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In order of increasing gameplay complexity, we have:
TEC - A human civilization with strong economic capabilities. Before the war, they were peaceful traders.
Loyalists Enclave - Specializes in defensive play, preferrable to be isolationists.
Rebels Primacy - Specializes in offensive play and desires to eradicate aliens and impure humans (Advent).
Vasari - A highly advanced alien civilization that’s been fleeing across the galaxy for the past 10,000 years.
Alliance - A faction that prefers to work in conjunction with other players.
Exodus - A faction that seeks to destroy anyone who gets in their way.
Advent - An advanced human civilization that has embraced the use of cybernetics and psionics.
Loyalists Wrath - They seek to forcefully convert the galaxy to their fanatical cause.
Rebels Reborn - They see corruption within their Loyalist Wrath brethren and seek to purge it.
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