Cyberbolivaran Forum

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 **Dev. Status** | Being Concepted

*"Peasants, soldiers, miners,*

*And the women of our country, as well,*

*Students, workers, white-collar and blue,*

*We will do our duty.*

*We'll sow the land with glory.*

*Socialism will be our future.*

*All together, we will be history's completion."*

- *"Venceremos" Battle Song and Anthem of the Government of the new Forum.*
Formerly called the **Cybernetic Federation**. The **Cyberbolivaran Forum**, also known as the **Cyberbolivarians** or just the **Forum**, is a faction of the **Red Alert Paradox Expanded Universe**, inspired by the ideas of BrutalReality, then taken and reimagined by Chumbeque and the help of others. Their gameplay is meant to reminisce of City Building focused RTS games, such as Age of Empires or Rise of Nations.

Following the revolution caused by the first democratically elected socialist government, Chile embarks in a massive program to cyberneticize their nation in the name of fostering equality through technology. War begins as the Argentine Reservists, in a move to foster the favor of the Allied Nations, invade Chile attempting to curve the growing communist power in South America in the midsts of the Third World War. This was not to be, and now the composite nation, formed by the newly restored Peronist Argentina, the strengthened Chilean government and the newcomer Paraguay, hopes to rebuild in the name of anti-imperialism, social justice and cybernetic bolivarianism!

Or so they say. In truth it’s leader, the Vicar and their council known as the Greater Andean Federation (or GAF) true goals is to “fix” the broken timelines, having glimpses the dark future from the Tacitus fragment that crashed into South America, with the Soviets and communism being a convenient ally due to their connection with Zelinsky, who was responsible for the world they live in now.

## Background

"We can rebuild Chile. We have the technology."

- The Vicar, on a Chilean radio show
Cybernetic Diplomatic Relations

### What the hell is a Southern Cone anyways?

What and how exactly did the Federation come into being? There's many answers to that question and none of them is necessarily right or wrong. If you consulted a local textbook, it'd tell you that it was the only inevitable conclusion to a historical development, ever since these nations became independent some 150 years ago.

A better question would be, what led to the creation of the computational system that gives the namesake to their political ideology. What is exactly Cyberbolivarianism?

### Nationbuilding at the end of the World

To explain the origins of such a peculiar system of governance, one must understand first what came before it, and why. Unsurprisingly to most, the answer lies in simple economic pragmatism.

The nations of Latin America were hit as hard as anywhere else in the world, however the combination of their reliance on commerce with wartorn nations of Europe and the lack of actual dependance on these entities led to particularly devastating effects in this tiny corner of the world. The Great Depression hit hard and hit fast and it is in times of these that big, significant paradigm shifts are brought upon stalwart nations trying to move ahead.

The answer was simple, if they couldn't rely on foreign actors, they should turn onto the inside, and with this idea in mind, is that the model of Import substitution industrialization was implemented through most of the region.

Argentina is the paragon example of this mentality. After a turbulent decade marked by violence and widespread poverty, a peculiar political leader rose up from amongst the military cadre trying to get their stab at politics, standing out from amongst the rest, this person was none other than Juan Domingo Peron.

Building up a personality cult around his person, his populist rethoric and protectionist policies did plenty to bring his nation out of the dumpster. He fostered industry, education and techonological research. In fact, he was adamant on restoring Argentina's image as the most advanced and European of the Latin American Nations. With this goal in mind is that the "Projecto Huemul" was put forward.

Welcoming some... unsavory individuals escaping trials after their

## Gameplay Mechanics

### Building Mechanics

The Forum Construction Yard is different from other Construction Yard in the way that it is an Omni-Production structure that can produce all the faction's units. Limitations to this include a longer unit build time and limited logistical support. The Cyberbolivaran Forum con-yard is known as a Popular Mission. In order to construct buildings, a strong foundation must first be made by a Servicemen. Any structure the Forum desires built can then be built on the foundation, so long as they have the necessary resources and expertise, once the structure is selected the Servicemen construct the structures, disabling them from performing other functions. Other Servicemen can join on the effort to accelerate the construction of these buildings. Additional Popular Mission, on the other hand, must be constructed by a specialized armored vehicle known as a Combat Engineer Vehicle.

### Expansion Mechanics

Servicemen are free to build structures anywhere, but buildings will be severely underpowered until a source of power is built nearby.

### Tier Mechanics

The Cybersyn control station holds three different, optionally interlocking, research branches: Social Policies; Military Innovation & Economic Plans. Depending on your level of research you may unlock higher technological tiers.

### Defence Mechanics

Servicemen can garrison in various structures to offer some impromptu defense, increasing their combat capacity depending on the type of building. With the Popular Mission, in particular, giving them a large combat capacity.

Alternatively, they can build Atalayas, weak building with no base attack but that can be upgraded various times to obtain several improvements up to giving it anti-air capacity.

### Tier Mechanics

Tiers are divided into five grades, each unlocking new production capabilities based on the amount of expertise available.

**Grade I** *Popular Mission (Conscription, Architecture, Defensive Construction)*

**Grade II** *Encampment (Offensive Engineering, Nation-At-Arms, Diesel Engines)*

**Grade III** *Light Manufacturing Plant (Turbine Engines, Electronics, Selective Service)*

**Grade IV** *Heavy Manufacturing Plant (Aerodynamics, General Engineering, Structural Analysis)*

**Grade V** *Library (Computerization, Offensive Aeronautics, Military Conceptual Exploitation)*

### Cybersyn Mechanics

Due to their remote-controlled nature. The Forum's teletanks and cyber soldiers are known as "Automatons", which replaces morale with connection. If these units don't stay within the signal range of a Cybersyn (provided by buildings and some units) then morale will start to go down, and once it hits zero, the unit will shut down, or be heavily slowed and unable to attack in the case of the soldiers. They can regain memory by being near Datalinking units/structures

## Cyberbolivaran Self-Defense Force

### Special Buildings

 File:IconForum.png | Cybersyn Control Station | The wonders of the Cybersyn Project directly on the battlefield. Contains the three different technological branches required to tier up. Only one can be had at a time.

### Cyber Soldiers

Bulky Syndicate prototypes of their battlesuits modernized with Federation tech. Cyber Soldiers march into battle in giant suits of armour working in tandem with the Cybersyn.

### Technicals

Civilian cars, trucks, and busses with weaponry and tools welded onto its chassis to turn into improvised combat vehicles driven by brave volunteers. Compared to their Teletanks the Federation Technicals are cheaper and are not reliant on the Cybersyn to function, making a good early-game vehicle force and scouts. But their poor weaponry and armour mean that their role would shift into support/flankers in the late game as the commander starts producing hardier teletanks.

## Behind the Scenes

The Cybernetic Federation is inspired by Transistorpunk with a heavy emphasis on South American Science Fiction.