Rule Zero

The Battle Brothers of the protectorate now serve as the highly elite army of the Sovereign. They seek to reunite the shattered human factions in Boer under their rule, to enforce their vision of a united humanity. Other factions and species are viewed as little more than impediments to this goal, which the protectorate will overcome. Nothing will cause them to relent in pursuing the Sovereign’s vision.

Eldritch Raiders

The Raiders are the descendants of the lower classes of the ancient Elf Empire. Like the High Elves, they are exiles without a home, but they never had access to the resources that the High Elves had. They became raiders and mercenaries, establishing small communities within bigger civilisations or living the errant life of wild dogs. Their communities are tight-knit, fiercely loyal, and wary of outsiders, akin to gangs. The Dark Elves live throughout the sector, ranging from pirate dynasties controlling several planets to small familial groups living in the slums of remote worlds.

Foundry Confederation

A confederation was formed under an expansion charter. Foundry Station was formed from a commission from a utopian government from another sector. The confederation is a coalition of governments, corporations, and trade unions equipped with advanced weapons and drones. While the station invited the Confederation Senate to meet there, it is observed as an independent body and sovereign state within the Confederation.

Havoc Cartels

A varied group of renegade Battle Brothers who have made pacts with the Havoc Gods. The Havoc Brothers operate in independent war bands throughout the sector. These bands vary in scale from system-spanning empires to piratical raiders and mercenaries, with a wide variety of social structures. Typically, the Havoc Brothers make up these social structures' reigning elite, presiding over unaugmented followers and Daemonic hangers-on.

The Havoc Brothers are efficient warriors who respect competence and martial prowess. They will not hesitate to remove any leader who shows weakness or dethrone their leader if he shows weakness.

Human Charter

The humans of the Boer Sector represent a rich tapestry of diverse political entities rather than a single, unified body. Each colonial charter within the Boer Sector reflects its own distinct motives and philosophies that shape their interactions with the varied inhabitants of the sector. This diversity contributes to a complex web of relationships, as different human groups navigate their unique perspectives and interests in relation to one another and the wider community.

Jackal Bands

Jackals are still adapting to the wider galaxy; some still view them as backward for their tribal ways. Still, Jackals have proven adaptable; they remain united by their traditions while learning and scavenging whatever they can to help them adapt to their new lives. Only time will tell whether their culture will survive the shock of galactic travel to stand on equal footing with the rest of Boer.

The Jackals have earned a reputation for being very open-minded and principled, skilled fighters but averse to needless bloodshed. A few renegade caravans have turned more aggressive; however, they have lost their way as they were exposed to the sometimes grim realities of war in the Sirius Sector. Such Jackals either become pirates or find steady employment with less savoury patrons. They may become a Dark Elf crime lord’s security detail, guards in the mines of a greedy dwarf mega-corp, or hired blades for a Soul Snatcher’s secret raids.

Kochsagi Dynasty

The Dynasty’s forces consist of well-armed infantry and drones, supported by high-tech robots and vehicles. Initially, they emerged from a world divided into a patchwork society of warring clans. The royal house became adept at manipulating clans, leading potential rivals into a series of destructive wars before imposing their laws over survivors and forming a ruling Dynasty. The Kochsagi Dynasty will go to any length to maintain this fragile unity as they expand out into the stars

Legions

Many Robots are convinced that there has to be an optimal way to live, a purpose worth dedicating their efforts to. But they are unsure about what this purpose is. This is the great question that has splintered their society, forming different Legions to pursue various solutions. When a Robot formulates a vision for how they should live, they communicate it to others. If enough Robots are convinced, a group will start forming, striving to realize this vision.

The central ideological axis along which the Robots divide themselves goes from Isolationist to Assimilationist. Extreme Isolationists want to create well-protected and hidden territories where Robots will never depend on or suffer from outsiders. The most dedicated Assimilationists believe that Robots need to exchange and intermingle with other species, to the point of actually accepting them within their Legion. There are more radical and strange Legions, from the Antibiologists who want to destroy organic life to the Cognitophiles who see the galaxy as a vast laboratory to study and conduct experiments in, or the Transmechanists who wish to transfer their consciousness into biological bodies.

Machine Cult

The Machine Cult is interested in invention and discovery. Its armies often secure worlds with vital resources or ancient machinery. The Cult is fascinated with the Legion, whom it believes has come closest to singularity. The Cult hopes to discover the secrets necessary to understand and perhaps even trigger Singularity.

Marauder Hordes

For these Orcs, honour, strength, and their clans were the most essential parts of their lives. Clans worked together to share their meagre resources, fighting everyone else. Larger groups rarely lasted; instead, Orcs put their faith in personal trust and bonds. Without a worthy leader, larger groups would dissolve into clans and return to fighting among themselves.

Nchakan Hives

The Nchakan Hives are a faction of bioforms using biotechnology. They are made up of various subspecies that come from the remote frontiers of the galaxy, striving to find their place in the outer sphere. When they first arrived, they were viewed as monstrous invaders, but after a long war of extermination, breakthroughs in communication led to a fragile peace. Now, the Hives must accept the long war's legacy and decide how to adapt.

Niman Union

The Niman Union is a coalition of species armed with advanced weaponry and drones. Their armies depend on sophisticated ranged weapons and agility to keep adversaries at a distance. Members of the Union have embraced logic as the foundation of their society, renouncing selfish impulses. They have come to rely on machine logic to make rational and impartial decisions, which has earned them a reputation as mediators in Boer. They began to question this reliance only when machine logic nearly led to their complete redundancy. Rejecting AI, the members of the Niman Union now strive to create a better society for themselves.

Speculator Guild

The Dwarves of the Speculator Guild live on mobile mining fleets, ruled over by the Guild Lords. These mining ventures dominate much of their society, operating at once as their governing bodies and massive corporations that employ most who live within their culture. The Guild maximizes profits through industrial production and resource extraction, particularly through mining. They funnel much of their production into producing ships and tools to allow them to mine with even greater efficiency. Dwarves refer to their territories as “veins”, each claimed and managed by a company. Often, they spread along a string of worlds, leaving old worlds abandoned and nearly hollowed out from mining before moving on to new worlds at their ever-expanding borders to repeat the process.

Sulahhan Principality

The members of the Elven Nobility who fled into the stars mostly remain there, living on massive ships known as the High Elf Fleets. They are people without direction, and their homeworlds abandon much of their old lives. They sail the void and establish minor planetary bases, doing what they can to preserve what remains of their old culture and might.

Varul Protectorate

The Varul Protectorate is a Saurian principality that settled in the sector several generations ago. The princes of Varul have adopted a military-focused domestic and foreign policy in reaction to the Nchakan Hives’ incursions into the sector.

Warrior Convents

The Blessed Sisters are an elite force of religious warriors equipped with advanced armor and weaponry. They formed under the guidance of the God-Queen, a humble woman suddenly turned into a symbol of hope and resistance. The Sisters act as mediators and rely on diplomacy rather than ruling through force. This has left them without the power and resources of other factions, dependent instead on an ever-fragile web of alliances and donations.

Yksoi Clans