MLF (Moebian Liberation Front)

"We bring freedom to Moebius" - The MLF Motto

The Moebian Liberation Front, or simply called MLF, is a group of moebian rebels and a resistance faction inspired to the old Anti Mobian Army, with the purpose to fight the oppression and the tyranny of the New Order and the Bradanska's family.

They are a mixture of former New Order's soldiers, Psychic Guardians and Grey Party members that turned against their Baron once the truth of his blindness for revenge and rage was clear to all of them, as his crimes against the echidnas and hedgehogs population and the countless atrocities commited by his generals and his officers. In the group joined several mercenaries too led by wish for money (like Hooligan team and former members of the Bad Egg Unit) and prisoners freed by Grief's death camps, as well as warlords and criminals united with a single purpose. Destroying the New Order, once for all. The entire faction is led by Iceheart Leon Trotsky alongside the Moebian International Council.

History
During the Second Dimensional War, several moebians have witnessed with their own eyes to the crimes that the Bradanska's and their allies in the Grey Party have commited against both Moebius and Mobius Prime. Despite most of these soldiers were convinced that they were doing what was necessary to establish a new and strong Great Peace like under Jules and Ivan Bradanska, desertions increased while the conflict kept devastating Mobius Prime, as well as cases where officers openly disobeyed to the most extreme orders, especially under the command of leaders like Major Merci and Scylla Bradanska. The Grey Party too soon was broken in two factions, with cruel and opportunist fanatics that supported Grief at a side and all the moebians that still believed in Ivan's ideology, calling the Baron a "traitor" for have made his father work become a twisted and cruel dictatorship, to the other side.

The first true resistance to the New Order's leadership happened in Greater Spagonia, where Camillo the Wolf has tried to murder the Baron with his men after having him considered a threat for his country. The coup d'etat miserably failed, and in short time the entire country was invaded by the New Order forces. While the regular army quickly surrendered, the GSSF fought alongside many inhabitants against the invaders with all their forces for a long time, until they were slaughtered by the enemy suppressions and many of them were forced to leave the nation, included Camillo and his daughter, Bianca Bradanska.

All these moebians were hunted by their superiors  for their betrayal, with public executions that succeeded just to convince the rebels of most of Moebius nations to organize togheter a true and united front against the New Order under the command of the legendary soldier Leon Iceheart to finally stop their regime and wipe out definitely the Bradanska's family from Moebius.

Notable Members

 * Iceheart Leon Trotsky (leader and founder of the MLF)
 * Camillo the Wolf (second in command)
 * Col. Balta the Wolf
 * Maximus the Wolf (De-facto after the death of Amanda Bradanska)
 * Kiara Ne
 * Boomer [Anti Rotor]
 * Marcus Maxwell
 * Spector the Aye Aye
 * Corporal Anders
 * Donald the Duck
 * Samuel Hyberson the Rat
 * The Butcher (executioner)
 * Lord Tyren (mercenary)
 * Michael the Hedgehog
 * Hooligans (Trio of mercenaries)

Joining the Moebian Liberation Front (MLF)
The MLF is a joinable faction for whoever is willing to fight the New Order and it's leaders, good or evil, no matter if as active member, agent or mercenary. Any race is accepted in the group, even if the moebians always get the highest and most important positions.

Pros and Perks:
You will get the chance to become part of a resistance that supports freedom, equality with other races (hedgehogs, echidnas and humans) and that openly fights the tyranny of the New Order and the Bradanska's family.

Thanks to the GSSF, the GUN and contacts in the black market, the MLF has a high amount of money to reward all mercenaries and hitmen that will follow them and their cause.

Cons and Restrictions:
Your character will have to fight an entire regime with limited equipment and weaponry, and never fighting in open camp. Because of this, all the members of the MLF have harsh rules about engaging the enemy without any preparation or strategy. A single mistake of a soldier or an officer could lead to the destruction of the entire faction. Also, it doesn't matter which are the reasons that convinced your character to join the MLF, you will always have to respect severe rules about focusing your fire just on the New Order forces, without ever commiting crimes against civilians unless you get proves of their collaboration with the New Order. However, if you respect rules and you feel despise for the New Order and you are ready to get blood on your hands to see it destroyed, this is a good faction for you to choose.

Policies:
The MLF is a guerrilla group that hit the enemy with ambushes, assaults, kidnappings and murders without ever fighting in the battlefield like a true army. They believe in freedom and equality, freeing prisoners from New Order's death camps and giving them the chance to take back their land and getting revenge against the Bradanska's.

Most of their actions have as purpose the liberation of prisoners sent to die because of Grief's racist policies, the destruction of his propaganda from moebian towns and showing to Moebius who is their true enemy through proves that witness the genocide of the Baron to eliminate the "rodents" and his crimes against Mobius Prime.

They support democracy and peaceful coexistence between Moebius and Mobius Prime, looking at the Second Dimensional War as an useless conflict that ended up just to bring further death and suffering to moebians. Unlike the AMA, the Moebian Liberation Front aims more to free the moebians from Grief's grisp instead to conquer and rule over population. Putting aside simple rules as "No stealing, no killing and no causing problems", there is no organization in their territories and an ideology that encourages them to fight, except for their hatred of the New Order. This usually has caused troubles and situations of anarchy under their leadership. However, with time the group has began to become more organized and to create a government very similar to the one builded by Ivan Bradanska. Despite the MLF's members are considered as heroes by many moebians, some of their cells are known even for the ruthless and cruel ways they treat prisoners and terrorism acts in few areas against civilian targets such as suspected spies, lawyers, magistrates, puppet leaders, journalists and scientists, all of them always connected in some way to the New Order.

Moebian International Council
The Moebian International Council is a coalition that unified most of the opposition groups and factions on Moebius that seek the end of Grief Bradanska's regime and the establishment of a civil and democratic nation where all the moebians have equal rights. It's guiding principles are judicial indipendence, freedom of speech, democracy and political pluralism. The councilors, which are all been chosen by the most influent and loyal members between the opposition, have the purpose to act as political figure of the Moebian Liveration Front against the New Order. Recognised as the legitimate representative of the moebian opposition by the GUN, the main ally and supporter of the MLF, and a large part of the inhabitants of Mobius Prime, the council is led by five members:

- Ace the Hawk: The councilor with the important assignment to act as an intermediary between Moebius and Mobius Prime, as well as conducting negotiations with the New Order and seeking for alliances that could benefit the rebellion. Born as hybrid of a moebian mother and a primal father, he has shown to be altruistic and charismatic the same way he can be murderous and bloodthristy, the perfect link between the inhabitants of the two worlds.

- Gunner the Dog: The name says it all. Warmonger, merciless and sadist too, though still honorable in his own way and enough clever to get a place in the council. Veteran of the First Dimensional War and former commander of the New Order's armed forces, his reasons are simplier than they might seem. He considers Grief and his Grey Party allies as weak and traitors, wishing nothing more than witness to their fall. He is in charge of all military matters of the council.

- Alwin the Hedgehog: The most cunning and deceiver hedgehog you could ever hope to know. Unlike all the other members, he doesn't have Northamer's origins and he comes from western lands of Eurish. He often shows a polite and kind personality, though all that is just a mask to hide a monster that despises his own allies and feels a deep hatred against canines and the entire New Order, dreaming one day to watch them all burn in flames and his race take over the entire Moebius. He works as spokesman of hedgehogs, one of the races that are been persecuted by Grief's policies. He is the main guilty of many war crimes commited by the rebellion against the citizens and the prisoners captured from New Order's territories.

- Edmon the Echidna: The spokesman of the echidnas in the New Order, unlike Alwin he is more reasonable and kindhearted, though he still looks at his race's survival as a priority over anything else, no matter which cost has to be paid for that. He is the former shaman of one of the countless tribes of echidnas that have been persecuted and exterminated by the New Order.

- Deston the Deer: Wise, cold, lonely and impassive, a man that has lived all the horrors caused by the moebian warlike nature and culture. All his family, friends and dear ones have been lost during the insurrection against Scourge the Hedgehog and the two dimensional wars between Moebius and Mobius Prime, with all the oppressions caused by Grief against his people giving the final strike against his broken soul. Despite his silence often annoys councilors such as Alwin and Gunner, he is a powerful psychic with the only ability of precognition, which allows him to see future events before they can happen through visions, such as the time he could observe the Bombing of Siag or the day he has witnessed the death of Ivan Bradanska, which sadly both the events couldn't be stopped in time by him or anyone else on Moebius. Because of this, the council often listen carefully his words before taking an important decision, though his power is limited at just some of the events that could have some kind of impact on the destiny of Moebius.

Uniform
The uniform of the MLF militants is very similar to the AMA's Troopers one, just of a dark black color (that symbolizes strenght and the fear they put in the enemy) and red as blood (rage and determination to fight the New Order). They also always wear hoods and balaclavas to hide their faces. Their psychic soldiers make use of their old DLAD-327 battle armors, improved and strengthened by the MLF's scientists, giving them a high resistance to most of standard laser guns. Their officers are often seen with black overcoats, worn over a red outfit, and berrets on their heads.

Weaponry
All resistance weapons and guns basically have been stolen from the New Order, supplied by the GUN, their main ally, or bought from the black market. The military equipment of the Moebian Liberation Front can change a lot between the large amount of cells spread across Moebius, from simple IED's and standard combat shotguns to plasma and laser weaponry. Since the MLF is not a true army but more a faction of guerrilla bands, freedom fighters, partisans and rebels, they have just a limited amount of vehicles, mostly Raven's gunships, several combat robots and mechs of the GUN, an endless supply of armored cars to use in ambushes and some light and heavy tanks.

Moebian Liberation Front cells and influence zones
This is a list of all Moebius main countries, nations and cities where the MLF is most spread and of the cells that operate in those zones:

- Spagonia (Eurish): The place where the rebellion has started, here the resistance has a large amount of supporters as well as powerful weapons and an organized hierarchy that allows them to strike often the New Order forces with efficiency. Because of the influence of the GSSF, many of these cells members are known to be very brutal and ruthless against the enemy, with executions and tortures that make them feared in the entire continent.

- Northamer: The most powerful resistance faction of the Moebian Liberation Front, the cells in the New Order's main territories have begun with being a simple guerrilla group to become a small army of rebels and partisans, openly supported by the United Federation and supplied by the black market. Murders, kidnappings, ambushes and attacks against police forces and New Order's soldiers and supporters is now a sad and dark routine for the continent while most of the Baron's army is focused on the conflict against Mobius Prime. These cells possess a large supply of laser and plasma weapons, along with robots, tanks and advanced equipment.

- Downunda: The most important cells of the resistance, they have the task to keep an eye on the New Order forces stationed there and to inform the other rebel groups about Baron and Grey Party's weaponry, kept secret by most of Moebius population. Some examples are the work of the general Choi Sung Ni with the Anarchy Beryl, the Titan Troopers project and the experimentations of the Dr. Garret on prisoners using Dark Gaia energy. Other important operations are the attacks against the trains of the New Order for the deportation of hedgehogs and echidnas to the death camps of the Baron, freeing and saving the lives of countless civilians and earning the name of "The Guardians of Downunda" from local population.

- Efrika: In this continent the MLF has a limitated influence, though it gets often help from population for their actions against the New Order forces. "Hit and run" tactics are always used by efrikan rebels, taking as targets small patrols and HQ's with little enemy presence. Bounty hunters are hired by their commanders to eliminate important New Order officers and political leaders and the biggest operations are left to mercenaries and local warlords, though this has mostly gave the convinction to many people that kicking New Order out of their continent would just lead to an endless civil war for the control of their land.

- Yurashia: The cells of Yurashia, along with Downunda resistance, have the highest support from moebians. All of them imposed to their members harsh rules about respecting war laws, sparing the lives of their prisoners, showing respect to their enemy and getting good relationships with civilians. A large number of yurashian rebels are openly worshippers of Light Gaia, a belief that in past has been learned and spread after the first contacts between Moebius and Mobius Prime, in opposition to the cruel and barbarian cult of Dark Gaia that most of moebians have decided to follow. Despite these cells refuse to lead violent actions to defeat the New Order, choosing the use of words to convince their compatriots to accept their cause, they're not afraid to show their muscles when their land is threatened. A lot of mages have been recruited between their ranks, mostly healers and sorcerers of light and pure magic, refusing to accept dark and black magical arts such as necromancy, considered as an insult to their faith.

- Soumerca: This is the continent where the rebellion has shown it's darkest side. Purges against canines (especially dingoes, wolves and foxes), considered traitors by the soumercanian resistance cells, are a daily operation for the rebels as well as the destruction of tribes allied with the New Order and the massacre of countless moebians suspected to be spies of the Baron. Togheter this, the insurgents have often used population as human shields and child soldiers to do their dirty work. All these atrocities have led the resistance to be hated by most of the continent's population and isolated from other MLF cells and factions of Moebius. Most of these groups are filled with ruthless mercenaries and bandits, instead of partisans and freedom fighters as the rest of the MLF, hired by extremists such as Alwin the Hedgehog to spread chaos and violence between the New Order and the Wolf Pack, main ally of the loyalists in the continent. The faction has been accused more times to use illegal drug trade to fund their campaign of terror in Soumerca.

The Purge of Moebius
During the year 3262, after a small squad of insurgents kicked out the loyalist forces by one of the death camps of the Baron, the entire rebellion finally became aware of all the crimes commited by Sherly Periwinkle and the Grey Party. This has led many rebels to carry out one of the cruelest and bloodiest massacres ever commited in the history of Moebius, planned secretly by the councilor Alwin and his lackeys to increase tensions and raise his influence over the Moebian Liberation Front. In a couple of months, hundreds of thousands of moebians have been slaughtered by the most extremist branches of the resistance just before being stopped by the special forces of the Baron and few agents of the Moebian International Council, included Iceheart, the ace in the hole of the insurgency. Familiars and friends of moebians that have been conscripted in the regular army, supporters of the regime, prisoners of war, and citizens of the New Order were killed without mercy during the purge as well as several members of New Order's army and police forces. In the period following the massacre, violence blown up once again between rebels and loyalists while in the air of Moebius could still be heard and felt the screams and the suffering of all the innocents that died in those terrible days, when the moebians finally realized that, no matter which side they choose, they will always be seen as nothing more than targets through the rifle scopes of the government and the rebellion armies.

Allies:
Most of the enemies of the New Order such as the United Federation, the Mobian Defense League, the Swarm, the Bad Egg Unit, Freedom Fighters and several minor factions.

- The GSSF has been during the conflict encorporated completely in the MLF as all it's members got the chance to redeem themselves from their past crimes to fight the Grief's regime for the indipendence of Greater Spagonia from the New Order.

- They get weapons and equipment from supporters of their cause between the GUN and gun runners

- Support in training, strategy and battlefield from several mercenary groups and warlords thugs.

Why the rebels are (sometimes) the good guys, song
Note: Original lyrics by Sabaton:

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJnVwAH-5K0&index=1&list=LLwlhSPsYz1C7Egewir0v2Fg)

Siag, rise !

Do you remember when

When the Order forced their rule on Moebius

3247

And primals turned away

From the underground

Rose a hope of freedom as a whisper

World in despair

But they never lost their faith

Women, men and children fight

They were dying side by side

And the blood they shed upon the streets

Was a sacrifice willingly paid

Siag, city at war

Voices from the underground

Whispers of freedom

3259, help that never came

Calling Siag, city at war

Voices from underground

Whispers of freedom

Rise up and hear the call

History calling to you

Siag, fight !

Spirit, soul and heart

In accordance with the old traditions

3259

Still our primal twins turn away

Fighting street to street

In a time of hope and desperation

Did it on their own

And they never lost their faith

Women, men and children fight

They were dying side by side

And the blood they shed upon the streets

Was a sacrifice willingly paid

Siag, city at war

Voices from the underground

Whispers of freedom

3259, help that never came

Calling Siag, city at war

Voices from underground

Whispers of freedom

Rise up and hear the call

History calling to you

Siag, fight !

All the streetlights

In the city

Broken many years ago

Break the curfew

Hide in the sewers

Siag, it's time to rise now

All the streetlights

In the city

Broken many years ago

Break the curfew

Hide in the sewers

Siag, it's time to rise now

Siag, city at war

Voices from the underground

Whispers of freedom

3259, help that never came

Calling Siag, city at war

Voices from underground

Whispers of freedom

Rise up and hear the call

History calling to you

Siag, fight !

Trivia:

 * The MLF is a new and adapted version ot the AMA, with old characters put back in the main lore of Dimensional Wars, this time to put aside their hatred for the GUN to join forces against the New Order
 * This faction takes inspiration from most of the rebel and resistance groups that during WW2 have fought against Axis invasion, such as for example the poland Home Army, the italian National Liberation Commitee and french Maquis.