BE factions for SMACX - a comunity project

[Geo]

I guess, Walt Williams took all of his notes with him.. 

Perhaps we should mug his notes?

[sisko]

I guess, Walt Williams took all of his notes with him.. 

Perhaps we should mug his notes?

I'm game. Where should we start? Let us coordinate our efforts!

[Geo]

For starters, we need to know where his desk(top?) is...

[Buster's Uncle]

This one fought me - that green didn't want to show scanlines in the SMACX palette.

These guys have a strong streak of Catholicism, BTW; that logo is the light of the Cross shining on the jungle.

[Geo]

Dunno if you hadn't seen the PAU&PAC intro, Sisko? It's in the same Gamereactor article as the prior two you posted.

The chartering of the People's African Union is the culmination of what has been called the sub-Saharan renaissance. A new generation of political thinkers and cultural organizers used the chaos of the years following the Great Mistake to build pockets of good governance and stability, then gradually expanded and combined, focusing on continental self-reliance, traditional values of communalism, and a newly-developed sense of shared destiny. These states were able to create strong stewardship of Africa's ample mineral and biological resources and rebuild ecological damage within their borders. The People's African Union was one of the earliest backers of the Seeding, and has profited greatly by its equatorial positioning in serving as a launch base for many expeditions.

Although badly affected by the Great Mistake and the upheaval that followed, the Pan-Asian Cooperative emerged as a strong, transnational entity. Centered around the old People's Republic of China, the Cooperative spans Asia from the Mongolian steppe to the megalopolis of Bangkok, with even former regional rivals South Korea and Japan laying aside their differences to work in the framework of the PAC. It is a powerhouse of industry, home to world-class R&D and high-tech corporations, and boasts a skilled population living in Earth's most populous cities. Although relatively new to spaceflight and space colonization, the PAC has quickly caught up to or passed the old Space Bloc as it embraces the Seeding.

[Geo]

These guys have a strong streak of Catholicism, BTW; that logo is the light of the Cross shining on the jungle.

Nicely done.
I've seen the 'cross' compared with a rocket/shuttle launching. The star as the rising object, with the tail the exhaust of the engines.

[Buster's Uncle]

That, too, sure.


The African Union logo is wheat growing in the sun - prosperity though good management, after generations of hunger and chaos.  Conservative, in a reforming way - perhaps a lot of wise use ecology; certainly emphasis on safety and stability.

The Slavs have basically a cosmonaut's medal or patch for a logo - a star with something orbiting, bordered by military argle bargle.  Space exploration - Russians are way into SF.  Big hard science focus.

ARC is the eye in the pyramid from US money (and masonic symbolism, if you want to work in some sinister conspiracy theory stuff) - says they're all about the money (and power, in a Morgan sort of way).

I don't know enough about Hindu iconography to make much of the Kavithan Protectorate icon, but she's a babe, and there's an obvious religious cult of personality thing going on.


-More on the other three as I have ideas while staring at them during .pcx assembly.

[Buster's Uncle]

The name mentions the Spanish peninsula, but the symbol is fleur de lise, which implies a crowd who look out for number one to an obnoxious degree.  Aggressive expansionism, but not warlike.  The Spanish part implies some of the same arrogant bad neighbor stuff, but with less stability and competence.

[Buster's Uncle]

This one fought scanlining the logo - fought HARD.  The symbol doesn't look like anything to me, and all I got is clichés about Asian culture.

[JarlWolf]

I'd say the following factions are, ideology wise, this:

ARC is a corporation aimed on control of resources and the domination of space and the capital it can provide.

Stats wise:

1+ Support - They are very adept at logistics and environmental engineering
1+ Industry- They are industrialists and a business focused on infrastructure and logistics.
2- Morale- They tend to avoid conflict and are not well experienced in it.
Cannot use planned economics.
Their ideology is wealth.

Slavic Federation is a science focused, pan nationalist front aimed to conquer the stars for all Slavic nations, and found a new legacy of the human race through scientific conquest and exploration of the stars.

1+ Morale - motivated, prideful troops
1+Research - very keen on scientific development
1- Planet - their rather aggressive motives may be disturbing to local fauna and flora, and their rapid pioneering be a threat.
1- Efficiency - Their pride and aggressive approach to the stars may produce overestimation of ability due to pride.
Cannot use Fundamental
Their ideology is most likely power, but knowledge could be a good candidate as well.

Kavitha protectorate- A Hindu esque cult of personality where the followers believe in the path of Indian style divination and enlightenment by their prophet leader.

1+ Growth - the charisma of the Kavitha faith is strong and flocks many to its banner.
2+ Efficiency- People feel enlightened and spiritually motivated, and thus work harder and more effectively, living by their faiths laws.
1- Probe - the Kavitha protectorate is fairly benevolent in its nature but this can be easily exploited.
2- Industry- the Kavitha protectorate is not so much focused on industrial capacity and production as it is spiritual enlightenment and intellectual development.

Cannot choose Power ideology.
Their preferred ideology is fundamentalist.

More to come soon...

[Buster's Uncle]

1) Hutma looks pissed.  What kind of name is that for a white guy, anyway?

2) The logo makes me think of a mathematical formula - physics - magnetic containment in a fusion reactor, or lasers, or lasers igniting fusion inside a magnetic containment.

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Bolivar of Brasilia looks more pissed, and is mighty pale for a South American...

[Geo]

1) Hutma looks pissed.  What kind of name is that for a white guy, anyway?

Because he's not? 100% white I mean. He sure has something Southeast Asian to him.

[Othniel]

He's quite  clearly Polynesian, or some other type of Tongan, Samoan or other type of Pacific Islander. I had stated earlier that I can pull quotes from the game, and then categorize them by who said what and if they were associated with an affinity. This will take several playthroughs, so time, yeah...

[Buster's Uncle]

Obviously, it ain't gonna be done last Thursday, so done good would be good...

[Yitzi]

I've realized that I don't really know enough about the factions to be such a good choice to design them in any case.