Canon
The concept of canon as it relates to the Red Faction universe is explained on this page.
Across the wiki, you may notice some information is provided with a (VC) or (CC) listed after it. These abbreviations are used to differentiate between elements considered Volition Canon and elements considered Community Canon.
Volition Canon (VC)
Volition Canon, denoted by (VC), refers to aspects of the Red Faction universe established by the official games, or through officially-release supplemental materials.
Community Canon (CC)
Community Canon, denoted by (CC), refers to aspects of the Red Faction universe that the community has decided to consider Canon. As a general principle, Community Canon should only be created to "fill in gaps" left by Volition Canon, and expand the universe beyond what was established in Volition Canon. Unless explicitly indicated otherwise, anything considered Volition Canon is also considered Community Canon.
Community Canon should conflict with Volition Canon only where a contradiction exists within established Volition Canon. In this case, the problematic Volition Canon is removed from the body of lore considered Community Canon. Community Canon should contain no contradictions.
Continuities
The following is a breakdown of the different community-recognized continuities within the realm of Red Faction series canon.
| Campaign | First Release | Author(s) | Premise | Download | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official Continuity (Volition Canon) Stories established as official Volition canon in the Red Faction universe. | ||||||||
| Red Faction (Mobile) | Oct 20, 2005 | Blue Beck | Kava escapes Mars. | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction (1) | May 22, 2001 | Volition Inc. | Parker rises up against the Ultor corporation. | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction (N-Gage) | Dec 10, 2003 | Monkeystone Games | Parker rises up against the Ultor corporation. This is a retelling of the original story from Red Faction (1). | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction II (Mobile) | 2006 | Big Blue Bubble | Sekt assists Eos and the Red Faction with kicking off the miner revolt in a desperate bid for freedom. | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction II | Oct 16, 2002 | Volition Inc. | Alias, member of a rogue squad of elite nano-enhanced super soldiers created by Chancellor Victor Sopot, team up with the Commonwealth Red Faction rebellion to eliminate the corrupt chancellor and restore peace and prosperity to the Commonwealth. | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction: Guerrilla (Mobile) | 2007 | G5 Entertainment | A Red Faction rebel carries out various attacks on EDF property to weaken their hold on Mars. | N/A | ||||
| Demons of the Badlands | August 13, 2009 | Volition Inc. | Samanya rescues her sister Vasha from EDF custody. | N/A | ||||
| A Fire on Mars | July 1st, 2009 | Paul De Meo | Daniel Mason and his crew are heading back to base after hitting an EDF target when they catch wind of a potential plan to create new battle armor. | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction: Guerrilla | June 2, 2009 | Volition Inc. | Alec Mason rises up against the Earth Defense Force to free Mars from the former liberators turned oppressors. | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction: Origins | June 4, 2011 | Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, & Andrew Kreisberg | Jake Mason discovers that his sister Lyra is still alive, and a sinister plot to disrupt the lives of all Martians is brewing beneath the surface. | N/A | ||||
| Family Record | July 1st, 2011 | Scott Rogers & Paul De Meo | Pending writeup | N/A | ||||
| Red Faction: Armageddon | June 7, 2011 | Volition Inc. | Adam Hale, leader of a splinter faction of rogue Marauders, successfully destroys the terraformer and forces all Martians underground. Five years later, Darius Mason, ex Red Faction soldier, is hired for a drilling job gone wrong. One that unleashes an unthinkable alien armageddon upon Mars. | N/A | ||||
| Community Revised Continuity Stories considered part of the community "Revised" continuity. These campaigns recognize all aspects of and are effectively an extension of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| Kava: a Red Faction Prequel | Nov 1, 2021 | Chris "Goober" Parsons | This campaign revisits aspects of the Red Faction (Mobile) story in a more fleshed out way, plus adds additional canonical content. | From FactionFiles | ||||
| Red Doom Continuity Continuity that includes the Red Doom campaign and may exclude certain parts of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| Red Doom | Jun 5, 2006 | Stephen "SKA-Diesel" Cameron | Pending writeup | From FactionFiles | ||||
| Toxic Agenda Continuity Continuity that includes the Toxic Agenda campaign and may exclude certain parts of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| Toxic Agenda | Oct 22, 2022 | MysticaL-AceR | Ultor Corporation has alot of its facilities still operating on planet Mars. You as an unknown miner are going to put an end to this. Being called out into action as the rebellion intercepted a Chemical Toxic Plant, the Ultor is producing nuclear weapons through various toxic and dangerous materials in order to obliterate the Red Faction. | From FactionFiles | ||||
| Nano-Theft Continuity Continuity that includes the Nano-Theft campaign and may exclude certain parts of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| Nano-Theft | Oct 22, 2022 | Intharth | Steal the Nano-cell from the EDF and kickstart the chain of events that will lead to Chancellor Sopot obtaining it for himself! | From FactionFiles | ||||
| Taking Fire Continuity Continuity that includes the Taking Fire campaign and may exclude certain parts of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| Taking Fire | Feb 20, 2008 | LightStrike (Paul C) | Pending writeup | From FactionFiles | ||||
| EDF In Crisis Continuity Continuity that includes campaigns built by Gremlin and may exclude certain parts of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| EDF In Crisis | Oct 22, 2005 | Liam "Gremlin" McGuire | Campaign set on-board the EDS Unity after the events of Red Faction (1). | From FactionFiles | ||||
| Laboratory | Dec 4, 2007 | Liam "Gremlin" McGuire | Pending writeup | From FactionFiles | ||||
| Fighter Continuity Continuity that includes the RF Fighter campaign and may exclude certain parts of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| Red Faction Fighter | Jan 11, 2021 | RoMeK | Pending writeup | From FactionFiles (v1.0) From FactionFiles (v1.1) | ||||
| Spaceport Continuity Continuity that includes the Spaceport campaigns and may exclude certain parts of the official continuity. | ||||||||
| Spaceport | Jan 20, 2007 | Kostas "kmh" Hatalis | Pending writeup | From FactionFiles | ||||
| Spaceport Redux | Jul 6, 2009 | Kostas "kmh" Hatalis | Pending writeup | From FactionFiles (v1.0) From FactionFiles (fix) | ||||
| Spaceport Revised | Dec 8, 2021 | Kostas "kmh" Hatalis, MysticaL-AceR, & HeyItsDuke | Pending writeup | From FactionFiles | ||||