Royal Coalition of Spatial Protection

The Royal Coalition of Spatial Protection, or RCSP, was an ally of Red Wood Industries (RWI) and Crazy North Logistics (CNL) for a long time. Known for their impressive navy, albeit with some disadvantages in technology when compared to other factions, RCSP brought lasting security to their territory and remained a safe and peaceful faction for a long time, until the events of the Green Drone War upended the peaceful times and completely shattered RCSP's forces. Nevertheless, the faction persevered and rebuilt after the war, and devoted troops and resources to the Joint Expedition Task Force (JETF).

## History

### Green Drone War

#### Early Stages

At the outbreak of the Green Drone War, RCSP suffered many losses as the deadly Green Drone Armada (GDA) invaded the galaxy. Numerous shipyards fell into the Green Drone Armada’s possession, as did many of their Exile-class Destroyers, formidable warships that would be replicated and modified by the GDA to be their mainline warship. The GDA also acquired the blueprints for the RCSP Falcon-class and Mako-class Fighters, which would be instrumental in securing and patrolling enemy worlds. Soon, more and more RCSP planets were conquered by the Green Drones, and more and more fleets were wiped out. Shortly after the war began, the capital world of RCSP was invaded and conquered by the drones, no contact came from them for quite some time.

#### Resurgence

However, a small number of ships managed to combine into a “ghost fleet,” and along with several members of RCSP High Command and other key officials, they went into hiding for much of the war, striking only when absolutely necessary in order to stay hidden and have a chance at survival. Near the war’s end, a portion of the ghost fleet emerged from hiding and rendered aid to the Allied Fleet. The ghost fleet was led by the RCSP *Harbinger*, a Legacy-class Dreadnaught, and captained by Commander Venom, and old friend of Captain Jack Roberts of RWI. It’s unclear exactly how many ships made up the ghost fleet. Near the end of the war, the *Harbinger* and a two escorting Phoenix-class Cruisers assisted the RWI and CNL fleet in escaping planet P3-X2 after the semi-successful invasion of the planet. RCSP also fought in the Battle of the Black Hole and helped destroy the remaining GDA starships. About a month afterwards, Venom and the *Harbinger* led an incursion to take back RCSP’s capital world from a few remaining GDA destroyers. With order restored to the galaxy, RCSP began rebuilding and replacing what was lost.

### Joint Expedition Task Force Mission

#### Landing on Chrome II

One year after the Green Drone War ended, RCSP joined RWI and CNL in forming the Joint Expedition Task Force (JETF) in order to investigate a mysterious signal that potentially related to the Artifact, the symbol of power for the GDA. This being the case, the JETF deployed to the Chrome System aboard the RWI *Prometheus*, but soon became stranded after the *Prometheus* was heavily damaged and much of the landing force was scattered and cut off from support by a faction known as the Remnant. RCSP's forces, led by Captain Tevin Myers, took heavy losses especially - Myers' XO was killed in their ship's crash-landing and much of their ground vehicles were destroyed. However, Myers and a few squads of RCSP marines managed to gather a Wyvern-class Gunship and three Raven-class Gunships, and they journeyed to an ancient city where RWI's forces had set up a base, but were being attacked by Remnant forces. Myers' reinforcements drove off the Remnant ships, and the two factions were later joined by CNL's remaining troops.

#### Secrets

Several days after the Battle of the Ancient City and the destruction of the *Prometheus* at the hands of its own X-12 Drones (which were merely former GDA drones reprogrammed to serve RWI, but kept highly secret), tensions began to run high between Admiral Jack Roberts, Captain Myers, and Colonel Jorgen Larson of CNL, due to a variety of factors. Myers stated that RWI had violated the Kyron Accords with the creation of Project X-12, which also infuriated Larson. Some time later, Roberts neglected to disclose the information contained in a distress call to RWI, which further angered Larson. Roberts also prohibited Myers and Larson from entering the lower levels of the city, due to "security concerns," (which, in reality, were due to a newly-discovered Artifact identical to the one fought over in the Green Drone War). Larson asked Myers what his thoughts were, and Myers responded that since Roberts was de-facto leader of the JETF, he had the authority. Larson then remarked that RCSP had "no backbone," which furthered the divide between the two leaders. Nevertheless, Myers was more understanding of the circumstances than Larson, which made RCSP a little better in RWI's eyes. However, when CNL forces mutinied and split away from the JETF, RCSP forces did not take part in the conflict between RWI and CNL troops as they battled throughout the city, resulting in CNL's retreat.