Factions
From Infocalypse
The following is merely and overview of the four main factions that have come to be known over time:
Streeters - Corporates - Freelancers - Mystics Each of these are pretty self explanatory by way of title alone.
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The Streeters
The Streeters live in, well, the street, and try and get by with what they have. Not quick to adopt to new technology, either out of apathy or lack of means. They are notoriously violent, and yet, quite honorable, with reverence to true faith and traditional family values and honors. They have quite a disdain for the Corporates and the Freelancers, but generally are neutral with the Mystics.
Corporates
Corporates. Just like it sounds. The all-powerful, ever-present corporate infrastructure exists strongly today, moreso because of the arrival of governments, militaries and world religions into their community. The bottom line is king. Over time, institutionalized religion was outed for the big business it really was; governments nearly evaporated into bankruptcy as the new rule came from the corporates; the militaries had become obsolete since they couldn’t compete with many mega-corps own security forces. When these institutions took a board of directions and incorporated, it saved them.
Freelancers
Freelancers (formerly SciTechs) seek immortality by way of scientific and technological means. They can easily augment their presence with any amount of hardware, software, or device of science. Not opposed to the sprawling and massive infrastructure of the Corporates, the Freelancers had proven long ago that one can maintain allegiance to self, and not have to answer to a crowded, orderly, and often corrupt environment. Many Freelancers consult with Corporates– yet are able to sustain by inventing small, new advances in technology that are quickly snatched up by the highest bidder. They are wealthy and street smart.
Mystics
Mystics, much like the Streeters, hail from a more traditional value system– without much of the violent posturing and enforcement so common in the streets of Saijo. They do not, however, oppose the quest for immortality that the Freelancers follow. Mystics also see no good from the unstoppable evolution of the Corporate reign. Mystics, also people of faith, are the closest thing to how a religion should be, and not the incorporated profit machine that most religions are today. Mystics do periodically dabble in technology and science, so long that it aligns with their beliefs and practices of a more metaphysical and supernatural nature.
This is not a complete overview by any means, but it’s the common knowledge around here. Keep it close to you, because Information is Currency.
