The Factions

There are 7 major factions in the Luminal Universe. Your NFT will be assigned a faction by posessing one of several key traits. For example, an Aquis Aurora will always have a particular breathing mask. A Draal will always have the Draal base model. The other traits can be selected at random based on its model.

The factions are split as follows:

Terra Imperia - Human - Luminal Alliance

A large, well-resourced group that traces its origins back to the NATO alliance on the Former Earth. Financial and military supremacy enabled them to gain a strong foothold in the Luminal Galaxy and emerge as one of the dominant factions. While conventional in their approach, the Terra’s reliance on tried and tested technologies serves them well in the unpredictable arena of space.

Tek Protectorate - Human - Luminal Alliance

Near equals to the Terras, the Teks emerged from a well-funded private sector initiative that coalesced as the threat to Earth took shape and the world’s billionaires joined forces to share and swap vital materials, components and intellectual property. Today, the faction continues to pour resources into experimental technologies, pushing the boundaries of physics, genetics, quantum computing and medicine to stay at the cutting edge of human capabilities.

Aquis Aurora - Human - Luminal Alliance The Aquas arose when Terras and Teks bound for the 10 Ocean Worlds in the Luminal Galaxy banded together to pool technology and strategies to help them adapt to their new homes, from genetic modifications and bio-implants for life at depth to methods of undersea farming. Although the environments in which they exist pose unique challenges, they retain strong ties with their original factions.

Alpha Infinitum - Machina

The AIs evolved from the algorithms created to manage the digitally-stored memories of millions of souls, which merged with the hardware and processing power left in orbit – the network of probes sent to seed the Luminal Galaxy with life and the abandoned arks that carried the human colonists from Earth. Their existence is predicated by their desire for strategic domination of scarce resources, in competition with the galaxy’s biological lifeforms.

Silica Hybrida - Machina/Human Hybrid

The AIs offered a solution to those settlers allocated planets that could not readily support life, as well as to the resentful, the marginalised and the dispossessed. The Sils are cognitively and physically upgraded humans who join forces with the AI, becoming their eyes, ears, and hands in return for sole dominion over barren and inferno worlds – and any others they can take by force.

Scavengers - Human - Lone Faction

The Scavs are believed to have roots in a loose coalition of organised crime syndicates, rogue states, and trillion-dollar corporations diversifying into espionage. As the Former Earth descended into chaos, these terrorists stole the technology they needed instead of building their own, intercepting arks on their journeys and slaughtering their crews to acquire everything they needed to ensure their own survival. Today, they remain a dangerous threat to the galaxy.

Draal - Unknown

An ancient race of aliens who inhabit five of the Luminal Worlds, the Draal view humans as vermin and usurpers. Little is known of their culture or home planets. In battle, they are terrifying strategists and utterly ruthless adversaries. Technologically advanced, they are as proficient in space warfare as they are comfortable with close-quarters combat, wearing pieces of their dead to remember their comrades and strike fear into their enemies.

Stay tuned with the lore for information on the other factions.