Feb 21, 2024 8:53 pm
ACQUISITIVES
In the hard times that followed the Scoured Stars incident, the Society turned to several notable mercenary organizations, hiring freelance agents to perform duties once handled by Starfinders. Many of these hired contacts saw the usefulness of a continued "working relationship" with the Society, and decided to join when the first new generation of recruits finished their accelerated training.
Faction Leader: Radaszam "the Dealmaker" (male vesk operative)
Motto: Fame, glory, and money. We want it all.
Objectives: Acquisitives goals often involve promoting the Starfinder Society to raise the personal reputation of all members. They stockpile funds and resources, believing that the faction can make itself indispensable the Society. Starfinders pledge themselves, to varying degrees, to the Acquisitives faction for access to these assets. This influx of recruits is the direct byproduct of the Acquisitives’ resources, not to mention their preference of sending Starfinders on missions leading to personal glory and monetary enrichment.
DATAPHILES
Many join the Society in the first place due to an obsession with the acquisition and distribution of data. The Dataphiles are a faction of such like-minded individuals who regularly work to regulate the flow of information both inside and out of the Starfinder Society.
Faction Leader: Historia-7 (female android mechanic)
Motto: Knowledge is power.
Objectives: Churches, corporations, governments, and other organizations all have secrets. The Dataphiles work to uncover these secrets, deciding what to share and what to store in their vast data vaults inside Archive’s Cortex, a sector of the Lorespire Complex. While not all information is shared beyond the Dataphiles’ archives, the simple act of guarding knowledge acts as their guiding light. Data comes in many forms, and the Dataphiles employ more than just computer specialists in their ranks. Agents skilled at withdrawing information from sentient creatures, either by coercion, discourse, or trickery, are highly sought. As their sites of interest are often some of the most well-defended installations in the galaxy, the Dataphiles also have a pressing need for trained combat specialists—whether as a strong arm protecting a hacker during a delicate operation or an armed ally capable of getting the prize out alive.
EXO-GUARDIANS
The Exo-Guardians have existed in various forms within the Starfinder Society for the past century. Dedicated to preserving the Pact Worlds from external threats, the Exo-Guardians use information from the Society’s far-reaching travels and discoveries to identify galactic threats early. While most of the original Exo-Guardians were involved in the mission to the Scoured Stars, a handful remained behind. They have since worked to reform the faction to serve the recovering Society.
Faction Leader: Zigvigix (host shirren soldier)
Motto: The sword that seeks the darkness.
Objectives: The creed of the Exo-Guardians is to protect the Pact Worlds from external threats. In the context of their membership within the Starfinder Society, this most often relates to participating in missions to acquire relics or technology of a defensive nature. Exo-Guardians excel in missions that lead to such discoveries, but also serve an important secondary role within the Society of "sending a message" to threats that interfere in Society business. Be it a derelict starship overrun with mindless alien vermin or a supposedly impenetrable fortress operated by forces opposed to the Society, it’s often the Exo-Guardians who come in to handle the situation.
WAYFINDERS
Members of the Wayfinders are some of the Society’s foremost experts in first contact scenarios and agents of exploration. An organization dedicated to fully pursuing the Starfinder Society’s mission statement of exploration, the Wayfinders are at the forefront of each expedition to scan a planet, set foot on an asteroid, or greet a previously unknown species. Wayfinders have a natural passion for exploration, be it through social situations with new species or discovering ancient alien ruins.
Faction Leader: Fitch (female ysoki technomancer)
Motto: First into the unknown.
Objectives: The Wayfinders are paragons of the greater Starfinder Society’s drive to explore the innumerable worlds accessible with the advent of the Drift. They, more than any other group within the Society, focus their efforts outside of the Pact Worlds. Traveling through Near Space and the Vast, the Wayfinders live for the thrill of discovery, bringing their findings back to the Lorespire Complex for proper cataloging and dissemination.
In the hard times that followed the Scoured Stars incident, the Society turned to several notable mercenary organizations, hiring freelance agents to perform duties once handled by Starfinders. Many of these hired contacts saw the usefulness of a continued "working relationship" with the Society, and decided to join when the first new generation of recruits finished their accelerated training.
Faction Leader: Radaszam "the Dealmaker" (male vesk operative)
Motto: Fame, glory, and money. We want it all.
Objectives: Acquisitives goals often involve promoting the Starfinder Society to raise the personal reputation of all members. They stockpile funds and resources, believing that the faction can make itself indispensable the Society. Starfinders pledge themselves, to varying degrees, to the Acquisitives faction for access to these assets. This influx of recruits is the direct byproduct of the Acquisitives’ resources, not to mention their preference of sending Starfinders on missions leading to personal glory and monetary enrichment.
DATAPHILES
Many join the Society in the first place due to an obsession with the acquisition and distribution of data. The Dataphiles are a faction of such like-minded individuals who regularly work to regulate the flow of information both inside and out of the Starfinder Society.
Faction Leader: Historia-7 (female android mechanic)
Motto: Knowledge is power.
Objectives: Churches, corporations, governments, and other organizations all have secrets. The Dataphiles work to uncover these secrets, deciding what to share and what to store in their vast data vaults inside Archive’s Cortex, a sector of the Lorespire Complex. While not all information is shared beyond the Dataphiles’ archives, the simple act of guarding knowledge acts as their guiding light. Data comes in many forms, and the Dataphiles employ more than just computer specialists in their ranks. Agents skilled at withdrawing information from sentient creatures, either by coercion, discourse, or trickery, are highly sought. As their sites of interest are often some of the most well-defended installations in the galaxy, the Dataphiles also have a pressing need for trained combat specialists—whether as a strong arm protecting a hacker during a delicate operation or an armed ally capable of getting the prize out alive.
EXO-GUARDIANS
The Exo-Guardians have existed in various forms within the Starfinder Society for the past century. Dedicated to preserving the Pact Worlds from external threats, the Exo-Guardians use information from the Society’s far-reaching travels and discoveries to identify galactic threats early. While most of the original Exo-Guardians were involved in the mission to the Scoured Stars, a handful remained behind. They have since worked to reform the faction to serve the recovering Society.
Faction Leader: Zigvigix (host shirren soldier)
Motto: The sword that seeks the darkness.
Objectives: The creed of the Exo-Guardians is to protect the Pact Worlds from external threats. In the context of their membership within the Starfinder Society, this most often relates to participating in missions to acquire relics or technology of a defensive nature. Exo-Guardians excel in missions that lead to such discoveries, but also serve an important secondary role within the Society of "sending a message" to threats that interfere in Society business. Be it a derelict starship overrun with mindless alien vermin or a supposedly impenetrable fortress operated by forces opposed to the Society, it’s often the Exo-Guardians who come in to handle the situation.
WAYFINDERS
Members of the Wayfinders are some of the Society’s foremost experts in first contact scenarios and agents of exploration. An organization dedicated to fully pursuing the Starfinder Society’s mission statement of exploration, the Wayfinders are at the forefront of each expedition to scan a planet, set foot on an asteroid, or greet a previously unknown species. Wayfinders have a natural passion for exploration, be it through social situations with new species or discovering ancient alien ruins.
Faction Leader: Fitch (female ysoki technomancer)
Motto: First into the unknown.
Objectives: The Wayfinders are paragons of the greater Starfinder Society’s drive to explore the innumerable worlds accessible with the advent of the Drift. They, more than any other group within the Society, focus their efforts outside of the Pact Worlds. Traveling through Near Space and the Vast, the Wayfinders live for the thrill of discovery, bringing their findings back to the Lorespire Complex for proper cataloging and dissemination.
