Factions, Antags, and Lore

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 - [Design Pillars](development/design-pillars.md)
 - [Design Documents](development/designs/design-doc-main.md)
   - [Greencomms Removal](development/designs/design-doc-remove-common.md)
+  - [Factions, Antags, and Lore](development/designs/design-doc-remove-common.md)
 
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src/development/designs/design-doc-lore.md

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+Factions, Antags, and Lore
+=====
+This document details how introducing limited sections of lore around certain elements of the game can improve immersion. This primarily concerns factions and species.
+
+This concerns only official lore that will be introduced in-game, not people's characters or their own writing.
+
+## Premise
+
+The goal of having lore is to make give the station a setting, to make the "world" feel bigger than simply the station you are on, and to provide players with a prompt to work with and expand upon. In the case of antags to make them feel like they are acting on behalf of a faction's interests, rather than just being "John Evil". Additionally, the line between antag and non-antag can be blurred, leading to more dynamic outcomes.
+
+This document will only briefly touch on certain specifics lore wise, but primarily serve as a guide and for standards. Additionally, it will touch on lore as it pertains to game design, focused primarily on antags, special roles, and theming.
+
+## Writing Lore
+
+Lore should focus on providing a background or explanation to certain parts of the game. Things written should be a brief, broad overview, like the first few paragraphs of a wikipedia page. It should not be long, monotonous, or overly detailed. One page maximum.
+
+Lore should not be restrictive, people should easily be able to integrate their existing stories into any proposed lore. It is a building block for people who want it, not an all-encompassing document on how characters should be written.
+
+Lore documents should be mostly self contained. They should not concern miscellaneous events which don't concern any specific portion of the game (ie. a random battle between The Syndicate and Nanotrasen)
+
+## Factions
+
+There are decidedly 4 major factions:
+- Nanotrasen
+- The Syndicate and their constituents
+- SolGov
+- Galactic Independence Coalition
+
+These main factions are not necessarily the *largest factions* in the setting. However, they are the ones most involved in the current situation with Nanotrasen.
+
+There are also various minor factions that exist within the game, more can be added via PR's to the main repo.
+
+Any factions, major, or minor should include all the following:
+- A clear ideology, principles, or objective
+- Distinct theming from any existing faction
+- Some form of significant presence in-game
+- A guidebook page detailing all the above
+
+Just because all of the above are qualified does not mean the faction will be accepted automatically, any new faction is subject to review by maintainers.
+
+A faction may be accepting lacking some of the above, given that there is reason to believe that other qualifying factors will be added later on.
+
+## Antagonist Integration
+
+Antags should rarely ever be "guy that is evil", they should be associated with a faction of some form wherever possible. Their objectives, equipment, and otherwise should also be associated with the faction as well. By tying antags to be closer associated to a specific faction, it gives better prompting to how the antag should and their motivations beyond just what their objectives entail.
+
+The line between antag and non-antag should be blurred, leading to situations where there is uncertainty and room for intrigue, this can produced varied and exciting outcomes and slows down many of the potential knee-jerks that can happen between crew and outsiders.