Saturday, May 25, 2013

WIP - Miner Contract Strikers - Freedom Fighters

Somewhere on a colony world the contract workers have gotten fed up with their treatment at the hands of the parent corp.

With the "help" of some anonymous backers (likely rival corps) they have started their insurgency:

The freedom fighters fighting against an unfair contract

The freedom fighters fighting against an unfair contract

Fuel is in short supply and horses, brought from off-world for racing and then stolen, are quiet.  Quick ambushes are easily accomplished from horseback.

The mining vehicles become makeshift APCs

Part of the "regulars", those with prior military experience we put in units and equipped with military-grade stuff

A little bit of money goes a long way when you hire one of the best merc teams in the sector

An embedded reporter brings stories of the plight of the workers to the public.