Huaminca

'"You see, we're seeing a brand new kind of revolutionaries here. We've seen American rebels suddenly appearing out of nowhere and firing shots at PKs, madmen in the MIR cutting through infantry formations with nothing but machetes and alcohol, hell, even the Indonesian rebels are talking, acting and fighting as if Victorian England never went out of style! But these hooded men, they just wanna watch everything in flames..."

- From an ANN segment about the Inkarri.
### Tactical Analysis

* **Arson, Murder & Jaywalking:** Dreaded hoodlums wielding granite flamespitters, Huaminca serve as the shock troops of the Theocracy by slowly burning up enemy infantry and forcing them out of garrisons,

* **Riding-in-Tandem:** Huaminca can even hitch a ride with friendly units, circumventing their plodding speed. They usually ride with scouting vehicles, by the way.

* **Stop, Drop & Roll:** As said above, Huaminca are ponderously slow, meaning they are dependent on speedy vehicles if they want to move faster.

* **Manco Capac Cocktails:** Some Huaminca usually add a concoction to their already-formidable flamespitters that allow their fires to deal more damage to enemies and slow them more than usual. The catch is, the recipe is only meant for Huaminca that have sufficiently proved themselves.

### Background

**Arson rate at an all-time high in South America, Officials reveal**

BY DANIEL SEMPRÚN

*"Ask anybody living in South America about what they see the most around them, and you might get responses that differ from country to country; citizens living in Brazil will tell you about roving macaques, while citizens living in Chile and Argentina will tell you the wonders of Cybersyn. But, none of them will tell you about the abandoned house two blocks from them suddenly burning in the thick of the night.*

*Renzo Castillo, chief of a Peruvian fire department for 8 years, has said in an official interview has said that this disturbing trend is no mere standard practices. "Throughout my entire service in putting out fires, I have never seen such an astronomically high fire rate in my life. In one night, I even answered 85 different calls about this fire at that office building and that suburban residence and more; I was thinking that I might have to call other fire services just for them alone. And when all of those fires were put out, we come back only to receive 53 more calls about other fires emerging from new locations."*

*Castillo postulated that those fires might be mere negligence in the part of the homeowners themselves. "Many fire cases that I have received were caused by unattended candlelights, blown fuses, thrown cigarettes and other factors that normally start fires. Remote villages experience them more so, and I personally believe this has to do with not being properly educated in terms of fire prevention. I believe it is about time that we properly teach the citizens how to avoid fires; who knows how many people have developed lung cancers due to the smoke?"*

*"The local police forces, however, tell a different story. Detective Eduardo Conde has already personally investigated hundreds of arson cases throughout South America and he had come to the conclusion that they are no mere coincidences. "When you look closely at news reports, many of those buildings do not just randomly catch fire like wooden houses with candles inside that suddenly fall down. Many of those buildings are in fact, are* less likely *to catch fire all of a sudden; it can be implied that the owners have knowledge of fire prevention. The countries of Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Brazil has already experienced multiple fires in their cities many times now, with some civilian buildings even catching fire suddenly."*

*Conde is at present time attempting to gather evidence that organized groups of arsonists and terrorists are in fact mostly responsible for the growing arson rate. "Did I also mention that some local thugs were arrested the following month in Trujillo for throwing firebombs inside a Romulus Holdings bank? When I was there in their interrogation, one of the arsonists wasn't even trying to answer questions, as he was just shouting about how "he is avenging Atahualpa's blood", and how "he is making Pizarro and his ilk feel our smouldering vengeance". The other thug even said that "two or three more will pick up our fallen spears and continue our revenge against them all." Later that night, I had word from a local cop that those thugs escaped, and their cells was found to be scorched enough to leave a hole. I don't know if they were charismatic, but they must've convinced other prisoners to run away with them."*

*"I even called some of my colleagues and we went to one of the ruins of a burned office building. My forensics expert friend has discovered that the debris inside the ruins suffered more damage than a regular fire, and even the bodies inside were charred beyond recognition. He told us that the arsonists responsible might have used a different concoction in their firebombs as no other incendiary weapons can deal this kind of destruction. He even spotted some kind of Incan marks branded on one of the bodies along with some graffiti such as **"Manco Capac's Revenge"** and **"Atahualpa sends his regards"**. from what we discovered, it appears that these gangs of arsonists somehow are connected to the Inkarri movement as recently, they are preaching these kinds of things, but currently, it's just our hypothesis."*

*Investigation about these arson incidents is still ongoing, police say...*

**Hooded gang, suspect in multiple arson cases**

BY JOSÉ DE TORRES

*"When one thinks about a Sprawl, one generally conjures images of heavy pollution, fierce gang violence and drug addiction. Today, a Sprawl dweller would like to add arson in the list.*

*Such is the case of Jorge Amaru, 21-year-old citizen of Lima, now known as the Paititi Sprawl, who bore witness to the many cases of arson inside the city. He also claimed to personally know the notorious arsonists that are dreaded across the continent. "About those arsonists? A month ago, there was this 'Block War' -you know, where Sprawl dwellers fight and kill each other for mostly petty reasons? Anyway, Lucas, Angelo and I were defending ourselves from Tomas' Tomahawks when suddenly, these hooded guys with fancy ponchos came out of nowhere. Before anybody can do something, they shouted some kind of war cry and whipped out their pimped-out flamethrowers and started to burn up everyone near them to the underworld. Me and my buddies were lucky enough to run away and hide in Lucas' flat, but the rest weren't - those poor guys were literally incinerated until you don't know what they look like."*

*Amaru has also recounted how he got to meet those hoodlums personally. "For a while, we thought we were safe in Lucas' flat, until those hooded psychos kicked through the door and threatened that we'll end up like those burned guys if we didn't surrender. I swear that I even got to see one of their flamethrowers up close - it was aimed to my face, dammit. After, yeah, we did surrender, hands above our heads, that kinds of shit. Angelo did say we're gonna come along peacefully, wherever they came from. Fortunately, one of them told them to lay down their flamethrowers because we're gonna follow them instead of fighting back."*

*"We quietly snuck out of Lima through a secret alley before the Legion cops sighted us. Throughout the way, they told me they were the "Cuzco Condors", and unlike any other gangs I met, the Condors only answer to some guy named "The Almighty". One of those hooded guys even offered us a chance to join them and be part of the Condors. Of course, me and my friends can't just turn down such an opportunity; they said we would have a lot to gain just by joining them."*

*When he was interrogated for his suspected involvement at the Romulus Holdings bombing, Amaru refused to say anything at first, but after enough 'convincing' (namely by being forced to watch Manos: The Hands of Fate), he revealed that he signed up for the so-called 'Condors'. "We went to this strange building in the shady part of town for the 'initiation'. We were even escorted to a room where we are to swear by 'Patcha Cutie', 'Patchy Cute'... or was it 'Pachacuti'? I admit, I slept a lot during mythology class, so, we were told to swear by whatever god that we must never betray the Condors, that we must stay true to our code, that kind of shit. One of the hooded guys gave me my own flamethrower made of stone, and even a matching poncho and hood to signify I'm a member of the Condors!"*

*"What do we typically do? We make raids on rival gangs' safehouses by stealing their ammo, gizmos and product before burning the gangsters and their hideouts as a 'sacrifice' or something to that Almighty guy. Sometimes, when we feel lucky, we kidnap some guy, mostly legionnaires, enemy soldiers or random civilians, then ritually cut him up and set fire to that guy at public daylight to send a message that they* shouldn't *dare cross us if they don't want to end up like him. Oh yeah, I remember the time I, along with the Condors, went to the Paititi Sprawl, dragged a company CEO who happened to be visiting in front of everybody and set him on fire with my flamethrower in front of the other Sprawl dwellers! My fellow Condors even took care of the legionnaires who tried to attack us! I also demanded the public who see us to relinquish all of their guns, ammo, money, drugs to the Condors, lest they answer of the flamethrower. And of course, they did. Those who said no quickly died in a blaze of glory in the hands of Angelo's Manco Capac cocktails."*

*Amaru then added the benefits that he received while working with the gang. "To be honest, it really pays to work for the Condors. While their strange rituals and religions might turn your off, at least everybody around knows better than to fuck with you. Those corporate bigwigs in Nike Steelworks? They try not to offend us in any way, unless if they're interested at catching fire in broad daylight. Our enemy gangs? Look around the Hermes Daily crime news for them. The other gangs? They even pay us one or two-grand lira just for protection!"*

*"The fearsome reputation of the Condors spread through not only Lima and the rest of Peru, but also through the rest of South America as well. Leon Zapata, a Technate investigator, has posited his own guesses at the true identity of the Cuzco Condors.'Based on their modus operandi, nature of their attacks and the descriptions of many witnesses, the Cuzco Condors might be related to the so called 'Cult of the Earth'; while the Cult of the Hawk can be implicated for the freak fires that some Humanitarian Guard outposts suffered, they do worship the Christian God, and not some 'Almighty' figure similar to the Inca mythology of old. The MIR guerrillas cannot be responsible for such organized arson; they also fought the Cult of the Earth one or twice now. Aside from the Cult of the Scorpion, the Cult of the Earth has enough support and resources from the public to plan all these attacks. That might also account for the eccentric behaviour that suspects show while in police custody such as how they 'failed Inti' while yelling curse words in Quechua. That Jorge Amaru fellow was just one of the many people manipulated into joining the Cult of the Earth by promises of monetary gain, according to reliable sources I've gathered. However, this is just my personal theory, and does not reflect the official position that the United Technate has on these issues.'"*

*"Investigations that might verify or vilify Zapata's hypothesis are still ongoing, and as of now, there has been no word of any new discovery from South American police..."*