Official Player Factions
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This page contains information about official player factions. For unofficial ones, see Player Groups.
General info, statistics, and links
- Current # of Official Factions: 51
- Pirate/Unlawful: 21
- Military/Police/Lawful: 8
- Corporate: 9
- Other: 12
Faction info on Discovery forums:
- Official thread for faction posts: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25332
Liberty Player Factions
| Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Space Engineering | DSE) | Deep Space Engineering | Lars Johansen (Eyvind) | 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 | None | A powerful economic cartel with covert ties to the Outcast government. |
| King of Fighters | [KoF] | Universal Shipping | Minnesota | An eccentric group of Universal Shipping traders dedicated towards economic growth and profit. |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature's Last Hope | [NLH] | Gaians | Lewis | A faction of Gaians operating in Bretonia under the leadership of a "Chairman." |
| 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 | |
| Gateway Interstellar | Gateway) | Gateway Shipping | None | Gateway Interstellar maintains a variety of trade routes within Bretonia and between Bretonia, Liberty, Rheinland, and connecting systems. |
| 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. |
| Molly Republic | [MR] | Mollys | Londonderry | The Molly Republic are traditionalists dedicated to freeing the Dublin system from Bretonia control. |
Kusari Player Factions
| Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Chrysanthemums | [GC] | Golden Chrysanthemums | Tau-65 | A terrorist organization comprised of Kusari women fighting to overthrow the Kusari government and establish a matriarchy |
| Kusari Naval Forces | [KNF] | Kusari Naval Forces | Hiroshima | A fleet of the Kaigun (the Kusari Naval Forces) led by Taisho Hikaru Sulu. |
| Artisan Farmers Alliance | [AFA] | Farmers Alliance | Tau-42 | A collection of Kusari farmers, fighting to protect the traditional Kusari culture. |
| 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. |
| Nova Power Generation | (NovaPG) | Blood Dragons | None |
Rheinland Player Factions
| Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALG Waste Disposal | [ALG]- | ALG Waste Disposal | Ralf Schmied(Ventana) | Rheinland Company that specializes in waste clean up. | |
| 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 | Arkantos | 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 | None | The Volksfront is dedicated to protecting the Rheinland people at any cost, from enemies within or without. | |
| Landwirtrechtbewegung | LWB| | Landwirtrechtbewegung | None | The Landwirtrechtbewegung is a group dedicated to removing Synth Foods from Rheinland. | |
| Hessians Tears | [HT] | Red Hessians | None | ||
| Alster Union | AU| | Unioners | None | Alster Union is dedicated to the overthrow of the current Rheinland government. |
Hispania Player Factions
| Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reapers of Sirius | [RoS] | Outcasts | None | 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. |
| Shadow Outcast Brigade | {SOB} | Outcasts | None | 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 |
| 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! |
Other Player Factions
| Name | Tag | Affiliation | Home system | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Junkers Congress | .:j:. | Junkers | None | 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. |
| Colonial Remnant | =CR= | Independent Miners Guild | Tau-44 | Colonial Remnant are a faction foreign to Sirius Space attempting to settle and protect Sirius from the Cylons. |
| The Search/Destroy Agency | S/D- | Bounty Hunters | Omega-56 | Bretonia based bounty hunter guild providing search and destroy, and escorting services |
| 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. |
| The Angels | [The_Angels] | None | None | |
| 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. |
| Gas Miners Guild | GMG| | Gas Miners Guild | None | Primary suppliers of H-Fuel to Sirius. |
| Independent Miners Guild | IMG| | Independent Miners Guild | None | Origins in Bretonia but have spread to many parts of 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. |
| Mandalorian Mercenaries | MM~ | BH tag/Merc ID | None | Mercenary faction with unknown origins. Their new HQ was instituted in New London. |
| 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. |
| The Phantom Empire | [Phantom] | None | 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. |
