Verge Liberation Movements

Verge Resistance Movements

This post has to do with resistance movements inspired by Firebrand and other Mesa operatives at least two of whom have been identified as Clambake and Partisan. Since we have been discussing the consequences to Manticore’s reputation about failing to assist resistance movements she is perceived to have promised to help, I thought I would sort through and learn as much as I could about these movements from the reader’s point of view. The information here is based in Shadow of Freedom. You will notice that there are a few blanks in my information and it could be that I skimmed over the top of them. The movements listed are the ones we know about, but not necessarily known to Manticore. The implication is that there are other movements out there not known to the reader or Manticore. Also we know from Henke’s experience in Myers that Manticore will be welcomed in places where there is no resistance movement. At any rate, here is the list along with a thumbnail sketch of the situation.

Loomis
Head of Government: President Ailsa MacMinn
OFS Tie in: Frinkkelo Osborne, advisor to President MacMinn
Transstellar: Star Enterprise Initiatives Unlimited
Resistance Leaders: Erin MacFadzean, Megan Maclean
Contact with Mesa op posing as Manticore Rep: Yes
Does Manticore Know? No
Fate of Resistance Movement: Resistance movement crushed. Messenger killed attempting to get out to contact Manticore.

Saraphim
Head of Government: Presidend Jacqueline McCready
OFS Tie in:
Transstellar: Krestor Interstellar, Mendose of Cordoba
Resistance Leaders: Indiana and MacKenzie Graham
Contact with Mesa op posing as Manticore Rep: Yes
Does Manticore Know? No
Fate of Resistance Movement: Unresolved

Swallow
Head of Government: President Rosa Shuman
OFS Tie in:
Transtellar: Tallulah Corporation
Resistance Leaders: Floyd Allenby
Contact with Mesa op posing as Manticore Rep: Yes
Does Manticore Know? No, although a messenger is attempting to get into contact
Fate of Resistance Movement: Unresolved

Mobius
Head of Government: President Svein Lombroso
OFS Tie in: League Trade Attache Angelika Xydis
Transstellar: Trifecka
Resistance Leaders: Kayleigh Blanchard, Michael Breitbach
Contact with Mesa op posing as Manticore Rep: Yes
Does Manticore Know? *Yes
Fate of Resistance Movement: Rescued by Terekov’s squadron at last moment

*The reps sent from Mobius to Manticore are Ackenbrandt and Summers

As a postscript, if you know of a group I missed, please feel free to add on. These are the ones noted in SOF.

Don

Montana liberation front and the Freedom Alliance of Kornati? Granted they were targeted against Manticore, but the same, lets make Manticore look like asses on an intergalactic stage, run by the same mesan agent.

I think any list given in the books will be woefully inadequate. There's likely going to be hundreds if not thousands of resistance/freedom movements in the Verge and Protectorates. I got the impression that was kind of the plan all along from the MAlign to keep the former SL worlds (more or less outside of the Core that is) in disarray so the RF would be able to get systems to voluntarily join the RF as an organization/star nation that is bringing peace and order to a now very chaotic universe. The resistance/freedom movements will be causing the chaos that is needed.

Zakharra wrote:I think any list given in the books will be woefully inadequate. There's likely going to be hundreds if not thousands of resistance/freedom movements in the Verge and Protectorates. I got the impression that was kind of the plan all along from the MAlign to keep the former SL worlds (more or less outside of the Core that is) in disarray so the RF would be able to get systems to voluntarily join the RF as an organization/star nation that is bringing peace and order to a now very chaotic universe. The resistance/freedom movements will be causing the chaos that is needed.

The ones that I was thinking about for the purposes of this thread were the ones given hope by Mesa agents that Manticore would intervene on their behalf in the hope Manticore's reputation would be damaged when there was no response. While I'm sure there are more of these movements than we know about, it seems a bit unlikely that every liberation in the verge would fall into this category.

I agree that as the grip of the League weakens, these movements will spring up like weeds even without specific encouragement from the Alignment.

Don

Another piece of information that might be useful is whether they are officially Solarian protectorates. Swallow and Mobius are not protectorates; I'm not sure yet about the other two.

Zakharra wrote:I think any list given in the books will be woefully inadequate. There's likely going to be hundreds if not thousands of resistance/freedom movements in the Verge and Protectorates. I got the impression that was kind of the plan all along from the MAlign to keep the former SL worlds (more or less outside of the Core that is) in disarray so the RF would be able to get systems to voluntarily join the RF as an organization/star nation that is bringing peace and order to a now very chaotic universe. The resistance/freedom movements will be causing the chaos that is needed.

It can't really be thousands, because the usual estimate of the number of systems under OFS control is only a couple thousand. It could be hundreds, but I would guess that the Alignment has their finger in only dozens, at most.

SWM wrote:It can't really be thousands, because the usual estimate of the number of systems under OFS control is only a couple thousand.

There could be a lot of tiny little movements. Many/most of which will be run by the secret police.

kzt wrote:

SWM wrote:It can't really be thousands, because the usual estimate of the number of systems under OFS control is only a couple thousand.

There could be a lot of tiny little movements. Many/most of which will be run by the secret police.

Ah, true, if you are counting each individual movement on a planet. The People's Liberation Front, the People's Front for Liberation, the Liberation Front of the People, Front for the People's Liberation, etc.

SWM wrote:

kzt wrote:
There could be a lot of tiny little movements. Many/most of which will be run by the secret police.

Ah, true, if you are counting each individual movement on a planet. The People's Liberation Front, the People's Front for Liberation, the Liberation Front of the People, Front for the People's Liberation, etc.

Not to mention the Popular Liberation Front, Populist Front for Liberation and Popular Front for Liberation.

Seriously, if Manticore keeps putting our fire's like this, they will be portrayed as "Imperialist"(They do call themselves an Empire, and everyone knows Empires are bad.) by the Solarian media. Furthermore this plays right into the MALignment's hands by exhausting Manticore's assets.