New Factions (3) : Malanas Assembly

Thousands of years ago the Dinos first reached for the starts, dozens of colonies were formed by this early semi-mythical civilisation. Then came the psy-war when the Acheron-backed Chosen tried to conquer their less psychic-power equipped brethren. The war devastated Dino-Land and its colonies hurling them all back to a pre-technological age... all except one.

Malanas professor

The Malanas at Taurus Sigma 605 were the most distant colony, over 400 light years from Dino-Land. They avoided the devastation of the war and were able to retain the basics of their civilisation. Now the Malanas Assembly is several 1000 years ahead technology wise than the galactic mean. As the Tarbotians found out to their cost when a single Malanas ship destroyed an entire Tarbotian fleet with ease.

The Malanas are isolationist, perhaps a by-product of their vigilance over the Chosen. They devote themselves to pure science and exploration, they have kept tabs on the Dinos but have not revealed themselves until they had to when Ronald's expedition discovered the Assembly. 

Its not known if the Malanas have a military, the only encounters have been with ships from the Science Commission led by Chief Professor Xox. 

Malanas Assembly Science Commission Spaceship

New Factions (2) : The Raegris

Raegris captain

The Raegris are a long-time space faring race though never rose above medium-power status. Their space exists between 4 potential enemies : the Utrek, Vosun-Voth, Bolitic and IKA but they managed to maintain their independence through powerful warships and crafty politicking... and a deal of luck. Often the Raegris have just been a little too far out of the way for enemies to attack.

The Raegris homeworld is mineral-rich and the Raegris are happy to trade with anyone, the Raegris have used that money that brings in to strengthen their fleet and to augment their own designs (the Clone Cosmos ship is based on a Raegris design) with DDS ships. They were one of the DDS' first export customers and quickly formed an alliance and partnership with the DDS, using their potent industrial base to build DDS ships for export and even for the DDS itself.

Raegis Quasar

The Raegris are now one of DDS' Tier 1 allies and thus have no restrictions on DDS technology and a very important industrial and strategic centre for the DDS.

Unlike the Remedians the Raegris maintain their political independence from the DDS and pull their weight in the DDS military. For example DDS minesweeping systems are based on Raegris technology.

It is likely the Raegris will continue to play a vital role in the future astral-political spacescape because of their location and their assets.

New Factions (1) : The Repicans

Years ago this web site surveyed the various factions in the DDS Universe, it is now time to return to these factions as well as having a look at some of the newer factions who have entered the fray in recent times...

Horga, a Repican

The Repicans are one of the "lost" Dino colonies (like the Bolitic and Sirikwanese). Their home planet of Repic is beyond the Bolitic and Raegris space about 150 light years from Proxima Centauri.

Not a huge amount is known about the Repicans, they first came to the attention of the Dinos and DDS when they joined the Bolitic during the latter phases of the ABBO-Bolitic War. They are thought to have been allies of the Bolitic for some time.

The Repicans are a race of warrior-merchants, their ships are crew-owned with a hierarchy of shareholders, the "captain" of a ship (known as the senior partner or chairman) is the one who owns the most stock. Crew rise in a ship's hierarchy by purchasing more stock. The Repicans operate only for commercial reasons, making money is their primary concern (even their ship-to-ship videocalls contain adverts!) It is thought they joined the Bolitic in the war in return for loot though did not profit from the enterprise. Although their ships are technically good they are inferior to the Dino and DDS state-of-the-art and lost heavily.

Repican ship

In recent years they have appeared more often as the Dinos and DDS have expanded their operations into space the Repicans also operate in.

Notable Repicans include Senior Partner Gorel who commands the ship Ra'Anagan. Once he captured Ronald and tried to sell him to the Bolitic. He is a very tricky individual.

Knobhead tries to form DDS faction

Failed Commander candidate Knobhead is in the cold now and probably has decided he has nothing to lose with respect to the Orchid regime. He is said to be trying to form his own faction to counter Orchidism which is represented by the Hoods and Windyism which is represented by Windy Massive. The Hoods and Windy Massive regularly clash at DDS GHQ leaving a trail of broken and raped bodies on either side.

Is the DDS ready for a third faction however? Knobhead thinks so, he says his faction will be a "third way" and a proper professional body not a "personality cult". Unfortunately for Knobhead those DDS not in the 2 existing factions (which are the majority of DDS staff) are either not interested or are intimidated by the thought of becoming a target of the Hoods or WM. A beating could be their fate or maybe something far far worse.

Faction In Focus : New Arit (updated)

The Aritans are a minor race who inhabit a couple of planets on the edge of the Rim Worlds but they have been involved in some of most dangerous situations for galactic peace over the last few years. They are now one of the core DDS allies though the DDS need to support them a great deal.



The Aritans have been spacefaring for a long time now having developed space technology independantly however they used the slower subspace echo propulsion for superluminal travel. This is limited to around 10c so the Aritans took a long time to get anywhere in space. They did start to built an extensive trading network and began to buy hyperspace technology.

Then the Porquatians decided to attack. This aggressive race soon overwhelmed the Aritan defense forces and surrounded the homeworld New Arit (there is no Old Arit, its a joke apparently). The DDS bought in the HCS and Dinos in an alliance to stop the Porquatians. However the battle against the Porquatians almost bought the DDS and HCS to war!

Finally the Porquatians were defeated but New Arit was in a poor state. Months of seige had left the economy devastated and their defense infrastruture was ruined. The DDS bought the Aritans into the DDS and have made it their hub for that region of space. Its a highly strategic position with good access to the western Rim Worlds and the southern flank of the Dino Empire. The Aritans are now useful allies to the DDS, 1000s of Aritans now serve in the DDS and the DDS have rebuilt the Aritan fleet with ex-DDS ships like the Intrepid.

Recently there have been tensions with the rival Telvin 802 system which threatened to bring the DDS into a war on the Aritans side. The Aritans are known for their short tempers though this also has proved useful in warfare on the DDS side. The Aritans are taking the lead in the New DDS Army, the first completed brigade being Aritan.

Faction In Focus : The Raegris (updated)

The Raegris is a medium-power some way off the Central Powers' area of space but quite closely aligned to the DDS, indeed the Raegris are maybe the most important allies of the DDS if only for their manufacturing capacity. The Raegris have a fairly small territory of space but have some rich mineral deposits and are an importer to all three Central Powers. The Raegris have proved eager to spend their wealth on military hardware. They have purchased a number of Quasar cruisers from the DDS and are now building Isometrics for themselves easily giving themselves one of the most powerful fleet in their region of space.



This has increased tensions with their rivals including the Vosun-Voth and IKA Federation but the Raegris are thought not to be that bothered about their neighbours, at their far frontier they are fairly near part of Tarbotian space and on the other frontier bordering the Utrek who are both more of a strategic concern. As yet they have not been attacked by either mega-empire but the Raegris think its only a matter of time.

Thus the Raegris have been building DDS ships both for themselves and for the growing export sector. Thats not to say the Raegris do not have good technology of their own. The Cosmos cruiser, now the backbone of the HCS fleet, is based on the RC-2 cruiser of Raegris design. The Raegris look set to continue their close co-operation with the DDS, their geographical location means they are not really that involved in Central Power politics but are a very strategic location for the DDS with respect to the Bolitic Confederacy and Utrek.

Faction In Focus : Oscar (updated)

Up until a few years ago Oscar was a very insignificant planet, but recently it has been the cause of near conflict between the DDS and HCS.

Oscar was discovered in the 2070s but was not settled until 2092 when the effect of some climate engineering started in 2075 began to take effect and the climate cooled to near Earth like conditions. Oscar was settled illegally by both humans and clones, both refugees from the late 3rd Clone War and this was the source of the later problems.

The two sides have formed unofficial nations on the planet's only continent though the human side (Oscar Human Authority) was rather chaotic, falling quickly into a dictatorship. The New Clone Nation Of Oscar (NCNO) was not much better though. Both sides seem to be largely united by hatred for the other side.

Conflict between the Human Authority and NCNO soon drew the attention of the DDS and HCS. The NCNO appealed to the HCS for military assistance. The DDS told the HCS not to intervene and there was a minor skirmish. After talks between the DDS and HCS there was an uneasy truce with ships from both sides present to make sure there are no illegal weapon shipments to the two sides.

Then the Human Authority collapsed after it's dictator tried to force the DDS to help them by kidnapping The Orchid. After he was killed anarchy returned to the streets. The humans are now too busy fighting each other to bother with the NCNO. The NCNO began to re-arm it's army the Clone Army of Oscar (CAO) with HCS help, the blockade gradually falling. The DDS began to openly arm the Oscar Terran Army (OTA) in reply. Both the DDS and HCS agreed to not intervene directly though both sides did break this, it is common knowledge that "advisers" were heavily active on both sides.

The CAO, with a greater population and a more stable government behind it, eventually defeated the OTA and conquered the whole planet. Many humans, especially those involved with the OTA and human government were allowed to leave Oscar in DDS ships. Hardline humans have begun an insurgency against the HCS and CAO. The HCS have accused the DDS of supplying these insurgents with weapons though the DDS have denied it saying the insurgents are using weapons left behind by the DDS when they vacated the planet when the OTA fell.

Although the DDS have warned the HCS not to annex the planet a legion was soon "invited" to Oscar by the NCNO to assist with security. It is likely that Oscar will one day become part of the Clone Star Empire, and it's location would make it a very strategic position for the HCS. The DDS have already begun the process to bring the nearby world of New Jakarta into the UNP and DDS.

Faction In Focus : Vosun Voth Star Empire (updated)

The Vosun Voth Star Empire is truly ancient, the Vosun having first attained space flight over 10,000 years ago, eventually they met up with the Voth who lived on another planet many light years away. After a brief conflict the Vosun and Voth formed an alliance and began to explore space. The Vosun Voth developed spacefolding technology to travel faster than light. Speeds are limited to 5c however so the Vosun Voth didn't go anywhere fast. Its thought they did visit Earth some thousands of years ago, a few years ago remains of an alien spaceship was found buried on Earth dating from thousands of years before. Its thought this was a Vosun Voth ship that crashed.



At one stage the Vosun Voth had an empire of over 45 stars but then began the decline as other species went out into the stars and the limited Vosun Voth technology was soon overtaken. Although they reached space early they then rested on their laurels and gave up on science preferring reality TV shows instead. The Vosun also had a highly developed sense of superiority and thus did not wish to import new ideas, eventually this xenophobe attitude also resulted in the Voth becoming second-class citizens in the empire.

Over the centuries their space was eroded. Only recently had the decline been arrested as a new generation of leaders took over and opened the empire to new ideas. Amazingly its only around twenty years since the Vosun Voth first fitted a hyperspace drive to one of their ships.

In the early 2100s the VVSE only consisted of a handful star systems, squeezed between the Raegris, Bolitic and (to their far frontier) the Tarbotians. Their influence in the galaxy was small, their fleet cruelly regarded as "The Antique Space Show" by some wags though some of their technology such as the anti-matter spray cannon was innovative. It was only a matter of time before one of their rivals decided to atack and the Bolitic launched an invasion which quickly overwhelmed the Vosun part of the empire. The DDS and Dinos quickly moved in to protect the Voth part of the empire, the Vothites taking the opportunity to gain independance and form the Free Voth Republic. They have joined the DDS and are slowly building their own fleet though will rely on the DDS for protection for some time.

The Bolitic annexed several Vosun worlds and turned the rump of the Vosun territory into a virtual client state, the Vosun Star Empire. Although the Vosun is nominally independant the Bolitic will decide their foreign policy from now on, that includes a return of the Voth to the fold so future conflict could result from this.

Faction In Focus : The Zones (updated)

The Zones once of Zoneland are cousins of the Clones (which has been proven genetically though no one knows how this happened) but are very different in terms of beliefs and motivations.



The Zones were pirates and mercenaries. Their nation was split into a number of rival factions who compete with each other for booty. There was no unified control of the Zones though there is a Zone Elder but it seems his role was mainly ceremonial. Its thought in times of crisis the top 6 warlords would form a Central Committee.

The Zones were clever in their operations, they tended to avoid annoying the Central Powers if they could help it. This was tied to the fact the Zones have also proven a useful mercenary force in the past meant that they were been left largely alone by the Central Powers.

The Zones were powerful. They spend their booty wisely, being regular customers of the latest military technology especially from the Utrek. This explained the strange appearance of Zone warships. Often they were older designs updated many times and dripping with cutting edge technology. In warfare the Zones were merciless and cruel though not that courageous.

Everything changed when the Zones joined with the Utrek in attacking the DDS. The Zones formed a second front designed at weakening the DDS while the Utrek attacked through the Remedian Belt. The Zones no doubt expected a strong DDS response but no one could have predicted the ruthlessness of the DDS when after destroying the Zone fleet they then saturation nuked Zoneland, rendering it a lifeless irradiated wasteland, like Wolverhampton.

The Clones stepped in to rescue what was left of the Zone nation and lifted millions of Zones off the planet before the radiation spread across the whole planet. In the largest humanitarian operation in history over 20 million Zones were lifted off and relocated on Colom in the Clone Star Empire. It is also estimated some 5 million other Zones are scattered across other worlds or in pirate ships. The population of Zoneland was once measured as 240 million however.

Zones are now being slowly integrated into the HCS with a Zone legion being set-up. Being rather fractious the Zones are not the easiest race for the Clones to accommodate in their empire but worship of Oojok is uniting them as is a hatred of humanity and a desire, one day, for revenge.

Team Redjec : a diary of sadness

In a new exclusive to this website Commander Redjec gives us his thoughts.

I am Redjec, head of DDS Security. You may know of me, i have so many times fallen short of greatness by a gnat's wing. Now i am going to change that once and for all with the formation of my own faction : Team Redjec.



There is no I in "Team Redjec" but there is in "I Hate Quarz"

I did consider joining Hoods 2.0 but why try and stick to the past when the future is much more bright. Anyway i don't like self-flagellation. I instead created my own faction which will aid me as i progress through the various levels of DDS middle management until i am at my rightful place : DDS Commander!

I hate Quarz.

I have a motley team assisting me in this. Small in number maybe but big in talent, well some of them anyway. Dump of course is the muscle to my brains. He is the beef to my unparalleled intellect. He is the meat and i am the bread. Wait that sounds too gay. Dump does not speak after a traumatic event in his teenage years when he kissed a girl by mistake. He likes to hurt people, especially young men. One day he will hurt Quarz.

The Onion is my cousin, yes he is bloody annoying but my Mummy told me to get him a job. He is intelligent, of course his brainpower is a mere 60W whereas i am an ...er... ultrawatt. He likes to collect bus numbers. I have tasked The Onion with working out the optimum way of torturing Quarz so that the rest of his miserable life is as painful and sorrowful as possible. Just like living in Wolverhampton.

The Hoplite i enlisted to my team because no body wants him, he does have a hot sister though. Finally we have Trojan Warlord, the world's most useless man. Why did i enlist him? Well someone has to clean out the bogs. Hopefully he can soon flush out what remains of Quarz after i end his miserable life.

Teething troubles

LPG, who is a gay i think, told me to punish a certain soldier called Mark Remes. That name sounds like Quarz so i unleashed Dump on his ass. Unfortunately we got the wrong guy. LPG shouted at me. Meanwhile Trojan Warlord managed to destroy the toilet causing a flood in B Block that leaked into the mainframe room causing the entire GHQ air conditioning and heating system to fail. Now about 180 big angry men are beating TW's ass.

That reminds me of Quarz. I so want to hurt him. I hate him.

Why I hate Quarz

I hate Quarz because he is the saddest being in the universe and yet has a ship captaincy whereas I, his infinite superior in every single possible metric, have been denied this great honour. That is despite being a great success in nearly everything i have ever done. Forget what those lying report sheets have said. So there he is, captain of a ship, no doubt buggering his cabin boy while wearing a Hello Kitty bikini. Well he might be Hello Kitty, i am Bad Badtz Maru baby, and that means i kick ass.



Dump scares me, i am glad he is on my side. He does not say a word, when he was a teenager he was rendered mute by a trauma when he kissed a boy who turned out to be a girl. That happened to me... i mean a friend of mine once, in Bangkok. Chicks with dicks though, fascinating subject. You just can't tell, apparently. I hate Quarz.

MBF tasked with destroying Hoodism

Windscorpion, tired of the lack of progress by LPG and Redjec in finding and stopping the Hoods, has appointed MBF in charge of the new Windy Massive Action & Neutralisation Uniformed Squad (WM-ANUS). A paramilitary unit dedicated to fighting the Hoods. Windy said that the Hoods were rising in power and WM had to act now and crush the infidels.



LPG is understood to be concerned at a further escalation in factional violence at GHQ which has seen daily clashes between WM and Hood supporters this week with 3 men dead and 7 men raped, 2 of those raped then killed... 1 was killed then raped.

Hoods destroy National Gay Porn Archive

The National Gay Porn Archive has been destroyed by several large bombs planted in the basement of the building at GHQ. The Hoods later claimed responsibility, calling their actions a cleansing of sin at the DDS and also revenge. The NGPA was built on the site of the old Hoods HQ at GHQ which was accidentally destroyed shortly after Windy took over from Rotarios when a bomb fell off a passing aircraft.

Windy is said to have been furious but said he has a back-up of the millions of hours of material that was lost, in his own personal collection.

Windy calls for calm... almost

With another outbreak of factional violence today with WM members beating and raping some young men whom they thought were Hoods but in fact turned out to be cleaning sheets and a Hood attack on a canteen on Solaris Windy has called on factional violence to be restrained. However he also said he thought in the long term factional violence would bring benefits to the DDS, toughening up it's members for the tests to come.

Sea Urchin launches DDS faction

Sea Urchin has officially launched a DDS faction at a media briefing on Remedia Prime where he is currently completing treaty talks with the Utrek. He said his faction would be an alternative to Windy Madness and Hoods 2.0, both of which he said were mired in religious extremism. By contrast he said his faction, now named Liberty is Freedom (LIF) would be be free from ideology and be a professional faction for young and old DDS who wished to achieve personal growth.

LIF had already established an office at GHQ and applications were now being taken. The Hoods already have defaced posters advertising LIF with the slogan "Liberty is weakness, control is strength".