I don't write for this world so take all this as mere suggestion...
Remember they aren't all based on Sailor Moon. They draw inspiration from a large number of magical girl related stories. And not just the happy ones. Many of them are also gothic lolita crowds. The main thing that keeps the Senshi united as a faction is that they all love anime, tend to be female and believe in "Love and Justice".
I would suspect that the Senshi break up into two rough factions: The Justice Faction and The Love Faction.
The Love Faction believes that what the Senshi should be doing is making life better. Creating new technology, terraforming Venus, advancing art and science and philosophy. The Love Faction contains thinkers and dreamers, people who want to serve as a shining example. At their best, the Love Faction are idealists who get things done. They help to develop new forms of medicine and recreation and are nice people. At their worse they are lazy hedonist, more interested in acquiring new toys and expeiencing new sensations then work. They shuck of responsibility and whine and complain when forced to do things.
The Justice Faction believes that they should stop thinking and Do Something. The Justice Faction is the most ardent supporter of women's rights in Fenspace. Sexism is still surprisingly common among nerds and geeks, and they seek to correct this. But more importantly, they see women's rights as an issue they should deal with on Earth as well. There is a small but significant (and well supported under-the-table) group in the Justice Faction who liberate oppressed women (and other minorities) on Earth. Most of these women are moved to new lives in other places on Earth. Some suspect that small biomods are used to conceal these women in their new lives. A small minority are taken up to space, to help as they can. They almost always join the Justice Faction. Unsurprisingly the Justice Faction is well behind Operation Great Justice. They believe Haruhi is pretty much their leader, and really like her ideas (there has been some talk of electing Haruhi to the official leadership of the Justice Faction). At their best the Justice Faction are dynamic people who accomplish a great deal. They put in twenty-hour days doing thankless jobs because It's The Right Thing To Do. At their worst they're control freaks and demagogues who believe They Know Best. Militant feminists, borderline fascists and very dangerous.
An untalked about third faction that is very, very much in the minority is the Black Faction. The Black Faction is made up of goths, nihilists and other malcontents who left Earth not so much out of a sense of hope and exploration but because it sucked less than living on Earth. The Black Faction does not believe in anything, which means they aren't really organized at all. For the most part, they're harmless, if a little depressing to be around. The Senshi took them in as a whole because the Love Faction thinks it can help them stop being so gloomy and the Justice Faction thinks it can use the manpower.
One noteable thing about the Senshi faction is that they offer... reassignment. Nobody talks about it openly, but it is known that if a man is having gender-identity issues they can approach the Senshi faction for custom biomodding. It is an unspoken rule that you never ask a Senshi about her past life before she joined the faction and not dig too deep into whatever story she chooses to tell you. The "price" for such services (which are approaching becoming quirk free) is a term of service on important Senshi related duties. There is a small but important percentage of the Senshi (around 10%) which identify as "fendane" in this regard. They say research is underway to answer the other side of the sexual identity dilemma, but the process is still too quirk-heavy and too unique to work on a broad scale. The Love Faction is quietly working on fixing this.
A note on Senshi equipment: while their uniforms tend towards the... revealing, they are nonetheless very effective. A custom handwaving process the Senshi keeps secret creates their uniforms and gear, which renders them as protective as modern riot gear (and much more flexible). The only quirk is that it fills the wearer with a sense of... drama. Senshi in uniform are about ten times more likely to take any opportunity to pose and give a speech than otherwise. Senshi use the same kinds of weapons as everyone else in fenspace. The Justice Faction keeps trying to create magical wands for fighting evil... but so far have had less than success. The cognitive disconnect of seeing short-skirted girls wielding firearms can be jarring at first.
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Remember they aren't all based on Sailor Moon. They draw inspiration from a large number of magical girl related stories. And not just the happy ones. Many of them are also gothic lolita crowds. The main thing that keeps the Senshi united as a faction is that they all love anime, tend to be female and believe in "Love and Justice".
I would suspect that the Senshi break up into two rough factions: The Justice Faction and The Love Faction.
The Love Faction believes that what the Senshi should be doing is making life better. Creating new technology, terraforming Venus, advancing art and science and philosophy. The Love Faction contains thinkers and dreamers, people who want to serve as a shining example. At their best, the Love Faction are idealists who get things done. They help to develop new forms of medicine and recreation and are nice people. At their worse they are lazy hedonist, more interested in acquiring new toys and expeiencing new sensations then work. They shuck of responsibility and whine and complain when forced to do things.
The Justice Faction believes that they should stop thinking and Do Something. The Justice Faction is the most ardent supporter of women's rights in Fenspace. Sexism is still surprisingly common among nerds and geeks, and they seek to correct this. But more importantly, they see women's rights as an issue they should deal with on Earth as well. There is a small but significant (and well supported under-the-table) group in the Justice Faction who liberate oppressed women (and other minorities) on Earth. Most of these women are moved to new lives in other places on Earth. Some suspect that small biomods are used to conceal these women in their new lives. A small minority are taken up to space, to help as they can. They almost always join the Justice Faction. Unsurprisingly the Justice Faction is well behind Operation Great Justice. They believe Haruhi is pretty much their leader, and really like her ideas (there has been some talk of electing Haruhi to the official leadership of the Justice Faction). At their best the Justice Faction are dynamic people who accomplish a great deal. They put in twenty-hour days doing thankless jobs because It's The Right Thing To Do. At their worst they're control freaks and demagogues who believe They Know Best. Militant feminists, borderline fascists and very dangerous.
An untalked about third faction that is very, very much in the minority is the Black Faction. The Black Faction is made up of goths, nihilists and other malcontents who left Earth not so much out of a sense of hope and exploration but because it sucked less than living on Earth. The Black Faction does not believe in anything, which means they aren't really organized at all. For the most part, they're harmless, if a little depressing to be around. The Senshi took them in as a whole because the Love Faction thinks it can help them stop being so gloomy and the Justice Faction thinks it can use the manpower.
One noteable thing about the Senshi faction is that they offer... reassignment. Nobody talks about it openly, but it is known that if a man is having gender-identity issues they can approach the Senshi faction for custom biomodding. It is an unspoken rule that you never ask a Senshi about her past life before she joined the faction and not dig too deep into whatever story she chooses to tell you. The "price" for such services (which are approaching becoming quirk free) is a term of service on important Senshi related duties. There is a small but important percentage of the Senshi (around 10%) which identify as "fendane" in this regard. They say research is underway to answer the other side of the sexual identity dilemma, but the process is still too quirk-heavy and too unique to work on a broad scale. The Love Faction is quietly working on fixing this.
A note on Senshi equipment: while their uniforms tend towards the... revealing, they are nonetheless very effective. A custom handwaving process the Senshi keeps secret creates their uniforms and gear, which renders them as protective as modern riot gear (and much more flexible). The only quirk is that it fills the wearer with a sense of... drama. Senshi in uniform are about ten times more likely to take any opportunity to pose and give a speech than otherwise. Senshi use the same kinds of weapons as everyone else in fenspace. The Justice Faction keeps trying to create magical wands for fighting evil... but so far have had less than success. The cognitive disconnect of seeing short-skirted girls wielding firearms can be jarring at first.
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