Terrorist Group Name: Templars of the Burning Cross (Full name), Separatists or Templars (short-hand)
Center of Operations Location: Sulingen, Diepholz of Lower Saxony, State of Greater Germany is the center for activities in Greater Germany. Graz, Greater Germany occupied Austria is used as a secondary center for the group's activities in German occupied Austria.
Primary Source(s) of Income: The Templars of the Burning Cross itself gains their income from "taxes" they enforce on their occupied territories in Austria, however they gain most of their funding from equalist sources. the Equalists use illicit activities such as drugs and human trafficking in order to garner funds, along with the discreet financial support of Claudia Kier and her associates among the aristocracy.
Threat Level: National
Short-Term: Disrupt transhumanist footing in Greater Germany, disrupt the transhumanist aristocracy, dismantle the propaganda machine used by Greater Germany to control the population, destroy German hold in Austria
Long-term: Abolish the government of Greater Germany and its aristocracy, institute a theocratic and "pure" government that will maintain the purity of the bodies and souls of the populace, end all transhumanist thought in Greater Germany.
History and General Description: The Templars of the Burning Cross finds it roots in the days of the first Anschluss referendum of 2040, being the Austrian Purity Party, a faction of religious traditionalists who wanted to maintain the sovereignty of Austria. As the years passed, the members and power of the faction waned and it fell into obscurity until the referendum of 2060, that made Austria a part of Greater Germany. Upon the passing of the referendum, passing on a very narrow margin, saw the rise of separatists among many parts of Austria. These loosely formed groups sought renewed independence from Germany, through any means possible, but still remained small and insignificant.
As the aristocracy took stronger hold in Greater Germany, and many of the lower classes were forced out of government due to lower intelligence, much anti-transhumanist sentiment began to form among those who saw transhumanist principles as corrupting the government. These feelings were felt greatly among the people of the lower class, those of lower intelligence. These groups sought to equalize, abolish all the transhumanist ideas and reinstitute a fair and equal system of government. They are today a political faction headed by Claudia Kier, one of the 1% aristocracy who uses her position and political and charismatic knowledge to defend and control the faction.
These two individual groups came together secretly, and with a common goal being the destruction of the transhumanist government, they formed a knit organization. The organization would have the division of the Templars of the Burning Cross, the traditionalists of Austria who will disrupt German interests in the region, and the Equalist Political Faction of Germany, the Equalists in Germany who help in funding and controlling their Austrian counterparts. While the Equalist Political Faction doesn't have any open rebellious activity, the Templars, with the aid of the Equalists, began capturing and conquering areas in Austria in open separatist rebellion. While the Equalists don't openly support the Templars, they secretly pump money, weapons, and recruits over to them to help destabalize the region and weaken German forces.
The Equalist Political Faction is set up like a political party, with Claudia being at the head of a committee of like-minded aristocrats controlling the people and coercing them towards their ideals in Lower Saxony. The Templars of the Burning Cross are set up as a religious order seemingly, with military ranks marking positions in the organization with their leader being the Grandmaster. They are centered in Graz, Austria, where they serve as the military leaders of the unrecognized government, the Holy Dominion of Austria. The Equalist political faction, under the support of Claudia, is centered in Sulingen of Lower Saxony.
Faction: Religious/Equalist
Subgroup (Optional): Radical Christian Puritan/Militant Equalist
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