Factions
The Factions, or Player Factions are the ‘teams’ of the Factions game, started and run by players. Factions are to a large extent self governing, where the Faction Leader calls the shots. The full list of Factions can be found below.
AKKO MISSIONS
Humanitarian Society
THE ASHLON EMPIRE
Resurgence of the Empire
AUTONOMOUS AUTOMATION
Independent Droids
BRYX SECURITY BUREAU
Spies, Smugglers, and Assassins
FOLLOWERS OF THE FORCE
Pilgrims, Relic Hunters, and Rebels
GRAN BROTHER’S I.S.
Industrial Trash to Industrial Treasure
HAELOS STAR YARDS
Shipbuilding corporation
PROTECTORATE OF KALARBA
Remnant in the Trailing Regions
NEW REPUBLIC 3RD FLEET
Defenders of the Republic
PENTASTAR ALIGNMENT
Isolationist Imperial Remnant
THE PIRATE COLLECTIVE
Dastardly Starpirates
RED MOONS
Freedom Extremists
Faction Creation
Factions rise and fall throughout the Star Wars timeline. Once players reach 200 XP, they are eligible to become a Faction Leader, and start a new faction. Follow these steps to create a new faction.
Check with your Game Master
Your GM may have insights or considerations for the timing of your new faction, or how your new faction could fit in among the existing factions in the game.
Choose Origin System
Choosing your origin system decides where on the galaxy map your faction starts and operates from. You could consider this system your faction’s capital, headquarters, or base of operation.
Non-Player Factions
The Player Factions are only a small representation of all the different authorities, communities, corporations, crime syndicates, organizations, and religions populating the galaxy far far away. In order to fill the gaps, Non-Player Factions can be encountered either as having a smaller presence on a system, to controlling systems and possessing fleets of their own. The behavior of these NPFs largely depends on what kind of faction they are. Local Law Enforcement of a system could be peaceful until provoked, while Pirate Gangs could be actively raiding certain regions of space.
Campaign Setting & Era
Era: 5 ABY, after the Battle of Jakku
Canon: Factions S3 will be rooted in Star Wars canon, but allows for builders to tell their own stories, intertwined with events on the canon timeline. That means that all canon events are expected to take place simultaneously to what happens in Factions. Some of these events could be featured as challenges and events, while others will happen in the background.