Cyprus

Cyprus is a splinter faction off of Cymeria, operating under the belief the only chance for permanent civil safety is full militarization of most - if not all - assets, and persisting development of military technologies.

Details
Cyprus, named after the Cypress Tree, is comprised of a central hierarchy that delegates various operations to branches in order to simplify organizing longer term operations. It is a heavily militarized faction, and the majority of lower members are indoctrinated via various means to ensure their unfailing loyalty to the cause.

Their relentless efforts towards progressing their military power and asserting further control, both territorial and otherwise, has put them at odds with Vikkurria, Scenna, and Cymeria. Stolen technology from all three opposing factions has allowed them to progress their research much further than the main faction they had splintered off from.

History
Starting shortly after the reformation of B-Team by Kosian, Cyprus took shape and began seizing control over broad areas of the galaxy for territorial and practical strategic reasons. Shortly after, they began arresting and processing defeated civilians and opposing military personnel to have their standing artificially 'corrected' by whatever mechanical or psychological means were deemed necessary.

Approximately 1 year after the start of the Cymerian-Cyprean war, Cyprus began expeditions into Scenna and the Andromeda Galaxy to seize technologies and other useful knowledge from Scenna and Vikkurria. Several months after this, a series of research platforms originally used to monitor the status of the Andromeda Galaxy were repurposed by Cyprus to be a weapon against Vikkurria, inadvertantly activated after the array controls had been seized, and deliberately activated, by Kerahk.

After losing their primary means of intelligence gathering and strategic coordination when Espiokre defected, the research team Pantherworks was assigned to create two teams to supplement the sudden absences due to various defections and the destruction of CPY Deliberation and death of its crew.