Rothian Liberation Army

## General Overview

Formed officially in 2438, when Xei'nrn M'sorn first joined the organisation, the *Rothian Liberation Army* is a terrorist organisation formed originally as a resistance movement to annexation by the Aventis Empire, when Roth Prime (Roth I) and the entire Rothian Union were invaded by the Aventis several years earlier. However in recent years, the *"RLA"* have become more fanatical, attacking any ally of the Aventis Empire, including the Galactic Commonwealth despite Rothian refugees being relocated to New Roth.

Before Xei'nrn M'Sorn created what would be considered the modern Rothian Liberation Army, the RLA was a small faction of former patriots to the Roth state that were disorganised and had taken no real action against the Aventis. M'sorn reorganised the resistance movement into an effective fighting force, dividing the organisation into *"cells"* where each cell would have total autonomy and be insulated from the cell above and below to ensure the whole movement was not comprised by the capture of one cell.

In 2442, Xei'nrn was selected to liberate a mining camp on the moons of Exorna Regalis run by *Pu'rik Industries*, in order to recruit more Rothian people to growing rebellion. Xei'nrn went beyond the mission orders by destroying the mining operation, resulting in a photon detonation that killed the current CEO of the *Zenk Family*, the head of *Pu'rik Industries* and his wife. Xei'nrn was chastised by the rebellion leaders as they felt that such a high profile assassination would only draw more Aventis attention to the conflict and cause the Aventis to take more action. This action indeed resulted in an Aventis crackdown, with over 20 resistance bases being destroyed across the empire, including the one with the present leadership.

Xei'nrn assumed control of the rebellion, seemingly learning a lot from his mistake and seeking a way to control his anger towards the Aventis, who he saw as just as oppressive as the original Taltrix sovereignty. During this time, Xei'nrn was in contact with the U.S.S. Thunderchild, a Colonial Defence Force vessel which attempted to find a new safe home for thousands of Rothian refugees following the end of the war. However, he caused a rift with Captain Sovereign (S921/OV) for asking why The Shadow Commonwealth refused to fight when his home was invaded in the first place.

In 2450, Xei'nrn and his husband *Sel'lk Korn* led an secret attack to retrieve some Rothian vessels that were being kept in orbit of Nitavis for study, seeing this as an opportunity for the Rothian Liberation Army (RLA) to replenish new supplies and vessels. During this operation, the Nitavis Chief took pity on the Roth and revealed a second secret access transporter on the surface which allowed the RLA to commandeer the vessels before the Aventis could respond. However Empress *Celia MacLowan* had this chief publicly executed after the operation for helping the RLA and Xei'nrn's husband was killed during the mission during a firefight with Aventis knights.

After the death of his husband, Xei'nrn became more brutal in his methods, which culminated in the Battle of Aventis, which saw the RLA making use of an Avalid Empire attack on the planet, using a suicide run to devastate the atmosphere of Aventis (Aventis II), rendering the planet incapable of supporting life.

The RLA launched a mission in May 2452, to attack Bajora Prime (Sentinel V), enraged at the Galactic Commonwealth accepting the Aventis Empire's petition to join. Although the attempt was stopped, the Commonwealth discovered that the RLA was being secretly supplied by the Qox'cotel Protectorate.