Xerox Gooners

**"Hold on, you're telling me you want a fuckin' tank cannon on the back of this truck?"**

One of many responses to the weird and uncanny modifications to the Gooners' vehicles.

The Xerox Gooners are a faction consisting of a wide variety of mostly civilians and a small addition of former military personnel that act as advisors, even if they never progressed past the rank of Private. Their ideas and plans are extremely unclear for those not within the group, and which faction they side with is unclear as well. Unclear for who they are, most decide not to bother the group as they are seen as static or unreactionary to major political events within the region. What is also uncertain is the organization the group is under, leaving a mysterious and unknown aura around this group.

## Backstory

The Xerox Gooners have an unclear background history, but allegedly it was a smaller gang attached to a larger and stronger gang, Red Fangs. Despite being allied with the Red Fangs, it did not stop them from being nearly wiped, with only the leader and his right hand man escaping near death from the grasps of the National Guard and the Marines. Despite this heavy setback in 2003, the group still lived on and eventually rebuilt itself over the span of two years, with the regaining of firearms and manpower.

## Ideologies and Alignments

It is unclear what group the Xerox Gooners favors more, but reportedly the group favors those who supplies them the most in return for favors the group carriers out. On the side, they carry out scavenging operations, mainly in combat zones in the aftermath of a gunfight or full blown armored combat. It's unclear whether they carry out attacks on other factions based on political ideologies, but what is confirmed is that attacks only occur if instructed from a supplier or another unknown force.

The Gooners are by nature extremely Capitalistic, and will do anything to obtain the most out of everyone, even if it's at the expense of civilians, humanitarian organizations, or cities wanting only the safety and security of their police force. With this in mind, most consider the Gooners as hired mercenaries, despite the lack of identification they have. They are believed to have no hatred or attraction towards any group for any moral or political reason.

## Equipment

It's reported that the equipment of the Gooners are very sporadic and unconventional. Those who are mere scavengers appear in civilian clothing, with ramshackle attempts at modified and repaired guns ranging from the M4 all the way to the M870 shotgun. Some of these weapons are left stock configured, but with most guns they are damaged due to explosions or direct hits from gunfire. This, along with personal opinions of what some guns should, creates a Khyber-Pass esque range of firearms, leaving some completely baffled by the sheer stupidity of their firearms.

Uniformity is not a thing in the group. Most members in this group wear only civilian clothing with the occasional rig scattered between many groups. However, more trained and possible former military members of the group can be seen wearing equipment ranging from many different factions. The two most types of uniforms seen are the iconic blue FEDFOR BDUs, as well as the standard M81 BDUs seen in use by the USAF and their counterparts.

Speaking of which, many of these veterans are seen with actual military rifles, helmets, and in a few occasions heavy weaponry ranging from M16s, M4s, and in one case an M2 Browning modified for handheld use. These veterans are seen doing more riskier and tougher tasks assigned to them, and are considered the backbone of the fighting power the Gooners have.

Most do not understand some vehicles that are churned out by the Gooners. Some describe the armed vehicles as an "Iraqi-style fuckfest with guns being thrown all over." No vehicle is apparently safe from these modifications, ranging from the simple Ford pickup to the extremely heavy military cargo trucks currently seen in the battlefield.