Overall story

In existence for over a thousand years, the Terran Republic was the sole governing power with an intergalactic reign.The Terran Republic maintained absolute authority until recently when an expeditionary force was sent into a wormhole to colonize a newly discovered world named Auraxis.

During the course of colonizing Auraxis, three main bases were established at different locations on the planet’s surface to expedite the colonization. In the following years numerous outposts were constructed across Auraxis’ continents.

Remnants of an ancient alien race were also unearthed, and this race became known as the Vanu. No traces of what happened to the Vanu could ever be found, but elements of their technology were discovered during the colonization stages, most notably ‘rebirthing’ technology. Utilizing a hybrid of man-made and Vanu technology, humans are able to store their genetic pattern. Whenever someone dies, the person is able to come back to life via the rebirthing technology.

Near the end of the colonization period, the wormhole collapsed, stranding the Terran Republic expedition from the main empire. Tensions grew and escalated. Emboldened now that the main body of the Empire was cut off, the Terran Republic was ultimately divided into three Empires: those still allied with the Terran Republic, and two new empires - the New Conglomerate which felt they could finally have freedom over the tyrannical republic, and Vanu Sovereignty that simply wished to harness the power of the Ancient Technology,

Now the three empires are engaged in a world-wide war for control of Auraxis. A war without permanent death.

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Terran Republic

Loyalty until Death! Strength in Unity! Order requires law. Law is enforced through deterrence. Deterrence is based on the fear of consequences, and fear is the most powerful motivating force. The separatist groups, the Vanu Sovereignty and the New Conglomerate, will be dismantled through the exercise of forceful deterrence.
Dissidents will fear the consequences of their disloyalty. Unity and order will be restored.

Though usually not as powerful as New Conglomerate equipment in a shot-for-shot basis, the Terran Republic’s equipment exemplifies the “more is better” attitude especially when the ‘more’ is made of lead. Therefore their weapons generally fire faster which is exemplified in both their medium assault weapon, the Cycler, and their heavy assault weapon, the Chaingun.

Furthermore their vehicles such as the Marauder (Heavy Assault buggy) and the Prowler (Heavy Assault tank) can carry two independent gunners vs. the equivalent Vanu Sovereignty or New Conglomerate vehicles that only have one gunner.

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New Conglomerate

Tear down the Threat that is Tyranny! Burn it all down and start again! We call all able-bodied soldiers to the front lines to take up arms against those who would deprive us of our basic freedoms. Do not forgive! Do not forget the history of oppression that we have endured at the hands of the Terran brutes and the Vanu maniacs! Volunteer now!

The NC's equipment generally can deliver the most punch up in a single but slower firing shot. This is typified by the NC’s Assault tank, the Vanguard that packs the largest cannon available but with the slowest rate of fire. Further illustrating the NC’s love for pure punch is their Jackhammer, a tri-barreled auto shotgun that can tear up enemy soldiers and vehicles at short range but quickly loses effectiveness as distance to the target increases.

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Vanu Sovereignty

The destiny of the human species tilts toward ruin. Thousands of years of shortsightedness and provincial thinking have hampered its proper evolution. We plunge toward oblivion. Those able to comprehend the promise and potential of humanity will advance. They will usher the less gifted through the gateway of understanding and cleanse the taint of blindness, ignorance and mulishness from the species. We are the shepherds of evolution, the harbingers of progress. We lead toward the light.

Flexibility and mobility are what the Vanu Sovereignty are about. Their equipment may lack the sheer power or rate of fire that their enemies enjoy, but their built-in armor piercing mode for their weapons gives them the flexibility in combat that can’t be matched.

Likewise, though their vehicles may not have quite the top speed of other vehicles, the ability to move across water allows them to strike from unexpected angles and thus shift the tide of battle easier than a conventional attack upon an entrenched opponent.

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-Sources; The PlanetSide Manual