The genetically enhanced fraction. Everyone is a superhuman, strong enough to ripe off the doors of a tank, tough enough to withstand bullet fire, amassing vision and hearing. But enhancement of the mind are only found in women. The men have regressed, losing their intelligence and are guided by the women.
They started off as a survivalist group that discarded technology and believed that mankind needed to be in balance with nature as intended. They were a very minor fraction until a group of geneticists fled to them from a hate mob. In return for protection and agreeing to only use the base level technology needed, they gave the Enclave the genetic engineering techniques to make them stronger and better able to survive without technology. How ever something went wrong (or as some outside the fraction believe, terribly right) and the Men became stronger but also dumber while the women were perfect and now have a strange control over the men. (pheromones or psychic we don’t know) Now with the female as their leaders the group rapidly expanded and grew to control a large area.
The Enclave is control by three groups. The Assembles who are the decision makers. The Ngen who control the genetic modifications and research. And the Valkyries who run the army and security.
The Assembles are governed by the eldest and most experienced women who form as assembly to discuss the important matters. Every village will have a regular assembly to report on problems and share information. The most senior member will be part of the nearest town or city’s assembly and so on up to the world assembly. The members of the world assembly are responsible for the whole fraction and their word is law to any below them.
The Ngen who are in control of all the genetic modifications and research into new modifications. To become a member of the Ngen they must forgo their pack (which is the equivalent of giving up all your worldly possessions) and dedicate them selves to serving the Enclave. They are also the healers, and the ones that raised the men from birth.
The Valkyries who are the military and security of the Enclave. Split into three main divisions they are. The forward hunters who are on the frontier of Enclave lands and are the offensive arm of the military. The Den Guards who protect Enclave lands from invaders and maintain order in times of peace. and the hidden blades who deal with spy work such as finding treason and acting outside of enclave lands.
The Enclaves technology is a mix of highly sophisticated computers and gene sequencers with the very low tech horses and clubs. The reason for this bazaar mixture is the necessity of the high tech for the genetic engineering the Enclave relies on and fact that the majority of the population would simply be unable to use anything more complex then the simplest of tools.
The Enclave consists of two almost completely different worlds. The world of the men and the world of the women. The women with their unnatural control over the men are the unquestioned leaders of the Enclave. While the men are viewed as little more then servants or dogs.
The men live in packs with a single female as their pack leader or Alpha, very large packs may have several young females who serve as Betas before getting their own pack. Once they are on solid food the men are taken away and placed into a nursery where they are raised until they are old and strong enough to be sorted into a pack which they will spend the rest of their lives. Once in a pack they will serve their Alpha and form a strong attachment to them and will obey any command from them. The men have no possessions other then what is given to them in order to complete the work given to them. During the down time between work the men will drink and fight and sing together. While a hard life with no control the men’s simplistic minds are happy a content.
The Females once old enough to choose whether to have their own pack or join the Ngen are free to live how they please as long as they do not break the few laws the enclave has in place and complete the tasks set to them by their superiors. Such as they may treat their pack how ever they wish as long as their pack is healthy and controlled enough to work. Some females will live among their pack and view them like treasured pets, while others maintain a distance and raise their pack like work beasts or cattle.
Their is no formal marriage or state made significance for relationships. If two females wish to live together they can. How ever when it comes to men they are viewed little more then property of their female Alpha. They have no rights and will obey their Alphas commands. It can be viewed that the control the females have over the men causes the men to be in a state of love for them. It is a common practice for the Ngen who do not have their own packs to trade favours or resources for renting males for the night.
While they don’t have an official religion as such they have an Earth mother style philosophy. With the focuses on how the natural world provides for them and how adaptation and symbiosis provides strength and safety. Naturally they also emphasise the important and dominance of females as well. For the women of the Enclave it is viewed as just a philosophy and as examples of how to live, while for the men it is much more literal as they believe in an actual Earth Mother.
The Army’s main focus is on infantry, with a specialisation on melee combat. Due to the genetic enhancements the Enclave has the strongest and toughest warriors. But due to the males low intelligence and the view that they are expendable the men are mostly used to charge the enemy on foot and close into the close combat where they excel. Other then the Bear Kin, males which have been chosen from an early age to be warriors and are given special training on using fire arms and have a genetically enhanced bear mount for battle. The Valkyries them selves are the commanders and leaders on and off the battle field. As they are just as strong and resilient as the men they can fight and are the most dangerous warriors on any battle field. With the special forces roles beings units of these enhanced warrior women given the best weapons and armour they are , while few in number, able to cripple the enemy forces and achieve victory for the Enclave.
The Enclave greatest goal is to create their version of the ideal being the matriarch. A near goddess like being and what they believe is humans destiny. To this end the Ngen tirelessly research new methods of genetic manipulation and seek out new and varied genetic material.
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