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Factions
The treaty body that controls the rim, the industry that funds it, the crew that keeps it running, and the machine system below that answers to no one.
ARCHIVE RECORDContinuity DirectorateThe treaty-backed authority that controls all descent into the Rift. Its charter puts containment first. Its members disagree about what the Rift is worth.
ARCHIVE RECORDMeridian Extraction ConsortiumThe largest industrial member of the Directorate. It pays for much of Asterion and wants shards in return.
ARCHIVE RECORDAsterion Station crewRelay operators, cradle engineers, observers and the overnight skeleton shift. The people who keep the rim running and the upper relay alive.
ARCHIVE RECORDThe Warden systemThe expedition’s name for the family of machines that controls access between sectors. They test, adapt and call reinforcements. They never explain themselves.