Elementary Alliance

### Label

Founded by seceding groups of the First Ranger Legion during the Third Legion Civil War

The **Elementary Alliance**, or during *reconciliation* the **New Elementary Alliance**, was a political, military, and economic union between two factions, known as the Queen Bees and the Field Hunters. The alliance was made to organize a successful government against the expansionist Legion. It would be a contender for being the dominant faction within the Santa Teresa region. Its capital is Sakamoto. After the October War, however, they would be reduced to a semi-autonomous alliance, and relations between the two factions began to boil down.

After the Alliance War, the Elementary Alliance and its allies united to become the Union Alliance of Santa Teresa (UATC) or just simply the UA. Most of the UA’s systems were modeled after the EA’s.

## History

Relatively new to the scene, the Elementary Alliance first emerged from the catastrophe that was the Third Ranger Civil War. After the Militarists surrendered, two groups, the Field Hunters and the Queen Bees would organize a military union in case the Militarists gained power once more.

Most of the Alliance's history takes place during the Cold War. During this time they were more free and democratic, having a primitive election every three months to elect a leader. However, the leader has almost unlimited power over the entire faction. Nevertheless, it’s still more free socially. Being such a young faction, it’s not surprising that an alliance with such great power in its executive office would stay this way. Some predict that because of the powers a small group of people had over the entire faction, the Alliance would slowly slip quietly into Authoritarianism, just like the First Ranger Legion.

Since it’s inception the Alliance wanted nothing more than all groups that have been conquered by the Rangers to join their alliance. They supported several separatist organizations, more famously the Anti-Legionnaire Front (ALF). In the Santa Nella War, the ALF attempted a failed coup against the Governor-General, which would have succeeded if the Ranger Legion had not sent the 1st Expeditionary Force to quell the insurgency.

Three months later, war would breakout between the two powers. After the conclusion of the October War, the Alliance was reduced to a puppet government. As a part of the Legion’s “Reconciliation”, they will eventually diminish the power of the government before completely annexing the Alliance, to prevent anymore war. The plan would go south, as the December Crisis instigated by Legion sleepers would fail to bring the Alliance into civil war, as both sides were suspecting the reconciliation plan. Eventually this would lead to the Alliance War. Although the Alliance had the upper hand, the Western Santa Teresa Front ended in stalemate after the initially successful January Campaign. The war would soon spread, after the Ranger Legion’s Annexation of Glider showed that the conflict might grow bigger than even the October War was.

## Society

Society and daily life within the EA was moderately stable during the Cold War. The EA’s victory during the Third Legion Civil War brought a sense of pride to the average member, and they were increasingly popular in regions like the Frontier. However, during the October War and Alliance War, conditions worsened. Although the EA never went on to become a permanent military dictatorship like the Ranger Legion, nor were they as Authoritarian as them, they did keep their members in line. At first the President was also the Supreme Commander of the Marine Corps, most power was centralized within the Executive Office, and sympathy to the Ranger Legion was outlawed during most of the war. The EA soldier and subject was often indifferent to the Ranger Legion, most due to the EA dehumanizing the Rangers for their actions during the *Reconciliation* process. The execution of Rangers surrendering was not as negatively frowned upon, as the Rangers did the same and were oppressive towards EA subjects.

During *Reconciliation*, the conditions of life as a puppet state were at their worst. Rangers would occupy and keep close eyes on those who identify as members of the EA. Reconciliation is possibly the number one reason as to why the EA had no sympathy for the enemy.

Economically, the Alliance was turbulent during the War. Unlike the FRL, the EA used metallic bottle caps as a form of currency, with Dark Blue worth 100 Alliance Credits (later Union Credits), and Gold worth 10 AC. They used this to trade things with each other as a sort of bartering system. This gave an advantage over the FRL (Which used real USD) as it was

## Economy

Unlike other groups, the Elementary Alliance instituted a simple economic system, based upon currency known as Alliance Credit (in the Union Alliance it is now known as Union Credit). where they used the caps to *Martinelli's* as currency, with one gold metal cap equaling 10 Alliance Credit. A black metal cap usually equals around 50 Credits. Due to being relatively new and less used by older subjects, the Alliance and Union Credit is prone to inflation at times. Credits are used mostly by younger subjects, but can also be seen used by outsiders and older subjects interacting with them (NOTE: The Alliance and Union Credit is not a real life currency and is treated as fictional currency with no real world value. It often is just used for play and rarely serious matters).

Serpentine Rocks are often seen as valuable within the Alliance and Ranger Legion, and is traded by people for the interesting formation of the stones. However, it is illegal for anyone other than the Mineral Collection Authority (MCA) to collect them in vast quantities larger than 20 total inches combined in area (in the Elementary Alliance), and a serious fine plus confiscation of 90% of collected stones can be taken against the perpetrator. The cost of one 4 inch rock is commonly listed today as equal to 50 UC (Union Credits), but prices vary from seller to seller.

Most of the economic qualities of the Union Alliance are based off of the EA system.

## Military

The Elementary Alliance Marine Corps and the Elementary Alliance Mobile Infantry make up the Elementary Alliance Armed Forces. The Marine Corps make up the standard infantry used by the alliance, while the Mobile Infantry oversees the deployment of Marines and usage of military vehicles by Mobile Infantrymen, who are completely separate from the Marine Corps. Although the two branches are separate, they were organized to help the other branch, as Mobile Infantrymen use vehicles to support and transport Marines, who cover the ground in larger numbers. Unlike the Ranger Legion which had its Mobility Corps as a part of the Legion, this was considered a more effective use of vehicles, and is considered a big factor in the improvement of the Mobile Infantry. The Mobile Infantry is made up of Bicycles which are often used for reconnaissance and communication purposes rather than open combat, Automobiles piloted by adults to transport infantry, several drones for reconnaissance (although there has been some research into more combative roles for said drones) and several Tanks. Tanks were created by the Mobile Infantry to combat newer victories by the Ranger Legion and their more trained infantry. The first Tank created was the Mark XI “Bighorn” Armored Gun Platform (AGP), which came in two variants. The first and more common is the Ewe variant, which was armed with a Nemesis MXVII-10K Heavy Machine Gun. The second more rarer variant is the “Ram” variant, which is armed with an EA crafted HA-3 Cannon instead of a 10K. They were expensive to produce but were highly effective in combat, with the only known way to neutralize one is to kill the driver through the front rectangular eye hole which was somewhat difficult to do, or to drop a grenade within the driver’s compartment, which was also incredibly risky. Also, the Elementary Alliance did not have Colonial regiments for its possessions, but used Marine units composed of locals to protect them.

#### Ranks and Command Structure

The Elementary Alliance Marine Corps and the Elementary Alliance Mobile Infantry have separate command structures, however, both all have a similar chain of command in that they all share the same Commander-in-Chief

* **President (Commander-in-chief)**
* **First General (commander of most of the military operations of the Marine and Mobile Infantry)**

Marine Ranks (From highest to lowest):

* **General (Commander of 1st or 2nd Corps of the Marines)**
* Field General
* **Field Commander (Commander of 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th Regiments)**
* Field Marshal
* Marshal
* **Captain (Commander of one of the 6 Companies)**
* Lieutenant
* Second Lieutenant
* **Major (Commander of one of the 8 Platoons)**
* Sergeant Major
* Gunnery Sergeant
* Staff Sergeant
* **Sergeant (Commander of one of the 10 Squads)**
* Specialist
* Corporal
* Private First Class

Mobile Infantry Ranks (Highest to Lowest):

* **Head General of the Mobile Infantry (Commands the 1st or 2nd Fleets)**
* General
* **Colonel (Commands the 1st, 2nd, or Third Strike Groups)**
* Senior Officer
* 1st Lieutenant
* 2nd Lieutenant
* **Field Commander (commands the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Squadrons)**
* Infantry Sergeant
* Corporal
* Private
* Cadet