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====== Factions ======
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Which faction progresses depends on the kind of mission you win:
  * Patrons may belong to a faction and if you do a Patron Mission, it will benefit that faction
  * Opportunity Missions can belong to a faction of your choosing (if it fits) or no faction
  * If Rivals belong to a faction, when they win against you, the faction improves, if you beat them off the faction declines.
  * Quest missions may also be faction related.  Ideally a Quest should have one faction benefit and another damaged by the quest.

For each faction in the RPG "Never Tell Me The Odds" there are also suggested characters you may meet, missions you may do and locations you may go related to a faction, so all that can colour the narrative of your battle.


===== GOOD SOCIETY =====
{{:games:wargame:wine-bottle.png?100 |GOOD SOCIETY}}
Welcome to the fast lane. Good Society is made up of the rich and influential, with all their lace and satin
and fine jewels. Members of Good Society drift through scintillating nebulas in their superyachts, hosting
parties with delicacies from some far quadrant of the galaxy. In Good Society, appearance is everything.
If you’re going to stab someone in the back, use a jeweled dagger inlaid with Antarrikan pearl — and
make sure you look good doing it.

===== HYPERVIKINGS =====
{{:games:wargame:viking-helmet.png?100 |HYPERVIKINGS}}
To the conqueror goes the honor and glory! Hypervikings are star pirates who swoop in from nowhere to
raid unsuspecting ships. Existing as a ragged culture at the edges of dangerous asteroid fields or
unchartable regions of space, the Hypervikings have a strong code of honor. They live and die to the
fullest, risking everything for a good raid. Some are born Hypervikings and a few seek out the pirate life,
but most are forced to take on the raider’s mantle out of total desperation. Consequently, they often have
nothing left to lose as they spiral their spiked, cannon-covered junk ships toward the nearest trade
convoy.

===== THE ORDER OF THE STARS =====
{{:games:wargame:meditation.png?100 |THE ORDER OF THE STARS}}
Some say a secret energy surrounds us and penetrates us, binding the galaxy together. TheOrder of the
Stars is a secretive religious faction that safeguards this ancient knowledge and, some say, actual
magic. This lore is guarded zealously, and to cross a member of the order is to find yourself on the
receiving end of dire consequences. Various sects compete within the Order of the Stars, each
convinced that their interpretation of the ancient teachings is the only correct one, and that the other
sects are evil and must be opposed at all costs.

===== SPACE-NIHILISTS =====
{{:games:wargame:dynamite.png?100 |SPACE-NIHILISTS}}
When a building inexplicably explodes and nobody claims credit, people whisper that the Space-Nihilists
must have been behind it. They believe in nothing, and nothing is more terrifying than that. Perpetrators
of random acts of violence and chaos, Space-Nihilists oppose order and structure in all forms. The
galaxy can be a cruel and unpredictable place, and those who seek out the tenets of Space-Nihilism
embrace that unpredictability, finding a certain liberation in it.

===== THE GALACTIC CONGRESS =====
{{:games:wargame:congress.png?100 |THE GALACTIC CONGRESS }}
There’s nothing more terrifying than an efficient subcommittee. The Galactic Congress are politicians ...
in space! They simply ooze charm. (Depending on their race and homeworld, they may also ooze ooze.)
They lie, they cheat, and they jump from system to system in an effort to collect votes and sway the
populace in favor of their pet projects and complex machinations. Some say they’re ineffectual
bureaucrats more interested in scoring political points than getting anything done for their constituents. In
response, the Galactic Congress would like to say: “Just wait until the next sub-relocal-anti-pre-
strawvote-primaryquarterterm ballot results come in, and then we’ll see who’s laughing!”

===== THE IRON IMPERIUM =====
{{:games:wargame:space-suit.png?100 |THE IRON IMPERIUM}}
Every star is subject to the will of the mighty. The Iron Imperium is a militant empire that subjugates
every system within their reach, laying claim to huge swaths of space. They build garrisons full of shock
troopers and raise blockades to “inspect” every civilian ship passing through, no matter how innocuous
the cargo. Some might call them evil; they insist that they bring civilization and peace through superior
firepower, erecting schools to indoctrinate and fortresses to subjugate. Only the very foolish or very
desperate would oppose such power. In the Iron Imperium, everything proceeds as the Grand Imperator
wills it.
===== THE MERCHANT LEAGUE =====
{{:games:wargame:money-stack.png?100 |THE MERCHANT LEAGUE}}
Money makes the stars glow bright. The Merchant League is a trade federation whose star-galleons can
be found in every major shipping lane, their holds heavy with wealth from across the central systems. As
a civilian organization, the Merchant League often has to turn to professionals to protect their convoys
and guard their negotiations. After all, with this kind of money at stake, you’re going to need some big
guns at the door.
===== THE SLIME MOB =====
{{:games:wargame:slime.png?100 |THE SLIME MOB}}
Make sure you pay off the Slime Mob when you get the chance. The Slime Mob is a seedy criminal
underground run by giant alien slugs. If you don’t follow their rules, they’re liable to put a price on your
head so high that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. Listen, the Slime Mob can be
great. They can offer the best jobs, fix matches for big winnings, and pay their favorite goons in moons
and pleasure planets. But cross them, insult them, even look at them the wrong way, and you’re likely to
find yourself at the bottom of a Grugnak pit, asking yourself why you didn’t go into interstellar medicine
like your mother told you to.

===== SCI-TECH INCORPORATED =====
{{:games:wargame:portal.png?100 |SCI-TECH INCORPORATED}}
Technological progress is its own reward. Sci-Tech Incorporated is a massive galactic corporation
dedicated to the advancement of science. Although some might call their methods dangerous, illegal,
immoral, or detrimental to the fabric of space and time, the researchers at Sci-Tech Incorporated
understand that a calculated risk is an important part of building better worlds. Whether it’s harvesting
exotic exobiology, digging in the ruins of alien temples, or splicing together genes and machines of all
sorts, Sci-Tech Incorporated is out there pushing boundaries for the good of all (except the ones who are
dead).

===== THE SPRAWN =====
{{:games:wargame:praying-mantis.png?100 |THE SPRAWN}}
Sometimes it’s better just to run. The Sprawn are an alien horde of flesh-destroying monsters. Their
paralyzing pincers, oozing tentacles, and hypnotic eyes are the stuff of nightmares. All fangs, slime,
spines, and pseudopods, the Sprawn are as strange and mutated as they are terrifying. Wherever the
Sprawn appear in the galaxy, they either eradicate or are eradicated; there can be no middle ground.

===== THE ALLIANCE OF REVOLT =====
{{:games:wargame:freedom-dove.png?100 |THE ALLIANCE OF REVOLT}}
All that is required for evil to triumph is for good humanoids to stand by and do nothing. The Alliance of
Revolt is a union of heroic do-gooders working to overthrow oppressive regimes. Whether pushing back
against corporate domination or authoritarian empires, the alliance is a network of passionate beings
willing to risk everything to set people free.

===== BLACK$AIL =====
{{:games:wargame:sail.png?100 |BLACK$AIL}}
Every secret has a price tag. Black$ail is a for-profit spy network that sells compromising information to
the highest bidder. Sometimes called the privacy pirates, Black$ail specializes in finding out what people
most want to hide and leveraging that desire into cold, hard credits. Although nobody is outside their
crosshairs, it’s well known that the network loves to target the rich and powerful. They can afford the big
bounties, and cracking their security systems is a much more rewarding challenge for the kinds of souls
that Black$ail attracts.