Official Player Factions

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

General info, statistics, and links

• Current # of Official Factions: 58
• Pirate/Unlawful: 23
• Military/Police/Lawful: 9
• 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
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.
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.

Bretonia Player Factions

Name	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.
Bretonian Armed Forces	BAF	Bretonian Armed Forces	None	The Bretonian Armed Forces, the official military of Bretonia
Bretonia Police Authority	BPA)	Bretonia Police Authority	None	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
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.
Nova Power Generation	(NovaPG)	Blood Dragons	None	Blood Dragons dedicated to re-establishing the Hideyoshi Dynasty with a direct descendant.
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.

Rheinland Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
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.
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.

Hispania Player Factions

Name	Tag	Affiliation	Home system	Description
Corsair Benitez Family	-Benitez	Corsairs	Omicron-94	Powerful Corsair family, based partially off the ancient Earth culture of Rome.
Omega Pirates Guild	[OPG]	Corsairs	None	The only real sea dogs in Sirius waters. Beware!
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
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.
Harvesters	Harvester_	Junkers	None	Machines controlled by an Artificial Intelligence, the FTGW (First Thought Giver of Will). Their purpose is to obtain the Alpha Code.
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~	BH 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-/BHGCore-	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	[Phantom]	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.