Official Player Factions

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

General info, statistics, and links

Current # of Official Factions: 69

Faction info on Discovery forums:

Official thread for faction status posts: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25332

Liberty Player Factions

Name	Logo	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Ageira Technologies	60x60px	Ageira\|	Ageira Technologies	None	Ageira technologies is one of the "Big Three" of Liberty's business world, they are the leading company in research and development. They are the only producer of Jump Gate and trade lane parts in Sirius.
Cryer Pharmaceuticals	60x60px	Cryer\|	Cryer Pharmaceuticals	None	The sole pharmaceutical developer and manufacturer in Sirius, posessing myriad patents and conducting pioneering research.
Deep Space Engineering	60x60px	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	60x60px	[IND]	Interspace Commerce	Oita	A powerful economic cartel with covert ties to the Outcast government.
Kings of Freight		[KoF]	Universal Shipping	Minnesota	A division of Universal Shipping.
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	60x60px	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	60x60px	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.
Synth Foods Inc.	60x60px	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.
Universal Shipping Incorporated	60x60px	[USI]	Universal Shipping	New York	USI stands for Universal Shipping Incorporated, also known as Universal Shipping or Universal. 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.
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	Logo	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
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.
Bretonia Police Authority		BPA)	Bretonia Police Authority	Poole	The Bretonia Police Authority, the official law enforcement agency of Bretonia
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing	60x60px	[BMM]-	Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing	None	One of the largest Bretonian corporations, specialized in mining operations and ship manufacturing.
Bretonian Armed Forces	60x60px	BAF\|	Bretonian Armed Forces	Salisbury	The Bretonian Armed Forces, the official military of Bretonia
Bretonian Buccaneers		Buc\|	Freelancer tag/Pirate ID	None	A group of Bretonian pirates based around the motto 'profits over principles'.
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. (This faction is currently restructuring into several seperate groups).
Nature's Last Hope		[NLH]	Gaians	Lewis	A faction of Gaians operating in Bretonia under the leadership of a "Chairman."
Queen Carina's Privateers		QCP\|	Bretonian Armed Forces tag/Bretonian Privateer ID	None	Queen Carina's Most Diligent Interdiction Wing, more commonly known as Queen Carina's Privateers, are the controversial brainchild of Sir Andrew Stuart, a roguish Bretonian Armed Forces Admiral gone renegade with his band of extremely patriotic scoundrels.

Kusari Player Factions

Name	Logo	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Artisan Farmers Alliance	60x60px	[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-*]	Kusari State Police	None	Kusari State Police - Police force within Kusari's borders charge with upholding the Law.
Kusari Naval Forces		[KNF], [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	60x60px	Samura\|-	Samura Industries	None	One of the great Kusari keiretsu -- sprawling, vertically integrated companies that control whole industries.
The Black Dragon Society	60x60px	[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	60x60px	[Kiretsu]	Golden Chrysanthemums	None	Golden Chrysanthemum flight wing in a rivalry with the Chrysanthemum Elders.

* - Wildcard, indicates multiple substitutions are made in a faction tag to indicate different subfactions within the faction.

Rheinland Player Factions

Name	Logo	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
ALG Waste Disposal	60x60px	[ALG]-	ALG Waste Disposal	None	Rheinland Company that specializes in waste clean up.
Daumann Heavy Construction		DHC-	Daumann Heavy Construction	None	Daumann Heavy Construction is the largest mining and manufacturing firm in Rheinland.
Kruger Minerals		Kruger\|	Kruger Minerals	None.
Rheinlands Arbeitergewerkschaft	60x60px	AGS-	LWB and Unioners	Saar and Duesseldorf	The Rheinlands Arbeitergewerkschaft is a conglomeration of LWB and Unioners members hoping to fix their respective issues cooperatively.
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	60x60px	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	60x60px	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	Logo	Tag	Affiliation	Description
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	Logo	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
The 101st Outcasts Guard	60x60px	[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 Benitez Family		-Benitez	Corsairs	Omicron-94	Powerful Corsair family, based partially off the ancient Earth culture of Rome.
The Black Sails		\|Sails	Corsairs	None.	Corsair pirate group. Primary goals are gathering resources for the Empire and defense of Omicron Eta borders.
The Blue Lotus Syndicate		[BLS]	Outcasts	None	The Blue Lotus Syndicate is dedicated to the domination of the Cardamine market in all Sirius, and will stop at nothing to reach that goal, including attacks on the competition.
The Brotherhood	60x60px	[TBH]	Corsairs	Omicron-91	Powerful brotherhood/sisterhood of Corsairs, including high ranking Elders

Other Player Factions

Name	Logo	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
The Angels	60x60px	[The_Angels]	None	None	Player faction that helps out new players.
Aoi Iseijin		None	The Wild ID	None	An group of Slomon K'Hara infested Kusari.
Bounty Hunter's Guild		BHG\|-, 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.
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	60x60px		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	Tau-39	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.
The Junkers Congress	60x60px	.:j:.	Junkers	Puerto Rico	Four commonly-held primary principles govern the operational motives of the Junker Congress: Power -- Profitability -- Security -- Freedom
Keepers		Keepers.	Nomads	Omicron-99, Omicron Iota	Remnants of the Nomads within the Sirius Sector.
Mandalorian Mercenaries	60x60px	MM~	IFF\|Freelancer tag/Merc ID	None	Mercenary faction with unknown origins. Their new HQ was instituted in New London.
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.
The Phantoms			The Phantom Empire	Omicron-82	Superhuman cyborg slaves of the C'Tan Empire
Reapers of Sirius	60x60px	[RoS]	Reapers	Cayman	Highly organized group of terrorists operating within the Omicron and Omega Sectors, Focused on bringing stability and peace to the lawless sector in order to further their for now 'unknown' goals.
Sentient Machine Alliance		[SMA]	Junkers	Baffin	Powerful sentient mechanical race. Descendants of Gammu's service androids.
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.
Omicron Supply Industries		OSI-	Zoners	none	Zoner enterprise supplying Zoner bases throughout Sirius.
Temporary Autonomous Zoners	60x60px	[TAZ]	Zoners	Baffin	Religious order of Zoners based around the ancient Earth religion of Discordianism.
The Omicroners		(]o[)	Zoners	Omicron-74	Cautious, distrustful and paranoid Zoners from the Omicrons