02 THE FACTIONS

HOPE · EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION

Welcome to the family.
Mind the infestation.

A future you can purchase.
An obstacle we can process.

Official HOPE army render showing orange-lit armored units and drones.EXODUS GAMES ARTWORK
HOPE · YOUR CORPORATE FAMILY™

HOPE

Profit is Progress. Ownership is a myth.

There are no countries. There are no tribes. There is only HOPE and its golden spiral of subsidiaries. The wording of your contract is the law; expansion is the goal. Work. Consume. Breed. Die. Repeat. Welcome to perfected capitalism.

Open your employee handbook

CHAPTER 5 · DEBT APPRECIATION

Debt is the foundation of our society. It binds each citizen-employee to the Corporate Family™ and gives every working day a purpose. Through the Final Merger™, we bought out the debts of Earth’s remaining countries and united humanity at last. Our ark carried our most productive employees into a wider market. That is what a debt-motivated society can achieve. Your obligations are part of something greater.

A culture of consumption keeps ambition alive. Buy the clothes. Eat at the restaurant. Purchase new prescriptions. Whether you need any of it is beside the point: wanting more moves humanity forward. Follow the advertisements, follow your heart, and let tomorrow’s work pay for today’s possibilities. You could suffer a liability-free workplace accident tomorrow. Would you really let that stop you from enjoying the present?

“You don’t want to hold Humanity™ back, do you?”HOPE Employee Handbook · Debt Appreciation
Official BioLife illustration of genetically engineered beings tending glowing green embryos.EXODUS GAMES ARTWORK
XENOBIOTICS · RESOURCE OBSTRUCTION

BioLife

Their infestation prevents our Growth.

Billions of bioengineered aliens organize around central hives and pursue an unknowable, unprofitable goal. Our observations suggest specialized creatures bred for specialized jobs. They occupy useful worlds, resist our operations, and have not provided a channel for meaningful communication. What a waste of potential materials.

Review the resource assessment

OBSERVATIONS · EXTRACTION POTENTIAL

Xenobiotics has encountered multiple strains. We repeatedly observe hive-centered organization and complex internal communication, but the mechanisms behind them remain unknown. One strain can consume radium that would damage other specimens. A biological difference is a research opportunity: suitable samples may help our Advanced Worker program reduce shielding costs. Please remember that observed coordination tells us nothing useful about what these creatures believe.

The occupied rock contains priority materials. Production zones need food, R&D needs specimens, and our customers need their glow-in-the-dark face paint. A military incursion could address several needs at once. The infestation is therefore an operational problem with potential salvage value. Secure the deposit, recover what can be used, and keep the projected return in view. Their purpose remains unknown. Ours is perfectly clear.

“Extermination, sir, it tests better with the peons.”FleshTronix · AutoScribe™ meeting transcription

THE WIDER UNIVERSE

See the territories on the star map.

Locate HOPE, BioLife, and SERN in the great expansion.

Explore the star map ↗
Open the factions page

Industry in service of humanity

Our subsidiaries give human ambition the machinery it deserves. Armored units, drones, and specialized workers carry the Corporate Family™ into new markets. Every deployment depends on a productive economy: resources feed construction, and construction supports expansion. BioLife aliens organize around central hives, but whether they share a hive mind remains unknown. Observed coordination tells us nothing useful about what these creatures believe. Our resource assessments concern deposits, operational costs, and recoverable materials. Their infestation occupies useful worlds and obstructs our growth. Secure the deposits, eliminate the obstruction, and salvage what can serve human enterprise. Explore our forces and the machinery that sustains them. Profit is Progress.