Type of Government
Communist Militant movement

Description of Government:
Appealing to the young and easily persuaded, the D.S.U.F's leadership is shrouded in general confusion. The idea of "communism" and the "left wing" are concepts that are hard to understand to people who live in an authoritarian state, especially one so rooted in it's ideals. The Council, a group of 200 humans, droids and aliens, control the movement and function like how a normal communist state would run. Each of these councillors are in a leading role within the D.S.U.F. This varies from military officers to wealthy merchants that support the cause. The most influential councillor, both inspiring and ruthless, takes the stage as the Premier. This person will lead and guide the movement with advise from the Council, controlling the limited amount of resources, manpower and wealth. They are the representative, the one that must lead the movement with a strict hand. All members must answer to their orders and their role as leader is absolute until arrest, death or political revolution.

Main Race:
Humans

Minority Races:





Demography:
55% Human

30% Android
15% Alien


Religion:
Atheistic/Agnostic/Varied

Culture:
The teachings of the D.S.U.F directly oppose most of what the Empire teaches young ones. Worship of the Emperor is forbidden but common, many recruits have to be taught the importance of self-enlightenment and fighting for the people. Because most members join with pre-existing grudges against the Empire, integration of new recruits aren't too difficult. To get them used to alien's and AI however is a whole other story. The movement functions as a triad force, three arms working together to achieve the dreams of their founder. They must work together as a collective, working for the Cause so that one day the Triangulum galaxy is united under the people, not one man. Each recruit is taught the importance of tolerance and abandonment of xenophobia. This is where some potentials drop out, unwilling to believe that the alien scum can be worked with. These drop outs are dispatched of the next day, hidden away and buried. Afterwards, recruits must abandon any discrimination and learn to fight, work and bleed for the movement and not the Empire.

The Reds, after basic recruitment training and a couple of months in, have a strong sense of unity with each other. They fight for the Cause and they die for the Cause, ignoring the imperial propaganda. Something which most imperial citizens do not understand. The Great Cause is a set of ideas that the movement are fighting for. They include, but are limited to, these ideas:


The communists are repressed for what they are. As a movement who vouches for government reformation, it is seen as more of a terrorist organisation than a political group. As such, militarisation and arming of every Red was important, no matter the cost. This has led to the violence many of them are prone to, something that the Third Premier is trying to stem currently. Alcoholism and drug use are common, many of the new generation are students. Young and prideful, they are easily riled up and blinded by their idealism. Many veterans grow tired of scolding them and the divide between the young and old has grown. The Androids are concerned for their human and Layan counterparts. They serve as mediators and work with the Council to unite the organic arms of the Triad once more. The D.S.U.F is spread throughout ten different systems, each system holding varying amounts of Council leadership and manpower. The non-human members hide themselves in merchant ships and the Red Fleet. Most human Reds continue living their lives as Imperial citizens, silently working for the eventual rise of the Far-Left.

History:
The Democratic Socialist Union of the Free started with the dreams and inspirations of one man. Nikolai Xiaolong Ping came from one of the earlier human colonies during the rise of the Free Planets. Around his birth, empires and nations united and fought against might of the Empire. He was a quiet child, content with silently pondering in the corner rather than playing with peers. Perhaps this was because of his father, a studious and hard working scholar in the local government. Like most Imperial citizens, the Ping family held little power but had a moderate amount of wealth. His mother was also an assistant of the planetary governor in Vladivostok Prime, the planet they were residing in. It was a fringe colony, serving as a minor agricultural/port world supplying food for many Imperial ships flying in and out from the eastern war. Some ships were repaired and upgraded in the port city of New Blagoveshchensk, the planet's capital. The slight Russino majority could trace back their roots to early Russo-Sino relations, back in the home planet they have long forgotten about.

Vladivostok Prime was located on one of the southernmost system of the galaxy, a fringe world that contained little value after the war. After the fall of the Alliance and the scattering of their species', it's use as a port world became obsolete. Little traffic travelled through these systems and the only people who had ships around there was the garrisoned navy. It suffered from immense poverty, famine and corruption officials. Although, it was more well off than it's neighbour. Manila Industrial was a factory world of little importance after the war and was exterminated for it's constant democratic revolutions. Thoughts of any revolution on Vladivostok was quickly hidden in the shadows, whispering behind Imperial backs. Nikolai was eighteen when the first and last protest happened, a mob of hungry farmers from other provinces marching upon the walls of New Blagoveshchensk. He watched from his class window as they were slaughtered to the last man, snow turning crimson.

Information on the slaughter was heavily censored and the teachers made students swear an oath to the emperor never to speak of it. Nikolai became quieter, more withdrawn during those years. His parents were busy people, worried for their son but too overworked to try and take care of him. They communicated through notes on their front door. They would always leave an "I love you, have a good day" after leaving in the morning. He would always reply with "I love you too, I hope you have one too" and left it at that. They wouldn't have realised this but this small sliver of communication was something that he cherished. He loved his mother and father, like any good Russino child did. Of course he wished they would spend more time with him but he understood. He was wiser than his peers, understanding that they needed to work so that he could keep his education. Many of his old classmates had to quit school to work so that they could support their families.

Nikolai, at 21, would only find out about their deaths two days after the fact. Two days after the notes stopped coming. Two days after the money stopped flowing into the household. Another terrorist attack was conducted on the local Governor's home and offices, killing both his parents. A family friend from his father's work adopted the boy but did nothing but put a roof over his head. Resenting his accommodation and drunkard of a host, he set out by himself and applied as a teacher in the local school. As one of the most learned local men in the planet, he was accepted and placed as the education board's Head Teacher. It was here that the future Premier would find his calling and envision the D.S.U.F.

Communism was an unknown concept at the time to the normal imperial citizen. As Head Teacher on a planetary education board, Nikolai had access to the main Imperial library database. Interested in the history of his people, the few days in his new position was spent looking through old copies of confidential but unimportant textbooks. One day, he paused over an unknown book labelled #DAX9087 on the catalogue. Marked as "unsalvageable", it was a data copy of loose pages found in the Milky Way. With his interests piqued, he started skimming the pages, realising that there were two books merged into one whole. Nikolai spent days reading through the books and arranging the pages in the correct order. He was absolutely fascinated by the concepts given in these texts. The left wing, socialism and communism were political ideas unknown to him but he studied them with frightening devotion. He believed that this was the solution to the problems of Triangulum. The Emperor was not the way, the one party state was.

Realising the ideas of the Great Cause, Nikolai set to work. As an educated man with studious, hardworking behaviour and good looks, he inspired many students in New Blagoveshchensk. The movement started with a small manpower, his most loyal students becoming his own revolutionists. Everyone had enough of the imperial officials and although many people believed the Emperor as their God, his chosen underlings left much to be desired. In a derelict basement classroom, a dozen boys and girls in their teenage years listened to the First Premier tell them about his concept. And this was when the New Communists was founded, on the backs of poor idealistic students amongst one of the most repressive regimes in the universe. Progress was slow from then on but it was steady. Much of the student population who was still in school were a part of the growing movement, carrying red stars in their pockets to show allegiance. Their peers in the working force started joining in, spreading rumours of a new revolution growing in popularity on the planet.

Now numbering the thousands, the movement was starting to crumble under it's own weight. There was no organisation and some members made their allegiance a little too public for comfort. The Empire military quickly cracked down and arrested anyone carrying the red star, student or otherwise. The movement faltered and failed, crashing under it's own popularity. Having remained apart from the growth of the New Communists, Nikolai decided to redraw his plans to create another movement that focused more on quality control. On the ashes of his failed revolution, the D.S.U.F was formed and would become better than his wildest dreams. He kept his numbers low, keeping it in the hundreds with encrypted communications between members. Recruits must act like they were imperials out of any meetings and operations. The man also created the Council and laid the foundations of tolerance, rising to power as the First Premier.

As the D.S.U.F grew in influence and manpower, Nikolai expanded his resources with advice from the Council. Deals were struck and a Navy captain who had sympathy for their cause let a chosen few travel to a planet of the Premier's choosing. Old freighters stuck in the atmosphere of Manila Industrial were repaired by former port workers, showing the engineering prowess of Vladivostok Prime's Russino population. with one of the Empire's greatest enemies. The meeting of the Layans and their integration has long been shrouded in mystery as to how they contacted these first few freighters but they were welcomed as one of the Free People. Other xenos came to join as well, hearing rumours of xeno-sympathising revolutionists. As the movement grew outwards and into other systems, manpower became increasingly important. The development of the creation of the first communist artificial intelligence marked the end of his reign.

There was a brief power struggle before the newly created Marx took the title of Second Premier. Intelligent and cunning, the android had none of the charming Nikolai persona. Instead, he led through calculated movements and focused on slowing the growth of the movement to focus on other things. He focused internally, wanting to mix the three arms found in the Union. Under his rule, the divisions between species and the inorganic became obvious. He authorised the creation of more androids but knew the uneasiness that existed about his kind. He capped the growing number of androids off under the pressure of the Council. The restriction of the movement's reach meant a focus on building power. More weapons, equipment, freighters and resources were bought and stockpiled during Marx's reign than any other. With more power came more Imperial attention and violence. The D.S.U.F became more militant and was armed but still catered to young students.

A malfunction in Marx's energy core was found. The Council told the People that he chose to deactivate himself, rather than be stuck in his defunct metal body. Another power struggle occurred. Some were outraged at the Second Premier's death, accusing the Council of "killing" him off. Despite this, a Third Premier was chosen. Anastasia Wu-Grigorovich is the current Premier of the D.S.U.F. Tensions are high amongst the movement, human recruits and veterans clashing heads. The fall of Marx is highly suspicious and whether or not the current leader had anything to do with it is still suspect. Despite this, the new leader is idealistic and charming, a people's leader. She calls for unity once more so that they may spread their influence further. Growth and morale is at an all-time, many people thinking that a new golden age may be starting. Whether the Union shall rise or fall in the coming years is yet to be answered.





Technology:
It is limited to whatever the D.S.U.F can buy, salvage or afford to produce. Android production has been slowed to make way for arms buying, to make sure that all personnel have weapons to protect themselves with. Any salvageable xeno/Imperial technology is turned to raw materials or converted under their cause.