Children of Gaia

Location
The Children of Gaia are locaed on Earth.

Culture
The Gaians are a faction of human civilization currently living on Earth and devoted to the Earth Mother, Gaia. They strive for harmony with nature and have managed to achieve steady technological advancement while evolving their industry and lifestyles to be non-destructive to the natural environment.

The Earth has become such an honored part of Gaian culture that they ritualistically give birth in the soil.

Gaians do not pursue space exploration, though they have the means. Most would never consider leaving the planet. In fact Gaian law forbids citizens from doing so. While Gaian citizens are not allowed to leave the planet, the Gaian government considers the entire solar system and the outlying Titus mining colonies their domain, and have implemented an impressive defensive network.

History
The Children of Gaia began as a small group protesting the growing trend of living in space during the Orbital Boom. The group’s philosophy was that humans are from the Earth and should remain on the Earth. As the cause grew the views of various groups ranged from those pledging not to follow the orbital trend, to those reverting back to simpler times and choosing to live off of the land with minimal technology.

In 2142, after an alien signal from space is received, the group began to take on more extremist views protesting the expansion of humanity into outer space, and in particular, the World Science Organization’s (WSO) desire to contact extraterrestrial life. It was not until after the tragic terrorist attack on the Cristo Space Station that killed more than eight thousand people, that the Children of Gaia were truly seen as a threat.

As humanity continued to venture off into space, the Children of Gaia groups continue to grow in both size and violence. Tensions between the COG and authorities steadily increase escalating into the Gaian War in 2166.

The brutal war continues for more than eleven years concluding with The Children of Gaia overthrowing the United Global Committee (UGC) in 2178. The new Gaian authority then gathered and executed anyone who was not born “of Gaia,” turning the Pangaea orbital complex into a massive death camp before the intervention of the Brotherhood (formally the Earth Defense Initiative).

After the Exodus, in which billions of humans that did not wish to be part of the new Gaian world order left for a new home world of Solum, Gaian civilization thrived becoming what it is today.

Politics
The general Gaian population is peaceful, but the Gaian authority still sees anyone not born of Gaia (Earth) as a threat, and  actively pursues an agenda to eliminate all other humans in the universe. In 2247 they took advantage of the Nomad rebellion in the Draco-Tao galaxy, using the outlaw Pirate Clans to undermine Lumus society.

It is known that there are Gaian spies living in many large human colonies, and it is believed that there are even Gaian agents in some high-ranking positions in the Lumus Imperium.