Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170901011403

This is on all the fun factions within the Senatum or Senate. I will only cover the main one's or one's I deem important for later or past stories/back ground. Sadly I don't have the time to flesh out every single tiny little party. The main four parties are as follows:

- the Populares are the 'people lovers' of the Empire they seek both equality and the cut down of privileges of the nobles. They tend to rise on worlds with either 'good morals' ingrained in society or worlds full of the more abusive and tyrannical nobles. While they may lack some of the financing that other factions have the Populares control the mob which has helped them win land side victories.

- the Optimates are the 'Best Class' and are strict believers in the old traditions, superiority of certain races and classes over others, and always seek to either expand or retain the powers of the nobility. They tend to get by election wise by having massive amounts of hand outs given to the people, hosting games for all too see, and buying the votes of other Senators.

- the Oeconomica are a collection of senators hailing from worlds dedicated to trade they also form many banking unions and trade guilds across the Empire. They tend to side with the Populares in most matters due to the Oceonomicas being a class of 'rising nobles' and not pure blooded nobility. Plus having the people on your side equals both publicity and profits.

- the Sacerdos are the representatives of the Cardinals and Priests of the many cults and faiths as well as tending to be Senators from the Cardinal worlds themselves. They are ruled over by Dogma with every vote dictated by their specific cult or faith. They tend to side with the Optimates in major political decisions.

Now some of the other factions:

- the Guarra are the 'War Hawks' or 'War Mongers' of the Senate they always seek to expand the Empire and it's military. They are split between actual ex-generals and the weapons dealers of the Empire who see war as profitable.

- the Nundiors are a purely economic part of the Senate a split off of the Oeconomica while the Oeconomica seeks to gain money for it's own gains the Nundiors they are nicknamed the 'penny counters' by others parties for their seemingly constant worry in the economy (which is pretty chaotic) they tend to invest into what ever sector needs to be invested into or it faces collapse this leads to them coming into conflict with many of the other parties.

- Stoicorum are a rather 'stoic' bunch in the Empire made up of Senators that wholly believe that the Empire will last all eternity as it was blessed by the gods and luck thus they say the Empire should no longer worry itself with the lesser issues of the Universe and nor should it lash out irrationally the Empire should merely weather out the test of time and only react when necessary. 