Following the
destruction of the Elysium Mons observatory in 5,021 AD, Ermon
Vigili, Mara, Dee Vigili, and other junior staff fled into the
northern wastes to evade capture. They found shelter in a network
of Architect ruins on the border of Elysium and the neighboring
city-state of Lucky Strike. At the time, Lucky Strike and Elysium
were at odds, with Lucky Strike supported by the Amazonis Bloc. The
revolutionaries supported themselves by preying on Elysium convoys
and mining operations in the area, then escaping retribution by
falling back across the border, selling or trading their loot at
remote exurban facilities. Since they refrained from attacking
Lucky Strike facilities, the authorities turned a blind eye to their
activities.
The goals of the
revolutionaries were laid out in the text file “Revolutionary
Manifesto”, by Commander Ermon Vigili, released 04/10/5022 into
underground data networks Mars-wide. In the “Manifesto”, Vigili
explains that their ultimate aim is the unification of Mars under a
single government, followed by a search for other human survivors in
the solar system, all in support of the ultimate reconquest of Earth.
Vigili explicitly disavows any fixed political or economic program
beyond this. This disavowal would later be known as the “Paramount
Aim” doctrine, holding that the Revolution can turn down no source
of potential support, nor reject any tactic or ally that can aid in
achieving the Paramount Aim. This would be of great importance
later, since, unlike the early Zealot movements that explicitly
called for the destruction of existing elites, the Republican
revolutionaries had no compunction against recruiting from their
nominal enemies. The “Manifesto” also included the first
written record of the Revolutionary Oath, and spread widely
throughout the underground networks of Mars, usually accompanying
extracts from the observatory imagery.
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