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* House corporations, police, militaries | * House corporations, police, militaries | ||
| − | | A group of Hispania sleeper ship survivors that settled on [[Malta]]. The Outcasts lead a powerful pirate coalition to resist [[Corsairs|Corsair]] expansion and defend Cardamine trade routes. | + | | A group of Hispania sleeper ship survivors that settled on [[Planet Malta]]. The Outcasts lead a powerful pirate coalition to resist [[Corsairs|Corsair]] expansion and defend Cardamine trade routes. |
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| − | | Originate from a larger group of Hispania sleeper ship survivors that landed on planet [[Crete]]. They are believed to be the largest criminal organization operating in Sirius -- frequently attacking civilian, commercial, and even military targets. | + | | 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. |
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Liberty
| Name | Type | Allies | Enemies | Description |
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| Liberty Police, Inc. | Liberty State |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, responsible for the development of Jump Gate and Trade Lane technology. | ||
| Interspace Commerce | Corporation |
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One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, insures cargo carried within the colonies and into the Border Worlds. |
| Universal Shipping | Corporation |
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One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, specializes in the shipping of high-risk, high-value cargo. |
| Deep Space Engineering | Corporation |
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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 |
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Liberty firm responsible for the revolutionary food product Synth Paste and a highly successful line of food-producing biodomes. |
| Cryer Pharmaceuticals | Corporation |
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Headquartered in Liberty, markets a wide array of both commercially available and restricted-class drugs. |
| Liberty Rogues | Unlawful |
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A highly organized and powerful pirate faction operating in Liberty space and surrounding Independent Worlds. | |
| Lane Hackers | Unlawful |
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A highly organized and powerful pirate faction operating in Liberty space and surrounding Independent Worlds. | |
| Xenos | Unlawful |
None |
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A loosely affiliated terrorist organization opposed to any trade or other interaction with foreign entities. |
Bretonia
| Name | Type | Allies | Enemies | Description |
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| Bretonia Police Authority | Bretonian State |
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Well-trained, well-armed, and widely considered to be a bastion of incorruptibility. | |
| Bretonia Armed Forces | Bretonian State |
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Has a long history of serving as the first and last line of defense for the great nation Bretonia. | |
| Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing | Corporation | One of the largest commercial concerns in Bretonia, a network of semi-autonomous operations that range throughout Bretonian space. | ||
| Border World Exports | Corporation |
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A pioneer in the exploration of the Border Worlds and the exclusive supplier to the Bretonian military and police. | |
| Gateway Shipping | Corporation | A Bretonian firm catering to smaller companies that hauls raw materials across the Border and Independent Worlds. | ||
| Planetform, Inc. | Corporation |
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Specializes in the terraforming of non-viable planets in Bretonia and elsewhere. | |
| Mollys | Unlawful |
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A separatist group committed to freeing the Dublin system from Bretonian rule through attacks on civilian, commercial, and military targets. | |
| Gaians | Unlawful | 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 |
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| Kusari State Police | Kusari State | A disciplined force of career personnel assigned to guard the borders of Kusari space and protect Kusari commercial interests. | ||
| Kusari Naval Forces | Kusari State | Highly organized and possessing all of the considerable technological advantages inferred by Kusari industry. | ||
| Kishiro Technologies | Corporation | One of the great Kusari keiretsu -- sprawling, vertically integrated companies that control whole industries. | ||
| Samura Industries | Corporation | One of the great Kusari keiretsu -- sprawling, vertically integrated companies that control whole industries. | ||
| Hogosha | Quasi-legal | A quasi-legal organization that ostensibly exists to promote the "welfare and prosperity of the Kusari people". | ||
| Farmers Alliance | Quasi-legal |
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A Kusari political organization formed to lobby for government subsidies and restrictions on the sale of foreign food. | |
| Blood Dragons | Unlawful | 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 | A terrorist organization seeking to the overthrow the Kusari government and institute a matriarchy. |
Rheinland
| Name | Type | Allies | Enemies | Description |
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| Rheinland Federal Police | Rheinland State |
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An impressively well-equipped organization acting as the primary security force in Rheinland space. | |
| Rheinland Military | Rheinland State |
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The Rheinland Military continues a proud tradition of military service that stretches back several centuries. | |
| ALG Waste Disposal | Corporation |
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Based in Rheinland but operates throughout the colonies due to its outstanding reputation for industrial clean-up. | |
| Republican Shipping | Corporation | Manages a substantial majority of all cargo transported within the borders of Rheinland. | ||
| Daumann Heavy Construction | Corporation | Largest mining and manufacturing firm in Rheinland. | ||
| Kruger Minerals | Corporation |
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Works in partnership with ALG Waste Disposal to mine the valuable resources within Rheinland and its neighboring territories. | |
| Red Hessians | Unlawful | A numerous and well-organized unlawful group composed largely of unemployed miners operating out of Rheinland space. | ||
| Bundschuh | Unlawful | A populist political faction that has been declared "enemy of the state" by the Rheinland Reichstag. | ||
| Landwirtrechtbewegung | Unlawful | 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 |
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An outlaw group composed of dispossessed Rheinland shipyard workers who engage in brutal reprisals chiefly against Republican Shipping. |
Hispania
| Name | Type | Allies | Enemies | Description |
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| Outcasts | Unlawful house |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Bounty Hunters Guild | Organisation |
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Provides a broad array of security-oriented services for a reasonable fee. |
| Independent Miners Guild | Organisation | A loose confederation of miners who work those fields that have thus far remained undeveloped by the larger mining companies. | ||
| Gas Miners Guild | Organisation | A tight-knit professional organisation that acts as the primary supplier of H-Fuel to the four major Houses. | ||
| Junkers | Quasi-legal |
None |
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 |
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 | 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.). |
Alien
| Name | Type | Allies | Enemies | Description |
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| Nomads | --- |
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Organic guardians left behind by an ancient alien civilization. | |
| The Wild | --- |
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Nomad-infested Rheinland soldiers who attack any lawful and unlawful ships that get into their way. |
