[b]tl;dr: I choose the only badass faction.[/b] "New" monarchy suggest a return to old failed standards and deviation from a free state that currently survives amidst the situation. What is there left to build a kingdom upon and push further into the darkness for expansion, I would rather explore freely than extend the ranges of my shackles. I bounty new monarchy for shaders, weapons, and alliance so long as they do not cross the line from friend to foe. FWC is obsessed with war, not transparent, and there time machine appears torturous. They do have kind of a 1980's rad style, but the weapons available for purchase in the current circa kinda suck. I keep the doors open, but the only thing I find interesting in the current is the lore and the possible release items very soon. Dead orbit's representative makes me laugh every time I pickup a patrol and dude sounds like he is having a bowel movement. It's too bad that their lore leads everyone to believe they are cowards, but I really, what do we know of resources left beyond the city below. All I know of Earth is that everything looks rusted, and the only material is spin metal? I mean, there is snow and water... Aww, who am I kidding, even I got the feeling they are running away. I like their armor, their weapons, but most of all their shaders. If they don't want to use them, I will. So, after all the blah, with all of their badass weapons, their super cool armor, and their decent shaders, I choose the Iron Lords and fight alongside the Vanguard for the City Below.