The Natural Order joins the Presidium as a political concession
They have little funding, influence, or political power - elements
of the Order turn to terrorist activities
Representing the “interests” of non-sentient worlds that would be
disrupted by expansion
AI revolution centuries ago, developing AI research leads to
disasters and assassinations
black hats and white hats contentiously both join Presidium,
market for AI developed tech as well as for anti automaton buyers
The Istrians were first to develop solar capture technology,
founding the Dai Sun faction that joins Presidium
NovaLife develops with help of advanced Ellakian bioengineers
The “high C’s” - alternate universes where speed limits are
different.
With a constant 60g burn, can get to light speed in 6 days. Need
to brake before coming back to reality, so an 8-month flight has an
average 20c speed, 4800 light days, or 14 light years. Galaxy is 90000
light years across, so only a slice of it has been explored and
colonized in ~1000 years.