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The Big Four:
*Henriette Lagrave Foundation - Ruthless aristocratic merchants of off-world origin. Deeply involved in many key sectors, including media broadcasting and communications.
*Verdia Union - A powerful political group opposing off-planet exploitation. They are constantly striving to achieve greater independence for the people of Verdia. Has significant and diverse support for an arguably good cause.
*Quincy & Horsch (Q&H) - Large interplanetary corporation that specializes in mining, production and heavy industry, including the manufacture of military hardware. Has potentially vast resources, but has so far made very few overt moves in the ongoing hostilities.
*Aptus Teneo - A selective fellowship of companies and noble houses with footholds on several planets. Involved in most economical sectors, but is most known for their research and focus on progress. However there has been a large number of scandals regarding illegal experiments done on human subjects...
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Other powers:
*Human Federation - Verdia is part of the intergalactic federation that manages human expansion within the galaxy. Its major purpose is to regulate interplanetary trade and peace. Has a policy of not interfering with 'local' planetary disputes unless there are large scale genocides or violations of federation conventions such as the bans on nuclear and biological weaponry. Only has a regulation standard presence on Verdia, but can potentially draw on the combined might of hundreds of planets.
*Aegis Defense Pact - A number of land-owning small companies and noble families that have signed a mutual defense agreement. In theory they have a lot of combined military and economical might, but in practice it’s a very fragile alliance.
*The Eden Brotherhood – A cult-like movement with very military leanings led by a charismatic man known only as ‘Adam’. Promises to deliver an utopian world for its followers. Suspected to be behind a number of terrorist acts and several cases of industrial espionage and sabotage.
*House Rosenvinge - A noble house that has had a strong presence on Verdia since the initial colonisation. Has suffered badly during the recent conflicts however and their future seems uncertain. Has a very good reputation for being honorable and reliable.
*The Thousand Petal Lotus - A religious sect known for eagerly deploying their zealot mech platoons in the name of their god and prophet.
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Mercenary groups:
*Metal Militia - An old school mech mercenary group that has been around for hundreds of years. Said to accept anyone with a mech that's willing to fight. Very flexible and said to be a decent and honorable group that tries to take care of their employees, although their win/loss record isn't the best and there have been times where casualties have racked up.
*Raptor Security – Describe themselves as a corporate company, but are essentially opportunistic and shrewd mercenaries that carefully negotiate their contracts and 'conflict solution packages'. Famed for sometimes having offered "no win, no fee" deals. Are very good at picking their fights and fighting intelligently.
*Spectre Elite - Like the name implies they are one of the top mercenary units out there. Not very much is known about their command structure or their practices, but they allegedly field a lot of specialist mechs and incredibly well trained operatives. Said to take on regular mercenary work as well as underground and black ops missions.
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