NPC Factions

Liberty

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Liberty Police, Inc.	Liberty State	Liberty Security Force Liberty Navy Liberty corporations	Liberty Rogues Xenos Outcasts	Private company that handles the policing of Liberty space to interdict the importation of contraband and to prevent attacks on civilian and commercial traffic.
Liberty Navy	Liberty State	Liberty Security Force Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty corporations	Liberty Rogues Lane Hackers Xenos Outcasts Unioners	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	Liberty State	Liberty Navy Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty corporations	Liberty Rogues Xenos Outcasts Corsairs Red Hessians Unioners	Intelligence branch of the Liberty Armed Forces, operating in secrecy to ensure the free flow of goods and services in the Liberty economy.
Ageira Technologies	Corporation	Interspace Commerce Deep Space Engineering Liberty Navy Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty Security Force	Lane Hackers Liberty Rogues Xenos	One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, responsible for the development of Jump Gate and Trade Lane technology.
Interspace Commerce	Corporation	Liberty Navy Liberty Security Force Liberty corporations	Lane Hackers Outcasts Criminals	One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, insures cargo carried within the colonies and into the Border Worlds.
Universal Shipping	Corporation	Liberty Navy Liberty Security Force Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty corporations	Criminals	One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, specializes in the shipping of high-risk, high-value cargo.
Deep Space Engineering	Corporation	Liberty Navy Liberty Security Force Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty corporations	Lane Hackers Outcasts Criminals	Has an exclusive contract with fellow Liberty company Ageira Technologies to build Jump Gates and Trade Lanes throughout the Sirius Sector.
Synth Foods, Inc.	Corporation	Liberty Navy Liberty Security Force Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty corporations	LWB Farmers Alliance Criminals	Liberty firm responsible for the revolutionary food product Synth Paste and a highly successful line of food-producing biodomes.
Cryer Pharmaceuticals	Corporation	Liberty Navy Liberty Security Force Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty corporations	Outcasts Criminals	Headquartered in Liberty, markets a wide array of both commercially available and restricted-class drugs.
Liberty Rogues	Unlawful	Outcasts Lane Hackers Mollys	Corsairs Xenos Bounty Hunters House police, corporations	A highly organized and powerful pirate faction operating in Liberty space and surrounding Independent Worlds.
Lane Hackers	Unlawful	Outcasts Liberty Rogues Mollys	Corsairs Xenos Bounty Hunters House police, corporations Ageira Technologies Interspace Commerce	A highly organized and powerful pirate faction operating in Liberty space and surrounding Independent Worlds.
Xenos	Unlawful	None	Outcasts Liberty Rogues Lane Hackers Junkers Bounty Hunters House police, corporations	A loosely affiliated terrorist organization opposed to any trade or other interaction with foreign entities.

Bretonia

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Bretonia Police Authority	Bretonian State	Bretonia Armed Forces Bretonian corporations	Mollys Gaians Outcasts Corsairs Lane Hackers	Well-trained, well-armed, and widely considered to be a bastion of incorruptibility.
Bretonia Armed Forces	Bretonian State	Bretonia Police Authority Bretonian corporations	Mollys Gaians Outcasts Corsairs Red Hessians Lane Hackers	Has a long history of serving as the first and last line of defense for the great nation Bretonia.
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing	Corporation	Bretonia Police Bretonia Armed Forces Border World Exports Planetform, Inc.	Mollys Gaians Outcasts Corsairs	One of the largest commercial concerns in Bretonia, a network of semi-autonomous operations that range throughout Bretonian space.
Border World Exports	Corporation	Bretonia Police Bretonia Armed Forces BMM Planetform, Inc.	Criminals	A pioneer in the exploration of the Border Worlds and the exclusive supplier to the Bretonian military and police.
Gateway Shipping	Corporation	ALG Waste Disposal IMG Planetform, Inc.	Corsairs Outcasts Mollys Liberty Rogues Lane Hackers Junkers Hogosha Farmers Alliance	A Bretonian firm catering to smaller companies that hauls raw materials across the Border and Independent Worlds.
Planetform, Inc.	Corporation	Bretonia Police Bretonia Armed Forces Bretonian corporations	Gaians Outcasts Criminals	Specializes in the terraforming of non-viable planets in Bretonia and elsewhere.
Mollys	Unlawful	Outcasts Red Hessians Liberty Rogues	Corsairs Gaians Bounty Hunters Bretonia Police Bretonia Armed Forces BMM Bowex House shippers	A separatist group committed to freeing the Dublin system from Bretonian rule through attacks on civilian, commercial, and military targets.
Gaians	Unlawful	Corsairs Farmers Alliance Hogosha	Outcasts Mollys Blood Dragons GC Bounty Hunters Bretonia Police Bretonia Armed Forces BMM Planetform, Inc. Orbital Spa & Cruise	A terrorist faction opposed to any alteration to the natural environment of a planet, specifically those brought about through terraforming.

Kusari

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Kusari State Police	Kusari State	Kusari Naval Forces Samura Industries	Blood Dragons GC Outcasts Corsairs Liberty Rogues Lane Hackers	A disciplined force of career personnel assigned to guard the borders of Kusari space and protect Kusari commercial interests.
Kusari Naval Forces	Kusari State	Kusari State Police Samura Industries Kishiro Technologies	Blood Dragons GC Outcasts Corsairs Liberty Rogues Lane Hackers Xenos	Highly organized and possessing all of the considerable technological advantages inferred by Kusari industry.
Kishiro Technologies	Corporation	Kusari Naval Forces Gas Miners Guild	Xenos Criminals	One of the great Kusari keiretsu -- sprawling, vertically integrated companies that control whole industries.
Samura Industries	Corporation	Kusari State Police Kusari Naval Forces	Blood Dragons GC Xenos Criminals	One of the great Kusari keiretsu -- sprawling, vertically integrated companies that control whole industries.
Hogosha	Quasi-legal	Corsairs The Order Farmers Alliance Gaians	Outcasts Blood Dragons GC Gas Miners Guild Xenos	A quasi-legal organization that ostensibly exists to promote the "welfare and prosperity of the Kusari people".
Farmers Alliance	Quasi-legal	Hogosha Gaians	Outcasts Blood Dragons GC Synth Foods, Inc. Foreign corporations	A Kusari political organization formed to lobby for government subsidies and restrictions on the sale of foreign food.
Blood Dragons	Unlawful	Outcasts GC	Corsairs Hogosha Farmers Alliance Bounty Hunters Kusari State Police Kusari Naval Forces Samura Industries	A terrorist organization supposedly descended from the royal guard of Shogun Hideyoshi -- deposed during a coup several centuries before -- and dedicated to the overthrow of the current Kusari government.
Golden Chrysanthemums	Unlawful	Outcasts Blood Dragons	Corsairs Hogosha Farmers Alliance Gaians Bounty Hunters Kusari State Police Kusari Naval Forces Samura Industries	A terrorist organization seeking to the overthrow the Kusari government and institute a matriarchy.

Rheinland

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Rheinland Federal Police	Rheinland State	Rheinland Military Rheinland corporations	Bundschuh Red Hessians Unioners LWB GMG Corsairs Outcasts	An impressively well-equipped organization acting as the primary security force in Rheinland space.
Rheinland Military	Rheinland State	Rheinland Police Rheinland corporations	Bundschuh Red Hessians Unioners LWB GMG Corsairs Outcasts	The Rheinland Military continues a proud tradition of military service that stretches back several centuries.
ALG Waste Disposal	Corporation	Gateway Kruger Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Rheinland corporations	Liberty criminals Rheinland criminals GMG Corsairs Outcasts	Based in Rheinland but operates throughout the colonies due to its outstanding reputation for industrial clean-up.
Republican Shipping	Corporation	Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Daumann	Unioners Xenos Criminals	Manages a substantial majority of all cargo transported within the borders of Rheinland.
Daumann Heavy Construction	Corporation	Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Republican	Red Hessians Bundschuh LWB Unioners Corsairs	Largest mining and manufacturing firm in Rheinland.
Kruger Minerals	Corporation	Rheinland Police Rheinland Military ALG	Red Hessians Bundschuh GMG Criminals	Works in partnership with ALG Waste Disposal to mine the valuable resources within Rheinland and its neighboring territories.
Red Hessians	Unlawful	LWB Bundschuh Mollys Outcasts	Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Corsairs Daumann Kruger Bounty Hunters Bretonia Armed Forces House shippers	A numerous and well-organized unlawful group composed largely of unemployed miners operating out of Rheinland space.
Bundschuh	Unlawful	Red Hessians	Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Daumann Kruger Bounty Hunters	A populist political faction that has been declared "enemy of the state" by the Rheinland Reichstag.
Landwirtrechtbewegung	Unlawful	Red Hessians	Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Synth Foods, Inc. Bounty Hunters Corsairs	Also known as the farmers' rights movement. Engaged in attacks on Synth Foods operations and sympathetic government officials in retaliation for Rheinland concessions to the Liberty Food conglomerate.
Unioners	Unlawful	None	Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Republican Bounty Hunters Xenos	An outlaw group composed of dispossessed Rheinland shipyard workers who engage in brutal reprisals chiefly against Republican Shipping.

Gallia

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Gallic Royal Navy	Gallic State	Gallic Metal Service Gallic Royal Police EFL Oil & Machinery Ile-de-France Shipping	The Council The Maquis Unione Corse Gallic Brigands	A powerful military force that can counter any threat to the Crown, both from within Gallic borders, or from outside.
Gallic Royal Police	Gallic State	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Metal Service EFL Oil & Machinery Ile-de-France Shipping	The Council The Maquis Unione Corse Gallic Brigands	Has become a symbol of corruption and decay during the centuries of its existence.
The Council	Organization	The Maquis	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Royal Police	Has been fighting a war since 784 A.S. to break through the isolation and prevent the inter-house war planned by the Gallic royal dynasty and the Gallic Navy.
Gallic Metal Service	Corporation	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Royal Police	The Maquis Unione Corse Gallic Brigands	Was formed in 398 A.S. by merging several mining companies operating in Gallia space.
EFL Oil & Machinery	Corporation	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Royal Police Ile-de-France Shipping	The Maquis Unione Corse Gallic Brigands	Was responsible for building most of the currently operating Gallic space stations, shipyards, and trade lanes.
Ile-de-France Shipping	Corporation	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Royal Police EFL Oil & Machinery	The Maquis Unione Corse Gallic Brigands	Is the primary space shipping company of Gallic space.
The Maquis	Unlawful	The Council Unione Corse Gallic Brigands	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Royal Police EFL Oil & Machinery Ile-de-France Shipping Gallic Metal Service	Were once the radical members of the Council who considered terroristic acts and assassinations to be acceptable means of political struggle.
Unione Corse	Unlawful	The Maquis Gallic Brigands	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Royal Police EFL Oil & Machinery Ile-de-France Shipping Gallic Metal Service	A highly organized criminal group that follows traditions of the Corsican mafia of Earth.
Gallic Brigands	Unlawful	The Maquis Unione Corse	Gallic Royal Navy Gallic Royal Police EFL Oil & Machinery Ile-de-France Shipping Gallic Metal Service	A loosely affiliated union of experienced criminals and other antisocial elements, many of whom are former Police pilots.

Hispania

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Outcasts	Unlawful house	Liberty Rogues Red Hessians Blood Dragons GC Lane Hackers Mollys	Corsairs Hogosha Gaians Farmers Alliance Xenos Bounty Hunters IMG GMG House corporations, police, militaries	A group of Hispania sleeper ship survivors that settled on Planet Malta. The Outcasts lead a powerful pirate coalition to resist Corsair expansion and defend Cardamine trade routes.
Corsairs	Unlawful house	The Order Hogosha Gaians Farmers Alliance	Outcasts Red Hessians Liberty Rogues Lane Hackers Blood Dragons Mollys Bounty Hunters GMG House corporations, police, militaries	Originate from a larger group of Hispania sleeper ship survivors that landed on planet Planet Crete. They are believed to be the largest criminal organization operating in Sirius -- frequently attacking civilian, commercial, and even military targets.

Independent

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Bounty Hunters Guild	Organisation	House police	Criminals The Order	Provides a broad array of security-oriented services for a reasonable fee.
Independent Miners Guild	Organisation	ALG	Outcasts BMM	A loose confederation of miners who work those fields that have thus far remained undeveloped by the larger mining companies.
Gas Miners Guild	Organisation	Kishiro Zoners	Outcasts Corsairs Rheinland Police Rheinland Military Kruger	A tight-knit professional organisation that acts as the primary supplier of H-Fuel to the four major Houses.
Junkers	Quasi-legal	None	Hogosha Xenos House corporations	Itinerant population of unknown origin who comb debris fields looking for scrap and equipment that can either be repurposed or sold for cash.
Zoners	Quasi-legal	The Order GMG	None	A diverse group of individuals who, for various reasons, have decided to live in the wild and unregulated systems outside colonial control.
The Order	Covert organisation	Corsairs Zoners Hogosha	Liberty Navy Liberty Security Force Liberty Police, Inc. Bounty Hunters	A powerful covert organization that controls several remote Omicron systems. They played an important role in the war against the Nomads (799-802 A.S.).
Orbital Spa & Cruise	Corporation	Liberty Security Force Liberty Navy Liberty Corporations	Gaians Outcasts Criminals	Orbital Spa and Cruise operates an array of resorts and luxury liners throughout the Sirius Sector.

Alien

Name	Type	Allies	Enemies	Description
Nomads	---	The Wild	Everyone else	Organic guardians left behind by an ancient alien civilization.
The Wild	---	Nomads	Everyone else	Nomad-infested Rheinland soldiers who attack any lawful and unlawful ships that get into their way.