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** Are they seeking to create a universal species out of humanity that will possess both immortality, that, thanks to BrainUploading and matchless cybernetics, will possess both immortality and the capacity to thrive even in the harshest of worlds?
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** Élodie the [[CulturedBadass Gardener of Culture]], nobly trying to preserve the dwindling and endangered cultural heritage of humanity vs. Élodie the [[AristocratsAreEvil haughty aristocrat]] with an attitude of CulturalPosturing that makes her feel like she belongs in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire Age of Colonialism]] in centuries past;
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** Élodie the [[CulturedBadass Gardener of Culture]], nobly trying to preserve the dwindling and endangered cultural heritage of humanity vs. Élodie the [[AristocratsAreEvil haughty aristocrat]] with an attitude of CulturalPosturing that makes her feel like she belongs in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire Age of Colonialism]] in centuries past;
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** Are they seeking to create a universal species out of humanity that will gain immortality thanks to BrainUploading and matchless cybernetics and thrive even in the most extreme harshest world?
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*** The "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
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*** The "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] his [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] description [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
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Each of the affinities can be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreteddifferently, differently]], depending on both personal preference and roleplaying style. A case can be made for assuming each affinity is radical, conservative or willing to TakeAThirdOption. Furthermore, since getting some leaf techs (ie. "3D" on the tech web) for your primary affinity may require you to first research techs for the other affinities, going purely one affinity is very difficult.
Each of the affinities can be [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpreted
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** Kozlov the BoldExplorer HumbleHero from peaceful and unified Eastern Europe vs. Kozlov the [[DirtyCommies Space Commie]] from yet another incarnation of a Russian empire.
** Han Jae Moon, aka Candidate 37 of the Chungsu - does he represent a WellIntentionedExtremist intent on proving HobbesWasRight, or does his landing represent little other than a SealedEvilInACan unleashed into the galaxy? Also, the "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
** Lena Ebner - a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who used diplomacy and genuine care for her citizens or ManipulativeBastard who used her political prowess to get what she wants.
** Arshia Kishk - HadToBeSharp survivalist who knew about ChronicBackstabbingDisorder among the colonizing factions or isolationist SpacePeople who are in CultureClash with older factions who would be useful in aiding them in settlement.
** Duncan Hughes - WorkingClassHero who gone into space to give salvation to humanity or an [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons overambitious man]] whose work might do more harm than good.
** Han Jae Moon, aka Candidate 37 of the Chungsu - does he represent a WellIntentionedExtremist intent on proving HobbesWasRight, or does his landing represent little other than a SealedEvilInACan unleashed into the galaxy? Also, the "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
** Lena Ebner - a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who used diplomacy and genuine care for her citizens or ManipulativeBastard who used her political prowess to get what she wants.
** Arshia Kishk - HadToBeSharp survivalist who knew about ChronicBackstabbingDisorder among the colonizing factions or isolationist SpacePeople who are in CultureClash with older factions who would be useful in aiding them in settlement.
** Duncan Hughes - WorkingClassHero who gone into space to give salvation to humanity or an [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons overambitious man]] whose work might do more harm than good.
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** Kozlov the BoldExplorer HumbleHero from a peaceful and unified Eastern Europe vs. Kozlov the [[DirtyCommies Space Commie]] from yet another incarnation of a Russian empire.
** Han Jae Moon, aka Candidate 37 of the Chungsu- does he represent a the WellIntentionedExtremist intent on proving HobbesWasRight, or does his Han Jae Moon, a man whose landing represent little other than a SealedEvilInACan unleashed into the galaxy? Also, the galaxy?
*** The "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
** Lena Ebner- a the ReasonableAuthorityFigure who used diplomacy and genuine care for her citizens or Lena Ebner the ManipulativeBastard who used her political prowess to get what she wants.
** Arshia Kishk- the HadToBeSharp survivalist who knew about ChronicBackstabbingDisorder among the colonizing factions or Arshia Kishk the isolationist SpacePeople [[SpacePeople Space Woman]] who are is in CultureClash with older factions who would be useful in aiding them her people in settlement.
** Duncan Hughes- the WorkingClassHero who gone went into space to give salvation to humanity or an Duncan Hughes the [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons overambitious man]] whose work might do more harm than good.
** Han Jae Moon, aka Candidate 37 of the Chungsu
*** The "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
** Lena Ebner
** Arshia Kishk
** Duncan Hughes
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** Are they slowly being [[UnwittingPawn manipulated by the planet]] into [[LetsYouAndHimFight exterminating their fellow humans]], allowing their very biology to disintegrate until they're just another of the planet's native lifeforms? Just because the The planet is being sentient doesn't mean it's ''[[NatureIsNotNice benevolent.]]''
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** Are they slowly being [[UnwittingPawn manipulated by the planet]] into [[LetsYouAndHimFight exterminating their fellow humans]], allowing their very biology to disintegrate until they're just another of the planet's native lifeforms?lifeforms? Just because the planet is sentient doesn't mean it's ''[[NatureIsNotNice benevolent.]]''
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Each of the affinities can be interpreted differently, depending on both personal preference and roleplaying style. A case can be made for assuming each affinity is radical, conservative or willing to TakeAThirdOption. Furthermore, since getting some leaf techs (ie. "3D" on the tech web) for your primary affinity may require you to first research techs for the other affinities, going purely one affinity is very difficult.
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* Supremacy:
** Are they {{Science Hero}}es, willing to defy age-old dogmas and do what it takes to secure humanity's place in a vast uncaring universe?
** Are they blindly rushing down the ScaleOfScientificSins and preparing to become [[Franchise/StarTrek The Borg]] [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul by another name?]]
** Are they treading a fine line, curious about alien civilizations but unwilling to be seduced by their promise and preferring to advance on their own terms?
** Are they [[MachineWorship machine worshippers]] with varying degrees of religious dogma, ranging from GoodShepherd to ChurchMilitant?
** Are they trying to bring forth TheSingularity and believe the purpose of man is to create an [[DeusEstMachina AI of godlike power]]?
** Are they developing a society that they believe humanity has always wanted, basing it on [[CannotTellFictionFromReality skewed interpretation of surviving science fiction?]]
** Are they seeking to create a universal species out of humanity that will gain immortality thanks to the BrainUploading and matchless cybernetics and will also flourish in the conditions of even the most extreme world?
* Harmony:
** Are they taking the lessons of the Great Mistake to heart and committed to [[GreenAesop ensure humanity will not destroy its environment again?]]
** Are they misguided [[GaiasVengeance eco-terrorist]] fools who willingly or [[UnwittingPawn unwittingly]] give in to TheCorruption?
** Are they striving for balance between the old and the new, relying on nature itself as their guide?
** Are they trying to create OrganicTechnology and adapting their bodies to use it properly strictly because it's a very pragmatic and low-cost approach?
** Are they [[TheHedonist hedonists]], willing to forsake dreams of interstellar conquest to recreate an {{Arcadia}} of simple pleasures and communion with all living things?
** Are they subconsciously aware that the planet is a GeniusLoci and trying to unite with it as a spiritual experience?
** Are they slowly being [[UnwittingPawn manipulated by the planet]] into [[LetsYouAndHimFight exterminating their fellow humans]], allowing their very biology to disintegrate until they're just another of the planet's native lifeforms?
* Purity:
** Are they the [[OnlySaneMan only sane ones]] in a world where everyone else forsakes humanity and [[TranshumanTreachery rushes off to become cyborgs and mutants]]?
** Are they SpaceRomans who hopelessly cling to outdated traditions of EvilLuddite / MugglePower / NoTranshumanismAllowed bigotry?
** Are they believers in the fundamental goodness of human nature, unwilling to compromise due to remembering well the lessons of humanity's bitter past?
** Are they afraid of the known or unknown implications of transhumanism and willing to resort to violence to protect their own humanity?
** Are they simply too proud to admit weakness, and would instead find unity in their shared suffering and longing for home?
** Are they opposed to transhumanism because they view it as an unsustainable future or socially believe that ItWillNeverCatchOn?
** Are they [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrites]] for proclaiming that their technological advances are acceptable, but everyone else's aren't? Those Battlesuits and LEV Destroyers didn't exactly spring up out of the ground, y'know.
** Are they clinging to [[FutureImperfect an imperfect, idealized vision of Earth]], glorifying humanity's past successes while refusing to admit or learn from our failures, and thus doomed to [[HistoryRepeats repeat history?]]
* Harmony - Purity:
** Are they supporters of a humanity perfect in mind and body?
** Are they misguidedly bringing humanity into losing its genetic diversity?
** Are they another take of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Space Nazis]] by focusing on genetic purity and the creation of a master race that's perfect in every way?
* Purity - Supremacy:
** Are they supporters of the old science fiction utopias of old?
** Are they fierce segregationists who would consider human mind uploads to be nothing more than programmable servants?
** Are they [[TheHedonist hedonists]] who would let their simple automated robots and machines to cater to their every whim?
** Are they only delaying the inevitable robot uprising. . . and making said uprising so much worse by deliberately treating their mechanical creations like slaves?
* Supremacy - Harmony:
** Are they desperate survivors trying to make humanity survive anything and everything the universe will throw at them?
** Are they giving away everything, even their humanity, for the sake of power without limits?
** Are they simply letting the desire for freedom to live their life any way they like to their LogicalExtreme?
** #2 and #3 Confirmed (to a degree), [[WordofGod Word of God]] states that while other affinities disagree to one extent or another, they all agree that Harmonal Supremacists go too far.
* As a result of the above, one can look at the affinities as a whole in a variety of different ways:
** Are all affinities [[GreyAndGreyMorality neutral]], with their own upsides and downsides?
** Are all affinities [[EvilVersusEvil evil]], a la ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''?
** Are some affinities [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good, while others are evil]]?
** Are all affinities [[GoodVersusGood truly good at heart, all wanting the best for humanity but unable to agree as to what?]]
** Or, in an even more complex way, the affinities themselves are divided between their own good and evil factions (ie, Some Supremacists are {{Science Hero}}es while others are [[TheAssimilator the Borg]] or some Purists are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Space Nazis]] while others are benevolent SpaceRomans).
* Likewise, the leaders can be painted in multiple ways like:
** Fielding the [[SelfMadeMan self made woman]] who pulled herself up the social ladder with nothing but her abilities and skills to become the leader of the most powerful corporation in world vs. Fielding the selfish and ruthless CorruptCorporateExecutive that uses underhanded tactics to get what ever she wants and motivated only by greed;
** Barre the good, noble ReasonableAuthorityFigure who is determined to ensure the African people will never suffer the pain and humiliation of being exploited ever again vs. Barre the cold, calculating who has so much hatred and resentment in his heart [[BeneathTheMask hidden beneath the jovial front that he presents to everyone else]] that he is just a stone throw away from becoming [[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Sheng-Ji Yang]];
** Kavitha the visionary GoodShepherd who led a spiritual enlightenment that gave the war-torn and suffering people of India a future to look forward to vs. Kavitha the [[ParanoiaFuel Creepy]] {{Cult}} Leader that controls one of the most populated countries on Earth though social conditioning and indoctrination;
** Daoming the {{Determinator}} ScienceHero, a demanding yet ultimately "tough, but fair" leader who will ensure humanity's long term survival vs. Daoming the DrJerk EmperorScientist with NoSocialSkills;
** Rejinaldo the badass CombatPragmatist in command of an EliteArmy who is willing to defend humanity against a hostile world vs. Rejinaldo the [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption warmongering]] [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]];
** Élodie the [[CulturedBadass Gardener of Culture]], nobly trying to preserve the dwindling and endangered cultural heritage of humanity vs. Élodie the [[AristocratsAreEvil haughty aristocrat]] with an attitude of CulturalPosturing that makes her feel like she belongs in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire Age of Colonialism]] in centuries past;
** Hutama the HumbleHero BadassUnintentional HonestCorporateExecutive who deeply cares for the welfare of the common people vs. Hutama the PointyHairedBoss that only got his position because of his populist support and encourages his people to only care about '[[TheHedonist living well]]' [[WhileRomeBurns while the entire survival of the human race is at stake]];
** Kozlov the BoldExplorer HumbleHero from peaceful and unified Eastern Europe vs. Kozlov the [[DirtyCommies Space Commie]] from yet another incarnation of a Russian empire.
** Han Jae Moon, aka Candidate 37 of the Chungsu - does he represent a WellIntentionedExtremist intent on proving HobbesWasRight, or does his landing represent little other than a SealedEvilInACan unleashed into the galaxy? Also, the "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
** Lena Ebner - a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who used diplomacy and genuine care for her citizens or ManipulativeBastard who used her political prowess to get what she wants.
** Arshia Kishk - HadToBeSharp survivalist who knew about ChronicBackstabbingDisorder among the colonizing factions or isolationist SpacePeople who are in CultureClash with older factions who would be useful in aiding them in settlement.
** Duncan Hughes - WorkingClassHero who gone into space to give salvation to humanity or an [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons overambitious man]] whose work might do more harm than good.
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* Supremacy:
** Are they {{Science Hero}}es, willing to defy age-old dogmas and do what it takes to secure humanity's place in a vast uncaring universe?
** Are they blindly rushing down the ScaleOfScientificSins and preparing to become [[Franchise/StarTrek The Borg]] [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul by another name?]]
** Are they treading a fine line, curious about alien civilizations but unwilling to be seduced by their promise and preferring to advance on their own terms?
** Are they [[MachineWorship machine worshippers]] with varying degrees of religious dogma, ranging from GoodShepherd to ChurchMilitant?
** Are they trying to bring forth TheSingularity and believe the purpose of man is to create an [[DeusEstMachina AI of godlike power]]?
** Are they developing a society that they believe humanity has always wanted, basing it on [[CannotTellFictionFromReality skewed interpretation of surviving science fiction?]]
** Are they seeking to create a universal species out of humanity that will gain immortality thanks to the BrainUploading and matchless cybernetics and will also flourish in the conditions of even the most extreme world?
* Harmony:
** Are they taking the lessons of the Great Mistake to heart and committed to [[GreenAesop ensure humanity will not destroy its environment again?]]
** Are they misguided [[GaiasVengeance eco-terrorist]] fools who willingly or [[UnwittingPawn unwittingly]] give in to TheCorruption?
** Are they striving for balance between the old and the new, relying on nature itself as their guide?
** Are they trying to create OrganicTechnology and adapting their bodies to use it properly strictly because it's a very pragmatic and low-cost approach?
** Are they [[TheHedonist hedonists]], willing to forsake dreams of interstellar conquest to recreate an {{Arcadia}} of simple pleasures and communion with all living things?
** Are they subconsciously aware that the planet is a GeniusLoci and trying to unite with it as a spiritual experience?
** Are they slowly being [[UnwittingPawn manipulated by the planet]] into [[LetsYouAndHimFight exterminating their fellow humans]], allowing their very biology to disintegrate until they're just another of the planet's native lifeforms?
* Purity:
** Are they the [[OnlySaneMan only sane ones]] in a world where everyone else forsakes humanity and [[TranshumanTreachery rushes off to become cyborgs and mutants]]?
** Are they SpaceRomans who hopelessly cling to outdated traditions of EvilLuddite / MugglePower / NoTranshumanismAllowed bigotry?
** Are they believers in the fundamental goodness of human nature, unwilling to compromise due to remembering well the lessons of humanity's bitter past?
** Are they afraid of the known or unknown implications of transhumanism and willing to resort to violence to protect their own humanity?
** Are they simply too proud to admit weakness, and would instead find unity in their shared suffering and longing for home?
** Are they opposed to transhumanism because they view it as an unsustainable future or socially believe that ItWillNeverCatchOn?
** Are they [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrites]] for proclaiming that their technological advances are acceptable, but everyone else's aren't? Those Battlesuits and LEV Destroyers didn't exactly spring up out of the ground, y'know.
** Are they clinging to [[FutureImperfect an imperfect, idealized vision of Earth]], glorifying humanity's past successes while refusing to admit or learn from our failures, and thus doomed to [[HistoryRepeats repeat history?]]
* Harmony - Purity:
** Are they supporters of a humanity perfect in mind and body?
** Are they misguidedly bringing humanity into losing its genetic diversity?
** Are they another take of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Space Nazis]] by focusing on genetic purity and the creation of a master race that's perfect in every way?
* Purity - Supremacy:
** Are they supporters of the old science fiction utopias of old?
** Are they fierce segregationists who would consider human mind uploads to be nothing more than programmable servants?
** Are they [[TheHedonist hedonists]] who would let their simple automated robots and machines to cater to their every whim?
** Are they only delaying the inevitable robot uprising. . . and making said uprising so much worse by deliberately treating their mechanical creations like slaves?
* Supremacy - Harmony:
** Are they desperate survivors trying to make humanity survive anything and everything the universe will throw at them?
** Are they giving away everything, even their humanity, for the sake of power without limits?
** Are they simply letting the desire for freedom to live their life any way they like to their LogicalExtreme?
** #2 and #3 Confirmed (to a degree), [[WordofGod Word of God]] states that while other affinities disagree to one extent or another, they all agree that Harmonal Supremacists go too far.
* As a result of the above, one can look at the affinities as a whole in a variety of different ways:
** Are all affinities [[GreyAndGreyMorality neutral]], with their own upsides and downsides?
** Are all affinities [[EvilVersusEvil evil]], a la ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''?
** Are some affinities [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good, while others are evil]]?
** Are all affinities [[GoodVersusGood truly good at heart, all wanting the best for humanity but unable to agree as to what?]]
** Or, in an even more complex way, the affinities themselves are divided between their own good and evil factions (ie, Some Supremacists are {{Science Hero}}es while others are [[TheAssimilator the Borg]] or some Purists are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Space Nazis]] while others are benevolent SpaceRomans).
* Likewise, the leaders can be painted in multiple ways like:
** Fielding the [[SelfMadeMan self made woman]] who pulled herself up the social ladder with nothing but her abilities and skills to become the leader of the most powerful corporation in world vs. Fielding the selfish and ruthless CorruptCorporateExecutive that uses underhanded tactics to get what ever she wants and motivated only by greed;
** Barre the good, noble ReasonableAuthorityFigure who is determined to ensure the African people will never suffer the pain and humiliation of being exploited ever again vs. Barre the cold, calculating who has so much hatred and resentment in his heart [[BeneathTheMask hidden beneath the jovial front that he presents to everyone else]] that he is just a stone throw away from becoming [[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Sheng-Ji Yang]];
** Kavitha the visionary GoodShepherd who led a spiritual enlightenment that gave the war-torn and suffering people of India a future to look forward to vs. Kavitha the [[ParanoiaFuel Creepy]] {{Cult}} Leader that controls one of the most populated countries on Earth though social conditioning and indoctrination;
** Daoming the {{Determinator}} ScienceHero, a demanding yet ultimately "tough, but fair" leader who will ensure humanity's long term survival vs. Daoming the DrJerk EmperorScientist with NoSocialSkills;
** Rejinaldo the badass CombatPragmatist in command of an EliteArmy who is willing to defend humanity against a hostile world vs. Rejinaldo the [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption warmongering]] [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]];
** Élodie the [[CulturedBadass Gardener of Culture]], nobly trying to preserve the dwindling and endangered cultural heritage of humanity vs. Élodie the [[AristocratsAreEvil haughty aristocrat]] with an attitude of CulturalPosturing that makes her feel like she belongs in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire Age of Colonialism]] in centuries past;
** Hutama the HumbleHero BadassUnintentional HonestCorporateExecutive who deeply cares for the welfare of the common people vs. Hutama the PointyHairedBoss that only got his position because of his populist support and encourages his people to only care about '[[TheHedonist living well]]' [[WhileRomeBurns while the entire survival of the human race is at stake]];
** Kozlov the BoldExplorer HumbleHero from peaceful and unified Eastern Europe vs. Kozlov the [[DirtyCommies Space Commie]] from yet another incarnation of a Russian empire.
** Han Jae Moon, aka Candidate 37 of the Chungsu - does he represent a WellIntentionedExtremist intent on proving HobbesWasRight, or does his landing represent little other than a SealedEvilInACan unleashed into the galaxy? Also, the "Hybrid Affinities" trailer gives him [[WordOfGod an official one]], claiming that Han is a shrewd but benevolent tactician who uses his spy network to oust dictators. Whether this is just [[UnreliableNarrator the front that Chungsu would like us to believe]], or whether players [[InternalReformist misinterpreted]] [[GoodIsNotNice his initial]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch description]] [[note]](Chungsu's leadership seemed very Human-Hive-like ''before'' Han took it over.)[[/note]] will most likely depend on who's playing as him.
** Lena Ebner - a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who used diplomacy and genuine care for her citizens or ManipulativeBastard who used her political prowess to get what she wants.
** Arshia Kishk - HadToBeSharp survivalist who knew about ChronicBackstabbingDisorder among the colonizing factions or isolationist SpacePeople who are in CultureClash with older factions who would be useful in aiding them in settlement.
** Duncan Hughes - WorkingClassHero who gone into space to give salvation to humanity or an [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons overambitious man]] whose work might do more harm than good.
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