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Revision as of 18:45, 2 March 2010
This page contains information about official player factions. For unofficial ones, see Player Groups.
General info, statistics, and links
- Current # of Official Factions: 59
- Pirate/Unlawful: 23
- Military/Police/Lawful: 10
- Corporate: 14
- Other: 12
Faction info on Discovery forums:
- Official thread for faction status posts: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25332
Liberty Player Factions
Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
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Cryer Pharmaceuticals | Cryer| | Cryer Pharmaceuticals | None | The sole pharmaceutical developer and manufacturer in Sirius, posessing myriad patents and conducting pioneering research. |
Deep Space Engineering | DSE) | Deep Space Engineering | None | Player Faction for Deep Space Engineering |
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 | Oita | A powerful economic cartel with covert ties to the Outcast government. |
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 | Illinois | A dedicated group playing the Liberty Police Incorporated. Charged with upholding Liberty laws, rescue and assistance, and defending Liberty from her enemies. |
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. However, the LR- have evolved into a more organized group, lead by a Crime Boss and his group of underlings, which favor feeding off Liberty trade and also are rumored to even do deals with the enemies of their allies. |
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 and is under the directorate of Director Brian Copeland. |
PanGalactic Travel Company | PanGal| | Orbital Spa and Cruise | None | OSC's largest affiliate. |
Synth Foods Inc. | Synth.Foods | Synth Foods Inc. | None | Synth Foods Incorporated is the Liberty firm responsible for the revolutionary Food product Synth Paste and a highly successful line of Food-producing biodomes |
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. |
Universal Shipping Incorporated | [*USI*]- | Universal Shipping | New York | The USI is the highest form of trading and security of Universal Shipping. After the fall of Universal Economy, Eric Demoses and Michael Trenton teamed up together to create the USI and return Universal Shipping to its former glory as Liberty's head shipper. |
Vagrant Raiders | VR- | Lane Hackers | Magellan | An organization of individuals interested in getting as much cardamine possible into Liberty, while aiding Malta and her allies. They are largely diplomatic, and reason with many factions. |
Bretonia Player Factions
Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
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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. |
Bretonian Armed Forces | BAF| | Bretonian Armed Forces | Salisbury | The Bretonian Armed Forces, the official military of Bretonia |
Bretonia Police Authority | BPA) | Bretonia Police Authority | Poole | The Bretonia Police Authority, the official law enforcement agency of Bretonia |
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing | [BMM]- | Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing | None | One of the largest Bretonian corporations, specialized in mining operations and ship manufacturing. |
Gateway Interstellar | Gateway) | Gateway Shipping | None | Gateway Interstellar maintains a variety of trade routes within Bretonia and between Bretonia, Liberty, Rheinland, and connecting systems. |
Molly Republic | [MR] | Mollys | Londonderry | The Molly Republic are traditionalists dedicated to freeing the Dublin system from Bretonia control. |
Nature's Last Hope | [NLH] | Gaians | Lewis | A faction of Gaians operating in Bretonia under the leadership of a "Chairman." |
Bretonian Buccaneers | Buc| | Freelancer tag/Pirate ID | None | A group of Bretonian pirates based around the motto 'profits over principles'. |
Kusari Player Factions
Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
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Artisan Farmers Alliance | [AFA] | Farmers Alliance | Tau-42 | A collection of Kusari farmers, fighting to protect the traditional Kusari culture. |
Golden Chrysanthemums | [GC] | Golden Chrysanthemums | Tau-65 | A terrorist organization comprised of Kusari women fighting to overthrow the Kusari government and establish a matriarchy |
Kishiro Technologies | Kishiro| | Kishiro Technologies | None | One of the great Kusari keiretsu -- sprawling, vertically integrated companies that control whole industries. |
Kusari State Police | [KSP], [KSP-Y], [KSP-M] | Kusari State Police | None | Kusari State Police - Police force within Kusari's borders charge with upholding the Law. |
Kusari Naval Forces | [KNF] | Kusari Naval Forces | Hiroshima | A fleet of the Kaigun (the Kusari Naval Forces) led by Taisho Hikaru Sulu. |
The Rising Sons | ]bd[ | Blood Dragons | None | A movement of Blood Dragons formed by the alliance of Blood Dragon shoguns. Preserving the ultimately traditionalist views of the Blood Dragons, the Rising Sons also form the current Blood Dragon Shogunate. |
Samura Heavy Industries | Samura|- | Samura Industries | None | One of the great Kusari keiretsu -- sprawling, vertically integrated companies that control whole industries. |
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. |
Kiretsu Sentai Dageki | [Kiretsu] | Golden Chrysanthemums | None | Golden Chrysanthemum flight wing in a rivalry with the Chrysanthemum Elders. |
Rheinland Player Factions
Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
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ALG Waste Disposal | [ALG]- | ALG Waste Disposal | None | Rheinland Company that specializes in waste clean up. |
Alster Union | AU| | Unioners | None | Alster Union is dedicated to the overthrow of the current Rheinland government. |
Daumann Heavy Construction | DHC- | Daumann Heavy Construction | None | Daumann Heavy Construction is the largest mining and manufacturing firm in Rheinland. |
Landwirtrechtbewegung | LWB| | Landwirtrechtbewegung | Saar | The Landwirtrechtbewegung is a group dedicated to removing Synth Foods from Rheinland. |
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 Federal 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 | Luneburg | The Volksfront is dedicated to protecting the Rheinland people at any cost, from enemies within or without. |
Gallia Player Factions
Name | Tag | Affiliation | Description |
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Gallic Royal Navy | GRN| | Gallic Royal Navy | The Gallic Royal Navy is a powerful military force that can counter any threat to the Crown inside or outside the borders of Gallia. |
Hispania Player Factions
Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
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Corsair Benitez Family | -Benitez | Corsairs | Omicron-94 | Powerful Corsair family, based partially off the ancient Earth culture of Rome. |
Shadow Outcast Brigade | {SOB} | Outcasts | Omicron-64 | 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 | [TBH] | Corsairs | Omicron-91 | Powerful brotherhood/sisterhood of Corsairs, including high ranking Elders |
Other Player Factions
Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
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Colonial Remnant | =CR= | Colonial_Remnant | Tau-44 | The Colonial Republic are the descendants of people sent by the Alliance on a scientific/colonization expedition prior to the war between the Alliance and the Coalition. A.K.A. Colonial Remnant |
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. |
Gas Miners Guild | GMG| | Gas Miners Guild | Sigma-59 | Primary suppliers of H-Fuel to Sirius. |
Independent Miners Guild | IMG| | Independent Miners Guild | None | Loose, yet widespread group of miners originating from Bretonia and Rheinland that have spread to many parts of Sirius and have a large vested interest in the Tau systems. |
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. |
Keepers | Keepers. | Nomads | Omicron-99, Omicron Iota | Remnants of the Nomads within the Sirius Sector. |
Mandalorian Mercenaries | MM~ | Freelancer tag/Merc ID | None | Mercenary faction with unknown origins. Their new HQ was instituted in New London. |
Reapers of Sirius | [RoS] | Outcasts | Omicron-81 | 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. |
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. |
Slavers Union | {SU} | Freelancer tag/Slaver ID | None | Cutthroat Slavers that would sell their mothers into slavery. |
The Angels | [The_Angels] | None | None | Player faction that helps out new players. |
The Junkers Congress | .:j:. | Junkers | Puerto Rico | 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. |
Bounty Hunter's Guild | -/BHG|Core- | Bounty Hunters | Omega-56 | After the merger of the S/D with the Core, the resulting guild is stronger (and larger) than ever. |
The Phantoms | The Phantom Empire | 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. |
Omicron Supply Industries | OSI- | Zoners | none | Zoner enterprise supplying Zoner bases throughout Sirius. |
Zoners Trading Consortium | (]c[) | Zoners | Omicron-74 | Consortium of Zoners with various occupations. |