History Main / RenegadeSplinterFaction

* In ''Literature/PatriotGames'', the Ulster Liberation Army is a Marxist splinter faction of the Provisional IRA. Naturally, the ULA is more ruthless than the group they left.

* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'' has an interesting example wherein most of the faction doesn't ''know'' that they're renegade: [[spoiler: when Elyon orders her northern army to [[KnowWhenToFoldEm end the siege of Snowpoint and withdraw to the capital to regroup]], Vera Baxley refuses to abandon [[YouKilledMyFather her quest for revenge on the Mogriffs]] and goes rogue, tricking her friends into believing that they've been ordered to go on a covert mission to assassinate the Mogriff leader Metalbeak (the main target of Vera's vendetta).]]

* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': Halfway through ''R2'', [[spoiler:Starscream and Schneizel manage to temporarily seize control of the Decepticon regime thanks to their surprise attack with Damocles. Said attack wipes out almost half of the Autobots and Black Knights, and seemingly succeeds in killing Megatron. With the most of their enemies eliminated, the rogue faction, composed of Starscream, Schneizel, the Contructions and the few members of the Britannian Royal family that were not killed or defected to the heroes side, plans to bombard Earth with the station cannons and then re-establish the Britannian Empire off world. Their reign is short-lived, with Megatron (who stole V.V.'s immortality Geass) returning, alongside the Predacon, and with the help from Slipstream, Thundercracker and Sky-Byte [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal (who all got tired of Starscream's jackass attitude)]] infiltrate the Damocles, kill all the rebels and take control of the station for themselves.]]

*** The Empire is presented as being headed by the Central Committee of Grand Moffs, with Trioculous as a PuppetKing and the Prophets of the Dark Side being the ones [[TheManBehindTheMan really pulling the strings]]. While this series was poorly received and mostly rendered CanonDiscontinuity, later [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental material]] shoehorned it back into continuity with some {{handwav|e}}ing, the most prominent case being that this Imperial faction was actually a splinter that broke away from the central government on Coruscant, which was at the time under the control of Ysanne Isard and her pawns according to the ''Literature/XWingSeries''.

** The Second Imperium from the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' was {{retcon}}ned to be one of these because the later ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology established that a peace treaty was brokered a few years earlier between the Republic and the mainstream Imperial Remnant under the leadership of the relatively nice mustachioed Admiral Gilad Pellaeon.

** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The antagonists of Season 3 are revealed to be [[spoiler: a group of Changelings who broke off from the Great Link due to refusing to accept the peace treaty at the end of the Dominion War]], and have been working to infiltrate and undermine the Federation ever since.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** The Second Imperium from the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' was {{retcon}}ned to be one of these because another series, ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'', established that a peace treaty was brokered a few years earlier between the Republic and the mainstream Imperial Remnant under the leadership of the relatively nice mustachioed Admiral Gilad Pellaeon.
** ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' itself features a power struggle between Pellaeon and a group of Imperial officers led by Moff Disra that seeks to derail his efforts to negotiate peace with the New Republic, nearly managing to start a civil war in the New Republic in the process.

*** In another retcon example, the Empire is presented as being headed by the Central Committee of Grand Moffs, with Trioculous as a PuppetKing and the Prophets of the Dark Side being the ones [[TheManBehindTheMan really pulling the strings]]. While this series was poorly received and mostly rendered CanonDiscontinuity, later [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental material]] shoehorned it back into continuity with some {{handwav|e}}ing, the most prominent case being that this Imperial faction was actually a splinter that broke away from the central government on Coruscant, which was at the time [[Literature/XWingSeries under the control of Ysanne Isard and her pawns]].

** Quite a few warlords and splinter factions (to the point that Wookiepedia has an entire [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Imperial_splinter_factions category page]] for them all) [[BalkanizeMe break away from the Empire as it falls apart over the years]], for a variety of reasons, and by the time of ''Literature/TheCallistaTrilogy'' these factions are regularly fighting each other. In ''Darksaber'', Admirals Daala and Pellaeon [[BoardToDeath assassinate most of the leaders of these factions]] to reunite the Imperial Remnant under one banner.

** The Second Imperium from the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' was {{retcon}}ned to be one of these because another series, ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'', established that a peace treaty was brokered a few years earlier between the Republic and the mainstream Imperial Remnant under the leadership of the relatively nice mustachioed Admiral Gilad Pellaeon. ''Hand of Thrawn'' itself features a power struggle between Pellaeon and a group of Imperial officers led by Moff Disra that seeks to derail the peace negotiations, nearly managing to start a civil war in the New Republic in the process.
** Another retcon example is the Empire as seen in the young reader novella series ''Literature/TheGloveOfDarthVader'', where it's presented as being headed by the Central Committee of Grand Moffs, with Trioculous as a PuppetKing and the Prophets of the Dark Side being the ones [[TheManBehindTheMan really pulling the strings]]. While this series was poorly received and mostly rendered CanonDiscontinuity, later [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental material]] shoehorned it back into continuity with some [[HandWave hand-waving]], the most prominent case being that this Imperial faction was actually a splinter that broke away from the central government on Coruscant, which was at the time under the control of Ysanne Isard and her pawns.

** There's actually quite a few warlords and splinter factions (to the point that Wookiepedia has an entire [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Imperial_splinter_factions category page]] for them all) who break away from the Empire as it falls apart over the years, for a variety of reasons. Admirals Daala and Pellaeon eventually [[BoardToDeath assassinate most of the leaders of these factions]] to unite the Imperial Remnant under one banner, but as noted above, that doesn't end things.

** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': [[spoiler:In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS3E03SeventeenSeconds Seventeen Seconds]]", it's revealed that there is a group of renegade Changelings that broke away from the Great Link, refusing to accept the reality of their defeat at the conclusion of the Dominion War.]]

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The Second Imperium from the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' was {{retcon}}ned to be one of these because another series, ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'', established that a peace treaty was brokered a few years earlier between the Republic and the mainstream Imperial Remnant under the leadership of the relatively nice mustachioed Admiral Gilad Pellaeon. ''Hand of Thrawn'' itself features a power struggle between Pellaeon and a group of Imperial officers led by Moff Disra that seeks to derail the peace negotiations, nearly managing to start a civil war in the New Republic in the process.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': In the PrivateMilitaryContractors company Drankam, [[spoiler:[[TheRival Katsuya]]'s BattleHarem (led by Airi and excepting Yumina) form one of these, disappearing all at once and planning to get revenge on Akira for killing Katsuya and much of the harem, even though it was in self-defence]].

** In ''Film/StarTrek2009'', when Captain Pike confronts the ''Narada'', he states that the Federation and the Romulan Star Empire are not at war with each other. However, Nero replies that his crew does not represent the Empire, as they "stand apart", which is the truth: in [[AlternateTimeline Nero's time]], there isn't much left of the Romulan Star Empire, as Romulus and Remus were wiped out by a supernova.

** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': [[spoiler:In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS3E03SeventeenSeconds Seventeen Seconds]]" there is a group of renegade Changelings that broke away from the Great Link, refusing to accept the reality of their defeat at the conclusion of the Dominion War.]]

** ''StarTrekPicard'': [[spoiler:In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS3E03SeventeenSeconds Seventeen Seconds]]" there is a group of renegade Changelings that broke away from the Great Link, refusing to accept the reality of their defeat at the conclusion of the Dominion War.]]

* The various Mormon fundamentalist groups which split off from the main LDS Church after the latter banned polygamy, and tend to be run as cults.

* In ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'', a minor subplot deals with Hinata becoming head of the Hyuga Clan after she awakens the Tenseigan, [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority due to the power it entails]], and her first official act is to abolish the Caged Bird Seal practice altogether to eliminate the division of Main and Branch houses. Naturally, this causes a serious stir as many members do not conform to this, and the ''Hanabi Gaiden'' sidestory reveals that they even planned to split and form their own clan [[spoiler:until they were killed by Hanabi while plotting to murder her along with Hinata and their mother]].

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', FOXHOUND -- originally an [[EliteArmy advanced special forces unit]] -- goes rogue and takes over a research base holding nuclear weapons and the means to launch them, kidnapping the DARPA Cheif and [=ArmsTech=] President. This is especially bad since FOXHOUND would have been the go-to unit to solve this sort of situation if they weren't the ones creating it! Instead, former FOXHOUND operator [[OneRiotOneRanger Solid Snake]] is asked to save the world by his old friend and former FOXHOUND commander, Colonel Cambell.

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', FOXHOUND -- originally an [[EliteArmy advanced special forces unit]] -- goes rogue and takes over a research base holding nuclear weapons and the means to launch them, kidnapping the DARPA Cheif and [=ArmsTech=] President. This is especially bad since FOXHOUND would have been the go-to unit to solve this sort of situation if they weren't the ones creating it! Instead, former FOXHOUND operator [[OneRiotOneRanger Solid Snake]] is asked to save the world by his FOXHOUND's former commander and Snake's personal friend, Colonel Cambell. A similar incident happens later ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'' when the CIA FOX unit goes rogue under the name XOF (wearing their FOX patches backwards).

* ''Film/Ladyhawke'': The Bishop of Aquila, who serves as the film's antagonist and is so far gone as to consort with the forces of darkness for vengeance over a romantic infatuation being unreciprocated, is described as "an evil man, a powerful man, hated and feared; rejected even by Rome itself."