Cosmic Union

'The Cycle Breaks' - Motto of the Union

Across the Voidsea, for all it's vast emptiness, and the unending chatter from a void now teeming with life, one can find the remnants of countless Factions past. Be they ruined worlds, dilapidated infrastructure left to wither away, abandoned Void-Stations and more, the Voidsea is not as empty as it once was, yet no small part of what fills it up, in so many places, are reminders of those that did not make it. Eradicated by internal strife, outside forces, or the sheer, unrelenting brutality of reality itself, many civilisations have fallen as quickly as they arose.

It is from these remnants that the Cosmic Union bound itself, and rose from the ashes of, with a singular goal : To never again let this happen. To build something permanent. To build something that would last. And to not succumb to the cruelty of the Voidsea around them.

And despite it being a seemingly hopeless battle, the Union has stood strong for over 20,000 years.

It has often been severely underestimated by other Factions, particularly those of the Diaspora, due to it's egalitarian nature, and immense diversity. Cultures that view empathy as weakness, and cooperation a sickness as opposed to the purity of conquest - This is a massive mistake, and a fundamental misunderstanding of the values that guide the Union, and have aided it in the destruction of many of it's would-be rivals.

Such mentalities and philosophies come from it's extremely long, and complex history, spanning multiple Ages before it metastasized into it's current form. The Union was founded via the merging of several smaller Factions - The remnants of it's predecessor, the Solar Union, and the more recent Stjarna Union, as well as the Fasian Dominion, and many otherwise independent worlds, full of various Kinde and and cultures, from the Fleshkinde, to the Mechanical, to the Spiritual.

Through it's merging with the Solar Union, it holds claim to being a Faction that survived the Technopocalypse, albeit in a newer form. Like other Factions that survived, the Union has adapted well to the new state of the Cosmic Tide, incorporating Taekni and Traits well into it's civil and defence infrastructure, using both to help combat the now plentiful threats one may encounter within both the Voidsea and Realmlands.

Though the Union has made it clear that it prefers peaceful co-existence, it has inevitably been dragged into the various battles, low intensity conflicts, proxy wars, and shadow battles that make up the Eternal War of Ideology.

Unbeknownst to many, the Union does have it's backers in the Shadows

Foundation

The Union was founded by the same means two of it's founding members were formed - The unification of several factions.

Before the Technopocolypse, the Solar Union was a major power within the Sky River - Controlling vast swatches of territory. Once the Technopocolypse arrived though, much of the infrastructure that allowed the Solar Union to function fell apart, and much of the Union fell apart. The Solar Union remained, fragmented though it was, and was centred around the world of Xeo-Quartz, where it would remain until contact was established with the Stjarna Union.

The Stjarna Union was formed many centuries after the Technopocolypse - the three Central worlds, Venus, Earth, and Mars, united in response to an invasion by the Vystaalan's, whom had been directed to them by the Titanic States of Saturn, in an attempt to weaken both, so as to establish the Titanic States as their Void Archipelago's sole superpower. Following the invasion, the Twilight Imperium also attacked Earth, seeing it as an easy target. Understanding that the Imperium also had it's sights on Saturn, the Titanic States got involved directly. This would become known as the Quartet Conflict.

Reverence

Though officially irreligious, the Union has reverence for three main figures - The Visionary, the Stargazer, the Defiant, and the Persistent. The oldest of these figures is the Visionary, who is held up in the highest regard, particularly among the Kin.

To an outside perspective, this may seem religious in nature, but this is not the case. These are seen as influential figures who played a large role in shaping what the Union would become, or leading the charge of change that would lead their respective worlds on the path towards the formation of the Union.