The Red Rose Republic

The Red Rose Republic was founded after an uprising against the former criminal empire with dominion over the ruins of the city of Lexington, Kentucky. It was a strong, proud nation in the Southeast. Their tale spreads long across the region, a tale of underdogs rising from their overlords.

## History

### **The Great Uprising**

The Red Rose Republic was formed after a large-scale slave uprising in the vast criminal empire across Kentucky known as The Southern Slavers. They were known for their crimes that rival those of Caesar's Legion. Brutal slavers, they did constant public executions, turned soldiers against each other to "make them tougher".

One slave however escaped the chains and shock collars. This man was Alexander Dane. He became a myth, a legend to the slaves, a hope in the darkness. He was known for his wit, able to outsmart slavers into the ability to kill entire patrols with traps.

After meeting with some... "contacts"... he was able to gather enough arms to arm a slave revolt. The story describes the battle of Lexington being a hail of bullets, dead bodies scattering the city, both slavers, and slaves. Yet after the dust settled, the slaves prevailed. The corrupt criminal empire collapsed, their leaders killed. Though, there were some strange reports of a stockpile of energy weapons inside a basement in Lexington. The administration has debunked these rumors, and the whistleblower has strangely gone missing, last seen at the same building where he found the so-called stockpile.

### **Founding**

In the founding of the republic, the slaves had no true direction. Until Dane took the charge, and since in his time he had spent years wandering listening to holotape recordings of Kentucky Derby races and heard about the Red Roses of the end of the race. He decided to name the newly found nation: The Red Rose Republic. He then held a "contest" to design the flag, and the people voted on it. A flag designed by Johnson Hart was elected to become the nation's flag. The center of the flag represented the Bluegrass of Kentucky and the Red Roses at the Derby's end. The 2 stars represented the 2 shots fired in the head of the Southern Slaver's leader, "Blue Devil". And the blue backdrop represents the original flag of Kentucky.

They took over the now-former territories of The Southern Slavers, 2 major cities being Bowling Green and Lexington. The capital was made Lexington, and they began to clean up the mess of a gunfight. After the repairs, the now president Alexander Dane focused on forming a formidable military. Using recovered guns from the gunfight(s), they formed somewhat of an army to defend the nation.

He then wrote the Red Rose Constitution (explained upon in a later category), detailing the laws and how the government functions. After that, he began to instruct the army to hunt and destroy any remnants of the slavers, and liberate any slaves they still had.

After all known remnants had been destroyed, he set his focus on integrating the city-state of Louisville. He sent out an expedition and found out that what used to be a scrap city had been completely burnt to the ground. In place of tattered flags of the former city-state, laid flags of the Southern Slavers. It had appeared that after their defeat in the uprising, their remnants fell West, and left a path of destruction along the way.

They found no survivors, only bodies upon bodies, charred and skeletal. It was an absolute massacre. President Dane was absolutely appalled by this, described as saying "You beat them down, but they don't go down without a hell of a fight, no sir."

He decided to annex the territory and began to send people to help rebuild and repair. He ordered a monument to be constructed in the honor of the valiant defenders of Louisville, who died as martyrs.

### **Daniel Rockersville's rise to power**

Daniel used to be an unknown man. Just another soldier for the army, nothing more nothing less. The only fame he ever got was being a Lieutenant. That was, however, until the Battle of Louisville.

It was a relatively normal day for his squadron of Frontiersmen. Frontiersmen were sharpshooters in the Republic's army, specially trained to be able to take the shot, and nothing more. They were waiting for redeployment, as they were stationed in Louisville. However, something terrible was about to happen. Republic recon squads had reported distant smoke coming from the West. They thought of it as nothing more than some hooligans messing around in a forest. They stopped taking it lightly when they began to hear distant war chants. Daniel recognized these as being those of the Southern Slavers. He reported this to HQ, and they sent soldiers, ready to intercept them.

It would seem, however, the soldiers were too late. The Slavers entered the city, and a battle began. The main fighting force on the side of the Republic was the police, armed citizens, and Rockersville's squad. He directed his squadron to move up to the dug-in bunker above the city. They began to take shots onto the Slavers below. They had been firing down on them when they heard the door burst open behind them. Rockersville turned around and shouted to his men to get ready.

The Slavers ran in, and Daniel did the very thing that brought him to glory. He gunned down the Slavers with his 10mm Submachine sidearm and began to beat the leader of the Slaver patrol to death, which he assumed had come to kill him personally, as he was a high ranking member.

Luckily, while he was brutalizing the Slaver, the soldiers arrived and won the battle. Lt. Rockersville was awarded a medal for his bravery, and valiantly defending the lives of his Frontiersmen. This is what inspired him to run for office later at the end of the current president's term, Harrison Kent. He won the vote in the Republic with 80% of the popular vote.

In The Greater Schism, the Red Rose Republic collapsed into 2 warring nations in a great civil war. The Kentuckian Enclave had ceded, and in place of the Republic, General Edward Wright formed a military junta to stand against the Enclave.

## The Red Rose Republic Constitution

The Constitution of The Red Rose Republic details the laws of the Republic, how the government functions, etc.

The laws were as so; A man shall now own a man as property, A man shall not steal another's property, A man shall not murder another without true reason, and a man shall not destroy what was built for prosperity. The government was detailed as functioning like the Representative Democracy of the Old World, the United States. Each state of the Republic elects 3 senators to represent them in congress, and the congress votes on issues such as new laws, bills, and in some cases, the removal of the ruling president.

The president may only serve 2 terms, and 1 term lasts 5 years. The vice-president was not permitted to run as president, due to concerns of them being used as a puppet by the former president.

## The Military

The Red Rose Armed Forces had several sects aside from the basic infantry, which was the bulk of their military. The other sects were mostly used to specialize in certain areas.

### **Infantry**

The basic, well-rounded infantry. They were able to perform well, but not exceptionally in about every situation without requiring backup from other sects. They're armed with M15 5.56 Assault Rifles and a combat knife for a sidearm. They were equipped with a forest-camo jumpsuit, hiking boots, a forest-camo helmet, a forest-camo chest-plate, knee-pads, and elbow-pads.

### **Frontiersmen**

Frontiersmen were specially trained in marksmanship, able to pick off targets from up to 5 miles away. They usually end up needing backup to make sure people can't sneak upon them, as they have their noses buried in their scopes most of the time. They're armed with Scoped .308 Hunting Rifles and a combat knife sidearm. They wear traditional frontiersmen outfits, similar to the ones worn by frontiersmen in the early days of Kentucky. The only difference is that they've been changed to camouflage with the forest.

### **Vipers**

Vipers were trained to infiltrate behind the enemy lines, disguise themselves as enemies, and pick off high priority targets. They disguise themselves after killing one target, which they take their uniform and put it on. They're armed with a small 9mm pistol and a combat knife. Their apparel outside of disguises is a forest-camo jumpsuit and cleat-esque boot used to do CQC takedowns on targets. They're known across the southeast for their terrifying presence. They are the best, of the best, of the republic.

## Relations

### Union of Georgia

They're worried for the day where they inevitably border them, due to their militaristic nature. They make sure to never cross the pre-war borderline of Kentucky and Tennessee to keep a good distance between them.

### The Floridan Enclave

They had a back-up plan in the case of a war with Georgia involving the Enclave, and they had quite a liking towards them.

### Atlantic Brotherhood Of Steel

They didn't have much worry for them, but they would wish that in the case of a Georgian-Kentuckian war, they'd back the republic up.

## Quests

* Tennessee Whiskey (Side-Quest)
* Take Me Out To The Ballgame (Side-Quest)