Official Player Factions

This page contains information about official player factions. For unofficial ones, see Player Groups.

General info, statistics, and links

• Current # of Official Factions: 51
• Pirate/Unlawful: 21
• Military/Police/Lawful: 8
• Corporate: 9
• Other: 12

Faction info on Discovery forums:

• Quick reference of factions and their diplomacy by AC_Merc (retired) and Vero: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7453
• List of all factions and their home systems by Igiss and Vero: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1304
• Official thread for faction posts: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25332

Liberty Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Hellfire Legion	[HF]	Lane Hackers	Vespucci	An exiled group of ex-Liberty Navy pilots. Operating from Lane Hacker bases, they have dedicated themselves to the eradication of corruption in Liberty.
Interspace Neuralnet Division	[IND]	Interspace Commerce	None	A powerful economic cartel with covert ties to the Outcast government.
King of Fighters	[KoF]	Universal Shipping	Minnesota	An eccentric group of Universal Shipping traders dedicated towards economic growth and profit.
Lane Hackers	LH~/none	Lane Hackers	None	A faction of Lane Hackers with access to the lone Spyglass in Sirius, it's members employing codenames similar to those of ancient Earth figures.
Liberty Police Incorporated	LPI-	Liberty Police Incorporated	None	A squadron of Liberty Police Incorporated known for love of donuts and incompetency.
Liberty Rogues	LR-	Liberty Rogues	Cassini	The Rogues are a motley assortment of petty criminals who operate mainly in Liberty, attacking targets of opportunity or occasionally working for larger criminal organizations.
Liberty Navy	[LN]	Liberty Navy	Virginia	The Liberty Navy is responsible for protecting the economic well-being of liberty through military force, both within the boundaries of the colony and in the independent systems that border its territory.
Liberty Security Force	=LSF=	Liberty Security Force	Ellesmere	The Liberty Security Force, the intelligence branch of the Liberty Navy. Unlike the Navy itself, the Liberty Security Force is not split into North and South, and is instead unified under the directorate of Director Brian Copeland.
Synth Foods Inc.	Synth.Foods	Synth Foods Inc.	None
Xeno Alliance	XA-	Xenos	Tau-45	A faction of Xenos who have carried out surprisingly effective guerrilla operations against the Liberty Navy in spite of extreme economic disadvantage.

Bretonia Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Nature's Last Hope	[NLH]	Gaians	Lewis	A faction of Gaians operating in Bretonia under the leadership of a "Chairman."
Bretonian Armed Forces	BAF	Bretonian Armed Forces	None	The Bretonian Armed Forces, the official military of Bretonia
Bretonia Police Authority	BPA)	Bretonia Police Authority	None	The Bretonia Police Authority, the official law enforcement agency of Bretonia
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing	BMM-	Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing	None
Gateway Interstellar	Gateway)	Gateway Shipping	None	Gateway Interstellar maintains a variety of trade routes within Bretonia and between Bretonia, Liberty, Rheinland, and connecting systems.
Border World Exports	Bowex|	Border World Exports	None	Border World Exports is the primary supplier of Bretonian Armed Forces and Bretonian Police Authority and trades heavily within Bretonia and border worlds.
Molly Republic	[MR]	Mollys	Londonderry	The Molly Republic are traditionalists dedicated to freeing the Dublin system from Bretonia control.

Kusari Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Golden Chrysanthemums	[GC]	Golden Chrysanthemums	Tau-65	A terrorist organization comprised of Kusari women fighting to overthrow the Kusari government and establish a matriarchy
Kusari Naval Forces	[KNF]	Kusari Naval Forces	Hiroshima	A fleet of the Kaigun (the Kusari Naval Forces) led by Taisho Hikaru Sulu.
Artisan Farmers Alliance	[AFA]	Farmers Alliance	Tau-42	A collection of Kusari farmers, fighting to protect the traditional Kusari culture.
The Black Dragon Society	[I]	Hogosha	Tottori	A secret ultra-nationalist umbrella organization composed of government officials and military officers as well as many martial artists and members of the Kusari underworld.
Nova Power Generation	(NovaPG)	Blood Dragon	None

Rheinland Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Red Hessian Army	[RHA]	Red Hessians	Omega-54	A paramilitary organization composed of Red Hessian members, serving mainly as the military wing of the terrorist organization.
Republican Express Corporation	RepEx-	Republican Shipping	None	A former subsidiary of Republican Express Shipping since having become an umbrella entity consisting of RepEx Shipping and the security company Black Talon, which has connections to the upper echelons of the Rheinland government, including Vizeadmiral Freelamen of the Kriegsmarine.
Rheinland Federal Police	(RFP)-	Rheinland Police	None	The Rheinland Bundespolizei, a law-enforcement organization that maintains jurisdiction over House Rheinland.
Rheinland Military	[RM]	Rheinland Military	Braunschweig	The Rheinwehr, the military of House Rheinland.
Volksfront	VF)	Bundschuh	None	The Volksfront is dedicated to protecting the Rheinland people at any cost, from enemies within or without.
Landwirtrechtbewegung	LWB|	Landwirtrechtbewegung	None	The Landwirtrechtbewegung is a group dedicated to removing Synth Foods from Rheinland.
Hessians Tears	[HT]	Red Hessians	None
Alster Union	AU|	Unioners	None	Alster Union is dedicated to the overthrow of the current Rheinland government.

Hispania Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Reapers of Sirius	[RoS]	Outcasts	None	Highly organized group focused on assisting the Outcasts with expanding their influence and Cardamine distribution, with their ultimate goal being to eradicate those who have the means and the determination to wage war on others.
Shadow Outcast Brigade	{SOB}	Outcasts	None	Group of honorable bloodthirsty pirates focused on expanding and defending Malta.
The 101st Outcasts Guard	[101st]	Outcasts	Omicron-85	The premier Outcast Guard fleet, carrying the Flag for the entire Outcast Navy and the base of operations for Naval High Command, with exclusive military jurisdiction over Omicron-85 and primary jurisdiction over all Outcast holdings.
The Brotherhood	[+]	Corsairs	Omicron-91	Powerful brotherhood/sisterhood of Corsairs, including high ranking Elders
Corsair Benitez Family	-Benitez	Corsairs	Omicron-94	Powerful Corsair family, based partially off the ancient Earth culture of Rome.
Omega Pirates Guild	[OPG]	Corsairs	None	The only real sea dogs in Sirius waters. Beware!

Other Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
The Junkers Congress	.:j:.	Junkers	None	Four commonly-held primary principles govern the operational motives of the Junker Congress: Power -- Profitability -- Security -- Freedom
The Order	Order|	The Order	Omicron-100	The primary fleet of the Order is dedicated to the defense of Order territories, the destruction of all alien factions (Das Wilde, Slomon K'Hara, The Phantom Empire) and the protection of Liberty from aliens.
Colonial Remnant	=CR=	Independent Miners Guild	Tau-44	Colonial Remnant are a faction foreign to Sirius Space attempting to settle and protect Sirius from the Cylons.
The Search/Destroy Agency	S/D-	Bounty Hunters	Omega-56	Bretonia based bounty hunter guild providing search and destroy, and escorting services
Das Wilde	Wilde.	Das Wilde	Omega-58, Omega-55	An organization consisting of every Slomon K'Hara infested Rheinlander or individual with permanent residence within Rheinland.
The Angels	[The_Angels]	None	None
Jupiter Guild	[\JG/]	Zoners	None	Zoner group of ex-mercenaries and traders who have chosen to stay independent from the houses, now tasked with the security and support of zoner space, bases and factions.
The Keepers	Keepers.	Nomads	Omicron-99, Omicron Iota	Remnants of the Nomads within the Sirius Sector.
Gas Miners' Guild	GMG|	Gas Miners Guild	None	Primary suppliers of H-Fuel to Sirius.
Independent Miners Guild	IMG|	Independent Miners Guild	None	Origins in Bretonia but have spread to many parts of Sirius.
Harvesters	Harvester_	Junkers	None	Machines controlled by an Artificial Intelligence, the FTGW (First Thought Giver of Will). Their purpose is to obtain the Alpha Code which was taken by the Zoners. They are the only faction hostile to Zoners.
Mandalorian Mercenaries	MM~	BH tag/Merc ID	None	Mercenary faction with unknown origins. Their new HQ was instituted in New London.
Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army	SCRA|	Coalition	Omega-52	Descendants and recruits of Coalition saboteurs aboard the Hispania, violently opposed to almost every faction in Sirius.
The Phantom Empire	[Phantom]	None	Omicron-82	Superhuman cyborg slaves of the C'Tan Empire
Temporary Autonomous Zoners	[TAZ]	Zoners	Baffin	Religious order of Zoners based around the ancient Earth religion of Discordianism.