The crippled sleeper ship Hispania arrived in Omicron Alpha almost 800 years ago. Its passengers named the planet Malta -- a harsh place of acidic oceans, gray skies, and vast plains covered in a species of tall, thin, orange grass. They later learned that the grass could be rendered into a narcotic substance, that they called Cardamine.
Eventually the Outcasts -- as they came to think of themselves -- began limited exploration of their system. As pilots wandered farther and farther afield in search of resources, many became seriously ill. Upon planetfall, the crews mysteriously recovered.
Doctors were baffled. By chance, they made a genetic scan of a critically ill pilot and made a startling discovery. His genetic codes had been altered. Outcast DNA contained strands identical to that of the orange grasses that covered the planet -- from which Cardamine was derived. Trace amounts were present in everything on the planet, from the air they breathed to the water they drank. Once pilots made lengthier journeys away from Malta, their bodies went into shock, followed by death.
The Outcasts were now truly separated from the rest of humanity -- changed so that they could never expand beyond the planet on which they had landed. They needed the Cardamine now, like air or food or water. But with the origin of the sickness solved, they could at least compensate by carrying supplies of Cardamine with them and resume their exploration of their surrounding systems.
When they encountered the rest of the Houses in the seventh century, a new strategy emerged. The Outcasts would deliver the poison that would rot the other Houses from the inside out and grow rich from the profits of their trade.
Today the Outcasts conduct a lucrative drug-smuggling operation using the network of Jump Holes to escape detection and transport their product into the heart of the House systems. The Outcasts remain relatively few in number; a crash in the birth rate seems to have been another side effect of their genetic modification. Their income has lent itself to a terraforming project that has gradually made the planet much more pleasant.
A new development has been Cryers continued efforts to create a synthetic version of Cardamine that would be approved as a legal medication within Liberty. This poses a direct threat to the Outcasts' source of income. The Atka Research Station, with nearby access to Edge Nebula clouds, is the most immediate threat to the Outcasts. The location of the base within Corsair territory has brought the Outcasts into conflict with their ancient brethren.
A new era
After the violent discovery of a new house, Gallia, and the shift within the Omicron Eta Jumphole, a new era has begun for the Outcast. While the threat of a direct incursion by Corsair forces has been reduced, another much more powerful enemy has appeared before the Maltese nation.
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Diplomacy Allied
Lane Hackers LH
Liberty Rogues LR
Friendly
Golden Chrysanthemums [GC]
Mandalorians MM~
The Independent Neuralnet Division [IND]
The Keepers K'Hara-
Neutral
Mollys [M]
Bretonian Armed Forces [BAF]
Bretonian Police Authority BPA)
Border World Exports Bowex|
Bretonian Mining and Metals BMM|
Temporary Autonomous Zoners [TAZ]
Omicron Supply Industry OSI
The Wilde Wilde.
The Junker Congress .:j:.
LWB
Unfriendly
Hellfire Legion [HF]
The Blood Dragons [BD]
Rheinland corporations
Kusari corporations
Liberty corporations
Hostile
Rheinland Lawfuls [BDM], RFP-, [RM]
Kusari Lawfuls Kempeitai, [KNF], KSP
Liberty Lawfuls =LSF=, LPI-,[LN]
The Order Order|
Xeno Alliance XA-
Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army SCRA|
Gas Miner's Guild GMG)
Red Hessian Army [RHA]
Independent Miner's Guild IMG|
ALL Gallic lawfuls and house corporations
Unioners
The Bounty Hunters Guild BHG|
The Bounty Hunters Guild Core BHG|Core
Obsidian Zoetic - OZ (zoner group attacking/provoking nomads)
Actively Warring:
Colonial Republic CR|
The Brotherhood [TBH]
Benitez Family Corsair-name.Benitez
The Black Sails |Sails or Sails.
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Zone of Influence
The 101st holds final military and political jurisdiction within:
The 101st has partial (not system-wide) jurisdiction within:
Tau-23
Tau-37
Newcastle
Orkney
Lorraine
The 101st may operate anywhere where Outcast NPCs are present or anywhere else where the faction may have interest/reason to operate.
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Obtaining Membership in the 101st
If you think you have what it takes, if you think you have the skills and the honor to fly as 101st, contact us at the Transfer Office.
New Recruits
New recruits are issued with their copy of the [101st] Ghosts of Razgriz Pilot's Handbook and are ordered to read it as soon as possible. It can also be found here: [101st] Ghosts of Razgriz Pilot's Handbook
System Policy
A.) The 101st have ultimate control of Omicron-85, as it is restricted military airspace directly under their jurisdiction.
B.) All Outcast ID'd vessels are granted access to Omicron-85.
C.) Foreign units are only granted access to Omicron-85 on a case-to-case basis. Any foreigner granted access must be escorted by a 101st pilot at any given time. Any independent travel without escort is highly forbidden and punishable by the immediate destruction of the vessel and all data gathered on the Omicron 85 system.
D.) All unauthorized entry into the Omicron 85 system is considered trespassing on military ground, and warrants the immediate execution of the trespasser(s).
E.) All dissenters can shove it.
Remember:
Meredith Harolds, our Beloved Ember
Bernard Fokke, the Duke of Corsica
Esperanza Larez
Mia Bonello, the iron fist of the Nation
Dennis Jameson, the Angel of Death
Brandon Garrison, the fair gentleman