If you haven't taken two minutes of your life to watch our newest story trailer which premiered on Spike this past Friday, go . Below, Designer, Drew Holmes, has written up some extra information on the back story for Red Faction: Guerrilla, detailing why Alec Mason must join the Red Faction in their fight for freedom. Click the jump to read the excerpt and view some brand new screenshots.

"They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally, they became heroes."
-Anonymous

Near the end of the 21st century, a rag-tag group of miners known as the Red Faction defeated the oppressive Ultor Corporation in the mine shafts of Mars with the help of the Earth Defense Force.

But the celebration didn't last long.

If the EDF hadn't arrived when they did, the rebellion would have failed. So when command posts and military bases sprouted up, it was considered a fair trade-off for a Free Mars. Roughly fifty years have passed, and resentment is steadily building against the EDF. In an effort to keep the peace, the military has resorted to harsher methods of law enforcement. Armed patrols are commonplace, and the civilian population has taken to the streets to protest the declaration of martial law. The military, once viewed as liberators, is now seen as an occupying force. Meanwhile, an underground resistance is swiftly gathering strength to combat the EDF. The Red Faction has been resurrected, with its battle cry unchanged: "Better Red than Dead!"

With Earth's economy in chaos and its riot plagued cities in the grasp of police states, miner Alec Mason arrives on Mars hungry for a new life. He joins his brother Dan, a longtime settler and demolitions tech, on the rugged Tharsis frontier. Their reunion sets off a chain-reaction of events that plunges the planet into full-blown war, and transforms Alec from unwitting accomplice to the rebellion's last hope.

- Drew Holmes