Redstar

Redstar was a radical, far-left political and military organisation during the 50's and 60's that supported the idea of an extreme form of Stalinism that members referred to as "Krasism" likely derived from the Russian word for "red" "krasnyy", and was formed during the end of the Second World War, possibly in the Soviet Union as an opposing force to Nazism. Redstar, however thrived on the more extreme side of communism that bordered on totalitarianism much the same way the Nazi Party did and the extreme use of force by the organisation produced the same kind of thing under a different format; unlike the Nazi Party, however, Redstar were a lot more secretive, only publicly reviling themselves as a small political party; the truth was they eventually attempted to fill the vacuum left by the Nazis, many of them were Nazi Hunters employed by Redstar to uncover their secrets before the Allied Forces, in particular Redstar wanted to attain advanced forms of atomic technology, genetic research and superhuman assets to aid their bigger goal of world domination.

They were enemies of The Fifth Column.

The group was all but destroyed in undercover operations within Europe by Whiteshield and later the US/Canada's Division-S ended their campaign during Vietnam which ended up with the capturing of Anri when Thaddeus Black and his para-science organisation, revealed themselves to be behind Redstar, or more specifically were formed thanks to it and similar organisations on both sides of the political spectrum, aiding and opposing organisations and wars that occurred, all for the purpose of experimentation.

### **History**

The exact point at which Redstar became an active organisation is uncertain, but MI6 believed they started small, in every nation, drawing strength from criminal elements of society such as mobsters and crime syndicates as far back as the 1910's, but also corrupting corporate executives and politicians who work to keep the organisation in the shadows. They came about as an extension of communism after the Second World War left a power vacuum in Eastern Europe. The result was Redstar, who seek, amongst other things, to topple democracy and possibly take over the world, feeding like a vulture on the spoils of the War and create new technologies. Weather or not Thaddeus had the idea of Black Labs before influencing the creation of Redstar is uncertain, but it is known that the organisation was the biggest contributor and final deciding factor in the success and power of BL and the 50's and 60's were it's prime era.

In 1946 Redstar top brass hired several agents to aid in their continued operation; in turn those agents could hire and employ a number of tactics to attain the assets Redstar required, one of these agents was Frank "Franky" Thatcher also known as the Quartermaster, CEO of Thatcher Industries who made an enormous profit creating and selling ammunition, spare parts, fuel and other consumables for the war effort, but since the end of the war Thatcher looked to other means of production and began selling his products to foreign parties, in particular fuelling the ongoing war in Vietnam on both sides for his own company's benefit, attracting Redstar.

For the most part Redstar seemed loosely organised, which was unusual for such a large organisation, but Thaddeus likely didn't care how or why agents contributed to the success of Redstar, or what ideas of communism they had, as long as they did so, and as such Thatcher saw this as an opportunity to use Redstar as a mob syndicate to carve up as much territory across the world as possible and sell it to interested parties, such as soviet business oligarch Ivan Mikhailov, who used mafia-state tactics, and Antonio Bocelli, whose kin will later become one of the biggest crime families in the US.

Thatcher's faction of Redstar was not without controversy; many felt Thatcher's involvement was nothing more than a grab for territory, and Franky even admitted that he wasn't interested in the group's politics and it's variants, that he called it's "*endlessly pointless -isms*", even selling out his own country for more money and power; but Thatcher often stated that without Thatcher Industries Redstar would not have grown to rival the Nazis.

### **Possible Revival**

In 2019 VALER, Starforce and Euroforce collaborated on intel that may point to a "New Redstar" organisation through various neo-Nazi groups, this one, however was more secretive, and currently little more than a political movement as an opposition to growing modern fascist groups such as Imperia Dominus, but are being carefully scrutinised for extremism.