The Rebellion

### Enemies

The Federation, The Engi Harmony, The Orchid Gathering, Arcadia Research and Development, The Free Roamers, The Coalition, The Free Mantis

## Ships

### Elites

Elite, MFK Ace

The Rebellion acts as the primary antagonists of both vanilla FTL and FTL: Multiverse. They are a radical group of humans lead by Admiral Vance who wish to overturn the Federation and "tame the galaxy", banishing barbaric xeno (non-human) races to the outskirts of society.

## Gameplay

Rebel enemies are very generic and straight forward. They are usually well armed and are always staffed entirely by human crew (and occasionally other human sub-types in certain circumstances). Rebel enemies are very common in most sector types.

Rebels can use any medical system, and often have teleporters and cloaking, and occasionally drone control. Rarely however they can also use mind control or hacking on certain ships.

Rebels also have Elites and MFK Aces, two dangerous subfactions. Elites, like the elites of any other faction, have higher system levels and stronger crew. MFK Aces however, function as "super elites" and are very rare and dangerous. They have even higher level systems, a different and even stronger weapon list, and a crew composed entirely of elite crew.

Rebels will pursue the player through the Rebel Fleet Pursuit. When diving into fleet beacons, the player may encounter either Elite Rebels or MFK Aces along with an ASB, who pose a very large threat.

## History

### **Founding and the Federation Civil War**

The Rebellion was founded by Admiral Vance, an ex-Federation politician and commander whose hatred of non-human lifeforms and lust for power drove him to found a Rebellion. Feeding off of the general unrest in the galaxy after some questionable decisions from the Federation, including the banishment of several other races.

Vance also used his wealth from the time to fund several projects from the mega corporations Arcadia and Hephaestus, both of which gave the Rebellion an edge over the Federation.

Arcadia began development of the CICA project, whose purpose was to develop a cognitive (sentient) AI for Vance. Grant Folly, founder of Arcadia, did not understand Vance's true intentions, as he had not yet publicly shared his intentions with starting the Rebellion. Grant, whose company was relatively new at the time, was amazed to be in contact with Vance and eagerly accepted his offer. However, CICA eventually went rogue and wounded Vance, blasting off his leg.

CICA's revolt forced Vance to found the Engineer Corps, an entire division of the Rebellion tasked with maintaining the AI. CICA was stripped of its sentience and made into the Flagship AI. CICA still holds control over the automated Rebel fleet, and provides a massive advantage for the Rebellion by having a tactical AI calculate their strategic moves.

Hephaestus, however, supports the Rebellion to this day, as the corporation has a heavy history of human favoritism. Hephaestus was given full details of the Rebellion's information and was commissioned to construct the Rebellion's first fleet. Though many of Hephaestus's original models are still used by the Rebels, the Rebellion now constructs its own ships and has designed new classes using their extensive wealth and power.

The Rebellion grew very quickly, and soon gathered its own share of sectors on the outskirts of the Federation, and eventually moved on to over take entire civilian sectors for their own usage. The Rebellion has its own governing body, economy, and citizens, and rivals even the Federation, making them a massive threat.

The Rebel Flagship, the Rebellion's secret weapon, hosts CICA's central servers and leads the Rebellion fleet. It is unique in that it fits within the cruiser size class, but yet is armed well enough to take out entire capital ships. The Rebellion of Universe 0 depended entirely on the Flagship, but with little fear for the ship had proven to be practically unbeatable in combat.

The Last Stand served as the final battle of the Federation Civil War between the Federation and Rebellion of Universe 0. As the Flagship moved in to attack and destroy Node 17, the Federation Capitol, the Unknown Federation Hero (the player in the vanilla game) destroys the Flagship and CICA along with it. This defeat is devastation for the Rebellion, but it also activates the kamikaze protocol in CICA's auto-fleet, which force all active automated vessels to immediately suicide bomb into any nearby Federation structures, ships, or personnel. This bombing is devastating for the Federation (and is later remembered as the Massacre of Node 17), but it also reduces the auto-ship count to nearly 0. Admiral Vance escapes alive, but many of the other high ranking Rebel officials are captured and most of the Rebel fleet is destroyed or abandoned.

### **The Multiverse Era**

After the defeat of the Rebellion during the Last Stand, the Federation was able to recover a large portion of their territory and slowly drive back the Rebels. Low on man-power and moral, many Rebels who escaped during the attack on Node 17 eventually came forward and surrendered. Vance remains in hiding, sending out small scouting and salvaging operations in hope they'll reclaim some of their lost tech. Instead, they accidentally stumble across an Ancient wreck, and discover the first Multiverse Drive.

The Rebels reverse engineer this tech and begin to travel to other realities. Vance gathers up his remaining crew of MFK Aces and Elites and builds for them a new fleet of ships capable of traveling into other Multiverses. The Rebels enter several more realities, many of them in-hospital or too foreign to be traversed. Eventually however, they come across a reality so close to their own it is barely distinguishable. They get involved in the Civil War happening there, and manage to succeed in defeating the Federation.

The Rebel continues this pattern, traversing hundreds of realities to sway victory in favor of the Rebellion. Eventually, the Federation of Universe 0 learns of this and builds their own Multiverse fleet, and moves on to do the same for their side.

## Ships

Rebel AssaultRebel BattleshipRebel BomberRebel DestroyerRebel DropshipRebel FighterRebel GuardRebel InstigatorRebel JailerRebel Light CruiserRebel MarauderRebel PicketRebel PredatorRebel RiggerRebel SkirmisherRebel TransportRebel Station
## Elite Ships

Elite AssaultElite BattleshipElite BomberElite DestroyerElite DropshipElite FighterElite InstigatorElite MarauderElite PicketElite PredatorElite RiggerElite GuardElite Gunboat
## Trivia

* The Rebellion is the only faction to have two elite sub-factions.
* The Rebellion is also the only faction to have an entire line of auto-ships, rather than just a few classes.