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; FACTION FILE: Covenant of the Deep
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; Credit: ete, Sigma, and BU (art)
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#COVENANT
The Covenant of the Deep, The Covenant, Covenant, M, 1, Vathe, M, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
  TECH, Chemist, TECH, DocFlex, SOCIAL, +PLANET, SOCIAL, -ECONOMY, FREEABIL, 20, VOTES, 0.5, AQUATIC, 0, Unit, 9,
  Politics, Fundamentalist, PLANET
  Economics, Free Market, nil
  Covenant, Covnt.
  Saitu, Aodan, Saitu's Descent
  Deacon, devout, insane, spiritual, brainwashed,
  Cult Leader
  bring our peoples into the benevolent embrace of the Planetmind
  seek spiritual oneness with Planet's will
  expunging this world of every man, woman and child who does not follow his insane dogma
  expunging this world of every man, woman and child who does not follow your insane dogma
  commit one atrocity after another in the name of your suicidal religion
  brewing new chemical weapons and other atrocities to inflict upon his imagined "heretics"
  brewing new chemical weapons and other atrocities to inflict upon your imagined "heretics"
  leading a dangerous cult
  so-called religious movement, M1
  spiritual endeavors, M2
  cult activities, M2
  offering, M1
  spreading wisdom of Planet's will among our colonies
  the Abyssal Inquisition
  the will of the Planetmind

#BASES
Rocky Pilgrimage
#END

#WATERBASES
The Depths Call Us
Sorceror's Wharf
Carcosa Island
Song of the Abyss
Lair of the Sealurk
Church of Descent
Sunken Cathedral
Sea of Dreams
Deep Rapture
Hadal Reverie
Clione Nursery
Benthic Temple
Cold Seep Sanctuary
Prayer for the Drowned
#END

#BLURB
In the deepest reaches of Planet's oceans, the crushing pressure and lack of nourishing 
sunlight render the hadal trench zones barren of most forms of life. Yet in this hellish 
environment, the xenofungus thrives in greater abundance and concentration than anywhere 
on the surface. Fused into dense clusters by intense geothermal heat and over 1200 bars of
deep sea pressure, the neural capacity of the hadal fungus is magnitudes larger than the
rest of Planet's xenomass put together. In these fathomless depths, Planet's very soul lies
dreaming.
 ^
 ^        —Deacon Daniel Vathe,
 ^           “The Call of Chiron”

#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {Deacon Daniel Vathe}
^BACKGROUND: {United Ireland, Unity Deep Sea Oceanographer}
^AGENDA: {Communion with Planetmind}
^TECH: {High Energy Chemistry, Doctrine: Flexibility}
^

#DATALINKS2
^+1 PLANET: {Revere Planet as a powerful, godlike entity}
^-1 ECONOMY: {Attract few trade partners}
^Free Nerve Gas Pods on all units with discovery of High Energy Chemistry
^Free Isle of the Deep at Planetfall
^Planetary Council Votes Halved {Other leaders distrustful of beliefs}
^Extra Drone per 4 Citizens {Citizens repulsed by beliefs and rituals}
^{May not use Free Market Economics}


#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
“Our strategic simulations predict an inevitable stalemate for this
conflict, $NAME1. We therefore attach a high value to Blood Truce at this time.”

“I need no simulation to tell me that, $NAME3. Blood Truce is the best choice.”
“That’s funny … our simulations predict your inevitable defeat. We see no value in a Blood Truce.”

#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
“You have recently demonstrated enhanced left-brain activity, $TITLE0 $NAME1.
A Treaty of Friendship would exponentially increase our mutual capabilities.”

“Your conclusions are irrefutable. A Treaty is the only rational path for our people, $NAME3.”
“I prefer my right-brain impulses on this one, $NAME3. You can use what’s left of yours.”

#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
“Our strategic simulations predict an inevitable stalemate for this
conflict, $NAME1. We therefore attach a high value to Blood Truce at this time.”

“Wisdom: avoid stalemate. Progenitor: better things to do. Agreement.”
“Your simulations: faulty. Your defeat: inevitable. Answer: negative.”

#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
“$TITLE0 $NAME1, your devotion to research and your vast intellect make you
a suitable partner. A Treaty of Friendship would exponentially increase
our mutual capabilities.”

“Geometric power: preferable: arithmetic power. Treaty: excellent idea.”
“Logic flaw: Progenitor: no benefit: your commerce. Answer: negative.”


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