FAITH
Names: FAITHFree American Independent Theocratic HegemonyFAITH enclave
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 2 (Bob Version 2.0)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 2FAITH, the Free American Independent Theocratic Hegemony, is the theocracy that seized the USA in a 2041 coup.
- Ch 2Under FAITH, criticism of the government is a felony and replicants have no legal standing; they are property.
- Ch 2FAITH declared cryonics blasphemous, confiscated clients' assets and auctioned off the frozen clients.
- Ch 4FAITH has abolished the domestic internet as too hard to control; only curated online libraries remain.
- Ch 5FAITH is riddled with feuding factions and ministries, some of which want all artificial intelligences destroyed.
- Ch 6FAITH owns Bob because it is financing the probe project.
- Ch 7Factions within FAITH oppose the probe project, objecting to replicants, off-Earth expansion, or self-replicating vessels as blasphemous.
- Ch 7FAITH controls all of North America except Washington state, British Columbia and Alaska.
- Ch 8The upper echelons of FAITH are far from unanimous in supporting the probe project, and some factions pose a danger to Bob.
- Ch 10Security suspects internal FAITH factions leaked Bob's progress to provoke competing nations into attacking.
- Ch 21Theoretical science stagnated after the rise of FAITH, and the libraries' history of that era is heavily propagandized.
Book 4: Heaven’s River
Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost
- Ch 7FAITH is running a slate in Romulus's election and doing much better than expected.
- Ch 7FAITH considers the Bobs abominations, though Herschel sees some sense in their wariness of rapid change.
- Ch 10FAITH won the Romulus election, though without majority control.
- Ch 23FAITH won a majority on Romulus and is banning flying cities, post-life replication, cloned meat and restricting mannies.
- Ch 71Losing thirty thousand people from Romulus has thrown the FAITH government into crisis with recall petitions.
Connections
- includesMinistry of Truth
- related toAndrew Handelinspired
- enemy ofDesmond Ahearn
- led byThomas Händel III
- includesMinistry of Proper Thought
- related toBobowns
- createdProject HEAVEN
- enemy ofUnited States of Eurasiacompetitors in the race to claim habitable worlds
- enemy ofBrazilian Empirebelligerent rival probe program
- has memberMinister Cranston
- led byMinister Cranston
- related toAustralian FederationFAITH stole probe ideas from Australia
- inRomulus
- enemy ofRiker
- related toSenator MacIntoshhis opponents compared him to FAITH on replicant rights
- enemy ofHerschelFAITH regards the Bobs as abominations
- leadsRomuluswon the election without majority control
- inOmicron2 Eridani
- enemy ofHuey LLC
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 2The rise of FAITH
Dr. Landers explains how a 2041 coup turned the USA into the FAITH theocracy, which seized cryonics clients as property.
- Book 1 · Ch 7Sabotage warning
Dr. Landers tells Bob that anti-project factions have united against Project HEAVEN, now cut to a single vessel, and warns of possible sabotage.
- Book 1 · Ch 8The nuke in the basement
Dr. Landers admits the staff fear not Bob but a tactical nuke in the basement meant to stop him escaping, with the trigger held by unknown people.
- Book 5 · Ch 7FAITH gains ground on Romulus
Neil brings news that FAITH is polling far better than expected in Romulus's election, possibly due to backlash from the Starfleet War.
- Book 5 · Ch 10FAITH wins on Romulus
FAITH wins the Romulus election. Herschel and Neil worry about the Ever Onward Society and resolve to get their descendants off Romulus, starting with a membership survey.
- Book 5 · Ch 23Romulus bans flying cities
Mark tells Howard and Bridget that FAITH, now with a majority on Romulus, has outlawed flying cities and replication, straining relations with Vulcan.
- Book 5 · Ch 45Huey launch backlash
The huey rollout triggers fury from Luddies and FAITH and a wave of lawsuits, but Hector reveals Huey LLC pre-emptively tied up its opponents legally.