Revolutionary Vanguard

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

*"I'm a Partisan; of that I am proud.*

*Not everyone can be that,*

*To die for freedom,*

*Only a giant-hero can!"*

- *"Partisan Song"* Sung by anti-Alliance Yugoslav partisans in WW2
The **Revolutionary Vanguard**, also known as the **Vanguards**, the **Revolutionaries** or simply the **Revs**, is a new faction exclusive to Blue Alert; it was designed by The Red Star Rising based on the Confederate Revolutionaries. They feature underhanded abilities and stealth gameplay to promote guerrilla warfare tactics. A unification of leftist revolutionaries, special forces units, and intelligence services to form the world's greatest front for socialist revolution.

## At a Glance

 **Intended Players** | Players who like psychological tactics.

## Background

### Liberation

*"Death to Ultimism, Freedom to the People!"*

- Motto of the Revolutionary Vanguard
The Revolutionary Vanguard has its roots in the second world war where the special forces and intelligence services of communist countries would collaborate with indigenous leftist revolutionary movements to coordinate struggle in the rear areas of the Alliance's operation. Getting supplies, training and advice to the partisans was work fraugt with difficulty, almost as much as actually having to be the guerillas who battled it out with the enemy's forces deep in their own or their occupied territory. Casualties were high and anti-partisan measures by the Alliance were harsh and well coordinated by the Union of Anti-Communists.

To combat this, in the post-war era the Comintern worked to create a task force to unite the efforts of all leftist revolutionaries and the special forces and intelligence services working to support them. They looked at the famous Yugoslav Partisans, the Soviet Partisans who were fighting against Fuller's hordes to defend the motherland, American resistance movements to the Canadian invasion, Latin American Guerillas who fought integralism in South America, African and Asian rebels, and more. Then they also looked at special forces such as the Soviet frogmen, American rangers, Chinese revolutionary commandos, Mexican Nova Gauchos and more; as well as the operations of SecPubSafe, the NKVD, the Chinese RSB to create a superior blend of revolutionary.

Commanders who specialized or otherwise showed great skill in bypassing the strong points of an enemy, operating far from conventional supply lines, running prolonged guerilla engagements, infiltration tactics, and causing havoc with comparatively minimal resources were approached about helping to form the Vanguard and serve within it. Leaders and Commanders like Tito, Tạ Thu Thâu, Elvia Puerto, Carville, Mao Tse Tsung, Butler, Vasily Korzh, Lyudmilla Gurbonova and more came together to create the force needed to battle against the forces invading their homeland. Teaming up, the Vanguard was formed in 1952, using top of the line gear when they could and interwar equipment when they couldn't.

The Vanguard proved to be a highly effective force for coordinating rebellion behind the lines of the Alliance. Supplies wouldn't arrive on time, soldiers would end up dead or missing, bases would end up destroyed or captured, and lines of communication would be repeatedly cut. In short, nothing short of hell for the boys in blue. In the Alliance's colonies, the Vanguard would be "endlessly committed to the task of spoiling everyone's Christmas" in the words of Marshal Franco as he got word of the loss of the entirety of Spanish Guinea and large chunks of the surrounding land to Vanguard revolutionaries. Leading to American cartoonist Theodore Seuss to depict the Vanguard as a heroic "Grinch" spoiling Fuller's Christmas party, something that has stuck as a symbol of the Vanguard ever since then.

While like any guerrilla force they rarely managed to seize territory from defended enemy positions outright, their efforts stalled and stymied offensive after offensive and made the task of retaliation by International forces a cinch for many key battles. The liberation of Yugoslavia was a particularly revealing moment, as the French fifth army and third Consular Army of Legion security were left ragged and exhausted by a running sore of insurgencies before the Soviet Ukrainian front successfully liberated Yugoslavia in just three weeks in the October offensive of 1954. By the later period of the war, the Vanguard was even starting to operate within the core of Alliance territory proper, working with native leftist groups to spark rebellions and decaying the Alliance's fighting strength further. By the time the peace of Albany ended the war, the Vanguard had solidified its reputation as an assymetrical warfare force par *excellence*.

## Revolutionary Vanguard Armed Guerrillas

*"There is no force in the world that can stop the united masses of the people seeking their freedom from exploitation and oppression. No tanks, no jets, no rifles can stop the destiny of every man, woman, and child to be free and together. That's why the Comintern will win and that's why the Vanguard will win. With a rifle behind every blade of grass, a tank behind every rock, and by god a jet behind every cloud."*

- Marshal Carville

### Fake Buildings and Traps

Fake buildings are buildings created by the Construction Truck capable of imitating other buildings in the manner of the Spy, but by activating their special ability the disguise disappears and the units' function occurs. They are cheap and quick to build, so use 'em to throw the enemy off track. Fake Buildings have no sight radius.

### Rebel Rousers

Providing thespeed and staying power that more traditional vanguard infantry often lack, Rebel Rousers are able to turn the tide later in a battle.

### Combat Vehicles

(*Constructed at the*
Vehicle Warehouse*)*