Pahit Dictatoriat

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

"*Great Indonesia, independent & sovereign!*

*My land, my country which I love*

*Great Indonesia, independent & sovereign!*

*Long live Great Indonesia!*"

- *Indonesia Raya*, Indonesian national anthem
The **Pahit Dictatoriat**, also known as the Pahits, is a fanmade major faction formerly developed by SorataZ and n5p29, it was, however deleted, and reused by Gears as a darker version of itself, and turned into a minor faction to provide the current Minor faction. With recent revamps now making them a prominent branch within the Indo-Pacific Defense Initiative.

Threatened by the excessive war effort of the Communist bloc, then the Empire, and then the Atomic Chinese, and now the Industrial Guild, the Indo-Pacific Defense Initiative had dissolved many old governments of their member states to formed a new political system with Indonesia, their staunchest ally, forming themselves after the Majapahit Kingdom about 500 years ago, forming their own police force to fight against the Guild, as most of their members were Indonesian, and other domestic conflicts to ensure that the IPDI faces the larger foes at full strength.

The minor faction combines towable artillery emplacement with large scale usage of gas. Pahit gas is a high-density slow moving gas that expands and lingers over affected areas. Due to the fact that the Pahit are counting on being tolerated by the allies as a Dictatorial state, especially since the IPDI use of more lethal chemicals has already put them on thin ice, and not wanting to kill their fellow countrymen, the Pahit do not use any truly destructive gasses, preferring a less harmful but long-lived variety of their own composition.

The seal of the Pahit Kingdom consists of different aspects. The 4 dots represent both death to the enemy and the 4 paths, the yellow circle represents the golden homeland, the blue circle represents the sea and the cyan-ish circle fading over into the stripes represents the far away outside world.

## Background

### The Majapahit

After the Allied Nations strengthened their foothold in south-east asia via the superfortress Singapore, a rich trade with the different countries of the region begun. When the Soviet Union attacked the allies in World War II, a new pact was formed under guidance of the Allied Nations to secure SEA from soviet forces. After a few long and resource-wasting battles without any significant success, a new and radically streamlined faction was proposed in a similar vain to the Allies, lead by the political trinity of leaders elected by the people. Significant were strong defenses like those found in Singapore and an overall emphasis on movable artillery to always be ready in the island-based region.

Over the next ten years, up until 1950 this pact was strengthened with the vast amount of resources available in Indonesia, thus building up to its current size. The surprise attack of the Empire of the Rising Sun sparked an emergency situation in the Pahit Conglomerate. As the conventional economy was largely turned to military use, the large masses grew displeased with the government. After turbulent politics in Indonesia saw the rise of General superintendent Sudomo and the Pahit massacres, the other countries either lost faith in the pact or turned against the Pahit. This pressed the Pahits into adopting evermore radical policies to keep their defence lines strong. The new **Pahit Dictatoriat** spans over most of Indonesia, though sharing lots of land with the Guild revolution.

The Conglomerate was originally lead by two military leaders and one political leader, titled *Councellor*, *Monarch* and *President*. Out of the 3, the Monarch is the only one not (officially) elected by the government, however the Monarch can still be dis-elected. Each of the 3 has different tasks to do. The King is responsible for any foreign actions and matters, including any military actions outside the core land. The Councellor, who is elected by the Senate, is responsible for any military actions in the homeland, this includes production and police. The President finally is elected by the Parliament and holds power over civilian matters as well as finances, but no military power of any sort. However, currently, a state of emergency was declared, and the man in charge if all the Pahit have left is general superintendent Sudomo.

The Parliament, elected by the matter of vote, elects the President and proposes laws. The Senate, currently staffed with military staff, elects the President and can confirm laws or "request" changes to the proposed laws. The National Court is responsible to enforce the laws and the Constitution in special.

## Gameplay Mechanics

### Build Mechanic

**Structures** are build on the field from the Construction Yard or a Crane. Both provide build radius, while other structures do not do this (except deployed Expansion units). Cranes have less health than Construction Yards but are cheaper and faster available. They do require an Ore Refinery themselves however.

### Tier System

Standard units (Tier 1) are always available. Tier 2 is an upgrade for Construction Yards and Construction Cranes. Tier 3 requires additionally the Embassy, and strategy units require selected strategies in the Strategy Command, not the building itself, however.

### Defense Nodes

**Defense Nodes** are amphibious vehicles with the ability to dig into a position to increase their defense value. They are, however, unarmed until they receive an upgrade weapon from the Construction Yard via signal. The weapon upgrade costs money and removes the Node's ability to pack up again, depending on the weapon it may or may not gain a new ability, however.

### Upgrades

**Upgrades** come in different variants:

* **Tier Upgrades** enhance Construction Yards and Cranes in the way the Allied Nations upgrade structures, but only once, not twice.
* **Strategy Upgrades** are permanent upgrades from the Strategy Command and allow the research and construction of new equipment. With the commander being expected to eventually buy all four strategies, *firepower* *(Expert Gunner)*, *defense* *(Hold The Line)*, *speed* *(Evasive Maneuvers)* and *special* *(Unique Resort)*.
* **Unit Upgrades** are produced in tech buildings, they require strategy upgrades and enhance units depending on what they are in terms of stats.
* **Weapon Upgrades** are constructed like Defenses and placed on Defense Nodes.

### Strategy-specific Units

Each building has four new units unlocked via the researched strategies. When a strategy is researched in the Strategy Command, the units belonging to the strategy appear in the construction list, alongside that strategy buff.

### Microfilament Armor

One of the advances in technology is this organic-based armor. All non-infantry units in the Pahit Kingdom are outfitted with this armor and permanently heal themselves when not under fire. The effect can be increased with Specialists.

### Pahit gas & Upgrades

The Pahit mainly use a special, long lasting gas in combat. this gas does minor damage to anything that's not a structure, but multiple instances of the gas will amplify its effect. The Pahit Border fortification also provides a upgrade accessible in both normal skirmish and minor faction deathmatch.

## IPDI Military Police

*"As long as a true Indonesian remains, no communist shall find rest within this country."*

- General Superintendent Sudomo speaking after the military coup, before the massacres.

### Deathmatch Reinforcements

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### Siege Emplacements

As the most elite forces of the Pahit often switch to the IPDI, and the rest of their people being either civilians or the Guild. The Pahit doesn't get reinforcements, after all their suppose to be the IPDI's reinforcements. Instead in intense battles the Pahit would instead call upon their engineering corp to provide both heavier defenses and upgrades for their forces.

## Behind the Scenes

The Pahit Dictatoriat was the first of the few factions that was formerly a major faction before being reduced to a minor faction in the new PEQAN PIES, alongside the Polynesia Ltd., Heart Washing Clique and Futuretech.