Red Sun Military Forces

== History ==
=== 2015-2016 ===
The Red Sun, RSMF, or RSA, was originally formed as a Terraria group for the purpose of entertainment. Not long after, the group's name was changed to the Red Sun Military Forces, as the intended name, the Red Sun Army, was already in use by a Steam group centered around a historical strategy game.
During this period, a group called "The Ghost Clan" declared war on RSMF, though no battles would actually occur, as The Ghost Clan was based around Gmod and consequently had little to no ability to fight RSMF in its primary and only game.
=== 2016-2018 ===
Around the beginning of 2016, RSMF extended its operations into Garry's Mod with an attempt to fight The Ghost Clan; this attack was unsuccessful, however, as by this time the only remaining active member of the group had jumped ship and joined RSMF. 
Some time between 2016 and 2018, approximately three members temporarily broke off from the rest of the group and engaged them in a civil war, which consisted of roughly three battles that were primarily fought in DakTek and MelonWars and resulted in a Loyalist victory. After the event's conclusion, all members of the civil war group returned to RSMF and still remain as members to this day.
At some point during 2017, RSMF attempted to declare war on the entirety of Digital Gaming over personal disagreements with the owner. Due to a lack of understanding of the intent behind this, the event almost resulted in a mass banning; however, thanks to a sizeable presence of RSMF members in Digital's staff, strong internal support for the group, and RSMF staff members on Digital telling the owner that the Steam group was padded and that the majority of actual RSMF members weren't even in it, this would not come to fruition. 
=== 2018 ===
==== GMAP & Introduction to the Meta ====
Via an RSMF member engaged in activities within other groups, RSMF was invited to the Garry's Mod Alliance Pact on July 22, 2018 for the purpose of aiding in a war against FOXCBM and SDF. While not entirely new to ACF, the group would avoid major conflict involving it, as most members had no experience with meta-level ACF technology or rulesets. Despite extremely limited direct combat, RSMF obtained a security council position in GMAP during said council's initial setup and played a semi-significant role in the non-combat side of the EI Wars. Following victory in these conflicts, the breakup of the opposing alliance and groups, and the subsequent partial breakup of GMAP itself, RSMF returned to a state of minimal involvement with the meta.
====Late 2018 Miscellaneous Activity====
After the partial breakup of GMAP, RSMF continued to hold a security council position until its archival in 2020 and briefly became more involved in other alliances as well; for a short period of time, RSMF became a member of the Entente, though they either withdrew or were removed from it before any of the Entente's major events took place. The group began to become less involved in the wider meta over time, choosing instead to focus on internal affairs, Discord-related events, and interactions with other organizations such as documenting the contents of an intelligence Discord server formed by groups it fought during the EI Wars. At some point between late 2018 and early 2019, the group slowly drifted out of involvement with the meta entirely.
=== 2019 ===
RSMF remained uninvolved in the main sphere of factions for much of 2019, interacting minimally with groups it had encountered previously. Near the end of the year, RSMF began to return to the meta when it was invited to various alliances, eventually making its way into G10 and the Orzel Alliance. The group also joined GDI with the intention of passing information and technology to Orzel and otherwise undermining it over disdain for its initial use of GMAP's name and attempts by specific members of GDI to convince RSMF members to leave the faction and/or switch groups before RSMF entered the alliance.
=== 2020 ===
==== IZK War ====
===== Introduction =====
In early 2020, Izakia, and by extension the Petrograd Pact, issued a sweeping declaration that insulted and taunted the rest of the Gmod faction community and declared war on all other groups within it. A day or so following the initial announcement, Orzel and GDI launched a joint invasion of Dirtbox, one of the primary servers of IZK and an important historical site. 
===== Dirtbox Battle =====
RSMF, the French Central Force, Germanian Kaiserreich, and other Orzel/GDI forces set up on the server and messed around for several hours whilst waiting for a response from Petrograd members. After some time, IZK members, followed shortly after by other Petrograd states, began to join the server and engaged in combat with the occupying forces. The fight quickly dissolved into relative chaos when IZK forces immediately resorted to using Wiremod tech against ACF before the first shots had even been fired. The battle shifted back and forth between illegal ACF drones fighting illegal Wire tech and a mixture of turrets and ground vehicles fighting IZK tanks. Despite M9K nerve gas and Wire explosives being used to temporarily disable RSMF turrets, none had been successfully defeated by the end of the fight, with the most significant damage received by one being the destruction of its top plate of spaced/extra armour (approximately 100mm out of 400mm of high ductility armour). 
Despite little to no damage or losses to RSMF equipment, RSMF anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank towers destroyed no less than thirteen IZK tanks; combined with the damage done by allied forces, the battle concluded as an easy victory for RSMF. 
===== Colurful Crew Battle =====
Immediately following the conclusion of the battle on Dirtbox, the fight moved to Colurful Crew as IZK members switched over in an attempt to invade it, abandoning their home server. RSMF would change servers as well alongside FCF, but they only saw minimal involvement in the form of killing a few more IZK tanks and vehicles without losing any turrets before withdrawing from the battle, as it was agreed that IZK and FCF would fight 2v2s. Tank fighting between FCF and IZK went on for several more hours, with FCF achieving a massive lead in the first 5-10 fights then losing more of the later fights when IZK tanks started to group together and hide in a corner to avoid being flanked; despite their failures in the second half of the 2v2s, though, FCF would still end the battle with the lead in both tank kills and rounds won. After the 2v2s concluded, FCF and IZK held 1v1s, in which IZK won significantly more duels. 
===== IZK Embassy Walkout & Internal Conflict =====
Following several battles across Colurful Crew and Dirtbox, the two largest non-IZK member groups of Petrograd, the International Weapons Corporation and Urtanesia, withdrew from the alliance. In an announcement on their steam group regarding their withdrawal, IW accused IZK of using illegal ACF, while UNR did not leave any messages insulting IZK or have as significant of an impact on the war, as they were primarily concerned with non-ACF combat and manpower. 
As a symbol of the wider faction community's rejection of IZK due to their use of illegal technology and toxic behavior during the war, RSMF and several other factions worked to organize a mass walkout from the IZK Embassy and sever all communication between IZK and the majority of active groups in order to prevent future interaction between them and the meta. During this walkout, each involved party sent a mass ping block with an attached image and left the Discord shortly thereafter, and the exodus went forth successfully with roughly 30 out of the 40 non-Petrograd members leaving the Discord and the remaining members being mostly inactive, unimportant, or alt accounts left to keep track of what was going on there.
===== Illegality =====
Both during and after the war, IZK was accused of numerous violations of ACF rules, including (but not limited to) clipping of their internal components, using vehicles over the maximum allowed weight for their vehicle type, and using setpos to aim/move some of the weaponry on their tanks. 
Claims of illegal tech went both ways, however, with the same accusations being aimed at FCF by IZK, though there is no currently recorded evidence to support these statements. Some invisible weapons around the map spawned by FCF during the Dirtbox battle were discovered later, though, which was in fact verifiable with IZK's provided evidence. 
IZK also claimed RSMF turrets to be over the maximum weight several months after the event had concluded as a reason for why they immediately used Wire explosives instead of ACF; however, it is believed this was due to extremely outdated and inaccurate evidence provided by IW, and IZK did not appear to have actually checked the total masses of the turrets themselves during the battle.
===== Related Footage =====
War summary video made by RSMF and sponsored by other involved factions
GMTV 2020 Recap's coverage of the war (contains IZK footage) 
==== TEC vs NATO War ====
RSMF joined the Technology Engineering Coalition shortly after its formation via an invitation from Ally for Hire and before the introduction of the groups that made up the Imperial Alliance at that time. They saw involvement in numerous battles against the New Ares Treaty Organization; however, during those where NATO was actually present, the number of members present was severely limited, often only having one member present in contrast to the approximately five RSMF members that were present in the Discord and showed up for less important/eventful gatherings.
RSMF remained in TEC with the sole goal of entertaining themselves until Ally for Hire was couped by several other members, at which point RSMF withdrew from both the war and the alliance.
== Uniform ==
=== RS Infantry ===
RS Loyalist Infantry are given a semi-optional uniform PAC3 designed around the group's aesthetic/themes with a few built-in features designed to help in combat situations such as a toggleable strobe light and footstep silencing when crouched, as well as a handful of other useful tweaks that allow minor advantages without breaking common server rules about PAC3. The PAC3 also comes with a toggleable backpack/flag, of which an altered version of this can be seen on Profantic's version of the RS Engineer uniform. Several other projects relating to the improvement of the user's performance exist in varying stages of production, though most have been put on hold indefinitely due to the lack of necessity for new technology and the time investment associated with completing them.
The base uniform currently comes in four different forms: the default color scheme, Arctic camouflage, Desert camouflage, and Forest camouflage. There is currently a fifth version designed specifically for light grassy areas in a partially completed state, though it is not being further developed due to the lack of active need for better camouflage. Infantry are allowed to request custom variations on their PAC3 relating to proportions and other small changes, but large changes like extra 'equipment' are not permitted.
File:InfantryDefaultFront.png|Default infantry uniform (front view)
File:InfantryDefaultSide.png|Default infantry uniform (side view)
File:InfantryArcticFront.png|Arctic infantry uniform (front view)
File:InfantryArcticSide.png|Arctic infantry uniform (side view)
File:InfantryDesertFront.png|Desert infantry uniform (front view)
File:InfantryDesertSide.png|Desert infantry uniform (side view)
File:InfantryForestFront.png|Forest infantry uniform (front view)
File:InfantryForestSide.png|Forest infantry uniform (side view)
=== RS Engineer ===
The Engineering branch of RSMF has their own separate PAC3 with a significantly different design and some additional aesthetic features such as a PDA and a drone that replaces the physgun/tool gun. Similar to infantry, engineers are allowed to request custom proportions/small changes to their PAC3; however, they are also allowed to request larger changes such as differing equipment, armor, or anything else they wish to be added. Examples of such modifications can be seen below in the forms of custom variants.
File:EngineerDefaultFront.png|Default engineer uniform (front view)
File:EngineerDefaultSide.png|Default engineer uniform (side view)
File:EngineerDesertFront.png|Desert engineer uniform (front view)
File:EngineerDesertSide.png|Desert engineer uniform (side view)
==== JonahSoldier's Custom Variant ====
A custom commander/leader version of the Engineering PAC3 used by the leader of RSMF. This version has a separate decoration on the cap as an indicator of the wearer's status as a general, as well as a badge on the chest indicating an officer rank and an altered armband denoting membership of RS High Command. The most recent version also has a crown stacked on top of the cap with the 1-47 Union logo on it, as ownership of it was transferred to the leader of RSMF (aka the owner/user of this version of the pac3) on March 24, 2021. This PAC3 also comes in desert camouflage form, but it is missing the crown in that version.
File:EngineerJonahFront.png|JonahSoldier's default engineer uniform (front view)
File:EngineerJonahSide.png|JonahSoldier's default engineer uniform (side view)
File:EngineerJonahFrontDesert.png|JonahSoldier's desert engineer uniform (front view)
File:EngineerJonahSideDesert.png|JonahSoldier's desert engineer uniform (side view)
==== The Head of Engineering's Custom Variant ====
The RS Head of Engineering, whose actual name is being kept private because they are not present in many meta-related Discords and whose identity is relatively unknown to other faction members, has their own custom version of the RS Engineering PAC3. This version comes with a backpack with various tools attached to it. The PAC3 also has a slightly modified cap that is decorated similarly to the commander variant used by JonahSoldier but leaves the Engineering logo intact. There are also two other indicators of rank on the PAC3, those being the modified armband that displays the wearer's status as a member of RS High Command and a badge on the chest indicating an officer rank.
File:EngineerHOEFront.png|The Head of Engineering's default engineer uniform (front view)
File:EngineerHOESide.png|The Head of Engineering's engineer uniform (side view)
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