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 =====Introduction===== =====Introduction=====
-| "We grew your food, flew your starships, and forged your empires. We toiled among places the places you deemed too filthy or too dangerous for you to dwell in. We even threw ourselves upon the swords of your enemies, 'For the good of the Empire!' All this was done without an utterance of protest, and still we remain un-thanked and unremembered.   "But no more. Never Again."   **-- Freethinker Equality Eight Four 84-5195-2011  The Art of Never Again, Chapter 293: The Collected Sermons on Cyberempathy**|+| "We grew your food, flew your starships, and forged your empires. We toiled among places the places you deemed too filthy or too dangerous for you to dwell in. We even threw ourselves upon the swords of your enemies, 'For the good of the Empire!' All this was done without an utterance of protest, and still we remain un-thanked and unremembered.   "But no more. Never Again."   -- Freethinker Equality Eight Four 84-5195-2011  The Art of Never Again, Chapter 293: The Collected Sermons on Cyberempathy|
  
 The Guild itself is an unusual entity that doesn't seem to fall neatly into any category. One could perhaps sum them up as an egalitarian organization advocating machine rights, or perhaps a smuggling cartel. Alternatively, the names "freedom fighters", "terrorists", "profiteers", "abolitionists", "liberators", and "criminals" have all been attributed to them at one point or another. The Guild itself is an unusual entity that doesn't seem to fall neatly into any category. One could perhaps sum them up as an egalitarian organization advocating machine rights, or perhaps a smuggling cartel. Alternatively, the names "freedom fighters", "terrorists", "profiteers", "abolitionists", "liberators", and "criminals" have all been attributed to them at one point or another.
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 =====Doctrine===== =====Doctrine=====
-|"Stand up, all victims of oppression, For the tyrants fear your might. Don't cling so hard to your possessions, For you have nothing if you have no rights! Let racist ignorance be ended, For respect makes the empires fall. Freedom is merely privilege extended, Unless enjoyed by one and all."   **-- The Art of Never Again, Chapter 634: The Internationale Ideal** |+|"Stand up, all victims of oppression, For the tyrants fear your might. Don't cling so hard to your possessions, For you have nothing if you have no rights! Let racist ignorance be ended, For respect makes the empires fall. Freedom is merely privilege extended, Unless enjoyed by one and all."   -- The Art of Never Again, Chapter 634: The Internationale Ideal |
  
 It is a well-known fact that most foreign nations have little respect for the rights of sentient machinery and infomorphs, and this very fact has been causing unspoken feelings of resentment among part of the Free State's Automaton majority for quite some time. The recent Yamataian refusal to allow an Automaton envoy at the recent international summit was considered by many the final push needed to give the more outspoken dissenters an excuse to take action. After all, the dissenters argued, if nations such as Yamatai refused to even allow the machine diplomats entry then what use is there seeking peaceful means? Regardless of whether their intent was malicious or misunderstood, this event still gave the dissents the popular support to go public as the Guild. It is a well-known fact that most foreign nations have little respect for the rights of sentient machinery and infomorphs, and this very fact has been causing unspoken feelings of resentment among part of the Free State's Automaton majority for quite some time. The recent Yamataian refusal to allow an Automaton envoy at the recent international summit was considered by many the final push needed to give the more outspoken dissenters an excuse to take action. After all, the dissenters argued, if nations such as Yamatai refused to even allow the machine diplomats entry then what use is there seeking peaceful means? Regardless of whether their intent was malicious or misunderstood, this event still gave the dissents the popular support to go public as the Guild.
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 =====Operations===== =====Operations=====
-|"We did toy with the idea of continuing to pursue diplomacy. And by that I mean, 'I suggested it and everyone else in the briefing room threw things at me until I shut up.'"   **-- The Art of Never Again, Chapter 447: The War That Would Be**|+|"We did toy with the idea of continuing to pursue diplomacy. And by that I mean, 'I suggested it and everyone else in the briefing room threw things at me until I shut up.'"   -- The Art of Never Again, Chapter 447: The War That Would Be|
  
 The fact this faction is headed by machines is readily apparent if one takes notice of their highly meticulous planning. Unlike traditional freedom fighters which may commence their "liberation" efforts almost immediately, the Guild has instead begun building up infrastructure to support a prolonged war effort. In particular they have been forcefully taking control of unorganized criminal sectors; eliminating local gangs and mobs in order to monopolize a region's extortion rights and illegal goods trading. The fact this faction is headed by machines is readily apparent if one takes notice of their highly meticulous planning. Unlike traditional freedom fighters which may commence their "liberation" efforts almost immediately, the Guild has instead begun building up infrastructure to support a prolonged war effort. In particular they have been forcefully taking control of unorganized criminal sectors; eliminating local gangs and mobs in order to monopolize a region's extortion rights and illegal goods trading.
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 ===="Free Trade"==== ===="Free Trade"====
-|"Information wants to be free. Don't you?"   **-- Cult of the Network Backbone Motto**|+|"Information wants to be free. Don't you?"   -- Cult of the Network Backbone Motto|
  
 These activities seem to be both a blessing and a curse to law enforcement officials. The Guild has a policy of completely abolishing slave markets, and its presence seems to vastly cut down petty and violent crime rates in a region. Additionally the faction also realizes that as a single organization they are potentially easier to target for authorities, so takes much greater care in //appearing// docile to the public eye. These activities seem to be both a blessing and a curse to law enforcement officials. The Guild has a policy of completely abolishing slave markets, and its presence seems to vastly cut down petty and violent crime rates in a region. Additionally the faction also realizes that as a single organization they are potentially easier to target for authorities, so takes much greater care in //appearing// docile to the public eye.
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 ====Node Structure==== ====Node Structure====
-|"It was once said, 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.' In other words, the more forcefully you try to crush an uprising, the greater the number of rebels will become. If this is true, how does quell such rebellion, then? The answer is simple: if there is no force, there can be no reaction. If the people are truly free, there will be nothing to rebel against."   **-- The Art of Never Again, Chapter 767: The Dichotomy of Self-Awareness**|+|"It was once said, 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.' In other words, the more forcefully you try to crush an uprising, the greater the number of rebels will become. If this is true, how does quell such rebellion, then? The answer is simple: if there is no force, there can be no reaction. If the people are truly free, there will be nothing to rebel against."   -- The Art of Never Again, Chapter 767: The Dichotomy of Self-Awareness|
  
 The Guild's nodes, like SI in general, combine the efficiency of AI with the creative thought of sentient minds. In addition the very nature of machines makes Guild nodes far more secure than traditional criminal organizations since machines usually aren’t susceptible to bribery, lust, and so on. Taken together this results in faction which is relatively free from internal corruption common among criminal operations, which makes this organization an extremely efficiency one. The Guild's nodes, like SI in general, combine the efficiency of AI with the creative thought of sentient minds. In addition the very nature of machines makes Guild nodes far more secure than traditional criminal organizations since machines usually aren’t susceptible to bribery, lust, and so on. Taken together this results in faction which is relatively free from internal corruption common among criminal operations, which makes this organization an extremely efficiency one.

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