Gaia's stepdaughters

The Gaians are a faction that values living in ecological harmony with Planet and abhors ecological destruction. They are led by Lady Deirdre Skye (Unity officer in charge of hydroponics) of Scotland. The Gaians make planetfall with the technology Centauri Ecology. The Gaians’ ecological safeguards allow them to avoid ecological damage and to capture native mind worms, and their experience with lifecycles and recycling gives them an efficiency bonus. The Gaians also receive one extra nutrient from fungal squares and their infantry units can move through xenofungus with reduced movement penalties. The Gaians are pacifistic and freedom-loving, giving rise to their weaknesses: Low troop morale and a lower police rating which prevents nerve stapling. The Gaians prefer Green economics and may not use a Free Market system in social engineering, and look upon Planned economics as little better – which usually leads them to bitter hostilities with the Morganites, The Spartans, and The Hive. Their founding base is Gaia’s Landing.