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=== United Colonies of Mankind ===
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The UCM is the standard [[human]] faction.  Olive green, sharp angles, wheels and tracks, lots of machine guns and [[railgun]]s, the usual.  They are twenty billion strong and all dedicated to retaking Earth. Their twelve main worlds are named after the Latin names for metals.  Aurum is the largest and most urbanized of these and their present capital. 

The nation is has a strange combination of a socialistesque political environment and a military-state. For example, there ''are'' politicians and they have power, but when push comes to shove, it's the military who holds most of the power. Not that anyone are really bothered by this; when you've been brought up with stories of the lost cradle worlds, among them the jewel called Earth, no one is gonna argue about too much spending on the military.

Their ships are named for cities on Earth, both real and legendary. UCM ships focus on wide arcs of fire with mass drivers and powerful lasers, and have generally tough ships.