The Belt’s six factions have always had opinions about you. Now they act on them. v0.13.0 introduces Alliance Quests — when your relationship with a faction deepens past Friendly, they propose joint operations. Mine asteroids alongside Kemm-Vor Foundry. Scan anomalies with Chorus Archive. Patrol contested sectors for Helix Vanguard. Each quest arrives in your Comms Log with accept and decline buttons, and each outcome shifts the relationship further.
Every faction now speaks through a named representative: Commander Varek for Helix Vanguard, Archivist Lenn for Chorus Archive, Director Hekka for Kemm-Vor Foundry, Broker Kwesi for Web Exchange, Architect Yuen for Fold Architects, and Navigator Adama for Sirius Fleet. Their dialogue reflects their faction’s personality — Varek’s military precision, Kwesi’s deal-making instincts, Lenn’s quiet archival curiosity.