AN: I know I'm in the middle of my Worldwar fic but I just can't get this story out of my head so I decided to go along with it. I would like to thank Guerrilla Sam for letting me use some of his things in this story.
WARNING: Let's all just pretend Red Faction Origins and Armageddon never happened when you start reading this. If I mangle the timeline just disregard it.
Disclaimer: I'll only do this once. I own nothing and everything belongs to their respective owners.
Mass Effect: Guerrillas
Chapter 1: Better Red than Dead
In 2125 a rebel group known as the Red Faction starts a revolution in Parker Sector with the goal of kicking the tyrannical Earth Defense Force off Mars. A newly arrived colonist by the name off Alec Mason joins the group shortly after his arrival. Mason proves to be a capable fighter and expert at demolition helping the group take Parker and Dust Sectors in a short time. After a mission in the Badlands Sector Mason returns with a device known as the Nano Forge. Fearing the forge might lead the rebels to victory the EDF tightens its hold on the remaining sectors. The Badlands and Oasis fall soon after, but with a heavy cost. Most of Oasis was destroyed in a desperate attack by the EDF. Using info the acquired the Red Faction was able to get through the Free Fire Zone and into Eos. The city was heavily fortified and after a great loss of life on both sides the Faction managed to break the EDF's hold on the city. The EDF learns the location of the Red Faction's HQ and launches a raid on the base. The rebels managed to repel the attack, but the damage was done. The Red Faction's commander and most of the leadership was killed in the raid and the survivors scattered. Alec Mason becomes the acting commander and with the help of Samanya and the Marauders the Red Faction manages to destroy the EDF HQ. What the rebels didn't know is that while they were regrouping the EDF found ruins built by an alien race known as the Protheans. The EDF decides to send the information and artifacts taken from the ancient facility back to Earth to prevent them from falling in rebel hands. When the Hydra was destroyed by the Red Faction the small freighter carrying the spoils was already well on its way to Earth. The Red Faction was now in control of the red planet and was not going to make the same mistakes as Earth. The United Martian States was founded with representatives from both the former colonies and marauder tribes. Parker the hero of the First Mars Revolution was named Chairman of the independent planet. His response on the position was "It took you [REDACTED] 60 years to give me a reward for my trouble." The Red Faction became the military arm of the small planet dedicated to protecting the people on Mars from any and all threats with Alec Mason as its commander.
2131- The Great Crisis on Earth ends with the discovery of mass effect tech. Earth then sends the UMS a treaty recognizing Mars as an independent planet. Mars signs the treaty and Earth then proceeds to ban all trade and immigration to the red planet to prevent the UMS from learning the secret of mass effect.
2135- The newly formed Systems Alliance finds the Charon Relay and begins colonizing other planets. Better working conditions and human rights are given to the colonists. When asked why the Alliance refused to elaborate. Parker passes away quietly in his sleep. Thousands of people are said to attend his funeral.
2143- UMS scientists develop the warp drive. The warp drive is capable of sending a ship to any point in the galaxy. A system several light-years from the Sol system is discovered by Red Faction scout ships. The planet is named Vasha after the marauder leader who gave her life for the revolution. Alec Mason petitions the council to create several military ships to protect Mars' expanding territory. The council responds by giving him an entire fleet. AN: did you expect them to say no to Alec Mason?
2145- The Red Faction doesn't know it but they are now equipped with the best equipment in the galaxy. Laser weaponry becomes standard issue for soldiers, vehicles, and ships. Red Faction ships are at LEAST twice the size of the old EDS Hydra. AIs are commonplace in Mars space. UMS territory now contains 4 planets: Mars, Vasha, New Eos, and Mason. Mars Council decides to halt colonization until population catches up.
2147- First Contact War between Systems Alliance and Turian Hierarchy. Alliance forces push Turians off Shanxi and Citadel Council offers alliance membership.
2165- Red Faction Fleet now numbers at 80 cruisers, 20 frigates, 5 carriers, and 7 dreadnoughts. The Parker, Oasis, Eos, Marauder, Vasha, and Dust are the main dreadnoughts while the flagship Tharsis is bigger than anything every made by humans.
2169- An Alliance ship leads Red Faction ships to a planet near their space. The ship claiming to be on a goodwill mission leads them through what it calls a "Mass Relay". The planet is a garden world with a habitable atmosphere and tons of resources. The UMS names to planet Kepler and proceeds to colonize it so "Earth can't get at it".
2172- An Asari colonization fleet finds the planet they reserved already colonized and reports to the Citadel Council.
Guerrilla Handbook: United Martian States- The United Martian States is the government for all planets in Mars Territory. The UMS runs on a basic 3 branch system. The Executive Branch is headed by the Chairman who is elected by popular vote and electoral vote for a term of 5 years. There is currently no limit on how many terms a chairman can serve. The Legislative Branch is run by the Council. A single Councilor comes from every UMS planet. The Judicial branch is run by the Supreme Court of Eos.
AN: A good start wouldn't you say so. I'm really excited about this fic since I want to see where it goes. This fic will mainly show how the galaxy at large reacts to the unorthodox tactics of the Red Faction since in my opinion the main storyline for Mass Effect is….. kinda stupid. Giant Alien Robot Squids coming to wipe out all organic life. I don't know who suggested that Idea but it seems kinda weak.