Neo-Sov in a nutshell: [quote=@Ophidian] You've got the so-called core colonies-the ones that went all in on communism, and built their entire identity around it. These poor SOBs had the misfortune to be the first ruled by the pain-slave using aristocrats and their AI friend. [/quote] "We know the meaning of BDSM! Bolsheviks, Domination, Stalin and Masochism!" [quote=@Ophidian] Then you've got what I'll be calling the Hivers-cybernetic colonists, adopting themselves to a harsh, arctic environment. Based out of massive, sprawling cities built around geothermal vents-or "human hives" if you will. [/quote] "We're techno-barbarian eskimo dwarves! :D" [quote=@Ophidian] Then you have the Confederates-a loose group of miners, and rough and tumble types settled on a string of questionably habitable, resource-rich worlds. These guys love their hardsuits. [/quote] "Mhmmmmmmmmm... look at dat hardsuit Johnny, doncha wanna just blow your molten alloys all over dat thang?" [quote=@Ophidian] Finally, you've got the genetically engineered super soldiers I mentioned, originally a US marine unit, co-opted and brutally modified by the AI, these guys look human, but they're a shit ton deadlier and their genetic code could, charitably, be called "fucked". [/quote] "WE ARR SPEHSS MAHREENS. WE WIHLL CRUSH URR METAL BAWKSES WIDTH OURA STEEL REHN. YEW KOWARDZ N' TEH FEWLZ!!" [quote=@Ophidian] The Premier could also be called "chief cat herder". [/quote] "Did you know that space Stalin was a shepherd and has a cat fetish?" "Does that make him a furry space communist Jesus?"