Novosibirsk Rioters

The Novosibirsk Rioters are a faction that is referenced to in the main storyline of Metro Exodus during the underground section in Novosibirsk, and show up as an antagonist force against Khlebnikov during the events of the The Two Colonels DLC.
==Overview==
The rioters are mainly a populace/civilian collective originating from the 'Dirty Stations' of the Novosibirsk Metro.
During the 'Green Stuff' shortages at the beginning of 2035, a civil war broke out between OSKOM and the population of the Novosibirsk Metro as the military at the time were confiscating supplies of 'Green Stuff' - thus also removing the wealth of the dwellers. This originally was to support the evacuation of the metro system as their reserves were slowly running out, however, with such small amount of supplies it was found there was not enough to support a full evacuation.
No ideology, leadership. or structure is commented on for the rioters. It is unknown if they followed a certain doctrine of command structure. However, they were heavily armed it can be noted that the rioters do follow quite organized battle tactics - using flanking maneuvers and even crossing the surface in order to attack OSKOM's main station, Krasny Prospekt, during 'The Two Colonels' DLC.
Rioter corpses during Artyom's exploration after the war occurred shows that the rioters utilized DShK gun-carts, and were also able to actively disable and destroy OSKOM's armoured railcars with improvised RPGs.
== Trivia ==
* Although their tactics in battle are similar to the Red Line. including improvised the RPG that are able to take down Panzer but unlike the Red Line, they are able to take out OSKOM rapidly despite OSKOM's heavy armor and high power weaponry. if the gas had not been released it is likely that OSKOM would have lost the battle and been wiped out.
* According to the investigation/medical report, most of the rioters have their distinguish sickly appearance that are commonly caused by radiation included hair loss, hemorrhages, atrophic lesions of skin and mucous membranes but the player can't witness it without them putting on their battle suit. This is because most of them don't take radioprotector for a month (most likely to reserved it after overthrown OSKOM). It could be the reason for Kirill and Khlebnikov are able to reserved it at least 3 radioprotectors after Civil War. 
==Gallery==
IMG 8904.png|Rioter guns down OSKOM member
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