Star (trouper)

Star was an late Imperial, early Decay-era political party leader, insurgent chief and violent terrorist who thrived during Iteration 0.0. Famed for his rapid ascent to local dominance after transitioning from a peaceful politician to a secessionist rebel, his marauding force successfully evaded Zhenish National Government Army operations for several months while persistently attacking ZNG power-bases with mortar strikes and hand-placed IEDs, likely aided by sympathetic officials based in the capital city. As a result of the loss of many historical records his full online alias remains unknown - 'Star' is a shortening of a longer name which has been forgotten -, and many of the details of even his more notable actions are clouded in mystery.

## Appearance and introduction to Zhenistan

Little - or even nothing at all - is understood about his appearance in Zhenistan, however, he initially came with peaceful intentions, evident in the fact that his first attempt at gaining authority was with the creation of his infamous political group, the 'Free Party'. Details are vague but seemingly his turn to terror only occurred after losing several elections in a row in which his camp consistently ranked among the lowest in votes - only barely above the few 'ghost' parties whom only by technicality were still in the elections. Despite his horrifically low level of support among the population of Zhenistan, he was able to muster a respectable force of volunteers, ranging some possibly 5-8 other players and proceeding to dart deep into the uncolonized wilderness to found Diamond City far away from ZNG influence.

## Insurgency

During this period of rebellion it is likely his warring organization received significant amounts of financial aid from sympathetic officials, though it is unclear for what reason they supported his secessionist movement. His team fought a low-level insurgency with the primary aim of destabilizing the ZNG's regime through the use of explosives to disrupt industry and rout civilian populations from the capital city, the ZNG's strongest power-base. By far his most famous attack was conducted nearing the end of his reign of terror, involving a successful mid-air hijacking of the only civilian jet in existence on Zhenistan at the time, forcing the plane to land and then vaporizing it with an unknown sort and amount of explosives after exiting the jet. Although the frequent mortar strikes did cause panic among the urban population of the capital city, it appears the plane hijacking and detonation impacted the stability of the regime only very negligibly, yet it still became the group's most famous operation. Currently uncovered records do not clarify as to whether or not Star himself was present in this mission, or if it was instead a team of his insurgents who carried out the task.

## Defeat and eventual disappearance

Sometime during the early Decay period, theorized to have a desperate response to a collapse in financial aid - ZNG conducted political operations to capitulate or exile corrupt politicians several days before -, Star formally announced a declaration of war on the ZNG. This came as a shock to the National Government which had been accustomed to merely occasional bombing and thought the insurgent Free Party too small to prove a conventional threat to their Army. For the first and last time in Iteration 0.0 the entire Army was called to deploy at an instant in order to be ready for an oncoming insurgent offensive. No conflict broke out, as Star's rebel organization surrendered or routed upon sight of the huge Government force gathered to fight, leaving Star completely alone. Immediately after this, records of Star's activities slowly start to fade and he eventually disappeared from Zhenistan and the Zhene entirely.

## Politics

Star's political world view was unclear at times and partly evolved throughout the span of his activity. Portions of his beliefs may have also been to gain the support of civilian populations rather than his true ideology or motives.

Among the beliefs and goals he adopted with his initial entrance into the server and the creation of his political party, the most notable were: an apparent infrastructure scheme to improve the capital city's roads; a plan to create a large public farming field; and a firm belief that civilians should have open access to weaponry, in addition to actually selling weaponry to civilian populations, however the amount of weapons that were distributed and the money he earnt from this is not known.

These plans were dropped entirely as he transitioned his organization into an armed marauding separatist force.

As he rarely ever spoke of his beliefs, at least having seemingly never announced his ideology, the reason as to why he fought a war against the ZNG in the first place still remains mysterious. Perhaps it was for his own gain, or a wish to inflict damage on the central regime out of some personal revenge, though it does not explain how he was able to convince others to join his movement too.