Faction
Union
Union noun - An association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection.
Usage example: in 1949 the U.S. and Canada joined their European allies in a transatlantic union to defend Western Europe from aggression by the Soviet Union
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Irony: In the Second American Civil War, the faction based in the North has a name that is abbreviated 'CSA', while the faction from the Deep South is called the Union States.
- The Merchanter's Alliance may also count, comprising a number of nomadic merchant families and one station (plus one of Mazian's ships who defected) who got tired of the war between Earth and the Union and formed their own faction.
Source: Literature / Alliance/Union - There are three factions to play: The Alliance, basically the equivalent of the NATO, the Soviet Union Red Army and a sinister, as of yet unrevealed faction.
Source: Video Game / Red Alter
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