SWN Factions: The Alliance of Independent States

I am going to start outlining the four big players in the Stars Without Number factions game, starting with the Alliance of Independent States.  As said before, this is a loose alliance of worlds that were wrested from the Aquila Union and the Skorpios Empire by regional warlords.   The AIS is situated in the Wilds, far away from the travelled space lanes in the Ptolemy Sector, so it was easy to escape retribution for the rebellion.  However, that distance also makes it difficult for the Alliance to bring much force to bear against their former friends.

The leader of the Alliance, Magistrate Popova, has decided to continue his already successful campaign of coercion, sabotage, and shit-stirring to disrupt the trade in both Aquila and Skorpios controlled space.  He has built a covert transit net, giving him easy access to most of the planets of Aquila and a piece of Skorpios.    Now he is prepared to send a wave of spies, assassins, and loud mouthed trouble makers out into the galaxy and make a base of operations where he can cause even more trouble and profit as much as possible.

The stats for Magistrate Popova's political machine are below:

Faction	Alliance of Independent States
Attributes
Force	5
Cunning	6
Wealth	3
Hit Points	29
Systems/Assets
Atlas	Planetary Government
	Base of Influence HP:5
	Covert Transit Net/Cunning 6
	Demagogue/Cunning 6
	Psychic Assassins/Force 5
	Surveyors/Wealth 2
Geographia	Planetary Government
	Base of Influence HP:1
Novikov	Planetary Government
	Base of Influence HP:1
Smirnova	Planetary Government
	Base of Influence HP:1
Talus	Homeworld
	Planetary Government
	Base of Influence HP:29
Tags	Pirates
FacCredits/Turn	4
Goal	Expand Influence

- Ark