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The Dark Future history section was a bit sparse when it came to individual faction details. This was mostly due to the need to keep the section as short as possible without missing out important details. However, for those who are new to DF, it can become an overwhelming task to figure out just where a person or group stands in the whole political theme of things. Factions and organisations are just as important to Dark Future as planets and moons are, so are worth mentioning in further detail.

As political status tends to change greatly over time, we need a readily updatable section that can take into account these changes.

If you have an active role in the creation of the DF world and source material, and you think a certain group is worth mentioning in more detail, feel free to post here emoticon Anything from the history of the faction, to recent events concerning that faction are welcome.

I'll begin this section by clarifying a little more on the Camarilla, and the various Clan Gangs that inhabit every corner of the solar system.

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The persecutions of 2360 hit the Camarilla the hardest. Suffering thousands of casualties during the Garou war, they were hard pressed to fend off the worlds military and local population at the same time as fighting the Garou. Fearing extinction at the hands of everyone around them, they knew the only way to survive was to leave Earth.

This ordeal made many of the Camarilla Elders bitter toward Mortals and Garou alike. Before the persecutions began, the war with the Garou tribes made it vertually impossible to uphold the Masquerade, especially the secrecy aspects as the war spilled into the streets of towns and cities all over the world.

It is still not known exactly what sparked off the Garou Tribes to unite and begin the world wide task of cleansing Earth of the Cainite race. But one thing is for sure.... they succeeded eventually.

The Mortal population of Earth did not stand by and simply watch the war happening. many thousands of mortals were killed as they were cought in the middle of the conflict. And with the Camarilla numbers being reduced at a rapid rate, they could see the Garou had victory in sight. And so, through desperation, the Camarilla began a mass ghouling and embracing campaign in the hopes it could provide them enough numbers to fend off the Tribes.

Through fear of what was revealed to them... the wolven forms of the Garou, and the strange powers of the undead creatures, The Mortals sought to eliminate these terrible creatures. And so the persecutions began.

It seemed that technology fell in favour of the Cainite race, giving them a means to leave Earth as a matter of survival. What was left of the Camarilla clans hurriedly bought mining rights to Diemos, one of the moons of Mars, and headed out away from Earth.

The tatters of the Camarilla clans managed to build themselves a small haven to begin with, and soon after, discovered that the Sabbat had also escaped Earth. This added to the hatred and bitterness they already felt. Suspecting the Sabbat would continue to attack them, and the despair of imminent destruction finally reached a point where the Leading Princes were forced to take action.

The biggest risk at this time, was the Sabbat, the Camarilla could not take any chances. But sinse the Sabbat had left Earth and headed deep into space, dissapearing without trace, there wasnt much that could be done about it. So the Camarilla looked to place the blame on someone. The Sabbat couldnt have simply left Earth without help, and the most logical way was with help from the Giovanni.

The Camarilla - Giovanni war began with several heated discussions as the Camarilla wanted an explanation for the Sabbat escaping. The Giovanni denied all knowledge, but this wasnt a good enough answer for the Camarilla and they decided to persuade the Giovanni to own up to this crime by causing an explosion at one of the Giovanni production plants on Phobos, destroying it, and several hundred Giovanni people.

This encouraged the Giovanni to return the favour, and a series of skirmishes began. Gradually the small battles escalated, as various teritories were attacked with increasing ferocity untill a massive all out war developed.

With the war between them and the Giovanni all across Mars, the Camarilla began to build large fleets and recruit thousands of soldiers. The fleets prowl the solar system looking for Giovanni and their sympathisers with an almost insane hatred. Not caring any more about who gets pulled into their vendetta as long as the Giovanni are punished.

Allies and Enemies.
Almost sinse the begining of the Cainite exhile from Earth, the Giovanni have been the sworn enemies of the Camarilla. In recent times however, another faction has been added to their list of enemies. After suffering some significant losses due to a small organisation in league with the Giovanni, the Crimson Corporation has found themselves at war with the Camarilla also.

One of the main reasons the Camarilla managed to escape Earth so quickly was due to thier involvement in a large company known as Thompson-Garret. Before the persecutions began, The Camarilla actively supported TG in many projects, and to this day are still closely involved with each other. TG provides many of the ships and technology the Camarilla needs to sustain the war with the Giovanni.

Clans.
The biggest percentage of the Camarilla is the Ventrue Clan, and this clan is the one that holds the most influence and power within the Camarilla. Seeing themselves as the rightful leaders of the Camarilla, they have begun to brutally suppress and fiercely control the other clans that are still loyal to the Camarilla. With strict control over other clans numbers, they are extremely fearful of having control of the Camarilla taken away by other clans who have enough numbers to incite an uprising within their ranks. The Ventrue have become paranoid and suspiscious to a degree where they will commit attrocities to maintain control.

The Toreador support the Camarilla cause, and are found to be excellent infiltrators and thier highly persuasive nature makes them usefull for a wide variety of diplomatic and espionage missions. Preferring to avoid actual combat, they willingly take to role of spies as a way to contribute to the Camarilla war effort. In many ways, the Toreador have become dangerous assassins and puppet masters almost as good as the Lasombra once were.

The Gangrel clan is perhaps abused the most by the Ventrue, with forced embracings to keep up the numbers of soldiers, many find themselves on the front line of the battlefields of Mars.
These Gangrel are often bitter and highly unsocial, forced to leave earth, to a place where there is no nature or vast expanses of wilderness to roam. Even the once beautiful tree filled plains of the newly terraformed Mars are now no more than charred and crater filled desolate landscapes.
This stings all Gangrel to the core, making them forecious opponents, the perfect Camarilla soldier, blaming all this destruction on the Giovanni.
A large percentage of Gangrel cut ties with the Camarilla during the persecutions, and now live solitary lives, lost amongst the peoples of distant cities all over the solar system.

The Tremere were almost wiped out, and very few still survive. The few that have managed to survive remain on Phobos, not daring to leave. Their numbers are strictly controlled by the Ventrue who view this clan the most likely to sieze power and take full control of the Camarilla. No more than a few dozen Tremere are permitted on Phobos, and thier unique tallents make them effective strategists and planners, as well as the creators of many of the Camarilla armies Battle Creatures.
Tremere are very valuable to the Camarilla, yet are strictly controlled.

The Council of Princes.
Because the Camarilla on Phobos was actually a mixture of many of the Cainite population of Earth. It was decided that no single prince should hold power over the entire of the Camarilla of Phobos. Instead, the Camarilla is lead by twelve of the surviving princes that escaped Earth. Each prince on the council holds power over an equal measure of the Camarilla forces. It is known that an ancient Tremere Elder occupies one of the council seats. The remaining eleven seats, entirely in the hands of the Ventrue.



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Pending..........

Come on! give me a break! I'm bloody worn out with writing about the soddin' Camarilla!

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Re: Factions

The Giovanni is a term used to describe a large political force that is based on Mars but there are many factions that belong to the Giovanni that need further explanation.


Hiroshi Ito International

This companies rise during the 2100s was due to the Giovanni backing it got. In particular Andrew Giovanni’s move into East Asia. It was during the years 2000 to 2008 that Andrew Giovanni aided the companies that would merge to become Hiroshi Ito International. His help was ruthless, many of the triads and other criminal gangs were wiped out within a couple of years. Governments and businesses were bought and threatened to fall in line with what the Giovanni wanted.

Hiroshi Ito International was publicly created in 2006, as a conglomerate, owning large portions of the East Asia High Tech Industries. It was not long before this company consolidated its power and became a company of global importance.

In 2014 Andrew Giovanni appointed a new head for the company. The woman called
Lucy Winter, a thief and con artist, had stolen millions of Andrew’s money and possessions in 2012. When caught in 2013, Andrew gave her the option of death and freedom or to work for him for the rest of her life. Winter chose to work for Andrew finally in 2014. No one knows if Lucy Winter still is the head of the company, as only Andrew knew how the long contract would last for.

Hiroshi Ito Internationals first major breakthrough was in 2036 when the company created perfectly cloned blood and sold it only to the Giovanni. This kept its powerful ally who made sure its competition never was able to compete against it. Though more importantly it invented Cold Fusion Reactors in 2053. This gave it a good advantage when mass space flight became a possibility.

Hiroshi Ito International moved with the Giovanni into space and like them took most of its money with it. Most of its employees followed the company into space and lived in towns that Hiroshi Ito International or the Giovanni had already built.

Thompson-Garret are Hiroshi Ito Internationals main rivals. Hiroshi Ito International do not have the capacity to out produce Thompson-Garret but time after time they have been able to beat them on quality and the ability to produce new better items.









Duckarious

Duckarious was born in 2004 and was the creation of Andrew Giovanni and Duck Monkerson.

Duckarious is a AI system able to make decisions by itself. No one has ever been able to break into Duckarious as only its two creators know how to control it.

Windows XP was created to give Duckarious back doors into computer systems.

Duckarious home has never been located as only one person knows where it is. Though its home is unknown it has been seen and found on several different planets.

Duckarious continues to live and serve the Giovanni in whatever way it sees suitable.


Arcani

This group is an elite unit of the army. Their faces are hardly ever seen and very few know anything about them.

What is known is that this group have grown up to be assassins. They are able to sneak into key military facilities and bring them crumbling down.

With great knowledge and skill in poisons, weapons, infiltration and politics this group are able to kill and destroy any target they are given.

It is said that they work only for the Giovanni but many others have employed them unknowingly and generally later found in their locked office after committing suicide.
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