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Name: The Black Sun Insurrection

Government: Independence movement (Subject to change as time goes on)

Government Description: The Black Sun and its hierarchical structure is not well known, the Insurrection operates secretively their there are many leaders in the order but there is only one that everyone takes an order from or at least the Empire is led to believe, however this is where they hit the dead end, no one knows who this mysterious leader is not even their own men, and even the higher ranking officials of the order only know him by title, “The Watchman”.

Main race: Human

Minority races: WIP

Demography: WIP

Religion: Unafiliated

Culture: WIP

History: The Black Sun has its roots in history it has been pestering the Empire since the end of the Xeno War some 300 years ago, since then the Insurrection has grown, it has changed, it has evolved, the game is different now, there are new leaders at the helm of this small rebellion, over time the Insurrection got smarter, it got more organized, every hit was well planned, and they would disappear with little to no trace of their whereabouts, in the recent thirty years however this change has become more evident as the raids began to increase in frequency, this time with public messages being broadcast to the public, images of the Empire’s mistreatment of colonists forcing them to move to different systems, forcing them to live with Xenos.

The Black Sun has only targeted military targets, their goal is secession their goal is to become free from the Empire’s controlling grasp, if the Emperor can abuse his power by erasing the history of Mankind, and forcing his people to live where they do not want to live. How long until the Emperor abuses his power again? How will he use his power this time? No, the Black Sun does not forgive, it does not forget, the people deserve freedom.

Important Characters:

Martin Kell:

He is the mind behind the Black Sun, he is the Watchman, he he lives parallel lives, one as the leader of the Insurrection and one as Spymaster within the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, he gathers information and covers up the tracks of the Insurrection whenever possible, he has many allies, he pulls the strings of many people, although he keeps his head low, and does his job within the Bureau, he is effective at what he does, he has all the pieces in play and yet still manages to hide in plain sight feigning loyalty to the Emperor, many Black Sun members within the Empire are under his control as soldiers and body guards, they do their jobs, they follow imperial command, however they do not know that Martin is The Watchman. Martin is smart, cunning, and extremely careful, he knows his enemies very well, after all he has lived as a loyal servant for many years.

James Langerhan:

He is Martin’s friend, and closest supporter, he is an Admiral in the Imperial navy, he was convinced by Martin in the past to join his crusade against the Empire, he said yes, Martin then began trying to convince his fleet and his men covertly it was a slow painstaking process but it was done, an Imperial fleet was now part of the Black Sun, they knew their job within the Empire and carried them out, as the corruption spreads, the Empire doesn’t know that there is a rot growing from within too distracted by the more public view of the Black Sun. James knew Martin was cunning, but he was terrified to know how cunning, he had already established the basis of a small nation from within the Empire without it ever knowing, James himself was promoted the Rank of Admiral for his services hunting down and destroying rebel fleets, how ironic that he is in one now and no-one even knows.

Kurt Macer:

He is an economist, entrepreneur, he has three companies that build arms, vehicles, and ships, he owns other companies inside the Empire, MacerIndustries.Inc has its grip around powerplants, misc. production of goods, agriculture, water. He made his living from the ground up and is protected behind a wall of lawyers, but Martin got to him, see Kurt isn’t an honest business man, he makes the rest of his money by secretly shipping weapons to the highest bidders, this time however the bid was his freedom and security, Martin investigated him, and found evidence of illicit trade, Martin said “You help me, and all of this is evidence goes down the drain.” Needless to say Macer agreed. But Macer is no fool, he was privy to at least a part of Martin’s plan, he knows he’s seceding from the Empire, Macer knew that he’d become the sole industrial power within this new nation the prospects of which made him an eager supporter, he bought some PMC forces in order to bolster his ‘security force’ when in reality he was recruiting men for the Black Sun, Martin took note, and told Macer to lay low, and so he did, excusing the excessive amounts of PMC’s as an extra security measure when delivering military munitions, ships, and vehicles.

Description of Military: The Black Sun is grouped into two separate divisions differing by level of exposure.

ARMY

-Frontliners, these people are the active part of the Insurrection, the ones who carry out raids by the order of The Watchman, these people are loyal to a point, and they are usually underequipped, they will use whatever they can get their hands on, that includes Xeno Weaponry.

-Insiders, This is the teir the Empire does not know about yet, these gather intelligence, they are the sleeper cells within the Empire ready to let loose, they are waiting for the day they become active, no more taking orders from the Empire.

NAVY

-Frontliner Navy, They don’t have many ships, they take what they can get, Xeno ships, Salvaged ships, Stolen ships, it’s a small navy a hodgepodge of imperial and Xeno ships, it’s a navy that’s capable of raiding and salvaging enemy supply lines and battle groups, but not fighting in prolonged engagements.

-Insider Navy, This is the one that the Empire does not know about, they are the ship captains and crews of Imperial naval operations that support the black sun, this also includes Mercenary ships that use older versions of Imperial ships though highly modified to compete with current versions of Imperial mainstay battleships.

Technology: They use whatever they have at their disposal whether it be Xeno or Human technology.

While the ground forces of the Relicants can, reasonably, called powerful, their fleet lacked their strength. Using simple railguns and torpedoes, so far the fleet managed to survive. Until the humans came. Until their entire fleet was destroyed in a single, savage, strike. Since then the Rebel Navy has been looking everywhere to give their ships an edge in space. It took their greatest advantages and applied them, in a make-shift way to their ships: the various sub-orders of the Tranquil Order. A band of a specific sub-order gives a ship a powerful boon to be used by its commander.

Tide-Casters - Masters of water and liquid, the Tide-Casters allow a captain to cloak his ship inside a nebuala cloud. obviously sensors can sense a nebula cloud moving. But they cannot say where inside the cloud the ship is exactly. The more bands (1 band = 5 people requiring moderate comfort) travel on a ship, the bigger the cloud they can drag with them. In combat, the cloud can be "thrown over" a ship for an amount of time (after which entropy takes over and the cloud becomes too thin). This blinds the ships sensors completely.

Geomancers - With their master over metal and anything solid, the Geomancer's boon is simple yet devastating. Each band of Geomancers can hold an asteroid behind the ship. When the moment is there, the asteroid can be launched at a target. Corvettes and destroyers can easily dodge the hulking rocks. Cruisers can too if they notice it in time. In a way, the larger the craft, the lower you chances of evasion (doesn't mean you can't just shoot the damn rock).

Seers - Having a band of Seers on your ship is generally a very unnerving thing. Many crew members straight up ignore the white-cloaked men and women. Even on small ships. They seemingly never speak and merely meditate in desolate places like the cargo hold or the engineering deck. However, those few captains that dare take on a squad of Seers know how useful they can be. If close enough to an enemy ship, the seers will start grasping at the minds of the simple crewfolks of the enemy ship. First carefully probing their mind for commands. After that, they unleash the horrors to distract said crew. Decreasing an enemy ship's efficiency. As the seers cannot choose which crewmember they target specifically, the decrease can range from minor to devastating (however, the more "targets", the less chance of a devastating attack). In extreme cases, when a Seer can keep the hold over a human for too long, the human can either die due to brain hemorrhage or be temporary (only physically) controlled by the Seer. Once again, results vary.

Voidwalkers - Arguably the most demanding of the bunch. Voidwalkers, without the right accommodations, are almost useless. Almost as in they can make your engines slightly more efficient. Most destroyer and corvette captains, though, find that the advantage they gain from their presence does not outweigh their cost (5 more mouths to feed on the ship). However, with the right accommodations, the Voidwalkers can be a devastating and dangerous addition. For each band of Voidwalkers, 3 'expanse cells' must be available. Expanse cells are orb-like cells on the outside of the ship. A Voidwalker is held inside this cell through an arm (and wears a special suit so he doesn't die of exposure). These cells outer shell can retrace allowing a Voidwalker to be "one with space" (even among Relicants this statement makes them question a Voidwalker's sanity). However, it does seem to enhance their psionic power. Which they can discharge in the form of blue lightning like energy which seems to do quite a number on smaller human ships their armor. However, most Voidwalkers also demand a giant observatory deck to gaze into the nothingness. A steep demand for anything smaller than a cruiser.