The War

The War is the unnamed large-scale conflict that officially broke out at the end of The Will to Battle, and whose narrative will likely make up the bulk of the upcoming Perhaps the Stars.

As the first war in centuries, as well as the first war since the establishment of the Hive system, if left unchecked it could wipe out humanity. Apollo Mojave and the Mardi bash' were preparing to instigate a similar war, in order to prevent an even worse one when the Utopians finish terraforming Mars in two more centuries. However, due to the unexpected presence of Madame D'Arouet, Bridger, J.E.D.D. Mason, and the revelation of O.S., the War has taken on a very different flavor than originally predicted.

Currently, the exact sides of the War are still unknown. Two major factions appear to the biggest antagonists: the Remakers, led by J.E.D.D. Mason, with the goal of uniting all the Hives together in one great world power that will then lead humanity to the next, unknown stage, and the Hiveguard, led by Ojiro Sniper, with the goal of preserving the Hive system from collapse by assassinating J.E.D.D. Mason and reforming the pluralistic distribution of Hives.

At the last minute before the war, Utopia launched a secret attack, destroying all weapons and scientific inventions it classified as "Harbingers", or potential weapons of mass destruction, as well as kidnapping any scientist with knowledge enough to create them. This led to the first major attack of the war: the bombing and destruction of the underwater Utopian city of Atlantis. Whether or not this will turn all the Hives against Utopia is still unknown.

Presently, the sides appear to be as follows, though much of this is speculation:

The Remakers

 * J.E.D.D. Mason
 * Masons
 * Achilles & his Myrmidons
 * Europeans

The Hiveguard

 * Ojiro Sniper and the remnants of O.S.
 * Humanists
 * Mitsubishi (their current leader Dominic Sensechal is on the side of the Remakers, but Hive sentiments leans Hiveguard)

Presently Neutral

 * Cousins
 * Gordians
 * Utopia (though their recent attack may put them opposing both sides)