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In the year 2075, the Earth Defense Force received a distress signal from a small mining facility on the surface of Mars. A group of rebels who called themselves the Red Faction had overthrown the ruthless Ultor Corporation after years of oppression. In response, the E.D.F. launched a fleet of warships to mars to free the minster, bring Ultor to justice and restore order to the Martian colonies. In order to ensure safety and security for the newly liberated colonists, the E.D.F. set up command posts and bases across the planet. Initially, under the E.D.F.'s rule, the people of mars prospered: colonists established homesteads, built towns and independent mining operations, and begun to stake their claim on Mars.

Much has changed over the last fifty years. The E.D.F.'s heavy-handed tactics have instilled deep-seated resentment among the miners and settlers of the Maritian colonies. Colonists are being driven from their homes and mining claims by greedy, earth-based colonists. Disgruntled settlers have organized workers' strikes and protests, while the E.D.F. has answered with curfews, detention centers, beatings and mass arrests. As the resentment grows, the violence continues to escalate. Now a small group of revolutionaries have banded together and take up the Red Faction name. And though their enemy has changed, their battle cry remains unchanged...