Red Faction Walkthrough

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FAQ and Walkthrough
by: Trevor Covert
Version 2.0
This document is copyrighted 2001 by Trevor Covert.  Reproduction of
this document in whole or in part without the author's consent is
strictly forbidden.  If the reader wishes to use the FAQ for their
personal and private use only, then a copy may be made.
This extensive FAQ/Walkthrough to the Playstation 2 game Red Faction
includes all of the following elements:
* A complete walkthrough to guide you through the game from start to
finish.
* A full guide to the game's weapons, including statistics, tips, and
strategies for their use.
* A full guide to the game's five vehicles, including a brief
description and tips and tactics for using them effectively.
* Background information on the game's main characters, including
Parker, Hendrix, Eos, Orion, Gryphon, and Capek.
* A list of the game's enemies, their characteristics and how to
effectively make each one die as quickly as possible.
* Layout and strategies for each of the game's nine multi-player levels
as well as general tips and tactics for multi-player.
* Secrets and Game Shark codes.
* Frequently Asked Questions that answer the most common questions asked
when help is sought in completing Red Faction.
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############################# I. Introduction ##########################
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I've been planning to do this FAQ for quite awhile now, and it will be
my first published FAQ.  I've been following the game since Volition
began dropping hints about it leading up to its official announcement at
E3 2000.  Since I used to do work in the game biz, I've had the
opportunity to meet and interview several members of the development
team at Volition, and most of them have a lot of experience in game
development and really know their stuff.  So, I knew Red Faction wasn't
about to disappoint.  I'm writing this FAQ using the Playstation 2
version of Red Faction, but most of the information here should be quite
relevant for the Mac/PC versions when they ship later this year.  Enjoy.
You can reach the author at: covert@newsguy.com.
Feel free to send in questions, comments, information, suggestions, etc.
However, my day job is fairly demanding so don't expect an instant
reply.  I will try to respond to all e-mails that are polite,
respectful, understandable and contain the words "Red Faction" in the
subject line.
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######################### II. Version History ##########################
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Current Version: 2.0
Version 2.0 - 8/24/2001
Corrected some mistakes in the Table of Contents.  Added locations to
the Vehicles section.  Updated Colonel Masako in the Main Characters
section.  Added Enemies section.  Updated Items section.  Made
miscelleneous changes to the single-player walkthrough to better clarify
certain instructions.  Updated Frequently Asked Questions.  Updated
Secrets / Cheats section.  Removed Idle Motion from Weapons section.
Updated list of sites with permission to host this FAQ.  Updated Credits
section.  Continued Multi-player Level Guides section.
Version 1.9 - 6/22/2001
Provided some additional help for exiting the Executive Suites after
reaching Gryphon (courtesy of a tip from Cevin Key).  Added instructions
for getting a sniper rifle in Abandoned Mine (courtesy of a tip from
Kevin Gavioli). Completed the single-player walkthrough.
Version 1.8 - 6/18/2001
Added Tactics for the Armored Personal Carrier (APC) to the Vehicles
section.  Updated Frequently Asked Questions.  Made some spelling
corrections.  Made some miner changes to Abandoned Crusher and Capek's
Inner Sanctum in the single-player walkthrough.  Updated element listing
at the top of the FAQ.  Continued single-player walkthrough through the
Merc Command Center.
Version 1.7 - 6/15/2001
Made some more formatting changes.  Updated Frequently Asked Questions.
Continued single-player walkthrough through the Communications Center.
Version 1.6 - 6/13/2001
Made some additional formatting changes for the section titles.  Added
Orion, Gryphon, Capek, and Masako to the Main Characters section.  Added
Controls / HUD section.  Added Items section.  Updated Frequently Asked
Questions.  Added list of multi-player characters to Multi-player:
General Tips and Tactics section.  Continued single-player walkthrough
through the Grand Canyon.
Version 1.5 - 6/11/2001
Made extensive formatting changes.  Updated list of sites with
permission to host this FAQ.  Updated Secrets / Cheats section.  Updated
Frequently Asked Questions.  Updated Sub Bay section in single-player
walkthrough with additional options for travelling to the underwater
research lab.  Added Tactics for the All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to the
Vehicles section.  Continued single-player walkthrough through Capek's
Inner Sanctum.
Version 1.4 - 6/6/2001
Made some formatting corrections to the Weapons section.  Updated list
of sites with permission to host this FAQ.  Added some additional notes
to the single-player walkthrough introduction.  Added Secrets / Cheats
section.  Continued single-player walkthrough through the Cavern Entrance.
Version 1.3 - 6/4/2001
Made some formatting changes.  Updated list of sites with permission to
host this FAQ.  Added a Frequently Asked Questions section. Updated
Credits with some thanks for the free Red faction t-shirt.  Added an
introduction to the single-player walkthrough.  Added Tactics for the
Heavy Machine Gun and Grenade in the Weapons section.  Added Tactics for
the Submarine and Aesir Fighter in the Vehicles section.  Continued
single-player walkthrough through the Refuse Disposal Plant.
Version 1.2 - 6/1/2001
Added idle motion to riot shield in Weapons section.  Continued
single-player walkthrough through the Barracks.  Updated list of sites
with permission to host this FAQ.
Version 1.1 - 5/29/2001
Made some formatting changes.  Updated "The Lobby" and added
"Installation XJ5" to Multi-player: Level Guides section.  Added
Multi-player: Tips and Tactics section.  Updated Weapons section.
Started single-player walkthrough.  Added Credits.
Version 1.0 - 5/27/2001
Initial version of FAQ. Includes Background Story, Main Characters,
Weapons (some parts incomplete), Vehicles (some parts incomplete), and
Multi-player Level 1.  More multi-player levels and single-player
walkthrough in the next update.
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######################### III. Table of Contents #######################
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I.    Introduction
II.   Version History
III.  Table of Contents
IV.   Background Story
V.    Controls / Heads Up Display (HUD)
1. Controls
2. Heads Up Display (Single-player)
3. Heads Up Display (Multi-player)
VII.  Main Characters
1. Parker
2. Hendrix
3. Eos
4. Orion
5. Gryphon
6. Capek
7. Masako
VIII. Enemies
1. Ultor Guard
2. Riot Guard
3. Shotgun Ultor Guard
4. Rocket Ultor Guard
5. Assault Ultor Guard
6. Turret
7. Ceiling Turret
8. Reaper
9. Mutant Creature
10. Worm
11. Sniper Mercenary
12. Rail Driver Mercenary
13. Fusion Mercenary
IX.   Weapons
1. Control Baton
2. Riot Shield
3. 12 mm Pistol
4. Submachine Gun
5. Automatic Shotgun
6. Assault Rifle
7. Sniper Rifle
8. Remote Charge
9. Grenade
10. Flame Thrower
11. Rocket Launcher
12. Rail Driver
13. Precision Rifle
14. Heavy Machine Gun
15. Fusion Rocket Launcher
X.    Vehicles
1. All Terrain Vehicle (ATV)
2. Driller
3. Aesir Fighter
4. Submarine
5. Armored Personal Carrier (APC)
XI.   Single-Player Walkthrough
1. Idle Cinematic Narration
2. Opening Cinematic Narration from Parker
3. Live Mines
4. Mine Maintenance
5. Mine Entrance
6. Barracks Entrance
7. Barracks
8. Elevator in Registration
9. Miner Registration
10. Registration Lobby
11. Docking Bay
12. Exit from Docking Bay
13. Abandoned Mine
14. Crevasse
15. Abandoned Smelter
16. Abandoned Ore Hopper
17. Ventilation Shaft
18. Abandoned Crusher
19. Plant Entrance
20. Geothermal Power Plant
21. Sub Bay
22. Underwater Research
23. Administration Entrance
24. Corporate HQ
25. Executive Suites
26. Maintenance Entrance
27. Fighter Docking Bay
28. Fighter Testing Grounds
29. Refuse Disposal Plant
30. Medical Research
31. Cryogenic Storage
32. Capek's Lair
33. Cryogenic Storage (2)
34. Capek's Lair (2)
35. Capek's Lair (3)
36. Cavern Entrance
37. Underwater Cavern
38. The Artifact
39. Waterfall!
40. Capek's Zoo
41. Icy Underwater Cavern
42. Icy Sub Bay
43. Worm Food
44. Lab Entrance
45. Nanotech Lab
46. Capek's Inner Sanctum
47. Grand Canyon
48. Dry Waterfall
49. Grand Canyon (2)
50. Communications Center
51. Communications Tower
52. Shooting Gallery
53. Tramway Tunnel
54. Missile Command Center
55. Stranded!
56. Ancient Riverbed
57. Unexpected Cargo
58. Space Station Hub
59. Satellite Control
60. Space Station Hub (2)
61. Living Quarters
62. Space Station Hub (3)
63. Living Quarters (2)
64. Crash Site
65. Sniper Alley
66. A Bridge Too Far
67. Merc Prison Cells
68. Merc Barracks
69. Merc Command Center
70. Merc Power Plant
71. Docking Bay Entrance
72. Masako's Lair
73. Disarming the Bomb
XII.  Multi-player: General Tips and Tactics
XIII. Multi-player: Level Guides (work in progress)
1. The Lobby
2. Installation XJ5
3. Waste Disposal Plant
4. The Badlands
5. Hangar 18
6. Blasted Canyon
7. Waterlogged
8. Mine Warfare
9. Warlords
XIV.  Secrets / Cheats
XV.   Frequently Asked Questions
XVI.  Credits
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######################### IV. Background Story #########################
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Mars in the near future.
Mars is the planet of opportunity, its mineral wealth feeding the
insatiable needs of Earth, a planet stripped of raw materials and
minerals.  Ultor Corporation, aptly named after the ancient Roman temple
dedicated to Mars the god of war, owns all the mining rights on the
planet.  The company is an expert at maximizing production while
minimizing costs.  Fortunes are made as cargo ship after cargo ship
return to Earth filled with precious Noachite.
Mine workers, misled by promises of adventure and easy money, arrive on
Mars by the shuttle load.  Few ever make it back to Earth. Conditions in
the Ultor mines are brutal.  The work is dangerous and the miners'
living quarters are disgusting.  Environmental suits and bunks are
shared between miners on different shifts.  Food is lousy and in short
supply.  And beatings from Ultor guards are commonplace.
Worst of all, a mysterious, disfiguring Plague is running rampant
through the mines.  As the death toll rises and Ultor remains
complacent, the miners' fear and discontent grows.  Pamphlets and
posters from an underground organization begin appearing all over the
mining complex.  Signed by the mysterious Eos, the pamphlets tell of
bizarre deaths and missing comrades and urge the miners to take action
against Ultor.  Tensions run high.  The mines are wired like a powder
keg.  All it will take is a spark...
During a shift change, a young minder is brutally assaulted by an Ultor
guard.  Another miner, Parker (the main character, you), witnesses the
brutality and is quickly caught up in the chaos.  He has no choice.
Kill or be killed.  A rebellion explodes across Mars.
Can you live long enough to become a hero?
(Taken from the Red Faction PS2 Instruction Manual.)
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########################## V. Controls / HUD ###########################
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1. Controls
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The beauty of Red Faction's controls is that you don't have to accept
what Volition gives you.  Customizing every last control is an option,
as well as choosing from several different presets and setting the
sensitivity of the analog control sticks.  Set it up the way you like
it, and save to your memory card! (For my personal preferences and
recommendation for controls, see Frequently Asked Questions.)
- Left Analog Stick: Walk Forward, Walk Backward, Sidestep Left,
Sidestep Right.
- Right Analog Stick: Pitch, Turn.
- Directional Buttons:
- Up: Fine Aim Mode.
- Down: Center View.
- Left: Holster Weapon, Unholster Weapon.
- Right: Message Log.
- X Button: Use (open doors, hit buttons, open crates, etc.), Confirm
Menu Selection.
- O Button: Next Weapon.
- Square Button: Previous Weapon.
- Triangle Button: Reload, Cancel Menu Selection.
- L1 Button: Jump, Climb.
- L2 Button: Crouch, Descend.
- R1 Button: Fire.
- R2 Button: Alternate Fire, Zoom.
- Start Button: Pause Game.
- Select Button: In-Game Menu (Save, Load, Options, Quit).
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2. Heads Up Display (Single-player)
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- In the top left corner of the screen is your health (left number) and
envirosuit integrity (right number).
- In the top right corner of the screen is your ammo, including rounds
remaining in additional clips (left number) and rounds available in
current clip (right number).
- As you cycle through weapons using Next and Previous Weapon, they will
appear in an illustrated list along the right side of the screen.
Weapons with no ammo available will be dimmed, although still
selectable.
- Throughout the game, you'll receive messages from several different
people--primarily Hendrix--which will appear in a box at the top of the
screen.
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3. Heads Up Display (Multi-player)
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The Heads Up Display (HUD) in multi-player games contains the same
elements of the single-player HUD (except for messages) as well as a few
additional pieces of information:
- On the left side of the screen, your player name will be shown as
entered in the "player name" menu.
- Under the player name, the HUD will display how many kills you have
accumulated.
- Under kills, your current rank will be shown. For example, if you're
first in a game with five players, the HUD will show 1/5.
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######################### VII. Main Characters #########################
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1. Parker
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You are Parker, a miner employed by Ultor. One day you witness a guard
brutally attacking another miner and you are left with only once
choice--kill or be killed.
"I can't believe how stupid I was.  Yeah, 'Come to Mars, Help Make A New
World!'  How could I have believed that crap?
"I always thought I was different, better than most.  Mom and Dad--Dr.
and Dr. Parker, if you please--had my life all scoped out.  Private
schools, tutors, prep school, Ivy League for undergrad, then grad school
and on to a glittering career in academia.  They had me running their
little maze.
"I just couldn't take it anymore.  Never being able to separate what I
really wanted from what they'd trained me to want.  Not knowing where I
began and where they ended.  No achievement was praiseworthy.  When the
acceptance letter from Harvard came, they took it like no big deal, just
an expected turn in the maze.  I went nuts.  I ripped up the letter and
stormed out of the house, hardly able to see straight.  I wanted to do
something that wasn't another item to mark off on their progress chart.
Signing up for Ultor's mining operations on Mars sure fit that bill.  I
drove downtown, saw one of their recruiting offices, and it just
clicked.
"The next thing I knew, I was on a shuttle bound for Mars.  That's when
it hit me.  What was I doing?  The other recruits lost their lunch
during takeoff and it floated about the cabin for the whole ride.  I
dodged it during freefall, but when gravity returned on Mars, the mess
fell over all of us.
"Once we left the ship, it didn't get any better.  We were stripped
naked and then fire-hosed from sprayers in the walls and ceiling.  It
was humiliating--Ultor was showing us who was boss.  With the showers
over, they issued us uniforms.  None of them fit.  One new recruit tried
to complain. He got beaten by the guards and was hauled off to the
infirmary.  The rest of us kept our mouths shut.
"The barracks are a nightmare.  The narrow bunks are stacked in dank
rooms. Trash covers the floors and graffiti covers the walls.  It
wouldn't be so bad if the bed was ours, but we share them.  While we're
out in the mines, the previous shift uses our bunks.  It's gross.
"Once you're down in the mines, it's pure grunt work.  We smash the rock
out of the walls trying to follow a vein of noachite.  I'm not sure why
they just don't use bots to do the work.  Ultor has them all over the
place here.
"It's getting tense around here.  We're all scared and angry.  Angry at
Ultor for the conditions we work in and scared of the Plague.  Miners
are getting sick.  Not flu-sick but something worse.  Every day, dozens
of miners collapse, in the mines and in the barracks, without warning.
One minute they're fine, the next they're on the ground, writhing in
pain or sometimes unconscious even before they hit the floor.  And
there's something wrong with their faces too.  They seem...puffy or
stretched.  Some say that they've seen sick miners whose faces are
bulging or pulsating.  Everyone is on the verge of panic.
"Lately, there've been pamphlets slapped up on the barracks and
cafeteria walls.  They're calling for miners to go on strike against
Ultor, to refuse to work.  Some of the flyers even urge us to attack the
guards, to get back at them for all the years of mistreatment.  No one
knows who writes them. The pamphlets are signed 'Eos.'  Some say it's
the name of a group; some say it's the name of a woman who's trying to
stir up the miners.
"The security guards tear down the pamphlets as soon as they see them,
but the damage has already been done.  Dozens of people read them.  In a
few hours, hundreds of miners are talking about the latest pamphlet.
People are grumbling, glaring at guards, and openly muttering about a
strike or worse. It gets uglier every day.
"I don't know what to think or do.  I just want to get out of here
alive, somehow.  Harvard sounds better all the time."
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2. Hendrix
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During the game you will hear messages from Hendrix, an Ultor security
technician sympathetic to the cause. Press the Message Log button (right
on d-pad by default) to view them.
"Growing up, I never heard anything negative about Ultor.  Mom and Dad
gave their lives to the corporation, in more ways than one.  They blamed
the Plague on bad luck, a Martian virus, or bad air--anything but Ultor.
When you're in the belly of the beast, you shy away from wondering if
it has your best interests in mind.
"They wanted to keep me out of the mines in the worst way.  They pushed
me to excel at my studies and glowed with pride at every achievement.
As long as I did well in Ultor's schools, I could stay out of the mines.
I took all of the tech courses I could.  Not just the mechanical stuff
that Ultor pushed on all of us, but comp sci, physics,
chemistry--everything they'd let me into. Even that didn't stop me.
When they wouldn't let me into a certain class, I just borrowed the
tapes from someone who was.  I wasn't going to wind up in the mines.
"As I grew older, I started to hack into Ultor's systems.  At first, I
was extremely cautious.  A friend of mine, Danny, his father supposedly
stole something.  After Ultor found out, Danny's whole family was gone
overnight. I made sure I wouldn't get caught, and started by breaking
into unimportant systems like the lock controls on the door to our
apartment or the lights.
"It took me a long time to get up the courage to crack a system outside
our apartment.  I kept picturing Danny and his family.  I finally
screwed up my nerve and started to hack into the grading records for our
complex's school. I figured security would be pretty lax there, all
things considered.  It took me about two weeks of cautious trial and
error, but I finally got in.  I made sure I just looked around.  When no
one came knocking at our door over the next few days, I went back in and
made some small changes to tests scores for a couple of my friends.  I
was afraid to do more, as the teachers might notice.
"When I finished the tech program at age 15, they put me to work in the
robot maintenance division, working on bot electronics.  For the past
ten years, I've worked long and hard at it, rising from maintenance to
SciLab support and now to security technician.
"All that time, my real work has gone on at home.  One of the first
subsystems I looked for was Ultor's snooper/tracker programs. By
watching them work, I figured out how to avoid detection on my nightly
forays.  They're not that smart, so it wasn't hard.  I felt safer then
and began to explore further. I cracked hundreds of Ultor systems, never
touching data or code, never leaving a trace (at least I hope not).
Over the years, I've broken into almost every important system in the
mining complex.
"The exceptions are certain areas within the SciLabs' computer
subnetwork and the medical facility subnetwork.  Incredible security and
layers of complex encoding surround all files within these areas.  When
I first encountered the SciLab section of the network, over two years
ago, it scared me to death. Every few months I work up the courage to
look again, but I always stop short.  I'm not even sure I really want to
see what's inside anyway.  I've got a bad feeling about it.
"Those network sections are under the personal security of Dr. Capek,
the head of Ultor's Science Labs.  He's the scariest person I've ever
met.  He looks like he's half robot, with implants all over his body.  I
think most of my fear of the SciLab subnet centers on running into
Capek, even in a virtual arena.
"For years, I've existed in two worlds.  The physical world that I share
with everyone else here in the daily drudgery of this hellish mining
complex.  But the virtual world of Ultor's computer net is mine alone.
I've never talked about it with anyone, and I've never spotted another
human presence among the autonomous programs that run the complex.
"The irony of my current position doesn't escape me.  Here I am, a
security technician, entrusted with observing and maintaining a roomful
of security monitors and data analysis equipment.  I can watch activity
in dozens of areas throughout the mining complex.  I can also switch a
monitor to show the view through any miner's helmet cam, giving me a
choice of thousands of mobile cameras.  And yet, I might be Ultor's
single greatest security risk.
"With what I know about the systems here, I could probably bring the
entire mining operation crashing down.  But they'd be sure to find me
then, and I don't even want to think about that.  I can help out anyone
who wants to fight Ultor, though, whatever I can do without much risk.
Maybe keep the rebels one step ahead.
"There are some miners who're willing to start a revolt against Ultor.
The one making the most noise right now goes by the code name 'Eos.'  Her
group has been posting flyers urging miners to rise up against Ultor.
"I know who Eos is.  Worse yet, Ultor knows too.  That's how I found
out--by looking through Ultor security files.  I want to warn her, to
tell her that Ultor's on to her and is biding its time for some reason.
But I can't bring myself to contact her.  I can't risk exposure.
They're watching her and they might catch me.
"So I sit and watch too, hoping things turn out OK.  I've been watching
for years now, as things slowly fall apart, as the miners and Ultor get
closer and closer to a final confrontation.
"That's the way I've always dealt with the world--by sitting and
watching. Even when my parents died.  They both seemed like they'd live
and work forever.  One day, a little over a year ago, we had just
finished dinner when Dad started shivering and twitching, more violently
every second.  He flopped onto the floor before Mom or I could reach
him.  His face was bulging and stretching like it was made of rubber.
Lumps were moving around under his clothes too.  Mom freaked out.  I
called the medics, but he was dead before they got here.  They said it
was the Plague and had no idea what caused it.
"I'd heard of the Plague, of course.  Lots of people on Mom and Dad's
shifts had been hit over the last few years.  It always struck suddenly.
Sometimes the victim died within minutes and sometimes he was still
alive when the medics took him away.  None of the miners taken away ever
came back, so I'm pretty sure they died too.
"After Mom got over the shock of Dad's death, she got mad, really mad.
Dad had been in for his annual checkup at our section's medical facility
just a week before and she thought they should have found it then.  She
railed on and on, night after night, about the medics' incompetence and
how they could have cured him of the Plague.  She went in for her annual
four months later and came back ticked off all over again.  Turns out
she gave them a piece of her mind the whole time she was in there.
Three weeks after that, my supervisor came into the monitoring room and
told me Mom had collapsed in the tunnels and died before they could get
her to a medfac.
"My annual checkup is in two weeks; I'm not going."
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3. Eos
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Eos is the leader of the resistance movement on Mars. When Parker and a
few brave miners fight back against the guards' brutality, the Red
Faction triggers a full-scale revolt.
"There's no going back now.  We've finally made a move, after all these
years of planning and talking.  With last night's attack, we're finally
committed.
"Orion rigged the bomb.  Once he was clear, I hit the Alert button
outside the cafeteria.  When the security guards ran out of their
barracks, the blast took out six of them.  That should stir things up.
"I can't think of them as people.  There's too much at stake here.  They
work for Ultor, helping the company kill miners.  They're the enemy.
Too many of my friends have died to feel pity now.  We need to harden
attitudes on both sides, to make conflict inevitable.  Once miners
realize they have no choice, once they know their lives depend on
defeating Ultor, then they'll fight. And we'll win.
"I can't believe it took this long.  Ultor's made us live like animals
for so many years that we've forgotten we're human.  People have been
beaten down, physically and mentally, and it's going to take a strong
shock to get them back up.  We're going to provide the juice, even if it
kills us.  But no matter what, the miners here will never go back to
lurching through life like zombies.  We're going to make sure of that.
"Mom was one of the early Plague victims, over four years ago.
Something about the reactions of the docs and techs in the medical
facility made me wonder what was really going on.  When she died, I saw
guilt burn across a doc's face.  I started screaming, blaming Ultor.  My
Dad dragged me back to our apartment and locked me in my room until I
stopped yelling.  He refused to hear it.  But I knew.  I just shut up
and churned inside.
"That night, I decided to rid Mars of Ultor.  I had to do it for my Mom,
for what they did to her.  It began with getting Orion on board.  We'd
grown up together and I knew I could trust him.  And that is where it
all began.
"As our core group grew, it got harder to meet without arousing
suspicion. Orion and I decided to create a smoke screen of athletic
competitions between miner barracks.  Each barracks could field one or
more teams to meet in weekly contests.  We submitted a proposal to
Gryphon, Ultor's Deputy Administrator. It made my skin crawl to ask him
for something, but he quickly approved the idea.  A good morale booster
is what he thought.  It's pretty funny that Ultor is helping cover up
our activities.
"It was Orion who came up with the name Red Faction for our team.  He
thought the political sense of "Faction" would have meaning only for us.
And the "Red" symbolized that we represented all of Mars.  The name
clicked with everyone, and Red Faction became the first team to join the
new league.
"Once the league got underway, we met several times a week for
"training" sessions.  We couched all our planning in sports terms.  This
gave a light- hearted feel to a frightening undertaking.  Our meetings
were also less dangerous because Ultor had to spread its monitoring
efforts among the many teams in the competitions.
"We all took code names to use within the group.  It probably doesn't
provide all that much protection, but it makes us feel a little safer.
We'll see. Keeping the group