Factions

Goals and starting relations of all factions

With the nations of Earth unable to reach consensus on how to approach the alien arrival on their own, covert transnational factions of like-minded people have become the dominant players in world affairs. Each is driven by an ideology on how to address alien activities on Earth. These factions will seek to invest in and control the governments of Earth to advance their goals. You are leading one of these factions.

The inner leadership circle of each faction is its council. Councilors will go on missions to help you gain power over Earth's nations and discover the aliens' goals on Earth. Factions also may gain control over armies, and as the story progresses, they may build habitats and fleets in space.

Factions cannot be entirely eliminated in Terra Invicta. They have emerged from the beliefs of the people of Earth. People can be swayed and organizational structures removed, but ideas can't fully die. What matters is how much power the people holding those ideologies possess.

During the campaign, each faction will have one or more objectives to fulfill at any given time. Completing objectives will lead to uncovering information about the aliens and their true purpose in our Solar System. Objectives can also unlock special research projects and orgs for a faction.

By using the Contact mission on a councilor from another faction, a councilor may initiate trade discussions with the leader of that faction. Successful trades can serve to lower hostility between factions.

Trade Negotiations

Factions can begin trade negotiations with each other by using the Contact mission. They may trade resources, orgs, control points or council engineering projects. They can also form non-aggression pacts, which prevents two factions from using hostile missions or the declare war policy against each other's councilors and nations.

Nations that are in conflict or at war with each other will reject trade negotiations.

Atrocity

Atrocities are actions that will lower Public Opinion in every nation for a certain faction. The following actions are atrocities:

• Completing a Nuclear Weapons priority for the first time in a nation
• Using a Strategic Nuclear Barrage
• Razing a region with an army or fleet
• Destroying a human hab
• Certain events

Human Factions

There are seven human factions in Terra Invicta. Each faction has an ideology that determines how hostile it will be to other factions and how much they will be affected by a nation's population having different beliefs. All ships are colored after their faction's logo.

Faction	Leader	Agenda	Ideology		Default names
			Humanity	Aliens
The Resistance	Commander Fiona Ayouade	Protect humanity by resisting the alien invasion	Realist	Somewhat hostile	Small ships after heroes Medium ships after qualities Large ships after battles Habs after commanders
The Servants	Superior Judith Howell	Support the aliens by any means necessary	Idealist	Very supportive	Small ships after mythical beases Medium ships after phenomena Large ships after mythologies Habs after monuments
The Initiative	Chairman Soren Van Wyk	Exploit the alien arrival to gain power	Cynical	Neutral	Small ships after fish Medium ships after rivers Large ships after water bodies Habs after explorers
Project Exodus	Director Khalid Al-Ashgar	Escape the aliens by sending humans to other stars	Idealist	Hostile	Small ships after birds Medium ships after astronomy objects Large ships after famous ships Habs after astronauts
The Academy	Chancellor Li Qingzhao	Convince the aliens that we are equal	Idealist	Somewhat supportive	Small ships after land animals Medium ships after scientists Large ships after explorations Habs after exemplars
Humanity First	Colonel Hanse Castillo	Eradicate the aliens and all who support them	Somewhat cynical	Very hostile	Small ships after weapons Medium ships after warriors Large ships after scary things Habs after mountains
The Protectorate	Commissioner Kiran Banerjee	Protect humanity by appeasing the aliens	Somewhat cynical	Supportive	Small ships after cities Medium ships after regions Large ships after landmasses Habs after leaders

The Aliens

The Aliens, or Hydra as they're sometimes referred after the first autopsy, are a non-playable faction. They have their own set of missions separate from human factions.

Aliens start on either Haumea or Makemake with a tier 3 Base and a tier 3 Habitat. They have 1 councilor on Earth and 5 more on Gunships that will crash and bring them on Earth regularly. They also start with a Destroyer that will arrive in early 2024. Aliens will expand from the edge towards the core of the solar system but will not attack human fleets or habs until the Alien Threat Level increases sufficiently.

Alien ships bringing councilors to Earth will create an UFO Crashdown Site visible to everyone. Other alien phenomena are created by alien councilor missions and have the be surveyed. Investigating an alien phenomena site will increase Xenology research by 1%.

SPOILERS INSIDE!

Aliens come from the Delta Pavonis system. In the past the Hydra were attacked and their homeworld destroyed by another alien race, the Salamanders. The surviving colonies managed to mind-control the Salamanders using their pherocytes. The Hydra decided that every other species has to be enslaved before it could become another threat. They have managed to conquer two other star systems: Zeta Tucanae and Alpha Mensae. One was the home of the Salamanders, the other was the home of the Griffins. Their plan is taking covert control of the human nations and using them to construct a network of orbital weapon platforms to keep them pacified. Then humanity can be used as a subservient race like the Salamanders.

Alien Threat Level

Alien Threat Level represents the degree to which the aliens regard a faction as a threat. Hostile actions against the aliens or their proxies on Earth, and/or a large visible space presence, increases their concern about a faction, which may expect the aliens to retaliate against their interests on Earth and in space should the alert monitor reach the maximum level. They may also lose interest if factions avoid opposing them or their proxies on Earth directly for a time.

Alien Threat Level becomes visible in the Intel panel once the Alien Operations council engineering project has been completed. The Servants and The Protectorate are never considered a threat.

Alien threat is scored from 0 upwards, with every 10 points increasing the threat level by 1. Alien Threat Level caps at 5 but the points can go above 50, making it harder to lower it.

SPOILERS INSIDE!

Factions (and aliens) get 1 hate per tier of each module you've destroyed. Aliens (and their proxy) get 40 hate if you destroy their landed UFO (whether by bombardment or by assault) Aliens (and their proxy) get 10 hate if you destroy their facility (whether by bombardment or by assault) Aliens get 80 hate if you destroy the alien nation. Also: Aliens gain an additional 1/8th of the hate the proxies get (or 1/4th if they can contact them) Proxies gain an additional 1/4th of the hate the aliens get (or 1/2th if they can contact them) Appeasers gain an additional 1/3th of the hate the aliens get if they can contact them These are all temporary values, and what I'm guessing most people care about is Mission Control. So: The first thing I noticed is that the Mission Control hate applies to ALL factions. The only caveat is that factions whose x axis is below -1 and factions whose x axis is above 1 have an additional minimum hate of 1. Meaning Resistance and Humanity First will always have 20 hate for Servants, Protectorate, and Aliens, and vice versa. The actual formula depends on the difficulty. Cinematic is 0.05 per MC, Normal is 0.4 per MC, Veteran is 0.6 per MC, and brutal is 1 per MC. It's reduced by 20% (multiplied by 0.8) by Strategic Deception, which is guaranteed to all factions but the Protectorate and the Servants, and another 0.8 by Operational Misdirection (guaranteed for Resistance) and Maskirovka (guaranteed for Initiative), though these are not guaranteed projects for anyone else (50%). Your councillors will start warning you once you surpass ~42 (50/1.2) hate from aliens (and others) by MC, by the way, which is equivalent to the base hate from 105 MC. The cap for 50 hate is 120.

Campaign Objectives

Initial objectives are the same for every faction. However as more objectives are completed the story will start to diverge.

No	Objective
1	Investigate Alien Crash	Have a councilor conduct the Investigate Alien Activity mission at the crash site.
2	Research Alien Signatures	When it becomes available, reseach the Alien Signatures project.
3	Investigate Alien Abductions	Conduct Surveil Location missions in regions near any alien crash sites. If abductions are detected, send a councilor on an Investigate Alien Activity mission to that location.
	Research Alien Origin	Research the Skywatch and Deep System Skywatch global technologies, and then the Alien Origin project when it becomes available.
	Salvage Alien Technology	Successfully engage one of the following alien assets: facility, landed UFO, habitat, warship, or army.
4	Research Alien Methods	When it becomes available, reseach the Alien Methods project.
	Research Alien Technology	When it becomes available, reseach the Alien Technology project.
5	Investigate Returned Abductees	Conduct Surveil Location missions in areas with a suspected alien presence. If evidence of alien influence on the populate or leaders is detected, send a councilor on an Investigate Alien Activity mission to that location.
	Begin The Search	Research the Advanced Neural Networks and Directed Space Research global technologies, and then the Deep Space Telescope project when it becomes available. Construct a Deep Space Telescope module at one of your habs.
6	Research Alien Operations	When it becomes available, reseach the Alien Operations project.
7	Research Alien Movements	When it becomes available, reseach the Alien Movements project.
	Set Our Goal	Research the faction's unique org project. For The Initiative additional objectives must be completed before the project appears.
	Salvage Alien Warship	Engage and defeat an alien warship, then research the Salvage Alien Warship project.
8	Acquire An Alien Corpus	Detect an alien operative on Earth and conduct an Assassinate mission against it. It may also be possible to locate an Alien Facility in an Earth region and conduct an Assault Alien Asset mission against it or detect and capture an alien hab out in the Solar System.
	Research Exotics	When it becomes available, reseach the Exotic Materials project.
	Contact The Aliens	Detect an alien operative on Earth and conduct a Contact mission against it.
9	Research Hydra Biology	When it becomes available, reseach the Hydra Biology project.
	Exotic Hybrids	Research the Quantum Computing global technology, and then the Exotic Hybrid Systems project when it becomes available.
	Learn Their Language	When it becomes available, reseach the Hydra Language project. For The Academy additional objectives must be completed before the project appears.
10	Research Hydra Pherocytes	When it becomes available, reseach the Pherocytes project.
	Conduct Diplomacy With The Aliens	When it becomes available, reseach the Hydra Diplomacy project.
11	Research Hydra Containment	When it becomes available, reseach the Alien Containment project.
	Learn Their Demands	When it becomes available, reseach the Their Demands project.
	Prepare the Alien Nation	When it becomes available, reseach the The Alien Nation project.
12	Capture A Live Hydra	Detect an alien operative on Earth and conduct a Detain mission against it. It may also be possible to locate an Alien Facility in an Earth region and conduct an Assault Alien Asset mission against it or detect and capture an alien hab out in the Solar System.
	Research The One True Path	When it becomes available, reseach the The One True Path project.
	Develop Coexistence Pact	When it becomes available, reseach the Coexistence Pact project.
13	Communicate With Captured Hydra	When it becomes available, reseach the Hydra Language project.
	Build The Sentinels	Construct 10 Sentinel Complex modules on stations in Low Earth Orbit.
14	Interrogate The Captive Hydra	When it becomes available, reseach the Hydra Interrogation project.
15	Research Wormholes	When it becomes available, reseach the Wormholes project.
	Learn Their Weakness	When it becomes available, reseach the Their Weakness project.
	Research Pherocyte Resistance	When it becomes available, reseach the Pherocyte Resistance project.
	Determine Their Purpose	When it becomes available, reseach the Their Purpose project.
	A New Home	When it becomes available, reseach the A New Home project.
16	Research The Choke Point	When it becomes available, reseach the The Choke Point project.
	Research Hydra Biowarfare	When it becomes available, reseach the Hydra Biowarfare project.
	Research Pherocyte Mastery	When it becomes available, reseach the Pherocyte Mastery project.
	Plot The Great Journey	When it becomes available, reseach the The Great Journey project.
17	Prepare To Kill The Hive	When it becomes available, reseach the Kill the Hive project.
	Construct The Bifrost	Construct an Interstellar Launch Facility module at one of your habs.
	Research A Permanent Peace	When it becomes available, reseach the A Permanent Peace project.
	Prepare The Final Assault	When it becomes available, reseach the The Final Assault project.
	Prepare To Enslave The Masters	When it becomes available, reseach the Enslave the Masters project.

Victory Objectives

Once a faction completes all its campaign objectives it will gain a unique victory org and the Victory Objective will appear. The Victory Objective requires assigning the victory org to a councilor, completing all requirements for its mission and then undertaking the final mission.

Objective	Org	Mission	Requirements
Assert Alien Hegemony	The Sword of the Devoted	Herald Our Masters	New York region Aliens control regions containing at least 65% of Earth's population. The combined fleet power of the Aliens and pro-alien factions must be at least 80% of the total fleet power among all factions in the Solar System.
Close The Gate	Janus Section	Close the Gate	Aliens control 0% of Earth's regions. The combined fleet power of the Aliens and pro-alien factions must be no more than 25% of the total fleet power among all factions in the Solar System.
Earth Is Not Enough	The Pherocyte Masters	Tame the Enemy	Faction controls regions with 50% of Earth's population. Faction controls 65% of all control point values on Earth. The combined fleet power of all enemy factions must be no more than 25% of the total fleet power among all factions in the Solar System.
Kill Them All	The Omega Solution	Trigger the Weapon	The aliens must control no more than 0% of Earth's regions. The combined fleet power of the Aliens and pro-alien factions must be no more than 20% of the total fleet power among all factions in the Solar System. Aliens and pro-aliens must control no more than 20% of Earth's regions.
Launch	Bifrost Command Staff	Launch the Bifrost	Interstellar Launch Facility module
Pacify The Earth	The Protectorate Authority	Claim Hegemony	10 Sentinel Complex modules Faction controls regions with 50% of Earth's population. Faction controls 65% of all control point values on Earth. The combined fleet power of the Aliens and pro-alien factions must be at least 70% of the total fleet power among all factions in the Solar System.
Send Out Envoys Through The Wormhole	Mission to the Hydra	Forge an Alliance	Faction controls regions with 75% of the Earth's population. Faction controls 75% of all control point values on Earth. The combined fleet power of all enemy factions must be no more than 25% of the total fleet power among all factions in the Solar System.