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What remains, chose how to remain.

Five factions survived the Dimming by specializing. Each orbits a single vector. Each hates the other four, most days. All of them will sell you out the morning you stop paying.

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§04 · Five Factions

01 — THE KEEL

Field	Record
Article	THE
Vector	STR
Philosophy	Build to last. The universe tears down — we hold.
Aesthetic	Brutalist steel · Magnetic containment · Cities as asteroids

02 — THE DRIFT

Field	Record
Article	THE
Vector	AGI
Philosophy	Home is velocity. Stop and you’re already dead.
Aesthetic	Sleek modular fleets · Schools-of-fish swarms

03 — THE THREAD

Field	Record
Article	THE
Vector	DEX
Philosophy	Perfection is survival. One flaw and the hull breaches.
Aesthetic	Surgical white · Chrome · Zero ornament

04 — THE ARCHIVE

Field	Record
Article	THE
Vector	INT
Philosophy	The Lattice didn’t fail. We failed to understand its final message.
Aesthetic	Holographic · Clearance-shifted rooms · Moon-sized libraries

05 — THE SCATTER

Field	Record
Article	THE
Vector	LUCK
Philosophy	Plan all you want. The universe has its own ideas.
Aesthetic	Patchwork hulls · Six-era hybrid · Jury-rigged beauty