Faction Name: Repubblica di Acqua
History: The Repubblica di Acqua was formed shortly after the disbanding of the Player faction, and has a rather vibrant history. The first leader of the RdA had intended for it to be a fair nation that gave rights to its citizens, while still able to rule with an iron fist when necessary. This has been abused by many leaders after him, resulting in many wars breaking out, the most recent one being the Guerra di Migliaia. The name of this war translates to "War of Thousands", due to the fact that tens of thousands of ships were lost on both sides of this war.

During the Guerra di Migliaia, the current general of the RdA miltary, Sonico Pioggia, was an admiral on a Chiatta class ship. During one of the deciding battles of the war, it is said when both ships had run out of ammo, she had swum over to the enemy ship alone, with nothing but a sword, and cleared the entire ship herself. She returned clutching her right hand, inexplicably unable to move it, and a large scar across her face. The war had cost the RdA the majority of its military vehicles, and shortly after the end of the Guerra di Miglaiai, the citizens of the RdA rebelled against the current leader, putting Joshua Impavido in his place. Thus far the new leader of the RdA has managed to settle disputes between the RdA and other factions, even after various battles, leading to an era of peace.

However long that may last.

Faction Colors: Gray, Dark red, and Blue.
Faction Flag: 
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Faction Ships:
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The cheapest and most basic ship in the RdA fleet. Equipped with a fast-firing cannon that fires mainly kinetic rounds, as well as a single fragmentation IR seeking missile on the front. Also has a shield attached to the front of the turret. Made of wood & is extremely lightly armored.

Resource cost: 9872 Wood, 12255 Metal, 6305 Oil, 11460 Parts, 265 Crystal.
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[hider=Resource Gatherer]
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The basic resource gatherer that the RdA uses. Has no weaponry, but is equipped with 4 shields spinning at high speed to prevent cannon shells from connecting with it.

Resource cost: 3789 Wood, 4350 Metal, 2480 Oil, 5320 Parts, 120 Crystal.
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[hider=Submarine]
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The RdA submarine is designed to attack enemy ships underside with its laser systems. Has no countermeasures, due to the fact that the only weapon that can effectively damage it underwater is torpedoes. Laser system is fairly powerful, but does low damage due to losing power underwater.

Resource cost: 32582 Wood, 128752 Metal, 6435 Oil, 26000 Parts, 5375 Crystal.
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[hider=Chiatta Class Hull]
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The "Chiatta" class is the pride and joy of the RdA navy. Made primarily of metal, the "Chiatta" class is extremely tough. Weapon systems include one extremely fast firing turret on the back that fires mainly low-caliber kinetic shells, a large set of upwards-firing missiles that will turn to hit the enemy in the middle, a single, large caliber turret loaded with explosive shells on the front that is very slow to fire. In terms of countermeasures it has two sets of 4 spinning heat decoys on the rear of its pontoons, laser missile defenses set up in the middle of its pontoons, shields blocking the front, covering the missile system, on the front of the rear turret, and two on the sides at the rear defending critical systems. It is also capable of deploying two Elicotteros from the sides.

Resource cost: 87166 Wood, 239106 Metal, 26115 Oil, 66806 Parts, 2505 Crystal.
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[hider=Elicottero]
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The Elicottero is an extremely fast flying design, with armor in the form of a light metal alloy. It uses the helicopter blade on the top to get to a sufficient altitude, then continues to fly using sheer jet power. Armed with a basic fragmentation IR missile system on the bottom, it will fire 3 volleys on the enemy before flying past, turning again and performing another attack run. It has countermeasures in the form of a single shield on the front defending it from cannon shells, as well as two heat decoys on the front sides.

Resource cost: 8545 Wood, 26280 Metal, 2310 Oil, 9904 Parts, 185 Crystal.
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[hider=Fulmine]
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The Fulmine is designed to be deployed over the RdA home base and nowhere else. It has armor in the form of light metal alloy, it is armed with absolutely no countermeasures, due to the fact that the only weapon that can hit it in space is a sufficiently accurate laser system. It has weaponry in the form of an extremely accurate laser system, which does huge amounts of damage.

Resource cost: 28629 Wood, 98360 Metal, 6625 Oil, 38829 Parts, 8065 Crystal.
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[hider=Schermato]
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The Schermato is a low flying ballooncraft which is made primarily of wood. It has countermeasures in the form of a laser missile defense system on the nose, and a large number of shields mounted on the bottom. It flies with a set of helicopter blades on the bottom, and air balloons on the top. It is armed with a single, fast firing cannon loaded with high-explosive ammunition. 

Resource cost: 55715 Wood, 45885 Metal, 15940 Oil, 46200 Parts, 19010 Crystal.
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[hider=Casa]
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The Casa is the main fortress the RdA uses. It is used as both its home base and is deployed near RdA borders. It is constructed of a light metal alloy, and has weapons in the form of two fast firing high explosive cannons, and a missile turret with a set of 6 short ranged missiles. It has countermeasures in the form of shields spinning at high speeds near the bottom, guarding the main computer and other critical components, as well as a laser missile defense system on the top. It has repair tentacles hidden inside for constructing ships.

Resource cost: 38872 Wood, 184830 Metal, 23450 Oil, 85972 Parts, 18430 Crystal.
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Leader: Joshua Impavido, the leader of the RdA, has a generally cautious approach towards foreign relations. He is known to be fair and calculative. He has shown that he has no fear of waging war in the past.
Important Figures:
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Sonico Pioggia is the general of the RdA military. She was an admiral in the Guerra di Migliaia, or the "War of Thousands". It was known that she boarded one of the enemy's ships alone, clearing and capturing it herself. She has excellent experience in war tactics, and her rage is feared by every member of the RdA military.

She has long, dark hair that turns red at the tips and covers up her right eye. Should her right eye be seen, one will find that it has turned a milky white, and that she is blind in that eye. There are small, strange pieces of metal attached to the joints on her right hand. She prefers to dress in military garb rather than her officer's outfit.
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[hider=Truffatore Ingannevole]
Truffatore Ingannevole is the manager of foreign relations for the RdA. He is known to be incredibly deceptive and manipulative. 

He is well groomed, with short black hair, and typically wears a business suit.
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[hider=Chris Capitano]
Chris Capitano is the designer of the RdA military vehicles. He is known to be incredibly smart, and knows what he's doing when designing something. He is incredibly inventive. 

He is a tall, lanky man with short, messy blonde hair. He typically wears a simple blue T-shirt as well as a pair of jeans, and a pair of glasses donning his face.
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Other: I'll be adding a few rules regarding resource gathering after this, due to the fact that I realized I did not include them.