Editing Warpath (section)

==The Factions==
*[[Asterians]]: Space elves and their army of drones. Amazing leadership and shooting abilities with every drone able to release a smoke screen of poisonous gas, and have hovering weapon platforms that do things like shoot exploding balls of plasma. Also have a faction of naturists who ride large beasts and wield swords and bows and arrows made out of futuristic polymers, and take Arthur C. Clarke's "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" as a personal mantra. Also they are tri sexual, which means the elves androginity is finally somewhat justified.
**Matsudan: Already available as Dreadball team the samurai-sumo-esque space lizards will join the Asterians in their struggle for balance against dishonorable mankind. 
*[[Corporation]]: The main human faction and the bad guys of the setting, along with a number of incorporated alien species who are <s>wageslaves in perpetual capitalist servitude who along with all the human poors are not permitted on the wealthy human worlds</s> prosperous and welcomed members of galactic society. The armies are all private military contractors, since technically no state exists to have a government army, meaning you could field the first brigade of the Taco Bell Division and reenact the final climactic battle 'The Scouring of Kentucky'. Minis very much inspired by the current 'war on terror' forces crossed with various recent 'Future Soldier' programs.
**Mazon Labs: A sub list of the Corporation constructed using the minis and characters found in the Star Saga box, for Deadzone only.Sinister scientists, guards and their experiments, [[Resident Evil|Umbrella Corporation]] in Spaacee!
**GCPS: The ordinary troops of the Corporation. In Warpath they can cooperate with Marauders.
**[[Enforcers]]: The Corporation's special forces, in service to the Council of Seven, the unified will of the seven mega-corporations that are the true power behind the GCPS, and used to intervene against enemies foreign and domestic. They wear armour that looks a bit like Iron Man's suit and have access to a variety of high tech gadgets, and are created with physical and psychological modifications and training not dissimilar from the Spartans in HALO. The armour is slightly older Forge Father technology, sold as black box units (crack it open to see how it ticks and it self destructs) to the Council in way to keep the fragile peace through trade, which is why they're almost as tough as the Forge Fathers themselves.
*[[Forge Fathers]]: The space dwarves with lots of high tech toys. Guns in this faction either melt through armor like butter or spray bullets like it's going out of style. The tough faction unsurprisingly. They are also a faction which manages surpression very well.
*[[Marauder Orx|Marauders]]: Orcs and goblins in spaaaace. Whilst they might appear to be brutal savages the Marauders are actually highly disciplined, professional soldiers for hire. In Warpath, they are a sub-list of the GCPS, meaning you get to add GCPS tanks and flyers to your greenskins without needing ally rules, and likewise can use Orcs as shock troops in front of your humans. Marauders are unique in the galaxy in that they are totally immune to the Plague mutagen. Used to be called Orx and Stunts until someone finally realised that was stupid, now referred to as Orcs and Goblins (and Hobgoblins and Hulks), or Gorans collectively (from the planet Gora).
*[[Nameless]]: A confederation of squid, octopus, and other aquatic cephalopod species living far beyond corporate space, allegedly already laying the ground work for an inevitable war. Basically the army we would have if Tyranids were sentient species. First minis came with Star Saga (actually Dreadball had an interesting catalog before that) (ok first minis specifically for the skirmish game aside from the merc Oberon), along with a Deadzone list in the Outbreak supplement, while Warpath lists are still to follow. Also Dreadball's most powerful team ever, probably.
*[[Plague]]: Ordinary citizens turned into vicious killing machines by an ancient alien mutagen, created by an unknown party and stored in tempting archaeological artifacts, last defeated in the dawn time by an early Asterian empire. They are the most combat-orientated of all the factions.
*[[Rebs]]: A rag tag army of anarchists and freedom fighters. Although humans have a strong presence, the Rebels can field a variety of alien species such as the Yndij (cat-people), Sorak (which walks on its arms and shoots with it's feet. Seriously!), Sphyr (shark people who had their ocean world accidentally turned into a desert by a human navigational error, woops!), Zees (because EVERYTHING is better with monkeys), and the almighty Teraton (massive teleporting space-dinosaurs!). Nowadays they have been rebelling for almost 300 years, so they could be considered a state in their own right. Also their first rebellion was over Taxes and lack of representation (you know what to do internet). Currently Deadzone only.
*[[Veer-Myn]]: Space [[Skaven]]. Literally every skaven invention turned up to eleven is available to them, so their weapons make great replacement for the expensive GW toys. Also they have giant Drill vehicles, for all you poor DkoK enthusiasts.
*[[Z'zor]]: Bug people. Still only a Dreadball team at this stage.
*Mercenaries: Not a faction per se, but there are around 20 specialist mercenaries in the game that can be used with any of your factions, with some limitations ie. some can only be used with a set list of factions. Mantic's mascot character, the Intergalactic Trans-dimensional mercenary Blaine, is one of these (he also appears as a merc in the fantasy universe, in Mars Attacks, and as a coach and player in Dreadball).
*Assorted other aliens: Between Dreadball teams and MVPs, and Deadzone mercenaries, there are so many different alien species with fluff and miniatures in the games that it makes a certain Grimdark universe look like upstate Maine.