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part 3

Chapter 10: Faction Profiles
    Gaia's Stepdaughters
    The Human Hive
    Morgan Industries
    Peacekeeping Forces
    Spartan Federation
    The Lord's Believers
    University of Planet
Chapter 11: Base Facilities
Chapter 12: Unit Statistics
Chapter 13: Technology Advances
Chapter 14: Secret Project

Part 3: Reference Database

Chapter 10: Faction Profiles
On route to the nearest habitable planet, seven leaders on a United Nations mission rest in a deep hypersleep. As the craft nears the planet's atmosphere, a meteor strikes, waking the seven leaders from their slumber and putting the mission, and their lives, in danger. Tensions mount, and it soon becomes clear that a leader must step forth to save the ship and the mission.

The harrowing experience with the meteor shower sparks a mutiny among the seven leaders. With consensus still beyond their collective grasp, the ship plummeting through the planet's atmosphere, the leaders decide to go their separate ways and establish their own civilizations on the planet.

This chapter profiles Alpha Centauri's seven factions, their belief systems, and vital statistics. Studying this information can help you determine how to steer the faction's early development all the way through the middle and end of the game. Essential technological advances and secret projects will also be listed for each faction.

Gaia's Stepdaughters
On Old Earth, pollution ravaged the land, deforestation damaged ecosystems, and species suffered extinction every day. The Gaians vow not to let that happen again. As founder of the Gaian society, Lady Deirdre Skye encourages her followers to live in harmony with Planet, respecting its plant and animal life as much as their own.

"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope for survival."

- Wendall Berry

On Earth, Deirdre was an accomplished botanist and xenobiologist. Her role in the U.N. mission was clear: to examine the Planet's indigenous plant and animal life and to study the effects of colonization. Deirdre's commitment to the environment is unparalleled; however, does she value the Planet's plant and animal life over her fellow humans?


	Lady Dierdre Skye of Gaia's Stepdaughters

* Faction Name: Gaia's Stepdaughters
* Faction Leader: Lady Deirdre Skye
* Background: Free Scotland, Unity Xenobiologist
* Agenda: Green democracy
* Aggression Level: Pacifist
* Expansion Through: Exploration and population growth
* Social Modifiers:
    * +2 Efficiency (commendable efficiency)
    * +1 Planet (+25 percent mind worm capture; ecological safeguards)
    * -1 Morale (-1 morale)
    * -1 Police (One police unit allowed; no nerve stapling)
* Starting Technology: Centauri ecology
* Free Improvements/Units: None
* Miscellaneous Characteristics: Gains +1 nutrients in fungus squares
* Society Model Pros: Green economics
* Society Model Cons: Free market economics