Zahporzia-Graznovik
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Zaphorzia-Graznovik (ZC), also known as the Zaphor-Graznovik Confederacy or just Zaphorzia. Is a rebel breakaway empire within the Galacian control zone. Funded by corporations discontent with the government, and fueled by a wave of separatist sentiment in the territories it controls. The Rebel Confederacy was a loosely aligned group of colonies in the Granite and Amethyst prefectures of the Gold Sector, until it recieved guidance and assistance from a major corporation that shared their ideals of opposing the capital. That corporation is now known today as simply the Zaphor Conglomerate and while the Confederacy is officially a democracy, the Conglomerate has it's greedy mits all over the Zaphorzian government. While it has some claim to sovereignty after propping up it's own government and recieving some aid and support from external powers, the Confederacy is still viewed by many foreign powers as a major rebellion within Galacia and nothing more.
The Confederate army is well equipped and reasonably well trained, It's troops are tough and posess great fighting spirit. While formidable in their own right, their loyalist opponents have them outnumbered and outgunned at every turn. So the Confederate army focuses on smaller engagements, and ultimately aiming to stretch the loyalists out so much that their strength in numbers becomes null.
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Groups of Confederate troops, Many of whom are trained as regular riflemen but recieve basic training in operating other weapons and equipment too. Unlike the loyalists, the Confederate army can't afford to field masses of specialists, so many troops are trained in a "jack of all trades, master of none" fashion. Nevertheless the troops of the Zaphor-Graznovik armies are no pushover. While they look rag tag with their unmatching armor and their mix of local produced weapons and captured Galacian arms, their troops know what is on the line, and are not easily intimidated by the daunting tasks ahead of them. While uncommon, Peaches also serve in the confederate army, a practice that is banned in the Loyalist military.
Several "Stryker"" Light tanks. While the army possesses proper battle tanks as well, these light tanks are often treated as mobile heavy weapon platforms, and are not uncommon to see deployed alongside troop squads. Also seen in are Confederate universal carriers, that were bought in bulk from the Octan corporation and repurposed to their needs, as well as some repurposed heavy trucks. While easily the best equipped "rebel" faction in the Gold sector, the Confederate military is a mix of modern tech and ramshackle junk tech hastily thrown together in small garages.
Captured Kodiak II with some minor modifications, alongside a locally produced "Swortzkov" heavy tank. While clearly inferior to the loyalist Rakushka heavy tank, The rebel heavy tank is still a major threat to medium tanks and AFVs used by the loyalists.
Another shot of uniform variation. Sorry it got blurred. camera was being difficult
The standard Confederate army soldier carries a locally produced autorifle, and usually one of 4 or 5 generalized armor styles, the army procured several uniforms, armor peices and helmets at once from multiple suppliers, so long as they're in Confederate colors of Black and Yellow, troops don't care, they appreciate having options.
Some troops carrying a variety of heavy rocket launchers.
Two snipers wielding weapons referred to as the "Auto-n00b". which is an incredibly complicated weapon, once activated if the weapon is pointed in the right direction of an enemy, and atmospheric conditions are favorable, the gun will fire automatically.
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The Zaphor-Graznovik confederate army does not have a centralized command, such a thing has been tried before but always resulted in power struggles and assassinations by both loyalist forces and even sometimes by their own troops. Now each colony has at least 1 if not 2 "Warlords" who are seasoned battlefield commanders, who act as military Generals. The Rebel warlords sometimes fight with one another over petty power disputes, with some warlords having control over multiple colonies and others reduced to just a single city. Obviously at this level of command each of these generals has their own background, tactics, goals, strengths and weaknesses.
The Confederate army is well equipped and reasonably well trained, It's troops are tough and posess great fighting spirit. While formidable in their own right, their loyalist opponents have them outnumbered and outgunned at every turn. So the Confederate army focuses on smaller engagements, and ultimately aiming to stretch the loyalists out so much that their strength in numbers becomes null.
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Groups of Confederate troops, Many of whom are trained as regular riflemen but recieve basic training in operating other weapons and equipment too. Unlike the loyalists, the Confederate army can't afford to field masses of specialists, so many troops are trained in a "jack of all trades, master of none" fashion. Nevertheless the troops of the Zaphor-Graznovik armies are no pushover. While they look rag tag with their unmatching armor and their mix of local produced weapons and captured Galacian arms, their troops know what is on the line, and are not easily intimidated by the daunting tasks ahead of them. While uncommon, Peaches also serve in the confederate army, a practice that is banned in the Loyalist military.
Several "Stryker"" Light tanks. While the army possesses proper battle tanks as well, these light tanks are often treated as mobile heavy weapon platforms, and are not uncommon to see deployed alongside troop squads. Also seen in are Confederate universal carriers, that were bought in bulk from the Octan corporation and repurposed to their needs, as well as some repurposed heavy trucks. While easily the best equipped "rebel" faction in the Gold sector, the Confederate military is a mix of modern tech and ramshackle junk tech hastily thrown together in small garages.
Captured Kodiak II with some minor modifications, alongside a locally produced "Swortzkov" heavy tank. While clearly inferior to the loyalist Rakushka heavy tank, The rebel heavy tank is still a major threat to medium tanks and AFVs used by the loyalists.
Another shot of uniform variation. Sorry it got blurred. camera was being difficult
The standard Confederate army soldier carries a locally produced autorifle, and usually one of 4 or 5 generalized armor styles, the army procured several uniforms, armor peices and helmets at once from multiple suppliers, so long as they're in Confederate colors of Black and Yellow, troops don't care, they appreciate having options.
Some troops carrying a variety of heavy rocket launchers.
Two snipers wielding weapons referred to as the "Auto-n00b". which is an incredibly complicated weapon, once activated if the weapon is pointed in the right direction of an enemy, and atmospheric conditions are favorable, the gun will fire automatically.
Pyros
Officers
The Zaphor-Graznovik confederate army does not have a centralized command, such a thing has been tried before but always resulted in power struggles and assassinations by both loyalist forces and even sometimes by their own troops. Now each colony has at least 1 if not 2 "Warlords" who are seasoned battlefield commanders, who act as military Generals. The Rebel warlords sometimes fight with one another over petty power disputes, with some warlords having control over multiple colonies and others reduced to just a single city. Obviously at this level of command each of these generals has their own background, tactics, goals, strengths and weaknesses.
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Volhinya (VK) is a small independent empire in the northern fringe of the Gold sector, occupying most of what is known as the Sapphire Prefecture. The king of Volhinya claims to be the direct descendant of one of the original 12 "saivors", which were a group of minifigs given almost mythic status in the history of Galacia and before, While the claim is hard to prove, as many minifigs of the colonies across the sector share an ancestry with some of the saivors. "King Karl II" convinced enough to give him at least his own personal fiefdom of a space empire. He claims to be the inheritor of the entire Gold sector, as all of the powers in the cluster originally sprouted from the planet Elkoss, and the Royal families of the saivor blood did for a time hold dominion over the entire planet. However those monarchies were largely abolished shortly after they took control of the entire planet, which leaves Karl's claim to power rather weak.
Volhinya is considered a Rebel state. During the great Peach war the colonies in the modern day sapphire prefecture were cut off, but not attacked by the Peach hoardes. As the war raged on in the capital the Volhinyan province, as it was called back then and where they get their name from. Began to look after themselves, and when the war was finally over, A severly weakened Elkossian capital had little power to force the newly founded kingdom back into it's influence. Volhinya is technically the oldest star empire in the Gold sector, as it declared independence before The Elkossian remnant was reformed into what is now called Galacia. They consider Galacia to be their enemy, but they also fight constant battles with the Triangular Cult in Outer Haven, and oddly enough have a considerable rivalry with the USSSR forces that remain in the sector, how that one started is really a mystery at this point as the USSSR has done little to nothing in the Gold Sector since R.2014-2015. The VK Is allied to the Zaphor-Graznovik Confederacy as a member of the Maripol Pact treaty, a formalized resistance against the Loyalist Captial.
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Volhinyan Royal army soldiers are small in number, but carry heavy weapons and heavy armor, on par with a Shock Trooper. Their equipment is a little mismatched as the Kingdom has several small manufactories that have slight differences in the equipment they produce. NGT and BT tech is used in large numbers, with the NGT being slightly more powerful, but more expensive.
The VK army also employs the use of "borgs" or cyborgs, Who usually operate some kind of special energy weapon like an NGT anti tank lance, or some other specialist weapon.
Rocketeers are another operational "copy" of a Galacian soldier class, Although not pocessing cybernetics of any kind, Rocketeers are simply airbourne elite troops
King Karl II, King of the Volhinyan systems and claimant to the "Throne" of all the holdings of the former Elkossian Empire.
Warcommander Medak & Warcommander Kastav, The equivalent of commanding generals in the Volhinyan state, both are devout supporters of King Karl and their loyalty upholds Karl's legitimacy for now.
While they produce quality infantry gear and train them well, Volhinyan combat vehicles are usually of low quality, like this which is nothing more than a civilian offroad, used for general transport and recon.
Or this Laser truck, a glass cannon of a vehicle.
Or the Volhinyans butcher of an overhaul on the old Elkossian Battlemaster. Powerful autocannons but a gawdy mod job slapped on these old and degrading tanks from the old empire days.
Volhinya is considered a Rebel state. During the great Peach war the colonies in the modern day sapphire prefecture were cut off, but not attacked by the Peach hoardes. As the war raged on in the capital the Volhinyan province, as it was called back then and where they get their name from. Began to look after themselves, and when the war was finally over, A severly weakened Elkossian capital had little power to force the newly founded kingdom back into it's influence. Volhinya is technically the oldest star empire in the Gold sector, as it declared independence before The Elkossian remnant was reformed into what is now called Galacia. They consider Galacia to be their enemy, but they also fight constant battles with the Triangular Cult in Outer Haven, and oddly enough have a considerable rivalry with the USSSR forces that remain in the sector, how that one started is really a mystery at this point as the USSSR has done little to nothing in the Gold Sector since R.2014-2015. The VK Is allied to the Zaphor-Graznovik Confederacy as a member of the Maripol Pact treaty, a formalized resistance against the Loyalist Captial.
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Volhinyan Royal army soldiers are small in number, but carry heavy weapons and heavy armor, on par with a Shock Trooper. Their equipment is a little mismatched as the Kingdom has several small manufactories that have slight differences in the equipment they produce. NGT and BT tech is used in large numbers, with the NGT being slightly more powerful, but more expensive.
The VK army also employs the use of "borgs" or cyborgs, Who usually operate some kind of special energy weapon like an NGT anti tank lance, or some other specialist weapon.
Rocketeers are another operational "copy" of a Galacian soldier class, Although not pocessing cybernetics of any kind, Rocketeers are simply airbourne elite troops
King Karl II, King of the Volhinyan systems and claimant to the "Throne" of all the holdings of the former Elkossian Empire.
Warcommander Medak & Warcommander Kastav, The equivalent of commanding generals in the Volhinyan state, both are devout supporters of King Karl and their loyalty upholds Karl's legitimacy for now.
While they produce quality infantry gear and train them well, Volhinyan combat vehicles are usually of low quality, like this which is nothing more than a civilian offroad, used for general transport and recon.
Or this Laser truck, a glass cannon of a vehicle.
Or the Volhinyans butcher of an overhaul on the old Elkossian Battlemaster. Powerful autocannons but a gawdy mod job slapped on these old and degrading tanks from the old empire days.
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The Triangular State of Outer Haven (TSOH) Is a Fanatic cult that controls most of a single planet in the Sapphire prefecture, although has influence all over the Gold Sector. TSOH exhibits the traits of both a theocratic state and a terrorist organization. They aim to convert everyone to their cult of worshipping an entity known as the Triangle God, supernatural events have been known to occur on the planet Outer Haven which gives some sway to those who are skeptical about the existence of a diety, although known nonbeilievers are treated as blasphemers on Outer Haven, and killed publicly.
Like many other independent powers of the region, the TSOH grew out of the absense of government control in the aftermath of the Peach war. Although due to constant purging and warfare, Outer Haven was considerably less developed by the time that communications were restored between the majority of the sector
TSOH is blockaded in a military Quarantine by the Galacian Navy, but still manages to smuggle in and out of the planet. Spreading their influence abroad and continuing to fuel the purges on Outer Haven.
The TSOH no longer has a centralized leader, in R2017 the high preacher was killed, and the cult continued to operate without a publicly known leader. The TSOH considers everyone who is not them to be their enemy, Triangilist Cultists attack on sight
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Most Cultist fighters are poorly equipped fanatics with no uniformity in either their kit or weaponry, usually whatever they can buy, produce and loot. TSOH colors are Green and Brown, with some grey sometimes
While very rare, Some cultist warriors do possess superior kit and training, like these troops wearing equivalents to hardsuits like most other armies.
Ground attack drones, which used to be a staple of the post peach war dark age period. As usual sporting no particular uniformed designs, little more than robotic kill carts assembled in a stinking garage.
TSOH Fighters are fond of trucks. Civilian trucks modified to their needs are a common sight by the trianglist warriors
TSOH also possesses some light armored vehicles, locally assembled APCs and even repurposed war trophies from the Nega Invasions of ancient days.. Ugly, but somewhat effective
Like many other independent powers of the region, the TSOH grew out of the absense of government control in the aftermath of the Peach war. Although due to constant purging and warfare, Outer Haven was considerably less developed by the time that communications were restored between the majority of the sector
TSOH is blockaded in a military Quarantine by the Galacian Navy, but still manages to smuggle in and out of the planet. Spreading their influence abroad and continuing to fuel the purges on Outer Haven.
The TSOH no longer has a centralized leader, in R2017 the high preacher was killed, and the cult continued to operate without a publicly known leader. The TSOH considers everyone who is not them to be their enemy, Triangilist Cultists attack on sight
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Most Cultist fighters are poorly equipped fanatics with no uniformity in either their kit or weaponry, usually whatever they can buy, produce and loot. TSOH colors are Green and Brown, with some grey sometimes
While very rare, Some cultist warriors do possess superior kit and training, like these troops wearing equivalents to hardsuits like most other armies.
Ground attack drones, which used to be a staple of the post peach war dark age period. As usual sporting no particular uniformed designs, little more than robotic kill carts assembled in a stinking garage.
TSOH Fighters are fond of trucks. Civilian trucks modified to their needs are a common sight by the trianglist warriors
TSOH also possesses some light armored vehicles, locally assembled APCs and even repurposed war trophies from the Nega Invasions of ancient days.. Ugly, but somewhat effective
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The sovreign peach brotherhood. or Peach Brotherhood (SPB) is an amalgamation of several militarized peach supremacist groups that are somewhat affiliated to the 45th Union,the SPB as a whole is too radical and unprofessional to Gain thw approval or official support from the union, so today they are essentially another rebel state led by a hierarchy of warlords, looking to steal land in the Gold sector so that it may one day be a part of the greater peach empire
The SPB is led by a mysterious figure known only as Horatio, he fashions himself more of a prince than a warlord. While he follows his own agenda he has taught the peaches of the SPB of stockism, and the "creators", many of their vehicles of war are no more than modified designs that they recieved from blueprints on the extranet. Their goal is ultimately to destabilize and topple non-peach factions, and ultimately replace all empires with peach states.
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The one known as Horatio, an extremely rich and charismatic individual who was able to turn a rag-tag group of insurgents into a proper army to do his bidding, while Horatio gives his forces generalized goals he cares little about the affairs of the new "state" that came of his creations, he is content to let officers and warlords attend to these tasks he believes are beneath him. He is more interested in experimenting with the mysterious pink transparent ore that he has been collecting, as well as abusing fiend technology.
The Chosen are the primary fighting group of the SPB They are most militarized of the three major groups, and possess the best troops and equipment. While weapons are often captured and reissued and uniforms are not 100% matching, this is still the most organized and professional group.
Chosen heavy tank and attack vehicle
Chosen troops also make heavy use of robotic units, such as combat walkers and automated tanks.
DeSoto's brigade. Another paramilitary mostly from the Larrian system that was formed by traitorous peach citizens of Galacia, they are a smaller outfit that specializes in urban guerilla warfare.
Remnants from the original peach war over 10 revolutions ago, former fighters of the UPLF (United Peach Liberation Front) are eager to continue their crusade of exterminating the yellows with the assistance of the new peach forces. These troops are generally of poor quality as the UPLF was a huge, but downright awful fighting force. Usually used as support or fodder as they're too dumb and ignorant to know when they're being taken advantage of
The SPB is led by a mysterious figure known only as Horatio, he fashions himself more of a prince than a warlord. While he follows his own agenda he has taught the peaches of the SPB of stockism, and the "creators", many of their vehicles of war are no more than modified designs that they recieved from blueprints on the extranet. Their goal is ultimately to destabilize and topple non-peach factions, and ultimately replace all empires with peach states.
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The one known as Horatio, an extremely rich and charismatic individual who was able to turn a rag-tag group of insurgents into a proper army to do his bidding, while Horatio gives his forces generalized goals he cares little about the affairs of the new "state" that came of his creations, he is content to let officers and warlords attend to these tasks he believes are beneath him. He is more interested in experimenting with the mysterious pink transparent ore that he has been collecting, as well as abusing fiend technology.
The Chosen are the primary fighting group of the SPB They are most militarized of the three major groups, and possess the best troops and equipment. While weapons are often captured and reissued and uniforms are not 100% matching, this is still the most organized and professional group.
Chosen heavy tank and attack vehicle
Chosen troops also make heavy use of robotic units, such as combat walkers and automated tanks.
DeSoto's brigade. Another paramilitary mostly from the Larrian system that was formed by traitorous peach citizens of Galacia, they are a smaller outfit that specializes in urban guerilla warfare.
Remnants from the original peach war over 10 revolutions ago, former fighters of the UPLF (United Peach Liberation Front) are eager to continue their crusade of exterminating the yellows with the assistance of the new peach forces. These troops are generally of poor quality as the UPLF was a huge, but downright awful fighting force. Usually used as support or fodder as they're too dumb and ignorant to know when they're being taken advantage of
