14 DAY TRIAL // Respawn Entertainment has just revealed a bunch of fresh details about one of the main factions from the upcoming Titanfall first-person shooter, in the form of the Militia, as well as three of its most important characters – MacAllan, Bish, and Sarah.
Titanfall charts the war between the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (aka IMC) and the Militia across several planets around the galaxy.
Developer Respawn has just revealed a batch of fresh details about the Militia, including how it incorporates practically anyone willing to stand up to the IMC.
"The Frontier Militia represents the military arm of the Frontier systems' territorial defense pact. The Militia is a loosely governed mishmash of homesteaders, bandits, mercenaries, and pirates, all rising up as 'citizen soldiers' when the need arises. Naturally the people in this melting pot don’t always see eye to eye on how to deal with the IMC’s exploitation of the Frontier, but they are unified in fighting against it."
The Militia is divided into different Brigades, who are then responsible for fighting against the IMC in special sections of the Frontier. One of the biggest Brigades incorporates the Marauder Corps, aka M-COR, which operates in the Freeport system.
Among the most important characters in M-COR are MacAllan, Bish, and Sarah, who have been detailed by Respawn below.
MacAllan
A highly decorated veteran of the Titan Wars, MacAllan served as the executive officer of the IMS Odyssey, under the command of Vice Admiral Marcus Graves. The Odyssey’s mission was part of a peacekeeping operation on the Frontier for the IMC. Official IMC reports indicate that MacAllan led a mutiny aboard the Odyssey fifteen years ago, citing numerous grievances with the IMC’s treatment of Frontier citizens. However, these reports have not been proven, in the absence of the ship’s flight data recorder, which was lost when MacAllan and his people escaped with the Odyssey, and disappeared into an uncharted sector of the Frontier.
Bish
The name Bish is short for Bishamon, the mythological god of warriors within the Japanese Seven Gods of Fortune. Bish is an IMC-trained electrical engineer, born and raised on Earth. After getting [tricked] over by the IMC on a Frontier job placement that cost him all his savings just to move out there, he ended up in the right place at the right time – the notorious ‘Bish bar brawl’ - to take the Militia’s timely offer of employment. Bish now serves as a Combat Intel Specialist, remote hacking into IMC systems during combat on behalf of ground forces, tracking mission progress, and giving tactical guidance to Pilots on the ground.
Sarah
As a child, Sarah lost several close members of her family to incidents in which the IMC displaced Frontier citizens by force. As a result, she vowed to take revenge on the IMC at every possible opportunity, refusing to rest until they have been removed from the Frontier. For most of her career, she served in Covert Operations for the Militia, before moving into the command ranks of the Militia’s Marauder Corps. Her long list of successful attacks on IMC installations landed her on the IMC’s High Value Target List, where she remains listed as one of the 50 most dangerous Militia operatives still at large.
Titanfall is set to receive way more details in the near future so expect to hear more about the online shooter soon.