// POWERS
Factions
Corporations
Halvorsen - RykeWaryRuns the salvage contracts and claims across Kessler ReachNot named on record -- Theobald Achike, its head of security on Kessler Reach, is the only company officer the crew has actually met.
Iron Shore HoldingsNo standing recordedImperial-era megacorp, still standingCEO Praxis Hollund (rumored to be a preserved consciousness in a chassis)
Tessaract Bio-SystemsNo standing recordedBiotech and augmentation firmDr. Sera Ondine, Chief Science Officer (the Board is technically in charge; Ondine ignores them)
The Syndicate of KethNo standing recordedCriminal conglomerate, nominally a trade consortiumThe Broker -- identity unknown, communicates through proxies and encrypted dead dropsPirates
Rustblood CartelNo standing recordedEx-pirates trying to go legit and take Kessler Reach for the workersNot named on record -- Narok Tor, a lieutenant working to drag the gang legitimate one business at a time, is the highest-ranking member the crew has met.
The Hollow CourtNo standing recordedAristocratic pirate cabalThe Doge of Mirrors -- Lord Erasmus Vane, dispossessed imperial nobleman
The Rust TideNo standing recordedDesperate, brutal raider swarmNo single leader -- a rotating war council of seven captains called the Maw
The Scarlet WakeNo standing recordedOrganized raider fleetAdmiral 'Ironmouth' Sable DreshPolitical
The Ardent RepublicNo standing recordedRevolutionary successor stateDirector-General Caius Fenn
The Free Holds CoalitionNo standing recordedLoose alliance of independent systemsRotating Chair -- currently Governor Desta Amara of Halvern Station
The Pale CovenantNo standing recordedTheocratic Isolationist BlocThe Voiceless Choir (council of seven masked priests)
The Remnant SenateNo standing recordedLoyalist government in exileHigh Consul Marcelline Voss-ArdenneMercenaries
Neutrals
The DriftwalkersNo standing recordedNomadic explorer societyThe Wayfinder -- an elected position currently held by Navigator Olo Mira-Seven
The Menders' UnionNo standing recordedIndependent humanitarian organizationChair Brigid Osei
The Resonance InstituteNo standing recordedIndependent psi-research and Drift scholarship collectiveArchon Davel Thorne (theoretical), Provost Kessa Mourne (operational)