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Name: Che Castro
Age: 40
Faction: The Republic of Cuba
Background: After the fall in the 2060s, the communist nation would never ceased to exist, and merely moved under ground, which slowly built up again, and in 2200 reemerged unpon the surface, they quickly took control of Havana, it is now slowly building up the former city and attempting to take over the Island
 
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Name: Kate "the Black"
Age: c. 27
Faction: Brotherhood of Blood, Lesser Antilles Chapter; self-declared "Governor" of Tobago.

Background: A woman whose origins remain unclear, Kate arrived in the Caribbean as a slave captured somewhere in the South by Tobago's raiders. She remained in the hands of her captors for ten years, forced to do grueling work in the plantations of the Tobagonian Slave-lords, before an opportunity for escape finally surfaced.

In 2271 Kate was sold with many of her companions to some wealthy Haitian landlord, during the travel through the Caribbean Sea she managed to free herself and lead the other slaves in a rebellion against the remaining crew. The Slavers were slaughtered and Kate was elected Captain by acclamation, her first act was to swear to do anything possible to stop the Slave Trade that dominated the Lesser Antilles.

In the next three years her initial crew of fifty fugitive slaves, including elders and children, grew into an impressive Pirate fleet whose main targets were the Slave Traders and their bases. The slaves who were freed usually joined Kate's growing army, mixing the lust for gold and plunder common to the pirates with an improbable crusade against Slavery. Kate's power and influence grew and, in 2274, she was allowed into the Piratical Brotherhood of Blood, confirming her position as undisputed Pirate leader of the Lesser Antilles, the prestige gained through the admission into such an infamous organization allowed her to enlist even more men for her revenge. It was in this period that she built her flagship, the "Raven's Nest", by pillaging pre-war technology and common scrap.

Finally, in 2276 she gathered a fleet big enough to attack the Slavers of Tobago within their own stronghold. The siege of Tobago was as successful as it was bloody, and after the battle the Slavers were utterly crushed. With the conquest of Tobago Kate had completed her revenge, and was now in charge of a small anarchic nation of Pirates and freed slaves, but she knew that this was merely a starting point for her next greater ambitions.


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Kate's flagship: the Raven's Nest. A ramshackle, and yet fearsome battleship that has already claimed many ships with its firepower.
 
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Name: El Lobo de Belice [Tr: The Wolf of Belize], Albenaz Charlito de Maiz, President de la Isla de Maiz [Tr: Chairman of the Island of Maiz]
Age: 46
Position(s): President de la Isla de Maiz [Tr: Chairman of the Island of Maiz]
Presidente de la Sociedad del Pirata de Maiz [Tr: Chairman of the Pirate's Society of Maiz]
Líder del Partido Pirata Popular de Maiz [Tr: Leader of the People's Pirate Party of Maiz]
Faction: El Municipio de Maiz [Tr: The Commune of Maiz]
Biography: Incoming
 
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Name: "Doctor" Jafar Thrax, Governor of Trinidad and Black Market arms dealer
Age: 24
Background: The son of a barely paid factory worker in the bahamas, Jafar grew up in horrific poverty. However, the ambitious young man refused to allow his lack of education or formal training hold him back. At age fifteen, he fabricated a degree and began selling homemade biological and chemical weapons to buyers throughout the Caribbean. He eventually made his base on the Island of Trinidad, where the additional trade his Black Market brought into the city gained him popular support.

Four months ago, with the death of the old Governor, the people of Trinidad requested Jafar as their new ruler in hopes that his support of the free trade would make them very wealthy. He was appointed governor and began work improving the city and the lives of its inhabitants, making quite some money on the side, of course.
 
((I'll be the giant mutant kraken that pulls ships down to their death))
 
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United States Guardian Marines

When the bombs fell, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base suffered some damages, but a chunk of the naval forces were on assignment in the North Atlantic ocean. When they returned to the US, they found nothing but destruction and devastation and great amounts of radiation. When they found Guantanamo Bay, it was the least damaged of the American naval bases in their vicinity and here they would resupply and reorganize.

As the years passed, the hope of contact with the US Government disappeared, and they settled on a more permanent basis in the naval base, attempting to rebuild most infrastructure. As their supplies ran out they began expeditions to gather food and other resources in Cuba, and it was here they found small settlements of survivors. After some initial hostilities, they finally came to agreements with several of the settlements, and these settlements began providing supplies of their own production in return for the protection of the US Navy. As the United States was dead, the group eventually renamed themselves to the Guardians, but complains from the Marines forced another name change to the United States Guardian Marines, often commonly called the Guardians or the Marines.

Over the years their once modern and well-made ships began to become more and more difficult to maintain. Eventually a decision was made to make newer and better ships, requiring less maintenance. The second generation ships are starting to become harder to maintain and the third generation of ships is on the drawing board.

Originally led by a few captains of the US Navy, they maintain the hierarchy, but the leader has become the highest naval title, Admiral, supported by a Rear Admiral and a Fleet Captain. Each ship is led by a Captain, and under them is a number of other officers and NCOs. The military arm of the Guardian Marines is the Marine Corps, also led by a captain.

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Admiral Jacob Cobb

Admiral Cobb is the current admiral of the Guardian Marines. After a couple of decades as first executive and later commanding officer of USS Boston, he was promoted to Fleet Captain, and a few years later the previous rear admiral had to retire at the age of 62 due to health issues. When Admiral Hayes died 4 years ago at the age of 71, Cobb was automatically promoted to the new Admiral.

His family had a history of being part of the navy long before the war, with participations in wars back to second world war. He favors others from the 'naval bloodlines', similar to his predecessors, and feel that many has tainted their lines with marrying native cubans into their families over the last few hundred years. Fortunately mostly he deals with the highest ranking officers, and these are all from naval bloodlines, something which does once in a while create discontent, when some of the more talented people are overlooked, simply because their father, mother, grandfather or grandmother was not american.

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Ships

Only little progress has been made in the naval technology since before the war. Fortunately much technology existed before, and it is simply this that has been adapted by the Guardian Marines.

While the initial fleet consisted of a diverse number of ships of various sizes, the small size of the faction forced them to be creative when it came to the second generation of ships. New ships were built to be Littoral Combat Ships, with little fixed equipment and much space for adaptable modules, allowing ships to change configuration when docked. They are built small to avoid a necessity for a large crew, typically being crewed by around 50, which includes the mission crew. Through their design they are made to be able to be in shallow water and their speed is also remarkable.

Advantages: Fast, maneuverable, adaptable, small, sturdy for their size, high firepower
Disadvantages: Need to hunt larger targets as pack, quite expensive
 
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