The Helion Front

HQ : Zemjelos Major

Found on : Zemjelos Major, 51-Pegasus, Duzara

 

The Helion Front is a hardline, accelerationist paramilitary movement born on 51-Pegasus.  They believe that the symbolic politics of Khariton in particular, and Zemjelos in general, are a cancer— and that strength, speed, and unilateral control are the only viable modes of survival in a dangerous galaxy.

Though not officially a state or corporation, the Helion Front operates with military precision, and has embedded itself in infrastructure, private security, and transport hubs on at the three primary planets across the system.

 

They have long despised Khariton and its tidal consensus model, calling it “the drowning parliament” in their propaganda.  They refuse to hear the need for a more reasoned exploitation of Zemjelos' ocean resources.  They would rather zip across the planet in VTOL craft rather than travel, however swiftly, across its expanses of water.

With the Solar Chord Pulse having severed orbital coordination, they see their moment.  With the satellite surveillance system massively disrupted, they move quickly to militarize key docking nexuses.  They claim they are “securing cargo for redistribution”, but in practice, they are commandeering goods, rerouting medical supplies, and denying access to anyone not aligned.

In smaller, more isolated settlements, they offer fuel, rations, power cells — in exchange for governance concessions, like dismantling civic councils or installing Helion "advisors".  Locals are told "You’ve floated too long. It’s time to march.”

 

On Zemlejos Major, Helion sleeper cells awaken — saboteurs, agitators, and disinformation agents already embedded in lower-city networks.  They broadcast pirate signals calling the government of Khariton a “crippled elite,” urging seasteaders and outer reefs to declare independence and accept Helion "structural assistance".  In some areas, hydrogrid nodes are mysteriously disabled, giving the appearance of council failure.

The key figure that has emerged on Zemjelos is Commander Vir Rend.  He defected from military service after witnessing what he called “the bureaucratic paralysis of peacetime command.”  He is charismatic, ruthless, and deeply disdainful of what he calls “ceremonial governance.”  He believes the electromagnetic pulse was “the natural culling of stagnant systems” and is urging Helion operatives to "strike before the tide turns."

Khariton’s reliance on deliberation, balance, and memory makes it anathema to the Helion worldview. Where Khariton sees the Forum basin as a place to listen, the Helion Front sees it as a vulnerability — a culture waiting to be swept aside.