Independent Faction
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| Independent Faction | |
 "Ol' Colorblind," the Browncoat flag. | |
| Nicknames | Browncoats, Jossies, Whedonites |
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| Home Base | Serenity Valley, Ganymede |
| Population (2015 rough) | n/a |
| Political Influence | Major in the Jupiter subsystem, minor elsewhere |
| Allies | Heinleinians |
| Major Achievements | Settlements on Ganymede and Callisto Blue Sun manufacturing facility |
| Stereotype | Rugged Individualists, either gallant swashbucklers or quiet Waif-Fu mystics. |
The smallest of the one-fandom major factions, the Jossies are few in number but deeply devoted to their cause. In true emulation of their icons they’ve set up shop in the Jovian system, with plenty of moons to work with.
Broad brush painting gives us a group of people who are, at least technically, libertarians; their greatest desire as a person is “leave me alone, man.”
In Fenspace, there’s a funadmental schism in the Browncoats, leaving us with three subfactions. They’re not named or recognized as units, but they do tend more to their own.
The first group is the more militant side of the Browncoats. These are the Captain Mals of Fenspace, tending towards swashbuckling and gallantry. The horrible interpersonal relationship skills are not mandatory.
The second subspecies of Browncoat are the spiritualists, those who identify more with Book and (not surprisingly) River. Some of their members have been experimenting with mental augmentation, with varying results.
The remaining Browncoats are not so easily distinguished. They’re the “rank and file,” the people who run shops and ship freight, working at building a new world.
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