The Maquis

**ALLIES:**

Gallic Brigands, Blood Dragons, Gaians

**ENEMIES:**

Gallic Navy, GNI, Gallic Corporations

The Maquis are a terrorist organization dedicated to the complete eradication of Gallia's nobility. As a radical offshoot of the Council who believed political discourse to be futile, the Maquis were always one step removed from Gallia's popular rebellion. Despite this, their unorthodox methods of assassinations and bombings as well as their deeper ties to Gallia's criminal underground proved useful during the Second Gallic War. The Council and Maquis found themselves joined at the hip - the former for the Maquisards willingness to dirty their hands, and the latter for the Council's logistical assistance. The Maquis were also dependent upon the Council for new members, as rebels with more personal agendas and vendettas typically trickled down from the larger, more civil minded group into the ranks of the Maquisards. Contrary to popular belief, the Maquis were not nearly as intertwined with the Council financially, as their shady connections and willingness to engage in piracy allowed them several degrees of separation from the Conseillard's coffers.

Following the resolution of the Second Gallic War, the Maquis, who had come to accept the Council's vision of a unified Republic, felt outraged and betrayed when Gallia confederated. Such an act was unforgivable and tantamount to treason to the Maquis hardliners, as the act of confederation legitimized the Grand Duchy of Burgundy, a holdout of Gallic nobility and aristocracy. Despite calls from Confederal authorities to surrender, the Maquis refused, culminating in the Massacre of Mazagran in late 826 AS. Though this placed the Maquis at odds with the newly founded Confederacy and left them without the logistical and technological backing they once enjoyed, popular support of the Maquis boomed, as many Gallic citizens throughout Republique and Minarchy territories shared in their radical convictions.

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* The Maquis and the Council fight their battles very differently. While the Council has to maintain an image of benevolent freedom fighters, we of the Maquis will do whatever is necessary to see the Royalists crumble, even if that means hitting civilian targets.

* The Council and the Maquis are really just two sides of the same coin. While we all want freedom from the Crown, we have very different methods that we use.

* Here in the Maquis, we have two kinds of members. The majority of us are ex-soldiers, many of whom have lost everything they care about. The latter are hardened criminals and anarchists, who are quite happy to burn Royalists and fill their own pockets at the same time.

* The Council is too soft, in my opinion. They take little action against the very corporations which feed the Royalist war machine!

* I will not stop fighting. None of us ever will, not until the King has paid for his crimes against our people and the powers in Gallia have become accountable to the people.

* I've killed my fair share of Royalists. Everyone here has blood on their hands, and we're not ashamed. I lost track after a hundred, and that doesn't count collateral damage.

* You see this? It's a knife. I like sharp knives. The only thing I like more is plunging them into the soft flesh of Royalists. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this war, I have to make do with an Agama instead. Most of the time.

* We have a symbiotic relationship with the Council. In exchange for doing the dirty work that would otherwise tarnish their reputation, the Council supplies us with a lot of the equipment we need.

* The Maquis are not as structured as the Council. We have much more freedom to operate individually. However, at each of our bases there is always a group of senior members who have earned the respect of their compatriots, and they determine how and where we fight.

* Oil, such a wonderful thing to explode. The flames are just like in the liberation-day fireworks on Planet Marne.

* I came to this base as part of a supply convoy. We will be returning to Planet Toulouse with Refugees who wish to escape the fighting and start a new life outside of Gallia. It's going to be a hard life there, but we're up to the challenge and freedom is its own reward.

* While it is not openly discussed, quietly many of us Council pilots support the Maquis. They've done us enough favours in the past. The Council has to officially distance itself from the Maquis' tactics, but that doesn't mean we'll allow the Royal forces to kill them with impunity. We're all fighting for the same thing, even if we go about it differently.

* Our preferred tactical approach to combat is guerilla warfare. We pick our targets, infiltrate, eliminate, and leave. The Maquis is much smaller than the Council, so we don't have room for heroic self-sacrifice.

* Nothing satifies me better than a great, big, fiery explosion. Last week one of my torpedoes penetrated the drive core of an IDF transport...the catastrophic damage was a glorious sight to behold.

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