Faction Affiliation

Within Border itself, there are 3 factions that form the political backbone of the organization. The three factions are the Tamakoma Branch Faction, the Shinoda Faction, and the Kido Faction. According to the Border Briefing file, there is another unaffiliated faction called the Freedom Faction, with no ties or political swing. Depending on which faction you are a part of, the social interaction with another member of border can be affected, either positively or negatively.

At the start of the game, after character creation, most characters will probably be faction-less C-rank border agents. Through the course of gameplay, social interactions and relationships can be formed and a possible invitation extended from one of the factions. This section will provide the in game mechanics that will be affected by belonging to one of the factions.

During Border Agent mode, when social interactions are taking place, the faction affiliation category is one of the categories that can dice can be used from to build the dice pool. When considering the interaction, the dice assignment that can be used has to do with who the target of the interaction is. A member of the Tamakoma branch faction talking to someone of the Kido faction would choose the dice assigned to the kido faction detailed below and add it to their dice pool.

Tamakoma Branch

The Tamakoma Branch faction is friendly with some neighbors, and even count some neighbors as members. This creates some animosity from the Kido faction, which are somewhat opposite to this stance. They are still somewhat friendly with the Shinoda faction though.

The faction affiliation dice assignments are as follows: Tamakoma d10, Shinoda d8, Kido d4, Freedom d6.

Shinoda Branch

The Shinoda branch is also considered the HQ branch. They represent the largest faction and are generally in charge of the day to day running of Border HQ. They are somewhat on friendly terms with Tamakoma branch, bordering on neutral. They are neutral with Kido’s faction and somewhat ambivalent towards the freedom faction.

The faction affiliation dice assignments are as follows: Tamakoma d8, Shinoda d10, Kido d6, Freedom d4.

Kido Branch

The Kido faction are hostile toward neighbors and by association, somewhat hostile towards Tamakoma Branch. They are on neutral terms with the Shinoda faction and the freedom faction.

The faction affiliation dice assignments are as follows: Tamakoma d4, Shinoda d8, Kido d10, Freedom d6.

Freedom Faction

Those in the freedom faction haven’t tied themselves down to any faction and are generally neutral to all of them.

The faction affiliation dice assignments are as follows: Tamakoma d6, Shinoda d6, Kido d6, Freedom d10.