The history of France in Algeria is long and bloody. Beginning in 1830 with the invasion of Algiers, the French Kingdom, Empire, and Republic invaded and colonised Algeria, oppressing the native peoples and settling large amounts of European migrants, known as the Pieds-Noirs, a term which mostly included French immigrants, but also native Algerian Jews. The Pieds-Noirs enjoyed full rights in Algeria, unlike their Muslim compatriots, who outnumbered them 9 to 1 ; it was therefore in their best interest to oppose any ambitions of Algerian independence. When war broke out in 1954, the Pieds-Noirs were, for the most part, vigorously in favour of French rule. But their efforts to stave off independence were cut short by the Cataclysm. As much of the world fell to the firestorm, the Pieds-Noirs retreated underground. And when they came out, they found that the Muslim Algerians had beaten them to it. They were no longer in France, but instead in the Free State of Algeria ; they were no longer in power, but a detested minority, largely though no fault of their own. They could not return to France ; even if it had been possible to evacuate such large amounts of people across the Mediterranean in these unstable times, France was not their homeland. Most of them had been born and bred in Africa, and they felt just as separate from their French cousins as from their Algerian neighbours.

Considering this, it is possible that some sort of peaceful compromise could have been found between the Muslim majority and the European minority. But the Free State decided it was time for vengeance ; the Pieds-Noirs could not be trusted, and European presence in Algeria had to be removed. Once again, the Pieds-Noirs were forced to hide, or to retreat southward, where the Free State did not yet have any hold. Two organisations formed in attempt to organise the survival of the Pieds-Noirs, with similar goals but radically different means. The first was the FAF : the Front Algérie Française, which unfortunately shared a name with a former terrorist group, but was now a political party, presenting itself as the only legitimate representative of the Pieds-Noirs. They hoped to convince the F.S. to allow the Europeans to co-exist alongside them, but if that failed, they were prepared to seek other political avenues to secure the existence of the Pieds-Noirs. The other group was the OAS : the Organisation Armée Secrète, which aimed to form a guerilla army to oppose any attempted F.S. incursions into the surviving Pieds-Noirs strongholds, and to disrupt operations in the F.S. until they were forced to concede rights to Europeans.

The arrival of the Malian Empire complicated matters. The former French colony nevertheless seemed to have resolved its postcolonial conflicts and to have accepted the role of France in unwittingly uniting their lands ; they used French as a lingua franca, and the Emperor himself was named Guillaume. The FAF saw an opportunity to gain an ally in the fight against the F.S. ; these means were not strictly peaceful, but infinitely preferable to a bloody, drawn-out guerilla war, which might end up with the extermination of the Pieds-Noirs. The leadership of the FAF resolved to send diplomatic envoys to the Moroccan Protectorate in order to attempt to draw attention to their problems.

In the meantime, Algerian failures have motivated the OAS to consolidate their forces and attempt to organise larger-scale incursions into F.S. territory.

OAS : Rolling for guerilla training
1 : No troops. Algeria gains 5 to destroying the OAS
2-3 : No troops. Algeria gains 3 to destroying the OAS
4-6 : Gain 5,000 tier 2 troops
7-14 : Gain 5,000 tier 3 troops
15-17 : Gain 5,000 tier 4 troops
18-19 : Gain 5,000 tier 4 troops and a tier 2 general with appropriate traits
20 : Gain 5,000 tier 4 troops and a tier 3 general with appropriate traits

Algeria gains [-roll 10]*2 stability

FAF : Reaching out to the Protectorate of Morocco
1 : The Lord Protector is insulted by the insinuation that he would ever befriend the French, and offers the F.S. aid in destroying the Pieds-Noirs as a political force. Algeria gains 5 to destroying the FAF
2-3 : The Lord Protector is insulted by the insinuation that he would ever befriend the French, and decides to take matters into his own hands. The Berbers spread across the Maghreb.
4-6 : The Lord Protector is uninterested by the Pieds Noirs' desperate pleas, and leaves them to their fate.
7-14 : The Lord Protector is somewhat stirred by the Pieds Noirs' cries for help. Gain 1 AP and 3 to the next roll
15-17 : The Lord Protector understands the plight of the Pieds Noirs and offers them assistance. Gain 1 AP and 6 to the next roll
18-19 : The Lord Protector is greatly moved by the Pieds Noirs and offers them a space in Mali. Berbers spread across the Maghreb, Pieds-Noirs appear on the map as a Malian protectorate
20 : The Lord Protector is incensed by the Algerian mistreatment of the Pieds-Noirs. They must be punished for their affronts to human dignity. Berbers spread across the Maghreb, Mali declares war on F.S. Algeria