Faction Name: National Space Defense Force Black Dog Squadron (aka the [b]Black Dogs[/b])
Universe: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1998_video_game)]BattleZone (1998)/BattleZone: The Red Odyssey (1998)[/url]
Summary in a Sentence: Patriotic American alien hover tanks in space!
Description: The National Space Defense Force (NSDF) was a top secret organization co-founded with NASA that used a substance called Bio-Metal to create hover tanks to wage war (during the old War on Earth) against the Soviet Cosmo Colonist Army (CCA) on various moons and planets throughout the Solar System. Bio-Metal (colloquially referred to as "scrap") was found in a meteor shower in the Bering Strait and was discovered to have memory properties, as well as extraordinary strength - normal projectiles were totally ineffective against it. The NSDF Black Dogs were a special, elite squadron within the NSDF with upgraded vehicles that typically got the toughest missions. In the game, the NSDF and CCA fought on the Moon, Mars, Venus, Io, Europa, Titan and a fictional Uranus moon called Achilles. During that time the CCA experimented with alien relic technology they found, creating powerful saucer-like crafts called Furies that quickly became sentient and revolted against their creators, causing the NSDF and CCA to join forces to defeat them, destroying Achilles in the process. In the Red Odyssey expansion pack, the NSDF Black Dogs had a new foe, the Chinese, who discovered how to open portals to another dimension. The Black Dogs (and the NSDF as a whole) have had these two conflicts successfully wrapped up for a some time when they are dropped into the hex. The NSDF as a whole is a very war-hardened organization, not afraid to unleash deadly force at a moment's notice, but it also does not attack without reason and/or provocation. The entire "nation" community in the hex is simply the soldiers (usually tank pilots) when they are not out fighting.
Technology Level: Cold War ET-assisted sci-fi
Magical or other Supernatural Powers: use of and reliance on the alien Bio-Metal material
Other: An outpost named Eagle's Nest One is the area transported to the hex. Eagle's Nest One starred in and was the namesake of BattleZone's second mission, and was an important outpost on Earth's moon (Luna). In the universe the hex occupies, it has since flourished into a huge, sprawling base occupied by the Black Dogs and used as the center of all NSDF Lunar operations (so although the official faction is the Black Dogs for the sake of recognizability in the Hex, both Black Dog and non-Black Dog NSDF divisions occupy the base.
Important People: 
+Name: General Collins
+Role: Leader
+Description: General Collins is the hardworking commander of all NSDF forces throughout the original game and was stationed in Eagle's Nest One when the warp to the hex occurred.
+Brief Bio: n/a

Hex Location: 5,5
Terrain Type: Hilly Cratered Plains (Lunar)
Important Terrain Features: artificial roads/platforms underneath much of the base ([url=http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/43/42269/b_zoned.jpg]like so[/url]), large craters surrounding the base (there are two (north and south) main entrances into the base) that hide the base from external view
Important Structures: [url=http://static.gamespot.com/uploads/square_small/mig/0/3/2/8/270328-battlezo_001.jpg]Command[/url] - where everything for the base and all Lunar operations are conducted. Launch Pad (no image) - where vehicles are launched into orbit to be transferred to another moon/planet.
Other: The base contains multiple Recyclers (the most valuable unit in the game, as it is essential to building any other units), Mobile Unit Factories (advanced offensive unit production), Armories (weapon deployment), and Constructors (base building). These are the four capital units in the game. There are also many Gun Towers, Cafeterias, Barracks, Supplies, Hangars, and so on. In short, the base is fully prepared to defend against or attack anything, but due to reliance on bio-metal the outpost is almost nonfunctional due to the severe lack of it on the hexes.