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[Jasonian]

The Diplomacy List
UPDATED: 1/27/00
* = updated from a previous condition in the last month


KEY:
Unknown: comlink information for this faction is not known
No diplomacy: comlink information for this faction is known, but no contact has been made

PREFIXES:
Uneasy: this relationship is weak and subject to change
Military: this relationship exists to fight a common enemy
Friendly: this relationship exists because this faction needs help
Teritorial: this relationships exists because of land issues
Ethical: this relationship exits because of soical engineering choices
Atrocity: this relationship exits because of atroicities committed by this faction
Loyalty: this relationship exits because of protecting a friend

All prefix information has a comment to explain it.
NOTE: The prefixes don't mean anything when it comes to what the treaty does. For example, an uneasy treaty is the same as a military treaty for terms of trading. The prefixes just give some background on that paticular relationship.


Gaians

Morganites: Ethical Vendetta (Free Market/Green)
*University: Loyalty Vendetta (for Believers)
*Believers: Ethical Pact (changed SE to Fundamentalist)
Peacekeepers: Territorial Pact
Spartans: Pact
Hive: Truce

Drones: Unknown
Angels: Unknown
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknown
Cult: Vendetta


Morganites

Gaians: Ethical Vendetta (Free Market/Green)
University: Pact
*Believers: Ethical Vendetta (Free Market/Green)
Peacekeepers: Truce
Spartans: Treaty
Hive: Truce

Drones: Unknown
Angels: Unknown
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknown
Cult: Unknown


University

Morganites: Pact
Believers: Ethical Vendetta (Knowledge/Fundamentalist)
*Peacekeepers: Military Pact (against Angels)
Spartans: Uneasy Truce (suspicious due to attack on University Base)
Gaians: Treaty
Hive: Truce

Drones: Treaty
Angels: Atrocity Vendetta (chemical attack on University Base)
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknown
Cult: Unknown


Believers

*Morganites: Ethical Vendetta (Free Market/Green)
University: Ethical Vendetta (Knowledge/Fundamentalist)
Peacekeepers: Truce
Spartans: Treaty
*Gaians: Ethical Uneasy Pact (switched SE to Green, not sure if pacting with Deirdre is a good idea)
Hive: Truce

Drones: Unknown
Angels: Unknown
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknown
Cult: Unknown


Peacekeepers

Morganites: Treaty
*University: Military Pact (against Angels)
Believers: Truce
Spartans: Treaty
Gaians: Territorial Pact
Hive: Ethical Vendetta (Police State/Democracy)

Drones: Friendly Treaty (Wants to save Drones from destruction from Hive)
Angels: Loyalty Vendetta (punishing Angels for attacking the University)
Pirates: Friendly Treaty (Attempting to save Pirates from other factions)
*Cyborgs: No diplomacy (willing to declare war to protect Drones, but never needed to do so)
Cult: Unknown


Spartans

Morganites: Treaty
University: Uneasy Truce (Blamed for chemical attack on University Base)
Believers: Treaty
Peacekeepers: Treaty
Gaians: Pact
Hive: Truce

Drones: Unknown
*Angels: Vendetta
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknowm
Cult: Unknown


Hive

Morganites: Truce
University: Truce
Believers: Treaty
Peacekeepers: Ethical Vendetta (Police State/Democracy)
Spartans: Truce
Gaians: Truce

Drones: Unknown
Angels: Unknown
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknown
Cult: Unknown


Drones

Morganites: Unknown
University: Treaty
Believers: Unknown
Peacekeepers: Friendly Treaty (need help for survival)
Spartans: Unknown
Gaians: Unknown
Hive: No diplomacy (War has not yet been delcared)

Angels: Friendly Truce (Needs Angels' technology)
Pirates: Uneasy Treaty (Signed to ensure peace)
Cyborgs: Vendetta
Cult: Unknown


Angels

Morganites: No diplomacy (but highly disliked)
University: Atrocity Vendetta (chemical attack on University Base)
Believers: Unknown
Peacekeepers: Vendetta (University)
*Spartans: Vendetta
Gaians: Unknown
Hive: Unknown

Drones: Friendly Truce (Needs Drones' industry)
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknown
Cult: Unknown


Pirates

Morganites: Unknown
University: Unknown
Believers: Unknown
Peacekeepers: Friendly Treaty (need Peacekeepers to pacify other factions)
Spartans: Unknown
Gaians: Unknown
Hive: Unknown

Drones: Treaty
Angels: Unknown
Cyborgs: Vendetta
Cult: Unknown


Cybernetic Conciousness

Morganites: Unknown
University: Unknown
Believers: Unknown
Peacekeepers: No diplomacy
Spartans: Unknown
Gaians: Unknown
Hive: Unknown

Drones: Territorial Vendetta (want to expand to Mount Planet)
Angels: Unknown
Pirates: Vendetta
Cult: Unknown


Cult of Planet

Morganites: Unknown
University: Unknown
Believers: Ethical Vendetta
Peacekeepers: Unknown
Spartans: Unknown
Gaians: Vendetta
Hive: Unknown

Drones: Unknown
Angels: Unknown
Pirates: Unknown
Cyborgs: Unknown


Manifold Caretakers

Manifold Usurpers: Permanent Ethical Vendetta (future of Manifold 6)
Not yet made Planetfall


Manifold Usurpers

Manifold Caretakers: Permanent Ethical Vendetta (future of Manifold 6)
Not yet made Planetfall
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[Jasonian]

Well, this never caught on. Since we have so many factions, I was hoping all of the writers would post any information here. This thread was to be a huge datalinks entry to find pretty much any type of information about the story. Since we are nearing the time when all 14 factions are on Planet, this will be invalable to sort everything out.

Crossfire writers, feel free to post anything here. I have updated the Diplomacy list and have added some Drone base info, council members, and national holidays.

Non-writers, please keep any questions/comments/suggestions/complaints in the "comments" thread so this isn't cluttered by anything except information. Thank you.

Drone public Datalinks


Free Drone council members

Foreman Domai - Faction Leader
Governor Hain - Free Drone Central Governor
Mr. Malcom - Diplomacy Messenger
Foreman Jeffred - Construction Foreman
Miss Atlasia - Research Team leader
Supreme Commander Rockmore - Military Commander
Chief Newman - Internal Security Cheif
DINOP 'Venus' - DIN Commander (DIN - Drone Inteligence Network)
Captain James Sheldon - Cloudbase Captain

Base Information

Free Drone Central

Size: about 60,000 (population 6)
Current task: Perimeter Defence
Location in Free Drone Nation: Near the top of Mount Planet
Notes: This is the Free Drone Nation capital, and also the support base of the awesome 'Cloudbase Accademy"


Worker's Paradise

Size: about 45,000 (still popualation 4)
Current task: Formers
Location in Free Drone Nation: Near the west coast of Mount Planet,
safely out of the way of the war.
Notes: This is the 2nd Free Drone base established. Due to it's location, it is safe from outside assaults, and it using this fact to increase it's own production capabilities

Living Standard

Size: about 35,000 (still population 3)
Current task: Conventional missile
Location in Free Drone Nation: East coast of Mount Planet
Notes: This base took a lot of damage during the Drone/Cyborg war. It is also where the Peacekeeper fleet arrived.


Coral Warehouse

Size: about 10,000 (population 1)
Current task: Sea formers
Location in Free Drone Nation: oceans to the west of the mainland
Notes: due to many sightings of large ships far from the base, Coral Warehouse probably very close to a Pirate base.


Freedom's Foundry (formerly Iota Station)

Size: about 20,000 (population 2)
Current task: Recreation Commons
Location in Free Drone Nation: across the north seas, on the edge of the Cyborg contient
Notes: A captured base. Was captured by an impressive manuver by DIN OP Commander Venus.

National Hoidays

Liberation Day (freedom from the Hive and the birth of the Free Drones)
Alphaprime Day (first day that the drones lived above the surface of Planet)
Peacekeeper Day (the appearence of the friendly peacekeeper fleet)
New Thanksgiving (similar to the old Earth holiday)
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[Cotroneo]

Data Angel Faction
Crossfire writer : Cotroneo

Current Council Members

Sinder Roze (head of Council)
Raptor
Beetle
Zebra
Spirit
Junior

(Virus)- former council member who was beat out by Spirit during last election

Cities

Secret Hollow
Base Population: 2158 individuals
Current Production: Build up of Satallite Information and Capabilities
Science: Nondecisive
Notes: This city is protected by an advanced Cloaking generation Field, making it invisible from outside sources. It also conceals heat, 0/CO2 Production, Electronic Emissions, Borehole Cluster

Important Items
The Borehole Cluster, orginally discovered by University science teams working inside Spartan Territory (they never told the spartans about there discovery) During the chemical attack on University Base, the university faction withdrew all its science teams from Spartan territory. Thus, the data angels moved into the area, secretly during their own respective Civil War against Tomahawk. The University has yet to send any unit to investigate what has happened to the site. Although they have been sending satallites to look at the area, but nothing has been confirmed about their findings.

Another important Data Angel note, is that during the exploration of the Borehole Cluster, three battle ogres have been discovered. Under the head researcher Zebra, they have been brought under control, and are just beginning to be able to used in a combat role. Also, Zebra has placed local cloak generators on these Ogres(due to the massive energy source aviable), which are very similiar to the large field cloaking Secret Hollow.

Lost Bases:

Data DeCentral (controlled by Peackeepers/University)
population:45,000 individuals
production run: none due to massive destruction in past battle with PK and UoP
science:none
Note: the Leader of the base, Tomahawk is being held captive in a secret Peacekeeper, waiting trial on the attack on University Base. (although actually ordered by Sinder)

[Raging Mouse]

The Peacekeepers

Writer: Raging Mouse

Leader: Commissioner Pravin Lal.

Capital: U.N. Headquarters.

Government: Six Advisors: Three military and Three Civilian.
Military: Captain-General Lady Jane Steppleton.
Intelligence: Lieutenant-General Nguyen Zhu.
Science: Professor Johan Kropotkin
Politics: Senior Diplomat Juhani Makela
Industry and Construction: Senior Administrator Andanti Khotar
Energy and Trade: Hum.Dr. Etienne Leclerk

Social Model: Democratic, Green, Knowledge.

Notes: The cities are too many for me to go into any details. Suffice to say, they are pretty well-stocked and -equipped, relative to their population. Expect at least children's creches and recreation commons in all but the smallest, or newest (Like Data Decentral).

Same goes for the people of note. They are also many, since that's the way I like it. Some, like the gang of Drones, are only infrequent visitors..yet. Stay tuned.

[Jasonian]

The Crossfire Tales – brief overview
NOTE: Comments on this are welcome. This may change as details are worked out.


Chapter One: New Faces

Earth was dying, and humans had only one option: leave. The starship U.S.S. Unity traveled from Earth to the Centauri system to populate the alien world Chiron with the last remnants of humanity, uniting them in happiness. At least, that was the plan.

However, the shortsighted UN of old Earth could not be prepared for what happened in the skies above Chiron. A mechanical failure caused many of the vital occupants to awaken in order to repair the ship and maintain order. Naturally, the humans began to squabble over who got what, and a full-scale battle broke out on the Unity. Even the oppressed working class rioted in what has become known as the great Drone Rebellion.

Eventually, the warring factions realized that they must board the landing pods or they wouldn’t be aboard in time to make Planetfall. The battle ended almost as abruptly as it began, and as the leader of the misguided mission died, they were free to pursue their destiny beneath an alien sky.

Without most of their technical information and mechanical aid, the seven surviving factions were scattered into the four winds as they randomly fell to the surface. On a grand “L-shaped” continent, three factions crashed. In the north of the “L” landed Lady Deirdre, who began her mission to coexist with the planet and named her country the Gaia's Stepdaughters. In the southeast of the “L” landed Yang, Chairman of the tyrannical Human Hive and between them fell Brother Pravin Lal, who is trying to unite all the factions under the charter of the original UN mission.

To the northeast of this continent landed isolated Morgan, stowaway on the Unity and founder of Morgan Industries, which is dedicated to a life of luxury at any cost. Poor Morgan has not even been able to explore his entire continent due to the mysterious disappearances of his patrols in the east

Other side of world landed the last three on one giant continent. In the southwest, Zakharov founded his University of Planet, which is dedicated to pure scientific research, and in the northwest is Sister Miriam Godwinson, leader of The Lord's Believers and defender of the faith. Colonel Corazon Santiago’s Spartan Federation fills the entire east of the continent.

Confused, alone, and wondering if any of the other leaders survived, the factions cautiously began to build and expand their colonies. It was around this time that they encountered the first of the mind worms. These life forms didn’t use fangs, claws, speed, or raw power to attack like many brutes the humans were used to. Instead, they use a powerful psychic attack to freeze their targets in terror, burrow into their brains, and plant their young. Obviously, several years after Planetfall, even the mention of one of these attacks was enough to scare many citizens. Only trained military personnel could resist the attack long enough to use their weapons on the native life forms.

As the nations grew, they also began to run into each other. While Lal and Deirdre signed a pact to ensure peace between their people, other leaders weren’t willing to do so. Three grand wars began, and have not ended since. Lal and Yang got into a dispute over proper governmental methods and declared Vendetta. However, land has hardly been exchanged, and the war continues to be fought on the original borders for the most part. Miriam and Zakharov resumed their conflict over the true power in the world: God or science. Their war has been more bloody, with the University having taken several Believing bases. However, the Believers have more to lose, so the war will indeed be a long one if one faction is to be totally conquered. Finally, Morgan and Deirdre also got into an ethical Vendetta, this time over treatment of the environment. However, a vast sea separates them, and that war has had almost no true battles. Of course, neither side has captured any bases.

The Spartans alone do not have any Vendettas. Some factions respect their well-trained armies, some are too afraid to face them, and others are too wise to commit to a large-scale war. Because of this, the Spartans have become one of the leading powers on Chiron, with a massive army to back this fact.

This continued until M.Y. 2235. In this year, the chances of the factions being united again looked slim. The old wars will still raging, diplomacy was becoming less diplomatic and more demanding, and nothing appeared to show any signs of changing. The factions were beginning to believe that this would continue forever, and no one would be conquered. That is when they made their move.

Morgan’s covert operations network, dubbed the Data Angels, grew tired of Morgan’s ruthless methods and blatant disrespect for the planet. They defected, landed on the Isle of Dexamenus, and began a plot to increase their power and usurp the “old factions.” Led by the anarchist but cunning Datatech ‘Sinder Roze,’ the faction dedicated their lives to free flow of information.

For a long ten years, a high-ranking drone of the Hive made plans for an organized rebellion in retaliation to being moved out to the remote Hive base “The Drone Mound” on Mount Planet. In M.Y. 2235, he put his plan into action, and, with help from Sinder Roze, tricked the Hive into believing that he and his base had been destroyed by native life. The plan succeeded, and the Free Drone Nation was born, and they stand for the liberation of the working class.

Far out at sea, and always at night, ships would disappear. They would completely go off the scanners. Yet deep sea dives proved that they had not sunk. Something was out there stealing them, and that something was Captain Ulrik Svensgaard. Leading his Nautilus Pirates faction, he knew that the seas were the only safe place on Chiron after seeing the chaos on the Unity. He has grown a mighty empire of hidden sea bases out in the Chrion oceans, and, although he doesn’t approve, he finds himself becoming a larger part of the planet rather then a small hidden colony.

In the shadows of the unexplored Morgan territory came The Cybernetic Consciousness. Led by Aki Zeta-5, which is actually controlled by a master computer known as The Algorithm, the Cyborgs launched a furious assault on the fledgling Free Drone Nation in order to expand their boundaries. Although the war continues, the surprise assault failed, and they are beginning to be known by the other factions. They are unaware of concepts such as mercy and fear, and this makes them all the more dangerous. They wish to create a ‘perfect’ world of machines and man as one.

Finally, the last new faction emerged with a fury on a northwestern Believing island. Declaring war on both the Believers and the Gaians, they are storming the island, taking Believer bases. Faction information is limited, but the faction is said to be led by a boy that never grows older and has the Voice of Planet in his ears. This faction claims to be sent by Chrion itself, and will do anything to fulfill its will.

The new factions bring new wars, new possibilities, and new complications. The old factions suddenly find themselves with a whole new list of possible friends or foes, assuming they could find the communication frequencies from their neighbors. And littering planets surface, more mysterious then these new factions themselves, are the remnants of another race. Where they went, and if they will return, remains to be seen as the Crossfire Tales unfold…

[Bearcat]

CULT OF PLANET

Leader : Prophet Cha Dawn
Capital : Dawn of Planet
Agenda : Return Planet to it's native state
Planetary Council Votes : None

BASES

Dawn of Planet
Population : 47,000 (pop. 4)
Governor : Cha Dawn
Facilities : Headquarters, Children's Creche, Centauri Preserve, Command Center, Recycling Tanks, Biology Lab

The Hermitage
Population : 22,000 (pop. 2)
Governor : Dominic Rasheed
Facilities : Children's Creche, Centauri Preserve, Command Center, Recycling Tanks, Biology Lab

Well of Souls
Population : 34, 000 (pop. 3)
Governor : Surat Montaj
Facilities : Children's Creche, Centauri Preserve, Command Center, Recycling Tanks, Biology Lab, Punishment Sphere*

Seers of Chiron
Population : 23,067 (pop. 2)
Governor : Ari Singh
Facilities : Children's Creche, Centauri Preserve, Command Center, Recycling Tanks, Biology Lab, Naval Yard

Childhood's End
Population : 10,000 (pop. 1)
Governor : Veronica Karl
Facilities : None

Background : The Cult of Planet arose around 2221. They had split off from the Gaian faction after finding Cha Dawn in the fungus. Believing that they are he crusaders for Planet the Cult will go to extremes to protect Planet. Including atrocities (as recently proved by the razing of Glory of God). No one can match the power of their mind worms, not even the Gaians. Now that they have burst onto the planetary scene the only question remaining is, will the be stopped ?

Social Engineering : Police State/Green/Power

*= Punishemnt Sphere at Well of Souls was constructed due to drone problems.

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[dante^]

The Nautilus Pirates
Writer: Dante^

Commander-In-Chief: Captain Ulrik Svensgaard
Second In Command: Admiral Karl Jenberg

Nautilus Pirate Key Personnel
Nautilus Pirate First Naval Battallion
Flagship: The Dreadnought
Commander: Captain Ulrik Svensgaard
Other officers:
Admiral Karl Jenberg
Vice Admiral Bernard Rawlings
Rear-Admiral Daniel Milstein
Rear-Admiral Winston Osis

Nautilus Pirate Second Naval Battallion
Flagship: The Thundercloud
Commander: Admiral Harold Briggs

Note: The Nautilus Pirate Psi Corps is a part of the Second Naval Battallion, which is based in Port Svensgaard.

Nautilus Pirate Psi Corps
Director of Operations: Doctor Lukas

Nautilus Pirate Third Naval Battallion
Commander: Rear-Admiral Thomas de Bilde (Duties are currently suspended due to amnesia)

Note: The 3rd was completely wiped out during the initial conflict with the Cyborg airforce. The 3rd is currently being rebuilt but it will be a long time before it can return to its former state.

Base Information

Safe Haven
Nautilus Pirate Headquarters

Size: approx. 60,000 (population 6)
Production: AAA Chaos Battleship
Location: Sea of Mnesimache

Notes: This is where the First Naval Battallion is based, as well as home to The Maritime Control Center

Port Svensgaard

Size: approx. 36,000 (population 3)
Production: Biology Lab
Location: Sea of Mnesimache

Notes: The Second Naval Battalion is based here, as is the Psi Corps. The Biology Lab is constructed to help with the Mindworm experiments the Psi Corps is carrying out.

Provision Point

Size: approx. 35,000 (population 3)
Production: Sea Colony Pod
Location: Sea of Mnesimache

Notes: Used to be where the 3rd was based.

Name for Proposed Land Base: Deadman's Tavern
Proposed location: Near Mount Planet, but beyond Free Drone Borders.

[Cotroneo]

Apologies: Hold for information on Future PLantery council meetings
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[Googlie]

Usurper Faction

The Family:

Leader: - Supreme SystemsLeader: Pot’r Sh’taad

His mate: - Supreme Mate: R’n

Their Male Hatchling: - YoungPup: Ark

Their Female Hatchling:- YoungPup: ‘Yset

Houseservant: Skeet


The Home City (T’Sarr, Delta Rim System)

Administrator: R’Tash Hoy

Garrison Commander: Prot

Librarian Historian ‘Yees C’Nard

Chief Scientist: Vreenglin


The Fleet

Galactic Battleship, Resonance

Supreme FleetLord: Hra’ath (Supreme Conqueror)

Deputy Fleetlord: Xantra (Conqueror)

Thrall Commander: N’Dab Moss (Distinguished Commander)

Astrogator: ‘Yfolle A’an

Ship Thrall Commanders:

Galactic Battleship, Repulse: Sith Kra’atz (Conqueror)

Galactic Battleship,Renown Pan Sh’ka (Distinguished Commander)

Galactic Battlecruiser, Impaler: ‘Ychet Haart (Commander)

Galactic Battlecruiser, Invader: Raas Shesh (Supreme Conqueror)

Interstellar Battlecruiser, Courage: Hoth Sta’as (Commander)

Interstellar Battlecruiser, Conquest: Morn Surn (Conqueror)

Interstellar Battlecruiser, Crusader: ‘Ypat Barth (Commander)

Planetary Scoutship, 427_s: Judaa Marr (Conqueror)

Planetary Scoutship, 229_s: Toku Krill (Commander)

Planetary Scoutship, 393_s: Nang Sk’aard (Distinguished Commander)



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[Cotroneo]

Apologies: Hold for information on Apex Council

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[Googlie]

Apologies - hold this space for details of the Caretaker faction



[This message has been edited by Googlie (edited January 09, 2000).]

[Jasonian]

Well now. It seems the problem has been taken care of! Thanks for listening.

Hold this space for... uhhh... the second overview chapter. Yeah. Sure.
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