Factions

Following the war and the rise of the megacorps, several factions emerged as the new global superpowers. Several non-superpower factions also exist, such as refugees/wandering tribes, mutants, rogue androids, zombies, etc.

Faction list - superpowers

"Cybertech" corp

Came to power in 1+ cities after convincing the citizens that cybertechnology would be a solution to their post-war problems.

"Genetics" corp

Came to power in 1+ cities after convincing the citizens that genetic engineering of humans, gene therapy, etc. would be a solution to their post-war problems.

"Orthodoxtech" corp

Came to power in 1+ cities after convincing the citizens that industrialisation would be a solution to their post-war problems.

"Caretaker" corp

Came to power in 1+ cities after convincing the citizens that looking after the Earth is important, and restoring the natural balance of the ecosystem is a solution to their post-war problems.

"Terraform" corp

Like the "caretaker" corp, but believe genetic engineering, nanotech air scrubbers, other autonomous roaming machines, etc. can bring around a much faster ecosystem revival.

"Space" corp

Came to power after convincing the citizens of 1+ cities that Earth is fucked, and the best course of action is to expand into space.

"God" movement

A religious state who believe that Earth should be looked after (like the "caretaker" corp), but without the use of high-tech tools.

"Military" movement

A heavily-militarized city that still holds grudges against the old war enemies, and views the nuclear war as a still ongoing conflict.

"Aqua" movement

Want to develop a city under the sea? Or a floating city? But why? Game engine won't really do it justice, either.

"Morlock" movement

A group that hid themselves under the ground during the war, and are going to continue to live there until the nuclear winter (real or imagined) is over?

"Laputan" movement

A group that wants to build a flying city... because they can? Or to escape the troubles of surface life?

Old countries

Some of these may have survived somewhat intact, and will continue to operate as they did before (same political motivations, etc.). But which countries? England, at request of richcheng, but who else?

Faction list - non-superpower

"friendly mutant" movement

A banding together of all mutants and outcasts of society.

"Terrorist" movement

How does this differ from the "military" movement? Are they more daring, and willing to attack innocent civilians? Are they following the same political motivations as the military movement? (i.e. they are the extreme terrorist offshoot of them)

"Zombie" movement

Nuke + mega city = zombies!

"Terminator" movement

Rogue military hardware that is operating autonomously - or under the control of some (malfunctioning?) AI

"AI" movement

Androids that have gained independence, but want to peacefully coexist with humans?

"Tribe" movement

Bands of travellers wandering the Earth, moving from city to city, trying to survive.

"Hippies" movement

Like the "God" movement, but they don't believe in God. Just want to live at peace with the Earth, in environmentaly friendly ways.

"Freedom" movement

Aren't obsessed with survival as such - just with bringing down the reign of the tyrannical megacorps.

Faction relationships

Respect matrix

There are 4 basic relationships in the matrix:

  1. Positive (+) relations - i.e. they share the same goals and are willing to work together
  2. Neutral (neut) relations - They may share the same goals, but they don't feel strongly enough about each other to openly work together
  3. Ambivolant (ambiv) - They don't really care about each other, and don't mind blocking each other's progress - just not all-out war.
  4. Negative (-) relations - They are enemies, and will happily wipe each other out.

TODO:
MUST-DOCS: UNKNOWN: Finish fleshing out factions
MUST-CODE: LONG: Implement it all!
MUST-DOCS: UNKNOWN: Visual styles - only 4 needed? hightech, lowtech, regulartech, ramshackle
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Profit!