Nanovacs

The Nanovacs institute is a faction set up to research and exploit the properties of the Nanovacs material, a normally black, viscous fluid composed of many countless nanomachines. The members of the Nanovacs institute regard this material with an almost religious reverence, and devote large amounts of effort and resources to cultivating it. The material itself is semi-sentient, but requires the minds of organic beings to think forming a sort of hive mind that connects all institute members connected by the same mass. Their society is highly segregated, with those who are more willing to sacrifice their autonomy to the will of the collective being the most highly ranked among them.

Ideology
The Nanovacs people beleive that many of the bad things that have been bought into the world, have been done so through poor decisions made by individuals. As such, in order to live one's best life and to be maximally happy, they must give up their free will to make indipendant decisions, and instead join their minds to as many others as possible in an attempt to assist the process of making decisions from the perspective of the whole.

Part of the reason for their infatuation with the Nanovacs material, is because its properties allow them to better relinqush control to each other. To many, the material itself is a symbol of their faction's co-operation. It also serves as a very useful and versatile tool which affords them capabilities unheard of by other factions and as such it is given extreme reverence for this reason too.

Part of the Nanovacs ideology is that life is generally better when it is simpler, and this is expressed in their art and culture which is overwhelmingly minimalist. To many, this soulless nature is offputting but those who embrace it enjoy the lack of clutter and unnecessary detail. Most high-ranking members opt not to wear clothing of any sort, and instead cover their bodies entirely with Nanovacs which allow them to alter their form in almost any way they desire. Due to the complete obscurity of their faces and the fact that many do not keep a single form it can be difficult to distinguish between them. For this reason, they will normally choose one or two constant visual features to uniquely identify them.