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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kronos182" data-source="post: 8628099" data-attributes="member: 6668634">MaquisThe Maquis is a resistance group, or terrorists, depending on who you talk to. In the Star Trek Prime Timeline universe, they fight against the Cardassian Union after their homes were given to the Cardassian Union in the Demilitarized Zone between the Federation of Planets and Cardassian Union. While they primarily fought against the Cardassians, they also fought the Federation for abandoning them. When the Cardassian Union joined the Dominion, the Dominion wiped out the Maquis, with very few survivors taking to hiding.Thanks to the Cluless Virus, the Maquis have a second life, with some still living on the same planets, and others grabbing up as much technology, weapons and ships they could from the chaos. After the chaos, the Cardassian Union and the Federation mostly ignored the Demilitarized Zone, which suited the Maquis as they were able to fortify their planets and later petitioned to be recognized as an independent state. They've worked deals with other governments to help legitimize their independence and some members offer services as couriers, thanks to their background smuggling weapons and supplies during their fight against the Cardassians.A second faction of Maquis exists, that has been building up an arsenal in secret, still attacking Cardassian forces and occasionally the Federation as well. They send some of their captured weapons, ships and other technologies to the Maquis homes, after modifications to hide where it came from. This group has learned many lessons from having been destroyed before and working even more in secret than before. They've gotten quite good at using other technologies and their advantages over that from their own universe. They particularly like using the different hyperspace systems out there from the Stargate Universe, Star Wars and Babylon 5 universes, which allows them to strike and escape undetected, or at least incredibly difficult to track.Game HooksIf the players are sympathetic to the Maquis, they may be approached by Maquis members to help obtain technologies and other supplies to help their planets. After doing multiple missions they may even be trusted with doing missions for the second faction, including attacking the Cardassian Union or Federation.Players that are members of the Federation of Planets, or allied with Starfleet, may be approached to spy on Maquis planets looking for terrorist activities, or hunt down members of the second faction. They may even used to transport relief supplies to the more poorer Maquis planets, or act as third party negotiators or mediators between them and the MaquisSimilar missions can be found from the Cardassian Union or Dominion. These two groups may even hire the players to raid and sabotage Maquis ships, facilities and planets, even assassination of key members.</blockquote>

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