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Liberty

Name Type Allies Enemies Description
Liberty Police, Inc. Liberty State 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 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 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 One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, insures cargo carried within the colonies and into the Border Worlds.
Universal Shipping Corporation
  • Criminals
 One of the "Big Three" Liberty companies, specializes in the shipping of high-risk, high-value cargo.
Deep Space Engineering Corporation 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 firm responsible for the revolutionary food product Synth Paste and a highly successful line of food-producing biodomes.
Cryer Pharmaceuticals Corporation Headquartered in Liberty, markets a wide array of both commercially available and restricted-class drugs.
Liberty Rogues Unlawful A highly organized and powerful pirate faction operating in Liberty space and surrounding Independent Worlds.
Lane Hackers Unlawful A highly organized and powerful pirate faction operating in Liberty space and surrounding Independent Worlds.
Xenos Unlawful

None

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 Well-trained, well-armed, and widely considered to be a bastion of incorruptibility.
Bretonia Armed Forces Bretonian State 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
  • Criminals
 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 Specializes in the terraforming of non-viable planets in Bretonia and elsewhere.
Mollys Unlawful 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
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 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
Rheinland Federal Police Rheinland State An impressively well-equipped organization acting as the primary security force in Rheinland space.
Rheinland Military Rheinland State The Rheinland Military continues a proud tradition of military service that stretches back several centuries.
ALG Waste Disposal Corporation 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 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
  • None
 An outlaw group composed of dispossessed Rheinland shipyard workers who engage in brutal reprisals chiefly against Republican Shipping.

Hispania

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