X4 Oversimplified: Minor Guide to the Major Factions [New & Improved!]

In this video, we join Captain Snuggles on a brief journey through the strange realm of X4 faction lore! Now with 25% fewer conspiracy theories.

00:00 Introduction
01:07 Queendom of Boron
02:03 Split Families
03:00 Teladi Co. & Co.
04:07 Paranid & Pals
05:19 Minor Factions
06:05 Buckle Up
06:32 Argon & Antigone
08:50 Segaris Pioneers
10:38 Terran Protectorate
13:05 Thanks for Watching!

[sieda]

Made for new players, enjoyed by veterans nonetheless. Thanks for the great X4 content. Here's the current X4 Foundations universe as viewed by this Terran Supremacist:

Liberty is a luxury that can only be afforded when the existential threat posed by the Xenon to the gate network has been contained, preferably eradicated. Otherwise liberty is short-lived without a collectively secured foundation to protect individual prosperity. The Boron are decent enough allies in this, but the Argon and their offshoots are too unpredictable and need a guiding hand to save them from themselves. The Split are too savage but at least they're predictable in their savagery and thus can be brought to heel and used as volatile meatshields against the Xenon. Teladi are gross and short-sighted, but they can also be tolerated and used for their economic savvy provided they don't get too cozy with pirates. The Paranid pose a potential threat if unified, but so long as they remain divided individuals can be worked with to advance the interests of the gate network as a whole. Then there's the Yaki. The over-zealous and conservative Terran leadership might demand their eradication, but ambitious and progressively minded Terran agents see the opportunity to use their desperate position to gain invaluable insight to be used against the Xenon as well as utilize them as an independent auxiliary force to put pressure on uncooperative neighbors all while maintaining plausible deniability.

Once the gate network is secure the other factions can be left to manage their own affairs within reason, like the Pioneers. And let's be real, the Pioneers may be treated as second-class humans, but with the security bought by Terran vigilance and technology they've been allowed to terraform their planetary refugee camps and ultimately thrive while the other factions have splintered. No hard feelings, but Earth must come first. :)

[ilitar_II]

I love this video. As long as the terrans give me permission to do so.

[doomstrike]

Your videos are some of the most enjoyable X videos on youtube

[TetraDax]

See, once again you forgot to mention "they're perfect and we love them" in the Boron segment, despite the fact it's a verifiable fact?

[egosoft]

Great video, thanks Captain Snuggles!

[krisvires]

A new Snuggles video... nice! Also- Trash talking Terrans while flying around in a Xenon Terraformer ship... the same kind that almost destroyed Earth. Ouch! Really rubbing in the salt on the old Terrans eh? :P I just hope that Egosoft doesn't leave them in a stasis of being generic bad guys "because they're bad" like Bethesda did the Enclave. Good video- oversimplified but not too simple. I too like the "H" but I also fly in chase view, being inside the thing gives me "Event Horizon" vibes and it's kinda creepy. Egosoft did a good job with the design.

[Raptorx]

I noticed the subtle changes. I like the nods toward the great potential, both good and bad, written into multiple factions.

I'd say there's always a chance to do better tomorrow, eh? Long may the sun shine.

[mixer]

Best lore videos out there, really good for getting into the vibe of the setting during a play through!

[lemonoeye]

Finally an updated version of these kinds of videos. Now do Ships per class and weapons <3 Thanks for the great content as always Cap'n Snuggies!

[Blastxu]

Long live queen polypheides*

*Average Boron lifespan is around 50 years, Polypheides probably has only around 10 more years of rule left.

[davecrupel]

I would love an hour-long, in-depth video on this subject.

Though if you're not willing to make the colossal effort to do something like that, I totally understand! Haha

[yesbutalsono]

I have a dynamic war mod and every game the pioneers are the most blood thirsty warlords who conquer everything….

[tixarfuriaa]

mmm something interesting for me as for a guide interesting for me as a noob of this game, I've already played something and now I'm catching up -15 with terans because I want to have the sol as a private ship :)I'm waiting for more :)

[xxpoisonblxx]

Serious "The Illusive Man" meeting feel walking onto that bridge at the start... I suppose Cerberus is a fair path to go for a player org.

[-drey]

Awesome series, may I suggest having it in a playlist?

[Roman_S]

Nice
Hope for weapon mods and weapon system guide, difference between races
Turrets and missiles
Thanks

[joebailey]

Great vids...thanks Brother! =) On the fence about Starsector Star Wars mod vs X4 Interworlds mod...which is best??? The games seem quite comparable, just one in 2D and one in 3D. Maybe a video comparing the 2, which has strongest diplomacy, economy, combat, immersion, etc.??? =)

[warmachine]

I wish there was a way to "steal" ship and module blueprints if only so that I can bash the Split with the nearest asteroid and still get their amazing Carrier and Mk 4 Engines for my production lines. No I don't have a chronic shortage of engine parts because everything gets a ludicrously expensive Mk. 4 Split Combat engine, why do you ask?

[NuclearFalcon]

Wait, should it be the Segaris who should be called a "protectorate" given the meaning of the word? Technically that is what they are to the Terrans. If the Terrans are a protectorate then who are they a protectorate to? I guess Japan really is in charge given the lore. 天皇陛下万歳!! Glory to the Emperor! I shall purge the galaxy of Xenon for great honor!

[trazyntheinfinite]

Btw: the xenon would be gone had the argon band not sabotaged them by, yknow, wanting freedom and such nonsense.