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the beloved – affliction survivors in touch with Vedani
Buzzer Squad 1 – vehicle transporters for the Palookatown Bash
Capitol Cab – a taxi company in Alisandre Capital, own by Iako Shukla
CJ&c., Ultd. – Casper Jacobs’ antiques, provenancing, rarities, and more
Dragonslayers – a remnant philosophical martial order
Fortuity – a competitor to Plexus, watched by Karma
Foundationals – a sometimes violent group often oppositional to research and exploration
Hirylien Remainder – those who survived the initial planet-killing outbreak of the Hirylien Affliction, not always affiliated with active cells
Hirylienites – those actively keeping the culture and society of Hirylien alive somehow, or trying to bring about justice
Homeboy Shopping Network – getters, mercs, some fine pirates, ex-military; tech-ops smugglers
InnerG – a company with a stake in the results of the Arch
Institute of Sphere Dynamics – a main independent center for the scientific discipline
Phronium Triangle – the core Hirylienites who engage in pursuing justice with the Imperium, clandestine and sometimes violent, led or represented by Raev Sturlusson
Plexus Corporation – intergalactic transportation and related industries, founded by Ravl Pliskin; travel, energy, transport, resource, science
Pliskin Program – charitable outreach arm of Plexus Corp., plus some projects
Red Nexus – Dragons who were extradimensionally banished from the Pan-Galactic Imperium after the Human-Dragon War
Remainder – see Hirylien Remainder
Seven Suns – a competitor to Plexus, watched by Karma
Starweavers – a truckers’ emergency volunteering network, only semi- official; who are they?; they know how to be where things are happening and how to help things work out
the Strangers – popular designation for the extrahumanoid silhouettes in the signal storm broadcast windows
Substitute Security & Systems – two-person back-end support run by Chad Dremel & Fred DeWalt
Unphased – Dragons who opted out of the Viridian Phasing and so have to step back from Imperial affairs
Women in Leadership Symposium / WLS – yearly conference, volunteer organized
Woollibee & Woollibee – twin brothers’ combo firm of architectural engineering and materials science