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[Adoge]

In terms of a game, I believe that factions are an important part of the setting and story. Especially those that are unique.
Examples include:
ROTR's five factions: USA (Generalist), GLA (Subversive), China (Spammer/Horde), Russia (Powerhouse) and E.C.A (Cannon/Turtler)

The Paradox Mod: Allies (Generalist/Air Force), Soviets (Powerhouse), Empire (More elitist- bit hard to pin down), Confederate Revolutionaries (Subversives- good guy GLA.), Order of the Talon (Elitist/Powerhouse/quality), the Mediterranean syndicate (Cannon/Ranger), the Atomic Kingdom of China (more defensive in approach) and the Electrical Protectorate (Spammer).

I love unique factions and I wanted to create a thread where people could post their own faction designs in any universe they want.

They could be Post Apocalyptic Bandits, Cybernetic Purists, Dinosaurs, Alternate Dimension fascist super-maniacs with super tanks.

This post has been edited by Adoge: 24 Apr 2015, 8:37

[Adoge]

Another idea I had was a battle between a One-World Government- the Directorate and a global resistance

THe Directorate would generally rely more on elite units, and brute force/firepower and armour. They would have a large amount of units designed to crush enemies.
While the Resistance or Remnant focus on stealthy tactics, psychological warfare and sheer numbers.

There would be three subfactions for each:

Directorate (Silvers, grays, blacks, with some slick blue, dark green is house colour):
Armour Command (What it says on the tin)
Ballistics and Advanced Weapons (Combining satellite, atmospheric and powerful weapons)
Black Section (Special Forces, precision operations and chemical weapons.)

Remnant (browns, tans and red is house colour):
Partisans (Strong supply lines, mobile barracks, focused on infantry warfare)
Liberation Army (More defensive- similar to doomsday preppers and Militia's, these guys dig in and then push back)
Chaos Cell (Anarchists and extremists, the chaos cells focus on all sorts of actions including cyber attacks, hijacking orbital lasers, chemical weapons, suicide bombs.)

A note regarding this...
The Directorate is not an endorsement of Illuminati, EU, United Nations or military-industrial complex conspiracies. Rather it is a combination of a political movement stemming from a mix between Neoconservatism, Socialism and other ideologies with elements of the Military Industrial Complex, humanitarians, people of position in National and Supranational bodies and others, who, slowly, were building up a military which overthrew national governments. They are brutal and uncompromising, but the world situation has molded them into such a force. They are building up a massive military, industrialising and unleashing austerity upon much of the world, regardless of wealth, class or religion but also expanding medicine and aid to much of the destroyed areas of the world, clamping down on corruption and ensuring the middle class is not destroyed.

The resistance are a combination of a cross-section of various insurgencies, terrorist groups and national movements. The Partisans represent the common man, who has risen up to fight, as such their arsenal is full of makeshift weapons and protest equipment. The Liberation Army is a mix of militias and former national militaries, they bring the big guns and can dig in and hunker down or can choose to go on the offensive, but cannot quickly change between the two. The third, the Chaos Cells, are extremists who indulge in chaos and destruction. They are those who are disenfranchised with the Directorate and society in general, all of their infantry can plant explosives, and many of their vehicles can suicide, their buildings can be rigged to explode.

(Please note: this is in no way intended to cause discrimination or misconstrue the truth, if you believe I have used the wrong words to describe a group let me know, however remember: One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. These groups are also simply inspiration and a real-life reference for those reading this. I do not endorse anything these groups do and simply wanted to provide references to give people an idea of each faction.)
For example:
Partisans- examples of real-life counterparts would be the Eastern European partisans and many of the popular protest groups who overthrew dictators in the late 20th and early 21st century.
Liberation Army- various militia's world wide as well as groups such as the Free Syrian Army, who are army regulars fighting for an insurgency.
Chaos Cells: Various anarchist and anti-establishment groups in the world who seek nothing more than destruction.

Armoured Corps: A conventional Armoured Division+ Artillery and support vehicles- streamlined into a more counter-insurgency tactics.
Experimental weapons: A militarised DARPA basically.
Black Section: CIA Black Ops, various secret police forces, chemical warfare corps.

This post has been edited by Adoge: 22 Apr 2015, 0:40