Factions

Summary
Within the city of Rosewater there are 3 factions competing for influence. The government has the most power in terms of area and pure technology, but they are few in numbers. The rebels have the support of many of the the citizens of Rosewater, but are not as technologically advanced, and reside mainly in the poorer neighborhoods. The Freed have little in land, but they have some influence in many areas and have mysterious abilities outside of technology. Each faction is vying for influence over the city, and each one has their own secrets. The protagonist has to operate from within each faction, trying to learn skills from each, discover their secrets, and try not to lose standing within other factions.

Influence
Rosewater is divided up into many districts, each of which have distinct constituents and environments. These districts have become a method of measuring the power of the factions. There are two levels of influence, city-wide and district-wide. Each influence level is depicted by a meter depicting the percentage of influence each faction has over the area. These percentages do not always add up to 100%, because there may be areas over which no one has influence.

District-Wide
Each district in the city is it's own battle for power. At the start of the game each faction has a certain level of influence over each district. The government has the most influence in the political, city center, and high income districts. The rebels have the most influence over the outer districts, the poorer neighborhoods, and the harbor districts. The Freed have the most influence only in the wild districts. However the while the government and rebels have little influence over other districts, the freed has some influence in all districts.

Whoever has the most influence in a district determines how most people in the district act, over how the district looks, and what missions can be done. The minority influences affect certain people or missions within the district.

Influence within each district in changed throughout the game based on actions the player takes, usually within the respective district. There may be story elements out of the player control which also affect the district influences.

City-Wide
Influence over the whole city is on influence over each district. Each faction is awarded a certain percentage of the city wide influence based on how many districts they have influence in. Each district provides a number of points of city-wide influence, which is split amongst the factions based on who has influence on it. The city-wide influence is only important for a handful of important milestones during the game. The biggest milestone is the end game scenario.