Young Yorksians, a radical group of Yorksian students has gained some support in the rural regions of the Yorksian empire. At the start of the civil war the Empire closed all universitys to shutdown these centers of radicalisms. However this seems to have backfired as all these idle students with nothing but time became radicalized and joined into far left organizations. The hodge-podge of leftist organizations merged beneath the banner of the Communist Vanguard Party. The Vanguard was a militant organization of Communist united under the firm hand of Chairman Charles Trenton a former military officer and communist hardliner. The Empire has deployed its secret police to attempt infiltrate the organization but remains unsuccessful. For now they tolerate there existence as resources are already stretched thin fighting against the Stratocracts invasion. The Communist are currently rallying in the countryside preparing for a march on Klingest to present their demands to the emperor.
(Yorksian civil war lore, this takes place 500 years ago)