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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/35796
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

I am writing a side story called, _The Afterglow of Jovian_, which mainly takes place sometime during the final stages of the main story. Here's a brief gist of the main story to give some context,

- The main story takes place in the future, 566 E.A.E.
- By this time mankind has successfully colonized most of the planets and moons in the Solar System.
- Due to the immense success of colonization and terraforming, from the end of the year 2099 A.D there was an exodus from Earth.
- Thus 2100 A.D is officially marked as the epoch for the start of E.A.E (_Exodus: After Earth_) era.
- Eventually, a global government called the _Third Planet Alliance_ is formed as a form of a global government. 
- The main story follows _Lisa Roberts_ who is part of an elite counter-insurgency unit called the _Titans_, who are tasked with neutralizing the terrorist faction known as _Jovian Liberation Army_.
- The _Jovian Liberation Army_ are a military resistance coalition formed between the moons _Europa, Ganymede_ and _Callisto_ of the _Jovian system_.

The main story, as mentioned above, mainly focuses on _Lisa Roberts_ and the _Titans_ neutralizing and eliminating the terrorist faction. In my side story, I am thinking about telling the story from the terrorist faction side. While in the process, I am also thinking of exploring more of the backstory and the reason for the uprising of the _Jovian Liberation Army_.

My only worry is: Is it a good idea for the protagonist to be a terrorist? Generally, people don't like the word "terrorist", due to the negative connotation associated with the word. And, it is generally also frowned upon in society. Because of this dilemma, I am also thinking to introduce a secondary main character who at one point, during the very early years of Jovian Liberation moment, was a former Titan member. But, he becomes disillusioned with the Third Planet Alliance government when he is ordered to gun down the severely undermanned and unharmed _Jovian_ resistances soldiers. I am thinking this might help the readers to connect a bit at least.

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