Know Your Factions
The Major Factions:
Unaligned Fandom (Neutrals, Generalists, Damn Neutrals): Not really a "faction" as such, but considering that the unaligned fen make up nearly 40% of the total population, their collective voice can count for a lot if all pointed in the right direction.
United Federation of Planets (Trekkies, Trekkers): One of the oldest, largest and best organized factions, the Trekkies are also the only faction to date with a permanent interstellar base. (Starbase 2, Alpha Centauri A IV) Currently they're putting all their energy into second-generation handwavium research, trying to hammer out the worst of the quirks & establish a functional mass production line.
Galactic Republic (Warsies): The second-largest of the organized factions. The Warsies are also more militarily inclined, organizing along troop batallions (read: stormtroopers retconned into "Alliance Clone Troopers" to maintain a friendlier face) and engaging in exercise maneuvers to keep their edges sharp.
The Wizarding World (Wizards, Potterites): Not a faction most people would think was the third-largest one in Fenspace - Harry Potter is fantasy after all, not science-fiction or even space opera - but the combination of "magic" handwavium plus the crackdowns on private ownership thereof forced a mass migration of Potterites to Fenspace. Wizards tend to set up their own districts in larger settlements & stations, while the leadership & teaching of new wizards is done at Hogwarts (undisclosed location, Main Belt).
Interstellar Alliance (Fivers, Rangers): The Fivers are Fenspace's natural diplomats. Whenever there's a dispute between two factions, you'll find a Fiver in the middle trying to mediate and making a mess of things. Highly dispersed as a fandom, appearing in ones or twos all though the general population. Rumors that they get their marching orders from Babylon .5 can not be confirmed or denied.
Independent Faction (Browncoats, Whedonites, Jossies): The smallest of the one-fandom major factions, the Jossies are few in number but deeply devoted to their cause. In true emulation of their icons they've set up shop in the Jovian system, with plenty of moons to work with.
Crystal Millennium (Senshi): Not so much a single fandom as a coalition of a half-dozen fandoms with the same general theme. The Senshi and the other magical-girl fandoms are at the top, combined with Buffy fans, Xenites, a handful of Dragonriders & even a contingent of mecha pilots. Their top priority for the last few years has been the Venus Terraforming Project.---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
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FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
The Major Factions:
Unaligned Fandom (Neutrals, Generalists, Damn Neutrals): Not really a "faction" as such, but considering that the unaligned fen make up nearly 40% of the total population, their collective voice can count for a lot if all pointed in the right direction.
United Federation of Planets (Trekkies, Trekkers): One of the oldest, largest and best organized factions, the Trekkies are also the only faction to date with a permanent interstellar base. (Starbase 2, Alpha Centauri A IV) Currently they're putting all their energy into second-generation handwavium research, trying to hammer out the worst of the quirks & establish a functional mass production line.
Galactic Republic (Warsies): The second-largest of the organized factions. The Warsies are also more militarily inclined, organizing along troop batallions (read: stormtroopers retconned into "Alliance Clone Troopers" to maintain a friendlier face) and engaging in exercise maneuvers to keep their edges sharp.
The Wizarding World (Wizards, Potterites): Not a faction most people would think was the third-largest one in Fenspace - Harry Potter is fantasy after all, not science-fiction or even space opera - but the combination of "magic" handwavium plus the crackdowns on private ownership thereof forced a mass migration of Potterites to Fenspace. Wizards tend to set up their own districts in larger settlements & stations, while the leadership & teaching of new wizards is done at Hogwarts (undisclosed location, Main Belt).
Interstellar Alliance (Fivers, Rangers): The Fivers are Fenspace's natural diplomats. Whenever there's a dispute between two factions, you'll find a Fiver in the middle trying to mediate and making a mess of things. Highly dispersed as a fandom, appearing in ones or twos all though the general population. Rumors that they get their marching orders from Babylon .5 can not be confirmed or denied.
Independent Faction (Browncoats, Whedonites, Jossies): The smallest of the one-fandom major factions, the Jossies are few in number but deeply devoted to their cause. In true emulation of their icons they've set up shop in the Jovian system, with plenty of moons to work with.
Crystal Millennium (Senshi): Not so much a single fandom as a coalition of a half-dozen fandoms with the same general theme. The Senshi and the other magical-girl fandoms are at the top, combined with Buffy fans, Xenites, a handful of Dragonriders & even a contingent of mecha pilots. Their top priority for the last few years has been the Venus Terraforming Project.---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"