Church of the Future Man

The Church of the Future Man was founded by a group of radicals. Their belief was that civilization was on the verge of collapse and that everybody should prepare for this event. The church remained a small unimportant group of doomsayers until several business men noticed and later effectively took over control.

Under the guise of a religious organization, ambitious commercial programs were started. The two main divisions include computer research and development, and merchant trading. The popularity and commercial success of the Church grew to the point where governments started to take notice. As a result of this the Church was banned from several areas. This ban included both religious and commercial activities.

Thus severely restricted, the Church has emphasized mobility in its operations. The Church controls a large fleet of ships, satellites, and even a few planetoids. Through this mobility the Church services its faithful wherever they are. To support itself economically, the Church has promoted heavily the activities of a score of corporations, most of whom support the Church for reasons of their own. Companies like Cohaine Futures have placed considerable monies behind the production of new Church developed computer technology, forming strong mercantile alliances with the Church's own trade arm, the House of the Future Man.

The Church has been responsible for the production of the major colony ships of recent years; known as Saintships, these vessels are currently being streamlined to fit Type C hulls for custom-designed atmosphere-going and orbital terraforming capabilities.

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