Without being precise, how many different factions are there? Storyline-wise, how many groups are vying over [Pyro]?
TL;DRThey list several outlined Pyro factions without giving a count, and Will Weissbaum says they are exploring gangs from neighboring systems moving in, with XenoThreat standing out as politically driven.
Yeah, again, this is just fictionally, we had outlined XenoThreat, Fire Rats, Dark Side Rovers, Hollow Boys, the... who are the vigilantes? Overlords. Gravola, I think. And then there was, I think it was like the Lost Ones or something like that. It was like a human trafficking or sentient trafficking group that everyone hated.
Well, everyone hates XenoThreat.
Yeah, they're pretty... I mean, Headhunters particularly, but yeah.
And to foreshadow a little bit, right now we're exploring the idea that some of the gangs from neighboring systems are now pouring in and putting resources into Pyro. So that's hopefully something that'll be...
XenoThreat had a unique place in the outlaws because they weren't financially driven, they're politically driven, and that makes them take risks that I think a lot of the other outlaw groups in Pyro aren't happy about, because there's been renewed attention on the system.
Yeah, they're outlaws only because they're vigilantes.
They're terrorists, basically. They're trying to influence political change through violence, the textbook thing. But again, like Will said, Headhunters hate the fact that they're attracting so much attention, because now security forces are focused back on Pyro, and they're like, eh, just let us do our thing.