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The Volgans are a fictional fascist Russian government appearing in ''2000 AD'' in the ''Invasion!''/''Savage'' and the Ro-Busters/ABC Warriors by Pat Mills. The stories are set in different times: ''Savage'' in the present day (originally the near future of 1999), after the Volgan conquest of Europe, and ''ABC Warriors'' in 2080s when the Volgans fell to the United States of America. (The two series began a crossover from ''Savage Book 5'', with the original Mark 1 ABC Warrior robots deployed in 2009). ''Invasion!'' was originally going to use the Soviet Union as the main villains but at the last minute, the comic was ordered to change them into a fictional villain to avoid antagonizing the Soviet Embassy in London, due to Britain and the Western world being engaged in détente with the Soviet Union during the mid/late 1970s.〔Thrill Power Overload, Judge Dredd Megazine 4.09〕 In 2004, it was made explicitly clear the Volgans were Russians. ==Volgan history== The Volgan Republic of Asia was founded when an individual called Vashkov united the Volgograd citizens into a fascist party named after the local river. Leading the party to a military coup in 1991,〔Prog 1388, ''Savage Book I: Taking Liberties: Part Two''〕 he declared himself the sole leader of a unified Russia which was renamed the Volgan Republic. After new reserves of North Sea oil was discovered near Britain, he sought the help of a fifth column to invade the country 〔Prog 1450, ''Savage Book II: Out Of Order: Part One''〕 and much of Western Europe along with it. A deal was made with the United States ensuring that it did not get involved with the Volgan activities. The result was the Eight Hour War of 1999, so named because it took that long for the Volgans to conquer the United Kingdom. The Midlands were hit by nuclear weaponry, diehard politicians and generals were executed, and defiant British army units were massacred at Stonehenge.〔Prog 2〕 Many Britons were sent to concentration camps throughout the Volgan empire. The conquered states were renamed the Eurasian Economic Community 〔Prog 1387, ''Savage Book I: Taking Liberties: Part Two''〕 and the Volgan occupational forces would be called "EEC peacekeepers" by 2004.〔1396: ''Taking Liberties''〕 The invasion immediately led to a protracted occupation and an organised underground uprising by figures like the Free European Army, Traitor's Gate, former MI5 & military elements, and the notorious Bill Savage who assassinated Vashkov. Collaborators were nicknamed "Double Yellows" after the twin yellow stripe on the uniform of British State Security officers. Those suspected of terrorism were sent to "Camp Sunshine" in Siberia. Escapist literature such as bodice rippers, utopian prophecies, and space opera were mass-produced as a means of keeping the population pacified. In 2004, a massive uprising led to the Volgans being pushed out of a large part of Britain. In 2006, however, there was a reoccupation under unknown circumstances, and by 2007 the Volgans (partially via a propaganda campaign) were becoming more accepted, and a Reconciliation Month was held as a goodwill gesture.〔Prog 1557〕 At the same time, the United States fell out with the Volgans, and began both landing special forces in the Republic of Ireland and arming the British resistance. To force Savage and the resistance to cease operations, the Volgans framed them for civilian massacres 〔Prog 1583〕 and attempted to frame them for a rocket attack at St Paul's Cathedral during Reconciliation Day festivities in order to make America cease their support for this resistance. Bill Savage's intervention meant the rocket was accidentally fired at a spy blimp instead, and when the Volgans executed a hundred civilians in retaliation – a known response to any attack on the blimp – America instead moved further to open hostilities. In 2009, the US Air Force had "e-bombed" – meaning electromagnetic pulse weapons – the occupied London, reducing technology to the level of 1984, and were using local guerillas to identify and bomb key targets in advance of an invasion. The Volgans ramped up fortications under the "Fortress Britannia" initiative, and tried to manipulate the Allied landings into taking place at Holyhead where defences were strongest. This failed, and the Americans deployed waves of robots in a beach landing as an advance guard. However, the robots could not distinguish enemy targets from friendlies, while the Volgans had developed teleportational technology; Volgan soldiers were able to teleport behind enemy lines and turn the robots on US soldiers, forcing the US to scale back its plans in the face of public outcry at home.〔Prog 1689: ''Savage Book VI: Crims''〕 By 2010, the Volgans had developed their own war robots, who were also unable to recognise friendlies and were designed for extreme brutality.〔2000 AD progs 1744-5, ''Savage Book VII: Secret City''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volgans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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