More Background for Factions:
[ +- ] The Maker's Men
This religious group was formed during the Years of Chaos, when the Fall of Technology occurred. Before, the peoples of Darst were majority atheists, or atleast pursued the ideals of scientific discovery or personal prosperity. The religious few still carry on the old faiths of Earth.
In the Years of Chaos, the citizens of Darst have begun to grow panicked from the sudden total loss of manufacture blueprints, and discontent with the ruling planetary. government. Warlords and City leaders begun to fight each other due to suspicions of sabotage, and the need of resources as off-planet shipments have suddenly stopped.
In this period, tribal zealousy grew, and one group of fanatics have garnered large popularity and power. It has many names, one of which is the Maker's Men. This formation comes from the desire to unite the Abrahamic religions into one group that seeks to overthrow the ruling leaders of the world. The reason was that the government have sold out their people to the Dark Aliens, who have been known recently to nearly wiped out humanity. Because of this, the view of the aliens being the representation of devils have grown popular, particularly to the Maker's Men.
This name is one of several that it has. It refers to being the chosen men of the Maker of All. It is also called the Creator's Children by the more egalitarian members. However, those who calls themselves The Maker's Men could also be a part of the current aggressive policy makers of the faction. In-fighting happens once in a while, and the current issue is how severe the faction should make its punishments for those who speak against the way the occupied cities are run.
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The faction has a number of different denominations and sub-sects, but they are unified in a common enemy, the forces of evil, of which includes the aliens and their human servants and other cult groups that are too occultic and deviant.
Their theology consists of the fact that humanity was created by a divine creator of the universe, which made Earth, and specifically the continent of Africa, to be the species' birth place. Then, mankind grew bold and went into the stars beyond, which was the home of the evil spirits that are enemies of the Creator. These spirits, or aliens, then went to wage war against mankind's dominion of the universe. Mankind was saved at the eleventh hour by The Creator, Who gave them the knowledge on how to fight back the Darkness. Despite the defeat of the aliens, they are still alive and are actively seeking to manipulate mankind's downfall. This is where the Old Government was blamed for cursing Darst by negotiating with the enemy in the first place.
[ +- ] The Union
The Union is formed from scattered remnants of the Old Government. Long ago, Darst was a single planet in a vast network of an interstellar federation. What the federation was called, and what was the height of its technology and glory, is now lost to the descendents of Darst. The Union is the children of the Old Government, who still seeks be a player in the game of directing Darst's future.
The Union has a public face and a secret face, and the secret one is more intricate than its plain boring public one. The highests members of the Union knows about the relations the Government had with the aliens, whom are called Emissaries for their role in being diplomats between the humans and the rest of the alien species.
The more well known secret is that, right after the defeat of the aliens in the war, they seek a number of negotiations. One of which is to not expand beyond a certain limit of the galaxy. There was a generation of the human federation that agreed to it, but after one or two generations after, the aliens have discovered that the humans betrayed the promise by re-entering beyond the boundary. From then, the Emissaries gave a few more warnings before the events of the Fall of Technology occurred all at once.
This is but the tip of the iceberg, and other activities, such as the preservation of alien life on Darst, is still kept hidden from the majority of the Union's citizens.
[ +- ] The Industrial Alliance
This faction is formed a couple years after the conclusion of the Yellow and Red Wars, also known as the Nat-Econ wars. This war was started when the Golden Coalition have grown more tyrannical in its obsession for gathering wealth from its expanding occupied territories. This lead to a rival faction to gain popularity, the Communist Manifestors, whom have rediscovered an ancient lost text that was manually copied long before the Fall of Tech. It was from this text that made the Manifestors into a powerful and zealous faction that could match the Maker's Men in its hay day.
The wars were brutal and slow, but eventually the Coalition lost, and its territories quickly changing hands to the victors. It did not take long before another faction springs up besides the still exhausted winner. The Industrial Alliance was an answer to the new tyranny of the Manifestors, and through further complicated conflicts, the region was eventually ruled by the Alliance.
One key factor that made the Alliance win is that it have recently found a way to produce Firearms in a much faster way. Soon, the engines of war have cooled, and the pursuit of automating everything begun in earnest. In time, it has became a powerful and well known faction, one which have fueled innovation to accelerate.
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In its current form, it has become a hub of decadence and economic inequality. It is a realm of promises, both kept and broken. Neon lights lit up the smog-choked streets, where people walk around with the latest mobile phones in hand, and advertisements drawing attention to the inventions of the coming future. Robotic slaves and cybernetic enhancements. These are the fever dreams of the citizens of the Industrial Alliance.
(WIP)
