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The federation were created specifically because Licho wanted a faction 'who was the good guys'. Which, yeah, makes no sense in a 3 way FFA. Their blurb is fawning, the other factions would have to be intergallactic peaceniks in order to be on the same level. Each faction is meant to represent a tension: Stability versus Despotism, Human Preservation versus Human Supremacy, Machine Rights versus Revolutionary Violence, Genetic Improvement versus Tyrannical Monstrosities.
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The federation were created specifically because Licho wanted a faction 'who was the good guys'. Which, yeah, makes no sense in a 3 way FFA. Their blurb is fawning, the other factions would have to be intergallactic peaceniks in order to be on the same level. Each faction is meant to represent a tension: Stability versus Despotism, Human Preservation versus Human Supremacy, Machine Rights versus Revolutionary Violence, Genetic Improvement versus Tyrannical Monstrosities.
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In
Planet
Wars
1
there
was
a
faction
called
the
Unaligned
Worlds
(
Whose
logo
the
Federation
basically
uses)
,
whose
tension
was
Freedom
versus
Anarchy.
Pirate
always
ended
up
there,
which
makes
sense,
and
that's
what
I
suggested
the
Federation
model
itself
on
so
they
would
have
a
clear
tension,
but
that's
not
what
we
ended
up
with.
Their
blurb
was
"The
Unaligned
Worlds
are
more
of
a
category
than
a
faction,
composed
of
all
those
bands,
nations
and
planets
who
refuse
to
recognize
anyone
elses
authority,
lying
somewhere
in
the
spectrum
between
absolute
liberty
and
absolute
anarchy.
"
which
I
think
is
much
more
even-handed,
conveying
something
similiar
but
also
elucidating
a
potential
criticism
of
their
structure,
but
if
you
really
believe
in
freedom
and
liberty,
be
a
space
pirate.
Or
if
you
really
want
a
faction
that
stands
for
rights
and
freedoms
and
against
oppression
you
go
with
the
Free
Machines:
They
were
always
meant
to
represent
left-wing
revolutionaries.
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In
Planet
Wars
1
there
was
a
faction
called
the
Unaligned
Worlds
(
Whose
logo
the
Federation
basically
uses)
,
whose
tension
was
Freedom
versus
Anarchy.
Pirate
always
ended
up
there,
which
makes
sense,
and
that's
what
I
suggested
the
Federation
model
itself
on
so
they
would
have
a
clear
tension,
but
that's
not
what
we
ended
up
with.
Their
blurb
was
"The
Unaligned
Worlds
are
more
of
a
category
than
a
faction,
composed
of
all
those
bands,
nations
and
planets
who
refuse
to
recognize
anyone
elses
authority,
lying
somewhere
in
the
spectrum
between
absolute
liberty
and
absolute
anarchy.
"
which
I
think
is
much
more
even-handed,
conveying
something
similiar
but
also
a
potential
criticism
of
their
system,
but
if
you
DO
really
believe
in
freedom
and
liberty,
be
a
space
pirate.
Or
if
you
really
want
a
faction
that
stands
for
rights
and
freedoms
and
against
oppression
you
go
with
the
Free
Machines:
They
were
always
meant
to
represent
left-wing
revolutionaries.
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On the whole the fiction was very effective, the Dynasty players are very attached to their faction (Even as, because I am totally biased against them, I write them to be more and more monstrous) the Machine players get called 'toasters' and have the clans have names that really relate to their fiction. So you're right that federation does not fit.
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On the whole the fiction was very effective, the Dynasty players are very attached to their faction (Even as, because I am totally biased against them, I write them to be more and more monstrous) the Machine players get called 'toasters' and have the clans have names that really relate to their fiction. So you're right that federation does not fit.
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We tried the thing where the losing faction was wiped out and the winning faction split in two, but in reality most members stayed were they were. A part of the problem was that we just renamed the factions rather than kicking everyone out and having them re-select, but that itself feels kinda like a punishment for winning.
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We tried the thing where the losing faction was wiped out and the winning faction split in two, but in reality most members stayed were they were. A part of the problem was that we just renamed the factions rather than kicking everyone out and having them re-select, but that itself feels kinda like a punishment for winning.
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The proposal I came up for this set of Planet Wars was Federation, Dynasty and Machines as the three factions, and every round they win they get a chance to spend points moving down a 'track' towards different objectives. Either they can found a new empire (A Machine empire, Dynastic Empire, or Federated Empire), or work towards two opposing objectives that shape the direction their faction takes and has an impact on the fiction of the larger universe, possibly with quirks and changes to the game state when they complete their path down the tracks.
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The proposal I came up for this set of Planet Wars was Federation, Dynasty and Machines as the three factions, and every round they win they get a chance to spend points moving down a 'track' towards different objectives. Either they can found a new empire (A Machine empire, Dynastic Empire, or Federated Empire), or work towards two opposing objectives that shape the direction their faction takes and has an impact on the fiction of the larger universe, possibly with quirks and changes to the game state when they complete their path down the tracks.
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Here is the image I made for that (Icons are not final):
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Here is the image I made for that (Icons are not final):
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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/289781528030871553/459417276089761794/Planetwarsfactions.png
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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/289781528030871553/459417276089761794/Planetwarsfactions.png
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You can see the Federation basically take the place of the Cybernetic/Ascended, because that's the only thing that makes sense in terms of further development for an organization that promotes a peaceful relationship between humans and machines.
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You can see the Federation basically take the place of the Cybernetic/Ascended, because that's the only thing that makes sense in terms of further development for an organization that promotes a peaceful relationship between humans and machines.
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But nobody seemed interested in this proposal.
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But nobody seemed interested in this proposal.
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Planetwars balance!