of Sirius. Our pilots are free to use any weapons or equipment sold on Northeim base, Omega-54. We supply all of our recruits with the best armour plating and thrusters available in the core house systems, as potent equipment is just as crucial to success as high skills.
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We take great pride of our manufactured guns, and as such each fighter pilot is encouraged to equip at least four standard issue [[Red Hessian "Natterturn Zwei" Laser Cannon|Natterturn Zwei]] weapons. Every recruit is given out four of these when they start off.
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Recent dealings with the Mollys have left us with a supply of [[Molly KA-7 "Trefoil" Neutron Blaster Mk IV|Trefoils]].
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We also maintain several armoury vessels to keep a steady stock of guns acquired on other markets. Most notably we keep a large stock of '''Debilitators, Mini Razors, Supernova Cannons and Nuclear Mine launchers'''. We try to keep a supply of '''codename weapons''', however due to the numbers of these always being short, it is preferred that standard issue guns be mounted on fighters.
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'''Ships:'''
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| style="width: 15%; text-align: center; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;" | Asgard line
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| style="width: 85%;" | {{Ship List/begin}}
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{{Ship List | [[Loki]] | Light Fighter | Loki-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Odin]] | Very Heavy Fighter | Odin-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Thor]] | Bomber | Thor-s.png}}
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{{Ship List/end}}
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|-
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| style="width: 15%; text-align: center; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;" | Borderworlds line
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| style="width: 85%;" | {{Ship List/begin}}
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{{Ship List | [[Scimitar]] | Light Fighter | Dagger-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Switchblade]] | Heavy Fighter | Stiletto-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Cutlass]] | Bomber | Cutlass-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Dagger]] | Light Fighter | Dagger-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Stiletto]] | Heavy Fighter | Stiletto-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Sabre]] | Very Heavy Fighter | Sabre-s.png}}
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{{Ship List/end}}
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| style="width: 15%; text-align: center; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;" | Asgard line
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| style="width: 85%;" | {{Ship List/begin}}
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{{Ship List | [[Heimdall]] | Gunship | Heimdall-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Vidar]] | Cruiser | Vidar-s.png}}
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{{Ship List | [[Jormungand]] | Battleship | Jormungand-s.png}}
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{{Ship List/end}}
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|}
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'''Weapons:'''
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* [[Red Hessians|Hessian]], [[Civilian]] weapons
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==Roster==
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''Note:'' View the Red Hessian Army rank structure [[RHA Rank Structure|here]].
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===Capital ships===
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Red Hessian Army capital ships generally do not have a fixed captain assigned to them. There are a number of ships that are available for command at any given time by anyone with the appropriate rank. These are marked with ''(shared)'' on the roster.
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Capital ships currently in service:
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* '''[RHA]RHB-Jormungand''' - [[Jormungand]] class battleship ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHB-Nidhogg''' - [[Jormungand]] class battleship ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHB-Adm.Kessler''' - [[Jormungand]] class battleship
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* '''[RHA]RHB-Ragnarok''' - [[Jormungand]] class battleship
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* '''[[RHC Von Rohe|[RHA]SOA-Von.Rohe]]''' - [[Vidar]] class cruiser ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Jeschke''' - [[Vidar]] class cruiser ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Hessen''' - [[Vidar]] class cruiser ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]Varyag''' - [[Vidar]] class cruiser
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Moltke''' - [[Vidar]] class cruiser
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Lauterbach''' - [[Vidar]] class cruiser
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Franke''' [[Vidar]] class cruiser
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Valhalla''' [[Vidar]] class cruiser
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Gelderland''' - [[Hel]] class cruiser ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Kraft''' - [[Hel]] class cruiser ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Frau.Blucher''' - [[Hel]] class cruiser
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* '''[RHA]RHC-Thetis''' - [[Hel]] class cruiser
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* '''[RHA]SOA-Flammenwerfer''' - [[Storm]] class gunship
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Leopard.II''' - [[Heimdall]] class gunboat ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Jagdtiger''' - [[Heimdall]] class gunboat ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Ostwind''' - [[Heimdall]] class gunboat ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Panther''' - [[Heimdall]] class gunboat
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Hyaene''' - [[Heimdall]] class gunboat
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Ratte''' - [[Heimdall]] class gunboat
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Gram''' - [[Heimdall]] class gunboat
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Berserker''' - [[Rogue Gunboat|RA-4]] class gunship ''(shared)''
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Wirbelwind''' [[Rogue Gunboat|RA-4]] class gunship
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* '''[RHA]RHGB-Gungnir''' [[Rogue Gunboat|RA-4]] class gunship
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==Diplomacy==
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{|
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{{FD | [[Red Hessians]] | +1}}
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{{FD | [[Bundschuh]] | +0.9}}
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{{FD | [[LWB]] | +0.9}}
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{{FD | [[Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army]] | +0.85}}
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{{FD | [[Mollys]] | +0.8}}
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{{FD | [[ICMG]] | +0.6}}
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{{FD | [[IMG]] | +0.5}}
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{{FD | [[The Order]] | +0.5}}
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{{FD | [[Liberty Rogues]] | +0.45}}
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{{FD | [[GMG]] | +0.3}}
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{{FD | [[Unioners]] | +0.0}}
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{{Faction Diplomacy/end}}
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| {{Faction Diplomacy/begin}}
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{{FD | Everyone else | -0.05}}
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{{FD | [[Bretonia]] government enforcers | -0.4}}
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{{FD | [[Kusari]] government enforcers | -0.4}}
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{{FD | Other corporations | -0.4}}
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{{FD | [[Outcasts]] | -0.75}}
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{{FD | [[Rheinland]] government enforcers | -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[Rheinland]] corporations | -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[Liberty]] government enforcers | -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[Bounty Hunters Guild]] | -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[Corsairs]] | -1}}
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{{FD | [[Nomads|Aliens and infested forces]] | -1}}
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{{Faction Diplomacy/end}}
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|}
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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*[http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=8690&view=findpost&p=237830 The RHA Faction Status on Discovery forums]
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*[[Red Hessian Operational Manual]]
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*[http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11361 Red Hessian Army Recruitment]
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*[[RHA_Rank_Structure|Red Hessian Army Rank Structure]]
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*[[dgctopic:19176|Red Hessian Army Recruitment]]
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*[[dgctopic:4067|Red Hessian Army Message Dump]]
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*[[dgctopic:34332|Red Hessian Army Signature Bars]]
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*[[Spezialoperationsabteilung]]
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[[Category: Red Hessian Army]]

Latest revision as of 17:55, 4 January 2019

This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Red Hessians


Rote Hessen Armee
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Origin Flag-rheinland.png Rheinland
Affiliation Red Hessians
Alignment Unlawful
Recruitment Click to join
Profile
Date of founding ~ 810 A.S.
Founder(s) Admiral Heinrich Kessler
Current leader(s) Generalmajor Anna Heinrich
Base of operations Vogtland Base, Dresden
Secondary Base Freital Base, Omega-11
Identification
Primary ID Red Hessian ID
IFF Hessians
Tag(s) [RHA]
Primary role
Deposing the Rheinland government and corporations by any means necessary
Secondary role
Protection of Rheinland from outside threats

The Red Hessians are a loosely grouped organisation of Rheinland workers and miners who have fallen on hard times and taken to a life of rebellion and piracy. They constantly struggle to carve out their own realm against the gluttonous Rheinland corporations. As it stands, the current Rheinland government is weak to the point of being under the near-total control of three massive and shady corporations in the homeland: Daumann Heavy Construction, Kruger Mining, and Republican Shipping.

While the typical Red Hessian has the reputation of a pirate or brigand with nothing but personal gain in mind, the leaders of the Red Hessian Army have not lost sight of their goals: resisting the corporate oppression of Daumann and Kruger, implementing Hessian views on society and government, establishing a recognisable presence in the Omega sector and finally freeing Rheinland from the choking grip of its deceitful government.

But the challenges faced are far greater than just that. These same leaders constantly struggle to keep in line a faction based on a sense of wrath and retribution, where former miners and exiled criminals alike fight hand in hand against their common foes, coached further by the prevalent revolutionary propaganda and the deadly realities of the deeper Omega systems, to hate their enemies with a unique kind of passion. While the Red Hessian Army still fights for a seemingly good cause, the methods in their employ can only be described as questionable.

History

Overview

Although being the third largest unlawful group in Sirius, the Red Hessian movement is not much older than a hundred years. It originated around 700 A.S. from the ashes of the Popular Revolution after the Rheinland industrial machine finally crumbled from the eighty years of strain and war time economy. Rheinland companies on the edge of collapse pushed their workers more and more, even though the massive inflation made it unable for them to pay wages. Revolts fueled by the populist Bundschuh party started taking over, and Rheinland was forced to sign several pacts with Liberty in order to save the economy. The currency became worthless overnight, and the majority of the corporations declared bankruptcy.

A Red Hessian Odin class fighter chases down a Daumann security ship.

The Revolution finally took place after mining stations in Dresden were seized by enraged miners, and the system slowly spiralled out of Rheinland control. With the Bundschuh delivering supplies to the striking workers and Rheinland's mineral resources being effectively held hostage, the government finally agreed to hold a meeting with the representatives of the working class. Three weeks from the beginning of the revolt on Von Rohe's Day, the Bundschuh political leaders legally walked into the Reichstag on New Berlin for the first time since the creation of the movement. Surrounded by prominent revolutionary figures and common miners, the people gathered there signed the document abolishing imperial rule and electing a democratic government. It was a breakthrough, many laws were declared to keep worker abuse to a minimum and wages to a respectable level. New economic plans and subsidies for foreign companies halted the inflation that wrecked the currency, and Rheinland slowly began to rebuild.

A few years later the democratic government was a mockery. Corruption raged unchecked as the formed political parties continued to sell themselves out to foreign companies and rich manipulators, with the only opposition being the Bundschuh. Eventually a rigged and setup vote was passed, and the Bundschuh were once again outlawed from the Rheinland government and forced to go underground. Outraged at this course of events, large groups of workers abandoned their posts in Dresden in an attempt to restart the Revolution by once again disrupting the mining industry. They attracted lots of followers: compatriots, victims of the arising gluttony and abuse of the new major players in the mining industry, defectors from the Rheinland Military and the government itself as well as simple people with nothing to go back to after losing everything to the economic crash.

This attempt however did not go so well. The people of Rheinland, being effectively disinformed by the new government, did not jump out in support this time around. The miners were left without a heavy handed hammer to force the needed change with, and were brought down to piracy and attacking transports to prevent the corporate cargo from reaching it's destination. As time moved on, they constructed large bases in various nebulae or asteroid fields close to major trade routes in order to attack transports quickly and efficiently. They also changed from a small group of revolutionaries to a major unlawful group in Sirius, dealing in stolen corporate goods to keep their movement running and expanding their influence into the uncharted Omega sector and further towards Bretonia. This inevitably put them at odds with the ever-oppressive and expansive Corsairs and eventually sparked one of the bloodiest persisting conflicts in Sirius, very much rivaling the Outcast-Corsair war.

Vogtland is currently the primary headquarters of the Red Hessian Army.

Close to a century of strife and conflict later the Red Hessians were embroiled in a stalemate on all fronts. Support in Rheinland was wailing with the progress of the reactionary forces stalled, aside from stopping the Corsair advance into Stuttgart and severely hurting their operations in Omega-3 and Omega-7. The ideological element finally decided to act. A structure for an organisation within an organisation was formed, a militarised and disciplined group with good funding and a heavy handed approach, enough to mire even the brute force of the Rheinland Military. New ship designs were drafted specifically for use of the Army, and a specific modus operandi was created. The Army was dedicated to taking control of Rheinland territory and holding the line in the Omega sector. With funds acquired primarily from whatever spoils the rest of the Red Hessians would manage to bring in as well as anonymous donations from all across Sirius, the Red Hessian Army could completely focus on eradicating threats to house Rheinland - including the Rheinland government itself.

In the hard times of 817 A.S., Rheinland is led by a corporate fascist dictatorship in the hands of a madman. The opposing movements of the Fatherland rally, as the Unioners return to the fold, leaving the Red Hessian Army as always at the edge of any attack against the oppressive government. With much outside support and an extensive supply ring, the movement wages a guerilla offensive against the Rheinland Military, both the regulars as well as the Nomad infested force hiding in the deep Omega systems. All this amidst a never-ending absolute war against the terrible and murderous Corsair threat. Being at the forefront of the most battle hardened Hessian veterans, it is up to the Army to spearhead the assaults.

Spezialoperationsabteilung

The Spezialoperationsabteilung (Department of Special Operations) or SOA is a relatively small group within the RHA led by Brigadegeneral Fridrich Dresner. It has been commissioned in 816 A.S. on the eve of the declaration of cooperation between the Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army and the Rheinland Revolutionary Alliance, in order to support the Coalition in their research and development. The department was since called to assume command over RHA anti-Nomad operations as well as unconventional warfare operations, including (but not limited to) espionage and funding foreign revolutionary groups.

Currently the main task of the SOA is research into specialist warfare against Wilde mind control in an attempt to immunise all Hessian and allied forces to the effects of Wilde psychic weapons, hoping to reduce significantly the amount of victims the Wilde use as cannon fodder against the Hessian forces in the Omega systems. The SOA has notably been able to strike significant breakthroughs in research around the start of 817 A.S., however an intelligence leak allowed the then Outcast Reapers of Sirius to react to the situation, and a large part of the research was destroyed in a Reaper attack against the Hessian convoy carrying the goods to Omega-52. The repercussions of this attack can be felt in the Red Hessian Army to this day, with the leadership emphasizing complete awareness of and pre-emptive hostility toward any Outcasts that might be encountered by the movement. As of this day, the SOA continues their work on recovering the lost research as well as trying to gain new information on Wilde weapons and abilities.

Modern doctrine

Read more: Volksrevolution (doctrine)

Character Information

Characters are named as follows:

  • For fighters and bombers: [RHA]Firstname.Lastname or [RHA]Callsign
  • For gunboats: [RHA]RHGB-Callsign
  • For cruisers: [RHA]RHC-Callsign
  • For battleships: [RHA]RHB-Callsign
  • For transports and freighters: [RHA]RHT-Callsign
  • For mining ships: [RHA]RHMS-Callsign

Characters use a Red Hessian IFF and Red Hessian ID.

Operations

As the revolutionary hammer of the people of Rheinland, the Red Hessian Army prefers to use all the tools at its disposal to hurt the enemy forces in any way possible. This includes:

  • Offensive and defensive actions against immediate threats to the Fatherland and its people, from the outside as well as within
  • Indiscriminately attacking enemy targets of opportunity with the goal of inflicting maximum damage at a minimum cost
  • Humiliating the enemy in the public eye by decisive victories
  • Heavily taxing or stopping altogether the military and luxury material trade in Rheinland (especially the diamond trade)
  • Disrupting and emptying various corporate transports

To achieve these goals, self-discipline and knowledge of tactics is as important as any other skill. Those are the two key factors which bring swift victory to the movement.

Zone of influence

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RHA zone of influence map.

Dresden

Dresden is the birthplace of the Hessian movement, and also the location of its most important base: Vogtland. Within the system are also a series of important jump holes that lead to the rest of southern Rheinland, and allow the Hessians easy access to their allies, the LWB and Bundschuh.

Omega-54

A inner Hessian system, it is a training place, shipyard and sanctuary for many battlegroups, including the Red Hessian Army. Omega-54 survives untouched by enemies mostly due to its hidden nature, with the only jump holes leading to it either from behind Hessian lines or from within dangerous environmental hazards.

Rheinland

Most of Rheinland is controlled by the iron grip of the Military, the Chancellor's own. The Red Hessians tread carefully in the central and northern systems of house Rheinland, but with the knowledge that all Rheinland systems also offer at least one place of refuge within their plentiful asteroid fields or other sensor disrupting phenomenae.

Allied bases:

Omega-5

Omega-5 is a battlefield system, contested for its strategically valuable jumpholes that allow access to the majority of southern Sirius. The war between the Corsairs and the Red Hessians has lasted there for the better part of the last 80 years, and has managed to clear the centre of the system from rocks, creating a large empty space in the middle (also known as the Hammen Hole). Coalition revolutionaries are also frequently sighted within the system, helping the Hessians during their engagements.

Owned bases:


Omega-11

Omega-11 is one of those systems where the Hessians can and do make a difference. Controlling much of the system, their only organised opposition within is the Daumann mining base Solarius, and the occassional Corsair raid from Omega-41.

Freital is an important staging area for the RHA, and serves as the headquarters of the SOA.

The reason this system is so contested is because of the plethora of natural riches within, manifesting itself in the form of a ring of carbon asteroids around the system's dying sun. These rocks can be made into diamonds so pure, and in such quantities that they serve as a reasonable source of funding even for the Hessians, who frequently capture Daumann transports on their way to Stuttgart, and even sometimes employ captured Daumann mining ships to extract the diamonds on their own from the more dangerous parts of the system.

Owned bases:

Omega-47

Omega-47 is a large system, controlled primarily by the Red Hessians, though also riddled with Bounty Hunters and Corsairs, both looking either for passage to a different system or for a fight. The Hessian line extends through the middle, leading from the Omega-5 jump hole through Viernheim to the formerly Corsair Casablanca Base.

Owned bases:

Other locations

Red Hessians are frequently spotted within other systems as well, though mostly on a passing by basis, for the purpose of cargo interdiction, or for very specific missions. These systems are:

Equipment

Our supply rings give us access to some of the most deadly weaponry and most effective equipment in all of Sirius. Our pilots are free to use any weapons or equipment sold on Northeim base, Omega-54. We supply all of our recruits with the best armour plating and thrusters available in the core house systems, as potent equipment is just as crucial to success as high skills.

We take great pride of our manufactured guns, and as such each fighter pilot is encouraged to equip at least four standard issue Natterturn Zwei weapons. Every recruit is given out four of these when they start off.

Recent dealings with the Mollys have left us with a supply of Trefoils.

We also maintain several armoury vessels to keep a steady stock of guns acquired on other markets. Most notably we keep a large stock of Debilitators, Mini Razors, Supernova Cannons and Nuclear Mine launchers. We try to keep a supply of codename weapons, however due to the numbers of these always being short, it is preferred that standard issue guns be mounted on fighters.

Ships:

Asgard line
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Loki
Light Fighter
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Odin
Very Heavy Fighter
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Thor
Bomber
Borderworlds line
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Dagger
Light Fighter
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Stiletto
Heavy Fighter
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Sabre
Very Heavy Fighter
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Scimitar
Light Fighter
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Switchblade
Heavy Fighter
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Cutlass
Bomber
Asgard line
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Heimdall
Gunship
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Vidar
Cruiser
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Jormungand
Battleship

Weapons:

Roster

Note: View the Red Hessian Army rank structure here.

Capital ships

Red Hessian Army capital ships generally do not have a fixed captain assigned to them. There are a number of ships that are available for command at any given time by anyone with the appropriate rank. These are marked with (shared) on the roster.

Capital ships currently in service:

  • [RHA]RHB-Jormungand - Jormungand class battleship (shared)
  • [RHA]RHB-Nidhogg - Jormungand class battleship (shared)
  • [RHA]RHB-Adm.Kessler - Jormungand class battleship
  • [RHA]RHB-Ragnarok - Jormungand class battleship
  • [RHA]SOA-Von.Rohe - Vidar class cruiser (shared)
  • [RHA]RHC-Jeschke - Vidar class cruiser (shared)
  • [RHA]RHC-Hessen - Vidar class cruiser (shared)
  • [RHA]Varyag - Vidar class cruiser
  • [RHA]RHC-Moltke - Vidar class cruiser
  • [RHA]RHC-Lauterbach - Vidar class cruiser
  • [RHA]RHC-Franke Vidar class cruiser
  • [RHA]RHC-Valhalla Vidar class cruiser
  • [RHA]RHC-Gelderland - Hel class cruiser (shared)
  • [RHA]RHC-Kraft - Hel class cruiser (shared)
  • [RHA]RHC-Frau.Blucher - Hel class cruiser
  • [RHA]RHC-Thetis - Hel class cruiser
  • [RHA]SOA-Flammenwerfer - Storm class gunship
  • [RHA]RHGB-Leopard.II - Heimdall class gunboat (shared)
  • [RHA]RHGB-Jagdtiger - Heimdall class gunboat (shared)
  • [RHA]RHGB-Ostwind - Heimdall class gunboat (shared)
  • [RHA]RHGB-Panther - Heimdall class gunboat
  • [RHA]RHGB-Hyaene - Heimdall class gunboat
  • [RHA]RHGB-Ratte - Heimdall class gunboat
  • [RHA]RHGB-Gram - Heimdall class gunboat
  • [RHA]RHGB-Berserker - RA-4 class gunship (shared)
  • [RHA]RHGB-Wirbelwind RA-4 class gunship
  • [RHA]RHGB-Gungnir RA-4 class gunship

Diplomacy

Faction Relationship
Red Hessians
Allied
Bundschuh
Allied
LWB
Allied
Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army
Allied
Mollys
Allied
ICMG
Friendly
IMG
Friendly
The Order
Friendly
Liberty Rogues
Friendly
GMG
Neutral
Unioners
Neutral
Faction Relationship
Everyone else
Neutral
Bretonia government enforcers
Unfriendly
Kusari government enforcers
Unfriendly
Other corporations
Unfriendly
Outcasts
Hostile
Rheinland government enforcers
At War
Rheinland corporations
At War
Liberty government enforcers
At War
Bounty Hunters Guild
At War
Corsairs
At War
Aliens and infested forces
At War

Links


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 Red Hessian Army on Discovery GC 24/7 RP
Wiki Red Hessian Army - Red Hessian Operational Manual - RHA Rank Structure
Forum RHA@Forums - Recruitment - Message Dump - Signature Bars
See also Faction Status
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