Application
Player Name: SgtAchaean
Discord Username: Achaean#0636
I hereby agree to follow all of the rules and guidelines presented within this roleplay as well as any future rules or guidelines that are created: Roger.
I agree to be expelled from the Roleplay if I repeatedly break the rules and/or refuse to cooperate with the Roleplay's Staff: Roger.
Faction:
Crimson Omen
- replacing -
Leviathan's Horde

Starting Country:
Cuba
Capital:
Havana
Official Languages:
Russian, Spanish
State Religion:
Monotheism
( Intentionally broad )
Currency:
Cartridges
Faction Leader:
Firstborn Nikolai Aleksandrov

Faction Description:
For the world, the 21st century was catastrophic. For Cuba, the 21st century proved a new beginning. While far from a paradise thanks to the nuclear war itself, rule by an American puppet government that saw the island nation used as a grand prison complex, and decades upon decades of sanctions before said government installation, Cuba saw less direct nuclear activity than more strategic locations of its puppet master. Mostly importantly, it saw the filth washed away.
‘Just enough.’
- Firstborn Nikolai Aleksandrov, in referral to the aftermath
Abandoned hastily by the Soviet Union in a coordinated effort with the United States to suppress ever rising Chinese global influence in 2045, countless Soviet operatives found themselves stranded in a foundering ship and painfully exposed. Furious at their homeland not for their abandonment, but rather for working with their longtime rival, many of the operatives vanished. Perhaps as a final favor for service, the USSR offered only silence upon inquiry as to ‘where’ this vast network of operatives vanished to.
‘It falls to us.’
- ASCV Propaganda, instilling duty for the anticipated ‘aftermath’
Built secretly in the 1960’s far beneath Havana, the Ascension Vault ( also known as ASCV ) sat dormant until 2045 when aimless Soviet operatives flooded in. Despite their numbers, the vault remained only lightly occupied until it sealed its doors in 2077. Anticipating either the eventual return of the Soviet Union or nuclear war, the operatives formed a quiet society that utilized their covert skills to ‘relieve’ the surface of supplies for years. When nuclear warfare, followed by nuclear winter, finally blanketed the globe, ASCV was stocked to the point that some of the unused living quarters were filled to the brim. Although designed to hold five thousand souls, a truly impressive feat for an early era vault, only about a thousand people were within when the mighty doors sealed.
‘Evolution comes for us all when the seal is breached. I propose it comes on our terms. Here. NOW.’
- Firstborn Nikolai Aleksandrov, proposing self-induced evolution
Day to day life in Ascension Vault was relatively routine, with most efforts focused on maintenance, atmospheric / radiation testing, reproduction, ‘greenhouse’ operations, and facility expansion through hard labor. All changed with the birth of Nikolai Aleksandrov in 2243. Instilled through his parents guidance with a true sense of purpose and a religious fervor, Nikolai grew up to become the leader ASCV needed and expected. Winning the hearts and minds of his fellow vault dwellers, Nikolai slowly assumed leadership positions in every area of focus. At the age of 26, he was named Premier of ASCV.
Knowing that their time underground was coming to a close, the young Premier pushed his people steadily to believe that unfavorable evolution was occurring on the surface...a surface that they would soon inherit; a partial truth. With fear mounting, Nikolai stripped down the ‘governing’ body of ASCV and formed the Crimson Omen, an organization to pursue the purity of mankind whilst wiping clean the Earth of the impure in the name of the Creator.
‘Where He once wiped clean the world with a flood, He now does so with fire.’
- Firstborn Nikolai Aleksandrov, hinting at lack of purity as cause
With the formation of the Crimson Omen, the Premier rocked ASCV with the announcement that he would submit himself to radiation exposure with only his faith as his guide to purity. Those closest to the radiation chamber listened in terror as Nikolai’s pain-ridden roar went on for what seemed an eternity before silence settled upon the hallways of ASCV; endless silence.
Certain he was dead, life dared to continue, only to be stopped abruptly when Nikolai emerged the next day, very much alive; cloaked in his unseen faith and without a doubt at least a foot taller and doubled in muscularity.
‘Our salvation is upon us. Humanity’s salvation is upon us.’
- Firstborn Nikolai Aleksandrov, after emerging from radiation exposure
On that day, nine years from E-Day ( emergence day ), Nikolai Aleksandrov became known as the Firstborn. Subsequently, the Firstborn decreed that all ASCV dwellers must join the Crimson Omen and undergo the ‘purity’ treatment...a test of faith and an evolutionary gift from above; the strength of an impure mutant without the impurity.
Those that refused were ‘purged’ as impure per the Crimson Omen’s doctrine. Those that believed, or simply complied, met with varied results; some became ‘pure’, some were called home early for their faith, and others revealed their sinfulness through true impurity and thus met their end at the hand of the Crimson Omen.
Whilst the ‘Tribes’ of Cuba ran rampant above and strove for power, the Crimson Omen purged itself and became stronger still. Living Quarters in ASCV had been expanded over the centuries to hold ten thousand people, every bunk filled and then some. The bloody rise of the ‘pure’ faithful led to the death of roughly one third of the ASCV.
Yet the death of the unfaithful and the impure mean nothing. When the seal is finally breached...the promised land waits to be subdued, and the multiplication of pure seed with it. Those who await the day of their purity pray for the Crimson Omen’s arrival, and the impure…
...shall look upon their fate and tremble.
Military:
While the Ascension Vault contains functional munition shops, they are outdated and limited in what they can do; mostly adept at producing and repairing dated small arms, light weapons, and ammunition, be it common or advanced. Although the island of Cuba hosted an American puppet government, little to no advanced weaponry is found within the region. Limited direct nuclear hits during the great war spared early 21st century shipyards and warships, however, and the swift ‘dissolution’ of the unsuspecting Leviathan’s Horde has led to the Crimson Omen being able to commandeer vast naval assets and the means to both maintain and produce more. Knowledge passed down from the first ASCV dwellers has also allowed the Crimson Omen to uncover various Soviet-era caches, damaged but salvageable arms plants, and a single covert submarine pen; looted by Americans but untargeted by nuclear warheads. Old 1960 Soviet missile silos have also been uncovered, but remain inoperable...for now.
‘Purity’ ( strength ) and extensive combat training remain the greatest strengths of Crimson Omen forces. While not all serve, all are trained and capable.
[ Continued ]