Favored patrician class dwelling in the capital quarter of the metropolitan ring. Authorized to use PreVerse technologies to enforce the Creator's law, at least when it's convenient. Their symbol is the planet.

Criminal organizations active ringwide, primarily engaged in assassination, extortion, and smuggling unauthorized technologies. In exchange for favors they enjoy tacit support from certain government ministries. United in 3176 by Jim of Keys and headquartered in the subterranean systems beneath the ring, their symbol is a rose.

Secret religious guild worshipping a periodic comet, Axtavia. It is said she will bring rebirth to the world and banish the Creator in a platinum wind. This terrorist organization is highly illegal and members are executed on sight in metropolitan areas. Even mentioning Komet's existence can land an ordinary citizen in the interrogation cells. Their symbol is a shining comet.

Groups surviving on the fringes of the habitable ring region, or sometimes even beyond. These violent scavengers live by dog-eat-dog rules, cutting each other's throats over a better ration. They possess advanced knowledge of indigenous biology. Their symbol is a sword.