The Data Angels League

Where did the Data Angels come from?
The Data Angels formed a coalition, in a way similar to that of the Spartans, however unlike the Spartans they did not arrange to be awoken in mid-journey, preferring to wait until each module was established before gathering together. The Unity Incident and the break-up of the united mission meant that it took some time for other Data Angels to regain contact with their confederates in other factions; some are still awaiting contact and remain as ‘sleepers’ within the other factions, others sadly have been uncovered and neutralised or forcibly ‘converted’.

How do the Data Angels expand?
The population of the Data Angels enclaves expands in much the same way as other factions do, however independently motivated defectors from certain, “open” factions also make up a large segment of the technocratic elite of the faction. Critical “new blood” and skills are often gained this way.

How are the Data Angels structured?
As a coalition of techno-anarchists one might assume that the Data Angels are highly disorganised; however one must also consider that the Data Angels are also network experts – and networks always have an underlying structure. 

The vast majority of the population of the Data Angels’ enclaves are not Datajacks. Most of them are ordinary citizens, ranging from industrial workers to civic officials. The elite of the society is primarily comprised of the Datajacks though and they are the ideological centre of the faction and also its leadership.

Data Angel political theory is founded on the protection of rights and freedoms. Its government is, internally, transparent with citizens able to request all sorts of important and sensitive information from the government. However, there are almost no leaking of sensitive information, partially due to the loyalty of the citizens, and due to careful tagging of files that permits monitoring of the file, but not the citizen – an important distinction. 

Democratic or ad hoc (“Frontier”) politics are the norm, for the Data Angels. Fundamentalism tends to be shunned, although some Datajacks are almost “fundamentalist” about the freedom of information, and the ideals of the Police State are almost totally incompatible with Data Angel ideology. Economically the Data Angels are varied. Free Market’s are popular but the benefits of efficiency provided by Green programs are also favoured. Planned economics tends to be used only as an emergency or special-use technique. Societal values tend to be split evenly between Wealth and Knowledge since Power, like the Police State, is opposed to the Data Angels’ most closely held beliefs.

The Datajack elite of the Data Angels are themselves organised into various ‘sub-factions’ based on a set of different ideals. (some ideas for sub-factions I had)
-	The Athenaians (or Minervans) accept that in order to secure freedoms, one must be prepared to defend them and see information warfare as the purest, and most humane, form of conflict. They liken the comparison between conventional military struggle and information warfare to contrast between Ares and Athena; Ares is a bloody and tyrannical figure who uses brute force to achieve victory and cares little about the collateral costs, whereas Athena is a clever individual who makes use strategy and trickery in order to win elegantly.
-	A sub-faction dedicated to the total freedom of information (Value: Knowledge)
-	A sub-faction dedicated to the pursuit of personal wealth, through the use of the networks (Economy: Free Market; Value: Wealth)
-	A sub-faction of quasi-mystical seekers of “god in information” (or the “natural networks of Chiron”) (Economy: Green; Value: Knowledge)
-	The Architects A sub-faction who seek utopia through the creation perfect “human networks” based on their understanding of data networks (Economy: Planned; Future Society: Eudaimonic or Thought Control!)